FLEWIN FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE

The gravestone of Phillis and John
still to be found at Wilmington Parish Church.

PHILLIS
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN FLEWIN OF THIS PARISH
WHO DIED JUNE 25TH 1866
AGED 76 YEARS

ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED
JOHN FLEWIN
WHO DIED DECEMBER 18TH 1867
AGED 81 YEARS


TWO OF THEIR GRAND CHILDREN
THOMAS WELLER
DIED APRIL 18TH 1865
AGED 14 YEARS
JOHN WELLER
DIED JULY 21ST 1869
AGED 12 YEARS
The legend on the gravestone of John and Phillis Flewin, parents of Thomas who emigrated to Canada, George who emigrated to Australia and John who moved to London.

The couple had four daughters. One of them married one Stephen Weller and its is their two sons who are buried with their grandparents.

Photo: J. Parkinson

The stone and inscription over the grave of Phillis and John Flewin and their two grandson stands to this day where it was erected in the church yard in Wilmington in 1866. It is thanks to the work of Peter Flewin, who lives nearby in Horton Kirby to-day, that the pictures are featured here.

He took the coloured photograph himself, but asked his friend, former forces photographer J. Parkinson who lives nearby at Dartford to take the photograph (above). Peter cleaned up the gravestone -- after asking permission -- ahead of the picture being taken in August 2000.
Return to Main Index