I know next to nothing about him. He was likely a labourer and married Elizabeth Rickett at Chrishall in 1675. Chrishall is a parish that whilst in Essex, lies adjacent to Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire also. The parish registers for Chrishall do not survive for before 1661, but no Ginn was shown there in any of the Hearth Tax returns and William's mother's family had connections with Chrishall, so I am sure of the connection. My suspicion is that Elizabeth was a widow as neither she nor William were that young, both in their mid thirties.
There are four children recorded to them, and although it is tempting to think that others not noted filled the gap in the baptisms, the fact is that each of the known four are accounted for and no others are shown, so the record may well be complete.
William Ginn (given as "old William Ginn") died in 1703, he was 65. Elizabeth "widow" Ginn died in 1727, likely about 85 on my calculation.
The children were as follows
Mary - married John Farris at Chrishall in 1698
Ann - died "daughter of William" in 1694, she was 15
William - died "William jnr" in 1702 aged 18
David - fascinates me. The guy is given as "Parie" in the IGI, but the original entry gives the baptism as Davie. He survived and my strong suspicion is that David Ginn here married Mary Marshall at Cherry Hinton in Cambridgeshire in 1708 when he was 21, and had a substantial family. Research awaits
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