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John Thomas Terry  ( 1881 - )

parents Henry & Elizabeth Hannah SMITH
born in Smeeth Kent 1881
christened in
died in
buried
grave
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occupation Carrier
Biography
 1934 Eighteen men who were committed by a special sitting of the Wingham Petty Sessions at Dover, in connection with the "tithe raid" on West Court Farm, Shepherds well, were indicted at the Kent- Assizes at Maidstone, yesterday, on a charge of riotous assembly. The men were:—David Gill, OxRoad Farm, Elham; William S. Wood, sen., Beverage Bottom, Elham: Henry Gammadge, Robin Hood Cottage, Elham; James Higgins, John William Crow and John Terry, all of Exted Farm, Elham; Thomas A. Rawe, Bladbean Farm, Elham; John Woodland, Exted Farm. Elham; Ernest A. Law, Oast House Cottages,Elham; Robert Potts and Alfred S. Potts,- Wesley Cottages, Lyminge : Leslie Wren, Longage Cottage, Rhodes Minnis: Roland Cullen. Mount Farm, Elham; Frank Castle, Mount's Court Cottages. Acrise; John Hutchinson, Station Road, Lyminge: William S. Wood, jun., Elham; Alfred J. Ross, Out Elmsted, Barham; and Frederick Solley, Great Mongeham. Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, prosecuting, said that the riot took place late on the night of September 3rd, when the men assembled at the farm, apparently as some sort of protest against the tithe laws. Some days previously a number of ducks had been taken from a farm at Westwell, the property of Mr. Kedward, and removed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' farm at 1West Court, Shepherdswell. These men and others Went to West Court Farm and recovered the ducks. All pleaded guilty with the exception of Frederick Solly, aged 48, against whom the prosecution offered no evidence. He was formally acquitted and discharged. Of the others, John Terry, aged 52, William Stephen Wood, sen., aged 48, Alfred John Ross, aged 32, and David Gill, aged 30, all farmers, were each fined £10, The remainder were bound over for two years. Addressing Terry, Wood, sen., Gill and Ross, the judge said it was a very wrong adventure, and, but for their assurance not to repeat such conduct, he would have sent them to prison. Dover Express - Friday 23 November 1934
 1955 Death of wife Emily
Biography

1934
Eighteen men who were committed by a special sitting of the Wingham Petty Sessions at Dover, in connection with the "tithe raid" on West Court Farm, Shepherds well, were indicted at the Kent- Assizes at Maidstone, yesterday, on a charge of riotous assembly. The men were:—David Gill, OxRoad Farm, Elham; William S. Wood, sen., Beverage Bottom, Elham: Henry Gammadge, Robin Hood Cottage, Elham; James Higgins, John William Crow and John Terry, all of Exted Farm, Elham; Thomas A. Rawe, Bladbean Farm, Elham; John Woodland, Exted Farm. Elham; Ernest A. Law, Oast House Cottages,Elham; Robert Potts and Alfred S. Potts,- Wesley Cottages, Lyminge : Leslie Wren, Longage Cottage, Rhodes Minnis: Roland Cullen. Mount Farm, Elham; Frank Castle, Mount's Court Cottages. Acrise; John Hutchinson, Station Road, Lyminge: William S. Wood, jun., Elham; Alfred J. Ross, Out Elmsted, Barham; and Frederick Solley, Great Mongeham. Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, prosecuting, said that the riot took place late on the night of September 3rd, when the men assembled at the farm, apparently as some sort of protest against the tithe laws. Some days previously a number of ducks had been taken from a farm at Westwell, the property of Mr. Kedward, and removed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' farm at 1West Court, Shepherdswell. These men and others Went to West Court Farm and recovered the ducks. All pleaded guilty with the exception of Frederick Solly, aged 48, against whom the prosecution offered no evidence. He was formally acquitted and discharged. Of the others, John Terry, aged 52, William Stephen Wood, sen., aged 48, Alfred John Ross, aged 32, and David Gill, aged 30, all farmers, were each fined £10, The remainder were bound over for two years. Addressing Terry, Wood, sen., Gill and Ross, the judge said it was a very wrong adventure, and, but for their assurance not to repeat such conduct, he would have sent them to prison.

Dover Express - Friday 23 November 1934

1955
Death of wife Emily

Marriage
(Ages +/-1)
Year   Reg. DistrictChurchNameAgeSpouseAgeCurate
1918 Elham  John Thomas Terry36Emily Watson37 
Demography
(Elham Parish only)
YearNamePropertyAddressRelationConOccupationAgeBorn  
1925John Thomas TerryGreat ExtedExtedHeadM 43Smeeth
1921John Thomas Terry1 Silverhill VillasSilver HillHeadMCarrier39Elham
1911John Thomas Terry4 Prospect Terrace SonSCarrier29Smeeth Kent
1891John T TerryUnidentified Ref No. Z 165 Son Scholar9Smeeth
Relationships
(Calculated from the demography records)
Name Relation GBornPlaceDiedPlaceOccupation
Henry TerryFatherM1849West Hougham Kent1915ElhamShephard On Farm
Mary Ann FreemanBoarderF1850Northampton Northamptonshire England1926 None
Elizabeth Hannah Smith MotherF1856St Margrets Dover Kent  House Duties
Sarah Ann TerrySisterF1876Hougham1954  
Emma Matilda TerrySisterF1880Sellinge1961  
Emily WebbWifeF1880Battersea, London1955  
Harriett Mary TerrySisterF1883Smeeth1961  
Elizabeth Hannah TerrySisterF1884Smeeth   
Henry Keith TerryBrotherM1889Acrise   
Ethel Victoria TerrySisterF1897Elham1982  
Stanley Arthur WatsonStep-sonM1904East Dulwich London1984Canterbury DistrictAssistant Carrier
William George WatsonStep-sonM1909St Margarets Dover2009Tankerton 
John T TerrySonM1919Elham1990Ashford 
George Henry TerrySonM1921Elham