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Lucy Pollard was born in Sunderland on the 14th August 1830.1
From 1839 to 1845 she attended the Friends' school at Ackworth, Yorks., otherwise continuing resident in Sunderland.2
In April 1848 she started as an apprentice teacher at Croydon School, in the days of John Sharp, where
she met [I3] William Pollard, who was one of the junior masters. From 1850 or 1851 we have a fleeting glimpse of her in a contemporary diary letter: ‘Fifth day meeting at Wandsworth. A fly with P. Bedford appeared at the gate in the morning and bore away Hannah Sharp, A. Gardner and Lucy Binns.’ On the 12th January 1854 - after William had become a master at Ackworth - they married, at the Nile Street meeting house in Sunderland. At that date she was living in Frederick Street, Bishopwearmouth. In old age, she recorded, of the birth of their first child Mary Sophia in 1854, "Isn't it lovely
to lie and gaze upon one's very own firstborn?" The couple had ten
children: Mary Sophia (1854), Lucy (1856), Ellen (1857), Bedford (1858), Albert (1860), William Henry (1862), Eliza (1866), Constance (1867), Arthur Binns (1870), and [I2] Francis Edward (1872); the first six were born in Ackworth, the others in Reigate.3
In 1861 her home was on the road leading to Carr Bridge, Low Ackworth, Ackworth. In June 1864 she advertised in The British Friend, looking for ‘a competent young woman as a nursemaid, who will board with the family.’ In 1871 she was living in Holmesdale Road, Reigate, with five children and one servant. In June that year her daughter Constance died at Reigate, aged 3½.4
Her eldest son, Bedford, recorded an unusual incident of his mother's early married life: "Whether it was before my time or during my infancy, a strange experience of my mother's is worth recording. She was out walking with my father and suddenly exclaimed, "O, I'm sure something has happened." They hurried home and found one of my sisters bleeding badly from a cut. Many years later, when the same daughter, then married, was 'expecting', my mother, one night, suffered the experiences of childbirth simultaneously with the arrival of a grandchild."5
In October 1878 ‘Mrs. Wm. Pollard, Holmefield, Sale, Manchester’, was among the list of people willing to receive contributions for the Ashworth Memorial Chapel for the Destitute, which would carry on Adult & Juvenile Sunday Schools, Mothers’ Meetings, Band of Hope, and other work. In 1881 she was living at 9 Holmefield, Sale, Cheshire. By 1882, however, she had moved to Eccles, where in 1887 she was living in Oak Cottage. In 1891 she was resident at Drayton Lodge, Clarendon Road, Eccles, with one son still at home, and a single general domestic servant.6
About 1900, she recorded her excitement at the latest news of the Boer War, commenting "I feel a decided Pro Boer!" She had attended the previous Yearly Meeting.7
By July of 1900 she had moved to Bentinck Villa, High Ackworth, Ackworth. She had a maid, at Ackworth; the 1901 census records her there, living on means, with one general servant. She was still giving a great deal of domestic attention to her unmarried son Frank, who was by now in his late twenties.8
In September 1903 she was delighted at the news of Frank's engagement. The Christmas and New Year of 1903/4 she spent in Scarborough. By May of 1904 she was becoming rather melancholy at the prospect of no longer having anyone to look after, apparently rather enjoying darning Frank's socks, which Mary would be doing after his marriage. Lucy was present at their wedding in Newcastle in August that year.9
In the middle of 1905 she was suffering from eye trouble, which was a considerable affliction, as she read a lot.10
In June 1906 she attended Ackworth General Meeting, wheeled there in her bath chair. The first week in September that year found her staying at Colwyn Bay, where on the 3rd it is recorded that she sat in the pier pavilion for two hours, listening to the band.10A
In February 1907 she gave her baby grandson Robert S.W. Pollard £5 for his Post Office savings account. She made her will on the 21st January 1908.11
On Saturday the 4th April 1908, she died quietly in her sleep, from cardiac failure after many years of chronic nephritis. She died at her home, Bentinck Villa, High Ackworth, Hemsworth E., Hemsworth, Yorks. In death she looked beautiful and peaceful, and indeed Mary Pollard felt if anything she looked more so three days later, before the funeral. She was buried at 2.30pm on Tuesday the 7th April, in the Friends' burial ground at Ackworth - next to her son Albert. "Fred. Andrews spoke beautifully about how good it was for her to have died so peacefully in the midst of a life still active, with a keen, alert mind - how that very day she was to have read at a B.W.T.A. meeting, etc." Mary recorded how she had learned "dearly to love & much to admire" her mother-in-law, who was greatly missed.12
She left £774.5s.8d.13
Lucy Binns was the youngest child of [K2] George and [L1] Margaret Binns.14
1 entry in digests of Society of Friends; PRO RG 6/440, /1149; Reminiscences of Frederick Binns (photocopy possessed by Margaret Viney) suggests she may have been born in a house at the corner of Durham Street and Coronation Street, Bishopwearmouth.
2 Ackworth School Centenary Committee (1879) List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779-1879, Ackworth; census returns
3 entry in digests of Society of Friends; Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends' House Library, typescript); William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book in my possession; Letters of Mary Pollard; Ms notes on family of William & Lucy Pollard, by a son (probably Wilfrid) of Sophie & Joseph Sparkes; photocopy in my possession; genealogical notes by Sidney Beck; Essex Record Office D/Q 49/I2/a1; The Friend 1862-12-01 p. 309; diary letter from H.B. Smith, quoted by Bedford Pollard in The Friend 90:176–7 1932-02-26; Bedford Pollard (1937) Quaker Reminiscences. Ups and downs from Infancy to Longevity, London: Headley Brothers
4 census returns (1871: RG 10/830 f. 83 p. 19); ad in The British Friend, p. 154; The Friend NS XI.July.184
5 Pollard (1937): 5
6 census returns (1891: RG 12/3153); David Blamires (October 1984) 'William Pollard 1828-1893', Friends' Quarterly; The British Friend XXXVI.Oct:270 & ads p. 3; The Friend XXVII June:176
7 Letters from Lucy Pollard to Mary Spence Watson (Pollard)
8 Letters from Lucy Pollard to Mary Spence Watson (Pollard); Kelly's Directory; PRO RG 13/4306
9 Letters from Frank Pollard; book of newspaper cuttings compiled by Robert Spence Watson, now in Newcastle Central Library
10 Letters of Mary Pollard
10A Diaries of Mary S.W. Pollard (Ms)
11 will; Diaries of Mary S.W. Pollard
12 death certificate; index to wills and administrations, Principal Registry of the Family Division; diaries of Mary S.W. Pollard; B.W.T.A. stands for British Women's Temperance Association, The Friend XLVIII:240, 1908-04-10, The British Friend XVII Apr:112.
13 index to wills and administrations
14 Ackworth School Book 1905; Dictionary of Quaker Biography
George Binns was born on the 8th March 1781 in Crawshawbooth, Whalley, in the Forest of Rossendale, Lancashire His upbringing was strict. From 1792 to 1794 he was at Ackworth school, though still normally resident in Crawshawbooth. In September 1800, having recently removed to within the compass of Newcastle Monthly Meeting, Marsden Monthly Meeting, held at Crawshawbooth, sent a certificate testifying that he was of sober conduct and had left them clear of debts and marriage engagements, and recommending hm to their Christian care and oversight. The certificate was accepted at the Newcastle Monthly Meeting in November, and Joseph Procter was appointed to visit him.1
He married
[L1] Margaret Watson on the 30th January 1805, at Staindrop, his residence at that date being Sunderland in Durham.
Their
children were: Eliza (1805), Ann (1808), Henry (1810), Thomas Watson (1811), Rachel (1814), George (1815), John (1817), William (1819), Watson (1820), Margaret (1822), Frederick (1825), Sarah (1826), Edward (1827), Sophia (1828), [K1] Lucy (1830); all were born at Sunderland.2
He was one of two representatives from Sunderland and Newcastle Monthly Meeting in January and November 1806, in June and October 1809, in February, August and December 1810, in April 1811, in March, June and August 1814, and in September 1817. In July 1815, with Robert Foster and four others, he was appointed to a Monthly Meeting committee to attend to the (Friends’) Schools.2A
From 1807 onwards he is recorded as a draper. As a draper of Sunderland he witnessed the marriage of his sister-in-law Rachel Watson to William Rowntree, in 1809. The family lived at Staindrop till around 1818, then moved to Sunderland.3
In 1811 he purchased the woollen drapery and linen shop of Thomas Ellerbury, at 176 High Street, Bishopwearmouth, which employed a journeyman and three apprentices. There he earned a reputation for quality merchandise and integrity in every transaction. In November 1814 he engaged his nephew David Binns as an apprentice; the latter's diaries and memoirs give a few glimpses of his employer. At some period prior to November 1817 he acted as clerk and cashier to Sunderland preparative meeting. Around the end of November 1817 he spent a fortnight in Manchester, on business. At least in the period 1818-23 he was a diligent attender at local monthly meetings, as well as Darlington Quarterly meeting. He was one of two Sunderland representatives to Monthly Meeting in June and November 1818, in January 1820, in November 1821, in February and December 1822, in February and June 1823.4
He was a strict Quaker, and is believed to have been fond of corporal punishment. His son Frederick remembered being shut up in a very large drawer at the back of the shop, used for keeping carpets in, by way of punishment (for an unknown offence); by Frederick, at least, he was not much loved. His nephew David also speaks of him as a hard taskmaster, and a less than generous employer (in the hard times of 1817 he gave his staff only bread and milk; he sometimes kept them at work till midnight, during the summer, and only permitted David to visit his parents every two years). He "had a good sized garden, which he took great delight in, and produced many vegatables for the family." in March and April 1818 he spent six weeks in Manchester, and in May and June a similar period in London. In this year he put David in charge of three junior staff. In 1819 he was a subscriber to George Garbutt’s History of Sunderland. The 1820 pollbook records him as of Easington ward, Sunderland. That summer he and Margaret spent three weeks on a visit to Lancashire. In November 1822 he appointed David manager of his Staindrop branch, but there was bad feeling at David's departure, the latter thinking his uncle had "behaved very shabbily" in failing to pay him for all the expenses he had incurred in travelling on his employer's behalf; as journeyman he had received £35 in his first year, and £40 in his second.5
In November 1823:
Uncle George Binns had a narrow escape along with M. Brady and two of his daughters last month, in coming down Keverstone Bank, the shaft broke and they were all tumbled out and the gig mashed in a most strange manner. Uncle was the only one any worse, he having his shoulder bruised, which continued for a length of time before it recovered, so that he could use it properly.5A
He was one of two Sunderland representatives to Newcastle Monthly Meeting in August 1817, in July 1828, in February and July 1830, in January and September 1831, and in March 1832. In 1827 and 1834 he is described as a linen and woollen draper, of 176 High Street, Sunderland; the house was nearly opposite the Golden Lion. George Binns's drapery shop subsequently developed into Binns & Co. department stores, now part of the House of Fraser.5B
He made his will in March 1834, and died on the 19th February 1836, apparently of tuberculosis of the lung; an autopsy was performed on his body, the report of which survives. He was buried on the 23rd at Nile Street, Bishopwearmouth.6
His will was proved at Durham on the 15th November 1836; his estate was sworn under £5000.7
George Binns was the seventh child, and fourth son, of [K3] David and [K19] Ann Binns.8
1 PRO RG 6/810, Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends' House Library, typescript); Ackworth School Centenary Committee (1879) List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779-1879, Ackworth; letter & enclosures from Alison Turton, House of Fraser archivist, to author, 9 Jan 1985; David Binns, Ms autobiography (photocopy of transcript in my possession); 1837 Annual Monitor; Testimonies & Certificates 1788–1811 p. 81, TWAS MF 188; minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting, TWAS MF 168
2 Dictionary of Quaker Biography; RG 6/527, /628, /775, 1149; daughter's marriage certificate; Watson Binns obit. in Ackworth School Book 1905
2A Minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting, TWAS MF 167 & /168
3 DQB; RG 6/527, /628, /775, 1149; daughter's marriage certificate
4 letter & enclosures from Alison Turton; William Parsons & William White: Durham Directory, 1827; David Binns, Ms autobiography; David Binns, Ms diary (photocopy of transcript in my possession); TS Journal of William Robson 1817-18 p. 116 (Friends' House Library); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting, TWAS MF 169
5 Reminiscences of Frederick Binns; photocopy possessed by Margaret Viney; David Binns, Ms autobiography; David Binns, Ms diary; pollbook, cited in David Binns gedcom; www.royalarch97.org, accessed 2008-10-02
5A David Binns, Ms diary
5B letter & enclosures from Alison Turton; Parsons & White (1827), op. cit.; Pigot’s Directory for Sunderland, cited in David Binns gedcom; minutes of Newcastle Monthly Meeting, TWAS MF 169; Reminiscences of Frederick Binns
6 PRO IR 26/1440 & IR 27/1440; DQB; letter & enclosures from Alison Turton; genealogical notes by Sidney Beck; PRO RG 6/228); 1837 Annual Monitor
7 IR 26/1440 & IR 27/1440
8 DQB
David Binns was born at Cononley Woodside, in Kildwick, Yorks., on the 23rd January 1740/1.1
He moved to Crawshawbooth, in Rossendale, Lancashire, in 1765, and married [K19] Ann Robinson there, on the 26th May 1769. At that date he was a clogger. The couple's twelve children, all born at Crawshawbooth, were: Joseph (1769), John (1771), Margaret (1773), Isabel (1775), Richard (1777), Margaret (1779), [K2] George (1781), Daniel (1783), Elizabeth (1786), Isabel (1788), Ellen (1790), and Sarah (1793).2
His signature appears on some of his meeting’s grave notes (instructions to gravediggers to dig graves) in 1786, 1787, and 1792.2A
He lived in Crawshawbooth at least until 1805, and remained a clogmaker (although on one occasion, in 1806, he was described as a leather cutter) to his death, on the 17th February 1809. He was buried at Crawshawbooth on the 19th.3
David Binns was the second child and second son of [K4] Joseph and [K12] Isabel Binns .4
1 PRO RG 6/1091, /1279, /1616A
2 RG 6/806, /810, /1616A; Dictionary of Quaker Biography
2A RG 6/807, /969, /1168B
3 RG 6/203, /1616A; DQB; RG 6/710
4 RG 6/1005
Joseph Binns was born on the 19th May 1711 at Farnhill, Craggtop, near Kildwick, Yorks.1
A slater, of Coninley Woodside, Kildwick, he married [K12] Isabel Burton on the 1st March 1737/8, at Leeyeat, Dent, Yorks. At this date, and in 1740/1, he lived at Cononley Woodside. Their children were: John (1739), [K3] David (1740/1), Daniel (1744), and Margret (1747); all born at Cononley Woodside.2
He was always religiously inclined, although his life was attended by many trials and temptations. He received a gift in the ministry in about the year 1760 and visited Scotland and several counties in England. He bore a public testimony for 16 years, and between 1757 and 1770, with his wife, visited Westmorland, Lancashire, several parts of Yorkshire, and also Ireland. He was a very plain man, who had much sympathy with the afflicted and was notable for his charity to the poor.3
In 1769 he was left his father-in-law’s “best Close” (coat &c.), under the terms of his will; at this date he was still resident at Cononley Woodside.3A
His death, on the 27th August 1776, was very sudden: he fell down in the shearing field when making a band, and died in a few minutes. He was buried at Skipton on the 30th. In 1801 he was said to have been a farmer, at Cononley-woodside, Kildwick.4
Joseph Binns was the sixth child, and fifth son, of [K5] John and [K10] Abigail Binns .5
1 PRO RG 6/1091, /1279
2 RG 6/1235, /1279, /1616A; Dictionary of Quaker Biography; information from Alf Rogers; Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
3 Dictionary of Quaker Biography; information from Alf Rogers
3A email from Margaret Page, citing the will, taken from the Lonsdale Deanery Probate Files, A-G surnames, 1761-1170, FHL film \99045; RG 6/1616A.
4 Letters to author from Nancy Mosier, incl. transcribed Binns narrative; RG 6/785; DQB; information from Alf Rogers
5 DQB
John Binns was born on the 29th September 1663, at Cloughheigh, Keighley, Yorks.1
He first began to attend meetings of the Society of Friends in 1683.2
On the 10th June 1703 he married [K10] Abigail King , at Long Croft, Cowlinghead. They started married life in a poor way, living at Cragtop near Kildwick. About 1712 they moved to Carlton Biggin, Yorks. Their children were: John (1703/4), Benjamin (1705), William (1707), Jonas (1708), Martha (1710), [K4] Joseph (1711), Henry (1712), Abraham (1714), Abraham (1716/7), Jonathan (1718), Mary (1720), David (1721), Mary (1724); all births were registered by Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting.3
In 1716 his home at Carlton Biggin was recorded as a place of religion for the service of the people called Quakers.4
He was a minister of the Society of Friends, described as a plain man who worked industriously to support his family, whom he treated with a measure of discipline. He lived an exemplary life and was respected by his neighbours. "It was neither Hay time nor Harvest that could keep him from week day meeting, tho he had but little in the world and a great charge of Children."5
Still of Carlton Biggin, John Binns died on the 25th June 1731. He was buried at Skipton.6
1 Binns pedigrees, Sunderland public library; Extracts from a Manuscript Book, written by Jonathan Binns, (1785-1871), of Lancaster; Binns notebook, photocopy possessed by author; Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends' House Library, typescript); International Genealogical Index, 1988 edn; Jonathan Binns's book gives birth month as July; Jonathan Binns's book gives date of birth as 20 Dec, and the surname as 'Bynns'. With the exception of the last, these are surely confusions over the calendar change.
2 Dictionary of Quaker Biography
3 letters to me from Maggie Hartley; DQB; information from Alf Rogers; David Binns gedcom
4 W. Pearson Thistlethwaite: Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting, (1665-1966). 1979; DQB
5 DQB; Thistlethwaite (1979), op. cit.; the latter gives name as 'Bins'.
6 RG 6/1279
Abigail King was born on the 29th May 1682 at Mirehouse near Marton, Yorks.1
She married [K5] John Binns on the 10th June 1703, at Long Croft, Cowlinghead. They lived first at Cragtop near Kildwick, then about 1712 moved to Carlton Biggin. Their children were: John (1703/4), Benjamin (1705), William (1707), Jonas (1708), Martha (1710), [K4] Joseph (1711), Henry (1712), Abraham (1714), Abraham (1716/7), Jonathan (1718), Mary (1720), David (1721), Mary (1724); all births were registered by Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting.2
In May 1745 'Abigale Binns' wrote to one Henry Simpson (possibly her landlord's farm steward), requesting that he petition her landlord, the Earl of Burlington, for a yearly stipend for her.
I being an Old Widow and have had thirteen Childer; and above 70 Years of Age; and hath been tenant to his Lordship above 30 Years at Carleton Biggen have Endeavoured to pay his Lordships Rent Honestly, In hopes my Sons will do the Same; And having had the Misfortune to Loose Some moneys that my Husband left me, by people breaking and Running away; Which has Reduced me so that I have nothing left, but what my Childer pleased to give me; which is very hard when Old age and poverty meets together: Sr If one might be so bold without offence to crave on his Lordship to bestow some Small matter yearly on a poor Widow for my time here cannot be longe; Would be very acceptable and would Ever pray for his Lordship and all that Honoble Famely: If your Worship thinks propper to move it to his Lordship, shall ever be highly obliged to you for that great favour.
Simpson obliged, adding that Abigale lived "In good Repute", had "Endeavoured to bringe up her sd Children with School Learning and Traids", but was now "very Infirm". Both letter and petition survive, though there is no record of the outcome.2A
She was a tender, well inclined woman, a dutiful wife and an affectionate mother, very cheerful and free with her friends. She had great sympathy with all kinds of affliction. She was very industrious and was noted for her housekeeping. She made the poor as welcome to her table as the rich and even helped beggars on their way.3
She died on 31 March 1753, and was buried in Skipton Friends' burying-ground on 3 April.4
Abigail King was the daughter of [K11] William and [K11C] ____ King.5
1-2 Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends' House Library, typescript); information from Alf Rogers; David Binns gedcom
2A letter & petition from Abigail Binns, in Chatsworth House archives; my own speculation on who Simpson was
3 Dictionary of Quaker Biography; letters to author from Nancy Mosier, incl. transcribed Binns narrative
4 PRO RG 6/1091, /1279
5 DQB; information from Virginia Smith, forwarded by Margaret Page 2006-07-01
William King was alive in 1682. He married [K11C] ____ Parker. He was the son of [K11A] William and [K11B] ____ King.1
1 Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends' House Library, typescript);
information from Virginia Smith, forwarded by Margaret Page 2006-07-01
William King of Mire House, near Marton, married [K11B] ____ King. Their known children were [K11] William and Thomas.1
1 information from Virginia Smith, forwarded by Margaret
Page 2006-07-01
____ ____ married [K11A] William King. Their known children were [K11] William and Thomas.1
1 information from Virginia Smith, forwarded by Margaret
Page 2006-07-01
____ Parker married [K11] William King. She was the daughter of [K11D] Benjamin Parker.1
1 information from Virginia Smith, forwarded by Margaret
Page 2006-07-01
Benjamin Parker resided at Thornton.1
1 information from Virginia Smith, forwarded by Margaret
Page 2006-07-01
Isabel Burton was born on the 18th September 1710 at Scalegillfoot in Dent, Yorks.1
She married [K4] Joseph Binns on the 1st March 1737/8, at Leeyeat, Dent. At that time she lived at Warescale in Dent. Their children were: John (1739), [K3] David (1740/1), Daniel (1744), and Margret (1747); all born at Cononley Woodside.2
In 1740/1 she lived at Cononley Woodside, as she still did in 1769, though by March 1770 she was apparently of Askwith.3
Between 1757 and 1770, with her husband, she visited Westmorland, Lancashire, several parts of Yorkshire, and also Ireland. In 1769 she received £23 under the terms of her father's will.3A
She was a plainly spoken, honest woman of tender spirit and was a minister of the Society for several years. She visited Friends in Ireland and in several counties of England.4
She died on the 25th April 1773, and was buried in Yorkshire, her name then being given as 'Isabella'.5
Isabel Burton was the eldest child of [K13] John and [K16] Ann Burton.6
1 Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends' House Library, typescript); Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD; International Genealogical Index, 1988 edn; PRO RG 6/1547
2 Dictionary of Quaker Biography, Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD; RG 6/1235, /1279
3 DQB; RG 6/1616AW. Pearson Thistlethwaite (1979) Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting, (1665-1966)
3A Information from Alf Rogers; email from Margaret Page, citing the will, taken from the Lonsdale Deanery Probate Files, A-G surnames, 1761-1170, FHL film \99045
4-5 DQB, Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
6 DQB; entry in digests of Society of Friends;
RG 6/1547
John Burton was born at Dent and baptised there on the 15th December1681.0
John Burton1 married [K16] Ann Thistlethwaite on the 1st November 1709, at Loaning in Dent; at that date he was described as of Scalegillfoot.2
After he had come "to witness a degree of Experience, and to see the Necessity of Regeneration" he became a minister, about 1709. In 1718 he was one of three people who supervised the addition of a new stable to Lee Yet meeting house. He travelled in the ministry in England and visited Ireland in 1712 and 1721, and in 1734 visited America. In the latter year he was described as ‘an unlearned man, but endued with a large and powerful gift in the ministry.’ After this he visited Durham, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland and Northumberland, and several times travelled into the South of England and to London; one such occasion, in 1752, was with his sister's son, John Alderson. When he was at home he was very diligent in attending meetings for worship and discipline, and gave good service at funerals and other public occasions. He was very serviceable in Monthly Meeting.3
He made his will (signing his name) on the 3rd December 1764. At this date his estate at Warescale consisted of one Messuage & 2 Closes, the one called Coatgarths, the other Little Intake, and two 'parrocks' adjoining his dwelling house; he also had an estate, formerly his cousin William Burton's, consisting of one Messuage house and Back 'parrock' thereto adjoining, two Closes called New Intacks and one called High Intack, and a little parcel of ground called Piece, and the privilege of Loning & the privileges of an undisturbed footpath at all times of the year and the liberty to drive sheep upon occasion at any time between the 5th of September and the middle of April through a Close called Little Intack.3A
"He was of a free, chearful Disposition, and Behaviour, yet properly guarded, being a plain Man, bearing a faithful Testimony against the Pride and Show of the present Age." ""Tho' he had but little humane Learning, yet he was often led forth not only in a living powerful Testimony but in matter exceeding copious and pertinent," says the Testimony prepared by his friends."4
He died on the 24th March 1769, and was buried on the 26th, in the Friends' burying ground, Dent. His will was proven at Lonsdale Deanery on the 20th June; the estate was valued at above £40, the inventory respited.5
John Burton was the fifth child and only son of [K14] William and [K15A] Isabel Burton.6
0 Carol Herbert's gedcom downloaded from www.herb4.freeserve.co.uk/me/herbertf; information from Brian Davey; Piety Promoted
1 Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends' House Library, typescript) shows him as born on the 2nd May 1682, to Miles & Mary Burton; but this is now established as a misidentification.
2 Dictionary of Quaker Biography; Bernard Thistlethwaite: The Thistlethwaite Family. Headley Bros, private, 1910; or Journal of the Friends' Historical Society 10:127 1913; PRO RG 6/1235, /1246, /1547; David Boulton: Early Friends in Dent. 1986, Dent: Dent Family History Circle
3 DQB; Thistlethwaite (1910), op. cit.; Janney, 1860, download from Earlham Library; Piety Promoted
3A email from Margaret Page, citing the will, taken from the Lonsdale Deanery Probate Files, A-G surnames, 1761-1170, FHL film \99045
4 DQB; Journal of the Friends' Historical Society 10:27 1913; Piety Promoted
5 RG 6/1246, /1547; email from Margaret Page, citing the will; Piety Promoted
6 Carol Herbert's gedcom; information from Brian Davey
William Burton married [K15A] Isabel Thistlethwaite on the 15th June 1672, at Dent; he lived at Warescale in Dent. They had six children: Elizabeth (c. 1672), Agnes (c. 1675), Alice (c. 1678), Isabell (c. 1679), [K13] John (1682), and Margaret (c. 1685).1
He made his will on the 22nd November 1686. Of Wareskaylefoot in Kirthwayte in Dent, he left his messuage, Lands and Tenem. there to his wife for her natural life, his son John to inherit the real estate at 21 if Isabel had died by then, and to split £30 between his sisters; the residue went to Isabel. He died in December 1686, his body being buried on the 29th at Dent. An inventory was made on the 1st January 1686/7, his estate being valued at £31/19/-, less £10 owed to Thomas Mason. On the 7th January probate was granted to Isabel Burton.2
William Burton was the son of [K15] ____ Burton.3
1 information from Brian Davey and Margaret Page; Brian Davey refers to him as of 'Leyeate' in 1681
2-3 information from Brian Davey
____ Burton had two known children, [K14] William, and James.1
1 information from Brian Davey
Isabel Thistlethwaite married [K14] William Burton on the 15th June 1672, at Dent, where she then lived. They had six children: Elizabeth (c. 1672), Agnes (c. 1675), Alice (c. 1678), Isabell (c. 1679), [K13] John (1682), and Margaret (c. 1685).1
She died on 3 October 1719, and was buried at Langdale on the 5th of that month.2
1 information from Brian Davey
2 PRO RG 6/1246
Ann Thistlethwaite was born on the 6th May 1685, at Harborgill, Dent, and was baptised at Dent on the 31st May. In November 1686 she was mentioned in her father’s will, as a beneficiary. 1
She married [K13] John Burton on the 1st November 1709, at Loaning in Dent; she was described as of Warescale, Dent.. Their children were: [K12] Isabel (1710), William (1712), Margaret (1714), Richard (1716), Anne (1719/20), and John (1722); all were born at Scalegill foot, Dent.2
She died before 1764.2A
Ann Thistlethwaite was the youngest child of [K17] Richard and [K18] Margaret Thistlethwaite.3
1 Bernard Thistlethwaite (1910) The Thistlethwaite Family. Headley Bros, private; Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends' House Library, typescript); Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
2 Dictionary of Quaker Biography; Thistlethwaite (1910); email from Margaret Page, citing the will, taken from the Lonsdale Deanery Probate Files, A-G surnames, 1761-1170, FHL film \99045; Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
2A source misplaced
3 Thistlethwaite (1910)
Richard Thistlethwaite was born about 1621. He was baptised at Dent on the 6th May 1621.0
He was mentioned in his father’s will, as joint executor, on 7th May 1661; and in his mother’s, as a beneficiary, on 24th August 1666.0A
Richard Thistlethwaite married [K18] Margaret Harker about 1676, allegedly at Anthony Mason's house in Upper Dentdale. Their children were: William (c. 1677, Dent), John (c. 1679, Dent), [N140B] Isabel (c. 1682), and [K16] Ann (1685, Dent).1
He had the farm of Harborgill in Dent Dale. He was never a Quaker.2
Described as a yeoman, he made his will on the 24th August 1686, disposing, inter alia, of Harbourgill, Hollow Mill and New Closes, all in Kirthwaite in Dent, as well as a moiety of part of a pasture close called Swineleyside, in Wensleydale. He died at Harborgill in November 1686 and was buried in Dent on the 6th. An inventory of his effects was taken on the 11th November, at Richmond, where probate was given on the 19th.3
Richard Thistlethwaite was the eldest known child of [K17A] William and [K17C] Isabel Thistlethwaite.4
0-0A Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
1-2 Bernard Thistlethwaite (1910) The Thistlethwaite Family. Headley Bros, private; Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
3 Thistlethwaite (1910); name given as 'Thystlethwaite'; information from Brian Davey.
4 information from Brian Davey
William Thistlethwaite married [K17C] Isabel Nelson, about 1620. Their children were: [K17] Richard (1621), John (c. 1623), Miles (c. 1625), Anthony (c. 1627), William (c. 1630) and Agnes (c. 1634).1
He was one of the ringleaders of an eight year long Tithe Strike against Trinity College, Cambridge, to whom Dent Tithes had been given by Henry VIII.<1A
He made a will on the 19th April 1660, dying shortly afterwards at Harborgill, Dent. His will – in which inter alia he disposed of Harborgill, Leayeate, Monkbeckparrock, New Closes and Hollow Mill, as well as a pasture close in Widdale – was proved at Richmond on the 7th May; an inventory bears date 15th September 1660.2
William Thistlethwaite was a child of [K17B] Richard Thistlethwaite.3
1 Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
1A Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD; David Boulton (1986) Early Friends in Dent, Dent: Dent Family History Circle
2-3 Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
Richard Thistlethwaite had five known children: Geoffrey, [K17A] William, Jane, Isabel and Richard.1
1 Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
Isabel Nelson married [K17A] William Thistlethwaite, about 1620.1
Their children were: [K17] Richard (1621), John (c. 1623), Miles (c. 1625), Anthony (c. 1627), William (c. 1630) and Agnes (c. 1634).2
She died in August 1666, and was buried on the 8th August at Dent, Yorks.3
1-3 Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
Margaret Thistlethwaite was born about 1654.0
She married, firstly, [K17] Richard Thistlethwaite, about 1676, allegedly at Anthony Mason's house at Upper Dentdale. Their children were: William (c. 1677, Dent), John (c. 1679, Dent), [N140B] Isabel (c. 1682), and [K16] Ann (1685, Dent).1
She probably joined the Society of Friends after her husband died, in about 1686-8. On the 4th July 1688 she married, secondly, Samuel Wynn, at Anthony Mason's house; she was still living at Harbourgill at that date, as she did until her death. She was buried at Laning, Dent, on the 25th December 1691.2
0 information from Brian Davey
1-2 Bernard Thistlethwaite (1910) The Thistlethwaite Family. Headley Bros, private; Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD
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