Ince Ancestors
William was the son of John Ince a Glass-grinder (1699-1745), and Mary Edwards. John migrated to London from the village of Stone in Worcestershire and set up business in the Covent Garden area in the 1720s.
John Ince had three siblings: Mary who was baptised in Himbleton, William who was a wheelwright in Kidderminster and Elizabeth who was guardian to John's two daughters in the 1751 court case.
These brothers and sisters were the children of William Ince (1667-1728) and Elinor Eaton (d.1739). Elinor was the daughter of John Eaton (d.1688), a glover, who left her their house in Shell. She also inherited land in Feckenham from her uncle, Humphrey Eaton, another glover. Her grandfather, another Humphrey Eaton, was also a glover.
John Eaton had been given a half-share of their house by his father-in-law, William Mowle, when he married Dorothy Mowle (d.1686). William Mowle bought the property in 1622.
William Ince was a descendant of the Ince family of Elmley Lovett in Worcestershire:
John Ince had three siblings: Mary who was baptised in Himbleton, William who was a wheelwright in Kidderminster and Elizabeth who was guardian to John's two daughters in the 1751 court case.
These brothers and sisters were the children of William Ince (1667-1728) and Elinor Eaton (d.1739). Elinor was the daughter of John Eaton (d.1688), a glover, who left her their house in Shell. She also inherited land in Feckenham from her uncle, Humphrey Eaton, another glover. Her grandfather, another Humphrey Eaton, was also a glover.
John Eaton had been given a half-share of their house by his father-in-law, William Mowle, when he married Dorothy Mowle (d.1686). William Mowle bought the property in 1622.
William Ince was a descendant of the Ince family of Elmley Lovett in Worcestershire:
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William Ince's great-grandfather, Willam (1633-1715) has his name inscribed on one of the bells in Elmley Lovett church as he was Church Warden in 1696. He lived through the hardships of the English Civil War in Worcestershire, as did his father, John (1591-1666). This John Ince was Church Warden in 1624 and 1634.
John's father, Stephen Ince (1564-1619) appeared before the Star Chamber in 1612 and 1616. The Lord of the Manor, Sir John Acton, supported Stephen and it appears the cases were dismissed. Thomas Ince (d.1582) was a weaver and his wife, Maude left a detailed will when she died in 1604 leaving all her land to her daughter, Anne. |