1. William Kilpin was buried on 16
Aug 1707 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 1
General Notes: Some time Woodman and Victualler at Stoke Goldington, Bucks.
Some things about his life:
• Will signed: 5 Jul 1707, Stoke Goldington,
Bucks. 2 William left this intriguingly
spelt Will, which has been transcribed has it was written. Though he signed
his name with some style, it is not clear from the original document whether
or not he wrote the Will himself. The spelling & irregular writing
suggests he might have done because a professional writer would probably
have been tidier and more accurate (despite the flexibility in spelling
in those days):
July ye 5 1707
in ye name of god amen acording to ye compuliton? of the Church of England
i william kilpin of the ye parish of stoke goldinton in ye counti of buckes
woodman being of parfit memory & remembrance praised be god for it do
make & ordaine this my last will & testament in the maner &
forme foloing... first i bequeth my sole into the ye hands of all mighty
god my maker hoping that theon ye merritous deth & pasion ie jus crist
my only safiour and redimer to receife free pardon & forgifnes for all
my sins and as for my body to be bureid in cristian bureial at ye discresion
of my execitors hereafter nominated...
item... i give to my sone william kilpin ye some of on shiling... more
i give to my sone thomas kilpin ye some of on shiling to be both paid with
in six monthes after my deses...
i do make my wife excexeter of my will & do leafe al that i hafe to
hir dissposing and do here on to set my hand...
[Signed] William Killpin
witnes [signed] John Barnit... John J. Simmonse?... Robert Abraham
Probate was granted 14th October 1707 to Jane Kilpin the Executix by
William Wootton surrogate
William married Jane ——— .3 Jane was buried on 2 Mar 1708/09 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 3
Some things about her life:
• Will signed: 26 Feb 1708/09, Stoke Goldington,
Bucks. 4 Jane left this Will:-
In the name of God Amen I Jane Kilpin of ye p'rish of Stoke Goldington
in ye County of Bucks victualer being sick & weak of body but of sound
& p'fect minde & memory praised be Almighty God for ye same do make
& ordaine this my last will and testamt in manner & forme following
that is to say first I doo bequeath my soule into ye hands of Almighty God
my saviour hopeing through ye merits & ???? of Jesus Christ my redeemer
to obtaine remission of my sins & everlasting life & as for my temporal
goods which it has pleased Almighty God to send me I do bequeath them as
followeth... first I will that my funerall debts and all other debts be discharged
by my Exor hereafter mensioned... item... I give unto my son William Kilpin
ye sume of ten shillings... item... I give unto my son Thomas Kilpin ye sume
of five pounds... item... I give unto my daughter Jane Kilpin ye sume of
nineteen pounds... item... I give unto my said daughter Jane Kilpin five
pair of sheets & five pillow ???? & ye fine linnen in ye trunk...
item... I give unto my sd daughter Jane Kilpin ???? & beding with all
ye furniture belonging to ye same ye furniture of ye one being upon ye bed
& ye other in ye garret... item... I give unto my said daughter Jane
Kilpin a chest of drawers & one table being both in ye hall one halfe
hogshead one little barril situate in the Buttery... the rest of my goods
& chetts I give & bequeath unto my son John Kilpin whome I make Exor
of this my last will & testamt and whome I will that he pay or cause
to be paid with in one year next after my decease ye several legacies within
mentioned hereby revoking and dissanulling all former Wills made by me...
In witness whereof I have set my hand & seale this twenty sixth day of
February & in ye year of our Lord God 1708 ye marke of Jane Kilpin in
ye presence of Edward Serivon... Thomas Hooton... the ye marke of John Gaddon
Proved 19th October 1709 by John Kilpin the son the sole Executor
Children from this marriage were:
+ 2 M i. William Kilpin .
+ 3 M ii. Thomas Kilpin died on 25 Apr 1709 5 and was buried on 27 Apr 1709
in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 5
+ 4 M iii. John Killpin was baptized on 23 Mar 1681/82
in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks and was buried on 3 Oct 1727
in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 6
5 F iv. Elizabeth
Kilpin 7 was baptized on 5
Nov 1684 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 7 and died bef Feb 1708/09.
General Notes: Elizabeth is not mentioned in her mother's Will so it is very likely that she had died before it was written in February 1708/09.
6 F v. Jane
Kilpin 7 was baptized on 10
Apr 1687 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 7
Jane married Alexander Benson .
7 F vi. Sarah
Kilpin 7 was baptized on 24
Jun 1688 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 7 and died bef Feb 1708/09.
General Notes: Sarah is not mentioned in her mother's Will so it is very likely that she had died before it was written in February 1708/09.
Second Generation
William married Anne ——— .
Children from this marriage were:
8 M i. William
Kilpin 9 was baptized on 15
Oct 1694 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 9 and was buried on 6 May 1700
in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 10
9 M ii. Thomas
Kilpin 11 was baptized on
20 Jan 1694/95 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 11
10 F iii. Jane
Kilpin 12 was baptized on
10 Feb 1696/97 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 12
11 M iv. John
Kilpin 7 was born on 1 Oct
1698 in Stoke Goldington, Bucks 13
and was baptized on 16 Oct 1698 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington,
Bucks. 14
12 M v. William
Kilpin 15 was born on 13 Jul
1701 in Stoke Goldington, Bucks 15
and was baptized on 3 Aug 1701 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington,
Bucks. 15
13 F vi. Ann
Kilpin 16 was baptized on 6
Feb 1702/03 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 16
14 M vii. Abraham
Kilpin 7 was baptized on 6
Feb 1705/06 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 17 and was buried on 5 Mar
1705/06 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 18
3. Thomas Kilpin
died on 25 Apr 1709 5
and was buried on 27 Apr 1709 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.
5
Thomas married Elizabeth ——— .19 Elizabeth was buried on 6 Apr
1709 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 20
Children from this marriage were:
15 F i. Elizabeth
Kilpin 7 was born on 16 Jun
1699 in Stoke Goldington, Bucks, 21
was baptized on 2 Jul 1699 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks,
21 and was buried on 30
Jan 1707/08 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 22
16 M ii. Thomas
Kilpin 7 was born on 23 Sep
1701 in Stoke Goldington, Bucks 23
and was baptized on 9 Oct 1701 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington,
Bucks. 24
17 F iii. Jane
Kilpin 25 was baptized on
24 Oct 1703 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 25 and was buried on 14 Mar
1708/09 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 26
18 M iv. David
Kilpin 7 was baptized on 27
Dec 1705 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 27
19 M v. William
Kilpin 16 was baptized on
25 Jan 1706/07 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 16
4. John Killpin
was baptized on 23 Mar 1681/82 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington,
Bucks and was buried on 3 Oct 1727 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington,
Bucks. 6
John married Susannah ——— 7 <1707>. Susannah died on 27
May 1713 28 and was
buried on 29 May 1713 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.
28
Children from this marriage were:
20 F i. Mary
Kilpin 7 was baptized on 8
Aug 1708 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 29 and was buried on 5 Mar
1710/11 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 30
21 M ii. John
Kilpin 7 was born on 13 Mar
1708/09, 31 was baptized
on 19 Mar 1708/09 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks, 31 died on 6 Apr 1709
32 , and was buried on 7
Apr 1709 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 32
22 M iii. William
Kilpin 7 was born on 30 Sep
1711, 33 was baptized
on 14 Oct 1711 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks, 33 and died in 1774 at age
63.
William married Phebe ——— .
John next married Rachel ——— in 1713.
Children from this marriage were:
23 M i. John
Kilpin 34 was baptized on
26 Sep 1714 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 34 and was buried on 12 Dec
1714 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 35
24 M ii. John
Kilpin 36 was baptized on
2 Sep 1716 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 36
+ 25 M iii. Abraham Kilpin 37
was baptized on 1 Dec 1717 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.
37
26 F iv. Mary
Kilpin 38 was baptized on
20 Mar 1718/19 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 39
Mary married Thomas Warren 7 on 13 Jan 1744/45 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.7
+ 27 F v. Rachel Kilpin 40
was baptized on 6 May 1722 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.
41
+ 28 M vi. Nicolas Kilpin was baptized on 2 Aug 1724 in
St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 43 and was buried on 26 Jan
1801 in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 44
29 F vii. Sarah
Kilpin 46 was baptized on
15 Nov 1726 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 46
Third Generation
25. Abraham Kilpin
37 was baptized on 1 Dec 1717
in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 37
Abraham married Mary ——— .
The child from this marriage was:
30 M i. Stephen
Kilpin 47 was baptized on
14 Jan 1748/49 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 48
General Notes: Stephen is mentioned in his granduncle's Will and was a beneficiary of it to the amount of £10. 49
Stephen married Mary Gadesdon 42 on 17 Oct 1776 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.42
27. Rachel Kilpin
40 was baptized on 6 May 1722
in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 41
Rachel married Abraham Tompkins on
1 Oct 1754 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.42
Children from this marriage were:
+ 31 M i. Abraham Tompkins 50
was born on 10 Jul 1758 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks
51 and died before 1799.
32 F ii. Sarah
Tompkins was baptized on 6 Apr 1761 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington,
Bucks.
33 F iii. Mary
Tompkins 51 was baptized on
14 Jul 1765 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. 51
28. Nicolas Kilpin
was baptized on 2 Aug 1724 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks
43 and was buried
on 26 Jan 1801 in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 44
Nicholas was a grazier.
Some things about his life:
• Will signed: 14 Jan 1799, Stoke Goldington,
Buckingham, England. 49 Nicholas
made Joseph Elkins, his son-in-law, the sole executor of his Will and left
him the residue of his estate after payment of the following legacies:-
£150 to his granddaughter Mary Elkins, £200 to his grandnephew
William Tompkins, £10 to his nephew Stephen Kilpin, £20 to
his housekeeper Susanna Tobby and £10 to her brother, and £10
to a friend?, one William Clark of Hanslop, a wheelwright.
Comment: It is interesting that Nicholas chose only Mary Elkins out
of all his grandchildren to be a beneficiary of his Will; he must have had
a particularly warm spot for her, his first grandchild.
Nicolas married Mary Tarry , daughter
of William Tarry and Unknown , on 14 Apr 1768 in Gayhurst,
Bucks..45 Mary was buried on 6
Sep 1776 in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 52
The child from this marriage was:
+ 34 F i. Mary Kilpin 53
was baptized on 10 Oct 1770 in Gayhurst, Bucks. 54 and was buried on 25 Nov
1820 in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 55
Fourth Generation31. Abraham Tompkins
50 was born on 10 Jul 1758 in
St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks 51 and died before 1799.
Abraham married Mary Driver on 5
May 1785 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.16
Children from this marriage were:
35 M i. William
Tompkins 57 was baptized on
16 Apr 1786 in Lathbury, Bucks. 57
General Notes: William is mentioned in his granduncle's Will and was a beneficiary of it to the amount of £200. 58
36 F ii. Rachell
Tompkins 57 was baptized on
21 Jun 1789 in Lathbury, Bucks. 57
37 F iii. Mary
Tompkins 57 was baptized on
21 Dec 1790 in Lathbury, Bucks. 57
38 F iv. Sarah
Tompkins 57 was baptized on
16 Dec 1792 in Lathbury, Bucks. 57
34. Mary Kilpin
53 was baptized on 10 Oct 1770
in Gayhurst, Bucks. 54
and was buried on 25 Nov 1820 in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 55
General Notes: Mary and her cousin Mary Tarry were the main beneficiaries of her grandfather William Tarry's, Will. Her legacy being £100 and a half share of the rent from certain property in North Crawley. One of her great-granddaughters later (1906) described her as being an "heiress" so there was obviously a family legend about her wealth.
Mary married Joseph Elkins ,59,60 son of William Elkins and Elizabeth Sheen , on 1 Dec 1791 in Gayhurst, Bucks..56 Joseph was born in 1767, 59 died in Great Linford, Bucks,, and was buried on 23 Jan 1830 in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 61
Marriage Notes: Joseph seems to have brought
non-conformist religious beliefs to the marriage as all his and Mary's children
were baptised in the recently established Independent Chapel in nearby Newport
Pagnell and not in their local parish church of Gayhurst. Interestingly
enough, the children's dates birth were at some time recorded en bloc in
the parish register of Gayhurst.
General Notes: There is no record of what Joseph
did in Gayhurst but most likely he either assisted his father-in-law as
a grazier or was one on his own account. Whatever the case, Joseph was
the residual beneficiary of his father-in-law's Will and that inheritance
combined with his wife's inheritance from her grandfather probably made
them quite comfortably off. Sadly, Joseph left no Will so it has not been
possible to assess his worth.
It is strange, given the tradition of the Elkinses in the matter of Wills,
that Joseph appears to have died intestate, the more so, because no one
applied for a grant of administration to take over any of his assets after
his death. One explanation of this may be that he made over all his assets
to his eldest son Eli before he died and therefore there would have been
no need to make a Will. As one of his granddaughters is quoted as saying
that he "used to swing on the gate with the children" by which she was implying
that he was childish in his ways, it may be, therefore, that his mental
faculties had deteriorated to such an extent in later life that he was incapable
of running his affairs.
Joseph, Mary and their unmarried children seem to have continued to live
in Gayhurst until Mary died in 1820, after that the family moved to Great
Linford where they acquired or took on a farm of about 370 acres. By then
Joseph was in his fifties and he, Eli and Thomas probably ran the farm until
Joseph became unable to play an active part, thereafter Eli and Thomas ran
it until the end of their lives.
Children from this marriage were:
39 F i. Mary
Elkins 62 was born on 6 Mar
1792 62 and was baptized
on 6 Mar 1792 in St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington, Bucks.
General Notes: Mary was mentioned in her grandfather, Nicholas Kilpin's, Will and received a legacy of £150.
Mary married Henry Thomas Atterbury , son of John Atterbury and Sarah Baker , on 5 Mar 1812 in Gayhurst, Bucks..63 Henry was baptized on 10 Nov 1789 in Newport Pagnell, Bucks.
40 M ii. William
Elkins 60,62 was born on 30 Mar 1793 in Gayhurst,
Bucks. 62 and was
buried on 9 Mar 1811 in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 64
41 F iii. Elizabeth
Elkins 62 was born on 20 Jan
1795 62 and was buried
on 22 Oct 1809 in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 65
42 M iv. Joseph
Elkins 62 was born on 3 Jul
1797, 62 died in Jul
1824 in Potterspury, Northants at age 27, and was buried on 20 Jul 1824
in Gayhurst, Bucks.. 66
43 F v. Catharine
Elkins 62,67 was born on 23 Jun 1799,
62 was baptized on 8 Aug
1799 in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell, Bucks,
67 and died in 1859
59 at age 60.
Catharine married William Worley 59,69 on 9 Dec 1819 in Gayhurst, Bucks..68
General Notes: Farmer in Northants
44 M vi. Eli
Elkins 62,67 was born on 27 Jul 1801,
62 was baptized on 4 Aug
1801 in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell, Bucks,
67 died on 8 Apr 1877 in
Great Linford, Bucks, 70,71 at age 75, and was buried
in Gayhurst, Bucks..
Some things about his life:
• Probate Granted: 8 Apr 1877, Oxford. 72 Effects under £5000
45 F vii. Sophia
Elkins 62,67 was born on 8 May 1804, 62 was baptized on 4 Jun 1804
in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell, Bucks, 67 and died in 1806 59 at age 2.
46 F viii. Leah
Elkins 62,67 was born on 20 Jun 1805,
62 was baptized on 27 Jun
1805 in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell, Bucks,
67 and died in 1826
59 at age 21.
Leah married William Bailey Pratt 59 on 28 Dec 1825 in St Andrew's Church, Great Linford, Bucks..73 William was born between 1799 and 1803. 74
47 F ix. Ann
Elkins 62,67 was born on 21 Jun 1805,
62 was baptized on 27 Jun
1805 in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell, Bucks,
67 died on 15 Oct 1874 in
Towcester, Northants 75,76 at age 69, and was buried
on 19 Oct 1874 in St Nicholas's Cemetery, Potterspury, Northants. 77
Some things about her life:
• Grant of Administration: 12 Nov 1874, Northampton. 78 Effects under £200
Ann married John Malsbury Kirby ,80 son of Thomas Kirby and Amelia Allen , on 27 Jan 1825 in St Andrew's Church, Great Linford, Bucks..79 John was baptized on 25 Aug 1793 in The Parish Church Of Hardmead, Bucks, 81 died on 3 Jan 1837 in Paulerspury, Northants 80 at age 43, and was buried on 7 Jan 1837 in St Nicholas's Church, Potterspury, Northants. 82,83,84
48 F x. Sophia
Elkins 62,67 was born on 9 Dec 1806 62 and was baptized on 5 Mar
1807 in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell, Bucks.
67
49 F xi. Eliza
Elkins 62,67 was born on 4 Mar 1808 62 and was baptized on 3 Aug
1808 in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell, Bucks.
67
Eliza married William Bailey Pratt 59 on 28 Dec 1826.85 William was born between 1799 and 1803. 74
50 M xii. Thomas
Elkins 62,67 was born on 9 Jul 1809, 62 was baptized on 21 Jun 1815
in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell, Bucks, 67 and died in 1866 59,86
at age 57.
51 F xiii. Amelia
Elkins 59,67 was born in Gayhurst, Bucks.,
was baptized on 18 Feb 1813 in Great Meeting Chapel (Independent), Newport-Pagnell,
Bucks, 67 died on 20
Jun 1889 87 at age
76, and was buried on 24 Jun 1889 in West Haddon, Northants.. 88
Amelia married John Heygate ,59,90 son of John Heygate and Eleanor Manton , on 7 May 1839 in St Andrew's Church, Great Linford, Bucks..89 John was baptized on 21 Apr 1805 in Elkington, Yelvertoft, Northants 88,91 and was buried on 3 Jan 1880. 88
General Notes: Of Elkington