If you are researching the COPPINS, etc. family of Co. Kent, with ties to Charing, Egerton, or Lenham, the following might prove of interest. Some of these couples were from Egerton or Charing, though children baptized at nearby Lenham. Best wishes, Gene in Gotha
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The COPPYNS of KENT, 1300-1800, by John Maurice COPPEN, 1900, Leadenhall Press on Microfilm 1483000 of the Family History Center, LDS. pages 87-89.
Canterbury, Apr. 9th, 1898
Dear Sir, (to John Maurice Coppen)
I have examined the Transcripts of the Lenham Registers, and find they are
complete from 1722 to 1750, except that one is stained through damp. I have
extracted the following as likely to be of use to you:
1722, Dec. 14th, Joseph, son of Jn. and Ann COPPEN, bapt.
1724, Oct. 17th, Henry, " " " " and buried same day.
1727, May 14th, Mary, daug. " " " "
1728, Oct. 27th, Edward, Son " " " " and buried Dec. 9th, 1728.
1731-32, Jan. 22nd, Stephen, son of " " " "
1748, May 29th, Thomas HOPPER and Elizabeth COPPIN married.
1749, Aug. 6th, Wm. son of Wm. and Mary COPPEN bapt.
1748, Sept. 30th, a licence was granted for the marriage of William COPPEN and Mary FILMER, of Lenham, St. Peter (or Holy Cross), in Canterbury. They were married at St.Peter's on the same day.
Yours very truly, signed J. M. COWPER (Vicar) See below
Baptisms at Lenham Extracted from Registers and Transcripts: (1750 on)
1750, Sep. 30, Thos., s. of Willm. and Mary COPPIN
1751, Sept. 27, Jeffrey, s. of Willm. and Mary COPPIN
1759, Jan. 21, George, s. of Willm. and Mary COPPEN
1760, Sept. 14, Robert, s. of Jn. and Elizh. COPPEN
1762, May 23, Edw. s. of Willm. and Mary COPPEN
1762, Aug. 10, Thomas, s. of John and Mary COPPEN
1765, Mar. 31, Joseph, s. of John and Elizh. COPPIN
1767, Apr. 30, Daniel, s. of John and Elizh. COPPIN
1768, Mar. 7, Richard, s. of John and Ann COPPIN
1768, Aug. 21, Mary Wells, d. of Will. and Mary COPPIN
1769, Apr. 30, Robert, s. of John and Susan COPPIN
1769, Sept. 10, Anne, d. of John and Anne COPPIN
1773, Sept. 29, Peter, son of Ann and John COPPEN
1776, July 30, Eliz. d. of Ann and John COPPEN
1776, Sept. 9, John, s. of John and Mary COPPEN
1776, Oct. 27, John, s. of Sarah and Thos. COPPING
1778, March 22, Sarah, d. of Thos. and Sarah COPPEN
1780, March 12, Mercy, d. of Thos. and Sarah COPPEN
1783, March 30, James, s. of Thos. and Sarah COPPENS
1784, July 25, Ann and Sarah, twins of Jeffery and Mary COPPINS
1784, Sept. 12, John, son of James and Elizabeth COPPEN
1786, Jan. 15, Sarah, d.of James and Elizabeth COPPINS
1787, July 1, Edward, son of Jeffery and Mary COPPINS
1787, Sept. 30, John, son of Thomas and Sarah COPPINS
1788, June1, Elizabeth, dr. of James and Elizabeth COPPINS
1789, March 9, Susannah, dr. of Jeffery and Mary COPPINS
1790, Aug. 8, Mary, d. of James and Elizabeth COPPIN
1790, Aug. 30, Thomas, s. of Jeffery and Mary COPPINS
1792, March 25, Susannah, d. of James and Eliz. COPPINS
1794, Oct. 26, Anne, dr. of James and Eliz. COPPINS
1797, Jan. 29, Richard, son of Arthur and Anne COPPINS.
1797, June 4, Charlotte, dr. of James and Eliz. COPPINS
1798, May 7, Arthur, son of Arthur and Jane COPPINS
1799, Feb. 10, Caroline, dr. of Jeffery and Mary COPPINS
1799, June 23, Thomas, son of James and Eliz. COPPINS
1800, March 14, Harriet, dr. of Arthur and Elizh. COPPINS