Descendants of Francis Huckin (d. 1714)
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61. Elizabeth Huckin (John , John , John , Francis ) was christened 15 Apr 1808 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. She was buried 19 Feb 1895 in Over Norton.
Elizabeth married 1 (1) James Rawlings 21 Jul 1831 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. James was born 1804. He was buried 15 Nov 1867.
Bricklayer, plasterer, slater
They had the following children:
+ 119 F i Angelina Priscilla Rawlings 120 F ii Diana Rawlings was christened 15 Feb 1835 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. 121 M iii John Rawlings was christened 15 Feb 1835 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. + 122 M iv Thomas Rawlings + 123 M v Timothy Rawlings 124 M vi George Rawlings was born 1839. He was christened 2 Sep 1849 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. 125 M vii Peter Rawlings was born 1841. He was christened 2 Sep 1849 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. 126 M viii Henry Rawlings was born 1843. He was christened 2 Sep 1849 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. He was buried 8 Apr 1874. 127 F ix Mary Rawlings was born 1844. She was christened 8 Jul 1849 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. She was buried 18 Jul 1884.
Unmarried128 F x Priscilla Rawlings was born 1844. She was christened 8 Jul 1849 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. Priscilla married Joshua Jones Heynes. Joshua was christened 7 Feb 1869. 129 F xi Helen Rawlings was born 1844. She was christened 8 Jul 1849 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. + 130 M xii Robert Rawlings Elizabeth married (2) unknown.
They had the following children:
131 F xiii Amelia Huckin was christened 5 Apr 1829 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England.
Not in census 1841
No subsequent recordAmelia married William Clifton.
from Little Tew62. John Huckin (John , John , John , Francis ) was christened 19 May 1811 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England.
From Lainchbury:
The Award Map, 1840, shows the whole parish of Kingham, with the houses, buildings, roads and lanes and a complete survey of all the "lands." It is approximately 6 x 9 feet, now housed at the Bodlein Library (Oxford). Attached to the original map is a schedule of 100 pages, with approximately 30 items on each page. Some idea can therefore be gathered of the colossal number of strips which were farmed under the old system. To take just one case as an example: John Huckin had 71 separate lots of furlongs, ridges, or half-acres in different parts of the parish. His total number was 265 pieces, his largest piece of ground being six ridges.Lainchbury goes on to list "a few interesting extracts from the 1840 schedule." John Huckin is listed three times in the short extract, in each case as "Occupier" of land that is "Owned" by someone else.
In the Kingham parish birth records, there's a listing for "Thomas Henry, son of John and Patience Huckin - living in Idbury, farmer".
John married 2 Patience Wilkes 1 3 Apr 1834 in Tadmarton, Oxfordshire.
They had the following children:
132 M i John Huckin was born 1 Abt 1834.
What became of John? After the Enclosures Act of 1850, it seems that New College sold The Laurels and terminated John's lease. There don't seem to be any Huckins in Kingham after the 1850s.133 M ii Thomas Henry Huckin was christened 28 May 1837 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. 63. Priscilla Huckin (John , John , John , Francis ) was christened 4 Sep 1814 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England.
Priscilla married 2 Thomas Wilks 1 10 Apr 1834 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England.
farmer, of Tacknaston (spelling?). Farmed jointly in Kingham between 1847 and 1851.
They had the following children:
134 F i Francis Theodore Wilks was born 1 1848. She was christened 4 Jun 1848 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. 64. Anne Huckin (John , John , John , Francis ) was christened 4 Jan 1818 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England.
From Huckin Genealogy:
It appears that John Huckin was her brother and Patience Huckin was wife of John Huckin therefore her sister-in-lawAnne married 2 William Cluff 1 son of Thomas Cluff 9 Jul 1842 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England.
Farmer of Condicare (spelling?), Gloucestershire
They had the following children:
135 F i Ann Elizabeth Cluff was born 1 1843. She was christened 4 May 1843. She was buried 16 Apr 1845. 136 M ii William Cluff was born 1 1845. He was christened 22 Jun 1845 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. 65. Thomas Huckin (John , John , John , Francis ) was christened 23 Jan 1820 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. He died 22 Apr 1894 in Vernon County, MO.
At the 1841 census, the occupants of the Huckin homestead on West Street were his elderly mother, Elizabeth (née King), Thomas and his sister Ann, with two resident servants. Thomas, then aged twenty, had taken over the running of the farm on behalf of his brother John, but since he was not himself the copyholder he was recorded (baptismal register entry, 22nd January 1843) as an Agricultural Labourer, which is misleading, if technically accurate.Other parish records help to clarify the situation. Following the initiative of Thomas Beman, the Constable now recorded annually the names and number of yardlands of the ratepayers. The last payment made by John Huckin (1771-1841) was:
1840-1841 Rec d of Mr Huckin for 5 Yardland 6/6d per ydland £1 - 17 - 4
For the next years, the Constable's entries read:
1841-1842 Rec d of Mr Huckin for 3 Yardland @9/3d per ydland £1 - 12 - 4d
1842-1843 Rec of Mr Huckin for 3 Yardland @9/6d per ydland £1 - 10 - 10
1843-1844 Rec d of Mr Hucki n for 3 Yardland 4/-d per ydland 13s 0dFrom this we can deduce that the occupation of 2 yardlands ceased at the death of John Huckin in 1841, and that a further quarter yardland was surrendered the next year.
These figures need to be compared with the figures from the Church Rate Book. Collection of Church Rate seems to have been abandoned during the four-year period 1839-1843 while the Tithe Award was made (1840). When the next assessment was made on 14th April 1843 by Henry Fowler and Thomas Beman the Churchwardens, several changes had taken place. Twelve of the former ratepayers were discontinued (Charles Andrews, Revd J.A. Trenchard, John Bolter, John Bartlett, John Huckin, John Heath, William Allen James Rawlins, Isaiah Townsend, John Taylor, James Williams and James Hunt), mostly through death. Fourteen new ratepayers appear: Stephen Allen (formerly William Allen), William Bridge, Thomas Bould, William Collett, Joseph Collett, Joseph Eden, Mary Hunt (the daughter of James Hunt), Thomas Huckin (the son of John Huckin), Thomas Keen, Charles Andrews, William Lyne (taking over from John Trenchard), Robert Pearse, John Pratley, Richard Williams and Widow Boulter (widow of John). At the same time, there was another reassessment of the valuation, probably based on the Tithe Award figures. Several larger ratepayers had their rates increased by about 10%.
From the Church Rate Book, it seems that Thomas Huckin took over the farming of slightly more than half of his father's holding. The most likely candidate for much of the remainder of the Huckin holding is Robert Pearse who appears for the first time at a valuation of £60-10s-6d. However, Thomas Huckin at £109-5s plus Robert Pearse at £60-10-6d still only amounts to £169-15-6d, which is some £30 less than John Huckin's former valuation £200-5s, in 1840, even without including the 10% increase which larger ratepayers received, and no other ratepayer appears to take up the rest. The Churchwardens may not even have noticed a discrepancy in their figures (if there was one), since, in addition to all the other changes, they were this time levying a rate of 9d in the pound for the four-year period 1839-43 instead of the 2d in the pound rate usually charged annually. In the same account, Mark Higgins received a decrease of £4-10s in his valuation, and James Rawlins disappears temporarily.
On 11th April 1844, Henry Fowler and Thomas Beman, still the churchwardens, made an annual levy of 4d in the pound. Few changes occur, except that Thomas Huckin was again reduced by some £22 from an assessment of £109-5s in 1843 to £87 in 1844. By contrast, Mark Higgins was increased by about £13 to £158-2-6d, George Groves, having assimilated some of Stephen Clemans's holding, is now rated at £32-12s-6d
The two decreases in the value of the Huckin farm in 1843 and 1844 correspond to the reduction in the number of yardlands attributed to Mr Huckin in the Constable's accounts. It is evident that, whereas John Huckin (born 1811) was the copyholder, it was his brother, Thomas, (born 1820) who was actually farming the land and paying the Church Rate. As a farmer, rather than a labourer, Thomas Huckin had the time available to serve as Constable for the year 1842-3.
Meanwhile, other developments were taking place in the Huckin family. On 11th December 1842, Thomas Huckin (baptized 23rd January 1820), the last remaining member of the family of John and Elizabeth Huckin, married Eliza Higgins at Bampton in Oxfordshire. Eliza was a daughter of William Higgins who had married Lucy Clemans. There is a marriage bond (MS Oxon Dioc Papers 1251 d56 f400). William Higgins is listed as an innkeeper of Bampton, and Thomas Huckin as a farmer of Kingham. The witnesses were Maria Keats, Sarah Busby and Mary Ann Caste, otherwise unknown in Kingham. Eliza was therefore the niece of Mark Higgins; the kinship ties between the Huckins and the Higginses were strengthened.
Thomas Huckin brought his bride home to Kingham where their daughter, also Eliza, was born on 26th December 1843 and baptized on 22nd January 1844, when her father was listed as 'labourer'. The Church Rate Book shows, as we have seen, that Thomas Huckin was paying rates on his brother's farm 1839-1843 on an assessment of £109-4-5d, and on £87-0-0d for 1843-4. It is not evident what happened to the £22-4-5d by which Thomas Huckin's valuation dropped. In 1845 and thereafter, Thomas Huckin is no longer listed at Kingham.
His mother, Elizabeth Huckin (née King), was buried at Kingham on 7th January 1843, less than a month after her son's wedding. The burial register says she was aged sixty-six, but she may have been younger - the 1841 census gave her age as fifty-six. With her death, it seems likely he decided to leave Kingham; their son, Thomas William Huckin, was born at Enstone on 30th January 1846. Their next son, Edward, was born at Bampton on 5th December 1847; Albert on 15th January 1850; Elizabeth at 10 p.m. on 29th February 1852, and Julia on 20th February 1855. A removal from Kingham in 1844 is confirmed by the entries in the Constable's book:
1843-4 Recd of Mr Huckin 341 yardlands @ 4/-d 13/-d
Thereafter, he is not entered. We can assume that Thomas and Eliza Huckin moved away from Kingham in the spring of 1844.
Thomas Huckin and his wife Eliza (née Higgins) living in Bampton had four more children there:
Edward born 5th December 1847
Albert " 18th January 1850 (in honour of the Prince Consort)
Elizabeth " 29th February 1852 at 10 p.m.
Julia " 20th February 1855Then, in that year, he and his family emigrated to Indiana where his eldest daughter, Eliza, born in 1843, married on 11th August 1858 to Joseph Evans White at Linden, Montgomery County. She was aged fourteen. Her daughter, Xenia, born in 1878, was still alive in 1979, aged 101, living at Seal Beach, California. Thomas William Huckin, born in Enstone in 1846, died at Oklahoma in 1923. Edward Huckin, born in 1847, died in Illinois in 1893. Albert Huckin, born 1850, died in Illinois in 1874. Elizabeth, born 1852, died in Illinois. Julia, born in 1855 died in Indiana in 1866 aged eleven.
In Bampton census, 1851:
Living on High Street; InnKeeper. Eliza, and children Eliza, Edward and Albert were home at the time of the census. Where was Thomas?Thomas married 1 Eliza Higgins daughter of William Higgins and Lucy Clemans 12 Dec 1842 in Bampton, Oxfordshire, England. Eliza was born 23 Jun 1821 in Bampton, Oxfordshire, England. She died 1 Jan 1892 in Vernon County, MO.
They had the following children:
+ 137 F i Eliza Huckin + 138 M ii Thomas William Huckin + 139 M iii Edward Huckin + 140 M iv Albert Huckin + 141 F v Elizabeth Huckin 142 F vi Julia Huckin was born 1 20 Feb 1855. She died 7 Aug 1866 in Linden, Montgomery County, IN. 66. Sarah Huckin (John , John , John , Francis ) was christened 18 Jan 1824 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. She was buried 16 Dec 1909 in Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire, England.
Sarah married 1 Mark Higgins son of Samuel Higgins and Elizabeth Robinson 7 Feb 1839 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England. Mark was born 3 Jul 1795 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He was christened 23 Aug 1795 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He died 22 Oct 1887. He was buried 27 Oct 1887.
Farmer
They had the following children:
67. John Bennett (Hannah Huckin , John , John , Francis ) was christened 12 Apr 1807 in Daylesford, England. He died 25 May 1885 in Daylesford, England.
John married Mary Joins 3 Feb 1834 in Bledington, Gloucester, England. Mary was christened 24 Apr 1814 in Bledington, Gloucester, England. She was buried 24 Mar 1900 in Daylesford, England.
They had the following children:
157 M i Edward Bennett was christened 20 Apr 1834 in Bledington, Gloucester, England. He was buried 4 May 1836 in Daylesford, England. + 158 F ii Mary Ann Bennett 159 F iii Ann Bennett was christened 6 Aug 1841 in Daylesford, England. She was buried 22 May 1844 in Daylesford, England. 160 M iv Edward Bennett was christened 27 Feb 1847 in Daylesford, England. He was buried 27 Nov 1857 in Daylesford, England. + 161 M v James William Bennett 69. Thomas Williams (Jane Huckin , John , John , Francis ) was christened 15 Sep 1799 in Oddington.
Sawyer
Thomas married Eleanor Sandals 29 Sep 1830 in Oddington. Eleanor was born Abt 1807 in Aston Magna.
They had the following children:
162 M i William Williams was born Abt 1833 in Donnington. 163 F ii Susannah Williams was christened 1836 in Stow. 164 F iii Elizabeth Williams was christened 1841 in Stow. 165 M iv Reuben Williams was christened 1844 in Stow. + 166 M v George Williams 71. Richard Williams (Jane Huckin , John , John , Francis ) was christened 27 May 1804 in Oddington.
Sawyer
Richard married Jane Bould. Jane was born 1803.
They had the following children:
+ 167 M i Richard Williams + 168 M ii Francis Williams + 169 M iii George Williams 170 M iv Frederick Williams was born Abt 1839. 171 M v Charles Williams was born Abt 1840. 72. James Williams (Jane Huckin , John , John , Francis ) was christened 26 Jul 1807 in Oddington. He was buried 14 Aug 1881.
Railway labourer
James married Mary Keen 26 Nov 1828 in Oddington. Mary was born Abt 1808.
They had the following children:
73. Joseph Williams (Jane Huckin , John , John , Francis ) was christened 18 Mar 1810 in Oddington. He was buried 18 Oct 1843 in Oddington.
Joseph married Dorcas Bettenage 25 Oct 1838 in Chadlington, England. Dorcas was christened 24 Nov 1817 in Chadlington, England.
They had the following children:
74. John Pidgin (Elizabeth Huckin , John , Eleanor , Francis ) was christened 9 Apr 1769. He was buried 25 Dec 1844.
Source for John and descendants: Norm Gray
John married (1) Ann Jeffs 13 Oct 1791. Ann died 14 Jan 1798.
John married (2) Sarah Standbridge 7 Jun 1800. Sarah was born 1769. She was buried 5 Dec 1839 in Kingham, Oxfordshire, England.
They had the following children:
181 F i Mary Pidgin was born 1802. + 182 F ii Eliza Pidgin + 183 M iii Phillip Pidgin
