Stephen Wilton and Elizabeth Hankin

St Mary Ashwell - Chancel
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Stephen Wilton (bap. 25 Dec 1777), Bachelor, son of Richard Wilton and Mary Robinson, married Elizabeth Hankin (bap. 28 Aug 1777), Spinster, daughter of Robert Hankin and Elizabeth Edwards, both 'of the parish', at St Mary the Virgin, Ashwell, Hertfordshire on 24 Mar 1803. Both appear to have signed their own names. One of the witnesses was an Elizabeth Abbot.

They had nine children, the first five baptised in Royston, Hertfordshire: 

1. Mary Wilton b. 1804, bap. 25 Feb 1807 
2. Elizabeth Wilton b. 1805, bap. 25 Feb 1807
3. Martha Wilton b. 25 Feb 1807 
4. Henry Wilton bap. 15 Jan 1809
5. Richard Wilton bap. 20 Mar 1811
6. Joseph Wilton b. 1815
7. Ann Wilton b. ~1817
8. Sarah Wilton b. 1819
9. Ellen Wilton b. 1819

One assumes that at some point between 1811 and 1815 they had begun to worship at a Non-Conformist church or meeting (as did their children later in Royston and in Great Dunmow), one that does not practice baptism.

In 1792, at the age of 15, Stephen Wilton had been apprenticed to William Haggis in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, as a Collarmaker. 

Stephen Wilton died, at 62, in 1839 in Royston.

In 1841, Elizabeth Wilton (60) was living at Lewers Cottages, Royston with Ellen Wilton (22), Ann Wilton (20) (it looks very much that their ages transposed) and a Mary Whitechurch (16), all Dressmakers. 

There is then a record of a death and non-conformist burial of an Elizabeth Wilton of the right age (69), born 1777, in Great Dunmow in 1846.

Henry and Elizabeth Wilton

Stapleford church on a winter morning. The remains of President Barack Obama’s ancestor might rest in this cemetery near St. Andrew's church in Stapleford, England. Mine certainly do.
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The earliest records I can find for my ancestors [so far], are for the baptisms of the children of Henry Wilton & Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) - that's 10 generations: they were my 7th great-grandparents - in Stapleford:

1. Sarah Wilton bap. 14 Jul 1695 (presume died in infancy)
2. Martha Wilton bap. 27 Dec 1696
3. Sarah Wilton bap. 14 Apr 1700
4. Henry Wilton bap. 12 Apr 1702
5. Richard Wilton bap. 7 Oct 1705

Elizabeth Wilton died and was buried on 15 Oct 1705. (I think we can guess the cause.) Henry does not appear to remarry and there are no other children listed born to a Henry in that period with a different mother. Henry Wilton Snr died and was buried on 30 Jun 1726, in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire.

Henry Wilton and Martha Douse

Saint Mary the Virgin, Great Shelford

Henry Wilton (bap. 12 Apr 1702), son of Henry and Elizabeth Wilton, farmer, married Martha Douse (bap. 8 Jul 1711), daughter of Philip and Constantia Douse in 1732 in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. Henry and Martha Wilton had the following children baptised in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire:  

1. Henry Wilton bap. 2 Sep 1733 
2. Richard Wilton, bap. 16 Oct 1737 
3. Martha Wilton bap. 21 Oct 1739

Henry Wilton died and was buried, on 21 Oct 1739, at Stapleford. Martha Wilton died and was buried on 24 Oct 1766, also at Stapleford.