Elizabeth Fillingham

1709 – 1792

✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-02

Elizabeth Fillingham married Robert Brock at the parish church of Haxey, in the Isle of Axholme, on 10 October 1738. She was a Haxey woman herself — most likely the Elizabeth baptised there on 28 May 1709, a daughter of Thomas Fillingham. The parish's Fillinghams were many, and lost a run of infant daughters of the name in these years; she was the one who lived to marry, her nearest rival — a daughter of John Fillingham — having been buried a baby in 1705. (Her parentage is a likely reading of the registers rather than a proven fact; see the note below.)

She kept house with Robert — a victualler — through the years of the great fire of 1744, when much of the village burned in a single night; the “two small children” recorded beside him in the relief list of the sufferers were hers, Elizabeth, four, and Robert, two. In all she and Robert raised four children at Haxey — Elizabeth, Robert, Thomas and John — and it is through Thomas, baptised in 1745, that this line descends.

Robert died in 1791, and Elizabeth followed him a year later. She was buried at St Nicholas, Haxey, on 11 December 1792 — in the churchyard of the parish where, fifty-four years before, she had married him.

Composed from validated records · 2026-07-02

Family

Marriage

RBSpouseRobert Brock1716–1791

Children

TBChild · the line continuesThomas Brockmain line1745–1826

Life

Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred

1709

Baptised

28 May 1709 at Haxey

Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Fillingham, baptised 28 May 1709 at Haxey.— Baptism register, Haxey (1709)

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Baptism register, Haxey (1709) — Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Fillingham, baptised 28 May 1709 at Haxey — Lincolnshire Baptisms (Lincolnshire Archives); via findmypast (GBPRS/LINCS/BAP/00848985). index entry — original not yet seen

1738

Married Robert Brock

1738 at Haxey

Robert Brock and Elizabeth Fillingham were married at St Nicholas Church, Haxey, 10 October 1738.— Marriage register, Haxey (1738)

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:

Marriage register, Haxey (1738) — Haxey (St Nicholas) — Lincolnshire Archives. from Mum’s research

1792

Buried

1792 at Haxey

Elizabeth Brock, buried at Haxey, 11 December 1792.— Burial register, Haxey (1792)

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Burial register, Haxey (1792) — Elizabeth Brock, buried at Haxey, 11 December 1792 — Lincolnshire Burials (Lincolnshire Archives); via findmypast. index entry — original not yet seen

Our research

The Fillinghams were a large Haxey family, and in these years they lost a run of infant Elizabeths: girls of the name were buried at Haxey in 1704, 1705 and 1707 (the 1705 a daughter of John Fillingham, the 1707 a daughter of Mark). Robert Brock's bride of 1738 was the Elizabeth who lived. Two were old enough on paper to be candidates — a daughter of Thomas baptised 28 May 1709, and a daughter of John baptised 1705 — but John's 1705 girl has a burial that same year, so she almost certainly died a baby. That leaves Thomas's 1709 daughter, who has no infant burial against her name, as the one who grew to marry Robert. It is a likely identification, not a proven one — neither the marriage nor her 1792 burial records her age or father, and the old-style calendar leaves a sliver of doubt — but the weight of the registers points to Thomas Fillingham as her father. Settling it for certain would need a will or a marriage allegation that names her.