John's eldest daughter, Mary, was the first that we have any record on to be married. She married Samuel Cook from Hawkesbury. They were married in Horton by banns. After the reading of the banns for several weeks, the marriage ceremony took place on February 22, 1746 and was performed by Edward Draper, who became the Curate of Horton at the death of Reverend Wickam. Mary was a young lady of 21 years.

Mary and Samuel lived at Hawkesbury, where their four children were born. Soon after the birth of their fourth child, Samuel died. Mary was only 32 when she was left a widow. We have not been able to identify her burial date or place, but in her father's will dated 1776, he listed her as lately deceased.

William, the eldest twin, married a woman named Elizabeth. However, we have not been able to find the marriage entry for them in the church records. Apparently, there were no children born to them. William made a will on March 22, 1794, in which he left all his property to his wife Betty—otherwise known as Elizabeth. He listed his household cottage that belonged to his father, John Richins, which he had leased to William Rodway and Jacob Pride. He also held the property under the Lord and Lady of the Manor in Horton.

William was buried at Horton on January 16, 1801 at the age of 75. Elizabeth proved his will on June 23, 1801.

Their second daughter, Elizabeth, married Thomas Davis, but again, we have not found their marriage record. They named their fist son Thomas, but he died in infancy. Their next child was also a son, so they gave him the name Thomas also. Two months after his christening, his father, Thomas Sr., either became seriously ill or there was an accident for he died the day he made his will—July 15, 1749.

The will listed him as a “horse-driver,” so this could have been an accident. In the will he named his father-in-law, John Hitchins, his wife Elizabeth, and son, Thomas. He left the messages, tenant garden, orchard and dwelling house in Hawkesbury, called Oakhole, to his wife. The rent from the property was to keep her the rest of her life. She proved the will on July 19, 1749, just five days after his death.

Thirteen months after Thomas' death, Elizabeth married Daniel Horwood Parks of Kingswood. The marriage took place on August 20, 1750. They lived at Kingswood and were the parents of seven children. Apparently, Thomas Davis, Jr. did not go to Kingswood with his mother, but stayed with his grandparents. Elizabeth Davis Parks died at Kingswood and was buried there on March 10, 1798 at the age of 68.

When John Richins made his will he did not list Thomas Davis with the Parks children, nor leave him the usual five pounds he gave his other grandchildren. Rather, he made him an executor, along with his son, Thomas Richins. After they had paid the terms of his will and paid the funeral expenses, they were to divide the remaining money, securities, personal property and household articles between themselves. So it appears he was looked upon more as a son than a grandson.

Richard, the youngest of John and Ann's sons married Sarah Cooper at Horton by banns on September 25, 1758. The Reverend Edward Draper performed the ceremony. They lived at Horton and were the parents of seven children. Richard lived to be 84 years old. He was buried at Horton on November 25, 1815.

Ann was considered an old maid at age 26 when she married William Canning. He was a yeoman from Bath Eaton. They were married by license, which indicates he was prosperous. Reverend Edward Draper married them in the Parish church at Horton on January 21, 1760. The license listed his age as 36 and Ann's as 26. One would expect William, a yeoman, to have returned to his estate in Bath Eaton. However, two months after their marriage he was buried in the Parish churchyard in Horton on April 5, 1760. There was no indication as to the cause of his death.

There were only two marriages performed in the year 1760 at Horton and they were both Ann's marriages. Joseph Cooper, a widower, began to court Ann. He and Ann were married by banns at Horton on December 18, 1760. They were the parents of four children. Their youngest, a son, was only two years old when Ann died. She was buried at Hawkesbury September 6, 1771.

Sarah, the youngest child of John an Ann, was married to William Rodway from Hawkesbury May 24, 1759. They were married by banns at the Horton church by Reverend Edward Draper. They lived at Hawkesbury, where their five children were born. Two of their children died in early childhood. There were too many deaths of “Sarah Rodway” to correctly identify which date was our Sarah's burial date.

Ann, who was two years older than John, was the first to leave this life's existence. She died at Horton on October 1, 1774. The services were conducted by the Reverend Edward Draper and she was buried October 4, 1774 in the Horton churchyard. John had a memorial inscription made to honor her.

Two years later John decided to make a will to divide his estate among his children and grandchildren. His will was dated March 10, 1776. In the will he left all his children 20 pounds in money. Then realizing that William had already received his share of the property, he added a codicil to the will five days later to change William's share of the money from 20 pounds to 1 shilling. This was the legal amount required by law to be left to an heir to prevent a suit by a family member.

He left Richard 20 pounds in money and Richard's children, 5 pounds each: William, Thomas, Joseph, Ann, Elizabeth, John and Sarah.

He bequeathed 20 pounds in money to Betty (Elizabeth) Parks and her eight children, namely, Peter, Rebecca, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, William, Sarah and Thomas Parks: 5 pounds a piece.

To his grandchildren, John, Ann, Elizabeth and Thomas Cook, children of of his daughter Mary (lately deceased), he gave 5 pounds each.

To his grandchildren, Urania, Febe, Tabitha and Seth Cooper, he gave 15 pounds each. These were children of his daughter Ann, deceased. The extra 10 pounds were probably an inheritance from their mother, left in the hands of her father for her children.

He bequeathed 20 pounds of money to Sarah and to each of her children: John, William and Temperance Rodway, 5 pounds each.

To Thomas, our ancestor, he bequeathed 20 pounds besides sharing with Thomas Davis in the remainder of the inheritance. To his grandsons Thomas and Henry, he left 5 pounds each, to be given to them when they reached the age of 21.

lived over a year after making his will. He died, according to his monumental inscription, October 3, 1777 at the age of 80. However, the Parish Register gives his burial date as October 20, 1777, age 80. This is seventeen days after his death. One has to be an error, perhaps the monumental inscription. The Reverend Edward Draper conducted the burial service.

After John's death, the family began to disappear from Horton. William died without having any posterity. Some of Richard's family moved to Yate. Thomas disappeared from the records until we found his wife's burial at Painswick.

So closes the days of John Richins and his wife Ann King Richins.