John Sankey

  General Notes:

John Sankey became a Freeman of Canterbury on 19 May 1741. He will benifited his wife Francis and son Richard and was proven on 1 August 1767.

On his garvestone:

"Here lieth the body of John Sankey, who died March 7, 1761, aged *' 77; also Frances wife of the said John Sankey, She died May 12, 1765, aged 75 years".

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage: to Sarah Marshall, 22 September 1716, Canterbury, Kent.

• Occupation: Churchwarden, 1717-1719 & 1726-1730, Hastingleigh, Kent.

• Marriage: to Frances Buckhurst, 29 July 1732, Hastingleigh, Kent.

• Residence: Hastingleigh, Kent.