Re: Thomas SKINNER/Elizabeth WEBSTER marriage Beverley 1797
Sorry John, I don’t know of any Websters
Bill
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Bill Hide
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#3240
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Re: Thomas SKINNER/Elizabeth WEBSTER marriage Beverley 1797
Sorry John. No knowledge of those names or any connection to Bedale.
I have confirmed evidence my Robert WEBSTER’s father and grandfather going back into the 1600s. They were shoemakers,
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Bill Webster
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#3239
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Re: Thomas SKINNER/Elizabeth WEBSTER marriage Beverley 1797
Hello Bill,
Would you by any chance have any connection to a Robert WEBSTER who married widow Ann/e ELLERTON (née BODDY) at Bedale, north Yorkshire, on 1 October 1724. Robert may have been baptised
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John Ellerton
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#3238
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Re: Thomas SKINNER/Elizabeth WEBSTER marriage Beverley 1797
I would like to place on record here the error in so many trees regarding the above marriage.
Elizabeth WEBSTER who married Thomas SKINNER at Beverley on 27 Nov 1797 [England, Select Marriages,
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Bill Webster
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#3237
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Re: servant
Hi Ken,
If someone was working solely for a private family, in whatever capacity, he would have been referred to as a Servant, unless he had a skilled trade or a position of authority within the
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Lesley Baxendale (FH)
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#3236
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Re: servant
Thank you, Jane; this is useful background.
My man was admitted based on patrimony.
I still wonder how to interpret “servant”.
Ken
Sent: April 13, 2025 7:23 AM
To:
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Ken Harrison
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#3235
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freemen & apprentices
I would appreciate advice, to further my education, about two documents I
have from 1796:
* list of men admitted as City of York "Freemen by Patrimony"
including "Richard Harrison of Hull Servant
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Ken Harrison
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#3234
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Re: servant
Hi Ken
I have ancestors who were freemen in the medieval period and it was either
by trade or patrimony...ie dad was a freeman so could pass it on.
https://freemenofyork.co.uk/historyfreemen/
This
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JA Woodall
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#3233
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servant
I know this was explained earlier, but I would appreciate a "refresher": I
have, on the ticket admitting an ancestor as a Freeman of York in 1798, his
status given as "servant".
Aside from the
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Ken Harrison
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#3232
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Re: Quaker records for Woodhouse on Find My Past
Chris, I await your reply with interest. You saying that it could be Wentworth Woodhouse would fit very well as my Ancestor, William ELLIS was a Woodman at the Rockey Building, Wentworth for Lord
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Peter Harris
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#3231
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Re: Quaker records for Woodhouse on Find My Past
PeterI may be able to answer this, at least in part, as I have substantial notes on this family. Unfortunately I am away from home this week so cannot access them and reply properly until next week.
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Chris Pitt Lewis
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#3230
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Quaker records for Woodhouse on Find My Past
I've been looking at some early 18th century Quaker records for Balby MM, In
particular at Francis ELLIS who married a Ann WILSON in 1711 & their
children (7). From the marriage record Francis was
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Peter Harris
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#3229
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Locked
Yorkshire Surnames List - March update
No surnames submitted this month.
If you have already submitted surnames please check that they are up to date.
Please also check that the email address associated with your surname(s) is
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Lin Duke
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#3228
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Hull General Cemetery, Spring Bank, Hull
A new database for burials in the Hull General Cemetery, Spring Bank, Hull is now available online.
https://www.friendsofhullgeneralcemetery.com/
Lin
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Group Moderator
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#3227
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Locked
Yorkshire Surnames List - January update
New names added this month:
SIEROSLAWSKI
WOODROVE
If you would like to add your surname(s) to the list, please use the form at:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/submit.htm
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Lin Duke
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#3226
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1821 Indenture Land Mortgage & People Tadcaster Area
Hi,
I'm a new member of group
I have an old legal document (thought to be genuine and not something prepared for tourists)
it consists of two sheets (76*57cm) bound by tapes & seals on a heavy paper
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Ken Morris
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#3225
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Re: FARRER
Thanks Barry,
Well he was born in 1764 so wouldnt be 1933. I like to able to prove that he is mine and it is hard when there are so many and hard
to prove so far back.
Again thanks,
Maureen in Oz
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Maureen Farrer
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#3224
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Re: FARRER
Hi Maureen, I noticed a couple of trees on ancestry have him dying-one in 1793, and one in 1933. Neither have records, and there is no death on GRO site for 1933 or a few years each way. There are a
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barry woolner
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#3223
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FARRER
Hi Listers,
I am looking for two FARRERs in my tree.
lst one William FARRER b.1758 in Horsforth parents Henry FARRER and Sussanah. The last I have of him is paying Land Tax in 1818.
His father died
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Maureen Farrer
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#3222
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Locked
Yorkshire Surnames List - December update
New names added this month.
BENTHAM
BOWERSKILL
BOWSKILL
BURTON
CAPSTICK
DAVIDSON
HAMMERTON
?HARDACRE
WATSON
WEBSTER
Lin Duke
Yorkshire Surnames List
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Lin Duke
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#3221
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