Durbin Research in England

Part 2

Nov 29, 1996
From:  William P. Durbin
       10003 Thornwood Road
       Kensington, MD  20895-4228
Subject:  Transcription of Additional Notes on Early Durbins in England
    The following is derived from handwritten notes acquired from various Durbin 
researchers in the 1980 era. The information was purportedly copied from 
Mormon files in Salt Lake City. I am unaware of the LDS format and the notes 
were codified with explanation. It appears that (c) = christening, 
(m) = marriage, (f) = father, (b) = born. In 1977, my wife, Lorraine, and I 
visited several of the Somersetshire towns mentioned below, among which were 
Bristol, Bath, Wells, and Cheddar, where we found references to Durbins in Library 
files, including the names of Durbins who were among those listed as builders 
of the ancient cathedral at Wells which we visited and took pictures.

AXBRIDGE
Richard Durbin (c) March 1606
Ann Durbann (c) Apr 1599  (f) = Peter Durbann
Walter Durbann (c) May 1599  (f) John Durbann (?)Dorothy Durbin (m) Robert 
Style, 9 Feb 1633

CHEDDAR
George Durbin (c)  June 1616
Eleanor Durbin (b) 1789; Luke Durbin/Sarah (parents?)
Elizabeth Durbin (c) 18 Jan 1624, (f?) Thomas Durbin
Richard Durbin/Mary Brooke (m)  09 Nov 1635

WELLS
Sarah Durbin/Joseph Chiners (m) 26 Apr 1798

WRAXALL
Elizabeth Durbin/John Crossman (m) 29 Apr 1630
William Durbin/Joan Cook (m) 31 jan 1701

CHEWTON MENDIP
Elizabeth Durbin/John Millard (m) 20 Nov 1760
Elizabeth Durbin/Daniel Carter (m) 3 Dec 1809

BROCKLEY
John Durbin/Eliz. Styncombe (m)  2 July 1629

EAST HARPTON
Paris Durban/Mary Robert (m)  6 Oct 1794

CHARLTON, ADAM
Thomas Durban/Cicely Ball (m)  28 Feb 1607

WEDMOREThomas Durban/Hester Chalcroft (m) 18 June 1618

BARRON GURNEY
William Durbin/Maria Stephens (m)  2 Dec 1690

LONDON
St. George, Hanover Square
Ann Durbin/Thomas Miles (m) 19 Dec 1770  Westminster
St. Marylebone, St. Mary
Caroline Durbin (c) 10 Aug 1823,  Thomas Durbin/Susanna
Mary Durbin (c) 10 Aug 1823,
                 (")Phoebe Durbin (c) 26 apr 1816
                 (") Putney Susannah Durbin (c)  5 June 1814
                 (")Thomas Durbing (c) Jan 1805  Thomas Durbing/Sarah
Eliza Durbin (c) 10 Jan 1808  Thomas Durbin/Sarah
Robert Henry Derbon (c) 17 Apr 1796  Henry Derbon/Mary

St. Botolph with Aldersgate
Ann Durbin (c) 8 Feb 1778  William Durbin/Ann

St. Andrew, Holborn
Ann Durbin (c) 29 Nov 1778  George Durbin/Lucy

St. Margaret, Westminster
Christopher Durbin (c) 10 July 1653  Christopher Durbin
Frances Durbin (c) 30 Sept 1649  Christopher Durbin/Margaret
Thomas Durbin (c) 31 Aug 1651
                 ( " )St. Leonards Shoreditch
Elizabeth Durbin (c) 28 Dec 1828  James Durbin/Harriot
Francis Durbin (c)  28 Dec 1828
                 ( " )George Durbin (c) 9 July 1820
                 ( " )Harriet Durbin (c) 9 July 1820
                 ( " )James William Durbin (c) 9 July 1820
                 ( " )St. Benet, Pauls Wharf
Daniel Durban (c) 26 July 1790,  Daniel Durban/Betty 
   (-----------)Elizabeth Derbyn (c)  25 Dec 1808, Wm Derbyn/Eliza

St. Katherine by the Tower, London
Elizabeth Durbin/Jesiah Bennett (m)  4 Sept 1710
Margaret Durbin/Sam West (m) 30 Sept 1676

St. Pancras, Old Church
Marian Durbin (c)  2 Oct 1847  Harriet Durbin (mother?)
Elizabeth Jane Durbin (c) 2 oct 1847  Harriet Durbin (mother?)

St. Paul, Deptford
Rachel Ann Durban (c) 25 Feb 1852, Mary Ann Durban (mother?)
Frederick Durban (c)  29 Aug 1858, Frederick John Durban/Sarah

St. Mary Colechurch, London
Henry Durbin (c)  20 Aug 1654, Christopher Durbin/Elizabeth

St. Mary Magdeline, London
Marye Durbin (c) 30 May 1601, Reynold Durbin (father?)

St. Mary the Virgin - Aldermanbent
Richard Durbin (c) 9 June 1805, Richard Durbin/Sarah

Holy Trinity in the Minorities, London
Sarah Durbin (c) 22 Jan 1693  Thomas Durbin/Joyce

St. Dunstan, Stepney
Sarah Durbin (c) 24 Dec 1800, George Durbin/Mary

St. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, London
Thomas Alfred Derbon (c) 20 Jan 1856, Harriet Derbon

St. Sepulcher, London
William Durbin (c) 22 Dec 1757, William Durbin/Rebecca Hanwell
William Durbin/Mary Larkin (m) 11 July 1808

St. Luke, Old Streeet, Finsbury
William Durbin (c) 02 Dec 1760, William Durbin/Ann London
Mrs. Penelope Durbin/Geo. Carter (m) 19 July 1680
      ###(The following information was acquired from Robert Ross Durbin,

St. Louis, MO, Personal Correspondence. Ross gleaned it from various genealogical 
abstracts published in England/Wales.)
1)  William Durbin, Parish Tickenham, filed a will -- 1573
2)  Joseph Durbin, Brickley, (yeoman), married Mary Heal of Blackwell, 
spinster, age 23, Oct 10, 1700
3)  Marriage licenses issued to Durbins in Somerset:
		NAILSEA --  1705
                CHRISTON -- 1726
                CHEWTON MENDIP -- 1718/19 
                LONG ASHTON  --  1703
                PORTBURY --  1710
                UBLEY --  1723
                UBLEY  --  1746

MISCELLANEOUS: 
A) "Reference to English surnames in 1601", F. K. & S. Hitching,
an index giving about 19,650 references to surnames contained in the printed 
register of 778 English parishes during the first year of the 
17th Century:  ......		
Durber -- Somerset
Durden -- London
Deurden -- Lancashire
Durdant -- Middlesex

B) "Colonists in Bondage:  White Servi tude and Convict Labor in America 
(1607 - 1776)" by A. E. Smith, University of North Carolina Press, 1947
	-- "freedom dues"
        -- Nevis       
1672:  10 pounds (sterling) "according to former custom" 
1675:  800 lbs of sugar       1681:  400 lbs of sugar  
1701:  400 lbs sugar or 50 shillings Rarely received. In colonies, 
equipment freed servant for life as a hired man. Rewards in West Indies were 
practically useless.
   "It is foolish to suppose that many persons of stable position in 
England would come to the colonies as servants, especially in the earlier 
years." 
    (W. Durbin Note:  This is a very significant statement. Those who 
had a bleak future in England, e.g. the dispossessed, the disinherited, 
or those who would not inherit due to primogeniture were typical of those 
who emigrated.)          

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