Thomas Elvey and Margaret Woodland

Married 11-Dec-1711

Thomas and Margaret married at St George, Canterbury.  They had 3 children.

Husband:   Thomas Elvey

Born: 1-Dec-1671
Died: 18-Jan-1746
Father: Thomas Elvey
Mother: Ellena (Elianor, Ellen) Hadsall
Other Spouses: Mary Gibbon
Other Children: Gibbon Elvy, Thomas Elvy, Mary Elvy, Jeremiah Elvy, James Elvy

Occupation: Thomas was a Carpenter and Husbandman of Newnham.
Thomas was baptised on 1 Dec 1671 in Tong, Kent.  On 21 December 1745  he made a will which still exists and appears elsewhere on this website.  According to a document, in 1725 he leased a property, which included the Kings Head at Sittingbourne, for one year at the rate of one peppercorn to his nephew Tunnard Elvy of Milton near to Sittingbourne who was a Butcher.


Wife:   Margaret Woodland

Died: 12-Dec-1755
Father:  
Mother:  
Other Spouses: unknown Page
Other Children: Marbel Page


Margaret was a widow.  She had a daughter from her first marriage, whom Thomas referred to as his daughter in law in his Testament.


Male  Child 1:   Henry Elvy

Born: 14-Sep-1712
Died: 24-Jan-1737
Spouse:
Children:


Henry was baptised on 14 Nov 1712 in Newnham.  No further details are known of him.


Male  Child 2:   Robert Elvy

Born: 2-May-1715
Died: 18-May-1715
Spouse:
Children:


Robert was baptised on 2 May 1715 in Newnham.


Male  Child 3:   John Elvy

Born: 17-Aug-1718
Died: 2-Dec-1791
Spouse: Elizabeth Chapman
Children: Matthew Elvy, Thomas Elvy, William Elvy, Sophia Elvy, Mary Elvy, John Elvy, Henry Hill Elvy

Occupation: Like his father and two half brothers, John was a carpenter of Newnham, but he was also a farmerand Yeoman of Newnham.  A document on this still exists.
John was baptised on 17 Aug 1718.  He is mentioned in his father's Will and in his brother Jeremiah's Will of which he was executor in 1786.  From Jeremiah, John inherited a butcher's shop in Newnham.  It is probable that this butcher's shop was later passed down to his son William and then to his grandson William.  According to another document, John was also executor to the Will of Thomas Wanstell.