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John DODD

John DODD

Male Abt 1726 - 1751  (~ 25 years)

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  • Name John DODD 
    Born Abt 1726 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 308BABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C358B04 
    Buried 20 Jan 1751  Pluckley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I3847  YoungFamily
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father John DODD,   c. 10 Jan 1692, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 17 Jan 1772  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Judith WORGER,   c. 23 Jun 1698, Hinxhill, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Dec 1750, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 1 Oct 1721  Hinxhill, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    _UID 6980ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35B9EF 
    Family ID F1515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katherine WALKER,   c. 29 Mar 1730, Pluckley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 22 Jan 1802, Pluckley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)  [3
    Married 21 Sep 1748  Pluckley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    _UID 6780ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35B7CF 
    Children 
     1. John DODD,   c. 15 Oct 1749, Pluckley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Aug 1827, Westwell, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
    Last Modified 15 May 2022 
    Family ID F1500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Bishop's Transcript, England, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, Kent, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1736930, Pluckley, Kent, 20 Jan 1751.

    2. [S65] Archdeacon's Transcript, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Hinxhill, Kent, England, 1 Oct 1721.
      John Dodd of Wye and Elizabeth Worger of this parish were married by banns.
      There was no Elizabeth Worger christened at Hinxhill. In fact, there was only one family by that surname established at Hinxhill from the time of the marriage of Robert Worger and Judith Sutton on 3 Oct 1683. There was however, a child by the name of Judith Worger that had been christened at Hinxhil to that couple, who, it was found, to never have married nor been buried at Hinxhill.

      All other marriages between the years 1716 and 1725 found over the course of a 16-year search in many parishes throughout east Kent for a John Dodd to any woman have failed to produce any association with a woman named Judith. Two marriages had been strong contenders: the marriage of a Michael Dodd to a Judith at Graveney; and, the marriage of a John Dawson to a Judith Andrew at Ashford. Both marriages had occurred in the correct time span but upon close examination of birthing patterns of children it quickly became apparent that each of these couples were in fact separate from any other husband and wife. A full examination of the christening pattern of the children of John Dawson and Judith Andrew was particularly crucial because of the strong similarity of their names to John Dodd and Judith, then unknown. The christenings of the children of both John Dawson and John Dodd did eventually bisect each other clearly removing any possibility that John Dawson and his wife Judith were John Dodd and his wife Judith.

      Furthermore, in this marriage John Dodd is referred to as having been of Wye which is where he himself had been baptised and where his parents and siblings had also been established. It appears that John and Judith Dodd were among the first of his immediate family to establish themselves at Ashford. The inclusion of children named Robert and Daniel amongst the children of John Dodd and Judith, also suggests that the so-called "Elizabeth" Worger was in fact Judith Worger and that this is the correct marriage. There is also an indication that Judith Worger had an uncle named Thomas Sutton who also settled at Hinxhill around the time of the marriage of Judith's mother, Judith Sutton, to her father, Robert Worger.

    3. [S127] Marriage Allegations, Faculty Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), 17 Sep 1748.
      September the 17th 1748
      Which day appeared personally JOHN DODD of Pluckly [sic] in the Diocese of Canterbury husbandman and a batchelor aged 22 years and alleged that he intends to marry with Catherine Walker of Little Chart in the said Diocese spinster aged 20 years by and with the consent of AUSTEN DODD her guardian she having neither father morther brother or sister grandfather or grandmother living and that he doth not know nor believe they are any way related or of him to such other or that either of them are promissed or contracted to any other person he made oath of the truth of what he alleged and desired a licence to be married in the parish church of Little Chart aforesaid or Pluckly [sic].

      Also appeared personally the said Catherine Walker and alleged that she has no father mother or brother living grandfather or grandmother living nor no guardian appointed by her said father therefore she humbly prayed and desired AUSTEN DODD of Elmsted yeoman to be admitted her guardian who being present accepted such guardianship he being sworn duly to execute such guardianship etc and likewise made oath that he is consenting to such guardianship.

      signed Cathe: Walker her mark, John Dodd, Austen Dodd
      the said Austen Dodd was so assigned guardian and the said John Dodd and Austen Dodd were sworn to the truth hereof before me Tho: Lamprey, Sur: present G. Plomer
      Received copy of this allegation via email from Juli Jarvis, Wyoming, U.S.A.

    4. [S33] Bishop's Transcript, England, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, Kent, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1736930, Pluckley, Kent, 21 Sep 1748.