Second Generation  

2. John SANKEY [106949] (Thomas¹) was born circa 1656 in Harbledown Kent England, was baptised on 3 Jun 1656 in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England, died on 29 Oct 1740 in Harbledown Kent England aged about 84, and was buried on 1 Nov 1740 in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England.

General Notes: In a Document received from Sue [Brice] Jones in October 2016, she included the following;-
As there are villages in England bearing the name of Horsley, so there are also villages called Sankey and a brook or river of that name in Lancashire. Nothing is known of the Johns or Williams who took their surname from that village in which they Iived; but the first Sankey of which anything is known, is one who accompanied King John to Ireland and eventually settled there, A descendant of this man, one John Sankey, born 1655, came into Kent from Ireland, took work at a farm called Poldhurst Court near Canterbury, and when his master died he married the widow, one Mistress Margaret Newton. He and she were working in the field one day, and saw in the ditch a portmanteau, which they took home. No one enquired for it and the farmer and his wife decided that someone in those troublous times, when fleeing for his life, had dropped it. What were the contents or the portmanteau was never divulged, but John Sankey soon became a very well-to-do farmer, and set up his five sons in other parts of East Kent

Noted events in his life were:

• Death: at Pouldhurst [Farm?], 20 Oct 1740, Harbledown Kent England.

John married Margaret ORDIERIN [106950] on 31 Mar 1684 in Sts Peter & Paul Ospringe Kent England. Margaret was born in 1663, died on 24 Dec 1725 in Harbledown Kent England at age 62, and was buried on 3 Jan 1726 in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 5 M    i. John SANKEY [106954] was born on 1 Oct 1684 in Harbledown Kent England, was baptised on 4 Oct 1684 in St Stephen's Hackington Kent England, died on 10 Mar 1761 in Hastingleigh Kent England at age 76, and was buried on 13 Mar 1761 in St Mary's Hastingleigh Kent England.

   6 M    ii. Thomas SANKEY [106952] was born in 1689 in Stowting Kent England, died on 27 Jan 1762 in Harbledown Kent England at age 73, and was buried in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England.

Thomas married Mary COURT [106953] on 20 Mar 1717 in St Nicholas & Faith Thannington Kent England.

+ 7 M    iii. Edward SANKEY [104266] was born in 1695 in Monks Horton Kent England, died on 7 Aug 1781 in Milton next Canterbury Kent England at age 86, and was buried on 12 Aug 1781 in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England.

   8 F    iv. Sarah SANKEY [106967] was born on 1 Apr 1699 in Harbledown Kent England and was baptised on 6 Apr 1699 in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England.

   9 F    v. Martha SANKEY [106966] was born on 2 Aug 1701 in Harbledown Kent England and was baptised on 26 Aug 1701 in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England.

+ 10 M    vi. Samuel SANKEY [106959] was born on 1 Nov 1702 in Monks Horton Kent England, was baptised on 18 Nov 1702 in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England, and died on 8 Nov 1741 in Stowting Kent England at age 39.

   11 F    vii. Elizabeth SANKEY [106965] .

+ 12 M    viii. Matthew SANKEY [106961] was born in 1707 in Upper Harbledown Kent England, was baptised on 19 Aug 1707 in St Michael & All Angels Harbledown Kent England, and died on 6 Jan 1776 in Harbledown Kent England at age 69.