Appendix C. Family trees for the Toulmins of Bolton-le-Sands           

 

  Initially, I attempted to sort the data in App.B, 1a into families, identifying

individuals with identical Christian names whenever it seemed reasonably possible,

not aiming at a high probability.  Data from wills and other PRs was then

incorporated, and I found very little of the original structure needed to be

changed.  My one major error (shared by Walker) is worth noting: it had seemed safe

to identify Robert in family 1, bap. Bolton-l-S 23. 4.1699, as the father of

Elizabeth, Hannah, William, Martha, and Thomas bap. Bolton-l-S from 1721 to 1738.  I

began to doubt this when I discovered a Robert Toulmin with a family at Kirkby

Lonsdale (see family 1b) and buried there, aged 75, on 29 July 1774; but it was only

the list of Freemen (App.B, 3e) that suggested the alternative, from family 3, now

shown as the father of Elizabeth etc.  A lesser error was that I initially failed to

identify Robert Toulmin the husband of Isabel as Robert b.1755 in family 3, who came

to light rather belatedly owing to his unexpected baptism at Warton; here also the

list of Freemen was decisive.

   For exact dates and some more details, see the list in App. B, section 1; for

fuller details of families 1, 1a, 1b see Lond. family ***; for families 2,3 see

Lond. family **.  The small families 4,5 have not been incorporated into the

catalogues in Lond.

   "Toulmin" is almost always omitted; very few of those included in the trees,

except spouses of Toulmins, have other surnames.  "sb" indicates a still-born child

recorded in the Burials register.  : in place of | indicates illegitimate children.

All dates are NS.  Letters [a] etc refer to Notes below each tree.

 

FAMILY 1 Toulmins of Bolton-le-Sands

 

The first 4 generations here mainly predate the earliest Bolton registers and are

derived from wills, plus the Warton PR for the family of Richard (d.1689).  See

Lond*** for details.  Robert at the head may have been brother of Richard at the

head of family 3.

 

                   Robert = Alice ?

                     _____|______

                    |            |

                Elizabeth     Richard d.1623 (will) = Anne ?

              ______________________________________|______________________________________________________

             |                       |                             |                          |            |

 Mary ? = Robert d.1650 (will)  Richard =(1639) Anna Danson      John=(1)Alice (2)Ellen     Helin        Grace

 d.1685 |______________________ d.1689  |   (of Warton), d.1689  d.1679  d.1672   Gibson    =William     =John

        |                |  |  |      __|________                (will)  |     (survived    Jackson of  Carter

    Richard  = Agnes ?  3 others[e]  |           |                       |         him)     Silverdale  of Cartmel

    d.1681   | (alive 1699;        Elizabeth  Ann                     Ann d.1668

    (will)   | ? remarr. to        b.1642     b.1645

             | Thomas Brand 1706)  d.1652     d.1646

             |___________________________________________________________

                    |                    |         |             | twins |

  Jane Talbott =  Robert [a]           Ellen      Mary         Abraham  Sarah

  d.1718   m.1682 b.1665               b.1668     b.1671       b.1675   b.1675

               |  d.1699 (will)        d.1699     d.1693                ?d.1697

               |                       (admon)

    ___________|________________________________________________________

   |           |           |            |          |         |          |

 Agnes       Mary       Richard      Thomas      Mary      John      Robert [b]

 b.1685      b.1687     b.1689       b.1692      b.1695    b.1697    b.1699

 =1712 to    d.1690     d.1747       =1721 Jane  d.1702    d.1699

 James Fell          =1715 Margaret     Robinson,

                     Beckett d.1747[d]  v. family 1a

    _______________________|______________________________________

   |        |      |           |              |           |       |

 Robert   Isabel Oliver [c]   Ann [c]      Abraham      Jane [c]  Robert

 b.1716   b.1719 b.1721       b.1724       b.1727       b.1730    b.1734

 d.1732                       d.1770       d.1800(will) d.1756

                        =1766 John Toulmin  =1750 Mary Harrison           

                              1737-1780          |   1728-1765          

    _____________________________________________|________________       

   |          |     sb      |        |         |         |        |    

Richard    Isabel        Oliver [c] Jane      Edward    Robert   Abraham [c]   

b.1751     b.1752        b.1756    b.1758    b.1760    b.1763   b.1765 

d.1754     =1782            |      =1784     d.1781    d.1781     |

           Joseph Thompson         William  Roper

           |                         |

      6 or 7 children            3 children

 

Notes

 

 [a] Presumably the "Robert Toulmin, Boulton by the Sands" listed in 1696 (Oaths).

 

 [b] Almost certainly the Robert (Lond***31117) who settled in Kirkby Lonsdale: see

head-note to this Appendix, and family 1b.

 

 [c] Oliver b.1721 (with his sisters Ann and Jane), Oliver b.1756, and Abraham

b.1765 all went to London and their wives & families are listed under Lond***311133,

3111363, 3111367; note particularly Susannah, daughter of the first, who m. Miles

North of Newton Hall, Whittington parish (see App.B section 5a).  Ann's husband, Lt

John Toulmin RN, is no known relation, see App.O; they had no children.

 

 [d] Of Tatham, see App.B, 1a (18.10.1715) and 3a (Marriage Bonds).

 

 [e] Possibly Mary (?m. Thomas Bains 1690), Robert, and Anne d.1677.  See App.B, 1a,

and Lond***312-4.

 

FAMILY 1a: Descendants of Thomas Toulmin from family 1, who settled at Aughton.

           (See under Lond***31114 for fuller details.)

 

           Thomas 1692-1773   =1721  Jane Robinson d.1765

    __________________________|_______________________________________________

   |        |       |         |         |        |        |        |          |

Robert   Richard   Ann      Richard   Thomas*  Daniel   James    John       Joseph*

b.1722   b.1724    b.1727   b.1730    b.1732   1734-49  1738-54  1740-1818  1743-1825

d.1807   d.1726    =1752    d.1759?   =1766                      =1785      =1780 Esther Denny  

=(1)1755           Henry Fishwick  Elizabeth Cartmel(1740-1818)  Mary*      | [b]

Elenor Baynes      |           ________|________________  [k]    Jackson    |

(d.1758)          Thomas F*   |        | [c]  |         |                   |

 |                Jane F*   Jane*   Betty    Ann       Margaret*         Jane* =1804 Leonard Willan*

 | =(2)1764 Mary Wilson     b.1766  b.1769   b.1772[k] b.1776[k]         1782-1844   1768-1848

 |   |      (d.1804)        d.1848  d.?      d.1798[k]     :             5 daughters [f]

 |   |__________________      :                ____________:___

 |                      |     :               :                :  

 |                      |    Thomas [k]     Robert          Matthew   = Susanna Hoggart   

 |                      |    1801-1802      b.& d. 1797[k]  b.1813[k] |   

 |                      |                                             |

 |                      |                     ________________________|___

 |                      |                    |         |         |        |

 |                      |                  Jane Ann  John    Thomas    Margaret

 |                      |                  b.1844    b.1846  b.1848    b.1850

 |___________           |_______________________________________________________________________________

 |           |[d]       |[a]    |     |          |      |[b]   |[b]   |[b]    |[b]    |         |       |

Jane*      Thomas*    Robert  John  Joseph*  Richard* Betty  Robert William Molly   Ann     Margaret James 

b.1756     b.1757     b.1763 b.1765 b.1768   b.1770   b.1772 b.1774 b.1777  b.1779  b.1782  b.1786   b.1789

=1780      =1790      (bap.  d.1790 d.1834   [h]      d.1798    [g] d.1844? d.1783                   d.1830

Thomas     Elin       & d.1767)     =1802 Elizabeth Walling 1769-1817       ("Mary")

Hebble-    Bainbridge            _____________|_____________________________

thwaite    (4 children)         |                              |            |

                      John Walling Toulmin= Hannah Lodge     Mary        Elizabeth            

                      [e]1798-1851        | 1801-1856        b.1803      b.1806               

                                    5 children [e]           d.1804      =1830 Henry Johnson      

 

Notes

 

 * marks individuals named in the 1818 will of John 1740-1818; his main heir was a

nephew Matthew Jackson Caton, presumably son of a sister of Mary Jackson.  Jane

Fishwick is named as "my niece Jane wife of John Statter".

 

 [a] Presumably son of Robert and Mary, though they m. a year later.

 

 [b] Betty, Robert, William, and Molly were bap. Gressingham, which is adjacent to

Aughton.  Molly was bur. as "Mary".  Their uncle Joseph m. Esther Denny at

Gressingham.

 

 [c] The family moved to Mansergh, nr. Kirkby Lonsdale, about 1770, and later to

Kea(r)stwick.  Betty is not in uncle John's will, so probably d. before 1818.  Ann

was bur. as "Nancy".

 

 [d] "My Nephew Thomas Toulmin of Liverpool Wheelwright": see App.B, 5c.

 

 [e] bap. of JWT not found: date from age on death cert.  See under Lond***31114151

for his descendants.

 

 [f] See Lond***3111491.

 

 [g] For possible mar. & family, see under Lond***3111418.

 

 [h] m. Betty Townley, 1801: possible son John bap. Lancaster 1802 (son of Richard &

Elizabeth), see App.B, 2a(Lancaster).

 

 [k] See Kirkby Lonsdale PR, App.B. section 1c, and notes under App.B, section 5b.

Matthew's family are from later PR, per IGI; I also have birth cert. for John.

 

FAMILY 1b  Descendants of Robert Toulmin from family 1, who settled at Kirkby

           Lonsdale (see App.B section 5b).

 

  Robert Toulmin 1699-1774, joiner & clogger, churchwarden 1749  =(1722) Mary Godfray d.1770

    _____________________________________________________________|________________________

   |          |      |         |           |         |         |          |               |

Thomas     Richard  Jane      Sarah      Robert     John    William     Sarah           Simon =1769 Elizabeth Slingar

1723-1795  b.1724   1727-1742 1729-1731  1731-1776  b.1733  1735-1797   b.1737          1740-1787  |          [a]

 =1758 Jane Creston                      barber     [f]     shoemaker   =1762 William   saddler &  |

 | 1731-1806                        =1762 Bridget         =1765 (Penrith)     Halton    ironmonger |

 |                                  Redman 1734-1810        | Hannah Thompson           [b]        |

 |_______________________________________                   | d. 1808 [e]  ________________________|____

 |        |          |       |           |                  |             |       |          |          |

Agnes    Robert     Mary   Jane       Thomas             Margaret   Richard    Slingar    Robert     Barbara

b.1759   1762-1763  b.1764 1771-1780  b.1773             d.1772     1771-1825  1772-1773  1774-1827  1775-1780

=1781 John          =1785 Benjamin    shoemaker                     [d]                  skinner[c]

Garnett              Barrett          =1799 Margaret Rippon                              =1799 Sarah Whitehead

                                   ___|_____                                             |       1777-1820

                                  |         |                                         Mary 1801-1854

                               Robert     Jane                                             

                               1799-1803  b.1804

 

 Notes

 

 [a] See under Lond***311179.

 

 [b] Admon 1788 names Elisabeth Toulmin, widow & William Toulmin, shoemaker.

William was evidently Simon's brother. 

 

 [c] "of Lancaster" in 1820 (Sarah's burial), so must be the Robert Toulmin

commemorated there: see App.B, 5a (Lancaster), Lond***3111793.

 

 [d]  The dates strongly suggest this was the Richard "of Torrisholme" bur. at

Halton in 1825 (see App.B, 5a (Halton)): so both brothers settled in the

Lancaster area.

 

 [e]  William & Hannah emigrated to Liverpool, presumably after 1788 when William

was "of K.Lonsdale": see App.B, 5c (Liverpool), Lond***311177.  William's will

(1794) refers to brothers Thomas and John & sister Sarah Halton.

 

 [f]  Certainly alive in 1794, by [e]; probably in 1799, when a John Toulmin

witnessed marriage of Robert to Sarah Whitehead.  Possibly John Toulmin (* in this

volume) who m. Milcah Pooler: see App.U.

 

FAMILY 2 Descendants of Thomas Toulmin of Bolton Holmes, Dissenter

 

                                     Thomas (of Bolton Holmes, dissenter)[a]

                                     =1693? to Martha Padgett (d.1729)

                                     d.1728 ("Thomas of the Mill"; admon)

               ___________________________________|________________________________________________________

              |                             |                   |             |               |            |

         George (of the Mill)             Ellen [b]          Thomas         Mary           John          Martha [c]

         b.1695                           =1726              b.1701         b.1704         b.1708        b.1710

         d.1755                           Robert Hesketh     =1724          =1729          =1729         =1742

         =1725 Anne Edmundson 1702-?1771                    Margaret       Thomas      Margaret      Daniel Jefferson

              |                                               Britton      Hewetson    Taylor of Bulk

              |                                                |           b.1702      |       b.1708

  ____________|______________________________________          |______________         |       d.1781

sb  |      |      |      |      |[c]   |      |      |         |      |[c]    |        |

 Thomas Eleanor Thomas George Martha Robert Agnes  Isabel   George Martha Deborah     Robert

 b.1726 b.1727  b.1730 b.1733 b.1736 b.1739 b.1743 b.1747   b.1725 b.1726 b.1729      b.1732

 d.1726 d.1741  d.1753        d.1795 d.1740 =1784  =1772                  d.1731

                                          Jn Alston  Richard Bibby

 

Notes

 

  [a] Presumably the "Thomas Toulmin, Boulton by the Sands" listed in 1696 (Oaths).

I think it likely he was eldest son of George Toulmin (d.1689) of family 3; but

there is no positive evidence for this.  However, I have assumed it in listing him

as Lond**131, under which more details of all the above will be found.

 

 [b] No record of b. or bap., but see under Lond**1312.

 

 [c] The 3 Marthas are rather confusing, and I'm not sure the one shown as b.1726

existed!  See notes under Lond**1316, 13115, 13132.

 

FAMILY 3 The Toulmins of Bolton Holmes

The first 3 generations are based on the three wills and admon indicated, the

document "t" of App.B section 1a:

 "Thomas Toulmin died in 1638 [OS], leaving a son John, aged 18.  Their tenements

  were held of the king as Duke"

and Warton and Lancaster registers cited in App.B section 1a as "W" and "L".

   I have assumed, as a probability, that the brother George in the will of John

d.1641 was George of Bolton Holmes and Sandside in the Bolton-l-S registers, whence

the rest.  More details are given under Lond**, though the allocation of the Rev.

Thomas Toulmin of Ravenstonedale to this family is very uncertain (see note [b]).

 

          _________________________________________________________________________________

         |                                                                                 |

      Richard, of Bolton Holmes d.1607 (will) =  Elizabeth ? d.1623                 [a] Robert           

                  ____________________________|___________________________________________________________

                 |                                              |                     |         |         |

              Thomas       = ?                                 John    =  ?        Margaret     dau.      ?

              of B. Holmes |                     of Yealand Conyers    | m. 1611   = Geo. Rigg  = Robt Hugginson

              d.1639       |                     d.1638 (will)         | d.1633                

              (admon)      |                                           | bur. Warton

               _____ ______|__                                         |________________________________________

              |     |         |                                        |               |       |        |       |

Robt. Yate = dau.  John    George (of Bolton Holmes and Sand Side)  Marie            Jennet   Ann    Elizabeth Ellin

d.1654           b. 1620   b.after 1620     = Ellen ?  d.1682       =1637            =1639    b.1620 b.1622    b.1626

            d. 1641(will)        d.1690     |                       Robert Stainton  William Hodgson

             _______________________________|___________________

            |        |        |           |                     |

            Children b. before 1655?    Joshua                Joseph

            [b]                         1659-1725             d.1664

                                        =1686 Elizabeth Bruce

                                        |     (d.1736)

                ________________________|__________________________

               |         |         |[e]         |         |[c]     |[c]

            George    Edmund    *Robert      *Joshua   Joseph    John

            b.1687    b.1689    b.1702       b.1706    d.1713    d.1722

                                d.1781

                                =1721 Ann Consty 1698-1780

             ___________________|_____________________

            |          |        |         |           |

        Elizabeth   Hannah    *William   Martha     *Thomas

        b.1722      b.1724    b.1729     b.1731     b.1738

        d.1734      d.1799    d.1800     d.1731     d.1812

                              =1753 Eliz.            =1781 Eliz. Wakefield(wid.)

                              Harrison b.1730          |     1742-1832

         ______________________|_______________        |_________

        sb|     |      |       |        |      |[f]    |  twins  |

      *Robert  Ellin  Ann    Elizabeth Isabel *James   Robert   Roger[g]

      b.1755   b.1757 b.1761 b.1764    b.1766 b.1770   b.1782  b.1782

      =1777           =1788             :      |       d.1783  =1809 Mary Emma Warford Shepherd

  Elizabeth Waller     Thomas          William

        |[h]           Dickson         1788-1789

      __|______________________________________________________________

     |        |                        |       |       |[k]   |[k]     |[k]

   Anne    *Thomas=1803 Margaret    Elizabeth Hannah  Mary   Sarah   William

   b.1777  b.1779 |      Robinson   b.1785    b.1788  b.1791 b.1792  b.1797

=1797 Jon.        |                    :

   Wallis         |                 Catherine

                  |[i]              b.1809

             _____|____________________________________      

            |         |       |      |        |        |

        William    *Robert  *John  Isabella *Thomas  James

        b.& d.1804 b.1806   b.1808 b.1811   b.1814   b.1817

                      |       |               |        |

 

Notes

 

 * indicates Freemen of Lancaster (see App.B, 3e).

 

 [a] Richard's will mentions "Robert Towlmyne my brother", who may well have been

the Robert at the head of family 1, and a Christopher Towlmyne, relationship not

stated.

 

 [b] Possibilities are Thomas (head of family 2), Edmund (d.1691, family 4), and

perhaps a John who was father of the Rev. Thomas Toulmin of Ravenstonedale. This

John is hypothesized as Lond**132: see the discussion there.  "Hannah Toulmin of

Boulton Holmes", d.1695, may have been an unmarried daughter, or a sister, of

George.

 

 [c] No record of birth of Joseph or John: bur. as sons of Joshua.  Perhaps born

earlier and not baptised before they died.

 

 [e] "a child" in register: identified as Robert Toulmin father of William b.1728

and son of Joshua from roll of Freemen (App.B, 3e).  Innkeeper at Bolton-l-S.

 

 [f] James b.1770 settled in Bentham; catalogued as Lond**133336, which see for

details of his family.

 

 [g] Roger, catalogued as Lond**133352, became a draper in London.

 

 [h] Robert (Lond**133331), a weaver, had children bap. Wray, Bolton-l-S, and

Silverdale before settling in Kirkby Lonsdale about 1790; perhaps moved to Bentham

area with his son Thomas about 1800.  Children (except William) reg. as "of Robert

and Isabel[la]".

 

 [i] All children bap. Bentham.  Apparently Robert, John, and Thomas (at least) had

all moved back to Bolton-l-S by 1830; Robert, John, Thomas, and James to

Burton-in-Kendal by 1834-41; and Robert to Lancaster about 1850.  This branch of the

family seems to have been very mobile.  For marriages & next generation see under

Lond**13333122,3,5,6.

 

 [k] See Kirkby Lonsdale PR, App.B section 1c.

 

FAMILY 4 Descendants of Edmund Toulmin of Slyne

 

       Edmund (of Hatlex) =1616 Ellen Heighsham

       d.1664 [a]

                |___________________________________________

                |                                           |

                ?                                        Jennet [a]

                |  [b]

       Edmund (of Slyne) =1676 to Anne Bannister

       d.1691                |

                             | [c]

                          Thomas (of Slyne) =1706 to Ellen Drinkell [d]

                          1677-1723         |        d.1759

        ____________________________________|___________

       |               |               |                |

    Edmund         Catherine       Edmund           Susannah

    b.1706         b.1709          b.1712           b.1717

    d.1708         d.1751              | [e]        =1740 Robert Cottam

 

Notes

 

 [a] See note in App.B, 5a (Slyne) on Edmund's will: there is a lot of guesswork

here.  Other possibilities for the father of the later Edmund are John Toulmin of

Slyne, d.1662 (family 5), or George Toulmin of Bolton Holmes, d.1689 (family 3).

 

 [b] Note also "Elizabeth Toulmin of Slyne", bur. Bolton-l-S 1 Sep 1729: probably

bap. before the Bolton PR starts in 1655, so perhaps a sister of this Edmund.

Alternatively, she may have been a dau. of John and Elizabeth in family 5.

 

 [c] Presumably the "Thomas Toulmin, Slyne cum Hest" listed in 1696 (Oaths).  He may

have had a younger brother Edmund: inscr. "ET 1699" at 7 Main Road, Bolton-l-S

(SD486685) "initials not common, should be Edmund Toulmin" (Garnett,22).  None of

those above were living in 1699, and the one b.1689 in family 3 was too young.

 

 [d] For the marriage, see App.B, 3a (Marriage Bonds).  Perhaps Ellen was related to

the Drinkall family of Over Wyresdale: established by 1336, still farming in

Wyresdale (Garnett,198,200,205).

 

 [e] See App.B, 5b (Ingleton), for the marriages and family of this Edmund.

 

FAMILY 5 Family of John Toulmin of Slyne

 

John "of Slyne"  d.1662 [a] = ? 

    ________________________|_______________________    

   |                  |                             |

Jenet               Ellen     Elizabeth (d.1668) = John "of Slyne"  ~ Alice Huggard

b.1647 (Halton)     b.?                          |                  :

                    d.1657             "simple" child [b]         Thomas Toulmin

                                       ?Elizabeth d.1729          (a bastard)

                                                                  b.1679 [b]

Notes

 

 [a] Possibly related to family 4: see notes [a,b] there.  But his son John was left

very poor, whereas Edmund b.1712 in family 4 was a substantial landowner.

 

 [b] See notes under Slyne in App.B, 5a.

 

 

AFTERTHOUGHTS

  a. Are we getting near the point where (supposedly) one Toulmin settled in the

area?  Families 2 and 4 could easily be linked to the others.  Clearly Robert at the

head of family 1 and Richard at the head of family 3 are distinct, but it would be

quite possible for them to be brothers (and Richard's will does mention a brother

Robert): neither Richard d.1623 nor John d.1638 could be expected to mention cousins

in their wills.  William Toulminge, bur. Lancaster 1620, could have been another

brother, and most of the other early entries in Lancaster PR his family.  (I have a

note, source uncertain, of a William Toulmin, surely the same, who left a will, ref.

K 1620 Sept, but I have not been able to confirm this: perhaps I confused it with

the burial record.)

 

 b. If there was a Toulmin who arrived between 1560 and 1580, and had sons Robert,

Richard, and William, could he have been closely related to the founder of the

London branch of the family, Abraham Toulmin b. at Chard in 1580 ?  It looks as if

we should have to go at least a generation further back, and suppose a brother of

our initial northern Toulmin settled in Somerset and started the family there.  This

might not be inconsistent with Cussans's story of the flight of a protestant Toulmin

family from Holland at the time of the Spanish persecution (Philip II established

the Inquisition there in 1566, and that was about the date of massive emigration).

However, Richard (d.1607) states that his ancestors were buried at Bolton-l-S,

which seems to push the date of settlement back to early 16th century at latest.

 

  c. The tendency for the eldest son to be named after his grandfather is very

noticeable, and it may be worth quoting the statistics on this.  Taking the trees as

given above (which admittedly have in some cases been influenced by this tendency),

in 14 cases out of 28, the eldest son was named after his father's father; in 4 of

the exceptional cases, the father and grandfather had the same name, so perhaps a

run of three was avoided (not one such occurs).  In some of the other 10 cases, the

identification of the eldest son is uncertain.

 

  d. The age (of men) at marriage is also of interest.  Counting first marriages

only (and calculating age as year of marriage minus year of baptism) it ranges from

17 to 45, with the following distribution:

          under 20  2

          20-24     5

          25-29    10

          30-34     9

          35-39     3

          40-45     2

          Total       31