Events
Date of Baptism: 22 September 1706.
Place of Baptism: Easington (near Loftus), Yorkshire.
Christopher’s burial record gives his age at death as 82.
Date of Burial: 28 January 1788.
Place of Burial: Loftus, Yorkshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: Jane Tiplady.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: unknown.
Probably she was either the Mary Tiplady buried in Loftus in 1743 or the Ann Tiplady buried there in 1744.
Spouse: Grace Scrafton. Married 27 December 1746 in Loftus, Yorkshire.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Richard Tiplady (baptized 13 November 1737 in Loftus, Yorkshire - buried 10 October 1798 in Whitby, Yorkshire) married Deborah Ewbank 9 October 1771 in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham.
Christopher Tiplady (baptized 2 January 1741/2 in Loftus)
Elizabeth Tiplady (baptized 3 December 1747 in Loftus)
Christopher Tiplady (baptized 28 January 1749/50 in Loftus)
William Tiplady (baptized 24 September 1752 in Loftus)
Evidence
Easington, bishop’s transcripts of the parish register:
Baptisms [1706]
Christopher the Bastard Child of Jane Tiplady Septembr 22d
Loftus parish register:
Baptisms 1737
Nov: 13: Richard Son of Chris:r Tiplady
Baptisms 1741
January the 22d Christopher son of Christopher Tiplady
Marriages 1746
Dec 27 Christopher Tiplady & Grace Scrafton
Baptisms 1747
Decr 3. Elizabeth daughter of Christ. Tiplady
Baptisms 1749
Jan. 28 Christopher Son of Christopher Tiplady
Baptisms 1752
Sept. 24 William Son of Christopher Tiplady
Burials 1788
January 28.th Christopher Tiplady of Lyth aged 82.
Burials 1798
May 11th Grace Tiplady from Sands end aged 84
Commentary
Christopher’s parentage
The Loftus register records Richard’s age at death in 1788 as 82. This enables his baptism to be identified: 1706 in Easington (near Loftus). He is described as “Christopher the Bastard Child of Jane Tiplady”.
References
Bishops transcripts of the registers of Easington in Cleveland, Yorkshire. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 20 July 2019.
Parish Registers of St Leonard’s, Lofthouse, Yorkshire. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 18 July 2019.