The surname Kinchen hardly appears in any English legal or church documentation from 1500-1700, the reason being it is a corruption of of Kitchen/Kichen/Kytchen, the e being also an i in some cases. A Kitchen family of South Somerset intermarried with a family of Cade. For the most part, such families of yeoman farmers were involved in the same ‘game of life’ – marry a son or dau. into the local gentry, or, to those who had already done so. The Kitchens and Cades knew families of Counsell, Fulgham, and Harris, who lived in the same ‘orchard’, where apples never fell far from their tree. The same ‘game of life’ continued to be played in early Virginia.

1. John Kitchen, m. Grace Cade, Aug. 10, 1635, in Stoke Rodney, Somerset (3-4 mls fr. Cheddar/Wedmore). She was probably the dau. of “George Cade, Husbandman of Stoke Rodney”, his Will proved June 10, 1635; a tenant of Maurice Rodney, and sister of William Cade.

(1. George Rodney.
1.1. Maurice Rodney, Esq., m. Joan, dau. of Sir Thomas Dyer of Somerford, Co., Wilts. The family of Thomas Harris, b. 1495, of Mells, were tenants of the Dyers.
1.1.1. Dorothy Rodney, wife of Rice Davis of the Middle Temple, and of Tickenham, Esq. (William Pitt m. Mary Owen: Robert Owen, of Bristol, Merchant. Will pr. Feb. 16, 1615-16. (8 Cope). My cousin Rice Davies, esq. My brother in law William Pitt, overseer. Rice Davies, Esq., of Tickenham, married ist, Dorothy, dau. of Maurice Rodney, Esq. William Pitt’s son, Col. Robert Pitt, d. bef. Jan. 9, 1674, IOW, was the father of John Pitt, who m. Olive, dau. of John Hardy and Alice Bennett. She was the relict of Giles Driver, headright of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.2. Agatha Rodney, m. Captain Thomas Hodges, d. 1583.
1.2.1. Thomas Hodges, d. 1600/1601, m. Eleanor, dau. of John Rosse (Rose) of Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset.
1.2.1.1. John Hodges, m. Margery Counsell, dau. of Robert Counsell.

The Will of Maria (Beard) Sherwell, widow of ‘Robert Sherwell, of Blackford, Somerset, gent.’, was proved Nov. 26, 1627: She requests burial at Wedmore, and named ‘cousin Margery Hodges’. John Harris, of Blackforde, in Wedmore, bur. Jan. 27, 1597, was “servant” (probably estate steward) of Robert Sherwell, who m. (Oct. 6, 1578), Maria Beard/Berd (see N.A. C 3/8/108), dau. of John Beard. This John Harris was the father of John Harris, d. 1625, who m. Penelope Millard, Sept. 9, 1611, in Wedmore, having issue: Thomas Harris, who m. Joan Gardner, bapt Apr. 6, 1617, in Cheddar (sister of John Gardner, bapt. there on Nov. 1, 1621, who m. Mary Coomer, on Oct. 24, 1664, in Cheddar); having issue Thomas Harris, bapt. 1637, in Cheddar (likely d. 1688, in Virginia). (John Gardner, dying intestate admin. requested by relict, Mary. Security Thomas Joyner (father of Bridgman Joyner), James Gardner, 1684, p. 56. ‘Thomas Taberer assigned a bill to John Gardner against Rebecca Izard’ (Mr. Boddie, p. 562); step-mother of Ann Izard, who m. (2) Michael Fulgham; their issue: Sara Fulgham, who m. William Raiford (a kinsman); Michael Fulgham, who m. Mary Pitt (of the Bristol Pitts); Anthony Fulgham, who m. Sara Raiford (likewise kin); Susannah Fulgham, who m. Hardy Counsell (son of Hodges Counsell Jr.); Ann Fulgham. who m. (Mr. Boddie conjectured), Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688). Sarah and William Raiford were children of Philip Raiford, headright of Bridgman Joyner, April 29, 1692.

1.2.1.1.1. Hodges Counsell Sr.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Hodges Counsell Jr., witnessed the will of Daniel Boucher (of Bristol), rec. May 1, 1668. which named his “friends” John Hardy and Thomas Taberer as overseers. John Hardy was the likely father of (1) Debora Hardy, wife of Bridgeman Joyner; (2) Lucy Hardy, wife of Hodges Counsell, Jr).

2. George Kitchin, bapt. June 12, 1636.
2. John Kitchin, m. Alice …
3. Grace Kitchin, bapt. June 1, 1663.
2. William Kitchen, bur. Feb. 21, 1685, m. Martha …
3. Abraham Kitchen, bapt. Aug. 23, 1670.

There are any number of ‘Kinchen interpretations’ – this one being mine:

3. Sarah (sic) Kinchen, m. Philip Raiford. (1. Michael Fulgham, m. Anne Izzard. 2. Susannah Fulgham, m. Hardy Council, son of Hodges Council Jr. and Lucy Hardy, in 1705. 2. Anthony Fulgham, m. Sarah Raiford, dau. of Philip Raiford, of Crediton, Devon, whose br.-in-law was William Crumpler (see will of Phillip Raiford, Dec. 8, 1724). William Crumpler witnessed the Will of William Bridger, Nov. 23, 1730, son of Joseph Bridger (business partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and associated with the sons of the said Thomas:

(1. Francis Hobbs, born 1624. Francis Hobbs, aged 40, and Robert Kae, aged 36, deposed about John Askew, Aug. 9, 1664. Francis Hobbs m. 2. 1674, Mary Floyd, relict of Nathaniel Floyd. The sons of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, John (son-in-law of Francis Hobbs Sr.) and Thomas Harris, held land which had beem Nathaniel Floyds: 365 ac., Upper Parish of IOW Co.; on north side of the Ashen Swamp, near the head and on west side of Seward’s Creek, April 20, 1685, p. 441. 250 ac., part granted Nathaniel Floyd, Nov. 20, 1637, and conveyed to said Harris’ father, by Captain Francis Hobbs and his wife, who was the relict and administratrix of said Floyd, Jan. 13, 1659; and among other lands found to escheate; granted to Honorable Colonel Joseph Bridger, July 22, 1678, who sold to said John and Thomas Harris the Feb. 6, following (1679) Nathaniel Floyd’s headright was Mathew Tomlin; his land being adj. that of Thomas Harris, d. 1688: B. 7, p. 299 – Mathew Tomlin, 1227 acs., Low. Par. of IOW Co., on brs. of the Blackwater, Apr. 27, 1686. 781 acs. being part of 1200 acs. granted Mr. John Seward, Apr. 15, 1648, adj. Mary Turner and Thomas Harris; to the bottome of Pig Neck. *John Seward’s headright was Edward Brantley. 1.1.1.1. Francis Hobbs, born c. 1650, m. (1) Elizabeth Bridger, Oct. 9, 1671, in Tetbury; cousin of Joseph Bridger.

An indenture between “Phillip Rayford” and his wife, Sarah, and Thomas Harris, Jr., for the sale of land was dated Feb. 9, 1687. I would suggest that Thomas Harris, Jr. was the son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. The only proven intermarriage between the Fulghams and Harris at this time concerned a granddau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, dau. of his son, John. The Fulghams were of Pitminster, 30 mls fr. Stoke Rodney).

3. William (sic) Kinchen, m. Elizabeth Joyner, dau. of Bridgman Joyner.
4. William Kinchen. Joseph Bridger (grandson of Joseph) of Northampton Co. to William Kinchen of Northampton Co., July 3, 1745, 18 pounds current silver money of Va. 436 acres more or less on the north west side of the Mill swamp, joining Rowland Williams and the swamp, as by patent 1 Dec. 1744 Wit: William Kinchen, Jr., John Crowell, Samuel Bell. Reg. Northampton Co. Nov. Ct. 1745.
5. William Kinchen, m. Sarah House. (Northampton Co. Oct. Ct. 1758).
4. Sarah Kinchen, m. James Godwin, son of Thomas Goodwin Jr., son of Thomas Goodwin and Marther Bridger, dau. of Joseph Bridger, business partner of Thomas (d. 1672) and his br., Richard Harris. Thomas Goodwin Jr, was the br. of Theophilus Goodwin, who m. Elizabeth Wyche, having issue: Sarah Goodwin, wife of Thomas Harris (son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30); father of Solomon Harris.
4. Matthew Kinchen. His will (1735/6) names “my loving mother Elizabeth Kinchen” and “my loving uncle Thomas Joyner“; 3 daus. He m. (1730) Elizabeth Ruffin, dau. of Robert Ruffin II. and Elizabeth Watkins, son of Robert Ruffin and Elizabeth Prime, dau. of Edward Prime and Ann, relict of Peter Ridley. Elizabeth Prime was the half-sister, thus, of (Elizabeth Ridley, who m. Charles Barham, whose sister, Ann, m. Richard Bennett, d. 1709/10, kinsman of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
5. Elizabeth Kinchin, m. Lodwick Alford, son of James Alford and Lucy Cade. Nov. 1, 1752: William Pace was granted 425 acres “in Granville County and in Johnston County on the S side of crooked creek, joining Lodwick Alford”; surveyed Feb. 10, 1748, chain bearers Robert Cade (stepfather of William and James Pace), and William Cade. Robert Cade d. bef. May 1769, when administration on his estate was granted to James Alford (Bute Co., Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779, p. 77).

Cade to Cade.

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