Rawling Parish Register research notes

Here is the detail about the Lamplugh parish register promised on the main Rawling research notes page. Many thanks are due to the transcribers who make these PRs available online. I originally found these on the site of Roland Grigg; the transcription was first published 80 years ago by J F Haswell; and I have found it online now at an archived site here.

First, the register entries - I have taken these from a transcript presented in alphabetical order. I looked for every spelling of the Rawling surname I could think of, and picked them all out. Then I returned the Rawling entries to chronological order. I have arranged them with the year running from 25 March to 24 March up to 1752, and after that from 1 January to 31 December.

I have marked with a * those that are, or may be, our direct ancestors or their immediate families.

ROWLINN Esabell m Fletcher Anthony m 1586
ROWLIN Annas d of Thos of Wynderrow bapt c 18?1586
ROWLIN Thos m Eliz Curra m 5Jun1586
ROWLAN Anthony s of John of the Holing bapt c 28Jun1591*
ROWLIN Janet wife of Thos Rowline bur b 9Jun1592
RAULIN Elen late wife of Thos Raulin bur b 17Jan1592
ROWLIN Willm s of Thos of Wynder Row bapt c 18Oct1593
ROWLIN Willm s of John Rowlen of Hollins bapt c 15Jul1594*
ROWLIN Wm s of John Rowlin of Hollins bur b 15Feb1594*
ROWLIN Jenet m Wilkinson Anthony m 18Feb1595
RAWLINGE Wm s of Thos Rawlinge bur b 2Jan1596
RAWLING Margaret m Dickinson John m 19Aug1597
RAWLINGE Thos of Kirklande bur b 18Sep1597
RAWLINGE Jennet d of John of the Hollinges bapt c 4Mar1597*
RAWLINGE Margarett m Bowman Christofer m 6Nov1599
RAWLINGE Janet m Bragge John m 4May1600
RAWLING Jane ~e wife of Christofer Rawlinge of Cockand bur b 3Feb1602
RAWLINGE Arthur s of John of the Hollin bapt c 15Aug1603*
RAWLING Janett alias Shephard d of Willm Rawlinge bapt c 22Nov1604
RAWLIN Wm m Isabell Shepheard m 16Dec1604
RAWLINGE Jennett d of Willm bapt c 22Febl606
RAWLINGE Agnes m Shawe John m 22Aug1613
RAWLINGE Eliz wife of Thos bur b 12Sep1613
RAWLINGE John m Mawdlen Fox m 11Sept1614*
RAWLINGE Magdelen w of John bur b 20Oct1618*
RAWLINGE John of Hollings bur b 20Jul1621*
RAWLINGE Jenett his wife of John bur b 22Jul1621*
RAWLINGE John supposed s of Henrie bapt c 13Feb1621
RAWLINGE Xpofer bur b 14Feb1621
RAWLINGE John m Jenete Fearon m 2Junl622*
RAWLINGE John s of John Rawlinge bapt c 21Jul1622*
RAWLIN Margrat bur b 3Nov1623
RALLING Jenette d of John bapt c 6Mar1624*
RALLING Elline d of John of Hollinges bapt c 22Nov1626*
RAWELLINGE Thos of Winder bur b 25Jan1627
RAWELINGE Henry & Wm ss of John of Hollinges bapt c 12Apr1629*
RAWLING Wm s of John of Hollinges bur b llMar1629*
RAWLING Henrie s of John of Hollings bur b l8Apr1630*
RAWLING Wm bur b 8Jan1630
RAWLING Margt d of Jo of Hollinges bapt c 27Mar1631*
RAWLING Henrie m Marie Patrickson m 11Sept1631
RAWLING Geo s of John Hollins bapt c 15Mar1634*
RALLINGE Janett wife of John of Hollings bur b 14Mar1654*
RALLING John of Hollings m Eliz Rogers of Enerdaile m 9Jul1655*
RALLING Margt d of John of Hollings bapt c ??1656*
RALLING Eliz wife of John of Stonie Wath bur b Apr1660
RAWLING John younger s of John Rawling of Stonywathe bur b 12Oct1686
RAWLING Eliz m Walose John m 1Nov1692*
RAWLING Frances m Frear Henry m 15Nov1692*
RAWLING Eliz of Holling widdow bur b 11Dec1697*
RAWLING Joshua s of Jeremy of Hollins bapt c 1Feb1703*
RAWLING Eliz d of Jeremy bapt c 14Jul1708*
RAWLING Thos s of Jeremy bapt c 7Aug1711*
RAWLING Jonathan m Eliz Frier m 13Jun1719*
RAWLING Jane m Wood John m lOOct1719*
RAWLING Thos s of Jonathan bapt c 22Oct1720*
RAWLING Jeremy s of Jonathan bapt c 23Oct1722*
RAWLING John s of Jeremy Rawling bur b 14Apr1723*
RAWLING Martha d of Jonathan bapt c 27Aug1725*
RAWLING Isabel m Mawson Wm m l3Nov1725
RAWLING John s of Jonathan bapt c 17Oct1727*
RAWLING Henry s of Jonathan bapt c 22Feb1729*
RAWLING John s of Jonathan of Hows bur b 21Sep1730*
RAWLING Jonathan s of Jonathan of Howe bapt c 23Apr1732*
RAWLING Jonathan s of Jonathan of Hows bur b 1Apr1733*
RAWLING Wm s of Johnathan of Hows bapt c l0Mar1733*
RAWLING Martha m Guest John m 8Jan1749*
RAWLING Martha wife of Jeremiah of Hollins bur b 14Apr1755*
RAWLING Eliz d of Jeremiah of Hollins bur b 22Nov1761*
RAWLING Eliz wife of Jonathan of Hollins bur b 29Dec1761*
RAWLING Martha d of Wm of Hollins in Kelton bapt c 17Jul1762*
RAWLING Jeremiah of Hollins the elder bur b 24Jul1762*
RAWLING Jonathan of Hollins householder bur b 13Mar1763*
RAWLING Jeremiah of Hollins in Kelton householder bur b l3Jan1766*
RAWLING Hannah d of Wm of Hollins bapt c 20Jun1767*
ROWLING Jeremiah s of Wm of Hollins yeo & Mary hw bapt c 20Jul1770*
ROWLING Fanny d of Wm & Mary of Hollins bapt c lDec1776*
ROWLIN Martha m Robertson Jas m 6Mar1788*
RAWLING Hannah 6Mar1788*
ROWLING Wm 6Mar1788*
ROWLING Hannah m Tyson Henry m 7Dec1789*
RAWLING Wm 7Dec1789*
RAWLIN Joshua of Hollins cow-doctor aged 88 bur b 24Mar1792*
ROWLIN Wm s of Jeremiah & Anne of Hollins bapt c 20Nov1797*
ROWLIN John Jackson s of Jeremiah & Anne of Hollins bapt c 6Jul1800*
RAWLING Fanny m Dickenson Nich m 26Oct1800*
RAWLIN Jonathan s of Jeremiah & Anne of Hollins bapt c 18Apr1802*
ROWLIN Mary d of Jeremiah & Ann of Hollins born c 23May1804*
ROWLING Sarah d of Jeremy & Ann of Hollins bapt c 29Dec1805*
RAWLIN Eliz d of Jeremiah & Ann of Hollins bapt c 22Feb1807*
RAWLING Ann d of Jeremiah & Ann of Hollings born c 2Aug1810*
RAWLING Ann infant aged 8 months bur b 23Mar1811*

Now, what do I make of all that? Firstly, I'll outline the family groups relevant to my research I think I can pick out. I'll do them in chronological order.

John and Jenett of Hollings:
ROWLAN Anthony s of John of the Holing bapt c 28Jun1591
ROWLIN Willm s of John Rowlen of Hollins bapt c 15Jul1594
ROWLIN Wm s of John Rowlin of Hollins bur b 15Feb1594
RAWLINGE Jennet d of John of the Hollinges bapt c 4Mar1597
RAWLINGE Arthur s of John of the Hollin bapt c 15Aug1603
RAWLINGE John of Hollings bur b 20Jul1621
RAWLINGE Jenett his wife of John bur b 22Jul1621

John and Mawdlen, then Jenete, of Hollings
RAWLINGE John m Mawdlen Fox m 11Sept1614
RAWLINGE Magdelen w of John bur b 20Oct1618
(note that the identification of John who married Magdalen with John who then had children with Jenete is a bit speculative)
RAWLINGE John m Jenete Fearon m 2Junl622
RAWLINGE John s of John Rawlinge bapt c 21Jul1622
RALLING Jenette d of John bapt c 6Mar1624
RALLING Elline d of John of Hollinges bapt c 22Nov1626
RAWELINGE Henry & Wm ss of John of Hollinges bapt c 12Apr1629
RAWLING Wm s of John of Hollinges bur b llMar1629
RAWLING Henrie s of John of Hollings bur b l8Apr1630
RAWLING Margt d of Jo of Hollinges bapt c 27Mar1631
RAWLING Geo s of John Hollins bapt c 15Mar1634
RALLINGE Janett wife of John of Hollings bur b 14Mar1654

John and Elizabeth of Hollings (note that this family is only partially recorded because the registers are missing for 1660-1680)
RALLING John of Hollings m Eliz Rogers of Enerdaile m 9Jul1655
RALLING Margt d of John of Hollings bapt c ??1656
RAWLING Eliz m Walose John m 1Nov1692
RAWLING Frances m Frear Henry m 15Nov1692
RAWLING Eliz of Holling widdow bur b 11Dec1697

Jeremy (or Jeremiah) and Martha of Hollins:
[married 1689 Cockermouth]
Jonathan [bapt outside of Lamplugh, probably 1690s] see below
John [bapt outside of Lamplugh, probably 1690s], bur 1723
Jane [bapt Ennerdale, 1694], mar John WOOD 1719 (should look for her burial as Jane WOOD after this date)
Joshua 1703, cow-doctor bur 1792
Elizabeth 1708, unmarried, bur 1761
Thomas 1711
Martha the mother bur 1755
Jeremiah the father bur 1762

I have to speculate that Jeremy may have been the son or at least the heir of Elizabeth who died in 1697 and her husband who died at some unknown date before - it was clearly around that time that Jeremy moved to the parish. A bit speculative but probably worth looking at the Administration and Invetory of John RAWLING of Hollings granted 1675.
It is also tempting to speculate that Isabel who married in 1725 was another of Jonathan and Martha's early children, if only because she's otherwise the only unexplained RAWLING in the register in the whole 18th century. But there's no guarantee that she was from the parish - it may have been her husband.

Jonathan and Elizabeth (of Howe/Hows and then of Hollins):
married 1719
Thomas 1720
Jeremy 1722
Martha 1725, mar John GUEST 1749
John 1727, bur 1730
Henry 1729
Jonathan 1732, bur 1733
William 1733
mother Elizabeth bur 1761
father Jonathan bur 1763
second son Jeremy bur 1766?

See the main Rawling research notes page for why I believe that Jonathan was the son of the above Jeremiah and Martha. As his baptism isn't in the register here, it seems likely that he was older than the sons baptised here and therefore it isn't surprising if he moved in and took over the family farm as his parents aged or died. If Jonathan and Elizabeth of Hows don't move to Hollins somehow, they must have moved out of parish because they don't have burials here.
On the lack of any place name in the pre-1730 records, my theory is just that it was a change in clerical practice. There's a place name in most entries up to 1686; there is only one between 1692 and 1729; there's a place name in most entries again from 1730 onwards. The alternative is that place names are used where necessary to distinguish between people of the same name, but it seems unlikely that this was required in most cases for a century, then not for 40 years, then for 80 years it was again. Therefore it seems reasonable to identify Jonathan of Hows with the Jonathan who appears in preceding entries. If the place-name appeared because there were suddenly two Jonathan RAWLINGs, then you would expect evidence of the second in the register with a different place-name.

I should go to a detailed map of the area and make notes about Hollins. IIRC there is more than one in the parish. Should figure out where Kelton covers. Should check from a census which one my ancestors are at in the 19th C.

William and Mary (of Hollins)
Martha 1762 (mother of Hannah and William who were baptised on the day she married James ROBERTSON in 1788)
Hannah 1767 (mother of William who was baptised on the day she married Henry TYSON in 1789)
Jeremiah 1770
Fanny 1776 (married Nicholas DICKENSON 1800)
I admit there's no clear link between the daughters and their marriages, nor an explicit link in the transcript database with the children baptised alongside the marriages. But girls very often married in the parishes of their birth, and there are no other Martha, Hannah or Fanny RAWLING baptisms in this Lamplugh register around the relevant time. Also for the two boys to be named after their grandfather and for the girl to be named after her aunt is a nice link. And the fact that there are so few other RAWLING events in the register in this period does suggest that there's only one main family of them in the parish.

Jeremiah (or Jeremy) and Ann (of Hollins)
William 1797
John Jackson 1800
Jonathan 1802
Mary 1804
Sarah 1805
Elizabeth 1807
Ann 1810, bur 1811
1812 is the end of the register.
The second son named John Jackson RAWLING does make me think that Ann's father could have been John JACKSON.

If you are interested in this line I'll be pleased to hear from you. Email me at deletethisitisjusttoprotectmyemail.iwilliamson@waitrose.com though obviously you edit the email address before you send. There should be no dot in the name before the @ sign. Please do not delete the automatically-generated subject line, so that I know your email is not spam. You can add more to the subject if you like but if you delete what appears I may not read your mail.

Back to Lines index page
Back to my Genealogy home page