Descendants of William WOODWARD
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Marriage Pallots Index: Jane Coates of Loodg Green
Spouse Robt Cleminson of Blades
Marriage Date 1802
Parish GrintonMarriage: Jane Coates
Marriage Date 13 Apr 1802
Marriage Place Grinton, York, England
Spouse Robert Cleminson
FHL Film Number 1849316Marriage: Robert Cleminson
Marriage Date 22 Dec 1823
Marriage Place Grinton,York,England
Spouse Esther Coates
FHL Film Number 0897351 IT 1, 468808, 468809
Burial: Jane Cleminson
Burial Date 21 May 1822
Burial Place Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England
Denomination Wesleyan
Piece 3347: Gunnerside (Wesleyan), 1802-1837
Parrish Register: Robert Joseph Cleminson
Birth Date 14 Oct 1824
Father Robt Cleminson
Mother Esther Cleminson
Baptism Date 18 Oct 1824
Baptism Place Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England
Denomination Wesleyan
Piece 3347: Gunnerside (Wesleyan), 1802-1837Probate Index: Joseph Robert Cleminson
Death Date 9 Apr 1899
Death Place Nottingham, England
Probate Date 21 Apr 1899
Probate Registry Nottingham, England
Marriage: Isaiah Clementson
Spouse's Name Ann Clementson
Event Date 18 May 1817
Event Place Grinton, York, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number I04489-4
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1849316
Reference ID item 10 p 32and
Indexing Project (Batch) Number M00742-1
System Origin England-ODM
GS Film number 0897351 IT 1, 468808, 468809
Baptism: John Clementson
Gender Male
Baptism Date 12 Dec 1818
Baptism Place Grinton, York, England
Father's Name Isaiah Clementson
Mother's Name Ann Clementson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number I04489-4
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1849316
Reference ID item 10 p 42
Baptism: Robert Clementson
Gender Male
Baptism Date 25 Nov 1820
Baptism Place Grinton, York, England
Father's Name Isaiah Clementson
Mother's Name Ann Clementson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number I04489-5
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1849316
Reference ID item 10 p 60
Baptism: Isaiah Clementson
Gender Male
Baptism Date 20 Sep 1822
Baptism Place Grinton, York, England
Father's Name Isaiah Clementson
Mother's Name Ann Clementson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number I04489-5
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1849316
Reference ID item 10 p 80
Baptism: Ann Clemenson
Baptism Date 22 Jun 1830
Baptism Place Grinton, Yorkshire
Father's Name Isaiah Cleminson
Mother's Name Ann Cleminson
Affiliate Publication Number RG4_3733
Baptism: parish church records, Brompton by Northallerton, Yorkshire, England.
MARR: Brompton by Northallerton parish church records, Yorkshire
Baptism: Philles Woodward
Baptism Date 08 Jul 1790
Baptism Place Grinton,York,England
Father Wm. Woodward of Lodge Green
FHL Film Number 0897351 IT 1Marriage: Phillis Woodward of this Parish
Marriage Date 05 Jun 1810 by Banns
Marriage Place Grinton, York, England
Spouse Jonathan Daykin of this parish
In the prescence of William Woodward, George Sunter
FHL Film Numbers 1849316 Reference ID item 9, 0897351 IT 1, 468808, 468809DEATH: In her father William Woodward's will of 1829, it says that she is dead but had been married to Jonathan Daykin and had some children. Two of these children were named in the will, and they were Jonathan and John. Her gravestone is in the Gunnerside churchyard, Gunnerside, Yorkshire.
Burial: Phillias Daykin
Spouse Jonathan Daykin
Burial Date 6 Dec 1826
Burial Place Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England
Denomination Wesleyan
Piece Title Piece 3347: Gunnerside (Wesleyan), 1802-1837Gravestone in Gunnerside churchyard, Gunnerside, Yorkshire
Sacred to the memory of Jonathan DAYKIN of Dykehead, Gunnerside who departed this life March 28th 1856 aged 68 years. For 50 years he was a useful member of the Wesleyan Methodist Society.
Also of Phillis his wife who departed this life December 3rd 1826 aged 36 years. She was a member of the Wesleyan Church for 20 years.
And of Ralph their son who departed this life March 10th 1827 aged 6 months.
BIRTH: The will of his father-in-law William Woodward says that his daughter Phillis (deceased) had married a Jonathan Daykin. Age and place of birth given on the 1851 census of Swaledale, Yorkshire
MARRIAGE: church records
Death UK GRO: Jonathan Daykin
Registration Year 1856
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district Reeth Yorkshire North Riding
Volume 9d Page 298He served as a lay minister at the Gunnerside Methodist church, Gunnerside, and he is mentioned often in the book "Gunnerside Chapel & Gunnerside Folk" by Margaret Batty (Teesdale Mercury Press, 1967, Barnard Castle, Durham, England).
Gravestone in Gunnerside churchyard, Gunnerside, Yorkshire
Sacred to the memory of Jonathan DAYKIN of Dykehead, Gunnerside who departed this life March 28th 1856 aged 68 years. For 50 years he was a useful member of the Wesleyan Methodist Society.
Also of Phillis his wife who departed this life December 3rd 1826 aged 36 years. She was a member of the Wesleyan Church for 20 years.
And of Ralph their son who departed this life March 10th 1827 aged 6 months.
Baptism: parish church records, Grinton, Yorkshire, England
He is unmarried on the 1871 census (age 59) living with his brothers. Noted as blind from birth.
Baptism: church records, Gunnerside Wesleyan Methodist church, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England. Recorded as "Marey Daykin"
He is mentioned in the will of his grandfather William Woodward.
Baptism: church records, Gunnerside Wesleyan Methodist Church, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England.
Baptism: John Daykin
Birth Date 31 Jan 1822
Baptism Date 24 Mar 1822
Baptism Plac eWesleyan,Gunnerside,York,England
Father Jonn. Daykin
Mother Phile.
FHL Film Number 0916622 (RG4 3347)Parish register: John Daykin
Birth Date 31 Jan 1822
Father Jonn Daykin
Mother Phile Daykin
Baptism Date 24 Mar 1822
Baptism Place Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England
Denomination Wesleyan
Piece 3347: Gunnerside (Wesleyan), 1802-1837CENSUS: In the 1851 and 1861 census he is at Gunnerside, Melbecks parish. In the 1871 census of Gunnerside, unmarried, age 49, living with his brothers. In the 1881 census he is at Lodge Green, Gunnerside, unmarried, age 59, living with Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Elizabeth Milner.
He is unmarried on the 1871 census (age 49) living with his brothers. Noted as blind from birth.
BIRTH: 1851, 1861, and 1871 census of Gunnerside, Yorkshire
Baptism: Thomas Daykin
Birth Date 05 Nov 1824
Baptism Date 14 Nov 1824
Baptism Place Wesleyan,Gunnerside,York,England
Father Jonn. Daykin
Mother Phillis
FHL Film Number 0916622 (RG4 3347)Baptism: Church records, Gunnerside Wesleyan Methodist Church, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England.
DEATH: After the 1871 census
BIRTH: the 1871 census of Gunnerside, Yorkshire, gives her age and place of
birthDEATH: she is still alive on the 1871 census
Baptism: Church records, Gunnerside Wesleyan Methodist Church, Gunnerside, Yorkshire, England
Gravestone in Gunnerside churchyard, Gunnerside, Yorkshire
Sacred to the memory of Jonathan DAYKIN of Dykehead, Gunnerside who departed this life March 28th 1856 aged 68 years. For 50 years he was a useful member of the Wesleyan Methodist Society.
Also of Phillis his wife who departed this life December 3rd 1826 aged 36 years. She was a member of the Wesleyan Church for 20 years.
And of Ralph their son who departed this life March 10th 1827 aged 6 months.
BIRTH: Named in father's will of 1827 and inherited land that had been in the family since 1744
Appears on 1851 census of Melbecks township, Grinton parish.
Baptism: Wm. Woodward
Baptism Date 19 Jan 1793
Baptism Place Grinton, York, England
Father Wm. Woodward of Lodge Green
FHL Film Number 1849316MAR: Muker chapel church records, Muker, Yorkshire, England. Wife's name recorded on this record as "Betty" Spensley (Betty is short for Elizabeth)
Marriage: William Woodward of the parish of Grinton, bachelor
Marriage Date 16 May 1816
Marriage Place Muker,York,England
Spouse Betty Spensley of the Chapelry of Muker, spinster
In the prescence of: Jonathon Dayken, William Spensley
FHL Film Number 207565, 942.74 G4 V26CDEATH: family bible held by Mrs. Milner of Gunnerside (not related) previously held by the late Miss Ruth E. Thwaites (related)
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
WILLIAM WOODWARD
Gender Male
Death quarter 1
Death year 1853
District Reeth Yorkshire
Volume 9D Page 334Probate Index: William Woodward of Grinton, Yorkshire
Record Type Will
Testator died 10 March 1853
Residence Place Gunnerside
Executor - Henry Woodward JP
Probate Date 1853
Probate Place Richmond, Yorkshire, England
Notes Will of William Woodward of Gunnerside
Reference Number RD/AP1/205/98WILL: In William's will he leaves his children land called Little Park and Ambrose Bank, which were both acquired by his grandfather William Woodward (1729-1796). The continuity of ownership of this land is the strongest evidence linking this family together. The will says his wife is Elizabeth and that his children are: William, Henry, Thomas, James, Margaret (wife of David Calvert), Ann (wife of James Thompson), Phillis, and Elizabeth (under 21 years). Will is located in the West Yorkshire Archive Service in Leeds.
Yorkshire Baptisms
Betty Spencely
Birth date 19 Jul 1794
Baptism date 20 Jul 1794
Baptism place Muker
Denomination Anglican
Father Henry Spensley, joiner of Lodge Green
Mother Nanny
County Yorkshire (North Riding) England
Archive North Yorkshire County Record Office
Record set Yorkshire BaptismsBIR: 1851 census of Melbecks Township, Grinton parish, Yorkshire
DEATH: family bible held by Mrs. Milner (not related) of Gunnerside, Yorkshire, 1991. Previously held by the late Miss Ruth E. Thwaites of Gunnerside (related).
Baptism: church records, Muker chapel, Muker, Yorkshire, England. Recorded as "Tho. son of Wm. & Betty Woodward"
BIRTH: Mentioned in the 1853 will of his father-in-law William Woodward, and also appears on the 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census of Gunnerside, Yorkshire
DEATH: Gravestone in Gunnerside churchyard, Gunnerside, Yorkshire,
BIRTH, DEATH: Mentioned in the will of her father in 1853 and she was still alive
Baptism: church records, Muker chapel, Muker, Yorkshire, England. Recorded as "Eliz. daughter of Wm. and Eliz. Woodward"
National Burial Index:
Elizabeth Woodward, 15 July 1854, aged 21, St Mary Richmond Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Baptisms
Ruth Woodward
Baptism date 28 Feb 1799
Baptism place Grinton
Denomination Anglican
Father Willm Woodward of Lodge Green
County Yorkshire (North Riding) England
Archive North Yorkshire County Record Office
Record set Yorkshire Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish BaptismsMarriage: Ruth Woodward of this Parish
Marriage Date 08 Jul 1823
Marriage Place Grinton,York,England
Spouse John Cottingham, bachelor, of this Parish
In the prescence of John Atkinson, William Woodward
FHL Film Number 0897351 IT 1, 468808, 468809
In the will of her father, William Woodward, it says he has a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Cottingham.She appears on the 1841 census of Lodge Green, near Gunnerside, Yorkshire, as a widow.
Remarried in 1846 to James Calvert
Marriage: Cottingham, Ruth
Spouse: Calvert, James
Quarter: December
Year: 1846
District: Reeth
County: North Riding of Yorkshire
Volume: 24
Page: 571Name: Calvert, Ruth
Record Type: Deaths
Age at death: 68
Quarter: June
Year: 1867
District: Reeth
County: North Riding of Yorkshire
Volume: 9d
Page: 339
MARR: Grinton parish church records. In the will of William Woodward of 1829 it says that he had a daughter Mrs. Ruth Cottingham.
DEATH: In the 1841 census of Lodge Green, near Gunnerside, Swaledale, Yorkshire, his wife is listed as a widow.
Baptism: Church records, Muker chapel, Muker, Yorkshire, England. Recorded as "Jos. son of Jn. and Ruth Cottingham"
Baptism: Church records, Muker chapel, Muker, Yorkshire, England. Recorded as "Wm. son of Jn. and Ruth Cottingham"
CENSUS: Appears on the 1841 census of Gunnerside
Baptism: Church records, Muker chapel, Muker, Yorkshire, England. Recorded as "Jn. Dixon, son of Jn. and Ruth Cottingham"
CENSUS: Appears on the 1841 census of Gunnerside
Baptism: James Calvert
Baptism Date 10 Nov 1807
Baptism Place Grinton,York,England
Father John Calvert
FHL Film Number 0897351 IT 1Marriage: Cottingham, Ruth
Spouse: Calvert, James
Quarter: December
Year: 1846
District: Reeth
County: North Riding of Yorkshire
Volume: 24
Page: 571Death UK GRO: James Calvert
Estimated Birth Year abt 1808
Registration Year 1878
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death 70
Registration district Reeth Yorkshire North Riding
Volume 9d Page 406
James Spensley left for America on the Saxony with daughter Ruth and son-in-law Harker Spensley. His other daughter Eleanor (Hutchinson) was already there. Margaret Batty writes in her book on Low Row,
"James Watters took his last class meeting on February 4th 1849, then set off for America with James and Margaret Spensley of Riddings and Ann Harker of Birdnest, all of them a great loss to the society. Ralph Place, then 31, a lead mine agent living at Feetham, took over the class."
Dubuque Daily Times 4 Jan 1873
"On the 2nd inst., at the residence of his son-in-law, Harker Spensley, of Mineral Point, Wis., Mr. James Spensley, Sen., aged 85 years and 5 months.
Funeral at the Rockdale church on Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend."Ref: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/4320/wmtree.htm#james
Will of James Spensley
In the name of God Amen.
I James Spensley of the town of Mineral Point in the county of Iowa and state of Wisconsin being of ripe age and of sound disposing mind memory and understanding having in mind the uncertainty of life and my approaching dissolution do hereby make and publish tis my last will and testament in manner and form as follows.
First. I give and trust my soul to my maker Almighty God.
Second. I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Ruth Spensley, wife of Harker Spensley of this town, all of my property of whatever kind, nature or description after all my just debts and funeral expenses shall have been paid out of the same in case she shall survive me.
Third. In case my said daughter Ruth Spensley shall not survive me, I will that all my property shall be given in equal shares to her children or child who shall be living at my death, or if no such child or children shall be living at my death, then my property is to go by my will, to the heir or heirs of such child or children.
Fourth and lastly. I hereby appoint James Spensley of the city of Mineral Point and William Harker of the city of Mineral Point County of Iowa and State of Wisconsin Executors of this my last will and testament. And I hereby request them to act as such.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and seventy.
James Spensley - his markThe above instrument consisting of one sheet of paper, was now here signed and sealed by James Spensley the testator in the presence of each of us and was at the same hour published and declared to be his last will and testament by him; and we at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have severally subscribed our names ...... as attesting witnesses.
Joseph Pedelty ... Broughty ferry Scotland
William Pedelty ... Newdigins Wiscon
BORN: Mentioned in his father's will of 1829; inherited land that had been in the family since 1744
Baptism: Muker church records, Muker, Yorkshire. Recorded as "Wm. son of Jn. &
Agn. Woodward"Edward Broderick wrote a diary of which extracts are recorded in the Book "Men of Swaledale" by Edmund Cooper published in 1960.
Page 27 Edmund Broderick wrote:-
1st June 1830. This day the Court (the Court Baron and Customary Court of the Lord of Manor) is held at Reeth. Went down in the morning in company with Wm. Woodward and had a wet and rather unpleasant ride. I was admitted on the land of the late John Woodward with William, both of us trustees for the purposes of the will.Page 39-40
2nd March 1833 - About a fortnight ago Wm. Woodward received a letter from Metcalfe Bell in which he tells us that he has married again and describes America in such flattering terms as to induce William seriously to think of going. He has persuaded my father to take the land off his hands, given Mr. Overton notice and had his sale of stock this day. They sold well. It is so unexpected, I hardly know what to think of it. John Bell is for going too.20th April 1833 - I am neglectful of my diary but since writing the above, John Bell has had his sale, both stock and furniture. I bought the plough, nearly new, for 12s. 6d. William Woodward got a letter from Joseph Daykin, who having barely recovered from the typhus fever, to say he was now beginning with the smallpox. Poor Joseph has had hard fortune. The little money that he has been scraping up to carry him to America will, I doubt, go fast.
William Woodward has had his sale of furniture and I have been writing for him. The sale was uncommonly well attended and the things sold well. They all kept their spirits well up considering they sold nearly all except their bedding.
24th April 1833 - The Woodwards have been packing up their things and taking leave of their friends and now when parting begins to be so near, we all find it to be very painful. It was late before I got to bed. William and Nanny slept at our house and John Bell and his wife and child Peggy and Ruth. I was truly sorry to part with Ruth, she was a fine little girl. Sisters Ann and Mary sat up all night. I got up at 2 o'clock and after attending to a cow which we have calving, I came back and found William busy packing the boxes and preparing to load the carts. He possesses wonderful resolution.
Though I had always thought favourably of America and believed they were acting wisely in going, yet I confess that my spirits were so much depressed at the thought of their long and dangerous journey and the difficulties which they would have to encounter, that I felt very much inclined to persuade William to stay. They set off soon after 5 o'clock.
END OF DIARY RECORDWilliam Woodward, the son of John and Ann Broderick Woodward, lived with his wife, Nancy Calvert, whom he married May 26, 1807, at Spring End, until 1833 when they decided to emigrate to America with their family.
Three of the children were married, the son, John and his wife, Ruth Watters, with three children, Nancy, Mary and William decided to come with them, also the eldest daughter, Ann, wife of Joseph Daykin and their two children, John and William. One other daughter, Betsey, bride of a few weeks of Joseph Brunskill cast their lot with the rest. After bidding good friends good-bye and taking a farewell look at Spring End, where they had lived for twenty six years, they started for Liverpool, arriving there the last of April. They embarked on the sailboat George Washington and in a short time were ready for the long voyage. After a tiresome journey of six weeks they landed in New York on June 11, 1833. The change to a canal boat was most welcome, for they could see something besides water. At Buffalo they took a Lake Erie boat plying between Buffalo and Cleveland, Ohio. Arriving at Cleveland they once more took their weary way on the Ohio Canal to Akron. Here they loaded their household goods on an ox-cart. This was more than filled, so the whole party was obliged to walk, each carrying his bundle, with the exception of the mothers with young babies who took turns riding. At last, unexpected, they reached the home of John Bell, situated in Sharon, Medina County, Ohio in July, 1833. What must have been the feeling of William Woodward upon arriving to find that his sister, Ann Woodward Bell, had gone to her home above. In a short time each of four men, William Woodward, his son John, and his sons-in-law, Joseph Daykin and Joseph Brunskill, had bought twenty five acres of land and built their log homes. This is the beginning of the Woodwards in America.Chr.: Muker Church records, Muker, Yorkshire. Recorded as "Wm. son of Jn. & Agn. Woodward" See page 40 (and other pages) of "Men of Swaledale" by Edmund Cooper (Clapham - 1960) published in England, and page 115 of "The Dalesmen of the Mississippi River" by David Morris (William Sessions Ltd, the Ebor Press, York, England - 1989)
Richard Clark, a descendant, found that William Woodward and family came to America on the sailboat "George Washington", leaving Liverpool, England in April of 1833 and arriving in New York six weeks later.
Death: left England in April 1833 with his wife Nanny and some children. ref- Page 115 of "The Dalesmen of the Mississippi River" by David Morris (William Sessions Ltd, the Ebor Press, York, England - 1989)
MARR: Her name and possibly some of her children are mentioned on page 40 of
"Men of Swaledale" by Edmund Cooper (Clapham - 1960) published in England.Emigrated to America in 1833
From Edward Broderick's unpublished diary..
Mary Garget - (John Woodward's sister) - husband from near Bowes. "His hair and beard are quite white. His wife is delicate and has long been so."
Emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1833
From Edward Broderick's unpublished diary..
Mary Garget - (John Woodward's sister) - husband from near Bowes. "His hair and beard are quite white. His wife is delicate and has long been so."
BIRTH: she is mentioned in the will of her father John Woodward in 1829 and it says that his daughter Mary was married to a John Sunter. She was married in 1804, and her parents were married in 1784, and a brother was born in 1785, so I estimated that she was born in about 1787.
MARR: church records, Grinton, Yorkshire, England
RELATIONSHIP: he is named in the 1829 will of his father-in-law John
Woodward.
Baptism: church records, Muker chapel, Muker, Yorkshire. Recorded as "Jn. son of Jn. & Nanny Woodward"
DEATH: in the will of William Woodward who died in 1829, it says that his son John had already died before 1829, and he had two sons, who are not named.
