James Ginn of Eynesbury died 1824

James Ginn here was son of Robert Ginn of Eynesbury - see my post of  April 16th 2020 .  The man was a Labourer.  So far as I know there are no surviving documents to show where he might have lived in Eynesbury.

James married Sarah Peacock at St Neots (below) in 1768 and, sadly, that is pretty much all I know about them. I do know that John owned his own cottage as he is mentioned as an owner in the 1798 Land Tax Redemption Register.

At some point, if discovered records are correct, James acquired three more cottages, likely by inheritance.  These cottages were clearly copyhold, ie held from the Manorial Court.  The Manorial Documents register at the National Archives show that luckily a great deal of the manorial records survive for Eynesbury so it is possible that the actual acquisition by James survives.  Some records are held by the Norris Museum in St Ives, others in the Huntingdon Archives.


James died in 1824 aged 77.  The Norris Museum (UMS/Eynes/018) has a copy of the Manorial Admission (see below) of James' daughter Sarah and her husband to James' cottages and the entry says that this is under the terms of James' will.  I have never come across a note of a will, but that does not men that there isn't one.   Sarah, James' wife had died in 1810.  

James and Sarah had eight children.  As always with my research, I have discovered some of what happened to these people as I have been researching others.

James - there were two.  The first died in infancy.  The second was discovered in 2009 when researching at the National Archives - he is in my notebooks.  He joined the Huntingdon Militia ( full time force embodied during the Napoleonic Wars) in 1794 and served until 1801.

James in my notebook is noted as a "volunteer" ie he was not pressed by the Militia Ballot.   Many of the Militia married or acquired a female companion, the uniform was a magnet for the ladeez - but no likely record has turned up for Jim.  The Militia regiments were for home defence and were in barracks or billeted within a reasonable distance (Midlands/South East in this case) of home - in 1797 the Hunts Militia were in Ashford in Kent. The Peace of Amiens came in 1802 and the Militia were disbanded until the following year.   He has not turned up again yet.  In 1801 he was 26.

Thomas - died aged 7

Robert - died in infancy

Sarah - the first died infancy, the second married James Barnes at Eynesbury in 1802.  She and James Barnes inherited all of the four cottages that James Ginn owned at his death in 1824

John - see later post

Mary - died infancy