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Timeline Context

1625 King Charles I; 1653 Oliver Cromwell; 1660 King Charles II; 1685 King James II; 1688 King William III & Queen Mary II; 1702 Queen Anne; 1714 King George I; 1727 King George II
1618-1648 Thirty Years War; 1642-1651 English Civil War; 1645 Battle of Nasby; 1685 Monmouth Rebellion; 1702-1713 Queen Annes War; 1704 Battle of Blenheim; 1715 Jacobite Rising; 1745 Jacobite Rising

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name	Birth	Birthplace	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Thomas Kadwell	1641	Rolvenden
Eleanor Kadwell (Gibbon)	1639	Benenden
George Kadwell	1663	Rolvenden
Jabez Kadwell	1665	Rolvenden
Eleanor Kadwell	1666	Rolvenden
Felix Kadwell	1667	Rolvenden
Thomas Kadwell	1669	Rolvenden
John Kadwell	1672	Rolvenden
George Kadwell	1676	Rolvenden

Parish Records

Rolvenden

Baptism's

1583/84	26th Jan	Gyles Kedwell	John Kedwell
1619	16th May	Giles Kadwell	Giles Kadwell
1643/44	8th feb	Joanne Kadwell	Gyles & Joanne Kadwell
1662	28th jan	George Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell
1663	19th june	Jabez Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell
1665	11th jun	John Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell
1665	19th jun	Jabez Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell
1666	11th jun	Ellenor Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell
1667	10th jul	Felix Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell
1669	26th dec	Thomas Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell
1675	17th oct	Elizabeth Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell
1677	9th oct	George Kadwell	Thomas & Eleanor Kadwell

Marraiges

1614	5th Sept	Gyles Kadwell married Margaret Hasnet	both OTP
1640	16th June	Gyles Kadwell married Jone Whiteman	both OTP
1662		Thomas Kadwell married Eleanor Gibbon

Benenden

Baptism's

1669	1st March	Ellen Gibbon	George & Joanne Gibbon
1671	1st May	George Gibbon	George & Joanne Gibbon
1675	2nd December	Edmond Gibbon	George & Joanne Gibbon
1680	12th August	Joanne Gibbon	George & Joanne Gibbon

Marraiges

1668

30th April

George Gibbon married Joanne Kadwell (Rolvenden)

Burial

1694	8th November	George Gibbon	Clothier & Householder
1696	9th July	George Gibbon	Age 86, Snr, Gent

Gravestones - Rolvenden

The Kadwell Altar Tombs at top of the steps by North gate and under the old Yew Tree.
122. Shield of Arms on West end: A cross formee fitchee between eight estoiles. Here lyeth buried the Body of Thomas KADWELL Esquire late | High Sheriffe of this County
who dyed the 10th of | February Anno Domini 1680 aged 39 yeares | This monument was erected at the proper costs of | charge of Sarah relict of the said Thomas | in testimony
of her respect and kindnesse | due to the memory of the deceased.

123. Shield of Arms on West end: A cross formee fitchee between eight estoiles, (Kadwell), impailing a lion rampant between 3 escallop shells (Gybbon). Here lyeth en…….d under
this s……enor wife | of Thomas KADW….. venden ………… High Sherife | of Kent. Shee w ……………..r of George GIBBON late of | Benenden whoe le ………. here Bod ………… sonns and | one daughter.
Shee died ……. ………… this lif………ay of January 1678 aged 39 yeares | wh ……. lived l…… and died lamented.

125. Here lyes ye Body of George KADWELL of this | parish Gentleman the youngest and sixth son of Thomas | Kadwell of ye same parish Esquire late Sherife of this | County
who died December ye 30, 1700 in ye 24 year of | his age and ye 38th day after his marriage |. This done at ye expense of his wife Jane. On the East end: My beloved is in the |
Clefts of ye rocks How | Fair and How Pleasant | went thou to mee | This Thy tomb stone is like | a Palme tree and my | desir is towards thee.

126. On West end a shield of Arms – a cross formee fitchee between eight estoiles. Crest, a cocks head between 2 wings expanded, holding in the beak a cross formee fitchee.
Supporters, on right a lion on left ---? Here lies the Body of John KADWELL Esquire 5th son of Thomas Kadwell late of this parish Esquire. He died the 15th day of August 1736 aged 64.
He was for several years in the Commission of the Peace for the Counties of Kent and Middlesex and for the City and Liberty of Westminster.
He married Elizabeth daughter of Mr. John GIBBON of London, Merchant by whom he had Issue 6 daughters where of 3 are now living viz: Elizabeth, Anne and Sarah.

127. In West end a lozenge shaped shield bearing Kadwell impaling Gibbon. Here lyeth the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth KADWELL widow of John Kadwell Esquire who lies near this place.
She died May ye 3rd 1740 aged 59.

Notes

Information From Pam Smith
THOMAS KADWELL Born 1642 and christened 6th January, 1642, St. Mary’s Church, Rolvenden, Kent, son of George Kadwell and Eleanor Kadwell [nee Tollhurst].
Thomas, who became the High Sheriffe of the County of Kent, a man of importance, married twice. His first marriage was to Eleanor Gibbon.
Thomas Kadwell married Eleanor Gibbon, 3rd July 1662 at Rolvenden, Kent.
Eleanor Gibbon was born in the year of 1639 in Benenden, Kent [daughter of George Gibbon and Margaret Stratton Gibbon].
Thomas and Eleanor Kadwell were the parents of seven children, six sons and one daughter. Thomas and Eleanor’s sons and daughter were all born and christened at Rolvenden, Kent.
1. George born 17th January 1663, christened 28th January 1663.
2. Jabez born 19th June 1665, christened 29th June 1665.
3. Ellenor born 22nd May 1666, christened 11th June 1666.
4. FELIX born 10th July 1667, christened 10th July 1668.
5. Thomas born.26th December 1669, christened 26th December 1670.
6. John born 1672 and christened 14th August 1672. [John died 1736].
7. George born 17th January 1676 and christened 9th October 1677.
[George died 1700].
Eleanor Kadwell, senior, died on 1st January, 1678, aged 39, and Thomas Kadwell married for the second time the following year in 1679.
Thomas Kadwell married Sarah Evernden, 24th April 1679 at Rolvenden, Kent.
Sarah Evernden was christened 26th February 1650 at Lyminge, Kent, daughter of George Evernden and Margery Impett.
Thomas and Sarah Kadwell became the parents of a son Thomas Kadwell born Rolvenden, Kent, who was christened on 26th December, 1679, and died in 1761. Thomas Kadwell died on the 10th February, 1680 only a year after his second marriage to Sarah.