Fourth Generation
Family of Thomas BOORMAN (6) & Elizabeth FOSTER
9. John BOORMAN (Thomas3, Thomas2, William1). Born in 1719. Christened on 24 May 1719 in Brenchley, Kent, England. John died abt Jun 1719; he was <1. Buried on 26 Jun 1719 in Brenchley, Kent, England. Religion: C Of E.
- 1719 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: John Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 24 May 1719
Christening Place: Brenchley, Kent, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Thomas Boorman
Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-1
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 992456
Reference ID: 2:2GF5RGW
- 1719 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: John Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 24 May 1719
Christening Place: Brenchley, Kent, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Thomas Boorman
Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-1
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 992456
Reference ID: 2:2GF5RGW
10. Thomas BOORMAN (Thomas3, Thomas2, William1). Born in 1720. Christened on 11 Nov 1720 in Brenchley, Kent, England. Thomas died abt Mar 1721; he was 1. Buried on 28 Mar 1721 in Brenchley, Kent, England. Religion: C Of E.
- 1720 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Thomas Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 11 Nov 1720
Christening Place: Brenchley, Kent, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Thomas Boorman
Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-1
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 992456
Reference ID: 2:2GF5SVK
- 1720 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Thomas Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 11 Nov 1720
Christening Place: Brenchley, Kent, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Thomas Boorman
Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-1
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 992456
Reference ID: 2:2GF5SVK
11. Lawrence BOORMAN (Thomas3, Thomas2, William1). Born abt 1721. Christened on 16 Feb 1721 in Brenchley, Kent, England. Lawrence died abt Oct 1781; he was 60. Buried on 6 Oct 1781 in Brenchley, Kent, England. Religion: C Of E.
- 1721 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Laurence Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 1721
Christening Place: Brenchley, Kent, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Thomas Boorman
Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-1
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 992456
Reference ID: 2:2GF5VBL
- 1732 inherited from grandmother Elizabeth Boorman:
Son Thomas's 2 sons Lawrence and William - each 1 guinea [approx 1 pound] when each turns 21
- 1721 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Laurence Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 1721
Christening Place: Brenchley, Kent, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Thomas Boorman
Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-1
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 992456
Reference ID: 2:2GF5VBL
- 1732 inherited from grandmother Elizabeth Boorman:
Son Thomas's 2 sons Lawrence and William - each 1 guinea [approx 1 pound] when each turns 21
On 23 Mar 1745 when Lawrence was 24, he married Susannah WILLARD in Pembury, Kent, England. Born on 20 Jan 1721 in Brenchley, Kent, England. Susannah died abt Nov 1789; she was 68. Buried on 23 Nov 1789 in Brenchley, Kent, England.
They had the following children:
20i.
Thomas BOORMAN (1746-~1792)
21ii.
Elizabeth BOORMAN (1748-)
22iii.
Susannah BOORMAN (1749-)
12. William BOORMAN (Thomas3, Thomas2, William1) 
. Born abt 1722. Christened on 18 Feb 1722 in Brenchley, Kent, England. William died in 1793; he was 71. Religion: C Of E.
- 1722 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: William Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 1722
Christening Place: Brenchley, Kent, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Thomas Boorman
Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-1
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 992456
Reference ID: 2:2GF5W75
- 1732 inherited from grandmother Elizabeth Boorman:
Son Thomas's 2 sons Lawrence and William - each 1 guinea [approx 1 pound] when each turns 21
- 1829 Arms granted to his son Thomas Hugh Boorman and 1829, and the [male] descendants of his father.
ALSO
- In 1829 arms and crest were granted to Thomas Hugh Boorman of East Peckham, Kent, esquire, to be borne by all male-line descendants of the grantee’s deceased father William Boorman of Lamberhurst, Sussex, gentleman. Thomas had married Margaret, eldest daughter and coheir of Thomas Martyr of East Peckham, esquire, deceased, and arms for Martyr were granted at the same time as the Boorman arms and crest: Per pale Gules and Azure three fusils in fess Argent each charged with a rose Gules barbed and seeded proper.
The arms granted to Thomas Hugh Boorman and John Hicks Boorman were Argent on a bend engrailed Gules between two hop-vines with poles proper growing out of mounts Vert three stag's heads caboshed Or; and crest, Upon a wreath of the colours [Argent and Gules] A bee volant between two oak branches fructed proper ['proper' in heraldry indicating that an object is depicted in its natural real-life colours]. The motto shown was 'Spes mea in Deo' ('My hope is in God') [College of Arms ms Grants 37, 416].”
RESEARCH NOTES
- baptised in Brenchley, but son Thomas’s grant of arms (1829) says his deceased father William was of Lamberhurst, which is about 5 miles south of Brenchley, both being roughly east of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
- have yet to find a marriage or burial record for him.
If 1793 is correct, there was a William Boorman buried 17 Feb 1793 in Canterbury Kent, IGI batch I00356-3, also B05862-6 (St Paul’s).
- searching FMP for marriages (1745-1765), including variants (can’t view spouses names):
William Boorman: In Kent there were 7 marriages for William Boorman: 1749 Cranbrook, 1764 Cranbrook, 1749 Woodchurch, 1758 Staplehurst, 1752 Tenterden, 1746 Staplehurst, 1755 Goudhurst. 12 other records without a first name, 7 of these in the Dioceses of the Province of Canterbury. No marriages in Sussex..
Elizabeth Lynn: no marriage in Sussex. 1 marriage for Elizabeth Line 1758, Dioceses of England & Wales. 9 others with no first name in Diocese of the PRov of Canterbury (Lynn, Line, Lyne, Lynes)
- Another researcher has this William (father of John Hicks Boorman), born 6 Jan 1732 Lamberhurst, married to Elizabeth Foster 1737 ??? Birth not found in IGI batch C131531. [A William Boreman married a Susannah Chantler in Lamberhurst 4 Jun 1759]
- Another site lists this William born 6 Jan 1732/33 Lamberhurst and married to Elizabeth Foster (born 19 Feb 1736/37 Brenchley Kent), daughter of Lawrence Foster (1793). 5 children listed, all born East Grinstead Sussex: John (5 Jan 1761), William (14 Jul 1763), John Hicks (13 May 1765), Thomas Hugh (14 Oct 1768) and Martha Foster (19 Apr 1771).
. Born abt 1722. Christened on 18 Feb 1722 in Brenchley, Kent, England. William died in 1793; he was 71. Religion: C Of E.- 1722 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: William Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 1722
Christening Place: Brenchley, Kent, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Thomas Boorman
Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-1
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 992456
Reference ID: 2:2GF5W75
- 1732 inherited from grandmother Elizabeth Boorman:
Son Thomas's 2 sons Lawrence and William - each 1 guinea [approx 1 pound] when each turns 21
- 1829 Arms granted to his son Thomas Hugh Boorman and 1829, and the [male] descendants of his father.
ALSO
- In 1829 arms and crest were granted to Thomas Hugh Boorman of East Peckham, Kent, esquire, to be borne by all male-line descendants of the grantee’s deceased father William Boorman of Lamberhurst, Sussex, gentleman. Thomas had married Margaret, eldest daughter and coheir of Thomas Martyr of East Peckham, esquire, deceased, and arms for Martyr were granted at the same time as the Boorman arms and crest: Per pale Gules and Azure three fusils in fess Argent each charged with a rose Gules barbed and seeded proper.
The arms granted to Thomas Hugh Boorman and John Hicks Boorman were Argent on a bend engrailed Gules between two hop-vines with poles proper growing out of mounts Vert three stag's heads caboshed Or; and crest, Upon a wreath of the colours [Argent and Gules] A bee volant between two oak branches fructed proper ['proper' in heraldry indicating that an object is depicted in its natural real-life colours]. The motto shown was 'Spes mea in Deo' ('My hope is in God') [College of Arms ms Grants 37, 416].”
RESEARCH NOTES
- baptised in Brenchley, but son Thomas’s grant of arms (1829) says his deceased father William was of Lamberhurst, which is about 5 miles south of Brenchley, both being roughly east of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
- have yet to find a marriage or burial record for him.
If 1793 is correct, there was a William Boorman buried 17 Feb 1793 in Canterbury Kent, IGI batch I00356-3, also B05862-6 (St Paul’s).
- searching FMP for marriages (1745-1765), including variants (can’t view spouses names):
William Boorman: In Kent there were 7 marriages for William Boorman: 1749 Cranbrook, 1764 Cranbrook, 1749 Woodchurch, 1758 Staplehurst, 1752 Tenterden, 1746 Staplehurst, 1755 Goudhurst. 12 other records without a first name, 7 of these in the Dioceses of the Province of Canterbury. No marriages in Sussex..
Elizabeth Lynn: no marriage in Sussex. 1 marriage for Elizabeth Line 1758, Dioceses of England & Wales. 9 others with no first name in Diocese of the PRov of Canterbury (Lynn, Line, Lyne, Lynes)
- Another researcher has this William (father of John Hicks Boorman), born 6 Jan 1732 Lamberhurst, married to Elizabeth Foster 1737 ??? Birth not found in IGI batch C131531. [A William Boreman married a Susannah Chantler in Lamberhurst 4 Jun 1759]
- Another site lists this William born 6 Jan 1732/33 Lamberhurst and married to Elizabeth Foster (born 19 Feb 1736/37 Brenchley Kent), daughter of Lawrence Foster (1793). 5 children listed, all born East Grinstead Sussex: John (5 Jan 1761), William (14 Jul 1763), John Hicks (13 May 1765), Thomas Hugh (14 Oct 1768) and Martha Foster (19 Apr 1771).
William married Elizabeth LYNN. Born in 1731. Christened on 12 Apr 1731 in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. Elizabeth died in 1824; she was 93.
- 1731 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 about Eliz. Lynn
Name: Eliz. Lynn
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 12 Apr 1731
Baptism Place: East Grinstead,Sussex,England
Father: John Lynn
Mother: Eliz.
FHL Film Number: 99223
RESEARCH NOTES
- no marriage could be found in East Grinstead (IGI batches M07561 & 2)
- 1731 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 about Eliz. Lynn
Name: Eliz. Lynn
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 12 Apr 1731
Baptism Place: East Grinstead,Sussex,England
Father: John Lynn
Mother: Eliz.
FHL Film Number: 99223
RESEARCH NOTES
- no marriage could be found in East Grinstead (IGI batches M07561 & 2)
They had the following children:
23i.
John BOORMAN (Died as Child) (1761-1763)
24ii.
William BOORMAN (1763-)
25iii.
John Hicks BOORMAN (1765-1832)
26iv.
Thomas Hugh BOORMAN (1768-1859)
27v.
Martha Foster BOORMAN (1771-)