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Descendants of
John Piggin
birthplace not known for sure, but possibly Crich, Derbyshire, 1675
% Elizabeth Good 1700 November 19 ( -1738: she buried Bottesford)
+ 1713 Bottesford
The argument for him being John, son of John and Elizabeth of Crich, goes as follows. The will of Elizabeth P. (1715) of Crich mentions the wife and four children of John P. her son, implying that he was then dead. The number of children at this point fits. Added evidence: the fact that Joseph Piggin, who would thus be the brother, was also a fellmonger, and that all John's descendants for generations were fellmongers. Tina calls this case "circumstantial", but says she is persuaded by it.
I. John
1701-1713 Bottesford
II. William Piggins, fellmonger
Note that all his descendants spell the surname with an S
~ 1704/10/13, Bottesford
% Anne Lamb, (1703-1778)
Infant deaths:
  • Rosamund 1729-31: grave at Bottesford
  • Anne 1738-41
  • Judith 1741-42
  • Mary 1746-46: grave at Bottesford
+ 1779/12/10 Bottesford, buried at Bottesford in a grave under a yew tree.
A will exists.
Anne Lamb's maiden surname is confirmed by the will of her father (copy held by Tina Negus).		 A. John 1727-
% Mary Dewey 1754		 Elizabeth
% Thomas Auselbrook 1774 at Pickwell
/ Mary Taylor Mary Taylor
~ 1779 (illegitimate), Rauceby
B. Elizabeth 1731-
% --- Hitchin. Two children: William and Ann
C. Margaret
* 1733 Bottesford
% John Hart (1732-1801) 1753 Bottesford. Three children: Mary 1761-, John 1764-, Thomas 1768-
+ 1808 Bottesford (grave)
D. William, fellmonger
~ 1735/01/01, Bottesford
1st wife:
% Elizabeth Taylor
(1743-1774: grave) (1766 Folkingham?)
Infant deaths:
  • Richard
    1770-1770 Folkingham
  • Sarah Taylor
    1771-1773 Folkingham
  • Ann
    1772-1772 Folkingham
+ 1793 March 31, Folkingham		 Catherine
~1767 Folkingham
+ 1779 Bottesford?
William
~ 1768/09/30, Folkingham
% Elizabeth Piggins
(1769-1841),
(this was his cousin, say Tina and Groom)
on 1792/12/03 at Bottesford
The following children died in infancy:
  • Mary 1798-1798
  • Martha
    ~ 1798/02/20
  • Judith
    ~ 1808/01/28
  • Judith
    ~ 1810/03/11
  • Martha
    ~ 1813/09/19
    + 1814/02/19
Groom's tree appears to suggest that William remarried:
% Priscilla --- ( -1850: buried Sept 28 Long Sutton aged 73)
I do not know what the evidence for this is. It may simply be an error!

+ 1849 October 12 at Gedney (NDI)(Groom says October 18)
A Prerogative Court of Canterbury will identifies him as a "gentleman": see the wills page: who could look this up?		 Elizabeth
~ 1794 May 6, Gedney
% William Dale 1818 October 12, in Gedney
Ann
~ 1796 February 2
% William ---- 1814 October 24, in Gedney?
Cattan
~ 1799 May 25, Gedney
% Isaac Rubbins, miller, 1819 May 7, Gedney
William, fellmonger
~ 1801 March 7, Gedney
% Elizabeth Memmack on 1829 April 22
They are the ancestors of the major Lincs. branch
+ 1868 March 16
Esther
~ April 19, 1805
% Clement Rubbins 1828 August 12 Gedney
George, affluent farmer of Gedney
~ 1811 August 5
% (1) Mary Collins (c1815- ) of Gedney, Lincs on 1834 April 29 at Gedney
Infant deaths:
  • John William
    ~ 1835/03/30, Long Sutton
    + 1836/02/18, Gedney, aged 1
  • George Frederick
    ~ 1837/02/15, Long Sutton
    + 1842/12/19, Gedney, aged 5
  • Mary Elizabeth
    ~ 1839/01/29, Long Sutton
    + 1839/04/17, Gedney, aged 1
  • Elizabeth Jane
    ~ 1841/12/06
    + 1842/03/03
  • Louisa
    ~ 1846/08/18
    + 1847/05/25
  • Alfred
    ~ 1852/03/31
    + 1852/06/17
% (2) Mary Ann --- (c1818- ) of Kirton, Lincs
George lived 1851 at Gedney Marsh, farming 207 acres with six labourers
George lived 1881 at 4 The Woodlands, Fletton Spring, nr Peterborough
+ 27 Nov 1887.
Will: £242		 I. Mary Ann
* 1840b Holbeach district
~ 1840 June 09, Gedney ("Mary Anne")
% --- ----, 1865d, Kings Lynn
II. Georgiana
* 1843c Holbeach
~ 1843 Aug 03, Gedney
III. Elizabeth Jane ("Eliza" in census)
* 1845a Holbeach
~ 1845 Feb 20, Gedney ("Elizabeth Jane")
IV. John George
* 1848a, Holbeach
~ 1848 Mar 08, Gedney
V. Lucy
* c1850, Gedney (christening not located)
VI. Harry
* 1854c Holbeach
~ 1854 Sept 22 (father: farmer in Gedney Marsh)
this is possibly the man who arrived in New Zealand in 1877 as an assisted immigrant giving his age as 22 and birthplace as Lincs. Fate unknown.
Adding to confusion: (another?) Harry Piggins died in Campsie, NSW, Australia in 1932, where it was stated: parents George and Eliza, approximate birthyear 1859
Thomas, fellmonger
1773-
/ Lydia Wilson		 Frances Wilson
~ 1789 B. Pagnell
% Elizabeth Long 1799 at Walcot

Infant deaths:
  • Sarah ~ 1819
    + 1820/12/01 Folkingham St. Andrew aged 2
 William Long
~ 1800/12/16 Folkingham
% Mary Ann Davis
+ 1849, Wellington NSW		 Anne
* 1837
William Wellington
* 1838
Mary Elizabeth
*1840
Thomas
~ 1801/12/24 Folkingham
% Ann ---, (c1806-1890) 1839 Spalding
+ 1874a aged 72, Spalding
Living at Church Street, Gosberton, in 1851 and 1881
In 1881 census, Ann is a blind almswoman.		 Elizabeth
* 1845c Bourn district
+ 1845/09/14 Folkingham
I also had "~ 1848 Gosberton", but cannot trace a source for this.
Elizabeth
* 1803
+ 1820/05/28 Folkingham St. Andrew aged 17
Catherine
* 1804
+ 1814/11/01 Folkingham St. Andrew aged 10
John
* 1806
+ 1819/01/19 Folkingham St. Andrew aged 13
Ann 1808-1808
Peter 1810-1810
James
~ 1813 Folkingham
George, bricklayer
~ 1815/12/16 Folkingham
% Alice Burkett (c1820-1883) 1844/07/04 (1844c Bourne) [who was 1850b, Boston?]: this branch (right) appears to be extinct.
1851 census: aged 34, with dau Catherine
+ 1878/03/21 Folkingham "aged 62" (1878a Bourn district)
Tina Negus has pointed out a problem about George's ancestry: the IGI lists George as the child of Thomas and Ann. Tina believes this must be an error. The original documents have yet to be checked. Tina's argument: the Thomas born in 1801 could scarcely have married Ann by 1815, whereas George the bricklayer fits into the Thomas-Elizabeth family very nicely.		 I. Catherine
* 1849b, Bourn
% --- --- 1872
II. William
* 1851d, Bourn district
+ 1861/07/04, Folkingham, aged 9: (1861c Bourn district)
III. Mary Ann
* 1854c, Bourn
IV. Florence Amanda
* 1861c, Bourn
+ 25 May 1905 in an accident on Somerby Hill, Grantham. Admin: £141
death registered 1907b, Grantham (age 47) after coroner's inquest: see book and news report
Samuel
~ 1822 Folkingham
2nd wife:
% Elizabeth Sumpton
(Groom has Surepler)
(1747-1775, grave at Folkingham) 1775 November 21?? Folkingham		 John
~ 1775 Folkingham
+ 1783? Folkingham
3rd wife:
% Frances Fawkes
(1748, ex Long Clawson)
1777/02/07 Folkingham
Infant deaths:
  • John
    1784-1787
  • Abraham
    1789-90 Folkingham
 Richard, fellmonger
* 1779
% Ann Harrison 1811 Addlethorpe
They are the ancestors of the minor Lincs. branch
+ 1832/01/11, Gosberton. Age: 53
George 1780-1789
Francis 1781-
Ann
* 1783/03/19 Folkingham
% William Boyer
(1778-1853) on 1800/11/25 Folkingham
+ 1861/03/31 Corby		 Ann's many (non-Piggins) great-great-grandchildren alive today include Rita Effnert of Schwäbisch Hall and Tina Negus.
John
+ 1783 Folkingham
Robert, fellmonger
~ 1786 Folkingham
/ Elizabeth Brookes		 illegitimate child
1812 Ruskington
% Mary Simpson
1815 Somerby		 Mary Ann 1816-
Frances 1817-
Sarah 1819
+ 1821/02/06 Folkingham St Andrew, aged 2
Sarah 1821-
Caroline 1823-
Alice 1824-
Robert Charles 1826-
Mary
* 1788 Folkingham
% William Pullin 1821 Folkingham
E. Catherine?
+ 1779 Bottesford This is possibly the daughter of William Piggin and Elizabeth Taylor born 1767 Folkingham, but made much of by her grandparents. Tina guesses she may have lived with them in Bottesford. Refer: will of William Piggin, 1779, Bottesford.
F. Thomas, fellmonger
* 1743 Bottesford
% Elizabeth Lamb
(1743-1774, grave at Bottesford)
+ 1769 Bottesford		 Elizabeth
~ 1769 Bottesford
% William Piggins (cousin) 1792 Bottesford
Mary 1770-1774
Judith 1772-1773
William 1773-1774
John?
+ 1775 Bottesford
% Elizabeth Ravell
1780 Bottesford		 Ann
* 1782 Bottesford
% William Cooper, 1807 Grantham (descent alive today)
Margaret 1783-
Mary
* 1785 Bottesford
% Harry Sconer 1809 Bottesford
Judith
* 1786 Bottesford
% John Norris 1809 Bottesford
William, fellmonger and coal dealer
~ 1788 Bottesford
% Mary --- (1788-186_) [Brian Taylor suggests the bride was Mary Piggins of Nottingham: Pallotts for St Marys Nottingham (P296): "7 Oct 1811: William Piggins of Bottesford & Mary Piggins of this parish"]
+ 1851 Bottesford, grave		 Ann 1813-
% George Fisher
Their children included two sons named William Piggins Fisher (births 1848/06/06 and 1851/02/23)
Margaret 1814-1832
grave Bottesford
Mary 1815-
William 1817-1840
buried Bottesford
Elizabeth 1819-1819?
George 1820-1820?
Frances 1821-
living with mother at Bottesford at the 1851 census and probably the last Piggin to have lived in the village.
Robert 1823-
Elizabeth 1825-
George 1826-
Charles 1828-
Sarah 1830-
Eliza 1832-
III. Elizabeth
* 1706 Bottesford?
% Richard Ufton 1723 Crich?
IV. Margaret
% Robert Wright 1731 Bottesford
V. Thomas
* 1712 Bottesford
% Sarah Shaw 1744 Long Bennington
% Elizabeth Wilson 1786 Long Bennington
+ 1786 Long Bennington: left a will		 A. Mary
1745- Long Bennington
B. Elizabeth
1749- Long Bennington

Based on research by Tina Negus, with additional help from Renee Redshaw as well as some information from a Groom family tree that is anonymously published in Family Tree Maker's WFT series of CDs: Volume 22. Tree: 1374

Some doubts remain about the two persons called George Piggin at Gedney. As Tina observed (1994): "If George Piggin who died 1887 is the George born 1811 at Gedney, I do not know who the George at Long Sutton was. Consider the Mary Collins who married George in 1834 at Gedney: was she the wife of George of Long Sutton, or the first wife of George of Fletton Spring, Peterborough? Maybe he did not marry twice. It can be safely presumed that the George (baker) who died in 1865 (wife Elizabeth) was the George who had been born in 1832 at Gedney."

For a comprehensive website that deals with most of the extant records from the Leicestershire village of Bottesford and its environs, see http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells/. Guy Etchells' reconstruction of the Bottesford Piggins family is presented at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/framland/html/bot.htm

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