John Kennett and Mary Quested

[MattD30]

Hi

I'm hoping someone can give me some advice or help regarding these two ancestors of mine.

John Kennett and Mary Quested were married by licence on 7 November 1732 in Shadoxhurst. The licence was dated 2 September 1732 and according to this both John and Mary were widowed.

I'm trying to find a suitable first marriage for both but so far have had no luck. Also the licence says they were 'both of Sellinge' (which I take to be either Sellindge or Selling) yet the only Kennetts I've found are in Wye. Does anyone know of any Kennett or Quested  families in Sellinge?

Many thanks
Matt

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
It looks like there was a Quested family at Sellinge
James Quested married Martha Goddan there 24.11.1696

I thought it was  one of their sons who married Mary but looks like not.
They had their children baptised at Brabourne  Mary 5,9,1697-23.10.1697,Martha 28,1,1699,Godden 29,11,1792 ,James 31,1,1703-17,6,1719,Mary 24,2,1705 Elizabeth 11,1,1707,and son Stephen 20 ,5,1711

It looks like there is a James Quested who married a Mary Moorland 17.9.1729 at Brabourne who presumably must be the same one who married Martha in 1697 as the son James is already dead.

I can't see a burial after 1729 though.

There is a burial for Stephen Quested 21.2.1731
but in that case I can't see a marriage.

Not sure if that helps.

Ciderdrinker

[MattD30]

Hi
It looks like there was a Quested family at Sellinge
James Quested married Martha Goddan there 24.11.1696

I thought it was  one of their sons who married Mary but looks like not.
They had their children baptised at Brabourne  Mary 5,9,1697-23.10.1697,Martha 28,1,1699,Godden 29,11,1792 ,James 31,1,1703-17,6,1719,Mary 24,2,1705 Elizabeth 11,1,1707,and son Stephen 20 ,5,1711

It looks like there is a James Quested who married a Mary Moorland 17.9.1729 at Brabourne who presumably must be the same one who married Martha in 1697 as the son James is already dead.

I can't see a burial after 1729 though.

There is a burial for Stephen Quested 21.2.1731
but in that case I can't see a marriage.

Not sure if that helps.

Ciderdrinker

Many thanks for that info. There's also a John Quested (or James possibly) who married Mary Miller in the 1690s. I had thought it was their daughter Mary who married John Kennett, however as she was a widow when she married John that can't be the case.

I'm still puzzled though as to whether Sellinge is Selling, or Sellindge.

Thanks again
Matt

[Carol gent]

Hi Matt.
Hope this doesn't put a spanner in the works! But, there is a Charles Quested,farmer down the road from us,near Sandwich,kent.Selling is about 10-15 miles from us. There are also Questeds near Bridge,Canterbury. Not a very common name.
Good luck!
Carol.

[MattD30]

Hi Matt.
Hope this doesn't put a spanner in the works! But, there is a Charles Quested,farmer down the road from us,near Sandwich,kent.Selling is about 10-15 miles from us. There are also Questeds near Bridge,Canterbury. Not a very common name.
Good luck!
Carol.

Hi Carol

Nope, no spanner in the works yet

I've found quite a lot of Questeds in Brabourne, Wye, and Selling around the 17th to 18th centuries but so far I haven't worked out who 'Mary Quested' was the widow of. If I could find a first marriage for her to a 'Quested' and then his burial it would help me. Also I've not yet found John Kennett's first marriage but if I can find that then I will at least have something.

I'm checking through various Quested family Wills that I've collected to see if any of those help.

Matt