72 THE FAMILY OF GALPIN OF I am indebted to the Revd. Canon Francis W. Galpin for the following extracts from Parish Register of Portisham, taken in 1888: The Revd. ]ohn Galpin, Vicar of Portesham in Dorset, 1628-168 1. _ ]ohn Galping Vic (Signature in Register, 1 62 8-1644)-. Last entry in the vicar’s handwriting made in October 1 644. Abbotsbury and the district were taken by the Parlia- mentary forces in November 1644. Royalists ejected. A ]ohan Galping, Vicar (signature in Register from 1661 to 1663, when the old one is adopted again). Probably the Vicar escaped to the Continent, hence the alteration of signature on his return in 1661. The entries are few during his absences, and during the Commonwealth (1649 to 1660) there are hardly any, no burial entries at all. The Vicar signed up some of them with his altered sig- nature. In a short time the older form of writing his name was re-assumed and continued in use, though growing much feebler, until the end of 1 680. He died in April 168 1. 4 The baptisms of the following children are noted: James, i 1631; Thomas, 1633; Henry, 1635 (died in infancy); Nathaniel, 1636; Henry, 1639 (died in infancy); john, 1642. His wife’s name was Edith, and there is an entry of a » marriage of a Henry Galpin at Portesham Church, perhaps a brother of the Vicar. ~ The Vicar’s tomb is in the Churchyard. Nate.-—Two sons were christened ]ohn and two Henry. The first son was born before they came to Portesham. His wife Edith died and was buried at Bridport in 1 646. ]ohn Galpin, born A.D. 1602. Matriculated 1 5 Oct. 1619, aged 17. B.A. 26 ]une 1623. Vicar of Portisham 1628. Married before 1627. ‘ Rector of Durweston 1645 to 1664. ` Died 21 April 1681,aged 79. Edith, his wife, buried 23 March 1646 at Bridport.