Fifth Generation (Continued)
Family of William BOORMAN (13) & Mercelina “Mercy” KNOWLEDEN
28. William BOORMAN (William4, William3, Thomas2, William1) 
. Born in 1746 in Kent, England. Christened in Maidstone, Kent, England. William died in Staplehurst, Kent, England, on 24 Apr 1824; he was 78. Buried on 1 May 1824 in Staplehurst, Kent, England. Occupation: wheelwrightt.
- 1770: Married Ann Weller, with banns on 10/6/1770 in Staplehurst, the wedding probably in Headcorn [parish index says Maidstone]. According to his father’s will this son [William] was living in Headcorn in 1785
"England, Marriages, 1538–1973 ," William Boorman, 1770
Groom's Name: William Boorman
Bride's Name: Ann Weller
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1770
Marriage Place: All Saints, Maidstone, Kent, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02007-9, also I04761-7
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1736877
Reference Number: BKl/DCB/BTl/152/635
- 1770 Staplehurst All Saints Banns:
William BOREMAN OTP
Ann WALLER of Maidstone
Banns: 27 May 1770, 03 Jun 1770, 10 Jun 1770
- 1790 mentioned as son in his father’s will:
Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882
Probate Date: 18 Jan 1790
Testator: William Boorman
Others Mentioned:
Name Relationship
William Boorman Testator
Anthony Boorman Son
William Boorman Son
James Carpenter Other
Jane Boorman Wife
William [Sr] made his will on 19 Mar 1785 when wife Jane was still alive. Ref. No. Kent Archive Office PRC17/102.22. Jane was provided for: youngest son Anthony got 300 pounds if he returned home: son William of Headcorn got his father’s house and land in Staplehurts: and daughter Mercy and son-in-law James Carpenter got land in Cranbrook. By 1818 son William was William Boorman, wheelwright of Staplehurst.
- From another researcher:
1785 he was a wheelwright of Headcorn.
1790, 91 of Staplehurst, bound apprentices.
1792-1801 William Boorman senior rated for property in Headcorn £8
1819: wheelwright of Staplehurst
- Staplehurst: At the corner of Chapel Lane and the main road through Staplehurst is the former site of the Boorman wheelwright shop. The family donated the land to the church, and is now the site of The United Reformed Church (Hight Street at Chapel Lane). The current wheelwright business (green sign) is a short distance down Chapel Lane and on the opposite side of the road, across from a large brick wall behind which is the property formerly owned by the Boorman family.
- 1824 William Boorman buried 1/5/1824 aged 78 according to his tombstone
White marble headstone of William & Ann Boorman in Staplehurst, Kent Cemetery (beside William and Mercilina). [Visited by another researcher in 2001 and us in 2012]
- William BOORMAN & Ann WELLER had a son Thomas who was alive on 6 Feb 1819, the date of William's Will in which Thomas is named as a benefactor. William’s will is PROB11/1687 at the Public Record Office at Kew in London, made 6/2/1819. He bequeaths to his daughter Ann, wife of William Denman, now in North America, 30 pounds sterling and one-sixth of his goods.
Further details from will transcript:
Executors were wife Ann Boorman, John Love farmer of Wirk Farm Headcorn, and Jeffry Chainey farmer of Staplehurst. Each was bequeathed 5 pounds for their services.
Wife Ann received 5 pounds, use of household goods, furniture, plalte, linenen and china during her life; the interest, dividends and annual produce of all the residue of his moneies an seurities for money, chattels, estates and effects for the remainder of her life.
Sons William Boorman, David Boorman and Thomas Boorman received “5 pounds each and no more they having already had a considerable share of my property” after their mother’s death.
“… to my daughter Ann Denman, wife of William Denman, now in North America, the sum of thirty pounds to be paid by my said executors in tweve calendar months next after the decease of my said wife.”
“…Son Edward Boorman who now has the half part of my business of a wheelwright should take on the whole of the same at the decease of my said wife or sooner if she sahll be disposed to relinquish the same.”
Any remaining balance: “… after the decease of my said wife to divide the same into six equal parts or shares and pay and divide five equal sixth parts or shares thereof unto and amongst my five children “ listed as daughter Ann Denman, daughter Susannah Tamkin widow of William Tamkin, daughter Jane Terry wife of William Terry, son Edwarrd Boorman, daugher Elizabeth Boorman. The remaining 6th part to divided between “Sarah Boorman and John Boorman, the two children of my late son John Boorman deceased to be paid to them respectively as they arrive at the age of 21 years.”
RESEARCH NOTES
- was he baptised in 1849? Not enough information and no image:
"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: William Boroman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 28 May 1749
Christening Place: Kent, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I06879-3
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1736631
Reference ID: 1736631
- noted that William was a wheelwright at Headcorn til 1790 when he took over his father's business at Staplehurst. [source: Pedigree Resource file on familysearch.org, submitter: rmiller2809179
submission date: 21 Nov 2003
submission id: MM95-VGS
person count: 803]
However: He was a wheelwright, but as his father died in 1790, and as many of this William’s children were born in Staplehurst, he likely moved there well before 1790.
- 316. William BOORMAN of this parish died 24 April 18(?2)- aged 78 years. Left issue 4 sons and 4 daughters, William, Thomas, David, Edward, Ann Susanna, Jane and Elizabeth. (from “Some Monumental Inscriptions of Staplehurst Church, Noted by Leland L. Duncan August 1922” - http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsStaplehurst/01.htm#Index)
. Born in 1746 in Kent, England. Christened in Maidstone, Kent, England. William died in Staplehurst, Kent, England, on 24 Apr 1824; he was 78. Buried on 1 May 1824 in Staplehurst, Kent, England. Occupation: wheelwrightt.- 1770: Married Ann Weller, with banns on 10/6/1770 in Staplehurst, the wedding probably in Headcorn [parish index says Maidstone]. According to his father’s will this son [William] was living in Headcorn in 1785
"England, Marriages, 1538–1973 ," William Boorman, 1770
Groom's Name: William Boorman
Bride's Name: Ann Weller
Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1770
Marriage Place: All Saints, Maidstone, Kent, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02007-9, also I04761-7
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1736877
Reference Number: BKl/DCB/BTl/152/635
- 1770 Staplehurst All Saints Banns:
William BOREMAN OTP
Ann WALLER of Maidstone
Banns: 27 May 1770, 03 Jun 1770, 10 Jun 1770
- 1790 mentioned as son in his father’s will:
Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882
Probate Date: 18 Jan 1790
Testator: William Boorman
Others Mentioned:
Name Relationship
William Boorman Testator
Anthony Boorman Son
William Boorman Son
James Carpenter Other
Jane Boorman Wife
William [Sr] made his will on 19 Mar 1785 when wife Jane was still alive. Ref. No. Kent Archive Office PRC17/102.22. Jane was provided for: youngest son Anthony got 300 pounds if he returned home: son William of Headcorn got his father’s house and land in Staplehurts: and daughter Mercy and son-in-law James Carpenter got land in Cranbrook. By 1818 son William was William Boorman, wheelwright of Staplehurst.
- From another researcher:
1785 he was a wheelwright of Headcorn.
1790, 91 of Staplehurst, bound apprentices.
1792-1801 William Boorman senior rated for property in Headcorn £8
1819: wheelwright of Staplehurst
- Staplehurst: At the corner of Chapel Lane and the main road through Staplehurst is the former site of the Boorman wheelwright shop. The family donated the land to the church, and is now the site of The United Reformed Church (Hight Street at Chapel Lane). The current wheelwright business (green sign) is a short distance down Chapel Lane and on the opposite side of the road, across from a large brick wall behind which is the property formerly owned by the Boorman family.
- 1824 William Boorman buried 1/5/1824 aged 78 according to his tombstone
White marble headstone of William & Ann Boorman in Staplehurst, Kent Cemetery (beside William and Mercilina). [Visited by another researcher in 2001 and us in 2012]
- William BOORMAN & Ann WELLER had a son Thomas who was alive on 6 Feb 1819, the date of William's Will in which Thomas is named as a benefactor. William’s will is PROB11/1687 at the Public Record Office at Kew in London, made 6/2/1819. He bequeaths to his daughter Ann, wife of William Denman, now in North America, 30 pounds sterling and one-sixth of his goods.
Further details from will transcript:
Executors were wife Ann Boorman, John Love farmer of Wirk Farm Headcorn, and Jeffry Chainey farmer of Staplehurst. Each was bequeathed 5 pounds for their services.
Wife Ann received 5 pounds, use of household goods, furniture, plalte, linenen and china during her life; the interest, dividends and annual produce of all the residue of his moneies an seurities for money, chattels, estates and effects for the remainder of her life.
Sons William Boorman, David Boorman and Thomas Boorman received “5 pounds each and no more they having already had a considerable share of my property” after their mother’s death.
“… to my daughter Ann Denman, wife of William Denman, now in North America, the sum of thirty pounds to be paid by my said executors in tweve calendar months next after the decease of my said wife.”
“…Son Edward Boorman who now has the half part of my business of a wheelwright should take on the whole of the same at the decease of my said wife or sooner if she sahll be disposed to relinquish the same.”
Any remaining balance: “… after the decease of my said wife to divide the same into six equal parts or shares and pay and divide five equal sixth parts or shares thereof unto and amongst my five children “ listed as daughter Ann Denman, daughter Susannah Tamkin widow of William Tamkin, daughter Jane Terry wife of William Terry, son Edwarrd Boorman, daugher Elizabeth Boorman. The remaining 6th part to divided between “Sarah Boorman and John Boorman, the two children of my late son John Boorman deceased to be paid to them respectively as they arrive at the age of 21 years.”
RESEARCH NOTES
- was he baptised in 1849? Not enough information and no image:
"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: William Boroman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 28 May 1749
Christening Place: Kent, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I06879-3
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1736631
Reference ID: 1736631
- noted that William was a wheelwright at Headcorn til 1790 when he took over his father's business at Staplehurst. [source: Pedigree Resource file on familysearch.org, submitter: rmiller2809179
submission date: 21 Nov 2003
submission id: MM95-VGS
person count: 803]
However: He was a wheelwright, but as his father died in 1790, and as many of this William’s children were born in Staplehurst, he likely moved there well before 1790.
- 316. William BOORMAN of this parish died 24 April 18(?2)- aged 78 years. Left issue 4 sons and 4 daughters, William, Thomas, David, Edward, Ann Susanna, Jane and Elizabeth. (from “Some Monumental Inscriptions of Staplehurst Church, Noted by Leland L. Duncan August 1922” - http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsStaplehurst/01.htm#Index)
On 26 Jun 1770 when William was 24, he married Ann WELLER, daughter of John WELLER & Sarah, in All Saints, Maidstone, Kent, England. Born in 1745 in Kent, England. Ann died in Staplehurst, Kent, England, on 15 Apr 1829; she was 84. Buried on 25 Apr 1829 in Staplehurst, Kent, England.
RESEARCH NOTES
- Is this her:
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 about Ann Weller
Name: Ann Weller
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 24 Mar 1744
Christening Place: Speldhurst, Kent, England
Father's Name: John Weller
Mother's Name: Sarah
OR
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Anne Weller
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 19 Jan 1745
Christening Place: Rotherfield, Sussex, England
Mother's Name: Abbigal Weller
- If Ann was really born abt 1745, 7 years after John Weller and Sarah's marriage [her reported parents, she was likely the result of a teenage pregnancy. So I wonder if John Weller was really her father, or just adopted by him after marriage? The next sibling listed is in 1754, 9 years after Ann's birth. Or, are these her correct parents at all? Source records seem scarce. ...
- If Ann was married in Maidstone, and died in Staplehurst, I wonder if her birth was really in Speldhurst (closer to Tonbridge) or the similar-sounding Staplehurst (with closer connections to Maidstone)? Just a feeling as I haven't done much research on the Wellers. ...
RESEARCH NOTES
- Is this her:
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 about Ann Weller
Name: Ann Weller
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 24 Mar 1744
Christening Place: Speldhurst, Kent, England
Father's Name: John Weller
Mother's Name: Sarah
OR
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Anne Weller
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 19 Jan 1745
Christening Place: Rotherfield, Sussex, England
Mother's Name: Abbigal Weller
- If Ann was really born abt 1745, 7 years after John Weller and Sarah's marriage [her reported parents, she was likely the result of a teenage pregnancy. So I wonder if John Weller was really her father, or just adopted by him after marriage? The next sibling listed is in 1754, 9 years after Ann's birth. Or, are these her correct parents at all? Source records seem scarce. ...
- If Ann was married in Maidstone, and died in Staplehurst, I wonder if her birth was really in Speldhurst (closer to Tonbridge) or the similar-sounding Staplehurst (with closer connections to Maidstone)? Just a feeling as I haven't done much research on the Wellers. ...
They had the following children:
58i.
William BOORMAN Jr (1771-1848)
59ii.
Ann BOORMAN (1772-1842)
60iii.
John BOORMAN (1774-1810)
61iv.
Susannah BOORMAN (1776-1846)
62v.
Thomas BOORMAN (ca1776-1845)
63vi.
David BOORMAN (1781-1843)
64vii.
Mary BOORMAN (ca1782-<1819)
65viii.
Jane BOORMAN (1784-)
66ix.
Edward BOORMAN (1785-1858)
67x.
Elizabeth BOORMAN (1788-~1833)
29. Mercy BOORMAN (William4, William3, Thomas2, William1). Born abt 1747 in Headcorn, Kent, England. Mercy died in Staplehurst, Kent, England, on 31 Aug 1816; she was 69. Buried on 6 Sep 1816 in Staplehurst Churchyard, Staplehurst, Kent, England.
- 1777 England Marriages, 1538–1973 for Mercy Boorman
Groom's Name: James Carpenter
Bride's Name: Mercy Boorman
Marriage Date: 13 May 1777
Marriage Place: Staplehurst, Kent, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02149-7
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1737092
Reference Number: Dcb/BT1/224/194
- 1777 marriage, Staplehurst All Saints:
1777 13 May CARPENTER James BOORMAN Mercy G: of Frittenden. B: OTP
- 1777 marriage banns, Staplehurst All Saints:
James CARPENTER of Frittenden
Mercy BOORMAN OTP
Banns: 13 Apr 1777, 20 Apr 1777, 27 Apr 1777
- 1777 Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records
Text: James Carpenter, of Frittenden, & Mercy Boorman 13 May 1777
Book: Marriages at Staplehurst, 1538 to 1812.
Collection: Kent: - Register of Marriages, 1538-1837 b (Marriage)
- 1790 - Mercy’s husband James Carpenter is mentioned in her father’s will:
Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882
Probate Date: 18 Jan 1790
Testator: William Boorman
Others Mentioned:
Name Relationship
William Boorman Testator
Anthony Boorman Son
William Boorman Son
James Carpenter Other
Jane Boorman Wife
- William [Sr] made his will on 19 Mar 1785 when wife Jane was still alive. Ref. No. Kent Archive Office PRC17/102.22. Jane was provided for: youngest son Anthony got 300 pounds if he returned home: son William of Headcorn got his father’s house and land in Staplehurts: and daughter Mercy and son-in-law James Carpenter got land in Cranbrook. By 1818 son William was William Boorman, wheelwright of Staplehurst.
- 1816 burial, Staplehurst Kent
101 1816 6 Sep Mercy CARPENTER 70
But another source says:
Mercy his wife [James Carpenter] died 31 August 1817 aged 73 years. Left surviving 3 sons and 1 daughter, James, William, John and Charlotte. (from Some Monumental Inscriptions of Staplehurst Church, Noted by Leland L. Duncan August 1922, http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsStaplehurst/01.htm)
RESEARCH NOTES
- 5 children listed (with descendants): Mercy, Charlotte, James, William, John
- 1777 England Marriages, 1538–1973 for Mercy Boorman
Groom's Name: James Carpenter
Bride's Name: Mercy Boorman
Marriage Date: 13 May 1777
Marriage Place: Staplehurst, Kent, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02149-7
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1737092
Reference Number: Dcb/BT1/224/194
- 1777 marriage, Staplehurst All Saints:
1777 13 May CARPENTER James BOORMAN Mercy G: of Frittenden. B: OTP
- 1777 marriage banns, Staplehurst All Saints:
James CARPENTER of Frittenden
Mercy BOORMAN OTP
Banns: 13 Apr 1777, 20 Apr 1777, 27 Apr 1777
- 1777 Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records
Text: James Carpenter, of Frittenden, & Mercy Boorman 13 May 1777
Book: Marriages at Staplehurst, 1538 to 1812.
Collection: Kent: - Register of Marriages, 1538-1837 b (Marriage)
- 1790 - Mercy’s husband James Carpenter is mentioned in her father’s will:
Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882
Probate Date: 18 Jan 1790
Testator: William Boorman
Others Mentioned:
Name Relationship
William Boorman Testator
Anthony Boorman Son
William Boorman Son
James Carpenter Other
Jane Boorman Wife
- William [Sr] made his will on 19 Mar 1785 when wife Jane was still alive. Ref. No. Kent Archive Office PRC17/102.22. Jane was provided for: youngest son Anthony got 300 pounds if he returned home: son William of Headcorn got his father’s house and land in Staplehurts: and daughter Mercy and son-in-law James Carpenter got land in Cranbrook. By 1818 son William was William Boorman, wheelwright of Staplehurst.
- 1816 burial, Staplehurst Kent
101 1816 6 Sep Mercy CARPENTER 70
But another source says:
Mercy his wife [James Carpenter] died 31 August 1817 aged 73 years. Left surviving 3 sons and 1 daughter, James, William, John and Charlotte. (from Some Monumental Inscriptions of Staplehurst Church, Noted by Leland L. Duncan August 1922, http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsStaplehurst/01.htm)
RESEARCH NOTES
- 5 children listed (with descendants): Mercy, Charlotte, James, William, John
On 13 May 1777 when Mercy was 30, she married James CARPENTER in Staplehurst, Kent, England. Born abt 1750. James died in Staplehurst, Kent, England, on 12 Nov 1825; he was 75. Buried on 19 Nov 1825 in Staplehurst Churchyard, Staplehurst, Kent, England.
- GravestoneL 303. James CARPENTER of this parish died 12 November 1825 aged 73 years. Mercy his wife died 31 August 1817 aged 73 years. Left surviving 3 sons and 1 daughter, James, William, John and Charlotte. (from Some Monumental Inscriptions of Staplehurst Church, Noted by Leland L. Duncan August 1922, http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsStaplehurst/01.htm)
- 1825 burial, Staplehurst, Kent:
305 1825 19 Nov James CARPENTER 75
- GravestoneL 303. James CARPENTER of this parish died 12 November 1825 aged 73 years. Mercy his wife died 31 August 1817 aged 73 years. Left surviving 3 sons and 1 daughter, James, William, John and Charlotte. (from Some Monumental Inscriptions of Staplehurst Church, Noted by Leland L. Duncan August 1922, http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsStaplehurst/01.htm)
- 1825 burial, Staplehurst, Kent:
305 1825 19 Nov James CARPENTER 75
They had the following children:
68i.
Mercy CARPENTER (1778-~1802)
69ii.
Charlotte CARPENTER (1779-)
70iii.
James CARPENTER (1782->1861)
71iv.
William CARPENTER (1784-1848)
72v.
John CARPENTER (~1787-1839)
30. Anthony BOORMAN (William4, William3, Thomas2, William1). Born ca 1750.
- 1790 mentioned as son in his father’s will:
Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882
Name: Anthony Boorman
Probate Date: 18 Jan 1790
Testator: William Boorman
Relationship: Son
Others Mentioned:
Name Relationship
William Boorman Testator
Anthony Boorman Son
William Boorman Son
James Carpenter Other
Jane Boorman Wife
William [Sr] made his will on 19 Mar 1785 when wife Jane was still alive. Ref. No. Kent Archive Office PRC17/102.22. Jane was provided for: youngest son Anthony got 300 pounds if he returned home: son William of Headcorn got his father’s house and land in Staplehurts: and daughter Mercy and son-in-law James Carpenter got land in Cranbrook. By 1818 son William was William Boorman, wheelwright of Staplehurst.
- 1790 mentioned as son in his father’s will:
Kent, England, Tyler Index to Wills, 1460-1882
Name: Anthony Boorman
Probate Date: 18 Jan 1790
Testator: William Boorman
Relationship: Son
Others Mentioned:
Name Relationship
William Boorman Testator
Anthony Boorman Son
William Boorman Son
James Carpenter Other
Jane Boorman Wife
William [Sr] made his will on 19 Mar 1785 when wife Jane was still alive. Ref. No. Kent Archive Office PRC17/102.22. Jane was provided for: youngest son Anthony got 300 pounds if he returned home: son William of Headcorn got his father’s house and land in Staplehurts: and daughter Mercy and son-in-law James Carpenter got land in Cranbrook. By 1818 son William was William Boorman, wheelwright of Staplehurst.