Descendants of Richard CROSSLEY
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ANTHONY CROSSLEY, esq. of Scaitcliffe, who had purchased, in 1795, the estate of Todmorden Hall, with the ancient structure
for his family residence. He married 19th August, 1783, Betty, elder daughter of Abraham Gibson, esq. of Briggroyd, in the county of York, and had an only daughter.Mr. Anthony Crossley died 1st June, 1810, aged forty-eight years, and was succeeded in the representation of the family by his brother, John.
West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
Anthony Crosley
Event Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 11 May 1762
Baptism Place: Heptonstall, St Thomas, Yorkshire, England
Father: Jno Crosley Toad yea Jewit Jno S. Jewit Jon. Err.Anthony's grandson, also Anthony, took over the seat in 1799 after the death of his father. He was born at Foster Mill in Yorkshire, his mother's home, April 11th 1762. He purchased the Todmorden Hall estate in 1795. His wife was Betty, daughter of Abraham Gibson of Briggroyd, Yorkshire. Their only child was Anne who went on to marry James Joseph Hague Taylor of Whitworth. Because he had no male heir, he sold Scaitcliffe in 1810 to his brother John with a view to the subsequent owners bearing the name of Crossley. Anthony died on June 1st 1810.
ANNE, of Todmorden Hall, in the county of Lancaster, married 17th September, 1801, to James-Joseph-Hague Taylor, esq. who died in 1810, elder son of George Taylor, esq. of Whitworth.
JOHN CROSSLEY, esq. F.S.A. a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the county of Lancaster, born 23rd May, 1778, who had purchased from his brother, 16th March, 1802, the estate of Scaitcliffe. This gentleman was appointed, in 1794, to a lieutenancy in the Lancashire provisional cavalry, commanded by Colonel Bamford, of Bamford, served subsequently in the West Halifax volunteers, under the orders of Colonel Moore, of Brockwell, and held eventually a captain's commission in the Oldham regiment of local militia, under Colonel Lees. He married 20th May, 1800, Sarah, only daughter and heiress of John. Lockwood, esq. of Ewood, in the county of York, and had to survive infancy one son and two daughters.
Mr. Crossley, who was a commissioner for the affairs of taxes for the county palatine of Lancaster, died 11th December, 1830, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, John CROSSLEY esq. of Scaitcliffe.
John Crossley of Scaitcliffe, brother to Anthony, was born at Scaitcliffe May 23rd. 1778. He had a Lieutenant's Commission in the Lancashire Provincial Cavalry in 1797 and served in that capacity until the Peace of Amiens, May 27th. 1802. In that year he purchased Scaitcliffe from his brother Anthony. In 1803 he was appointed by the deputy lieutenant of the Middleton sub-division as a guide to the army in case of invasion.
On Sept. 23rd. 1807 he had an Ensign's Commission from the right honourable William Wentworth Fitzwilliam and served in the Corps. of West Halifax Volunteers commanded by Colonel Moore. He was appointed Captain in the Oldham Regiment of Local Militia 1809 and was appointed Treasurer of the Rochdale Canal Company June 24th. 1815. In 1816, having purchased and re-granted the tithes of the Township of Todmorden and Walsden from the Archbishop of Canterbury, he was presented with a dinner service in acknowledgement of his gratuitous services to the landowners of that Township, and in the same year was presented with a sword by the non-commissioned officers and men of his own Company in the Oldham Regiment. He was appointed Commissioner of Taxes in 1818, and a Magistrate for the County in 1819. In 1827 he was appointed a deputy lieutenant for the county of Lancaster and in the same year was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He died Dec. 11th. 1830 aged 52 years. He married Sarah, only daughter and heir of John Lockwood of Ewood, Co. York May 20th 1800. She was born Feb. 8th. 1779, and died June 19th. 1857 aged 78.
The next owner of Scaitcliffe was John's son and heir, also John Crossley of Scaitcliffe. He was born March 20th. 1807. He was a MA of Christ's College Cambridge and of the Inner Temple and was a Barrister at Law and Justice of the Peace for the county of Lancaster and for the West Riding of the county of York. He died June 4th. 1864, and is buried at St. Peters Church in Walsden. It was during this John's time at Scaitcliffe that the house was pulled down and re-built. John married the only daughter of Thomas Ramsbottom of Centre Vale Mill in Todmorden on Sept. 27th. 1834.
They were childless and therefore John devised Scaitcliffe and his other estates in Lancashire and Yorkshire to his nephew, Croslegh Dampier, son of his sister Matilda. This was with the request that Croslegh Dampier would take the surname Crossley and the Arms of Crossley in addition to that of Dampier.
Mary, married 18th August, 1827, to William Hepworth, esq. of Pontefract, captain in the Craven legion of yeomanry cavalry.
Matilda, married 9th May, 1832, to Christopher-Edward Dampier, esq. of Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London.
