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I thought it was the North surname and did look a couple of nights ago thinking of John Swift's age; if I remember right there is a Thomas North marriage c 1760 to a Joice (surname).

I just can't go from A*tkin to SquiresSquire!

Willsy,

Ok yes found it 1780.  Thomas North and Elizabeth Joice.  Eliz about 35.  Found one son John c1783.  There is a Thomas on the 1841 the right age but can't connect him yet.

Mary Squire, still a mystery.

Many  thanks.

bitzar.

Thomas North of Castle Donington

Probably:  Mary Squires

The Mar_ is clear.  The y is probably affected by the bad soak-through.

ADDED:

Just looked at the will on Ancestry.  Many examples of y have closed tops.

So I'm happy to say Mary.

Many thanks,

I would never of deciphered 'Mary' but Mary is a daughter of Dorothy that I have not accounted for even though I cant find a marriage to a Squire/Squires.

Thomas North of Castle Donington, I knew it was '*orth'.  Can't work out the relationship yet.

Thanks again.

bitzar.

Looking at the will, I wondered if the second daughter mentioned to Dorothy is Ann Lockwood; written next to my late cousin it looks like Ann squashed next to it and the will bequeaths to her 4 children. I have had a look at another will and the way Lockwood is written, it is not unlike the way it is written in this will.

Just a guess

Ann Adkin married Thomas Lockwood 30 Nov 1807, Loughborough, All Saints
Wits Joseph Webster (might be a Clerk)
Isaac Spencer

Children
Loughborough, All Saints
Ann 11 Mar 1810
John, Thomas, William all bap. 12 Aug 1816

There is a burial for an Ann Lockwood c1788 Loughborough, All Saints 13 Jan 1823

I compared the Lockwood surname to a Thomas Lockwood 1842 Pcc will Leicester if it helps.

Hi Willsy,

Not long after I posted it suddenly came to me that it was probably Lockwood as the 'Lock' in Lockington was also similar.  I think there was another child as William died 1820, unless John Swift didn't know, but the 4th isn't obvious.

I used AI to try to decipher the name of the Squires in the will and it suggested Grace as the daughter of Dorothy Adkin.  Also the cousin from Castle Donnington looks like Thomas *orth.

Re John and Sarah Squire.  IF they are John Squire and Sarah Webster who married in 1794 and resided at Woodthorpe, they both signed their MC.  The John and Sarah who witnessed the A*kin marriage both marked.

Yes, the ages in record for John, Elizabeth, And Harriet A*kin are very out for all of them.   It does look them though.

Many thanks,

bitzar

Have you found this record?

1851

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01u7w/

John born Lockington and Elizabeth with gdau Harriett,

John as c1785
Elizabeth 1788

I've just had a look at this.  I can't place them or find the birth/baptism of Harriet.

bitzar.

Apologies for revisiting Worlygigger's post BUT...

Thinking about the baptism of John Adkin 1796.  Often, John and his family are on census with his brother Charles bc1809.  On the 1841 next door to John is a Joseph Adkin and family.  It seems all three men are born Loughborough.

John c1796
Joseph c1806
Charles c1809.

I cannot find baptisms for Joseph and Charles.  I'm wondering IF they might actually be brothers by one of John and Dorothy's older daughter's.  This could also explain why I think that John and Dorothy's eldest son, also a John did not die and second John wasn't a replacement.

If anyone could see the original baptism from 1796, if it does say, John and Dorothy as twins or were they just baptised the same day and assumptions made.

bitzar.