Staindrop 1911
One of the larger Kipling family groups is the descendants of Lionel Kipling, woolcomber of Staindrop, many of whom are now in the USA. See also Staindrop 1911 (Sunderland), Staindrop 1911 (Bradford) and Fishmonger. Most 1911 census entries are in those other notes.
Lionel ,------,------,------|------,------¬ Jacob Robert Lionel Joseph Joshua Nathan | Bolam | ,------,------|------¬ ,------| ,------|------¬ ,------|------¬ Lionel Elizabeth John William Lionel Philip Robert Lionel David Robert Jane Thomas Jacob | Fishmonger Sunderland no surv. | Bradford Bradford dsp USA USA? | | dsp | ,------,------,------| |------¬ Thomas Thomas Joseph William John Henry Joseph Thomas Lionel dsp? |? Claxton Thompson dsp ? dsp Bradford Bradford Thomas ,------| |------¬ ? Joseph Adam Amelia Lionel = (1873) Frances | illig? dsp Margaret Thompson Ann Vincett ,------'------¬ #198 | #179 John Thomas Adam Lionel Thompson ? ? #363 | Lionel George
Lionel may have been born in Startforth in 1730, the son of John Kipling, yeoman.1
Lionel married Elizabeth Camron at Staindrop in 1747.
Their children included Mary (1749), Joseph (1750), Lionel (1751), Ann (1754), Joseph (1756), Joshua (1758), Jacob (1760; d1764), Dorothy (1761) and Nathan (1762). Elizabeth died giving birth to Nathan.
In 1772, Lionel Kipling married a Jane Greenwell at Staindrop a few weeks before a son, Jacob, was born. He was given the name of his late step-brother.
Marriage Bonds, Durham Diocese District - Record Number: 424868.14 Location: Durham Diocese Church: Marriage Bonds (entire diocese) Denomination: Anglican 30 Sep 1772 Lionel Kipling (weaver, widower), age 36, of Staindrop obtained a licence to marry Jane Greenwell, age 30, of Staindrop, directed to Staindrop Surety: John Shaw, comber, of Staindrop [Note: married 1 Oct at Staindrop.]
1 Some have considered, based on his amended age at death (97, changed from 79, see later), that Lionel might have been born in Staindrop in 1717, in a short gap in the parish registers. In which case, it has been suggested that he could be the son of Charles Kipling and Elizabeth Bell who married there in 1717. Charles was originally from Middleton in Teesdale, where his ancestors included several Lionels. However, he was a prosperous merchant, so unlikely to have had a woolcombing son, and in any case left only four daughters as co-heirs on his death in 1721.
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 828145.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 18 Oct 1772 Jacob Kipling of Staindrop, son of Lionel & Jane Kipling
Lionel’s age is given as 36, implying that he was born in 1735/6. This accords with an age at death of 79 in 1814, see below, but is inconsistent with a first marriage in 1747. It appears that he may have subtracted some years from his age by 1772, although not as many as was later added on in the burial register
Their other children were Robert (1774)….
…and Ann (1776).
Either Lionel (aged around 50) or his son, aged around 30, served in the Durham militia between 1780 and 1782. Forename Lionel Surname Kipling Corps Durham Company Capt Cathericke Rank Private Reference WO 13/608
Muster 1 Present
Muster 2 Present
Muster 3 Transferred To Capt Benning
Muster 4 Transferred To Capt Benning Durham Militia 1780-1782.
Lionel is recorded as a tenant at Staindrop in various Land tax records between 1783 and 1812.
Land Tax assessment 1798(2).
Jane had died in 1796 and Lionel married for a third time in 1800. Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 979431.2 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 4 Dec 1796 Jane Kipling, of Staindrop, wife of Lionel Kipling
Startforth 1800
Lionel was buried at Staindrop in 1814, where his age at death has clearly been changed from 79 to 97 by a different hand.
Staindrop 1814 (=> b 1735 or 1717)
His death was reported in the newspaper as being at age 97, however.
Durham County Advertiser - Saturday 24 December 1814
In 1817, the land tax record shows his former property occupied by Nancy Kipling, presumably widow Ann. There is no equivalent record in 1822.
A. Lionel (1751)
In 1774, Lionel Kipling (breeches maker according to D&VM) married a Mary Stainsby aged 21 or 22 in Darlington.
There were no known children of the marriage.
Burials, Darlington District - Record Number: 497294.2 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 9 Jan 1802 Mary Kipling late Stainsby, of Darlington, age: 51, died 6 Jan, wife of Lionel Kipling (woolcomber), died of dropsy
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Marriages, Darlington District - Record Number: 416995.1 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 23 Aug 1802 Lionel Kipling (woolcomber) of this parish married Mary Carter (widow) of this parish, by banns
Burials, Darlington District - Record Number: 497591.2 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 29 Jan 1804 Mary Kipling late Walker, of Darlington, age: 50, died 27 Jan, wife of Lionel Kipling (woolcomber), died of apoplexy
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Ann could be Lionel’s step-sister, born in 1776
Marriages, Darlington District - Record Number: 417134.1 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 23 Apr 1805 Robert Claxton (cabinetmaker) of this parish married Ann Kipling (spinster) of this parish, by banns Marriages, Darlington District - Record Number: 417154.1 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 13 Nov 1805 Lionel Kipling (woolcomber) of this parish married Ann Claxton (spinster) of this parish, by banns
Baptisms, Darlington District - Record Number: 250696.0 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 14 May 1809 Lionel Kipling, born 12-May 1809, 1st son of Lionel Kipling (woolcomber, native of Staindrop) & Ann Claxton (native of Darlington)
Wife Anne may have died in 1821.
Burials, Darlington District - Record Number: 931767.2 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 15 Feb 1821 Ann Kipling, of Darlington, age: 35
At some point, Lionel returned to Staindrop, appearing in the land tax records as a tenant in 1828 (but not 1826). He was buried at Barnard Castle in 1837.
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 499350.2 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 27 Feb 1837 Lionel Kipling, of Barnard Castle, age: 84 Born 1752/3 (cf 1751)
Posted online by tkipling32 at Ancestry.co.uk
Lionel’s only son was a cabinet maker, possibly learning from Robert Claxton.
Marriage Bonds, Durham Diocese District - Record Number: 595569.14 Location: Durham Diocese Church: Marriage Bonds (entire diocese) Denomination: Anglican 14 Oct 1833 Lionel Kipling (bachelor), age 21, of All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne obtained a licence to marry Mary Barrass (spinster), age 21, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne All Saints, directed to All Saints
Baptisms, Darlington District - Record Number: 795116.0 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 11 May 1834 Joseph Claxton Kipling of Darlington, son of Lionel (cabinet maker) & Mary Kipling
Burials, Darlington District - Record Number: 935217.2 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 26 May 1839 Lionel Kipling, of Darlington, age: 30
Northern Liberator - Saturday 01 June 1839
In 1841, the family was living in Wolsingham in Weardale. A son Adam is recorded aged 5 months (but Lionel had been dead nearly two years!).
Meadhope Street, Wolsingham, 1841
It is possible that Joseph later joined the army in India and was invalided out in 1858.
Lord Clive Military Fund Pension Registers & Payment Books - admissions in UK
1861 Bishop Auckland
1871 Counden
I can find no further records of Joseph and his family after this.
Only two records have been found of Adam (1840), but his (second?) marriage confirms that he (at least) believed Lionel to be his father. Is the Mary Barker below the same as in the 1861 census for Joseph above?
Marriages, Auckland District - Record Number: 499695.1 Location: Merrington Church: St. John the Evangelist Denomination: Anglican 12 Feb 1877 Adam Kipling (widower, hawker), age 34, of Leasingthorne, son of Lione [Lionel] Kipling (joiner) married Mary Hazlehurst (widow), age 30, of Leasingthorne, daughter of Benjamin Moore (auctioneer), after Banns Witnesses: Mary Barker, Robert Charlton
Adam died three months later.
Burials, Auckland District - Record Number: 1582664.2 Location: Auckland Church: St. Andrew Denomination: Anglican 28 May 1877 Adam Kipling, of Blue Row, age: 36
B. Joseph (1756)
Joseph married a Mary some time before 1784. It is probable that their first child was Elizabeth, born in Sunderland.2
Baptisms, Sunderland District - Record Number: 488811.0 Location: Sunderland Church: Malings Rigg Independent Chapel Denomination: Presbyterian 4 Jul 1783 Elizabeth Kipling, born 13-Mar 1783, daughter of Joseph & Mary Kipling
They then had children Jane (1784), Joseph (1787) and John (1788) at Staindrop. He married again in 1793 at Staindrop to Hannah Middleton and they had further children Mary (1794), Lionel (1796), Philip (1801; d 1806), William (1804) and Sarah (1806; d 1807).
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 828844.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 12 Jun 1785 Jane Kipling of Staindrop, daughter of Joseph & Mary Kipling, P
2 Elizabeth Kipling (“native of Sunderland”) later had three illegitimate children at Bishop Auckland: Joseph (1805, baptised at Barnard Castle), Lionel (1812) and James (1817). The first two names strongly suggest that she was Joseph’s daughter. See “Fishmonger 1911” (in preparation).
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 828967.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 30 Jun 1787 Joseph Kipling of Staindrop, son of Joseph & Mary Kipling, P
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 829332.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 23 Mar 1794 Mary Kipling of Staindrop, daughter of Joseph & Hannah Kipling
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 1169263.2 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 21 Dec 1795 Joseph Kipling, of Barnard Castle, son of Joseph & Hannah Kipling
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 959212.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 3 May 1797 Lionel Kipling of Barnard Castle, born 30-Sep 1796, son of Joseph & Hannah Kipling
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 711118.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 3 Jun 1798 Lionel Kipling of Barnard Castle, born 1 Oct 1796, 2nd son of Joseph Kipling (woolcomber, native of Staindrop, son of Lionel) by his wife Hannah Middleton (native of Staindrop, daughter of Mary Middleton)
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 829717.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 11 Oct 1801 Philip Kiplin, born 10 Jun, 4th child of Joseph Kiplin (native of Staindrop, woolcomber) by his wife Hannah Middleton (native of the same place) Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 979734.2 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 22 Jun 1806 Philip Kipling, of Staindrop, age: 6, died 20 Jun, son of Joseph Kipling (woolcomber) & Hannah his wife Middleton
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 829846.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 25 Mar 1804 William Kipling of Staindrop, born 18 May 1803, 6th child of Joseph Kipling (woolcomber, native of this place) by his wife Hannah Middleton (native of this place)
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 829994.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 21 Dec 1806 Sarah Kipling of Staindrop, born 20 Nov, 4th daughter of Joseph Kipling (labourer, native of [blank]) by his wife Hannah Middleton (daughter of John Middleton, native of this place)
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 979774.2 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 16 Jun 1807 Sarah Kipling, of Staindrop, age: 9 months, died 15 Jun, daughter of Joseph Kipling (of Staindrop) & Hannah late Middleton (his wife)
Marriage Bonds, Durham Diocese District - Record Number: 474621.14 Location: Durham Diocese Church: Marriage Bonds (entire diocese) Denomination: Anglican 4 Jan 1811 Edward Hodgson (farmer, bachelor), age 21 & upwards, of Hamsterley obtained a licence to marry Alice Parkin (spinster), age 21 & upwards, of Hamsterley, directed to Hamsterley Surety: Joseph Kipling, labourer, of Staindrop [Note: married 10 Jan at Hamsterley.]
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 549196.2 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 15 Oct 1815 Hannah Kippling, of Staindrop, age: 53 Hannah died in 1815 but Joseph lived until 1840.
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 554195.2 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 26 Apr 1840 Joseph Kipling, of South Side, age: 94
B1. John (1788)
Marriages, Darlington District - Record Number: 417382.1 Location: Darlington Church: St. Cuthbert Denomination: Anglican 14 May 1811 John Kipling (labourer) of the parish of Staindrop married Mary Johnson (spinster) of this parish, by banns Witness : Lionel Kipling (per D&VM)
Baptisms, Durham District Record Number: 1456666.0 Location: Brancepeth Church: St. Brandon Denomination: Anglican 1 May 1814 Nathan Kipling, of Park house, child of John (labourer) & Mary Kipling
John and Mary then moved to Sunderland. See “Staindrop 1911 (Sunderland)”
B2. Lionel (1796) Lionel married Margaret Ritson at Staindrop on 1823 Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 599690.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 26 Mar 1826 Coatsworth Kipling of Staindrop, child of Lionel (porter at Raby) & Margaret Kipling
They had children William Thompson (1824), Coatesworth (1826; d 1829), John (1828), Henry (1830), Ralph (1832; d 1837) Magaret Hannah (1835), Lionel (1838 d 1840) and Joseph (1839).
Durham County Advertiser - Friday 13 January 1837
1841 Raby castle
1841 New Raby
1851 Raby
Teesdale Mercury - Wednesday 11 May 1859
1861 BC
Margaret died later in 1861.
In 1871, Lionel was living with his son William (Thompson) in London.
1871 Duke Street, St Giles in the Field, London
Lionel paid property rates in London from 1872 to 1875.
Westminster Rate Book. Old Compton St, Soho 1872.
Lionel died in 1874 and was buried in Barnard Castle. His grave in Victoria Rd cemetery is inscribed:
“To the memory of Margaret KIPLING wife of Lionel KIPLING late of Raby who d 20 Aug 1861 aged 67 yrs. She died in peace. Also of the above Lionel KIPLING who d 7 Apr 1874 aged 77 yrs. He was in service at Raby Castle over 40 yrs & his declining years were handsomely provided for by Duke Henry.”
Of his sons who survived to adulthood, Joseph moved to Stockton and his story can be found in “The sad tale of Joseph and Isabella” and Henry’s fate is unknown after 1851 (when he was living with brother William (see below);
B2a. John Kipling
1841 Staindrop
By 1851, he was butler to Charles Prideaux-Brune of Prideaux Place, Cornwall, High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1834, at his house in Berkeley Square, London.
John later moved to India, where he was steward of the Madras Club. He married in 1863.
Josephine died of TB in 1867 and their millinery business was declared insolvent the following month.
London Gazette, May 24th 1867
John had retiurned to England by 1871, when he was butler at a large house in Martyr Worthy near Winchester.
In 1881 he was living with his sister Margaret Hannah, who had married Bandmaster Thomas Wood in 1857.
1881 Westgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1891 NoT
1901 NoT
John died in 1910. It is not thought that he had any children.
B2b. William Thompson Kipling
York Herald - Saturday 08 April 1843
William married Mary Ann Clements at St Martins in the Field in 1850. Living with him in 1851 was brother Henry.
St Mary Lambeth 1851
Children were Lionel Thompson (1851) and Amelia Margaret (1860).
St Paul, Shadwell, 1851
William was an innkeeper, as the various records below attest.
Morning Advertiser - Tuesday 18 November 1851
Morning Advertiser - Tuesday 15 March 1853
Morning Advertiser - Tuesday 11 March 1856
Morning Advertiser - Wednesday 23 July 1856
He subsequently applied for a licence for music and dancing at The Three Horsehoes.
Several neighbours supported his application:
I don’t know if the application was successful but he moved shortly afterwards to another inn.
The Era - Sunday 09 November 1856
In 1861, William was landlord of The Duke Of Bedford in Golden Lane, St Lukes’s Finsbury. Brother Joseph was working for him. As noted above, son Lionel Thompson was with his grandparents at Barnard Castle.
By 1870, he was landlord of the Grapes in Duke Street, St Giles-in-the-Field.
Morning Advertiser - Wednesday 27 April 1870
Also as noted above, he was living there with father Lionel in London in 1871.
William handed over the licence of The Grapes to his son in 1872.
The Era - Sunday 21 April 1872
Mary Ann died in later the same yearand was buried in Brompton cemetery.
William remarried in 1874, describing himself as an auctioneer.
William died in 1879 and was buried in the same grave as his wife.
Son Lionel Thompson married Frances Ann Vincett in at St Martins in the Field in 1873.
1881. Finsbury Market, Shoreditch.
Their children were baptised together in 1881 at St James, Shoreditch.
Morning Lane School, Hackney, September 1886
St Pancras East electoral register 1890
1891. Cottage Grove, St Mary Newington
Lionel Thompson Kipling senior died in 1897. And was buried in the same grave as his parents.
Widow Frances Ann was living with her daughter Alma Amelia in 1911 (#179).
She died in 1931 and was buried in the same Brompton grave as her husband.
Old Bailey 1909
1911 Battersea (#363)
A son , Lionel George, was born in 1913
Lionel Thompson Kipling served during WW1 and was killed on the Somme in 1916 (See “Kiplings in the Great War (1916)”)
1939. Mann Street SE 17
Lionel George died in Lewisham in 1997.
In 1871, William Thompson Kipling’s daughter Amelia Margaret was a visitor at another public house
1871. Sunford Rd., Islington.
In 1881, she was living with her aunt (possibly on her mother’s side).
1901. Mansfield Rd., Kentish Town.
In 1911, she was working for a city directory company (#
She married a soldier in 1916, although seems to have knocked best part of a decade off her age!
… and died in 1944.
Western Gazette - Friday 25 August 1944
B3. William (1804)
Marriages, Auckland District - Record Number: 297768.1 Location: Hamsterley Church: St. James Denomination: Anglican 17 May 1832 William Kipling of Staindrop married Hannah Walton of this parish, by banns Witnesses: Cuthbert Evans, William Vasey
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 610783.0 Location: Cockfield Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 21 Jun 1835 Wharton Kipling of Copley, son of William (countryman) & Hannah Kipling
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 610923.0 Location: Cockfield Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 25 Jun 1837 Hannah Kipling of Cockfield, daughter of William (countryman) & Hannah Kipling
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 657812.0 Location: Cockfield Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 8 Nov 1840 Joseph Kipling of Cockfield, son of William (pitman) & Ann Kipling
1841 Census, Teesdale District Teesdale, Cockfield, Raby Moor Houses (HO107/305/1/folio 21) William Kipling, 35, Coal Miner, Y Ann Kipling, 38, Y Mary Kipling, 17, Y Walton Kipling, 8, Y Hannah Kipling, 4, Y Joseph Kipling, 6 months, Y Eleanor Walton, 74, Independent Means, Y
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 657927.0 Location: Cockfield Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 14 Apr 1843 Lionel Kipling of Cockfield, son of William (pitman) & Ann Kipling Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 682895.2 Location: Cockfield Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 19 Apr 1843 Lionel Kipling, of Cockfield, age: infant
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 657998.0 Location: Cockfield Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 30 Mar 1845 William Kipling of Raby Moor Lane, Cockfield, son of William (pitman) & Hannah Kipling
Cockfield 1851
Wife Hannah and son Walton died within a week of each other in 1853. Son William died in 1858 and Joseph in 1860. In 1861, William was living with married daughter Hannah.
Cockfield 1861
William died in 1865.
C. Joshua (1758)
Joshua married Ann Fletcher at Staindrop in January 1788.
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 829008.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 27 Apr 1788 Philip Kipling of Staindrop, son of Joshua & Ann Kipling, P
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 829105.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 7 Mar 1790 Christian Kipling of Staindrop, daughter of Joshua & Ann Kipling
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 829226.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 15 Jan 1792 Robert Kipling of Staindrop, son of Joshua & Ann Kipling, P
Joshua’s wife died in 1804, curiously described as being late Hardy (not Fletcher). Possibly she had been married before.
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 777849.2 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 1 Aug 1804 Ann Kipling late Hardy, of Barnard Castle, age: 48, died 30 Jul, wife of Joshua Kipling (woolcomber)
Joshua married again in May 1806, to Ann Murphy at Romaldkirk. A son, Joshua, was baptised at the catholic church at Lartington in 1809.
Curiously, a daughter Margaret is shown as being born to a Robert and Ann (nee Murphy) in 1807. I assume this is actually Joshua.
The 1841 census show that Ann was born in Ireland.
Marwood 1841
According to Lionel’s headstone above, Anne died on 17 December 1843 aged 77.
Note spelling error!
Durham Chronicle. 22 December 1843(for “Joseph” read ‘Joshua’)
Joshua died in December 1844.
Durham Chronicle - Friday 20 December 1844
BC Bishop’s Transcripts
C1. Philip (1778)
Ref: EP/Stai 7/127 Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Philip Kipling, to William Ewbank, wool comber of Barnard Castle, 5 June 1805 (1 paper)
Philip married Isabella Dowfoot at Barnard Castle in 1809.
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 712207.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 18 Feb 1810 Ann Kipling of Barnard Castle, born 24 Jan, 1st daughter of Philip Kipling (woolcomber, native of Staindrop) by his wife Isabella Dowfoot [Douthwaite] (native of Barnard Castle) Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 786036.2 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 6 Aug 1812 Ann Kipling, of Barnard Castle, age: 2, died 5 Aug, daughter of Philip Kipling (woolcomber) & Isabella his wife late Dowthwaite
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 726056.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 22 Dec 1811 Thomas Kipling of Barnard Castle, born 20 Nov, 1st son of Philip Kipling (woolcomber, native of Staindrop) by his wife Isabella Dowfoot (native of Barnard Castle)
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 685584.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 16 Mar 1814 Samuel Kipling of Barnard Castle, son of Philip (wool comber) & Isabella Kipling NB: Samuel is a typo for Lionel
Wife Isabella died three months later.
Philip and family subsequently moved to Bradford (see ‘Staindrop 1911 (Bradford)’), where he remarried in 1822.
Son Lionel seems to have returned briefly to Barnard Castle, where he was in trouble with the law in 1831.
Durham County Advertiser - Friday 11 February 1831
Newcastle Courant - Saturday 05 March 1831
He married Mary Plant in Bradford in 1832 (q.v.). It it is likely that a son was born to them, but did not survive, on a further trip back in 1834.
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 575556.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 3 May 1834 Philip Kipling of Barnard Castle, son of Lionel (labourer) & Mary Kipling
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 498984.2 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 5 May 1834 Philip Kipling, of Barnard Castle, age: 6 hours
Brother Robert also moved to Bradford, where he married in 1818 (q.v.)
C2. Joshua (1809)
Joshua had a daughter Margaret in 1834, baptised at Lartington catholic church. His sister was godmother.
D - Nathan (1762)
Marriage Bonds, Durham Diocese District - Record Number: 439775.14 Location: Durham Diocese Church: Marriage Bonds (entire diocese) Denomination: Anglican 21 Feb 1784 Nathaniel Kipling (wool comber), age 21 & upwards, of Darlington obtained a licence to marry Margaret Birkbeck (widow), age 21 & upwards, of Staindrop, directed to Staindrop Surety: Joshua Kipling, wool comber, of Darlington [Note: married 23 Feb at Staindrop.]
They had a daughter Elizabeth (August 1784).
Margaret died in 1786.
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 979010.2 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 22 Aug 1786 Margaret Cipling [Kipling], of Staindrop, wife of Nathan Cipling [Kipling], P [=poor]
Nathan married Elizabeth Head at Staindrop in 1787
They had children Lionel (1788), Margaret (1790) and David (1793) at Staindrop and Robert (1797, seemingly baptised twice) at Barnard Castle.
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 959204.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 16 Mar 1797 Robert Kipling of Barnard Castle, born 2-Mar, son of Nathan & Elizabeth Kipling
I have not been able to trace Robert subsequently. Possibly he joined the army.
Ref: EP/Stai 7/467 Letter of H. Crowther at Burton upon Yore, Yorks., to the Overseers at Staindrop about Nathaniel Kipling applying for relief, 19 February 1801 (Paper, 1 folio
It is likely that Nathaniel died in 1806 near Portsmouth, where he may have moved to follow his son Lionel, see below.
Alverstoke St Mary, Hampshire. Burials 26 April 1806.
D1. Lionel (1788)
Ref: EP/Stai 7/117 Pauper apprenticeship indenture of Lionel Kipling, son of Nathan and Isabella Kiplin, to James Vickers, taylor of Barnard Castle (with attached baptism entry), 11 January 1802 (1 paper)
It is likely that he served in the Royal Navy from 1808-14
Gretna Green marriages Feb 1816.
Marriages, Teesdale District - Record Number: 336959.1 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 17 Apr 1816 Lionel Kipling (bachelor, tailor) of this Chapelry married Catherine Mahen (spinster) of this Chapelry, by banns Witnesses: John Richardson, James Richardson
At some time, Lionel moved to Swaledale, where his wife died in 1835.
Grinton 1835
He swiftly remarried
Grinton 1835
Grinton 1841
Feetham 1851
I haven’t been able to trace him further.
D2. David (1793)
In March 1814, Pvt. David Kipling of the 70th Regiment of Foot is recorded as being posted from barracks in Perth, Scotland, to Tilbury Fort. The history of the regiment tells that it spent 1813 suppressing riots in Montrose and guarding prisoners of war at Perth. It was sent to reinforce the garrison in Canada during the Anglo-American War of 1812-1815 and remained there until 1827.
We also find a mention of him in Canada in 1817, in transit from Kingston (where the St Lawrence exits Lake Ontario) to York (now Toronto)3
3 HMS Netley was a 16-gun ship launched as Prince Regent in 1812 for the Provincial Marine on Lake Ontario. She was converted into a schooner in 1813 and renamed Beresford (or General Beresford). She was re-rigged as a brig in 1814 when the Royal Navy took over the Provincial Marine, and renamed Netley, Admiralty policy being not to name vessels after living people, and Niagara in 1838, at which time she served as a base ship. She was broken up in 1843.
It is not yet known who the George Kipling also on the muster roll was (he was probably not a close relation of David however) nor the Ross (?) Kipling on the Canadian muster roll. David later settled at Sodus Ridge, NY (on the south shore of Lake Ontario). He and Elizabeth Mary (Betsey) Thorne/Thern are recorded as having a child Sarah baptised at Niagara Falls in 1825. He most probably ended his period of service in Canada and chose to remain in North America.
1830 US census, Sodus Ridge
E. Jacob (1772)
October1772 Staindrop
Jacob married Hannah Gargett at Barnard Castle in 1796
and they had six children: Jane (1796), Mary (1798; d?), Hannah (1801), Mary (1804), Thomas (1807) and Jacob (1814).
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 829696.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 24 May 1801 Hannah Kiplin, born 16 May, child of Jacob Kiplin (junior, labourer, native of Staindrop) by his wife Hannah Gargett (native of Middleton in Teesdale)
Interesting that Jacob is described as ‘junior’. This may reflect that Lionel had a previous son Jacob (b 1760, d 1764)
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 574829.0 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 21 Aug 1814 Jacob Kipling of Staindrop, son of Jacob (labourer) & Hannah Kipling
1841 Staindrop
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 554530.2 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 28 Mar 1848 Jacob Kipling, of Staindrop, age: 77
E1. Jacob
Jacob worked in Westmorland and later returned to Staindrop.
1841 Greyrigg, Kendal, Westmorland
Westmorland Gazette - Saturday 05 February 1848
1851 Staindrop.
Burials, Teesdale District - Record Number: 554692.2 Location: Staindrop Church: St. Mary the Virgin Denomination: Anglican 13 Mar 1853 Jacob Kipling, of Staindrop,
E2. Thomas
Marriages, Darlington District - Record Number: 160201.1 Location: Aycliffe Church: St. Andrew Denomination: Anglican 3 Aug 1828 Thomas Kippling of this parish married Ann Watson of this parish, by banns Witnesses: William Newton, George Robinson
Baptisms, Darlington District - Record Number: 857757.0 Location: Aycliffe Church: St. Andrew Denomination: Anglican 16 Dec 1832 Thomas Gargate Kipling of Brafferton, son of Thomas (labourer) & Ann Kipling
In 1841, the family lived at East Ketton in Brafferton parish.
All their other children seem to have been girls.
Barton 1851
Hunly Hall, Brotton. 1851
Barton 1861
Grandson Thomas is presumably the son of son Thomas. He was born in 1854 in the Northallerton district. Son Thomas cannot be traced after 1851.
Egglescliffe 1861
1871 Stang Bank, Aldborough St John
1871 Norton, Stockton
Grandson Thomas cannot be traced after 1871. Daughter Sarah married in 1873.
Barton 1881
E3. Jane
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 653251.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 19 Jul 1818 Thomas Kipling of Barnard Castle, illegitimate son of Jane Kipling (single woman)
Jane’s fate is unknown. Thomas seems only to be recorded again in old age.
1891. Middlesborough
Thomas probably died in Middlesborough in 1893.
F. Robert (1774)
Robert is a difficult charater to follow. He is likely to be the Robert Kipling aged 80 born Staindrop living at Bolam in 1851 (see ‘Bolam 1911’)
This Robert married an Anne Orton at Bolam in 1800 and was a labourer/husbandman. However, the record below appears to contradict this.
St Mary’s, Barnard Castle, 1811
More confusingly still, a Robert Kipling of Sunderland had married a Hannah Harwood there in 1809 and had a daughter in 1815, when Robert is recorded as being a sailor.
Marriages, Sunderland District - Record Number: 351514.1 Location: Sunderland Church: Holy Trinity Denomination: Anglican 7 Feb 1809 Robert Kipling of this parish married Hannah Harwood of this parish, by banns Witnesses: Nicholas Dowson, Thomas Arlot
And there are birth records which support either (Robert of Sunderland being from a seafaring family - see ‘Monkwearmouth 1911’).
Baptisms, Teesdale District - Record Number: 958438.0 Location: Barnard Castle Church: St. Mary Denomination: Anglican 8 Mar 1789 Hannah Harwood of Barnard Castle, daughter of John & Margaret Harwood
Baptisms, Sunderland District - Record Number: 217266.0 Location: Monkwearmouth Church: St. Peter Denomination: Anglican Robert Kipling, of Monkwearmouth Shore, born 5-Jul 1777, son of Edward (cordwainer) & Mary Kipling
No further trace can be found of Robert the mariner.