Indexed Canterbury diocese registers, consulted 2026-08-27. This collection covers the east Kent parishes that FreeREG, Kent OPC and the printed transcript series all lack - Littlebourne, Ickham and Canterbury St George among them - so nil results from those other tools for these parishes are coverage gaps, not evidence. Requires a free account.
William Maple, chr 29 March 1829, Littlebourne, Kent — father James, mother Elizabeth
FamilySearch 'England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986' historical-records search, read in the owner's signed-in Chrome by the orchestrator 2026-09-17/18 (chrome-answers/DP052.md, review item 4373). Exact-date primary citation for this William's christening; father James, mother Elizabeth confirms parents James Maple #5081 x Elizabeth Jarvis #4290 (family 1746). This William was buried six weeks later (BURI 15 MAY 1829, already on record); his name was reused for a younger brother #5136 baptised 17 months afterward.
"Stephen Maple - Baptism 28 April 1696 - Ickham, Kent, England - Parents Stephen, Sylvester"
The parents named here, Stephen and Sylvester, match this person's existing parents in the tree exactly - Stephen Maple (5118) and Sylvester Jeffery (4334), married 1688 - and Sylvester is a distinctive enough female forename to make the match secure. This corrects both the birth year (recorded 1694) and the birthplace (recorded Kingston): the Kingston register has NO Maple baptism after 1666 and no Maple burial after 1668, while his father married at Ickham in 1688 and was buried there in 1728. Birth is entered as ABT 1696 because 28 Apr 1696 is the baptism, not the birth.
William Maple, chr 31 August 1830, Littlebourne, Kent — father James, mother Elizabeth
FamilySearch 'England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986' historical-records search, read in the owner's signed-in Chrome by the orchestrator 2026-09-17/18 (chrome-answers/DP052.md, review item 4373). Exact-date primary citation for this William's christening; father James, mother Elizabeth confirms parents James Maple #5081 x Elizabeth Jarvis #4290 (family 1746), the same parents as his elder brother #5135 who died in infancy six weeks after his own baptism — a reused name within one sibling set, not a duplicate.
Sarah Maple, chr 9 July 1826, Littlebourne, Kent — father Stephen, mother Mary
FamilySearch 'England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986' historical-records search, read in the owner's signed-in Chrome by the orchestrator 2026-09-17/18 (chrome-answers/DP052.md, review item 4370). New BAPM event: precise christening date (the pre-existing bare '1826' BIRT event is left unchanged). Father Stephen, mother Mary confirms parents Stephen Maple #5122 x Mary Ann Wood #8196 (family 1997) — independently discriminating this Sarah from her first cousin and namesake Sarah Maple #5110 (daughter of James Maple x Elizabeth Jarvis, family 1746).
Name: Hannah Prior | Event Type: Baptism | Event Date: 22 July 1787 |
Event Place: Stodmarsh, Kent, England, United Kingdom | Event Place (Original): Stodmarsh, St Mary, Kent
Parents: Alexander (Father M), Mary (Mother F)
"England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986", FamilySearch, entry for Hannah Prior, 22 July 1787. Quoted verbatim from the capture including its original line breaks. Identifies the parents as Alexander and Mary Prior of Stodmarsh St Mary.