John Grayling MAJOR^[1]

1767 - 1839  (72 years)

• Name	John Grayling MAJOR  [1, 2]
  Birth	1767	Folkestone, , Kent, England   [1]
  Christening	10 May 1767	Folkestone, , Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6806E403C6B14C1589E6CD6802C22E581B7B
  Name	John Graling MAJOR
  Name	John Grayland MAJOR
  Name	John Grayland MAJOR
  Death	1839	Folkestone, , Kent, England
  Person ID	I16234	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Harriet BATEMAN,   b. 1774, Folkestone, , Kent, England d. 1841 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1795	Folkestone, , Kent, England   [1]
  Children	1. William Chapman MAJOR,   b. 22 Jun 1796, Folkestone, , Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Grayling MAJOR,   b. 14 Jan 1798, Folkestone, , Kent, England d. 1842 (Age 43 years)   3. Harriet MAJOR,   b. 1800, Folkestone, , Kent, England d. 1855 (Age 55 years)   4. Mary MAJOR,   b. Abt 11 May 1804, Folkestone, , Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Henry MAJOR,   b. 1806, Birchington, , Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown   6. James MAJOR,   b. 27 Mar 1808, Birchington, , Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown   7. George MAJOR,   b. 3 Jul 1810, Birchington, , Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown   8. Richard MAJOR,   b. Feb 1813, Sandwich, , Kent, England d. Aft 1851 (Age 38 years)   9. Anne MAJOR,   b. 10 Sep 1815, Sandwich, , Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1767 - Folkestone, , Kent, England Christening - 10 May 1767 - Folkestone, , Kent, England Marriage - 12 Mar 1795 - Folkestone, , Kent, England Death - 1839 - Folkestone, , Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  NOTE: Most of us doing work on this line feel that John Grayling MAJOR should be the son of William MAJOR and Mary GRAYLING (not William MAJOR and Mary POTTEE as on the IGI) as none are from Parish Record extractions. The only one with a Batch number (i.e., PR extraction) has as the mother "Mary". Generation 6 John Grayling Major, B. 10/5/1767, D 1839 in Folkestone. Married Harriet Bateman 12/3/1795 at Folkestone. Harriet Bateman (1774 – 1841) had parents James Bateman, B. 1748 and Susan Chapman, B. 1745. John Grayling Major and Harriet had children 7.i Iv Henry Major, B 1806 in Birchington i William Chapman Major, B. 22/6/1796 in Folkestone. ii Harriet Major, B. 4/7/1800 in Folkestone, D. 1855, married John Omer Stone in 1819. iii Mary Major, B. 11/5/1804 in Folkestone. iv John Grayling Major, B. 14/1/1798 in Folkestone, D. 1842. Married Frances Wraith in 1819 at Folkestone. They had children Edward Wraith Major, B. 1820, D. 1892, married Anne Cullen. John Grayling Major, B. 1822, married Ann Maria Howarth. Richard Hobday Major, B. 1824, D. 1887. Harriet Major, B. 1825, married ? Wintle. William Henry Major, B. 20/2/1828, D. 1895, married Martha ? . Mary Hobday Major, B. 1829, married George Ainslie. Frederick Erle Major, B 1832, married Fanny ? at Hurstpierpoint. Stephen Hobday Major, B. 25/2/1834, married Sarah Ann Caister. James Bateman Major, B. 1837, marr. Martha Dawes at Brighton. v James Major, B. 27/3/1808 in Birchington. vi George Major, B. 3/7/1810 in Birchington. vii Richard Major, B. 21/2/1813 at Sandwich, married Harriett Howe. Viii Anne Major, B. 10/9/1815 at Sandwich. Source: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/5084/majorother/WilliamMajorc163 0.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S348] Richard Nelson. [S351] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of July 31, 2006).