HEWINS

[K Rees]

Source
http://bifmo.history.ac.uk

The following shouild be Ann Hewens' brother and another brother shold be George Tomkins of Milcombe, Oxon, who also had a son apprenticed to George Tomkins in London but handed over to his father Edward Tomkins, when he died.

Tomkins, Edward (1647)      Joiners' Company Apprentice     Apprenticeship 1647
   Son of Nicholas Tomkins, Yeoman, of Tisoe, Warwickshire. Apprenticed to Philip Bowyn for 7 years, from 15 Apr 1647.
   This entry is originally from Joiners' Company records, 1650-1720.

   Tomkins, Edward (1654)     Last updated on 25 August 2017   Tomkins, Edward (1654)
   Tomkins, Edward  Joiners' Company Member  Freedom 1654    Made free by servitude on 27 Jun 1654 for a fee of 3s 4d.
   

[K Rees]

I will now be suggesting that Nicholson Tomkins of Tysoe and his father William Tysoe of Tysoe will be my direct line

[Bradwell77]

Thanks for the source, will do some further digging.

You may be interested in the will of William Tomkins, father of Nicholas.

Written in 1625 he makes son Nicholas his executor. My interest is that Nicholas’ daughter Ann married Thomas, brother of my 8x great grandfather William Hewens.

One of the appraisers of the effects of William Tomkins after he died 1637 - Henry Rose - is husband to Grace Middleton who was sister to my wife’s 11x great grandmother.

Son in law Thomas Darlow - another appraiser - was father to another Thomas Darlow, who was married to Mary Mister, sister to Ann my 8x great grandmother. Sister to another appraiser Thomas Malyns was married to John Mister, who was brother to Mary and Ann.

The wills of Tysoe reveal that many families were closely related.

[K Rees]

On the 15 Apr 1647, Edward Tomkins, the son of Nicholas Tomkins, Yeoman, of Tysoe, Warwickshire, signed an Indenture to be an apprentice joyner for 7 years, with Philip Bowyn, in London. There is no evidence that Philip Bowyn was a relative, nor is there evidence of the birth of an Edward Tomkins, as the son of Nicholas Tomkins and Rebecca Palmer of Tysoe, Warwickshire.

Nicholas and Rebecca Tomkins baptised a child, whom they named Edmund Tomkins, on 29 Sep 1633 in Tysoe. Depending on the family circumstances, aged about 14, would be a reasonable time that a boy would or could leave home and take up an apprentice in London. Seven year later, Edward Tomkins gained his Freedom to the City of London by servitude, on 27 Jun 1654. Edward Tomkins married An or Ann Chandler in the same year, by a declaration in front of the town hall in the Parish of St. Botolph Bishopsgate. Their known children were William and George (c1654); Edward (1656); An (1658); Elizabeth (1662); Rowland (1665); Hester (1667); Edward (1668); and Nicholas Tomkins (1670).    

However, the reference source of the British and Irish Furniture Makes Online [https://bifmo.history.ac.uk]  will record the use of the name Edmund Tomkins, when in 1688, George Tomkins of Milcombe served his apprenticeship in London, with his uncle known more commonly as Edward Tomkins, Citizen and Joyner of London.