The Piper's so far have been found in Northiam, East Sussex, but do not go back that far - only to around the 1780's. This part of the family is very elusive, mainly because of the common surname, but I haven't given up yet!.
The surnames associated with the Piper's include:
ALDERTON, ASPINALL, BALLARD, BOORMAN, BUTTON, CHAPMAN, COOK(E), CRITTENDEN/CRETTENDEN, FO(O)RD. FIXTER, GIBSON/GIPSON, GOODING, GORHAM, JEMMETT, PADGHAM, PALMER, POOL(E), SWEATMAN/SWETMAN, TAPPENDEN/TAPINDEN, VALENTINE, VALLENCE/VALLANCE, WENHAM
GRANDFATHER
The Piper side of the family starts with my grandfather JOHN CHARLES CECIL PIPER (aka Charlie) (born 11 May 1908 Sidcup) (died 24 Jul 2004 Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent). He married NELLIE NORAH CREANEY (see Creaney page) (born 26 Aug 1910 Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent) (died 24 Jul 1995 Wisdom Hospice, Chatham, Kent). They married 17 Feb 1931 Minster Abbey, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
They had 2 children:
MARGARET ELIZABETH (my Mum) (born 18 Sep 1937 Chatham, Kent)
DAVID (born 2 Jul 1931 Chatham, Kent)
Marriages of above:
MARGARET married 1) ERIC KENNETH OAK HANCOCK (see HANCOCK page) 28 Sep 1960, St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent. They had ME! Lisa Margaret (born 3 March 1965 96 Marshall Road, Rainham, Kent). 2) BRIAN JOHN COOPER - 22 Mar 1997 Bridgewood Manor Hotel, Rochester, Kent
DAVID married 1) SHEILA REEVES & had 1 child Corinne. 2) DIANNE MACE 31 Mar 1962 & had 2 childen: Bryan Alan & Pauline
JOHN CHARLES CECIL PIPER's parents were FREDERICK CHARLES PIPER (born 8 Mar 1887 Station Road, Rainham, Kent) (died 26 Jan 1972 Medway Hospital, Gillingham, Kent) & ALICE ELIZA VALENTINE (born 4 May 1887 Brompton, Gillingham) (died 29 Nov 1938 Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey). They married 1908 Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey.
They had 6 children including JOHN CHARLES (Charlie):
FRANCES (born 10 Aug 1910 Sheerness) (died Feb 1926 Sheerness)
FREDERICK (born 2 Sep 1913 Sheerness) (died Dec 1915 Sheerness)
JAMES H.J. (born 1915 Sheerness) (died Dec 1915 Sheerness)
ROBERT (born 26 Oct 1916 Sheerness) (died 1971 Sheerness)
DOROTHY ALICE (born 18 May 1922 Sheerness) (died 2 Apr 1982 Sheerness)
FREDERICK (FRED) married EMMA ELIZABETH I.A. JEFFERY (known as NANCY) - Sep 1937 Sheerness. They had 1 child Michael.
ROBERT (BOB) married ELIZABETH (BETTY) MCCANN - unknown date in Scotland. They had 2 children: Elizabeth Alice & Peter James
DOROTHY ALICE married CHARLES WALTER PAYNE - 27 Feb 1940. They had 2 children: Jacqueline & Jennifer
Frederick Piper
Robert Piper
Charlie Piper
FREDERICK CHARLES PIPER's parents were GEORGE PIPER (born 17 Sep 1857 Northiam, East Sussex) (died Jun 1926 Sheerness) & ELIZABETH ANN GOODING (born 19 Jun 1855 Lenham, Kent) (died Dec 1928 Sheerness). They married 5 Nov 1877 Chatham Register Office, Chatham, Kent.
They had 7 children including FREDERICK CHARLES:
GEORGE WILLIAM (born 15 Oct 1877, Station Road, Rainham, Kent) (died Jan 1966 Sheerness)
EDWARD AUGUSTUS (born Sep 1881 Station Road, Rainham) (died 11 Jan 1906 Lambeth, London)
HERBERT HENRY (born 27 Sep 1884 The Street, Upchurch, Kent) (died Sep 1976 Sheerness)
MINNIE MARIA (born Dec 1889 Sittingbourne, Kent) (died Dec 1962 Sheerness)
JESSE THOMAS (born Jun 1893 Sheerness) (died Feb 1959 Sheerness)
DORIS WINIFRED (born Mar 1898 Sheerness) (died Jun 1982 Chatham)
GEORGE WILLIAM married ADELINE ELIZA ALDERTON - 13 Jan 1900 Sheerness Register Office, Sheerness.
They had 4 children: William Edward Peace, Winifred May, Herbert & Arthur Sidney
MINNIE MARIA married PERCY THOMAS WALLACE - Sep 1915 Sheerness.
They had 2 children: Violet I. & Iris I.
DORIS WINIFRED married WILLIAM GRIFFITHS - Dec 1922 Medway, Kent.
They had 2 chidren:
Jean H. & Roy William
FURTHER BACK
St Mary's Church, Northiam, East Sussex
Marriages of above:
GEORGE PIPER's parents were JOHN PIPER (born 10 Feb 1828 Northiam, East Sussex) (died Dec 1883 Rainham, Kent) & SARAH WENHAM (born abt 1833 Northiam) (death date unknown). They married 26 Mar 1856 Northiam.
They had 5 children including GEORGE:
SARAH MARIAN (aka MARIAN SARAH born abt 1860 Rye, East Sussex)
SARAH MARGARET (born Dec 1860 Rye) (died Sep 1861 Ticehurst, East Sussex)
MARY (born abt 1861 Northiam)
WILLIAM JOHN (aka JOHN WILLIAM born abt 1864 Rye)
The furthest I can go back to, at present, are the parents of JOHN PIPER. They are WILLIAM PIPER (born abt 1792 Northiam) (died before 1841 - Susan is listed as a "Widow" in the 1841 Census) & SUSAN SWEATMAN (SWETMAN) (born abt 1794). They married 24 Feb 1813 Northiam.
They had 8 children including JOHN:
JESSE (born 9 Feb 1817 Northiam)
SUSAN (born 23 May 1819 Northiam)
HARRIET (born 21 Oct 1821 Northiam)
CAROLINE (born 31 Aug 1823 Northiam)
GEORGE (born 2 Oct 1825 Northiam)
ANN (born 28 Jan 1827) (died 10 Apr 1829)
ANN (born abt 1832 Northiam)
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
SARAH MARIAN married GEORGE JEMMETT - 1883 Strood, Kent
they had 7 children:
Lilian Emma, Walter Bertie, Percy William, Bessie Marian, Minnie Beatrice,
Daisy Winifred & Julia May
JOHN WILLIAM married EMMA JEMMETT - Apr-Jun 1889 Strood, Kent
they had 3 children:
Eva May, Winifred & Walter John
Research Note: Very interestingly GEORGE JEMMETT & EMMA JEMMETT were brother & sister - so a brother & sister married a brother & sister!
St Mary's Church, Northiam,
East Sussex
Dates from 1090
Marriages of above:
Only 2 marriages are known at present:
SUSAN married JOHN PADGHAM - 8 Feb 1839 Northiam
They had 2 known children: Catherine Charlotte & Ann
HARRIET married JAMES BUTTON - 7 May 1843 Northiam
They had 3 known children: Mary Ann, Elizabeth & Ellen
PIPER BRANCHES 1600'S-180O'S
I have been working hard on the branches going back to the early 1600's from the Piper's - namely ELIZABETH ANN GOODING.
The parish's for the GOODING's were
BOUGHTON MALBERBE, LENHAM & SMARDEN
ELIZABETH ANN GOODING's parents were:
HENRY GOODING (born 19 Jan 1825, died Aug 1878) & SUSANNAH GIPSON (born abt 1827, died Aug 1897 in my home town of Rainham, Kent)
ELIZABETH had 9 siblings:
CHARLOTTE ANN (born 23 Mar 1847,
died Jun 1866)
JAMES (born 23 Mar 1847, died 17 Nov 1923
in MICHIGAN USA)
HENRY (born 1849, died Aug 1915 in
Rainham, Kent)
GEORGE (born 1851. died Oct 1875)
ANNE MARIA (born 1858)
JOHN EDWARD (born 1863, died Jun 1937)
THOMAS ALBERT (born 1864, died Apr 1875
in Newington, Swale)
FREDERICK WILLIAM (born 1868, 16 Mar 1936 in Rainham)
HERBERT IDE (born 1871 died Sep 1962 in Gillingham, Kent)
HENRY GOODING'S parents were:
EDWARD GOODING (born abt 1797 in Smarden, died 30 Jun 1861 in Lenham & ELIZABETH TAPPENDEN (born abt 1789 in Hothfield, died 26 Apr 1864) who married 22 Nov 1813 in Lenham
HENRY had 5 siblings:
JAMES (born 1814, died 1878 in Rainham)
CHARLOTTE (born 1820, died 24 Dec 1879 in Lenham)
ELIZABETH (born 10 Sep 1822, died Dec 1883 in Faversham)
SARAH (born 16 Aug 1828, died Sep 1875 in Medway)
SUSANNAH (born 1830 in Lenham)
St Mary's Church, Lenham
St Nicholas Church,
Boughton Malherbe
THE GOODING'S ANCESTORS
This is where the GOODING's come to a halt. It very much looks as though the surname was spelt GOODWIN & not GOODING so the only generation I can prove at the moment is:
EDWARD GOODING'S parents were
RICHARD GOODING (born abt 1762 & died 3 Jul 1846 in Smarden)
& SARAH CHAPMAN (born abt 1756 in Hadlow & died 7 May 1845 in Smarden) married 23 Apr 1780 in Smarden & all the below children were born in Smarden.
EDWARD had 6 siblings:
SARAH (born 1780)
JAMES (born 1786)
NAOMI (born 20 Mar 1791 & died 3 Apr 1819)
ELIZABETH (born abt 1793 & died Nov 1868)
WILLIAM (born 1800 & died Dec 1839)
BENJAMIN WOOLLEY (born abt 1801 & died Oct 1818)
St Michael
the Arcangel Church
Smarden
SARAH CHAPMAN'S PARENTS were:
JOHN CHAPMAN (born abt 1729 in HADLOW) & SARAH TOMPSON (born abt 1720 & died Mar 1759 in Hadlow who married 23 Oct 1757 in Hadlow
SARAH had 3 known siblings:
THOMAS (born abt 1754)
ANN (born abt 1757)
WILLIAM (born abt 1759)
St Mary's, Hadlow
THE TAPPENDEN'S ANCESTORS
Tappenden Name:
from Tubbenden in Farnborough, Kent, probably derives from the old English name "Tubba"
ELIZABETH TAPPENDEN's Parents were:
JOHN TAPPENDEN (born abt 1765 in Hothfield, died July 1850 in Harrietsham) & CHARLOTTE BALLARD (born abt 1763 in Biddenden, Kent & died Jan 1851 in Harrietsham)
the couple married 2 Jan 1787 in Hothfield
ELIZABETH had 6 siblings:
RICHARD (born 1791 in Hothfield, died 23 Jun 1863 Ashford)
HENRY (born abt 1797 in Hothfield, died 1 Sep 1882 in Maidstone)
CHARLOTTE (born abt 1799 in Hothfield, died Jul 1801 in Boughton Aluph)
WILLIAM (born abt 1802 in Harrietsham, died Jun 1890 in Thanet)
THOMAS (born abt 1803 in Harrietsham, died Jul 1816 in Boughton Aluph)
JAMES (born abt 1807 in Harrietsham, died as an Infant)
6 x GREAT GRANDPARENTS
JOHN TAPPENDEN's Parents were:
RICHARD TAPPENDEN (born abt 1726 in Hothfield, died 4 Feb 1795 in Ashford) & ELIZABETH POOL(E) (born abt 1724 in Boughton Monchelsea, died 26 Nov 1795 in Hothfield)
They married 25 Feb 1760 in St Mary's, Little Chart, Ashford
The Normans built the church in the 11th century as a two cell structure, and over the years it expanded…… described as a handsome building of sandstone with two aisles, two chancels with a steeple at the west end. The steeple is said to have been built in Henry VII’s reign. The Victorians carried out major repairs in the 19th century with new windows, and oak panelling. On 16 Aug 1944 St Mary's received a direct hit from a Doodlebug fortunately nobody was killed but is alleged to be haunted!
JOHN's (known) siblings were:
RICHARD (born abt 1761 & died 13 Sep 1797 in Hothfield)
ELIZABETH (born abt 1764 on Hothfield)
HENRY (born abt 1769 & died 18 Dec 1813 in Hothfield)
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
RICHARD TAPPENDEN's parents were:
JOHN TAPPENDEN (born abt 1688 in Wye, Ashford & died & died Feb 1735 in Boughton Aluph) & ELIZABETH COOK(E) (born abt 1690 in Willesborough & died Feb 1764 in Eastwell
They married 3 Dec 1713 in Bishopsbourne
RICHARD had 7 siblings, fairly unusual for this time period!
ELIZABETH (born abt 1714 in Boughton Aluph)
JANE (born & died in 1715 Boughton Aluph)
MARGARET (born abt 1715 & died May 1766 in Boughton Aluph)
JANE (2) (born abt 1717 in Boughton Aluph & died 1790)
JOHN (born abt 1719 in Boughton Aluph & died Apr 1801 in Ash, Sandwich, Kent
MARY (born abt 1724 & died Dec 1745 in Boughton Aluph)
PATIENCE (born abt 1730 in Boughton Aluph & died Aug 1783 in Kennington, Kent)
All Saint's, Boughton Aluph
1600's - 8 x GREAT GRANDPARENTS
It was this period of time that the surname was spelt "TAPINDEN" - usually due to illiteracy & accents!
JOHN TAPPENDEN's parents were:
ROBERT TAPINDEN (born abt 1659 place unknown but others have him being born in Sittingbourne, Kent (tbc) he died Mar 1735/36 in Boughton Aluph
MARGARET COOK(E) (born abt 1668 in Bilsington, died Mar 1712 in Boughton Aluph)
They married 12 Aug 1686 in St Margaret's, Canterbury
JOHN had 7 siblings again (as above) very unusual for this time period:
ROBERT (born abt 1687, died Jan 1771 both in Wye)
EDWARD (born abt 1690 in Wye, died bef 1699)
RICHARD (born abt 1695 & died May 1771 in Boughton Aluph)
THOMAS (born abt 1699 in Boughton Aluph, died abt 1773 in Chilham)
EDWARD (2) (born abt 1699, died abt 1765 both in Boughton Aluph)
JANE (born abt 1701 in Boughton Aluph)
JAMES (born & died an Infant in Feb 1705)
EARLY-MID 1600's - 9 x GREAT GRANDPARENTS
I've now come across the name being spelt TAFFINDEN/TAFFENDEN
ROBERT TAPINDEN's parents were:
JOHN TAPPENDEN (note spelling again!) (born abt 1634 in Molash & died Sep 1701 in Wye) and
ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD (born abt 1634 in Wye & died Apr 1702 in Wye)
They married 4 Dec 1656 in St Gregory & St Martin, Wye
ROBERT had 6 siblings (big family this!):
JOHN (born abt 1664 in Wye)
THOMAS (born 1667 died an infant)
WILLIAM (born 1669 died an infant)
DANIEL (born abt 1672, died Mar 1730 a "Poor Man" in Wye)
RICHARD (born abt 1675, died Apr 1697 both in Wye)
JAMES (born abt 1677, died 1698 both in Wye)
So the family only had 2 children who survived into adulthood..
St Gregory & St Martin, Wye
WYE
Wye became an important communications centre because of a ford across the River Great Stour connecting with ancient trackways across the North Downs. Romans constructed a road between Canterbury and Hastings using the gap through the North Downs and there have been suggestions the straight Olantigh Road may have been built by them as a separate route from Wye to Canterbury on the east of the River Stour. Remains of an ironworks at the west bank of the river, from that period, have been found. By medieval times, Wye had a market and hosted the local hundred court.
10 x GREAT GRANDPARENTS - the end...
This is the final part of the Tappenden's (& derivatives) that I can find. The records either don't exist anymore or aren't online...
JOHN's Parents were:
EDWARD TAPPENDEN (born abt 1610 probably Molash & died Nov 1637 in Molash) and
ALICE (surname unknown)
Marriage date unknown but would have been abt 1627.
Only one other child can be located:
HANNAH (born abt 1629)
THE ANCESTORS OF
LISA MARGARET HANCOCK
PIPERS (& ANCESTORS) OF KENT & SUSSEX
David Charles Piper
GREAT GRANDPARENTS
Frederick Charles Piper
Marriages of above:
19th CENTURY
Marriages of above:
