Brock Family History

Stubbs family · 7 generations back

William Stubbs

1752 – ?
✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-08

William Stubbs was baptised at Alvingham on 20 June 1752, a son of Thomas Stubbs and Mary Rose. He followed a village trade: a carpenter and wheelwright, he took a succession of apprentices at Alvingham between 1778 and 1792 — among them, in 1791, his own son William.

In April 1782 he married Frances Addison of Saltfleetby, at Alvingham, after banns — both of them able to sign their names, and a Matthew Addison, apparently of her family, standing witness. Their children were baptised at Alvingham through the 1780s; the third, Christopher, born in 1786, would rise from the carpenter's household to a farm of 200 acres.

Above William the line grows uncertain. His parents are given as Thomas Stubbs and Mary Rose, whose children were baptised at Alvingham and North Cockerington in the 1730s — but a gap of fourteen years separates the last of that set from William's own baptism in 1752, and the link is not yet proven. There the evidenced descent ends.

Composed from validated records · 2026-07-08
Baptism
June 20 1752 Alvingham
Marriage
April 23rd 1782 to Frances Addison in Alvingham
Parents
Thomas Stubbs and Mary Rose
Siblings
Anne Stubbs baptised June 19th 1733 Alvingham Robert Stubbs baptised September 1735 Alvingham Thomas Stubbs baptised December 8th 1738, North Cockerington William Stubbs baptised June 20 1752, Alvingham
Children
Mary Stubbs baptised February 2nd 1783, Alvingham William Stubbs baptised October 24th 1784, Alvingham Christopher Stubs baptised October 1786, Alvingham Elleanor Stubs baptised September 28th 1789, Alvinham died January
1778
British Apprentices: Master William Stubbs, Apprentice John Knott Date of Indenture 1778
1782
Marriage to Frances Addison in Alvingham William Stubbs of this parish, bachelor and Frances Adison of Saltfleetby, spinster were married after banns, witnessed by Christopher Wilson and Matthew Addison Both William and Frances signed their names
1782
British Apprentices: William Stubbs, Master, Alvingham. Apprentice Charles Dowse. Master's occupation Carpenter: Date of Indenture 1782
1785
British Apprentices: Master William Stubbs, apprentice Thomas Humberstone, Master's occupation Wheelwright, Place, Alvingham :Date of Indenture 1785. Master's occupation, Carpenter
1788
British Apprentices: Master William Stubbs, Apprentice George Markham, Master's occupation Carpenter, Place Alvingham: Date of Indenture 1788
1791
British Apprentices: Master William Stubbs, Apprentice, William Stubbs, Place, Alvingham: Date of Indenture 1791. Master's occupation, Carpenter
1792
British Apprentices: William Stubbs, Master, Apprentice, William Clarke: Date of Indenture1792. Master's occupation, Carpenter.
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook

Family

Parents

TSFatherThomas Stubbsb. 1710

The children of Thomas & Mary Rose

· · · William Stubbs b. 1752this page

Marriage

FASpouseFrances Addisonb. 1751

Children

CSChild · the line continuesChristopher Stubbsmain line1786–1875

Life

Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1752

Baptised — Alvingham

20 June 1752

William Stubbs — baptised 20 June 1752, Alvingham — son of Thomas Stubbs and Mary Rose.— Baptism, 1752 — Alvingham
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:
  • Baptism, 1752 — Alvingham — Baptism of William Stubbs, 20 June 1752, Alvingham; son of Thomas Stubbs and Mary Rose — from Janet Brock's research. Not yet re-read by us at the leaf (round two — and the record on which the descent above him turns). from Mum’s research
1778

In 1778

1778

British Apprentices: Master William Stubbs, Apprentice John Knott Date of Indenture 1778— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1782

A carpenter of Alvingham — binding apprentices

1782

William Stubbs, carpenter (and, 1785, wheelwright) of Alvingham, master to John Knott (1778), Charles Dowse (1782), Thomas Humberstone (1785), George Markham (1788), his own son William Stubbs (1791) and William Clarke (1792).— The apprentices, 1778–1792
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:
  • The apprentices, 1778–1792 — Britain, Country Apprentices 1710–1808 (the apprenticeship-duty registers) — William Stubbs, carpenter and wheelwright of Alvingham, master to a succession of apprentices, from Janet Brock's research. Not yet re-read by us at the index images (round two). from Mum’s research
1782

Married Frances Addison, of Saltfleetby — Alvingham

1782 at Alvingham

William Stubbs, of this parish, bachelor, and Frances Adison of Saltfleetby, spinster, married after banns, 23 April 1782, Alvingham — witnesses Christopher Wilson and Matthew Addison; both signed their names.— Marriage to Frances Addison, 1782 — Alvingham
Confirmed in index record Evidence
Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:
  • Marriage to Frances Addison, 1782 — Alvingham — England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (FamilySearch) — marriage of William Stubbs and Frances Addison, 23 April 1782, Alvingham. Index confirmed 8 July 2026. Janet Brock read the register itself: "William Stubbs of this parish, bachelor and Frances Adison of Saltfleetby, spinster, married after banns, witnessed by Christopher Wilson and Matthew Addison" — both signed their names. index entry — original not yet seen
1782

Married Frances Addison

23 April 1782 at Alvingham

April 23rd 1782 to William Stubbs in Alvingham— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1785

In 1785

1785

British Apprentices: Master William Stubbs, apprentice Thomas Humberstone, Master's occupation Wheelwright, Place, Alvingham :Date of Indenture 1785. Master's occupation, Carpenter— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1788

In 1788

1788

British Apprentices: Master William Stubbs, Apprentice George Markham, Master's occupation Carpenter, Place Alvingham: Date of Indenture 1788— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1791

In 1791

1791

British Apprentices: Master William Stubbs, Apprentice, William Stubbs, Place, Alvingham: Date of Indenture 1791. Master's occupation, Carpenter— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1792

In 1792

1792

British Apprentices: William Stubbs, Master, Apprentice, William Clarke: Date of Indenture1792. Master's occupation, Carpenter.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

Our research

William Stubbs the carpenter — and the wall above him

Research · Alvingham, Lincolnshire

His 1782 marriage to Frances Addison is confirmed in the index (and read at the register by Janet Brock); his baptism and trade come from her research. The wall sits directly above him. His parents are given as Thomas Stubbs and Mary Rose, but a fourteen-year gap in that sibling-set (1738 to William's 1752) leaves the link unproven, and nothing is yet evidenced beyond it. Round two: browse the Alvingham and North Cockerington registers of the 1730s–50s to test the Thomas & Mary Rose link; read William's own baptism and burial; read the apprenticeship-duty entries at the image; and trace Frances Addison's Saltfleetby family (Matthew Addison the witness = her kin?).