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« on: Saturday 28 February 15 10:42 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much, I look forward to receiving a picture of the memorial. I will send you my email address via the message service on this site.
Since this original post, I have managed to research this family in quite a bit of depth, although I have come to a standstill and am hoping to make a trip to Kent later this year to continue with my research.
A friend was able to source the will of Thomas Pye of Newlands Farm for me, which helped a great deal. Further wills have helped evidence previous generations. It is clear that despite various on line trees assertions this branch of the Pye family does NOT descend from Admiral Sir Thomas Pye, a quick look at a biography of the man and obtaining the Admirals disproves any relationship.
Thomas Pye of Newlands married a widow, who was wealthy in her right, from the terms of her previous husbands will. On his death, his wife died a few years earlier, Thomas left a fair amount of money in the form of bonds and insurances.
Thank you, I had seen the website to the Newlands chapel, but had no documentation to show any link to it, so it is really nice to know that there is some form of commemoration there.
As for landowners/tenants. I think that Thomas Pye rented Newlands farm, I base this on information found on-line re landowners in Kent at the time. Other members of the wider family also appear to have spent time working this farm too. They are all described as gentleman farmers in this era.
However I believe that Thomas Pye of Bredgar, father and grandfather, were landowners. The wider family is also interesting and if you are interested I have various other information in relation to their role in Kent life and development.
I need to take a trip to Kent and Maidstone archives, because whilst I can disprove a link to Admiral Sir Thomas Pye, I need to find evidence of earlier ancestry which I believe may have been linked to the Pye's of Linstead and Doddington of the late 1600's early 1700's. I also have another Kent family to research at the same time, so it will be well worth a trip.
Anyway I am sure I have rambled enough. I look forward to hearing from you again and if anyone has any further information or links to the family I am happy to share information etc.