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Sheaffes in Cranbrook, Kent

Thomas Sheffe, our earliest recorded ancestor, was probably born in Cranbrook, Kent in about 1470. He had a sister, Bennet Sheff. In the 15th Century, the Sheaf, Sheffe or Sheaffe family were prominent and successful manufacturers of cloth in Cranbrook.
Name Birth/Death Married Children
Thomas Sheffe b. 1470
d. 1520 Cranbrook, Kent, St Dunstans Church
1496 Alice Hendley John 1498-1558
Gervace 1501-1520-24
Dorothy 1503-1520ish
Richard 1505-1557
Mary 1507
Unnamed died in infancy.
Richard Sheffe b. 9/1505
d. 6-9/1557
1530 Elizabeth Thomas 1532
Joan 1534
Katherine 1536
Margaret 1538
Margaret 1540
Alice 1541
William 1543
Mary 1545
Anne 1546
Thomas Sheaf b. 1532
d. 6/9/1604
1558 Mary Harmon
d. 11/1609
Unnamed
Richard m. 1581
Edmund bap. 1560
Thomas bap. 1562
Joan bap. 1562
Katherine bap. 1566
John bap. 1565
Alexander bap. 1566

Mary bap. 1567
Harmon bap. 1570
Ann bap. 1571
Samuel bap. 1573
William d. 1575
Benjamin bap. 1577
Elizabeth m. 1602
Edmund Sheaf bap 1560
d. 1/11/1626
30/5/1586 Elizabeth Taylor

 

15/8/1599 Jane Downe

Joan (Jordon) Kitchell

Thomas 1587
Marie 1590
Elizabeth 1592
Elizabeth 1593
Edmund 1596

John 1600

Harman 1612
Joana 1614
Jacob 1616
Mary 1620

Thomas Sheafe b. 22/10/1587 Marden, Kent 24/9/1616 Mary Sharppy of Cranbrook at Stapleton, Kent Francis 1618
Mary 1619
Anna & Richard (twins) b. 1624, d. 1625.
William 1627
John 1629
John Sheafe bap 22/10/1629 Marden, Kent Martha. Lived in London William 1649 or 1659.
This is probably William of Charlestown
 
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