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| Lewis Flint and wife Elizabeth had at least one child William born 1738. It is believed that Lewis's heritage goes back to the Shillington district of the UK.
William married Mary Bennet in 3 July 1736. Their nine children were William, Mary, Lewis, James, John Bennet, Jane, Melissa, Sarah, & Frances.
Lewis married Elizabeth Harvey 14 February 1797. They produced eight children - William, Lewis, Frances Elizabeth, Thomas, John, Ann, Elizabeth Harvey, and James.
William (1798-1871) married twice firstly to Mary Seaton producing six children - Seaton, Elizabeth, John, James, Joseph and Harvey. His second wife was Elizabeth Dring (Mary Seaton's bridesmaid). To Elizabeth he had four children William, Thomas, William and Lewis.
James (1830-1913)married three times the first to Henrietta . Their eight children were Edward Seaton, Henrietta, Emily Florence, Frank James, Frances Elizabeth, Lewis George, Ellen, and Olive Edith.
Edward Seaton (1858 - 1934)was my great grandfather migrating to Australia from Norwich UK in 1884. He married Ross Graham of Glasgow.
The trail back into the 17th Century is getting very cool and dry. The best that can be ascertained is that there is a probability that the family had come from Shillington. |
Further information added to original: I have a letter written by John Flint of Stockport 1972 to my grandfather says "that with absolute certainty... has traced descent back to farmer William Flint of St Neots, died in 1803"
"Shillington has five generations of Flints dating back to 1647. A researcher found 30 wills of Flints dating back to 1521 coming from the counties of Huntingdon, Northampton, Bedford, Cambridge."
"Before this date (Shillington 1647) there were Flint's at Collyweston 1611 and Cambridge 1521. The Shillington Flints were yeoman, farmers, husbandmen and even gentlemen. They had an irritating habit of using the same Christian name several times in one generation of a family. It makes sorting them out very difficult."