IGI Search for John Addington
in England

Summary of English Addington Families
with a
Search for American Connections

by
David Vern Addington

The IGI collection for the British Isles has been searched for the family name Addington
and that data have been formatted and compiled by location and first name. The IGI
consists of transcribed vital data such as births, christenings, marriages and deaths and
information supplied by LDS and public members. The former data is quality controlled
and as good as the original documents however, not all counties are included since records
have often been lost and not all counties have been transcribed. Church parishes were first
required to keep certain data on christenings and marriages in 1537 so few records were
recorded before this date The latter data submitted by the public has not been quality
controlled and is often not substantiated. Much of this latter data must be qualified or
ignored.

There are many references in the book The Annals of the Addington Family that refer to
records at Fringford in Oxfordshire. The IGI only contains the parish records from 1721
forward although earlier records do exist. I was able to obtain the Addington listing in the
Fringford records from a Engish researcher.

Search for John Addington who first appears in Bucks Co., PA records in 1693

The birth year for our Henry Addington has been given as 1720 or 1727 and family legend
says he was born in London. There are several records in the IGI of Henry born on these
dates and married in 1744 to Sarah Elizabeth Burson in London. However, all of these
have been submitted by the public and no quality control of records has been made by the
LDS church. None of these correspond to vital records so I think they must be ignored as
unsubstantiated.

Many researchers suspect that the John Addington listed in Bucks Co., PA records from
1693 to 1722 is probably the father of our Henry Addington. He first appears as paying a
tax in 1693 that was paid only by single men. His name appears in several other records
from 1697 to 1716. His name appears with wife Elizabeth in a 1722 land record but this is
the last reference. An Elizabeth Addington marries Andrew Galloway in 1727. This
Elizabeth could be a daughter of John or it could be his widow remarrying. I tend to
believe that it is his widow and he must have died shortly before this date.

Assuming that John Addington was at least 18 years old in 1693 when he paid the tax on
single men, then he would have been born in 1675 or earlier. We have no earlier
references to any Addingtons in PA so I am assuming that John must have been born in
England and immigrated to America or of before 1693. If John was born in or before
1675, he would have been 45 or older in 1720 which is given as our Henry Addington’s
birth year. There is also the possibility that our John Addington married much younger
and that he could actually be the grandfather of our Henry with another generation
between. There is no data that supports this other than the logic that says he was rather
old for a first marriage around 1720.

Searching the British Isles IGI for a John Addington, we find 3 possibilities plus one more
record from Fringford, Oxfordshire. Of course, there is also the possibility that his birth is
unrecorded or those records have been lost.

The 4 John Addingtons are:

John Addington Christening 28 Dec 1668 Fringford
Oxford England s/o Henry Addington
(would be 24 in 1693, 51 in 1720, 58 in 1727)

John Addington Christening 10 Jun 1666 Maxey
Northampton England s/o John Addington
(would be 27 in 1693, 54 in 1720, 61 in 1727)

John Addington Christening 29 Mar 1668 Stepney Saint Dunstan
London England s/o John Addington and Mary
(would be 25 in 1693, 52 in 1720, 59 in 1727)

John Addington Christening 19 Nov 1671 Stepney Saint Dunstan
London England s/o Laurence Addington and Mary
(would be 22 in 1693, 49 in 1720, 56 in 1727)

(This last John has a link that would explain the y-dna match of our line to the Prime Minister Henry line)

The John Addington of Fringford belongs to the Fringford Addington family which later
produced the Henry Addington who became Prime Minister of England in 1801. There
are several Henrys in this family and that name rarely shows up in other Addington lines.

There appears to have been at least one line of the Addington family in the London area
Stepney at Saint Dunstan Church for at least a century since the first record is of a
marriage of a John Adenton in 1575. John is a common name in this line. The ages of
these two Johns fit the dates of our John Addington of Bucks County so both are viable
matches. There are two records of christenings of a Henry Addington in London in 1606
and 1627 but neither were at Saint Dunstan. The christening of a Henry Addington in
1606 was at Saint Martin in the Field which is not far from Stepney, Saint Dunstan.

At Maxey in Northamptonshire, there was an Addington family present from at least 1575
when a John Addington was married. John is the most common name in this family with
Richard also being common. The John Addington christened in 1666 is a little older than
the other 2 from London but still very possible. All four of these John Addingtons are
possibly our John Addington of Bucks Co., PA.

Given the data available, my personal predict is that our John Addington in Bucks Co,. PA
records from 1693 to 1722 is:

25 % probability: not listed in the British IGI data

35 % probability: John Addington, christened, 28 Dec 1668, Fringford, Oxford,
England, s/o Henry Addington

20 % probability: John Addington, Christened, 29 Mar 1668, Stepney Saint Dunstan,
London, England, s/o John Addington and Mary

10 % probability: John Addington, Christened 19 Nov 1671, Stepney Saint Dunstan,
London, England, s/o Laurence Addington and Mary

10 % probability: John Addington, Christened, 10 Jun 1666, Maxey, Northampton,
England, s/o John Addington


My personal prediction at this point in time. This is a scientific viewpoint which
acknowledges the uncertainty of genealogy with its limited data.


The only 2 Henrys in IGI records before 1720 are a Henry christened in 1606 in London
and another Henry christened in 1627 also in London.

The Addington family of Henry Addington, the first Viscount Sidmouth has: (1) Henry of
Potterspury, will proven 1551, (2) Henry of Fringford, will proven 1610 in Oxfordshire,
(3) Henry, buried 1676 at Fringford “an aged man”, (4) Henry Jr., died 1671 Fringford,
(5) Henry, born 1659, Fringford, buried 1729 Fringford (grandfather of Henry Addington,
Viscount Sidmouth) The Henry Addington who died in 1676 married in 1604 to a
daughter of Henry Watson and they had 14 children. At least 5 sons (William, Robert,
Richard, Henry and John) are known to have grown up. This generation would be of
about the right age to have had sons born in the period 1660 to 1675 with both John and
Henry being common names in the family. Fringford is in Oxfordshire which borders on
Northamptonshire. However, Maxey from which one of our John Addington was
christened, is on the opposite side of Northamptonshire and about 60 miles from
Fringford.

The Search continues ..........................

Search for Isaac Addington who first appears in Boston in 1640

The only reference to any Isaac Addington is one born about 1635 in Glamorgan, Wales
and married there in 1669. This is the era of an Isaac Addington who first shows up in
Boston in 1640. I assume that this Isaac Addington must have come from this area of
Wales.


Search for John Addington who first appears in Connecticut with the birth of a child
in 1743

There are four John Addingtons listed in the IGI that might fit this criteria. The one from
Oxfordshire whose father is Malachi is probably less likely since that family name is never
seen in this family branch. Any of the others are just as likely or this John Addington is
not listed in the IGI.

John Adington Christening 13 Sep 1714 Hagbourne
Berkshire England
(would be 29 in 1743)
John Adington Christening 15 May 1716 Banbury
Oxford England s/o Malachi ADINGTON OR ALDINGTON
(would be 27 in 1743)
John Addington Christening 27 Sep 1722 London Saint Dunstan
London England s/o John Addington and Maria
(would be 21 in 1743)
John Addington Christening 27 Sep 1723 Barnard Castle
Durham England
(would be 20 in 1743)


Search for William Addington of Virginia

Virginia Addington family tradition says that this William Addington was born in London
in 1750. There are 3 records of a William Addignton born in 1750 in London but these
are all from unverified family data sheets and are not from original records so I feel they
must be discounted. The only probable records of any William Addington in the IGI who
fit this profile are:

William Addington Christening 20 Feb 1757 Boxton
Bedford England
William Addington Christening 30 Aug 1758 Boxton
Bedford England

These birth dates are a little late for the William Addington of Virginia but are still
possible. William was a popular family name in the Bedfordshire Addington family. Most
probably the William Addington of Virginia is not listed in the British IGI.

IGI British Isles References by First County