Atkin - Tottenham - Tynte Connections

This page is a work in progress and its purpose is to try to establish the connection between Heaphy and the Tottenham family.  An early marriage connection between 1660 to 1680 between Heaphy and Atkin or Tynte family, puts John Heaphy, son of Daniel Heaphy as a cousin of Edward Tottenham, taken from the will extracts of Edward Tottenham (1659 – 1711) provides the name of Edward’s cousin as John Heaphy. Since the first two members of the Tottenham family to arrive in Ireland were Barnabas and John, and there are no further known Tottenham members to have existed up to this point, it could be that that the Heaphy connection came through on the marriage connections with Tynte or Atkin. 

Alternatively, the reference to "cousin" in the 17th century could also relate to a wider circle of people, from being a relation to a close personal friend to a valuable member of the household.  

Barnabas Hancock Tottenham is ruled out, as his wife, Martha King Harman is recorded to have had no children with Barnabas, who died within 2 years of his marriage. Therefore it leaves Tynte and Atkin. Below is the investigation for Atkin or at times referred to as Atkins, originated in England and moved to Ireland, Cork and Wexford. Investigation into Tynte or Tent will follow, however from the Atkin family members below, born around 1630 - 1640, the same time as Daniel Heaphy, there are 5 unaccounted for: Anne, Margaret, Catherine, John and Elizabeth Atkin. 

ATKIN

John Atkin (1588 - 1642), son of John Atkin (b. 1570, Somerset, England) and Elizabeth Kere, (b. 1568, Glouchester, England, dau of Edward Kere & Johanna Ann White) was born Somerset, England. The first of the Atkin's to arrive in Ireland. John married Jane Rugge, born Bilbrook, Yorkshire, England, (1592 - 1675) in 1614. John and Jane lived at Polemore, Youghal, Cork. Both buried, Cloynepriest, Cork, Ireland. (Ref: John Reynolds, Geneanet, 2024)

Is Jane Rugge connected to (Lady) Jane Rugge (1475 - 1571 - dau. of Richard Rugge (1445 - 1536) and Margaret Moreton, who married William Molyneux, (Sir William Molyneux, Lord of Sefton and Clifton) Lancashsire, England? A son of Jane Rugge and William Molyneux, named Richard (1510 - 1568) married Eleanor Radcliffe or Ratcliffe, born about 1532 (dau of Alexander Radcliffe & Alice Booth). Richard died in Ireland. Richard and Eleanor had two known children: John (b.1540) married Anne Radcliffe (dau of Richard Radcliffe & Elizabeth Gerrard) and Margaret (B. 1541) married John Warren. 

William Molyneux's grandson, Thomas Molyneux moved to Ireland in 1576. Thomas's son, Daniel Molyneux married Jane Ussher, daughter of Sir William Ussher and Isabella Loftus - Isabella is the daughter of Most Rev. Adam Loftus of Dublin and Jane Purdon - daughter of Adam Purdon and Jane Little (Geni 2024). 

John and Jane Atkin had the following known children: 

i John Atkin (1615 - 1705) married Jeane Rugge (1607 - 1675 - born in Ireland - what relation is Jeane to John Atkin's mother, Jane Rugge?). Both of Polemore, Youghal, Cork, Ireland. Children of John and Jeane: 

Anne Atkin, b. 1632

Margaret Atkin, b. 1634

Catherine Atkin, b. 1636

John Atkin, b. 1638

Elizabeth Atkin, B.1639 - died young. 

Jane Atkin, 1640 - 1676 married Jaspar Lucase or Lucas, son of William Lucas and Christina Gibson (Mentioned by Edward Tottenham, 1712).  Jane and Lucas had a son, named Jasper Lucas, who married Jane Vaughan in 1685, Youghal, Cork. Detail of the mentions in Jaspar Lucas will (the son) as follows: 

Lucas Jaspar of Youghall, Co. Cork, Esq. dated 5th September 1710 P.B 28th November 1710. Wife, Jane. Brother in-law John Hayman. Son, John, daughter, Elizabeth Rugge - son in-law Henry Rugge, husband of said daughter. Grandson, John Rugge. Brother William Arnold. Brothers, George Hayman, Samuel Hayman and Edward Tottenham. Sister, Frances Luther, Aunt, Brelsford, Cousin, Anne Price. Cousin, Benjamin Murdock. 

Elizabeth Atkin (1642 - 1677), born in Minehead, Somerset, England. She married Samuel Hayman (of Youghal, Cork), in 1659, Somerset, England (mentioned by Edward Tottenham, 1712).  Their daughter Elizabeth Hayman, married Edward Tottenham (1659 - 1712), her cousin, on the 03 May 1683 (Ref: Landed Gentry: Tottenham). Edward married a second time to Jane Hudle. 

ii Walter Atkin (B. D.1696) married Ms. Radcliffe (B. 1647). Of Youghal, Cork. Known children: 

Walter Atkin (Rev.) (1671 - 1741) married Elizabeth Coningsby born 1680, Hampton Court, Herefordshire, England, daughter of of Barbara Georges and Sir Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl of Coningsby, who was the son of Humphrey Coningsby and Lettice Loftus, daughter of Arthur Loftus & Dorothy Boyle. Rev. Walter, vicar of Middleton, Cork and Elizabeth Coningsby married on the 11 Dec 1699 (Ref: Betham Genealogical Abstracts). Children of Walter and Elizabeth as follows: John Thomas Atkin (B.1700), Mary Atkin (B.1702), Coningsby Atkin (B. 1705), Catherine Atkin (B.1706), Barbara Atkin (B.1708), Walter Atkin (B.1710), Elizabeth Atkin (B.1712), and William Atkin (B.1713). 

Memorial to Elizabeth Coningsby Atkin as follows: 

Elizabeth Atkin, alias Coningsby, wife of Walter Atkin, Clerk, and incumbent of this parish of the family of Hampton Court, County of Hereford, England. A sincere friend, a prudent mistress, a tender mother, a dutiful wife, a true Christian. Died in fervant faith and devotion, November, the 4th, 1713. 

Elizabeth's siblings as follows: 

• Sister, Phillipa Coningsby, married James Atkin (See below) 

• Sister, Lady Meliora Coningsby married Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Baron Southwell of Castle Matrix, Limerick

• Sister, Lady Barbara Coningsby, married George Eyre, son of John Eyre of Eyre Court, Galway. 

• Sister, Lady Letitia Coningsby, married Colonel Edward Denny, son of Colonel Edward Denny & Mary Maynard

William Atkin, married Jane Spencer in 1696, Diocese of Cloyne. 

Samuel Atkin, married Jane Beere in 1697, Diocese of Cloyne. 

Robert Atkin, married Valentina Powell (B.1680) (Ref: Geneanet) Possible connection here is Mary Powell, referenced in the will of Edward Tottenham, 1712. 

Simon Atkin, married Thomasina Atkinson (Ref: Geneanet) 

James Atkin, married Phillipa Coningsby in 1713, Diocese of Cork and Ross. 

Jane Atkin, married Richard Martin in 1702, Prerogative Court. Jane is referenced as Jane Atkinson - May not be the same person. 

Elizabeth Atkin, married Thomas Maurice Downes (Ref: Geneanet) 

Catherine Atkin (1680 - 1756)

Mary Atkin (mentioned in the will of her cousin, Edward Tottenham)  

iii Catherine Atkin (1619 - 1661), married John Tottenham (1633 - 1700), of Tottenham Green, Wexford, son of John Tottenham (b.1609, son of John Thomas Tottenham & Agnes Mustell) & Margaret Tynte (b. 1615) and brother to Edward Tottenham (1635 - 1702). 

The Tottenham's (Totnam) originally from Barrington, Cambridge, England, were Quakers (Quaker references) and first settled in Youghal, before moving to Wexford. It was Barnabas Hancock, born 1602, son of Beatrice Tottenham of Barrington, Cambridge (dau of James Tottenham and Agnes Titchmarsh), and John Hancock, who first moved to Ireland, acquiring an estate of Ballyduff, Lismore, Co. Waterford (Ref: Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland). The estate was Glenbeg, with Glenbeg house being built in 1625, on the lands formerly owned by Sir Walter Raleigh, which were later bought by Sir Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork. Glenbeg house was built as a fortified Jacobean Manor house by Barnabus Tottenham, a retainer for the Earl of Cork (Ref: History of Glenbeg House). Barnabas adopted the name of Tottenham and married Martha (otherwise King of Cork) Harman (widow) in 1630. Barnabas died on the 16 July 1632. (Lismore, Co. Waterford is where Daniel Heaphy is recorded in 1660). Betham Genealogical Abstracts as follows for his will details: 

Barnabas Tottenham Als Hancock of Ballinduff in Co. Waterford, Esq. 13 July 1632. Nephew John Hancock, niece Anne Hancock. Brother in law Thos Salisbury and Thos Pompet. Cousin John Atkin, brother John Walley Esq. Kinsman John Tottenham, daughter in-law Martha Harman. Wife, Martha. 

Note: Barnabas mentions John Atkin, as his cousin? He must be referring to John Atkin, one of the first of the Atkin's to arrive in Ireland. John married Jane Rugge, born Bilbrook, Yorkshire, England, (1592 - 1675) in 1614. John and Jane lived at Polemore, Youghal, Cork. It is their daughter, Catherine Atkin that married John Tottenham circa 1655, well after the death of Barnabus Hancock Tottenham. So what is the relationship between Barnabas and John Atkin - or is that John Atkin was a personal or valued friend? 

According to Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, the widow of Barnabas married again to Sir Erasmuas Borrowes (B. Abt 1675 - D. Abt 1650) 1st Baronet, of Giltown, Co. Kildare on the 13 December 1632, giving Martha's address was Dallinduff, Waterford. However, according to Betham Prerogative Marriage Licence records, the marriage record is recorded as follows (Her name is still referenced as Martha in the Court of Chancery Bills): 

Burrows, Erasmus, Co. Kildare, and Hancock, als Collengam of Dallinduff, Co. Waterford, widow, lady, dated 13 Dec 1632

Beatrice Tottenham's cousin, John Tottenham (D.1611) of Barrington, Cambridge, married Agnes Mustell and had two sons: John (B.1609) and Humphrey Tottenham (1611 - 1616). John, the eldest settled was baptised 14 June 1609, and he settled in Youghal, Cork, and is the cousin of Barnabas Hancock Tottenham. John Tottenham married Margaret Tynte, in 1632, the daughter of Sir Robert Tynte, Knight of Ballycrenan, Cork and had two sons: John and Edward Tottenham. John Tottenham (1633 - 1700), the eldest son, of Tottenham Green, an estate he purchased in Co. Wexford, from Charles Collins, cira 1670. John married Catherine Atkin, his cousin and daughter of John Atkin of Polemore, Co. Cork. 

Following Catherine (Atkin) Tottenham's death in 1661, John marries Anne Clarke, daughter of John and Elizabeth Clarke, England.  Anne Clarke moved to Ireland on 02 March 1658 (Ref: Quaker). John and Anne would have three children, with none of them reaching adulthood - John Tottenham (1673 - 1675), Anne Tottenham (1676 - 1680) and John Tottenham (1678 - 1680). 

The children of Catherine Atkin and John Tottenham were:  

John Tottenham (1657 - 1667)

Edward Tottenham (1659 - 1712) the only surving son of John Tottenham, married (First) Elizabeth Hayman, (dau of Samuel Hayman, Youghal, Cork and Elizabeth Atkin), with son Charles Tottenham (1685 - 1758), who marries Elinor Cliffe (1696 - 1745, dau of John Cliffe, Wexford, Tory, Irish House of Commons).  It is through Charles Tottenham, the family intermarry with the Loftus family of Loftus Hall, Wexford. Edward married (Second) Jane Hudle (B. 1671) and had another son, John Tottenham (1693 - 1693). It is unclear who Jane Hudle is, as there appears to be very little on the surname Hudle, which is probably Huddle. There is a Charles Huddle, merchant of Wexford referenced in 1681. 

It is from Edward Tottenham's will in 1711, we see the following: 

1712 Will Abstract: Wife Jane - son Charles - cousin John Heaphy, son of Daniel Heaphy, cousins Robert Pears - and Margaret Peare, wife of Robert Pears - sister Mrs. Anne Broome - Aunt Mrs. Mary Brelsford - uncles Edward Tottenham - and Walter Atkin - Mary Atkin, dau of said Walter Atkin - Uncle John Breslford - Catherine Gee sister of same - Francis Brelsford, brother of John Breslford - cousin John Tottenham - Edward, Elizabeth, brother and sister of same - mother in law Mrs. Anne Tottenham - brothers in law John Hayman of Polemore and Samuel Hayman Esqs - sisters in law Mrs Jane Lucase and Mrs Frances Hayman - cousin Lewis Parker - Barbara Bishop - and Mary Powell - cousin John Thomas Atkin son of Walter Atkin of Roxboro, Co Cork, Gent - Barbara Parker daughter of said Lewis Parker - Aunt Jane Fyne. 

William Tottenham (1661 - 1661)

The cousins, John, Edward and Elizabeth Tottenham mentioned by Edward in 1712, refer to the children of Edward Tottenham (1635 - 1702), his uncle and brother of John Tottenham. Edward (the uncle) married first to Elizabeth (unknown) who died young and Edward married secondly to Sarah Spencer and had the three children as mentioned (Elizabeth, Edward and Rev. John Tottenham). Is this Sarah Spencer related to Jane Spencer who married William Atkin in 1696? 

The following are related to Edward Tottenham, however, it is unclear of the connection?:

Cousins: John Heaphy and Barbara Bishop. Aunt: Jane Fyne. 

iv Mary Atkin (B.1620) Married John Brelsford, born abt 1620 and died 1671, brother to Samuel, Francis, and Frances (Gee) Brelsford. Children:

John Brelsford

v Margaret Atkin married Robert Parker with children: 

Walter Parker

Robert Parker 

Lewis Parker, whose daughter Barbara Parker (M. Bishop) is mentioned in Edward Tottenham's will abstract. 

Margaret Parker, married Robert Peare in 1680, with children: Robert Peare and Anne Peare (Broome - Possible name is Francis Broome, ref ROD with Edward Tottenham, 1710), all four mentioned by Edward Tottenham in 1712. 

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