Sunday, July 17, 2005

Slothful

How slothful can I get. I haven't done a thing this past week. I hope James is being patient. I have gathered a few maps of Newington, and Durham and blew them up for my office walls. They look pretty nice, and I'm amazed at how close the towns are together when they were first settled. I've been going through Alden Rollins' book and listing all of the relationships that are entered into the court records. I'll list them and see if I can get a little closer to a true list of family members.

Monday, July 04, 2005

Direct Rawlins Line

Gen 1 - James Rollins (1605?)
Gen 2 - Thomas Rollins (1641 - 1706)
Gen 3 - John Rollins (1684 - 1776)
Gen 4 - Nathaniel Rollins (1738 - bef 1783)
Gen 5 - Ichabod Rollins (1773 - 1850)
Gen 6 - Enoch Perham Rollins (1805 - 1877)
Gen 7 - Enoch (Enock) Param Rawlins (1861 - 1937)
Gen 8 - William Enoch Rawlins (1897 - 1981)
Gen 9 - Donald Blaine Rawlins (1929 - )
Gen 10 - Merry Lu Rawlins (1960 - )

Coddington Lead

In the NEHGR April 1882, there is an article about William Coddington, Resistance by him and others in Lincolnshire to the royal loan 1626-27 communicated by David King, M.D. of Newport RI.

William Coddington was the governor of Rhode Island. In 1674 he narrated some particulars of his life. Speaking of his early days in 1627 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, he says he was one of the Lincolnshire Gentlemen who denied the Royal loan under King Charles I, this was ten years before the trial of Hampden. One of the names mentioned in this article is James Rollins.

“James Rollins of Pinchbeck (gardian for the heires of Nicholas Gaunte) refuseth to lend, or enter bond.”

Thinking that this might be a lead to our James Rollins I sought for information on Nicholas Gaunte. He was born 4 April, 1561 in Pemcheck Parish, Lincolnshire, England, he died 27 July 1571. This would have made our James a contemporary of the James mentioned by Coddington.

So I began searching the Pinchbeck records:

27 January 2005
Parish register extracts fro the parish church of Pinchbeck (Lincoln), 1560-1701
Church of England, Parish Church of Pinchbeck (Lincolnshire) (Main Author)
I couldn’t find anything on this microfilm, however, I am not very good at reading these types of records, nor is it very legible. It might bear further scrutiny.

Bishop’s transcripts, 1562-1856
Church of England, Parish Church of Pinchbeck (Lincolnshire) (Main Author)
I couldn’t find anything on this microfilm, however, I am not very good at reading these types of records, nor is it very legible. It might bear further scrutiny.

Computer printout of Pinchbeck, Lincs., Eng.
Extracted for the controlled extraction program and published by the Genealogical Dept. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Batch nos. 03099-1, 2
Books/Monographs (On Fiche)
I couldn’t find anything here for James Rollins.

Parish register printouts of Pinchbeck, Lincoln, England; christenings, 1561-1812
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department (Main Author)
Nothing here either, there is a note on this however, that several years are missing.

Parish register printouts of Pinchbeck, Lincoln, England; Marriages at Pinchbeck, 1560-1812
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department (Main Author)

Extracted from microfilm of parish registers 504734.

Nothing here that I could see, again many years missing. However, there is a book of these extractions. I’ll look through it next time I’m in the library to see if they caught something I missed. Which is highly likely.

Book to look up next time I’m in SLC.
Marriages at Pinchbeck, 1560-1812
Church of England. Parish Church of Pinchbeck (Lincolnshire) (Main Author)

942.53. K29L v.2
FHL BRITISH Book

Checked this out on the 10th of August and couldn't find anything here.

John R. Rollins sources

In an article that was a precursor to John R. Rollins' book (NEHGR 1853)he listed these men as his sources for information:

Hon. John Wentworth
Reverend A. H. Quint
T. B. Wyman
H. G. Somersby Esq.

My goal will be to check what these men wrote, check the dates they published and compare it to John's dates of publication. What were their sources? Quint if I remember right cited John R. in his publication but I'll make sure.

Libbie's dictionary, published after his death by Sybil Noyes, casts doubt on Thomas being James Rollins child.