Thomas Tims was christened 22 May 1709 in Cropredy, the son of Thomas and Margaret Tims. He married Mary Goldby 13 June 1732 in Cropredy. Mary was the daughter of Arthur Goldby and Eleanor Brocklas. Thomas died 24 July 1775 in Cropredy. Mary died 9 May 1757 in Cropredy.

Thomas Tims of Cropredy and Mary had the following children:

1. Ann, christened 9 July 1733 in Cropredy; buried 27 July 1733 in Cropredy.

2. John, christened 4 August 1734 in Cropredy; married Mary Broneham 17 October 1759 in Cropredy.

3. Richard, christened 12 December 1735 in Cropredy.

4. Thomas, christened 7 August 1737 in Cropredy; died 7 August 1738 in Cropredy.

5. Mary, born 11 February 1738 in Cropredy.

6. George, christened 3 April 1740 in Cropredy.

7. Lucy, christened 3 April 1743 in Cropredy.

8. Samuel, born 8 February 1744 in Cropredy; married Mary Hancock in 1769 in Chadshunt, Warwickshire; died 28 February 1790 in Cropredy.

9. Eleanor, christened 25 December 1746 in Cropredy; buried 7 February 1746/7 in Cropredy.

10. Eleanor, christened 24 January 1747 in Cropredy.

11. Elizabeth, christened 17 July 1749 in Cropredy.

12. Pheobe, christened 1 February 1752 in Cropredy.

13. Esther, born in about 1756 of Cropredy; buried 16 August 1768 in Cropredy
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SOURCE: Bishop's Transcripts, Cropredy Parish, FHS# 95235: IGI; Descendants of John Tims Tymmys, online at

Thomas Tims was christened 14 January 1682 in Cropredy, the son of Richard and Mary Tims. He married Margaret in about 1706. She died in 6 May 1716 in Cropredy and was buried 6 May 1716 in Cropredy. Thomas then married Elizabeth Potter in 1718. Thomas Tims of Cropredy was buried 4 September 1737 in Cropredy.

Thomas and Margaret had the following children:

1. Anne, christened 23 May 1708 in Cropredy; died 14 June 1708 in Cropredy.

2. Thomas, christened 5 June 1709 in Cropredy; married Mary Goldby 18 June 1732; died 24 July 1775 in Cropredy.

3. Anne, christened 19 November 1710 in Cropredy.

4. Mary, christened 12 October 1712 in Cropredy; married Daniel Haselwood 1737 in Cropredy.

5. Richard, christened 28 November 1714 in Cropredy.
 

Thomas married next Elizabeth Potter on 6 July 1718 in Banbury, and had the following children:

1. Susanna, christened 20 June 1719 in Cropredy.

2. Rachel, christened 10 February 1720 in Cropredy

3. William, christened 1 July 1722 in Cropredy.

4. Sarah, christened 19 April 1724 in Cropredy.

5. Elizabeth, christened 12 January 1725 in Cropredy.

6. Esther, christened 22 November 1730 in Cropredy.

7. Ann, christened 11 July 1733 in Cropredy. (Ann, daughter of Thomas Tims Sr. of Cropredy, baptized July 11 1733 - Cropredy BTs.)

8. John, christened 18 January 1735 in Cropredy. (John, son of Thomas Tims Sr. of Cropredy baptized January 18 1735 – Cropredy BTs)
 
 

SOURCE: Bishop's Transcripts, Cropredy Parish, FHS# 95235: IGI; Descendants of John Tims Tymmys, online at

Richard Tims was christened 28 February 1647/8 in Cropredy, the son of Thomas and Sarah Tims. He married Mary in about 1673. Richard was buried 20 November 1702 in Cropredy.

Richard and Mary had the following children:

1. Mary, christened 3 November 1676 in Cropredy.

2. Sarah, christened 16 November 1679 in Cropredy.

3. Thomas, christened 14 January 1682 in Cropredy; married Margaret in about 1706.

4. Carolina, christened 15 December 1682 in Cropredy; buried 6 March 1699.

5. Ann, christened 15 February 1685 in Cropredy.

6. Ambrose, christened 5 March 1687 in Cropredy.

7. Richard, christened 18 October 1688 in Cropredy.

8. Mary, christened 21 September 1692 in Cropredy; buried 14 July 1695.

9. Elizabeth, born 2 May 1695; christened 5 May 1695 in Cropredy.

10. Martin, born 8 May 1698; christened 22 May 1698 in Cropredy.

11. Mary, born 22 October 1701; christened 16 November 1701.
 

SOURCE: Bishop's Transcripts, Cropredy Parish, FHS# 95235: IGI; Descendants of John Tims Tymmys, online at

Thomas Tims was christened 10 December 1620 in Cropredy, the son of Richard Tims and Elizabeth Blackwell. He married Sarah.

Thomas and Sarah had the following children:

1. Martin, christened 1 May1647 in Cropredy; married Ann.

2. Richard, christened 28 February 1648 in Cropredy; married Mary; buried 20 November 1702.
 

SOURCE: Bishop's Transcripts, Cropredy Parish, FHS# 95235: IGI; Descendants of John Tims Tymmys, online at

Richard Tims was christened 21 October 1590 in Cropredy, the son of William Tims and Ann Heynes. He married Elizabeth Blackwell 17 January 1614. She was christened 14 January 1588 in Cropredy, the daughter of John Blackwell and Ann or Annes Lamphrey. Richard is found in the 1613 Easter oblations records: “The note went on to name twentyone sheep couples (ewe and lamb) who had been there for a month owned by Edward Shepeherd, Thomas Blackwell, Rychard Tymes and Jhon Hall and Nycholas Plant's eight "barren shepe a fortnyght/ Jho qryry vx bar[ren] shepe a moneth/ Jhon lovell 6 bar. for a weeke/ Rych atkins 8 coples a fortnight.”  The Town of Cropredy 1570 - 1640; Pamela Keegan   Richard died and was buried 5 February 1639 in Cropredy.

Richard and Elizabeth had the following children:

1. John, christened 27 December 1614 in Cropredy; married Elizabeth Eldridge 1 May 1640 in Cropredy; buried 21 October 1688 in Cropredy.

2. George, christened 1 December 1616 in Cropredy; married Barbara Jackson 11 October 1632 in Cropredy.

3. Martin, christened 21 March 1617 in Cropredy; buried 8 October 1677 in Cropredy.

4. Thomas, christened 10 December 1620 in Cropredy; married Sarah.

5. Richard, christened 3 August 1623 in Cropredy.

6. William, christened 30 July 1626 in Cropredy.
 

SOURCE: Bishop's Transcripts, Cropredy Parish, FHS# 95235: IGI; The Town of Cropredy 1570 - 1640; Pamela Keegan; Descendants of John Tims Tymmys, online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cropredy/files; Cropredy parish register.
 
 

William Tims was christened 29 August 1546 in Cropredy, the son of John and Elizabeth Tims. He married Ann Heynes 5 May 1586 in Mollington, Oxfordshire.

William is mentioned in a history of Cropredy: “Occasionally a man or woman fell ill and realised they would never work again. One solution was made in Bourton by William Tims the carpenter. His inventory reads as though he died in a one room hovel. The opposite was true. Here was a man who had leased a house which had been rebuilt in stone under a thatched roof. He owed money through not being able to work and passed on everything to his carpenter son in a legal deed made the 30th of December 1625. William then had no rent worries and his meat, drink, washing and nursing were taken care of. The Tims' home remained the same and presumably if William was cold, and the fire was lit, he took his place on the inglenook bench in the hall. One day he must have passed through this stage judging by his apparel. Was this just a night shirt and he was confined to bed? In William's chamber the now much reduced belongings were itemised following his burial on the 6th of January 1628/9 (if this was his burial date?):

"His apparell ijs
The bed and beding where on he lay vs
One coffer and three sheelves and two Augers ijs
One table and a frame and a stooll and
other implements xxd
soma totalis tenn shillings and eightpence" [MS.Will Pec. 52/3/41].

The family's wealth is not always evident, for often a great deal had been given away already, or exchanged to pay debts in the case of the carpenter Tims, and in some inventories all except the bedstead and bedding had gone, which it has been emphasised did not in this town indicate a hovel. The carpenter William Tims who made the deed of a "gift" to his son did so "by resone of my age and weekness" leaving his son to provide "all things necessary for my nourishment and food for my body divers years since" [MS.Will Pec. 52/3/41].”  The Town of Cropredy 1570 - 1640; Pamela Keegan

Ann was buried 9 May 1637 in Cropredy.

William and Ann had the following children:

1. Thomas, christened 5 February 1587 in Cropredy; married Catherine in 1613.

2. Richard, born 21 October 1590 in Cropredy; married Elizabeth Blackwell 17 January 1614.
 

SOURCE: Bishop's Transcripts, Cropredy Parish, FHS# 95235: IGI; The Town of Cropredy 1570 - 1640; Pamela Keegan; Descendants of John Tims Tymmys, online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cropredy/files; Cropredy parish register; Mollington parish register.
 
 

John Tims (Tymms) was born in about 1514 in Cropredy. He married Elsabeth in about 1538. Elsabeth died and was buried 1 March 1580 in Cropredy. John was buried 4 September 1583 in Cropedy.

John and Elsabeth had the following children:

1. Jone, (female) christened 15 February 1539 in Cropredy.

2. James, christened 29 January 1541 in Cropredy.

3. Denys, (female) christened 26 March 1544 in Cropredy; buried 23 April 1554 in Cropedy.

4. William, born 1546 in Cropredy; married Ann Heynes 5 May 1586 in Mollington.

5. Annes, christened 2 December 1548 in Cropredy.

6. Gylyan, christened 28 April 1550 in Cropredy.

7. Ellinor, christened 19 April 1554 in Cropredy.
 

SOURCE: Bishop's Transcripts, Cropredy Parish, FHS# 95235: IGI; Descendants of John Tims Tymmys, online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cropredy/files; Cropredy parish register; Mollington parish register.
 
 

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