John Mills

  General Notes:

'Laid to rest under the Yew tree in Shadoxhurst Churchyard'
Kentish Express 8 Dec 1906:'John Mills, married twice, father of 16 children and lived under 5 monarchs George III to Edward VII died 87 years of age at Shadoxhurst. His fatherr was the proprietor of Queens Head Shadoxhurst and married his third wife, aged 34 years, when he was 80 years old.'
Believed to be father of Ellen Newington Farmer's children ²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census UK, 1841, Duck Lane, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England.

• Census UK: Ag. Lab., aged 32, 1851, Blindgrooms, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England. ⁹ George Bingham & Lydia live next door

• Census UK: Farmer of 40 acres, aged 41, 1861, Mount Pleasant, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England. ¹⁰

• Census UK: Grazier of 14 acres, aged 51, 1871, Yonderfield House, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England. ¹¹ A Lilly Farmer, grandaugther, aged 4, b. Shadoxhurst, Kent is living with them

• Census UK: Farm Labourer, aged 61, 1881, Blindgrooms, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England. ¹² Wife seems to be elsewhere
and for grand children are living with him
Minnie Farmer, aged 12, b. Shadoxhurst
Benjamin Farmer, aged 7, Scholar, b. Shadoxhurst
Harry Farmer, aged 4, b. Shadoxhurst
Dennis Farmer, aged 2, b. Shadoxhurst

• Address: Farmer, from Kelly's Directory, 1887, Blindgrooms, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England.

• Census UK: Grazier, aged 71, 1891, Blindgrooms, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England. ¹³

• Address: Farmer from Kellys Dir-Kent, 1895, Blindgrooms, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England.

• Census UK: Aged 81, 1901, Blindgrooms, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England. ¹⁴

John married Martha Morris, daughter of Moses Morris and Elizabeth Beeching, on 31 Aug 1839 in Shadoxhurst, Kent, England.^{1 2} (Martha Morris was born before Jul 1818, christened on 24 Jul 1818 in Wesleyan Church, Hempsted Place, Ashford, Kent, England,¹⁵ died on 15 Feb 1851 in Shadoxhurst, Kent, England ¹⁶ and was buried on 23 Feb 1851 in Shadoxhurst, Kent, England ².)

John next married Catherine Harriet (Kitty) Morris, daughter of Moses Morris and Elizabeth Beeching, on 9 Dec 1855 in Shadoxhurst, Kent, England.^{3 4 5} (Catherine Harriet (Kitty) Morris was born before Jun 1821 in Shadoxhurst, Kent, England ¹⁷, christened on 19 Jun 1821 in Wesleyan Church, Hempsted Place, Ashford, Kent, England ¹⁸ and died on 2 Nov 1903 in Shadoxhurst, Kent, England.)