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I have taken my research on my direct family line back to:
(a) my 4 x great grandfather John WALTER, who died in 1841 (registered q/e Mar 1841 in Dartford as WALTERS!) aged 65 at Stone next Dartford - that places his birth year as 1775/6. I believe he was the Constable for Axtane Hundred from 1797-9 and he was a malster in Farningham.
(b) His wife, my 4 x great grandmother was Mary ALLCHIN, born 1753 Meopham, died 1853 Stone next Dartford.
(c) I believe that John's father was probably Edward WALTER, who married Elizabeth BRASIER (widow of Pettet BRASIER, nee ROBINS) at Eynsford in 1774. I have Edward's will, dated 1774, proved in 1779, and Elizabeth's after she married for the third time to John HILLIAM. In the will she makes provision for her son John WALTER (above) by appointing Sir John Dixon DYKE and Thomas DYKE of Lullingstone as executors and guardians to young John.
Despite extensive research, I have not been able to establish Edward's origins. There was one by his name who was baptised at Otford in 1716 and the name does appear a few times in the baptism registers of Marden.
Any information, no matter how trivial, would be very welcome!!
Ken
Historic Dockyard, Chatham