Centuries Past

Reverend William Shipman

Male 1654 - 1707  (52 years)


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  • Name William Shipman 
    Prefix Reverend 
    Birth 21 Nov 1654  Whaddon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1707 
    Rector of Houghton, Hampshire, England 
    Death 1707  Houghton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 27 Jan 1706/07  All Saints Church, Houghton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • A local rhyme runs:
      White Cleeve, Pepper Cleeve, Cleeve, and Cleveancy, Lyneham and lousy Clack, Cris Mavord, and Dauntsey. The first three are all references to Clyffe Pypard: the fourth is a farmstead in Hilmarton.
      [source: R W Dunning, K H Rogers, P A Spalding, Colin Shrimpton, Janet H Stevenson and Margaret Tomlinson, 'Parishes: Clyffe Pypard', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 9, ed. Elizabeth Crittall (London, 1970), pp. 23-43. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol9/pp23-43 [accessed 2 February 2018]. ]

      Hants Archive
      Alt Ref No      1707B/53
      Title      Will of William Shipman, parish not given
      Date      1707
      Description      Land at 'Cleer-ancy'

      Alt Ref No      Q25/2/11/3
      Title      Sacrament certificate for William Shipman, clerk, rector of Houghton, taken at Longstock parish
      Date      14 Jan 1700
      Description      Officiating clergy: John Burbank
      Churchwardens: Roger Cole
      Witnesses: Edward Reeves, Richard Roe
    Person ID I5015  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2022 

    Father Reverend Roger Shipman,   b. Abt 1621   d. 1664, Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Lane,   b. Abt 1621   d. 1695, Buttermere, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F1067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Roger Shipman   d. 1746
     2. William Shipman   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Elizabeth Shipman   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ann Shipman   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2524  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2022