William and Frances Wykes

[flossie1]

William Wykes born 1709 married Frances Nutt 16 October 1731 I think at Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire.  Frances died 1768 at Sibson and William the following year in 1769.  Can anyone give me any information about either of these people?  Many thanks.

[Sandymc47]

Hi there,

Think this is Frances.
Frances Nutt christened 2nd July    1708 Magna parents Will and Dorothy
William Nutt       "          17th Jan   1710                     "            "
Catharine                      10th June 1714                           "

Do you know William and Frances children I found a few all born Sheepy
Catherine  12th Sept 1733
Hannah     27th Feb  1734
William    6th Jan 1736
Francis   21st April 1738
think these are theirs as well
Thomas   1740
Another William 1755 so maybe the first William died.

You can find the children on the IGI for Leicestershire

regards Sandymc
 

[Sandymc47]

The rest of the children were christened at St Botolph, Sibson

Thomas   2nd April 1740
Benjamin  19th March 1745
Daniel    4th February
Charles   25th February 1749.

Also found Charles has a William with his wife Mary christened at St Botolph on 2nd Janaury 1791

regards

[willsy]

Have you had a look here too

http://www.mdlp.co.uk/resources/Sheepy/

[flossie1]

Thank you for all your help.  A new piece of information I have been told is that William and Frances had a child John born Sibson 1741.  John married Mary Hefield in 1766 and he died 1822 in Groby.  I am not sure now whether I was on the right lines with Frances Nutt.  Johns parents were William Wykes and Frances??? William being born in 1709 and he died in 1769 in Sibson.  Does anyone have any information that may support this new line of thought?

[Sandymc47]

Hi Flossie,

They did have a John and when I look at my paperwork I did write a John
christened 11th January 1742 parents William and Frances, I missed him off
the list I put on here, sorry my fault.
He died 1822 as you mentioned  and christened in Sibson.  Sibson is only 2 miles
from Sheepy Magna so they might have moved after the first few children.

When you say you dont know if you are on the right line with Frances Nutt,
she looks a fair candidate.  I have not as yet found their marriage.

[linnet]

Hi

I have a transcript of Sheepy Parish Records and this states:
William Wikes married Frances Nut 16/10/1731
Frances Nutt was born in Sheepy (see below) but it doesn't look as if William Wikes was

Other entries: Hannah Wikes buried 14/1/1728
Hannah Wikes christened 27/2/1734 parents William & Frances
William Wikes - ditto - 6/1/1736  - ditto -
Francis Wikes - ditto - 21/4/1738 - ditto -
Catherine Wykes - ditto 12/9/1733 - ditto -
Thomas Wikes -ditto - 25/11/1771 Parents Benjamin & Sarah
John Wikes  - ditto - 27/2/1774 Parents - ditto 
Benjamin Wikes ditto - 8/4/1776 Parents Benjamin & Mary
Elizabeth Wikes ditto - 25/12/1777 Parents - ditto -
Mary Wikes - ditto - 30/1/1780 Parents - ditto -
Frances Wikes -ditto - 20/10/1782 Parents - ditto -
Ann Wikes - ditto - 4/9/1785  Parents - ditto-
Francis Wikes buried 21/6/1786
Ann Wikes buried 5/6/1786
Mary Wikes buried 14/3/1786
John Coley married Catherine Wikes 4/5/1828

Frances Nutt christened 2/7/1708 parents William & Dorothy
William Nutt - ditto - 6/2/1675 parents Robert & Mary
Robert Nutt - ditto - 15/11/1646 parent William

A Benjamin Wicks (Wykes) was a member of the Amicable Society of the Parish of Great Sheepy which he joined on the 7th June 1788 

Regards

Linnet

[linnet]

Hi again

I should also have mentioned that there are 3 fields in the village which appear on the Enclosure map of 1815:
Nutts Close 3 acres 0 roods 17 perches
Second Nutts Close 2 acres 2 roods 8 perches
Nutts Pasture 6 acres 2 roods 33 perches

Regards

Linnet

[flossie1]

Thank you Linnet, that is fab information.  Do you know where I could get a copy of the Enclosure map of 1815?