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We have a Waller researcher interested in Kent County. His name is Ken Black, he lives in Canberra, Australia and is a descendant of Sarah Waller (born 1808.)
Sarah Waller, daughter of John Waller, was born in Kent County, England. She married William Thomas of Allington, Kent County. The family emmigrated to the Australian Capital Territory in 1838.
Groombridge was an old moated Saxon castle located in the County of Kent.
It was
purchased by Thomas Waller in 1360. Groombridge remained the home of an
unbroken line of
Waller Baronets for 244 years and was finally sold by Sir Thomas Waller in
1604.
The best known Waller resident of Groombridge was Sir Richard (1395-1462)
hero of
Agincourt. Thanks to Jay Garner we now have a genealogy of Richard’s
daughter Alice,
from that time to the present. One would not expect the surname Waller to
appear in a
genealogy initiated by a female ancestor.
The Waller surname surprisingly does reappear in Jay’s genealogy. In
the 19th
century one of his Garner ancestors married a female descendant of Colonel
John Waller
(1673-1754.) Col. John was the original "Endfield" Waller. See
Spotsylvania
County, Virginia for more information on "Endfield." Colonel John
was also a
descendant of Sir Richard (1395-1462).
Because both contacts with the Waller family were through daughters, it
is highly
unlikely the relationship was ever known, even to the participants, prior to
Jay and his
work in genealogy. Jay can be contacted from his page linked below.
Jay Garner's
Page