William 'Eternity' Tipping facts for kids
William Tipping (1599–1649) was an English writer who lived a long time ago, in the 1600s. He wrote books about religion and was sometimes called "Eternity Tipping" because of one of his famous books.
William Tipping's Life
William Tipping was born in 1599. He was the fourth son of Sir George Tipping from Wheatfield, Oxfordshire. His mother was Dorothy Borlase. William also had an important nephew named Sir Thomas Tipping.
William went to Queen's College, Oxford University. He also started studying to become a lawyer at a place called Lincoln's Inn, but he decided not to become one. Instead, he went back to his family's home in Draycot, Oxfordshire, to focus on studying and writing.
Around 1627, William married Ursula Brett. They had two sons and two daughters together.
William Tipping passed away in Waterstock, Oxfordshire, on February 2, 1649. He was buried in the church there.
William Tipping's Writings
In 1633, William Tipping published a book called A Discourse of Eternitie. This book was so well-known that people started calling him "Eternity Tipping."
He sometimes faced challenges because of his religious beliefs and practices, which were similar to those of the puritan movement.
Later, he wrote more books, including:
- A Return of Thankfulness (published in 1640)
- Father's Counsell (published in 1643), which followed Calvinism ideas
- The Preachers Plea (published in 1646)
- The Remarkable Life and Death of the Lady Apollina Hall (published in 1647)
Were There US Descendants?
Some people mistakenly thought that two of William Tipping's children, William Junior and Dorothy, moved to Maryland in the United States in 1664.
However, William Tipping Junior actually lived his whole life in London. He got married and had six children in Westminster. One of his children was Rev Dr Ichabod Tipping, who became a vicar in Camberwell. William Tipping Junior died in Smithfield, London in February 1709. So, his family stayed in England.
