Minchinton
This family has been present in Jersey since the start of the 19th century. A branch was established in Gaspe, Canada, in the 1870s
May Minchinton at Gaspé, Canada. This picture, which is part of the collection of the Musee de la Gaspesie, has a caption indicating that it was taken in about 1882 and that her family was of Jersey origin. However, our main Minchinton family tree shows that Francis Samuel Minchinton arrived in Gaspe in 1870 and there were no female children born to him and his wife Susanna Jane Russell early enough to be May. It has now been established that the date given to the picture is wrong and that the May in the photograph is Mildred May Minchinton, the illegitimate daughter of Francis and Susanna's daughter Maud Mary, who died at the age of 20, four months after the birth of Mildred May in 1911. The property in the background is said to belong to George Langlois. Maud Mary's sister Mary Jane and her brother Alfred married into the Langlois family.
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Origins of surname
This name comes from the old English mynecen, meaning 'nun'. Nuns from Caen managed a nunnery in Minchinghampton
Early records
The name starts appearing in Jersey baptism registers at the beginning of the 19th century, with the baptism of 11 children of William Minchinton and Ann Brown in St Helier over 20 years from 1807.
Variants
- Minchinton
- Minchington
The two spellings can often be found in records for the same family group
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Great War service
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Minchinton family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Jane Minchington of Mont Durant, St Peter Port, Guernsey, now of Rosemount, St Saviour, spinster - 4 December 1875, D/Y/A/38
- Mary Minchinton of 1 St Mark's Road, St Helier, widow of Alfred Miller - 7 April 1896, D/Y/A/55
Burial records
Family album
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Mary Langlois, nee Minchinton -
Mildred May Minchinton. Is she the May in the picture in the box at the top of the page? -
Maude Minchinton, Mildred May's mother, who died, at the age of 20, when her illegitimate daughter was four months old -
Susannah Minchinton, nee Russell -
John Minchinton, born in St Helier in 1823, the son of William and Ann, nee Brown. He was a barber and he married Ann Gallie. They had ten children -
Arthur Silvanus Minchinton (1878-1976) -
Ethel Elizabeth Yates, nee Minchinton (1883-) and son George Arthur
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Family gravestones
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Minchington - St John’s Church cemetery -
Minchington - St Ouen parish cemetery -
Great War casualty Clarence Minchington's grave at Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France
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