Early Dollin Family Trees
in Somerset

Early Documentation in the 1200s

A Dollin family history document given to us by a Dollin family in Chard listed the following early Dollin records:

-- 1243: William Dolling on the Assize Rolls of Somerset

-- 1275: Peter Dollyng on the Subsidy Rolls of Worchestershire

-- 1216-1272: Thomas Dollyng, John Dolling and Richard Dollyng on the Exchequer Rolls in Somerset of the reign of Kind Edward I

Dunster Parish Records in the 1600s

The parish records of St George Church in Dunster, Somerset, include baptisms, marriages and burials of Dollins dating back to before 1668. The earlier records on these registers are nearly impossible to read. However, Kerry McConnell kindly transcribed many of these records for us. The earliest Dunster, Somerset, baptism records that Kerry was able to read were:

Dunster Parish Records in the 1700s

The following chart gives a reconstructed ancestry tree based on records in the 1700s of the Dollin family in the Dunster area of Somerset, England.

It begins with Robert Dollin, the father of Henry Dollin baptised in 1699 and works down through four generations of Dollins in Dunster, England, to our direct ancestors, John Dollin and Mary Ann Gould, married in 1820.

It is based on baptism, marriage and burial records in the St George Church, Dunster. The parish records of this church on microfilm were kindly examined in detail for the Dollin family by Kerry McConnell. A valuable online transcript of most of these records has also been prepared by Phil Mustoe on the Genuki website.

Click on the blue underlined links in the diagram below to read more about the individuals and families in the Dollin family tree!

In this chart: b = baptism date; m = marriage date; d = death date

The key individuals represented in this chart are:

-- Henry Dollin b 1699; Robert Dollin b 1700; John Dollin b 1701(married Joan Frances); Thomas Dollin b 1702; Ann Dollin b 1708; Richard Dollin b 1710; Jane Dollin b 1715;

-- Betty Dollin b 1726; Mary Dollin b 1728; John Dollin b 1729; Mary Dollin b 1733 (married John Nickless) Robert Dollin b 1737; Robert Dollin b 1739; Anne Dollin b 1741; Joan Dollin b 1743 (married Robert Sculley); Jane Dollin b 1745 (married Thomas Waye);

-- William Dollin b 1734; Thomas Dollin b 1736; Elnor Dollin b 1736; Thomas Dollin b 1739;

-- John Dollin b 1754; Richard Dollin b 1757; Robert Dollin b 1758 (married Elizabeth/Betty Long); Thomas Dollin b 1761, Mary Dollin b 1763;

-- Hannah Dollin b 1788; Mary Dollin b 1790; Betty Dollin b 1793 and John Dollin b 1797 (married Mary Ann Gould).

UK Census Records in the 1800s

The following family groups that are part of our own direct Dollin ancestry line can be found in the UK census records of Somerset:

-- John Dollin (born in 1797) and his wife, Mary Ann Gould, and children in Dunster, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871.

-- Robert Dollin (baptised in 1828) and his wife, Ann Burgess, and children in Bristol, 1871, 1881, 1891.

-- John Dollin (baptised in1826) and his wife Harriet Gill and/or children in Taunton, 1871, 1881, 1891.

-- Robert Henry Dollin (born in 1854) and his wife, Mary Ann Caddick and children in Bedminster, 1881, 1891.

Two Other Dollin Families in Taunton, Somerset

There were two other Dollin families in Taunton that did not seem to be closely related to our ancestry line. The following trees are based on information from the UK census records and records in the parish registers of St James Church, Taunton.

Joseph Dollin
b c1823

Born in Taunton, Somerset. Son of John Dollin.

Shoemaker. Married Mary Ann ?Scarr on 29 March 1843 at St James Church, Taunton. Joseph's father was deceased at the time of Joseph's marriage.

Joseph 'Dolling' was living as an unmarried man in Taunton in 1841. In 1851, Joseph and Ann 'Dolling' lived in Liverpool, Lancashire. In 1861, Joseph and Ann Dollin were still living in Liverpool, Lancashire.

Children of Joseph Dollin and Mary Ann ?Scarr

Joseph Dollin - b 1843, Taunton; d 1843
Emily Dollin - b 1845, Taunton

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James Dollin
b c 1815

Born in Taunton, Somerset.

Silk twister. Married Maria Stephens (b 1815 in Taunton) on 4 April 1836 at St James Church, Taunton.

James and Maria 'Dolton' were living in Taunton with four children, Harriet, Robert, Emily and John in 1851. In 1861 James and Maria 'Dollen' were still living in Taunton with children, Robert, Emily and John. In 1871, Joseph was a married man living as a pauper in Taunton. Joseph's wife, Maria, was a boarding house keeper in St Pancras, London, living with her now married daughter, Emily Howard.

Children of James Dollin and Maria Stephens

Harriet Dollin - b 1837
Robert Dollin - b 1839; married Emma Cornish in 1868
Emily Dollin - b 1844, Taunton; married a Mr Howard
John Dollin - b 1852; married Elizabeth Hannah Rickon in 1877

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Robert Dollin
b1839

Born in Taunton, Somerset. Son of James Dollin and Maria Stephens.

Cabinet maker. Married Emma Cornish in 1868.

Robert and Emma Dollin were living in Paddington, London, with two children, Rose and Frederick, in 1871. In 1891, Robert and Emma 'Dollen' were living in Battersea, London with children, Frederick, Evelyn, Robert and John. In 1901, Robert Dollin was still living in Battersea with Frederick, Evelyn, Robert and John

Children of Robert Dollin and Emma Cornish

Rose Dollin - b 1870, Taunton
Frederick A Dollin - b 1871, Paddington, London
Evelyn Dollin - b 1873, Camden, London
Robert H Dollin - b 1880, Holloway, London
John H Dollin - b 1882, Battesea, London

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John Dollin
b 1852

Probably born in Taunton, Somerset although the 1881 census record seems to say Tiverton, Somerset. Son of James Dollin and Maria Stephens.

Organ builder and music instructor. Married Elizabeth Hannah Rickon, Professor of Music, in 1877 in Pancras, London.

John and Elizabeth Dollin were living in 58 Mansfield Rd, St Pancras, with children, Ethel and Henry, and Elizabeth's mother, Rachel Rickon in 1881. In 1891 John and Elizabeth Dollin were still living in the same house with their two children.

Children of John Dollin and Elizabeth Hannah Rickon

Ethel Dollin - b 1879, London
Henry Rickon Dollin - b 1880, London