Families of the Parish of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England


William Whitlock [Parents] was born about 1650 in , , England. He died in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England and was buried on 29 Nov 1696 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. William married Susannah before 1675.

DATA from Simon Neal.

BURIAL confirmed from Parish Records NRO 303p/17 fiche 7, cannot find a baptism.

Susannah was born about 1650. She died in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England and was buried on 2 Aug 1720 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. Susannah married William Whitlock before 1675.

DATA from Simon Neal.

BURIAL from parish records NRO 303p/17, she is called Susan here.

They had the following children:

  M i William Whitlock was born before 1708 in , , England. was buried on 23 Mar 1708/1709 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Simon Neal.

BURIAL from parish records NRO 303p/17.
  F ii Susannah Whitlock was christened on 13 Nov 1678 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Simon Neal.

BAPTISM from parish records NRO 303p/17, fiche 7, month uncertain as not clear.

NOTE a Susannah Whitlock of Shittlanger is recorded as marrying John Webb of Ashton in AShton 4 Nogv 1711. It could be her.
  M iii Richard Whitlock was christened on 13 Feb 1684/1685 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Simon Neal.

BAPTISM from parish records NRO 303p/17, fiche 7.

Whitlock [Parents] was born about 1650.

DATA from Simon Neal - assumed link between two children and the father.

He had the following children:

  M i John Whitlock was christened on 22 Dec 1679 and was buried on 12 Aug 1761.
  F ii Mary Whitlock was christened on 10 Feb 1681/1682 and was buried on 1 Feb 1769.

John Whitlock [Parents] was born about 1650 in , , England. was buried on 25 Jul 1703 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. John married Alice before 1677.

DATA from Simon Neal. The records for 1650 are incomplete.

BURIAL from parish records NRO 303p/17. no parentage listed.

Alice was born about 1650 in , , England. She married John Whitlock before 1677.

DATA from Simon Neal.

They had the following children:

  F i Alice Whitlock was christened on 13 Mar 1667/1668 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Simon Neal.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Parish Records. NRO 303p/17 fiche 7. Parents listed.
  M ii William Whitlock was born in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 10 Oct 1686 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Simon Neal.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Parish Records. NRO 303p/17 fiche 10.
  F iii Elizabeth Whitlock was christened in Jan 1691/1692 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Simon Neal. He has her married to Edward Darby, but I have an Edward Darby marrying Elizabeth Clark in 1820.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Parish Records. NRO 303p/17 fiche 10. The day of the month cannot be read.
  M iv Thomas Whitlock was born before 1694 and was buried on 4 Mar 1732/1733.

John Nicholls married Ann Tew on 8 May 1855 in St Saviour, Argyle, Goulburn, New South Wales Australia.

INFORMATION from Lindell Buckle (letter 1 Apr 1999). He was a widower at his marriage to Ann Tew

Ann Tew [Parents] was christened on 11 May 1834 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England. She married John Nicholls on 8 May 1855 in St Saviour, Argyle, Goulburn, New South Wales Australia.

BAPTISM: information via Lindel Buckle.

CENSUS: 1841 Paulerspury, Film 0438873. Page 18 Church End. Age 6, born in county.

NOTE: Lindel Buckle reports (email 1 apr 1999) that she married John Nichols (a widower) at Goulburn,NSW 8 May 1855, having arrived in Australia on the James Gibb on 15 June 1849 as a 16 year old House Servant.


Edward Copson was born about 1879 in Church Brampton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Helen Bertha Boffin on 20 Jan 1908 in Stoke Bruerne Parish Church, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE, Stoke Bruerne Parish records from NRO ref 303p/21, no. 426. He was of the parish of Church Brampton, so I have assumed he was born there. Aged 29, a labourer.

Helen Bertha Boffin [Parents] was born on 17 Nov 1882 in Shutlanger, Northants, England and was christened on 25 Mar 1883 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She married Edward Copson on 20 Jan 1908 in Stoke Bruerne Parish Church, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.147.

CENSUS 1891. Shutlanger, Northants. Fiche no. 6096298, page 10 no.73 Age 8. Named only as Bertha here.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 95, page 8, schedule 57, in Old School Lane, age 18, named as Bertha here.

MARRIAGE, Stoke Bruerne Parish records from NRO ref 303p/21, no. 426. Aged 24, spinster, named Bertha Ellen here. Day of month of marriage unclear.


Bert Denny [Parents] was born about 1876 in Shutlanger, Northants, England and was christened on 12 Mar 1876 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Alice E.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.61. named here as Bertie.

CENSUS 1881 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 1341370. page 7 no.42 Age 4.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 93, page 4, schedule 29, in Baker's Lane, age 24, a platelayer on the railway,

Alice E was born about 1876 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England. She married Bert Denny.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 93, page 4, schedule 29, in Baker's Lane, age 24.

They had the following children:

  F i Ethel Louisa Denny was born on 27 Aug 1900 and died in 1982.

Arthur George Boffin [Parents] was born in 1894 in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 19 Jun 1946 and was buried in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. Arthur married Ethel Louisa Denny on 24 May 1923 in Stoke Bruerne Parish Church, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 95, page 8, schedule 55, in Old School Lane, age 6, This is obviously him, see the next note.

NOTE based on the following note I placed him as a child of Henry Boffin and his wife Caroline, but the above census record places him as a child of John Henry!

KNOWN first from a marriage record and a grave. At the marriage he is stated to be son of Henry, a labourer, of Shutlanger. He was also a labourer himself. On the grave is aheadstone and kerb which lists his death date and age 52. "So quick and sudden was the call, Without farewell he left us all". There are also records of two females, Olive 1936-1995 and Mary who died 26 May 1949 aged 21. (see no.208 in book).

NOTE Cliff Baughen of England says his birth was registered in the June quarter of 1894. He also says that the Olive was the wife of his son, Arthur J.

NOTE he was one from Shutlanger who finished the first War as a private and was listed at a Peace Celebration dinner given by Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs H A Vernon at Stoke Park on 18 Jul 1919 for the combatants of Stoke Bruerne and Shutlanger. (source Peter J Hawkins who quotes the August issue of Practivcal Family History pg 47).

Ethel Louisa Denny [Parents] was born on 27 Aug 1900 in Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, England. She died in 1982 and was buried in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. Ethel married Arthur George Boffin on 24 May 1923 in Stoke Bruerne Parish Church, Northamptonshire, England.

KNOWN first from a marriage record and a grave. At the marriage she is stated to be daughter of Bertie, a labourer, of Shutlanger. On the grave is a vase with the words, Ethel Boffin 1900 - 1982. (see no.208 in book).

BIRTH date from Cliff Baughen of England.

CENSUS 1901 of Shutlanger, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1411, enumerator 8, folio 93, page 4, schedule 29, in Baker's Lane, age 7 months.


Samuel Wilkins [Parents] was born on 4 Jan 1839 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England and was christened on 3 Feb 1839 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Charlotte Stimpson on 15 May 1865 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/13 no.640.

CENSUS 1851 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 10 no. 46 Age 12, Occupation agricultural labourer.

CENSUS 1861 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 12 no.62 Age 22, Occupation agricultural labourer.

MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/119, no. 109, a bachelor of full age, a labourer of Stoke Bruerne.

NOTE see also Ashton file for his wife's family.

Charlotte Stimpson [Parents] was born about 1839 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Samuel Wilkins on 15 May 1865 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 333 page 17, no 67. Age 11, living with her uncle George Blunt.

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref. 17p/119, no. 109, spinster of sull age of Ashton.

NOTE for siblings and other relatives see Ashton file.

They had the following children:

  M i William Josiah Wilkins was born on 15 Jul 1866 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 2 Oct 1866 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM as recorded in the Towcester Methodist Register (transcribed by Mary Taylor). Baptism may have taken place in the Stoke Bruerne area. Birth date also given.

Thomas Gardner [Parents] was born on 22 Nov 1855 in Shutlanger, Northants, England and was christened on 23 Mar 1856 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Elizabeth Ann Watson on 21 Nov 1878 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.1055.

CENSUS 1861 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 12 no.65 Age 5.

CENSUS 1871, at 3 Stoke Road, Blisworth. PRO ref RG10/1472, folio 69, page 1, schedule 3. Age 15, a groom in the household of farmer John Campion. (there is an extra note which may imply her was a junior but it is not clear).

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref. 17p/119, no. 151 a 23 year old labourer of Stoke Bruerne.

CENSUS 1881 on CD, Cottage. Ashton In Potterspury, Northampton, England. Source:FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1537 Folio 12 Page 5. Age 25, a general labourer, lodging with William Addington. His wife and child have been added on the basis of this record.

CENSUS 1891 Ashton, FHL film 6096299 RG12/1189, Enumerator 2, folio 11 page 5, no 32. Age 55, a railway labourer.

NOTE for more children see the Ashton file.

Elizabeth Ann Watson was born about 1857 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Thomas Gardner on 21 Nov 1878 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 9, no 50. Age 2.

CENSUS 1871 Ashton, FHL film 838793 Enumerator 2, folio 55 page 3, no 13, on main road. Age 12, a lace maker.

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref. 17p/119, no. 151, aged 21, spinster of Ashton.

CENSUS 1881 on CD, Cottage. Ashton In Potterspury, Northampton, England. Source:FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1537 Folio 12 Page 5. Age 23, a dress maker.

CENSUS 1891 Ashton, FHL film 6096299 RG12/1189, Enumerator 2, folio 11 page 5, no 32. Age 32, a dress maker.

NOTE for more children and her parents see the Ashton file.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas B. A. Gardner was born about 1879 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD, Cottage. Ashton In Potterspury, Northampton, England. Source:FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1537 Folio 12 Page 5. Age 1.

James Jackson was born before 1818 in , , England.

KNOWN from marriage of his son at Ashton.

He had the following children:

  M i David James Jackson was born about 1835 and was buried on 1 Sep 1902.

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