The Tinling Family of Stanwix, Cumberland

William Tinling.  Born before 1658 [calc.].  He was living in Drawdyke, Stanwix, Cumberland in the 1690's [reg. as Tinning].  In 1728 he was in jail in Cumberland (apparently in Carlisle) for debt, was over age 70, and had been there for five months, at which time he was awarded poor relief [A2A].  In Aug 1729, he, along with a David Tinling (see Carlisle family), was in jail in Carlisle for debt, at which time he was a husbandman, late of Rickerby, Stanwix [London Gazette, 3 Jun 1729, pg. 7 (under Fingling), and 26 Aug 1729, pg. 2].  He had children:

1. Sarah Tinning.  Chr. 13 Oct 1691 in Stanwix, Cumberland [reg.].

2. Richard Tinling.  Chr. 20 May 1694 in Stanwix, Cumberland [reg. as Tinning].  He married Sarah Nixon and was involved with his father and brother in a lawsuit [PRO].  She had been servant to Margaret, widow of Joseph Wyeth of London [Quaker History].  He is apparently the Richard Tinling, linen draper and chapman of Carlisle, who was declared bankrupt in 1727 [London Gazette, 30 Sep 1727, pg. 4, 31 Oct 1727, pg. 3, 9 Apr 1728, pg. 3, 20 May 1729, pg. 2, 17 Jun 1729, pg. 3].  In 1731, John Huntington invented and published several libels against Richard and Sarah, connecting her with Thomas Story, the famous Quaker author [EM].  Thomas Story's good friend Thomas Ellwood of Kendal, was married to Sarah's sister Mary, also a Quaker [EM, will of Thomas Story].  Huntington was required to declare his wrongdoing and pay one hundred guineas to Richard Tinling [EM].  Huntington repeated his libels and this led to further charges against him [EM].  Richard Tinling was a "fugitive for debt", "beyond the seas" on 1 Jan 1737, then of Colchester, Essex, before being arrested in Cheapside [London] at the suit of Benson Highmore and others, and put into Woodstreet Compter (prison) [London Gazette, 12 Nov 1737, pg. 3].  He then surrendered himself to the Marshal of the King's Bench Prison in Southwark, Surrey, where he intended "to take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors" [ibid.].  Besides his previous two listed occupations, he was also called a dealer in cattle at this time [London Gazette, 26 Nov 1737, pg. 3].  She was a witness at a Quaker marriage in Carlisle in Mar 1766 [Friends reg.].  He may be the Richard Tinling of Fetter Lane, who was bur. 5 Nov 1743 in St. Andrew, Holborn [reg. (no age given)].  Sarah's sister Mary died 26 Mar 1765, when she was a widow, and was buried in the Friends Burial Ground, Carlisle [Friends reg.]. 

3. William Tinling.  Chr. 5 Apr 1697 in Stanwix, Cumberland [reg. as Tinning].  At the time of his marriage he had been living in Rickerby, Stanwix, Cumberland, and was a yeoman [mar. lic.].  He married Elizabeth New Trowel in 1726 (late November?) in Suffolk [Suffolk Archdeaconry marriage licenses].  At the time of their marriage, she was living in Little Bealings, Suffolk [mar. lic.].  Despite the young age, she appears to be the Betty New Trowell chr. 2 Jan 1711 at St. James Clerkenwell, London, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Trowell [IGI].  There was a Court of Chancery pleading, Trowell v. Tinling, sometime between 1714 and 1758 [PRO].  In Aug 1738 and Sep 1743 they were living in Fetter Lane, Holborn, London [sons' chr.].  He is apparently the William Tinling who was working for the Crown Office in 1745 and appeared in a trial at the Old Bailey [OB].  He (or his son of the same name) was bur. 7 Apr 1751 in St. Andrew, Holborn, when he had been living in Fetter Lane [reg. (no age given)].  She was a widow in Mar 1768, living in St. Andrew, Holborn, London [her will].  She may be the Elizabeth Tinley who was buried on 10 Oct 1773 in St. Andrew, Holborn, when her address was listed as St. Dunstan in the West [reg.].  Her will was proved 14 Oct 1773 [will].  They had children:

1a. Samuel Tinling.  Chr. 16 Aug 1730 in Little Bealings, Suffolk [reg.].  He was bur. 27 Oct 1730 in Little Bealings [reg.].

2a. Betty New Tinling.  Chr. 11 Nov 1731 at St. Mary’s, Woodbridge, Suffolk [IGI, mother’s will].  She married John Baptist Blackford on 23 Apr 1753 in Saint George’s Chapel, Mayfair, London [IGI, Anc.].  She was an heir in her mother’s will [will].

3a. Samuel Tinling.  Chr. 13 Aug 1738 at St. Andrew, Holborn, London [reg. (as Tingling)].  He could be the Samuel Tinin buried on 2 Jul 1739 at St. Andrew's Holborn, when his residence had been Robin Hood's Court [reg.].  He was not mentioned in his mother’s 1768 will [cen.].

4a. William Tinling.  Chr. 22 Sep 1743 in St. Andrew, Holborn, London [reg. (as Tilling)].  He was not mentioned in his mother’s 1768 will [will].

5a. Mary Tinling.  She was apprenticed in 1761 to Mary Curwen of St. Dunstan, London [Apprentice Lists].  She married Thomas Miller on 19 Jun 1768 at St. Dunstan in the West, London [reg., mother's will].  At the time of their marriage, they were both residing in St. Dunstan in the West Parish [reg.].  They were living in Fetter Lane, Holborn, London in May 1769 [reg. (chr. of daughter Betty New Miller)].  She was an heir in her mother’s will [will].  [Possibly the Mary Tinling, chr. 20 Mar 1748 in St. Mary’s, Carlisle, Cumberland, daughter of William Tinling [reg.].].