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PILKIN(G)TON, Elizabeth
1736 - 1766 (30 years) Has 5 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.
1702 - 1762 (60 years)-
Name PILKIN(G)TON, Elizabeth Birth 1736 Gender Female Death 1766 Spalding, Lincolnshire 
Burial 22 Apr 1766 Spalding, Lincolnshire Person ID I254 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father PILKINTON, Thomas, b. 1702, Stamford St. George, Lincolnshire, England d. 1762, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England (Age 60 years) Mother MILLER, Sarah d. 1785, Stamford St. George, Lincolnshire, England Marriage 11 Apr 1725 Stamford St George, Lincolnshire Family ID F88 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDGOOSE, James, b. 1740, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 1772, Spalding, Lincolnshire (Age 32 years) Marriage 12 Jul 1761 Stamford All Saints, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. EDGOSS, Mary, b. Abt 1762 d. 1805, Stamford Baron St. Martin, Northamptonshire, England (Age 43 years)2. EDGOSS, William, b. 1764, Stamford St. George, Lincolnshire, England d. 1824, Spalding, Lincolnshire (Age 60 years)Family ID F157 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Elizabeth née PILKINTON (1736-1766), wife of James EDGOOSE (1740-1742)
Elizabeth PILKINTON was born in 1736, daughter of Thomas and Sarah PILKINTON. Thomas PILKINGTON had married Sarah MILLER at Stamford St. George, Lincolnshire, on 11 April 1725. A date of birth in 1736 before 22 April is consistent with an age of 24 years on 12 July 1761 (i.e. born in 1736 or 1737) and 30 years on 22 April 1766 (i.e. born in 1735 or 1736). A record of her baptism has not been found.
James EDGOOSE and Elizabeth PILKINGTON were married by licence at Stamford All Saints on 12 July 1761. James EDGOOSE was 21 years old, a bachelor and a tailor. Elizabeth PILKINGTON was a 24 year old spinster. She signed her name 'PILKINTON'. Witnesses were John WOOLLMAN and John FOUNTAIN. John WOOLLMAN, slater, of Stamford All Saints signed the Marriage Bond.
(MB 1761/37 & 38)
She was bequeathed the sum of ten pounds in the will of her father Thomas PILKINTON of Stamford, carpenter, in 1762.
(LCC Wills 1762/174)
An Index of the Will of Thomas PILKINTON (1702-1762), carpenter, of Stamford, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 27 January 1762. Probate was granted on 25 February 1762.
01*Thomas PILKINTON, the Testator.
02 Sarah, wife of the Testator Thomas PILKINTON.
03 Widow MAC-GREY, tenant of house in Bull's Lane, St. George, Stamford.
04 Robert PILKINTON, son of the Testator.
05 William PILKINTON, son of the Testator.
06 Thomas PILKINTON, son of the Testator.
07 Nicholas PILKINTON, son of the Testator.
08 John PILKINTON, son of the Testator.
09 George PILKINTON, son f the Testator.
10 Sarah PILKINTON, daughter of the Testator.
11*Elizabeth PILKINTON, daughter of the Testator [who married James EDGOOSE in 1761].
12 Mary PILKINTON, daughter of the Testator.
13 Thos. HAYCOCK, witness.
14 Clemt. ADAMS, witness.
15 William HUDSEN, witness.
16 Rd. A. KNOWLES, Surrogate.
(Lincolnshire Consistory Court Will 1762/174)
William, son of James and Elizabeth EDGOSS (sic), was baptised at Stamford St. George on 18 March 1764.
An Elizabeth EDGOOSE, aged 30, wife of James EDGOOSE, was buried at Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 22 April 1766.
She was not mentioned in the will of her sister Sarah PILKINTON in 1780 although her children William EDGOS and Mary EDGOS were.
(LCC Wills 1780/201)
Her daughter Mary EDGOSS married Richard LIGHTFOOT, tailor, at Stamford St. George on 26 March 1782. Witnesses were Mary PILKINTON (probably her aunt) and John COLE.
She was described in the will of her mother Sarah PILKINTON as the late sister of her son George PILKINTON. Her daughter Mary (LIGHTFOOT) was also mentioned.
(LCC Wills 1785/138)
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When and where was she baptised?
(revised 31.07.2026)