This IS interesting. Thank you, Judy. Hope you're doing as well as possible. I'd love to have a copy of the list of Elkingtons. On another topic, Cecelia Setty, a subscriber to this list has written an excellent family history of her California Elkingtons within the context of a history of Napa Valley settlers. The title of the book is "The Mount Veeder Resort: A history of Napa County Settlers." What's particularly interesting is how Cecilia woven her family history into the lives of other families in the area. And, as Cecelia puts it in her Forward, "I almost made them part of my family." That's what it's all about. Impressive! Why I'm mentioning this, apart from the value of the book itself as Elkington family history -- and a good read -- is that it would be wonderful if we could fit this family into the Elkington Family Tree. Don Elkington was helping Cecelia, but he didn't quite make that link before his death. Cecelia ancestors are James Elkington (b. 1828, Coventry, Warwickshire; died 1898 in Napa CA) and Emma Clarke (b. 1833 Gloucestershire; died 1919, Napa CA). The parents of James were William Elkington (b. 1803 Coventry, Warwickshire; died 1841 Coventry, Warwickshire) and Amelia Wallington (b. 1804 Lancashire; died 1891 Napa CA). William's father was Timothy Elkington b. 1776 Leicestershire; died 1821 Warwickshire Williams' mother was Ann Bashford. They had nine children. Timothy's parents are unknown and therein lies the mystery! Cecelia's queries about her family are somewhere in the Elkington list archives and, other than Don, I don't recall that anyone else was able to supply info, but that was quite a while ago. I hope that I'm not overstepping my bounds in asking (where Cecilia's concerned), but does anyone have this Timothy Elkington (1803 to 1841) in his or her family tree? As always, many thanks, Judy, for your work on the Elkington family. Cheers, Rose in sunny, chilly southern Ontario, Canada ..................................... Rose Robinson Hately r.hately@sympatico.ca ................................... ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <JJupar@aol.com> To: <Elkington@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:43 AM Subject: [ELKINGTON] Richard Elkington 1607 > Richard Elkington, of Shawell, by will dated 1607, gave £50 to be held in > trust by the Corporation of Leicester, the interest of which was to be > given to the parson and churchwardens of Lutterworth to give to five poor > tradesmen each year. > > . . . . > I thought you might be interested in this. If you want to know any > more I have a complete list of Elkingtons almost up to the present day. > > Regards > > JUDY ELKINGTON > www.elkingtonfamily.com > Elkington@rootsweb.com > > > www.elkingtonfamily.com > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ELKINGTON > -------------------------------