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I have made a discovery that may give us the date and place of the emigrant Nicholas Wallingford's baptism, along with the name of his father. First a few background facts. We know that he is somehow related to the Gore family of Nether Wallop, due to the two Gore wills that mention Nicholas and his sister Margaret. It appears from the wills that their mother's maiden name was Gore, although there could be some other kind of relationship. No other siblings are mentioned, just Nicholas and Margaret. Secondly, almost all of the early records pertaining to Nicholas and his children call him Nicholas WallingTON, not WallingFORD.
Searching the Mormon's International Genealogical Index we find an interesting family group not far from Nether Wallop. A Nycholas Wallington was christened on 30 March 1630 in Fareham, Hampshire, son of Andrei [sic] Wallington. This Andrei also had a daughter Margaret christened in Fareham on 21 May 1633. Fareham is on the coast of Hampshire southeast of Southhampton, 20 to 30 miles from Nether Wallop. Checking the original parish registers I find these two entries for Wallingtons but no others in the 1620's or 1630's in Fareham amongst the baptisms, marriages, or burials. The first entry on 30 March 1630 reads, "Nycholas filius Andrei Wallington" and the second, on 21 May 1633 reads, "Margaret filia Andrei Wallington". Their father's name definitely appears to have an "i" at the end of his name, so doesn't appear to be Andrew. Today Andrei is considered a Russian name, but what it meant in the 1630s I have no idea.
Through the will of his uncle William Gore we know that Nicholas had a sister Margaret. No other siblings are mentioned by the Gore wills, and no other siblings are found in the Fareham records. These facts and the proximity of Fareham to the Nether Wallop area would suggest a strong possibility that these records pertain to the correct family. One might wonder why Nicholas wouldn't have named any of his children after his father, but looking at the list of his twelve children we also see that he didn't name any of them for his known sister Margaret, or for their maternal grandparents Henry and Bridget, so it is not surprising that he didn't name any of them after their paternal grandfather either. Fareham records for the period show no other Wallington entries, and the IGI shows no further records pertaining to this family, so it is unknown what happened after the two children were born until Nicholas came to this country in 1638. The IGI also has no other Wallington or Wallingford families in the correct time and place to be ours. None of this proves that Nicholas is the son of Andrei Wallington of Fareham, but the circumstanial evidence is certainly compelling enough to make it a strong possibility.
The IGI also shows another Wallington family in Herriard, Hampshire, headed by Thomas Wallington and Margerie Lipscombe with children Rose, Nicholas, Elizabeth and Agnes. All this comes apparently from the will of Thomas dated 24 Jan 1600, but I haven't checked any of the original records. They could be another relation, although this can't be our Nicholas because he was only a boy in 1638 when he sailed to America and the Herriard Nicholas was alive in 1600.
More research needs to be done in the original records in the towns of Hampshire Co., England near Nether Wallop, Fareham and Herriard to see if further records of these families can be located. Unfortunately that will probably require hiring a professional in England, so if any other Wallingford researchers are rich enough to afford that, please come forward!
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