Birth:
1797
Horsemonden, Kent3
Parent:
3 Mar 1822 (age 24-25)
Baptism of son John
Witness:
3 Apr 1853 (age 55-56)
Elizabeth witnessed the Marriage of John Botten and Gertrude Goodman
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage Banns:
15 Oct 1815 (age 17-18)
St Mary's Parish Church
Address: Goudhurst, Kent
Marriage:
2 Nov 1815 (age 17-18)
St Mary's Parish Church2
Address: Goudhurst, Kent
The relationship of Thomas Barden to the couple is not known - probably a friend. George Stephens was either a churchwarden or the clerk as he signed as the second witness for all marriages where the first witness signed with their mark. Who else was there is not known.
Census for household:
6 Jun 1841 (age 45)
Brenchley, Kent4
Address: Castle Hill
The household consisted of John, his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Harriett (age 10). They had the cottage to themselves.
Census for household:
30 Mar 1851 (age 54)
Brenchley, Kent3
Address: Castle Hill
The household consisted of John, his wife Elizabeth and their grandchildren William (age 10) and Jane (age 9) Castledon. John is now farming 18 acres.
Census for household:
7 Apr 1861 (age 63)
Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent5
Address: Bushes Farm, Castle Hill
The household consisted of John Smith who is a brickmaker and a bachelor aged 21, John and Eizabeth and their grandaughter Jane Casseldine (age 19) who is housekeeping. John who is shown as an agricultural labourer is probably working for his son.
Parish Register for Baptism of John Botten, All Saints, Brenchley, Kent, 3 March 1822, Kent History & Library Centre.
Parish Register for Marriage of John Botten and Elizabeth Reed, St Mary, Goudhurst, Kent, 2 November 1815, Kent History & Library Centre.
1851 England, Wales & Scotland census, Castle Hill, Brenchley, Kent, head of household: John Botten, National Archives.
1841 England, Wales & Scotland census, Castle Hill, Brenchley, Kent, HO107/456, Book 15, Folio 6, Page 4, Schedule 1629, head of household: John Botten, National Archives.
1861 England and Wales census, Bushes Farm, Castle Hill, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent, RG9/496, Folio 26, Page 15, Schedule 71, head of household: John Botten, National Archives.