Thomas Neame

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Born 8 Jun 1778 Selling Kent [S41]

Sex Male

Died 10 Jun 1840 Chislet Kent [S27]

Father Thomas Neame, b. 12 Mar 1746

Mother Catherine Cobb, c. 1 Apr 24 1748, Sheldwich Kent

Family 1 Sophia Armstrong

Children

	1. Catherine Neame, b. 6 Jan 1805
	2. Thomas Armstrong Neame, b. 1 May 1806
	3. Augustine Armstong Neame, b. 3 Oct 1807, Chislet
	4. William Armstrong Neame, b. 3 Apr 1809, Chislet

Family 2 Anne Harrison

Notes By his 25th year, Thomas was residing at Chislet.
By March 1804 he took to describing himself as a "Gentleman".
His 1st wife Sophia ARMSTRONG of Southfleet died only 3 months after the birth of thir last child (aged 31 years).
5 years later Thomas married Anne HARRISON. They had no other children.
Thomas played a prominent role in the draining of the Wantsum Channel and its outlying marshes, reclaiming much valuable agricultural land. The particular area being a branch of the sea where Roman galleys had sailed from Richborough to Reculver approx. 500 years earlier when Thanet was still an island.
At the time of his death Thomas had become a prominent farmer and head of a leading Kentish family.
Source Val Insley's book A FAMILY's HISTORY ISBN 0 9540292 0 8

Last Modified 8 Dec 2002

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