William Parkin
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William Parkin (bef. 1758 - 1827)

William Parkin
Born before in Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Brother of [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 17 Dec 1786 in Middleton in Teesdale, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died after age 69 in Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

William Parkin was baptized 25 March 1758. His father died less than 8 months later, and his mother married Richard Watson when William was about four years old; he had five Watson half-siblings. He married Elizabeth Raw in 1786 and they had seven children in Middleton in Teesdale. He retired and moved back to Mickleton where he died 27 March 1827.

Birth and baptism

William was baptized 25 March 1758 [1] at Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, England. His parents were given as William and Agnes.

Marriage and children

William married Elizabeth Raw 17 Dec 1786. [2]

The Banns of Marriage between William Parkin and Elizabeth Raw both of this parish were published in this Church the 19th + 26th Nov & the 3r Dec 1786 + no Impredcon was alleged. Witness Wm Marks Cur. The sd Marriage was solemnized between us Wm Parkin (signature) Elizabeth (her mark) Raw.

Transcriptions from Middleton-in-Teesdale church records on the GENUKI website [3] contain the following events:

Marriage: 17 Dec 1786 William Parken = Elizabeth Race
Baptism: Parken, Ann, bapt 3 Feb 1788, child of William and Betty of Spring Hill
Baptism: Parken, Betty, bapt 5 Apr 1789, child of William and Betty of Stanhope Gate
Baptism: Parken, Ann, bapt 24 Oct 1790, child of William and Elizabeth of Stanhope Gate
Baptism: Parken, William, bapt 24 Jul 1791, child of William and Betty of Stanhope Gate
Baptism: Parken, John, bapt 12 Jan 1794, child of William and Betty of Stanhope Gate
Baptism: Perkin, Robert, bapt 13 Dec 1795, child of William and Betty of Stanhope Gate
Baptism: Parken, Richard, bapt 11 Feb 1798, born 18 Jan 1798, 4th son of William (miner, native of Mickleton) and Betty (formerly Raw, native of Allendale Town)
Burial: Parkin, Richard, aged 28 of Stanhope Gate - 20 Jan 1826

The birth surname of Elizabeth on the 1786 marriage record is transcribed as Race at the GENUKI website but is transcribed as Raw on the Durham Records Online website. Both websites give her surname as Raw on the 1798 birth of son Richard. The two names, Race and Raw, can appear similar when written. Spring Hill and Stanhope Gate are adjacent farms on the east side of Middleton, in the Laneside area.

Will, death, and burial

The 26 Mar 1827 will of William Parkin of Mickleton in the Parish of Romaldkirk left legacies to his wife, his daughter Ann, and his grandson William Raine, son of Charles and Elizabeth Raine.

According to an inscription on a monument in Romaldkirk, William Parkin died 27 Mar, but no year is given in the source. [4]

Here lies the body of William PARKIN who departed this life 15 Nov 1758 in 26th yr of his age. Also William his son who departed this life 27 Mar aged 69yrs. Also Elizabeth his wife who departed this life 1 Feb 1837 aged 83yrs

A close examination of a photo of the monument at Find-a-Grave shows that the date of death is 27 Mar 1827. [5]

Sources

  1. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWCS-3P1 : 20 March 2020), Willm. Parkin, 1758.
  2. "Parish registers for Middleton-in-Teesdale, 1578-1902", (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/437935?availability=Family%20History%20Library), tape 1514614, image viewed and transcribed by Jane Fraser. The marriage banns are also recorded in the Bishop's Transcript at findmypast.
  3. https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/MiddletoninTeesdale#ChurchRecords
  4. Monumental Inscriptions, St Romald, Romaldkirk, Cleveland, N. Yorkshire & S. Durham Family History Society.
  5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197700014/william-parkin

Research notes

For information on William's sons William and John who immigrated to Canada, see the attached file: The Parkins of Teesdale and New Brunswick, published in the Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham FHS Journal, January 2022, Volume 15, Number 1, pages 46-52.

This William Parkin who married Elizabeth Raw was not the son of Thomas Parkin and Phillis Raine, as shown by William's 1827 will. In that will, he referred to his grandson William Raine, son of Charles and Elizabeth Raine, so he was the William Parkin who married Elizabeth Raw. He also appointed his half brother Richard Watson as his executor so he was the son of Agnes Perkin who married William Parkin and then married Richard Watson after the death of her first husband.





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Hi Jane, having sat down with a coffee in a quiet room, I agree with you. I’ve removed sources etc from Parkin-1888 and we now have consistent profiles. Now to find out what happened to parkin-1888 .
posted by Chris Little
Yes, Chris, what happened to Parkin-1888? Unfortunately, I favor the died young hypothesis, but that is just a guess. I will work on this question. Coffee does help!
posted by Jane Fraser
Chris, I have just found an 1827 will of William Parkin of Mickleton on Ancestry. He referred to his grandson William Raine, son of Charles and Elizabeth Raine, so this is the William Parkin who married Elizabeth Raw. He appointed his half brother Richard Watson as his executor. This must be William Parkin-1464, the William Parkin of this page, since his mother Agnes / Ann married Richard Watson after the death of her first husband. I now am certain that William Parkin-1464, the Parkin on this page is the William Parkin who married Elizabeth Raw. William Parkin-1888 did not marry Elizabeth Raw. I am transcribing the will and will add it here eventually. Jane
posted by Jane Fraser
Chris, I have thought about the situation more and I now think we should not merge Parkin-1464 and Parkin-1888. There are clearly two people. Parkin-1464 is the son of William Parkin-1466 and Agnes Parkin-1608; Parkin-1888 is the son of Thomas Parkin-1888 and Phillis Raine-613. I have therefore rejected the merge.

The question to be decided is which William Parkin (Parkin-1464 or Parkin-1888) married Elizabeth Raw. When we determine that answer, we can unlink the incorrect William Parkin from his corresponding Elizabeth Raw (Parkin-1464 from Raw-182 or Parkin-1888 from Raw-330) and then merge the two Elizabeth Raw profiles.

I also continue to think that Parkin-1464 (the son of William Parkin-1466 and Agnes Parkin-1608) is the one who married Elizabeth Raw. I have reread my article on the Parkins and found also this evidence: “The papers of Raleigh Parkin include an 1874 letter from William R. Ball, the vicar of Laithkirk parish, to George Parkin with notes on the Parkin family including the sentences ‘your grandfather … went to live at Middleton Teesdale. Ret. to Mickleton in old age and lived there.’” I then looked for the burial of William and Elizabeth in Romaldkirk cemetery and found them.

You had posted that the second William on that gravestone might be the grandson of the first William. The MI says “son” so I am more inclined to assume he is the son. Also, the first William Parkin on the MI died at age 26 so is unlikely to have had a grandson.

I found that in 2016 I had bought (from the National Archives) probate information on a Thomas Parkin. The information provided is a summary from 1 August 1811 of the will of Thomas Parkin of Mickleton in the parish of Romaldkirk, Farmer, appointing his son John Parkin of Mickelton aforesaid Farmer his son as executor and leaving legacies to Margt wife of Thomas Raine (daughter), Phillis wife of John Robinson (daughter), Thomas Parkin (grandson), Jane Parkin (granddaughter), Thomas and John Parkin (sons and executors). No William is mentioned.

William Parkin and Elizabeth Raw named their children, in order: Ann, Elizabeth, Ann, William, John, Robert, and Richard. These include children named after Elizabeth’s parents (Richard and Ann). William Parkin-1464’s parents were William Parkin-1466 and Agnes Parkin-1608, so it is odd there is no Agnes, but I continue to think she also went by Ann. William Parkin-1888’s parents were Thomas Parkin-1888 and Phillis Raine-613; none of the children are named after them.

I think the weight of the evidence is that Parkin-1464 (the son of William Parkin-1466 and Agnes Parkin-1608) is the one who married Elizabeth Raw. Given that William Parkin-1888 is not mentioned in the 1811 will of his father Thomas, I think he probably died before that date, with no issue.

Jane

posted by Jane Fraser
edited by Jane Fraser
Hi, Chris, Yes, they certainly do look like the same person and thank you for suggesting the merge. I agree we should merge them. I am not sure if I should go ahead and do that since, as you point out, the two profiles have different parents.

I have done a lot of research on William Parkin and Elizabeth Raw, as documented in the pdf article attached on the Parkin-1464 page, but I am not absolutely certain that I identified his parents correctly. I wrote in that article: "The William Parkin who married Elizabeth Raw was, I think, the William Parkin baptised 25 Mar 1758 in Romaldkirk; his parents were William Parkin and Agnes/Ann Parkin/Perkin. If I have identified the correct monumental inscription, the senior William Parkin died 15 November 1758, less than 8 months after the birth of his only child. I think that his widow married a Richard Watson 22 May 1762 in Middleton-in-Teesdale when the junior William Parkin was 4; they lived on the High Dike farm and had several children. Finally we have a connection between the Parkins and the Watsons: George Parkin’s grandfather William Parkin was raised in a Watson family with a stepfather named Richard Watson and with Watson half-siblings, including John Perkin Watson born 1777. These people could be the Richard Watson and Parkin Watson mentioned by George Parkin." There is a lot of circumstantial evidence pieced together there, as described earlier in the article, but it makes sense to me.

Do you have evidence that William Parkin's parents were Thomas Parkin and Phillis Raine?

The Parkins, Raines, and Watsons intermarried so much it is hard to sort them out.

How should we proceed? Jane

posted by Jane Fraser
Parkin-1888 and Parkin-1464 appear to represent the same person because: Clearly same William and wife Elizabeth Rae, as same sources. Need to resolve correct parents.
posted by Chris Little
Parkin-1888 and Parkin-1464 do not represent the same person because: They have different parents.
posted by Jane Fraser

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