CULLWICK Locations
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BROMSGROVE BREWOOD CANADA HEREFORDSHIRE
NEWPORT SHERIFFHALES SHIFNAL VICARAGE
CULLWICK records

mention of
JOHN and RICHARD CULLWICK
in the Quarter Sessions at BOBBINGTON  

It appears, the following
THOMAS, JOHN & ELINOR
were brothers and sister,
all children of

RICHARD CULLWICK
of GLAZELEY Shropshire

probable grandchildren of

STEPHEN and ELINOR
of CLAVERLEY, Shropshire

  1. THOMAS CULLWICK
    a tailor & Burgess of BRIDGNORTH
    + ANN
    - 3 entries on the BRIDGNORTH registers
    • 1649 RICHARD son born 20 Mar bapt 26 Mar 1649
    • 1659 burial of Anne wife of Thomas CULWICKE
      recorded 20 May 1659
    • 1661 burial of Thomas CULWICKE 23 August 1661

  2. JOHN CULLWICK - (yeoman of HILL HOUSE, Quatford)
    his will located at Aberystwyth 50 years ago by Professor GEOFFREY CULLWICK - said was written in Oct 1647, that he had died in 1647 following an accident at Hill House Quatford and that it was proved in 1653 when probate was granted to his 14 year old son JOHN CULLWICK.
    + DOROTHY NICHOLLS
    b 1608 of the Sonehouse, ALVELEY m 1634 QUATFORD
    • JOHN CULLWICK born abt 1639 likely became John Cullwick, yeoman of Rudge, in the second half of the 17th century
    • CATHERINE CULLWICK

  3. ELINOR CULLWICK
    + JOHN OLDBURY of the "ancient family" that took its name from the village of OLDBURY near Bridgnorth.
    • EDWARD OLDBURY bp 22 July 1637 at OLDBURY
    • ALICE OLDBURY bp 7 Feb 1639 at OLDBURY
    • RICHARD OLDBURY bp 27 Nov 1642 at OLDBURY

WEBMASTER NOTE
- GTPace -

- The OLDBURY name
of QUATFORD, Shropshire
shows up later
in a LOWBRIDGE marriage at LUDLOW in 1711 between ELIZABETH OLDBURY
b 1686 QUATFORD
and SAMUEL LOWBRIDGE - b 1689 HARTLEBURY, Worcestershire

 They are ancestors of an
AGNES LOWBRIDGE who married
LEONARD PACE in 1889
LEONARD - b 1864 grandson of THOMAS PACE bapt 26 May 1805 SHARESHILL brother of JOSHUA PACE my 2X great grandfather, Chr 10 July 1808 Laney Green/SHARESHILL, Staffordshire - GTPace

RICHARD CULLWICK
+ ABIGAIL CRANMER

A saddler of NEWPORT Shropshire - wed abt 1670 / 75
ABIGAIL - baptised 22 Feb 1652/53 at NEWPORT
the daughter of THOMAS and FRANCES CRANMER

A clandestine wedding.
Family story is that he married his master's daughter
whilst still an apprentice, a heinous crime in those days
and was ex-communicated from the church.

  • 2 JOHN CULLWICK - bt 31 Mar 1675 at NEWPORT - 1727 at SHIFNAL
    + MARY HAMON - of SHIFNAL - 25 Apr 1704 at SHIFNAL
    • 3 Elizabeth - b 20 Mar 1705/6 SHIFNAL
    • 3 Mary - b 12 Nov 1707 SHIFNAL
    • 3 Richard - b 21 Apr 1710 SHIFNAL
    • 3 Edward - b 5 Jan 1713 SHIFNAL - bur 21 Feb 1755
      + Jane BALL - born 1718 of OAKENGATES
    • 3 JOHN - b 25 Jan 1717/18 - of SHIFNAL - a saddler
      + HANNAH
      • 4 Elizabeth - b 6 Feb 1742/3

  • 2 Michael CULLWICK b 14 Apr 1678 NEWPORT
    + Elizabeth
    • 3 Charles CULLWICK - bt 25 Mar 1706 NEWPORT Shropshire
      + Jane
    • 3 Abigail bt 25 July 1708

  • 2 Richard CULLWICK - b 14 June 1681
    + Mary GOOGE - Marriage 1 Jul 1715 NEWPORT
    • 3 James CULWICK - Christening: 28 Jul 1718 NEWPORT

  • 2 Elizabeth CULLWICK - b 21 Nov 1686
    + Richard SHIRLEY - marriage 26 Dec 1715
A letter from
the present owners of HILL HOUSE

We moved to Hill House in December, 1974, but recently de-camped to the barn next door. However, we still own the house and - as both of us love it dearly - we have hopes of sympathetically renovating it at some time.

We tried, many years ago, to find out its history, but with little success. But, I think, we now have a good starting point and will have another go.

The original house is still intact, not very obvious from the outside, I know! But, if you are ever visiting the area or would like to come here anyway, you would be more than welcome to visit your ancestral seat. Nicola Ward.

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CULLWICKS
Bridgnorth, Shropshire
were in the BRIDGNORTH area by the 16th century (Quatt) and moved from there to SHIFNAL and NEWPORT, then to KNIGHTON in RADNORSHIRE and finally WOLVERHAMPTON 1840

THOMAS, a tailor, was admitted a Burgess of Bridgnorth 20 Oct 1647 and was buried at St Mary's, Bridgnorth on 23 Aug 1661

THOMAS married ANNE
and there are three entries on the Bridgnorth registers.

  1. RICHARD a son
    born 20 March
    baptised 26 March 1649
  2. ANNE wife
    of THOMAS CULWICKE,
    burial recorded 20 May 1659
  3. THOMAS CULWICKE
    burial 23 August 1661
Thus, THOMAS and ANNE
seem to have left an only child, RICHARD, an orphan at the age of 12 in 1661

The strong inference is that RICHARD was apprenticed to a saddler, at this point. In the Burgess of Bridgnorth records, RICHARD was admitted 26 September 1670 as a "Burgess born, son of Thomas C of Bridgnorth, deceased, tailor" No mention is made of Richard's trade in Newport, but, because three of his sons became master saddlers, it seems likely he was also a saddler.

RICHARD's parents have been proved to be
THOMAS and ANN CULLWICK
of BRIDGENORTH.
This lineage starts with

RICHARD CULLWICK
son of THOMAS of Bridgnorth,
and descends from him.

THOMAS CULLWICK
of Brigenorth d 1661
+ ANN
  • RICHARD CULLWICK
    m 1670/75 at NEWPORT Shropshire
    + ABIGAIL CRANMER - baptised 22 Feb 1652/53 at NEWPORT the daughter of THOMAS and FRANCES CRANMER

    A clandestine wedding. Family story is that he married his master's daughter whilst still an apprentice, a heinous crime in those days and was ex-communicated from the church.

    • THOMAS
    • JOHN m at QUATFORD 24 June 1634 died 1647
      • JOHN
    • ELINOR
      + JOHN OULDBURIE - (Oldbury)
      of QUATFORD
      m 18 Nov 1632

dates indicate need
for further research & correction

RICHARD
was a saddler at NEWPORT Shropshire and wed approx 1670/75 at NEWPORT.

They were saddlers until well into this century, and Methodists from the earliest days of organised Methodism (about 1800).
John Cullwick

Hill House Farm

Hill House, Quatford Shropshire

THOMAS, JOHN (yeoman, HILL HOUSE, Quatford) and ELINOR were brothers and sister - all children of RICHARD CULLWICK of GLAZELEY and probable grandchildren of STEPHEN and ELINOR of CLAVERLEY.

It appears that ELINOR lived at HILL HOUSE, Quatford, with brother JOHN, as she married from that address on 18 Nov 1632. She married John OULDBURIE (OLDBURY) also of QUATFORD.

 JOHN CULLWICK married at Quatford 24 June 1634 and had a son JOHN in 1639 and died following an accident at Hill House 1647. His will is at the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth and probate was granted in 1653 to his 14 year old son, JOHN CULLWICK
THOMAS married ANNE and there are three entries on the Bridgnorth registers. Firstly, a son RICHARD born 20 March, baptised 26 March 1649; secondly, the burial of ANNE, wife of THOMAS CULWICKE, recorded 20 May 1659; Thirdly, the burial of THOMAS CULWICKE 23 August 1661.

Thus, THOMAS and ANNE seem to have left an only child, RICHARD, an orphan at the age of 12. The strong inference is that RICHARD was apprenticed to a saddler, at this point. In the Burgess of Bridgnorth records, RICHARD was admitted 26 September 1670 as a "Burgess born, son of Thomas C of Bridgnorth, deceased, tailor" No mention is made of Richard's trade in Newport, but, because three of his sons became master saddlers, it seems likely he was also a saddler.

Descendants of
EDWARD CULLWICK b 1713 SHIFNAL
who was son of
JOHN CULLWICK born 1675 at NEWPORT
and MARY HAMON

this JOHN was son of
RICHARD CULLWICK born 1649 Bridgnorth and
ABIGAIL CRANMER

3 Edward CULLWICK - b 05 Jan 1713 d 21 Feb 1755
+ Jane BALL - born 1718 of OAKENGATES - wed 20 Oct 1742 SHIFNAL

Benjamin CULWICK - son of William Cullwick & Susannah Fox