Hipkins

(submitted by Michael Williams and from Hipkins Genealogy)

Richard Hipkins (1802–1884) was born in England. In 1839 he married Mary Ann Guyer (1810–1898) who was born in Pennsylvania. They had four children. The first three children, Matilda Avis (1844–1913), Charlotte Anna (1845–1918) who married David Williamson, and Jemima (1847–1924) who married William Morgan, were born in Blenheim Twp., Waterloo County. Their son Thomas (1851–1922) was born in Warwick Twp.

In the early 1850s the Hipkins settled on the 4th Line SER in Warwick Twp. Both Richard and Mary Ann lived into their eighties and are buried in the Warwick United Church Cemetery. Only Matilda and Thomas remained in Warwick while the others went to Brooke Twp. and Michigan.

In 1872 Matilda Avis Hipkins married Alfred James Williams (1844–1923) in Strathroy. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Tanner) Williams of Warwick Twp. They had three children, Thomas Cuthbert (1873–1874), Richard (1875–1950) and Mary Elizabeth (1878–1936). Matilda and Alfred farmed Lot 26, Con. 1 SER. Alfred also did custom threshing in the area.

Matilda and Alfred’s son Richard Williams farmed and operated a threshing service like his father’s. He was also a mechanic, engineer and inventor, having applied for a patent on his “power and grain saving separator.” Richard Hipkins married Mabel Grace Waun (1883–1971) and they moved into the log cabin with his parents. Richard and Grace sadly had four children die in infancy before they raised nine children: Mary Elizabeth (1905–1982), Sarah, Martha, Bill, Alma, Edward, James, Orville and Florence.

Thomas Hipkins’ oldest daughter Sarah Ann (1871–1928) married James Alexander McIntosh, the son of James McIntosh and Annie Shipley, in 1900. They lived on Lot 18, Con. 1. The McIntosh children were Linda Alfreda (1903–1941), Ina Emily (1905–1982) Frederick Thomas (1908–1973) and George Edward (1910–1973).

Chapter 24 of 25 - Hipkins Family

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