Millhouse Wives Ancestry

GIBSON - JANE

Wife of Richard Millhouse

Jane Gibson married Richard Milnhouse on the 24th November
in 1641 at Denton Parish Church and apart from the fact that
she had three known sons, nothing else is known about her.

There are many Gibson entries in the Vale churches but none
that seem even near to being a possible baptism of Jane
Gibson - going by her marriage date it must be assumed she
was born in the period of 1617-1624.

PEAKE - MARGARET -

Wife of Richard Millhouse

Margaret, or it could be Marjorie, Peake married Richard
Milhouse on the 17th November 1610 at Knipton in
Leicestershire. They had three known children - the first
two born 1612 and 1613 died very young and only one other
child survived as far as can be judged from the registers.

The only possible entry I have been able to find is the
following baptism but there is nothing else to indicate that
we can be confident that this is correct.

BOTTESFORD, LEICESTERSHIRE

Baptised on 25 February 1583- Margarett d/o Richard Peake

If this is our Margaret it would have made her almost 18
years of age when she married Richard Millhouse in 1610 at
Knipton, Leics.

STARBUCK - Philadelphia

WIFE OF SAMUEL MILLHOUSE

Philadelphia Starbuck married Samuel Millhouse on the 28th
November 1830 at Harston in Leicestershire and died on
25th August 1870 at the age of 58 years. They set up home
in Grantham where they stayed all their lives and raised
their eight children - four of their sons becoming
stonemasons as was their father.

Philadelphia was baptised on the 20th April in 1812 at
Harston the daughter of William Starbuck and Elizabeth nee
Edmonds. I have traced the Starbuck family back to a 1712
marriage in Leicestershire.

PARKER - BRIDGET

wife of Thomas Millhouse

Bridget Parker married Thomas Millhouse on the 13th
December in 1675 in Woolsthorpe and although she lived
until 1720 there were only two children of the marriage
as far as can be seen from register entries.

There are very few given the name of Bridget around at
that time so it should be easy to spot her baptism
amongst others but I have only come across one, however,
there is nothing to prove the following entry is Bridgets
baptism other than the date being appropriate to the date
of her marriage.

BOURNE, LINCOLNSHIRE

Bridgett Parker - Baptised 25 September 1625 -

d/o Robert Parker

GREGG - ANNE

wife of Thomas Millhouse

Anne Gregg married Thomas Millhouse in Woolsthorpe on the
5th April in 1711 and went on to have eight children. Four
are shown by the registers to have died as infants and one
a teenager - two others possibly died also as there has
been no trace of them since their baptism.

Anne was probably born circa 1685 and lived a further 14
years after her husband Thomas died.

I have been unable to trace her baptism - and there are no
obvious indications as to whom she was born or where.
There are Gregg entries in the registers in the vale
churches including Woolsthorpe, but nothing to indicate
whether they are or are not related to Anne Gregg.

WRIGHT - ANNE

WIFE OF RICHARD MILLHOUSE

Anne Wright married Richard Millhouse on 17th February
1757 at St.James Parish Church in the village of
Woolsthorpe and produced a family of three girls and one
boy before Richard died in 1774.

WOOLSTHORPE

Anne was baptised at Woolsthorpe on the 15 June 1729 the
daughter of Peter Wright and Ann Welbourn. she had six
known brothers and sisters - Lucy Ann / John / Samuel /
Peter / Martha and Richard.

WELBOURN

The family of Ann Welbourn can be traced back to 1637 and
information about the Welbourn family can be seen on the
above Welbourne link

CLAY - SARAH

WIFE OF RICHARD MILLHOUSE

Sarah Clay was the second wife of the three marriages
of Richard Millhouse. They were married on the 19th
of November 1799 at St.James Parish Church in the
village of Woolsthorpe. They produced ten children in
the 16 years before she died aged only 37 years.
Sarah was buried in the Woolsthorpe graveyard joining
Richards first wife in her grave. This happened in
the September of 1814 just four months following the
birth of her last child, Mary, who had been baptised
in the May of that year.

Sarah was baptised on 24th November 1776 at Hough on
the Hill, in Lincolnshire, the daughter of Michael
Clay and Mary nee Winter, and one of 7 known children.
I have traced the Clay family back to a 1739 marriage
in Lincolnshire.

NEWTON - ELIZABETH -

WIFE OF WILLIAM MILLHOUSE

Elizabeth Newton married William Millhouse on 19th May
1867 at St.Wulframs in Grantham. They had three
children, one dying as a child of 7 years with scarlet
Fever. William and Elizabeth themselves, both died at a
young age from T.B. in 1880 and 1882 - Elizabeth being
just 36 years of age and left two orphaned girls to be
looked after by family members.

Elizabeth was born in 1846 in Grantham the daughter of
Stephen Newton and Elizabeth nee Porter - she had two
brothers, Stephen and Edward and a sister Jane but it has
been difficult to find out anything more about them as
Newton is such a commong name. In spite of this I have
managed to trace the family back to a baptism in 1677
with the name spelt Nuton.

The grandfather of Elizabeth, another Stephen, was
baptised at Colsterworth and his parents were married
there. This of course has given rise to speculation that
there may be a link with the family of Isaac Newton. I
have not found this to be the case but that does not mean
there is not one still waiting to be found.