William Nightingale

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William Nightingale or Knightingall was probably born about 1670. Possibly baptised in Lichfield St Mary, Staffordshire in 1672, father William.

A William Nightingale married Ann Jackson n 16 April 1699 in Aston Warwickshire. Its possible his son William Nightingale was baptised in Aston 23 May 1700.

A William Nightingale was buried in 1705 in Lichfield St Mary, possibly his father.

William Nightingale was buried in Kingsbury Warwickshire 5 Jan 1733. It was noted he was from Hurley, a hamlet within Kingsbury parish, near Knowle Hill.

Now, if I could link William to Nicolas Nightingale, whose daughter Joan married William Willington !
She was the heiress of her uncle John Waldyve by her mother (his sister) Joyce Waldyve. Joyce's grandfather William Waldyve married Sibilla Bracebridge and there is a lineal descent from King Egbert I don't really follow but it would be nice to be able to say ! (https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PnU_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA369&dq=nicolas+nighingale+hurley+warwickshire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XKoDVfu-BYHpmAWUioGwDA&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=nicolas%20nighingale%20hurley%20warwickshire&f=false).
If the Willingtons could claim it, could the Joyce's other Nightingale children ?

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If the Willingtons could claim it, could the Joyce's other Nightingale children ?

It says in that book that Joan (who married Thomas, not William, Willington, according to that book) was the "only daughter of Nicholas Nightingale, esq, and heiress of her mother, Joyce". Which sounds to me as though she was Joyce's only child?

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Yes, Kite, it was Thomas Willington, too many Williams !

Hmm, yes I guess if she was her mothers heir, then she was the only child. A son would have taken precedence - and does it follow that she had no male Waldyve first cousins either. Darn it !

But I would still like to know if there's a connection between William and Nicolas. The books that detail all this are very thin on dates, but Joan married in 1541 died in 1598.

Very early in any parish register !

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It might be worth searching the Lichfield Wills Database (1516-1652):

http://wishful-thinking.org.uk/lichdb/

and the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry Wills Index (1640-1760):

http://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/StartPage.aspx?Mode=Details&Index=C

The diocese of Lichfield included most of Warwickshire, and I see there's a 1678 probate for a William Nightingale of Aston, who may be related to your people.

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Thanks Mary, I will look into the wills, there might be more.