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Sylvester Eastes, husbandman and yeoman? of Ringwould, Kent,[1,16] and churchwarden,[3] baptised 26/9/1596 at Ringwould, Kent.[1-3,10,11] Died before 1667, at Ringwould, Kent.[1-3,16] Married Ellen or Helen Martin, 24/11/1625, at Ringwould, Kent.[1-3,12] Ellin was born about 1600 at Great Hadres, Kent,[3] and died in 1649 at Ringwould, Kent.[2,3] According to Ellen's will, she was born at Waldershare, but at her marriage, she gave her origin as Great Hadres.[3,4] Children of Sylvester Eastes and Ellin Martin: i. Robert Eastes, baptised 10/9/1626, Ringwould, Kent.[3,10,16] Died 1692 and buried 23/6/1692, Waldershare, Kent.[3,6,7,16] Married Elizabeth. Elizabeth died 1676 at Waldershare, Kent.[6,7] Children: Robert (1652), Elizabeth (1653), Susan (1655), Silvester (1657-1692) of Waldershare, Kent.[6,7,9] ii. Anne Eastes, baptised 25/11/1627 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,13] Died young. iii. Silvester Eastes [f/m], baptised 31/5/1629 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,14] Married Mr Nash.[3] iv. Susan Eastes, baptised 30/3/1631 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,13] v. Thomas Eastes, baptised 20/1/1633, Ringwould, Kent.[3,10,16] Married Sarah.[6,7] Children: John (1665) of Waldershare, Kent,[6,7] and latter of Acrise, Kent.[3] * vi. Richard Eastes, baptised 5/10/1634, Ringwould, Kent.[1-3,8,10,16] vii. Mary Eastes, baptised 2/10/1636 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,13] viii. Anne Eastes, born 1637 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,13] ix. Nicholas Eastes, baptised 9/12/1638 at Nonington, Kent.[3,10,15] Married Jane. Jane died 1665, Sutton, Kent[7] Children: John (?-1715) of Sutton, Kent.[7] x. Elizabeth Eastes, born 1639/1640 at Nonington, Kent.[3,13] xi. Ellen Eastes, baptised 11/12/1642, Nonington, Kent.[3,13,15] Died 1729 and bured 26/12/1729 at St Leonards, Kent.[3] Married Moses Eastes, 23/12/1667, at Deal, Kent.[3] Moses was baptised 12/11/1643 at St Leonards, Kent and died at Deal, 19/3/1707 or 17087 and bured at St Leonards, Kent.[3] Children: Richard (1667/1668-1668), Constant (1669-1708), Aaron (1671) & Samuel (1674/1675), of St Leonards, Kent.[3] xii. John Eastes, baptised 29/12/1644 at Nonington, Kent.[3,10,15] xiii. Abraham Eastes, born 1647 at Nonington, Kent.[3,16] Abraham's birth record does not survive, however he was mentioned in his mother's will.[16] Was a linen weaver at Sandwich, Kent, by 1672.[16] Married Ann Burton (widow), 29/12/1672, at Worth, Kent.[3,16] Abraham emigrated to the American colonies c.1680 and settled in the parish of St Stevens in King and Queen County, Virginia, where he died in 1720.[5] Married Barbara Brock, 1684, at St Stevens, Virginia, USA.[5] Barbara was born in either 1662 or 1667 in King and Queen, County, Virginia, USA, and died 1720 in Amelia County, Virginia.[5] Children: Sylvester (1684), Samuel (1686), Thomas (1688-1744), Mary (1690), Susanna (1692), Robert (1695-1775), Abraham (1697-1759), Richard (1699-1744/1745), John (1701-1771), Elisha (1703-1782), Sarah (1710-1788), Moses (1710-1788) and Barbara (1712-1729), all of St Steven's, King and Queen County, Virginia, American Colonies.[3,5,16] [1] Personal communication, Donald Bowler; also in "Estes Trails", 1993, 12#3. [2] Personal communication, Niel Gunson. [3] "The English Ancestry of the American Estes", Niel Gunson. Article originally appeared in "Estes Trails". {PO Box 15; Dickson, ACT, 2615; Australia} [4] The village of Great Hadres no longer exists, but was presumably near present day Upper Hadres. [5] "Estes Genealogy: Estes families of Old Clay Co, MO, Their Ancestors and Their Descendants", by Edward and Annabelle McAllister, 1968. See also other sources listed in the file . [6] From East Kent Parish Records for 1640-1755, published by East Kent FHS, copies of PR's supplied by Alan Dilnot. [7] From East Kent Parish Records for 1640-1755, published by East Kent FHS, copies of PR's supplied by Josie Morris. [8] Patricia McCalvey, "Estes Trails", 1992, 11#4. [9] Kathleen Hollingsbee, "Estes Trails", 1992, 12#1. [10] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); F#:2034820 [11] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); 1.F#:458443; 2.F#:452894, P#:0034, O#:22496 [12] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); 1.F#:2034581; 2.F#:2034375 (at Great Hadres) [13] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); F#:2034498 [14] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); F#:2034486 [15] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); Ba:P012951, So:215557, Pr:0472522 [16] "Reminiscences of the Eastes Family in Kent and Australia", Niel Gunson, 1998, and references therein.