Part 2 - Alchins of Leybourne and the Mallings, Kent 1680 - 1901
1.3.12.3 ~ Richard Alchin
Richard was baptised at St Mary’s church, West Malling
on 19th March 1736. Richard probably married
Ann Barnes at Maidstone on 5th
August 1764. Richard and Ann had at least two children – Richard and Ann.
Richard owned land at Bearsted which he left to his son and namesake.
Other legacies were left to his daughter Ann Pint and his widowed sister
Jane Webb. Richard died at Maidstone in 1803 and he was buried at Offham.
He left a will (PRO reference PROB 11/1400):
“This is the last Will and testament of me Richard Alchin of Maidstone
in the County of Kent Yeoman I nominate constitute and appoint my son
Richard Alchin of Maidstone aforesaid schoolmaster my son in law Thomas
Pint of the same place schoolmaster and Richard Webb of Bearsted in
the said county farmer joint Executors of this my Will. Item I request
that I may be buried in a plain but decent manner in the churchyard
belonging to the parish of Otham in the said County of Kent at the discretion
of my Executors I give and devise to my said son Richard Alchin all
that my messuage or tenement and farm lands hereditaments and premises
with the rights members and appurtenances thereto belonging now in the
several tenures or occupations of William Richard and others situate
lying or being in the parish of Bearsted in the County of Kent aforesaid
to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever subject nonetheless (?)
and I do hereby charge and make chargeable the same and every part thereof
to and with the payment of one annuity or the yearly sum of twenty pounds
to my sister Jane Webb the widow of William Webb late of the parish
of Bearsted aforesaid farmer deceased and her assigns for and during
the term of her natural life to be paid and payable by even and equal
half yearly payments the first payment thereof to begin and be made
at the end of six calendar months next after my decease …….. …. and
whereas I am and stand possessed of the capital sum of 600 pounds ……
five percent Bank annuities of the year seventeen hundred and ninety
seven were standing in my name in the books of the Governor and Company
of the Bank of England Now I do hereby give and bequeath the same and
the interest and dividends which may accrue and be due thereon at the
time of my decease to my said son Richard Alchin his Executors and Administrators
upon the trusts following that is to say upon Trust to receive and take
the interest and dividends thereof as they become due and payable and
pay over the same into the proper hands of my daughter Ann the wife
of the said Thomas Pine or otherwise authorise and empower her to receive
and take the same for and during the term of her natural life and from
and immediately after her decease leaving issue her surviving upon further
trust to assign and transfer the same principal sum of six hundred pounds
and the stocks and funds whereon the same is secured together with such
interest and dividends as may then be due thereon unto the said Thomas
Pint for the benefit of such child or children to be divided between
and amongst them (if more than one) in such manner as to him shall seem
most advisable provided nonetheless that if my said daughter shall happen
to depart this life without issue her surviving then and in such case
it is my will and desire that my said son Richard Alchin do and shall
stand possession of the same sum of six hundred pounds and such interest
and dividend as shall be due thereon at the time of the decease of my
said daughter to and for his own use absolutely and from and immediately
after the decease of my said sister Jane Webb in case my said daughter
shall then be living or if she shall be then dead leaving issue her
surviving then it is my will and desire that my said son Richard Alchin
do and shall immediately thereafter lay out plant and invest the sum
of two hundred pounds sterling in some or one of the public stocks or
funds of Great Britain in his name and do and shall stand possessed
of and interested in the same and the interest dividends and annual
proceeds thereof upon the several trusts and under and subject to the
proviso or declaration hereinbefore mentioned expressed and declared
of and containing (?) the said capital sum of six hundred pounds ………
five percent bank annuities and the interest and dividends thereof or
such of them as shall be the existing and capable of taking effect Item
I give and bequeath to Richard Webb of Bearsted aforesaid farmer the
sum of twenty pounds sterling and direct the same to be paid to him
at the expiration of one calendar month after my decease And as to all
the rest residue and remainder of my debts ready money monies …… and
secured by bonds bills or other securities household and other goods
chattels and personal estate of what nature or kind soever after payment
thereout of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacy
hereinbefore bequeathed and given I give and bequeath the same and every
part thereof to my said son Richard Alchin to and for his own use absolutely
…………….. and I do hereby revoke all former wills by me at any time heretofore
made and do declare this only to be and contain my last Will and Testament
In witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained
in three sheets of paper together annexed set and affixed my hand and
seal to wit my hand at the bottom of the first and second sheets and
my hand and seal to this third and last sheet the seventh day of December
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two Richd Alchin
Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator Richard Alchin
as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed
our names as witnesses thereto Robert Barnaby John Homewood John Hughes
This Will was proved at London on the fifteenth day
of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three
before the Right Honourable Sir William Wynn (?) Knight Doctor of Laws
Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
constituted by the oaths of Richard Alchin the son of the deceased Thomas
Pine and Richard Webb the Executors named in the said Will to whom administration
was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the
said deceased having been first sworn by commission only to administer.”
1.3.12.3.1 ~ Richard Alchin
Richard was probably born at Bearsted or Maidstone
in the 1760’s. His father’s will dated 1803 describes Richard as a school
master of Maidstone. Richard was an Executor and the chief beneficiary
of his father’s estate.
1.3.12.3.2 ~ Ann Alchin
Ann was probably born at Bearsted or Maidstone in the
1760’s. She married Thomas Pint at Maidstone on 6th
October 1801. Thomas was a schoolmaster of Maidstone. Thomas was one of
the Executors of the will of his father in law Richard Alchin in 1803.
1.3.12.4 ~ Henry Alchin
Henry was baptised at St Mary’s church, West Malling
on 14th May 1738. He was buried at West
Malling on 14th June 1739.
1.3.13 ~ Anne Alchin
Anne was baptised at the church
of St Peter and St Paul, Leybourne on 1st April 1702.
1.4 ~ Anthony Alchin
Anthony was probably born at Leybourne in the early
1650’s and he may have been the youngest surviving son of Thomas of Leybourne.
There is a possibility that he was the Anthony Alchorne son of Thomas
Alchorne who was baptised at Rotherfield in Sussex
on 13th April 1645.
Anthony seems to have been a family name and he may have been a descendant
of Anthony Alchin, the son of William and Eleanor Alchin, who was born
at Rotherfield in 1554.
Anthony probably married Elizabeth Roberts at St Dunstan’s
church, Canterbury in Kent on
16th April 1676. They
had at least two children – Anthony (c 1683) and Thomas (1680’s). Anthony
senior died before 1701 when his widow was bequeathed 5 pounds by Thomas
Alchin of Leybourne:
“Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter
in Law Alchin widow late wife of my Said Sonn Anthony Alchin deceased
the Sume of five pounds to be paid unto her within one Years next after
my decease by my Executor”.
Elizabeth Alchin was buried at West Malling on 13th
December 1725.
1.4.1 ~ Anthony Alchin
Anthony was probably born at Chart Sutton in Kent
in about 1683. He was bequeathed the sum of ten pounds by the will dated
1701 of his grandfather Thomas Alchin of Leybourne:
“Item I give and bequeath unto
my Grandsonn Anthony Alchin Sonn of my Sonn Anthony Alchin decd.
the Sume of Tenn pounds to be paid unto him att his Age of One and twenty
Yeares by my Executor if he shall live to attaine that Age But if he
shall happen to dye before he shall attaine his Said Age of One and
twenty Yeares then I give and bequeath the Said Sume of Tenn pounds
unto my Executor hereinafter named “
Anthony probably married Hannah Bigg at Chart Sutton
on 2nd November 1708.
Anthony may have been buried at East Malling on 4th April 1735although there is nothing to suggest
that this was him.
1.4.2 ~ Thomas Alchin
Thomas was probably born in the mid-1680’s. We only
know of him from a bequest from his grandfather Thomas Alchin of Leybourne:
“Item I give and bequeath unto
my grandsonn Thomas Alchin Sonn of my Said Sonn Anthony Alchin decd.
the Sume of five pounds to be paid unto him within one yeare next after
my decease by my Executor”.
It is possible that Thomas married and baptised children
at either Halling or Wilmington (he is the right age for either). It is
also possible that he was buried at West Malling on 13th September 1738.
2 ~ Elizabeth Alchin
Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry Alchin. The only
information we have about her is that she was buried at Chevening on 22nd April 1623.
3 ~ Richard Alchin
Richard was baptised at St Botolph’s church, Chevening
on 4th October 1624.
He married an unknown woman and they had at least one child – Richard
(1645). Nothing more is known of this family.
3.1 ~ Richard Alchin
Richard was baptised at St Botolph’s church, Chevening
on 10th January 1645.
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