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UPDATED: JANUARY 27, 2002

John W Wingrove  and Mary Goodwin

  Progenitor of the First Generation in Canada

Many of John W and Mary Wingrove's children and grandchildren left *Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire England to settle in various parts of Ontario Canada. This emigration took place in various stages during the early 1830's. 
    [ * perhaps Moulton; 
         There are facts that suggest that Ashby St Ledgers was not the location.
         I have not come across any primary documents that support Ashby & do not know how it was
         connected with these Wingroves in various Wingrove Trees] 
       Tour of Ashby St Ledgers  

The prevailing story for this Wingrove family has been that 6 Wingrove brothers left England to settle in Ontario. Although most  of these original settlers in Ontario were indeed brothers, the family lore is somewhat incorrect as can be determined from these pages.

Some of these brothers actually brought grown-up children with them. Thus family lore has to be amended to include in reality uncles and nephews. It is also important to note that none of the female line of John & Mary Wingrove are accounted for in Canada, and only one in England. Evidence also calls into question the *Ashby St. Ledgers origin as most of the children were baptized in Moulton

John W Wingrove is the progenitor of this line that emigrated to Canada. At this writing little is known about him or of his wife Mary  Goodwin. He may have been one of the sons of John and Elenor Wingrove and does not appear to have immigrated to Ontario Canada as noted above.

A brief listing of the John W Wingrove family appears further down the page with links that will take you to more details. This list presents the first Ontario Wingrove presence - all from England.

Many of this first generation were able to take advantage of land held by the government and set down roots in the wilderness or areas only recently opened to the immigrant population.  As is the case with most families, repetition of first names and the use of a middle name or a contraction, all pose a problem with identifying individuals.
 
  Off site link- Ontario Land Records

from ONTARIO LAND RECORDS Microfiche

List of Crown Patentees for WINGROVE

Name	Township	County	Date
Charles Lovel Wingrove	Mersea Twp	Essex	1876
Charles Wingrove	Flamborough E	Wentworth SE 1/2 Con 10	1847
Daniel Wingrove	Muskoka	Simcoe Con 5 lots 26, 27
George Wingrove	Flamborough	Wentworth NW 1/2 Con 12	1846
James Wingrove	Walsingham	Norfolk S 1/2 Con 6 Lot 17	1854
James Wingrove	Flamborough	Wentworth SE 1/2 Con 13 lot 9	1834
Thomas Wingrove	Walsingham	Norfolk S 1/2 Con 6 Lot 6	1851
Thomas Wingrove	Pentegore		1856
Thomas Wingrove	Walsingham	S 1/2 Con 5 lot 11	1857
William J Wingrove	Borden	S 1/2 Con 3 Lot ?6	1920

The 1871 Census for Ontario Heads of Households also shows how the Wingrove families had spread throughout various parts of Ontario. They had been in Ontario for nearly 40 years at this point in time.
Some entries are the second or third generation in Ontario.

CHARLES WINGROVE ,  age 30     born ONTARIO in ESSEX County Mersea Township 2 WILLIAM WINGROVE , age 35     born ONTARIO in ESSEX County Mersea Township 3 JOHN WINGROVE  age 26      born ONTARIO in NORFOLK SOUTH Walsingham 4 GEORGE WINGROVE , age 47      born ENGLAND in NORFOLK County SOUTH Walsingham 5 JAMES WINGROVE ,  age 60      born ENGLAND in NORFOLK Co SOUTH  Walsingham 6 THOMAS WINGROVE , age 52     born ENGLAND in NORFOLK Co SOUTH Walsingham 7 JOHN WINGROVE , age 49     born ENGLAND in OXFORD SOUTH Norwich South  8 JAMES WINGROVE ,  age 35     born ONTARIO in LINCOLN County St. Catharine 9 James WINGROVE age 64     born ENGLAND in WENTWORTH NORTH Flamborough East 10 JOHN WINGROVE ,  age 29     born ONTARIO in WENTWORTH NORTH Flamborough East 11 THOMAS WINGROVE ,  age 66     born ENGLAND of WENTWORTH NORTH Flamborough East 12 WILLIAM WINGROVE , age 32     born ONTARIO of WENTWORTH NORTH,  Flamborough East 13 DAN WINGROVE , age 28     born ONTARIO; of HALTON Nassagaweya  14 WILLIAM WINGROVE ,   age 26        born ENGLAND       in VICTORIA SOUTH Lindsay Town 15        * if the age is correct, William may be from another Line DANIEL WINGROVE ,  34      born ONTARIO MUSKOKA Muskoka 1871 Census Wingrove Entries  1881 Census Wingrove Entries    Off Site Links  Index to 1871 Census Ontario  Index to 1881 Census Ontario

              to Wingrove Land Records WENTWORTH County in East Flamborough

                   Concession 12 and 13 lot 9                Concession 12 lot 9
                     Concession 12 lot 10                              Concession 13 lot 9

              to WINGROVE Land Records Halton County, Nassaweyga Township

                     Concession 1 Lot 8           Concession 1 Lot 9            Concession 1 Lot 9

                    to WINGROVE Burial Records - Ontario

                 Ontario Cemetery Finding Aids             Headstone Transcriptions Ontario

Descendants of John W Wingrove

Reproduction of this material is restricted
Copyright July 1999-2003 Ontario, Michael Wingrove
for Latest Information see SURNAMES

1. JOHN W WINGROVE The date and location of his death is unknown.
    He married (1) MARY GOODWIN. Details on her death are  Unknown.
    It is assumed at this writing that both John W Wingrove and Mary remained in
    Northamptonshire possibly in Moulton, but this is not a certainty.

    Possible parents of John W Wingrove are John and Elenor Wingrove  
   of Northamptonshire

   Children of JOHN W WINGROVE and MARY GOODWIN are:

i. RICHARD WINGROVE  
   b. About 08 August 1790, Northamptonshire;
      Christening: 08 August 1790, Moulton
      Northamptonshire  
   d. ?February 1850 [see Notes]
        married 08 November 1832, By D W Eastman;
        CHARLOTTE JONES,
          b. 27 November 1806; d. 18 August 1875.

Notes for RICHARD WINGROVE:

Richard came from England in the 1830's  He almost immediately married Charlotte Jones Nov 8, 1832 in Hamilton Ontario

Census: 1840, ILLINOIS MC HENRY CO. 236 1840 
Richard is only person listed in the household
Wife and children appears in 1850 Census, but not Richard; even though the marriage may have dissolved at this point. The final resting place may be Wingrove Cemetery which exists in this area today. A Richard Wingrove is listed as dead February 1850 in MC HENRY County. IL of lung fever.

In The British American Journal Sept 10, 1835 it stated Charlotte [eloped] or left Richard on Aug 12, 1835 [apparently living in Louth Twp] Son James Hewson Wingrove born Jan 11, 1836; died Oct 20, 1871. Charlotte must have been pregnant when she left Richard.

In 1842 Elizabeth Ann Wingrove their daughter attended school  SS 6 Louth County for 6 months

Notes for CHARLOTTE JONES: Charlotte's marriage to Richard Wingrove on Nov 8 1832 at Hamilton Ontario apparently came to an end when she left her bed and board. This was advertised in the British American Journal on Aug 13 1835 and then twice more.

Charlotte bought home and lot in Jordan from Jacob Snure in 1845 and lived there until she sold it on Sept 25, 1852. This last sale was witnessed by Wm Jones whom she married on Dec 28, 1852

 Charlotte Jones and Wm Jones;
 Elizabeth Wingrove and Albert C Jones
 All buried in section B Victoria Lawn Cemetery St. Catharines.

  Census: 1850, IL McHenry Center 1850  117 368 with children
               see USA CENSUS

ii. ELIZABETH WINGROVE, 
                    b. About 07 April 1793;
                    d. Unknown.
                    Christening: 07 April 1793, Moulton
                                     Northampton England

iii. CHARLES James WINGROVE, Sr.

b. 1795; d. 1853; 
m. SARAH HOUSER, 03 May 1813, Ashby Saint Ledgers
                                               Northampton, England;
      b. About. 1784; 
      d. 29 October 1852, 
      bur. Old Methodist Church Cemetery Mountsberg ON CAN

Notes for SARAH HOUSER: IGI Sarah Howes married 3-5-1813 Ashby Saint Ledgers Northamptonshire to Charles Wingrove

    Charles' Adult Children all of which arrived in Ontario in 1830's:

George W Wingrove
Charles James Wingrove,
John Wingrove,
Thomas Wingrove

         Charles Sr first settled near St. Catharines, ON
         then East Flamborough ON , then other areas.

iv. MARY WINGROVE, b. 20 August 1795;
                               d. Unknown. 
                                   Christening: 30 August 1795,
                                   Moulton Northampton 

v. SARAH WINGROVE, b. 13 May 1798; 
                                d. Unknown.

vi. JOHN WINGROVE, b. 11 April 1800; 
                              d. Unknown
                                  Christening: 11 May 1800, 
                                  Moulton Northampton

vii. CATHARINE WINGROVE, b. 21 August 1803;
                                        d. After 1882
                                            Moulton
                                        Christening: 21 August 1803
                                                        Moulton
                                      mar. William JAYES
                                 b. 1806, Moulton Northampton
                                 d.  Aug 12, 1846, 
                                           Moulton Northampton
                                            [ More on this line ]
                                             Line  Added January 2002

viii. WILLIAM WINGROVE, b. 14 September 1806;
                                     d. Unknown. 
                                         Possible William Wingrove
                                         1806-1862 Hobart Tasmania
                                     

ix. ANNE WINGROVE, b. 29 July 1810; 
                              d. Unknown
                                  Christening: 29 July 1810, 
                                  Moulton Northampton

     
x. JAMES WINGROVE, b. 1808, N. Hamptonshire; 
               d. 20 June 1882, Mountsberg Baptist Church; 
               m. SARAH BELL, 1834; b. 1815, Canada; 
               d. 14 February 1889, at age 73, 
                   Mountsberg Baptist ON CAN.

      
xii. THOMAS WINGROVE, 
               b. 1802(5), ENGLAND; 
               d. 20 November 1876, Mountsberg Baptist Cemetery
           m. CATHARINE GRIFFIN, 05 March 1834, 
                                              East Flamboro;
                                        b. 1805, Gainsborough ON 
                                        d. 16 October 1867, Mountsberg
                                           Baptist Church Cemetery 
               Also Known As: Deacon Thomas

       
xiii. GEORGE HENRY WINGROVE,
     b. 01 April 1802,  Northamptonshire; 
        Died at 61 d. 12 December 1865,  
      m. (2) ANN TELLER; b. 24 October 1816, 
                                           Gainsborough ON CAN; 
                                  d. 1870; 
      m. (3) PHOEBE JANE MALCOLM; b. 1802; 
                                  d. 31 January 1851, Campden Cemetery

Links will take you to additional information on any of the underlined families above.



If you are keeping count there were  5 brothers accompanied by 4 sons or nephews.  It does appear that these families are the only source of WINGROVE lines in Ontario before 1900 with origins in England - other families entered Canada in the 1900's that were not related to the First Generation families. 
There is evidence of an Irish Wingrove immigrant that spent a short time in Ontario before moving to Iosco County Michigan USA.

 See - History of WINGROVE families in Canada

As always - if you have any additional information
                 I'd be happy to include it.

                                                             Michael Wingrove
                                                                         . . . a 6th generation Canadian
                                                                         & a member of this lineage 



 

Tour the Ancestral Village of           Ashby St Ledgers       Northamptonshire England  Photos:  Courtesy Gerald A Wingrove