The church records where he died (Offchurch) begin with his death. It would appers his widow and second wife may have moved back to Coventry and either took the records with her or destroyed them. I tried to find more info on him through his apprenticeship at Cheshire's Bishop's Palace, but can't find anyone there who is knowledgeable on where the old records might be. I tried the Diocese and they only referred me somewhere else that didn't pan out. A man who did his thesis work on the old clergy was going to help me and then he ran into flooding in his house and has everything in storage. Lanc is "full" of the clan as well as the city of the same name. However, they are not necessarily related as they took the surname from the place name, thus creating a huge "base" of men carrying the same surname. Interesting study on this surname already exists. They range from Lanc down into the mid-lands. The Warwick clan spelled the surname WIGGIN more often than not while the scribes used the Wigan spelling. The Vicar signed "Wiggin" although it is filed under Wigan, in his 'will' and his sons also used the WIGGIN spelling. You would think with clergy records so thorough there would be some genealogy connected to them, but if there is it has eluded me so far. I hope to come back as soon as my arm allows! Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jestrrwolf" <jester2652@yahoo.com> To: "Joy Robbins" <joy1982@alltel.net> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [WAR] Vicar William Wigan, Bishop's Itchington, 1590 > hi, > > there are quite a few Wigans in Lancaster around that time period. > perhaps he orginated there. > Have you tried contacting the church to see if they have any records on > him that would indicate > where he is born? >