SILLIBOURNE

[Lorayne]

I am looking for any connections to the SILLIBOURNE family from the Ashford/ Mersham area.

Regards
Lorayne

[JonathanC]

I know I have come across this name while transcribing the 1861 census.  Who are you looking for?

[bearkat]

There are some SILLIBOURNE/SILIBOURNE marriages in the Mersham area on the Mid Kent Marriage Index

http://woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/index.php

[badams]

Lorayne

Caroline Sillibourne (aged 70) was lodging with my great grandfather & family at Norwood Street in Ashford in 1891. Her place of birth was given as Mersham. She may have been a family friend as i believe the name has cropped up on other occassions.

Regards

Brian

[lisingreece]

There is Silliborne marriage in Ruckinge, it very early but may come in useful at some stage.

Elizabeth Silliboorne married David Sladdin 28/10/1628.

There are no other Sillibornes in Ruckinge

Lis

[lisingreece]

In Mersham,

Gorham Silibourne  of Mersham married Margaret Stroud of Ashford 21/1/1808

hope this helps
Lis

[lisingreece]

Hi
have found a Sillibourne family in Mersham.
Stephen & Caroline are having children, Elizabeth, Harriet, Stephen, James or jane can't read it , Caroline, Fred Robert, Louise  in the 1850's.

Stephen the dad is a farmer and later a farmer in Bilsington, and grazier.

Do you want these?

Lis

[jomck]

Hi All,

I have a Silliboune/Sillebourn/Sillibourn marriage in my Burkett line from Kent.

Henry Silliboune married Mary Ann Burkett 1850, Dover, Kent son of Stephen Silliboune.

Does anyone have Henry in their trees?

[Lorayne]

Dear Jomck,
I am descended from Stephen Sillibourne and Ester or Hester Gorham, who were your Henry's grandparents. I have a bit of info on Henry. I recently found a Merchant Seaman's record for him. He was born on 2 May, 1822 at Wye, Kent. He was a Steward, and was issued with a merchant seaman's ticket on 19 March, 1846, at Hull. He could write, and was 24 years old 5ft. 71ns. tall, had brown hair and brown eyes and fair complexion. Mary Ann nee Burkett died in July1859, and Henry remarried to Martha Martin in 1860. He died on 31 October, 1881.
I am currently working on my Sillibourne line, after a few years of other families. I believe our Sillibournes descend from Jermain or German Sillibourne who married Elizabeth Williams at St. Paul, Canterbury, in 1598. There looks to me to be only one Sillibourne family in the whole of Kent. I am missing some info from Great Chart to fill in some holes, but having trouble with records.
I am in Australia.
By the way, Thank you everyone who replied to this board.
Lis, That Elizabeth Sillibourne is a daughter of Jermain Sillibourne and Elizabeth, sister of Thomas, who I believe is where we are from, so she is related, thank you.
Regards
Lorayne