Thisispage2of5tracingthehistoryoftheWitpenfamily,whowebelieveemigratedfromwhatisnow GermanytotheeastendofLondonduringthelatterpartofthe18thcentury,andtheirlinkbymarriagetothe Cochranefamily.Ifyouhaveaconnectiontoanyindividualorfamilyfeaturedhere,orifyouwanttoleaveusyourfeedback,clickortaptheicontocontactus.We’dparticularlyliketohearfrom anyonewhocouldshedmorelightonthefamily’sGermanicorigins.Browsebyclickingthenext page button or follow the numbered (e.g. [2]) or parental ([Parents]) links.
5.HermanWITPEN[Parents].Bornaround1801in,accordingtothe1841censusentry,“ForeignParts”. Herman died in 1847, age about 46.On26/5/1822,whenHermanwasinhisearly20s,hemarriedElizabethSEALERinStDunstanand All Saints, Stepney. Elizabeth was born about 1801 in Spitalfields. It’s not known when she died.They had the following children:(1)Elizabeth,born1/2/1824andbaptized29/2/1824inStMary,Whitechapel.It’snotknownwhenElizabeth died.(2)Herman[11].(3)Margaret,born1830inSpitalfields.It’snotknownwhenMargaretdied.(4)Ann,born 19/2/1832andbaptized10/6/1832inStLeonard,Shoreditch.It’snotknownwhenAnndied.(5)Frederick,born 4/4/1834andbaptized19/4/1835inStLeonard,Shoreditch.It’snotknownwhenFrederickdied.(6)Caroline, born1837inSpitalfields.It’snotknownwhenCarolinedied.(7)JohnWilliam,bornMarch1841andbaptized 4/4/1841 in St Leonard, Shoreditch. It’s not known when John William died.6.HenryWITPEN[Parents].Baptized23/12/1804inStMary,Whitechapel,HenrydiedJanuary1869,age64,andburied21/1/1869inVictoriaParkCemetery,BethnalGreen(nowMeathGardens). Occupation: Cooper.On16/7/1827,whenHenrywasage22,hemarriedMaryAnnWRAYinStJohn,Hackney.MaryAnnwasborn about 1807 in Hackney. It’s not known when she died.They had the following child:(1)Henry,born16/4/1829inHackney.HenryjoinedtheMerchantNavyasanapprenticein1846,withhis RegisterTicketissuedinLondonon28thFebruary(numbered327,280).Henrydied21/5/1846at seaonboardthe308tonbarque“Duilius”ofDartmouth.Thecauseofdeathrecordedinthe Minuteintheship’slogbyCaptainWilliamMartinwas“drowned”.Nootherinformationaboutthe circumstancesorlocationofthevesselwasprovided.ThedeathwasformallyrecordedintheMarineRegister on 17/2/1847, so it must have been a considerable distance from the UK.7.NicholasWITPEN[Parents]. Baptized23/7/1809inStMary,Whitechapel,Nicholasdied22/1/1893inMileEndOldTownInfirmary(PoorLawInstitution),BancroftRoad,age83.Causeof death: Cardiac and Pneumonia. Occupation: Cooper’s labourer.On28/6/1838,whenNicholaswasageabout28,hemarriedSusanSEAMAN,daughterofJosephSEAMAN,a Farmer, at St Andrew, Holborn. Susan was born about 1820. It’s not known when she died.There’s no evidence they had any children.8.GeorgeWITPEN[Parents].Born16/3/1822inWhite’sYard,Whitechapelandbaptized23/6/1822inStMary,Whitechapel.Georgedied1905inPeterborough,age82.Occupation:variously Warehouseman; Collar cutter; Labourer.On29/4/1849,whenGeorgewasage27,hemarriedElizabethMcANDREWintheParishChurch,Islington.Born about 1818 in Barnstaple, Devon, Elizabeth died 1896 in Peterborough, age about 78.They had the following children:(1)RachelAmelia,bornabout1850inShoreditchanddied10/1/1921inToronto,Canada,age70.Causeof deathcertifiedasWeakheart;Oldage.Shewasburiedon21/1/1921inSt.John'sNorwayCemetery,Toronto. On21/2/1875,whenRachelAmeliawasageabout25,shemarriedThomasWilliamDEER(1850-?).It’snot knownwhenThomasWilliamdied.RachelandThomashad10children.(2)WalterDavid,born24/1/1852in Haggerstonandbaptized1/4/1852atCityRoadCongregationalChapel,Islington.WalterDaviddied1853in Shoreditch,age1.(3)MaryFrances,bornabout1854,inShoreditchanddiedJuly1854.MaryFranceswas buried30/7/1854inShoreditch.(4)WalterCosson[12].(5)ElizabethNaomi,bornabout1855inHaggerston anddied1935inRomford,age80.On1/10/1882,whenElizabethNaomiwasageabout27,shemarriedWilliam JohnLINSDELL(1855-?)inAllSaints,Newington,Surrey.(6)Pamela,bornanddied1857inShoreditch.(7) Florence,bornabout1859inHaggerstonanddied1939inEdmonton,age80.On27/4/1879,whenFlorence wasage20,shemarriedGeorgeEdwardHOWS(1857-?)inStSaviour'sChurch,Battersea.(8)GeorgeP,born 12/9/1861(accordingtothe1939Register)inKingslandRoad,Londonanddied1947inPeterborough,age85. Georgeislistedinthe1871censusasParston(orpossiblyPaxton)G,age8,butthere’snotraceofamale Witpen(andsurnamevariants)ofanyfirstnamecombinationsintheGRObirthindexbetween1860and1869. (9) Alice Kate, born and died 1867.
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5.HermanWITPEN[Parents].Bornaround1801in, accordingtothe1841censusentry,“ForeignParts”. Herman died in 1847, age about 46.On26/5/1822,whenHermanwasinhisearly20s,hemarried ElizabethSEALERinStDunstanandAllSaints,Stepney.Elizabeth was born about 1801 in Spitalfields. It’s not known when she died.They had the following children:(1)Elizabeth,born1/2/1824andbaptized29/2/1824inStMary, Whitechapel.It’snotknownwhenElizabethdied.(2)Herman[11].(3) Margaret,born1830inSpitalfields.It’snotknownwhenMargaret died.(4)Ann,born19/2/1832andbaptized10/6/1832inStLeonard, Shoreditch.It’snotknownwhenAnndied.(5)Frederick,born 4/4/1834andbaptized19/4/1835inStLeonard,Shoreditch.It’snot knownwhenFrederickdied.(6)Caroline,born1837inSpitalfields. It’snotknownwhenCarolinedied.(7)JohnWilliam,bornMarch 1841andbaptized4/4/1841inStLeonard,Shoreditch.It’snotknown when John William died.6.HenryWITPEN[Parents].Baptized23/12/1804inSt Mary,Whitechapel,HenrydiedJanuary1869,age64, andburied21/1/1869inVictoriaParkCemetery,Bethnal Green (now Meath Gardens). Occupation: Cooper.On16/7/1827,whenHenrywasage22,hemarriedMaryAnnWRAYinStJohn,Hackney.MaryAnnwasbornabout1807inHackney.It’s not known when she died.They had the following child:(1)Henry,born16/4/1829inHackney.HenryjoinedtheMerchant Navyasanapprenticein1846,withhisRegisterTicket issuedinLondonon28thFebruary(numbered327,280). Henrydied21/5/1846atseaonboardthe308ton barque“Duilius”ofDartmouth.Thecauseofdeath recordedintheMinuteintheship’slogbyCaptainWilliamMartin was“drowned”.Nootherinformationaboutthecircumstancesor locationofthevesselwasprovided.Thedeathwasformallyrecorded intheMarineRegisteron17/2/1847,soitmusthavebeena considerable distance from the UK.7.NicholasWITPEN[Parents]. Baptized23/7/1809inSt Mary,Whitechapel,Nicholasdied22/1/1893inMileEnd OldTownInfirmary(PoorLawInstitution),Bancroft Road,age83.Causeofdeath:CardiacandPneumonia. Occupation: Cooper’s labourer.On28/6/1838,whenNicholaswasageabout28,hemarriedSusan SEAMAN,daughterofJosephSEAMAN,aFarmer,atStAndrew, Holborn. Susan was born about 1820. It’s not known when she died.There’s no evidence they had any children.8.GeorgeWITPEN[Parents].Born16/3/1822inWhite’s Yard,Whitechapelandbaptized23/6/1822inStMary, Whitechapel.Georgedied1905inPeterborough,age 82.Occupation:variouslyWarehouseman;Collarcutter; Labourer.On29/4/1849,whenGeorgewasage27,hemarriedElizabeth McANDREWintheParishChurch,Islington.Bornabout1818in Barnstaple,Devon,Elizabethdied1896inPeterborough,ageabout 78.They had the following children:(1)RachelAmelia,bornabout1850inShoreditchanddied 10/1/1921inToronto,Canada,age70.Causeofdeathcertifiedas Weakheart;Oldage.Shewasburiedon21/1/1921inSt.John's NorwayCemetery,Toronto.On21/2/1875,whenRachelAmeliawas ageabout25,shemarriedThomasWilliamDEER(1850-?).It’snot knownwhenThomasWilliamdied.RachelandThomashad10 children.(2)WalterDavid,born24/1/1852inHaggerstonand baptized1/4/1852atCityRoadCongregationalChapel,Islington. WalterDaviddied1853inShoreditch,age1.(3)MaryFrances,born about1854,inShoreditchanddiedJuly1854.MaryFranceswas buried30/7/1854inShoreditch.(4)WalterCosson[12].(5)Elizabeth Naomi,bornabout1855inHaggerstonanddied1935inRomford, age80.On1/10/1882,whenElizabethNaomiwasageabout27,she marriedWilliamJohnLINSDELL(1855-?)inAllSaints,Newington, Surrey.(6)Pamela,bornanddied1857inShoreditch.(7)Florence, bornabout1859inHaggerstonanddied1939inEdmonton,age80. On27/4/1879,whenFlorencewasage20,shemarriedGeorge EdwardHOWS(1857-?)inStSaviour'sChurch,Battersea.(8)George P,born12/9/1861(accordingtothe1939Register)inKingslandRoad, Londonanddied1947inPeterborough,age85.Georgeislistedin the1871censusasParston(orpossiblyPaxton)G,age8,butthere’s notraceofamaleWitpen(andsurnamevariants)ofanyfirstname combinationsintheGRObirthindexbetween1860and1869.(9) Alice Kate, born and died 1867.