My CHALK line comes from Wiltshire and is listed below. Please note that a) the
information is largely from transcripts at the Trowbridge Record Office and b) that the
links to earlier generations are by no means certain as the name is quite common in this
area.
Jo Eaton
FIRST GENERATION - not firm
Joseph CHALK and Honor THOMAS m 28 Aug 1669 Downton
Children:
Joseph CHALK c 9 Aug 1702 Downton
Hannah CHALK c 21 Sep 1704 Downton
Richard CHALK c 7 Apr 1706 Downton, m 31 Dec 1733 Downton
Dinah CHALK c 10 or 16 Sep 1710 Downton
Rachell CHALK c 27 Apr 1712 Downton
Caleb CHALK c 29 May 1715 Downton
Abraham CHALK c 2 Jun 1717 Downton
Ruth CHALK c 30 May 1719 Downton
Leah CHALK c 1 Nov 1721 Downton
SECOND GENERATION - not firm
Joseph CHALK and Hannah CHALK
Children:
Joseph CHALK c 9 Aug 1702 Downton
Hannah CHALK c 21 Sep 1704 Downton
Richard CHALK c 7 Apr 1706 Downton, m 31 Dec 1733 Downton
Dinah CHALK c 10 or 16 Sep 1710 Downton
Rachell CHALK c 27 Apr 1712 Downton
Caleb CHALK c 29 May 1715 Downton
Abraham CHALK c 2 Jun 1717 Downton
Ruth CHALK c 30 May 1719 Downton
Leah CHALK c 1 Nov 1721 Downton
THIRD GENERATION - not firm
Richard CHALK and Sarah WHEELLER m 31 Dec 1733 Downton
Children:
Samuel CHALK c 8 Mar 1734 Downton
Samuel CHALK c 19 Feb 1735 Downton
John CHALK c 9 Dec 1744 Downton
Philip CHALK c 30 Aug 1748
Jacob CHALK c 9 Dec 1750
Sarah CHALK c 7 May 1753
FOURTH GENERATION
John CHALK and Ruth BUNGY m 25 Dec 1767 Downton
Children:
Hannah CHALK b abt 1770§, c 27 Dec 1770 Downton , m (1) James MITCHELL 5 Sep 1795 Downton
(2) Charles DREDGE 18 May 1797 Downton, d after 1851 (Jo Eaton's family)
Ruth CHALK c 14 Feb 1772 Downton
John CHALK c 9 Jan 1773 Downton
John CHALK c 10 Jul 1775 Downton or c 15 Jul 1775 Downton , bur 28 Jan 1839 Downton (PR)
George CHALK c 25 Jun 1777 Downton or c 29 Jun 1777 Downton
Samuel CHALK c 24 May 1780 Downton
Jacob CHALK c 6 Jan 1783 Downton
Other CHALK Events noted:
John CHALK christenings around 1740 in Wiltshire:
24 Apr 1739<John & Martha CHALK Downton
24 Sep 1741<Sam. & Mary CHALK Landford
24 Mar 1742<John & Elizabeth CHALK Downton
9 Dec 1744<Richard & Sarah CHALK Downton
18 Mar 1746<William & Mary CHALK Bower Chalk
4 Mar 1749<Henry & Elizabeth CHALK Winterbourne Stoke
Ellen CHALK bur 22 Aug 1840 Downton aged 6w (PR)
Sarah CHALK bur 7 Feb 1841 Downton aged 43 (PR)