Notes

[NI0354] Died aged 75. He had lost his memory and had a stiff arm.

[NI0650] Came from England in 1649 in the ship with Cromwell and received a grant of
land in lieu of money lent by him

[NI0947] Not a native of Thorpe Salvin

[NI0948] The family can be traced in the parish registers of Thorpe Salvin from 1602

[NI0959] Described in first wife's burial certificate, 1744 and second wife's marriage certificate, 1745 as Farmer. Reputed to be a Roman Catholic

[NI0963] Came from a Roman Catholic family. Her father was possibly John Wildsmith of Bradfield, Yorkshire and both parents were known Popish Recusants. That is they refused to go to Church of England Church.

[NI0970] A Convinced Friend

[NI1035] The first to buried in the new ground

[NI1045] A Convinced Friend

[NI1046] A Convinced Friend

[NI1048] Late of the parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, born at Cork 1705, removed to Bristol, and then to London.

[NI1049] A Friend

[NI1385] Was a valued Quaker minister. He was imprisoned for nearly 15 years for conscience sake. An interesting account of him appeared in Piety Promoted published in 1716, page 176. Died whilst a minister on a religious visit to Bristol.

[NI1492] Widow of _____ Massey

[NI1528] He was educated at Hartshill School in Warwickshire, where he formed a close relationship with William Burtt who later married his sister Lydia. In early life he deviated very far from the principles of Quakerism, but the death of the girl to whom he was engaged turned his thoughts into more sombre channels and he became aware of the extent to which he had fallen away both in his conduct and his associates from the path of rectitude. He became a plain Friend and after an interval of some years he married and had six children.

He was a skilful farmer, excelled by none of his neighbours in such matters and was a man of considerable intellectual ability. He read widely and thought deeply on many subjects, was fond of poetry and nature for him was clothed in splendour. With such pursuits, tastes and habits of mind he was the chosen companion of all who enjoyed his intimacy. He was also very hospitable and friends and acquaintances were made very welcome at his home in Gedney. His wife died in 1808 and his neice Sarah, the elder daughter of William and Lydia Burtt came to Gedney to keep house for him. She lived with him for about ten years and only left Gedney for her own marriage.

Some time before his death, he gave up his farm at Gedney to his eldest son John and retired to a house nearby where he spent his declining years in peace and quiet.

[NI1532] He inherited 100 acres and 60 pounds

[NI1775] Eighteenth century agricultural improvement was associated mainly with enclosure, reclamation and new rotational practices. Mechanisation, on the other hand, appeared only late on in the Agricultural Revolution and in many areas of Britain, especially the South and East had no significant impact until the third quarter of the nineteenth century. While the majority of agricultural engineering firms came into existence after 1830, a few can trace their origins back to an earlier period, and Ransomes of Ipswich is one of these. Before harvesting machines could be used, however, the ground had to be prepared, and the fundamental instrument for this purpose was the plough. Though attempts had been made in the 17th and 18th centuries to develop a mathematical theory of plough design, in a less esoteric way practical men had made significant improvements. Prominent among these was the English inventor Robert Ransome, who patented a cast-iron share in 1785 and a self-sharpening share in 1803.

Later he designed a plough with standard parts that could be removed and replaced in the field, a double plough (i.e., with two shares), and other patterns. Robert Ransome, founder of the firm, was born in 1753, the son of a Quaker schoolmaster, at Wells in Norfolk. Following apprenticeship to a Norwich ironmonger, he went into business on his own, in the same city, setting up one of the first brass and iron foundries in East Anglia. His Quaker background may have helped him acquire an early reputation for good, reliable workmanship and it certainly seems to have been a benefit in that much of his initial financial support came from Mr. Gurney, a Quaker banker. Quite naturally, considering his location, Ransome (trading fictitiously as "Ransome and Co.") found a great deal of his trade with farmers, primarily in the supply of plough shares. In 1785, he patented a method of tempering cast iron shares, the first of a number of developments in this field. Even at this early stage he was more than just a local craftsman serving the immediate neighbourhood and advertisements show that Ransome's plough shares were marketed through some fifty agencies throughout Norfolk and Suffolk.

In 1789 with a capital of £200 and one workman, the business was transferred to the thriving port of Ipswich, which afforded readier access to markets and raw materials. At his new foundry, Ransome made the technological breakthrough, which probably ensured his pre-eminence in plough manufacture. His "chilling" process, reputedly discovered by accident, produced a cast-iron share with a hard under-surface and a comparatively soft upper surface, which kept itself sharp by the normal wear, incurred in usage. This single advance represented a giant step forward in plough technology, especially in respect of the light, dry soils, where wear and tear was substantial, and where much of the progress of the "agricultural revolution" was taking place. It also did a great deal to make the cast-iron share a more practical proposition as against the more laboriously manufactured wrought-iron share. Ransome soon earned a national reputation for his products, which were noticed and commended by the influential William Marshall, and which won him a number of awards at the early meetings of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society.

In 1808, he took out a third patent, this time for the manufacture of interchangeable plough parts, thus permitting rudimentary standardisation of plough bodies and the easier replacement of worn parts in the field. The greater significance was that a large manufacturer was now able to produce a variety of local designs of plough by the interchange of detachable parts. Hitherto, a barrier to large-scale plough production had been the bewildering variety of local types and preferences, which effectively prevented any one maker from capturing more than a small share of the market. Robert Ransome surmounted this problem not by breaking down local prejudices, but by adapting his products to conform to them.

Conditions were certainly favourable to the establishment of a thriving implement business at the turn of the century, when, during the Napoleonic Wars, the arable acreage was rapidly expanding. This first phase saw the emergence of a number of firms such as, Garretts of Leiston (1778), Hornsbys of Grantham (1815), Howards of Bedford (1811) and Bentalls of Maldon (1805), which were to be the backbone of the industry. Labour shortages encouraged early attempts at mechanisation, notably thrashing machines, but much of this work was done by itinerant millwrights who enjoyed only a short-lived reputation. The early agricultural engineers benefited more from the rising demand for traditional implements than from labour-saving machinery.

Robert Ransome, in common with many of his contemporaries, restricted himself largely to plough manufacture and jobbing metal work. There is in fact no certainty as to the exact date at which he expanded his production from foundry work into the manufacture of complete ploughs, although he was making them by 1809. Some suggestions have been made that he produced thrashing machines from 1800 onwards but this cannot be substantiated. Nevertheless, making the most of the wartime boom and the special advantages created by East Anglia's dominant position in arable farming, Ransome made rapid strides. Surviving accounts show receipts almost doubling between 1809 and 1815, at the time when the founder's son, James, having given up his own business in Yarmouth, joined his father at Ipswich.

Launched on the tide of a buoyant agriculture, Ransome and Son might have foundered with the onset of the agricultural depression, which set in after 1815, following the collapse of the wartime boom. In some areas the arable acreage contracted while in many others, a glutted labour market positively discouraged the adoption of labour-saving techniques. Had the firm been entirely dependent on agriculture, it might have disappeared without trace, as did many other small concerns, or it may have been reduced to the status of a local foundry. Instead, however, the worst effects of depression were offset by non-agricultural work.

In 1812 William Cubbitt, the famous civil engineer had entered into a contract as the firm's engineer and under his direction the scope of the business was expanded to take in bridge-building and mill-wrighting. Cubbitt's role at this difficult time may have been crucial. A surviving account reveals that in his first four years at Ipswich, work valued at nearly £5,000 was gained which, it was claimed "would probably not have been undertaken without him". In 1818, he supervised the construction of Stoke Bridge over the River Gipping. In 1819, again under Cubbitt's direction, Ransomes began the work to provide Ipswich with its gas supply, a contract that in that year accounted for almost 10 per cent of the firm's income. The more stable civil engineering element did much to underpin Ransomes' more traditional work while agriculture was at a low ebb and enabled the firm to provide employment for 50-60 men and boys in the early 1820's.

Cubbitt left in 1826 but retained informal contacts with the firm, which included some co-operation in early railway work, and civil engineering remained important. The agricultural side of the business received a boost when James Allen Ransome, grandson of the founder, became a partner in 1830. His specialised technical appreciation of the problems of agricultural engineering, revealed in his successful book, "The Implements of Agriculture" (1843) - the best treatise on implements and machinery before the age of steam - probably led to an increase in the range and quality of farm products but the unfortunate lack of evidence relating to this period permits only conjecture. It would seem, however, that the demand for many classes of equipment, such as cultivators, land rollers and some types of thrashing machine reached significant proportions only in the late 1830's, which suggests that this was a vitally important time in the development of the industry. Before this, we can only assume that business was kept ticking over by the plough trade and in particular by the fluctuating demand for ploughshares. The condition of agriculture between 1815 and 1835 was certainly not stable enough to encourage investment in elaborate machinery and there was a good deal of suspicion of labour saving devices as indicated by the hostility to thrashing machinery in the Swing Riots of 1830.

After retiring from business he removed to Woodbridge and amused himself with copper-plate engraving, and cutting, and polishing pebbles and gems, some of which are still kept amongst family treasures. He also made a good telescope, grinding and polishing the lenses himself.



Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 2: August, 1949-August, 1952. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1953. (BioIn 2)
Chambers Biographical Dictionary. Sixth edition. Edited by Melanie Parry. New York: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, 1997. (ChamBiD)
The Dictionary of National Biography. The Concise Dictionary. Part 1, From the beginnings to 1900. London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Contains abstracts of the biographies found in "The Dictionary of National Biography" (21 volumes, New York: Macmillan Co.; London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908). (DcNaB)

[NI2185] Honeymoon in Chester at Blossoms Hotel, then toured south until 20 Oct 1926

[NI2206] Started at Carr & Co in 1885 after being apprenticed as a printer.

[NI2221] William Baker, who died at his home in Colchester on March 30, was born in Dublin in 1858, the seventh child of Samuel and Margaret (O'Brien) Baker. He and his brother Samuel (of Hoshangabad) were educated at Newtown, Waterford, and Bootham at York.

He was a man of a retiring nature, very faithful in the discharge of his varied duties, never too busy to help or counsel those who came to him, a keen Bible student, and essentially a man of prayer. He began his evangelistic work at Strand Street, Dublin, whilst at business at Edmundsons, and when he came to England he found useful service first at Byrom Street, Manchester, and later at Bunhill Fields, London. He was recorded a minister by Devonshire House Monthly Meeting about 1891.

In 1893 he married Mary, elder daughter of Edward Ransome Allen, of Stoke Newington, and became Superintendent of Friends' Missionary Home, Chester House, Clapton, the gift of John Horniman. Whilst there he was made Assistant Clerk to Devonshire House Monthly Meeting, Assistant Secretary to Friends' Syrian Mission, and Secretary of Friends' Bulgarian Mission.

In 1900 he joined the Friends' Home Mission, and for 17 years worked in Kent.

He held many tent and other missions in Meeting Houses and mission halls all over England, and travelled several times in Ireland with Minutes from his Monthly Meetings in Kent, Surrey and Essex.

In 1925 he went to Colchester to help George A. Fox with the Friends Evangelistic Band.

[NI2243] Invented process of photogravure with Karel Klic. Photogravure is a photo-engraved intaglio process. Modern screen rotary photogravure dates from its invention by Karel Klic and Samuel Fawcett in 1895, although Fox Talbot's photoglyphic engraving process of 1852 was an intaglio method somewhat akin to photogravure. By this method the image does not depend upon optical illusion for the effect of tones of the picture as do the letterpress and lithographic processes. In photogravure the image is etched into the surface of the printing cylinder; deeply in the areas representing the dark tones and less deeply in the lighter tones. The image is printed by flooding the cylinder with ink, scraping it off to surface level with a long steel doctor blade and transferring the ink from the etched hollows to the paper.

Printing plates or cylinders for this type of reproduction are given a screen pattern consisting of lines at right angles at surface level to provide a continuous support for the doctor blade. The lines are less than one third of the width of the spaces and of the order of 175 per linear inch, so they are too fine to be seen with the naked eye. The image is etched to its continuously varying depths (according to the tones of the picture) in the minute square pits between the lines.

Partly because of the high printing speed, and also because of the liquid nature of the ink, the screen lines are more or less obscured in the dark tones so that beautifully intense blacks can be obtained and there is a limpid clarity in the lighter tones which cannot be obtained by any other process because of the intrinsic difference between continuous and discontinuous tone.

The Negative. For line work and type a line negative is made of the same kind as for letterpress blocks or photolithographic plates, that is, as opaque as possible in the area representing white paper and transparent in the areas representing the black lines. A positive has to be made from the negative and, if it is to be made by contact printing, then the negative is prism reversed as for letterpress work. For tone illustrations such as photographs or wash drawings the negative is an ordinary continuous tone copy negative.

The Positive. The image used for preparing the etching resist for the printing cylinder must be a positive transparency. The positives of the illustrations and of the text must lie within specified density ranges because they are planned in page formation and printed as one.

The Resist. The etching resist consists of a negative image of light-hardened gelatin in which the areas representing dark tones of the picture are very thin and the thicknesses increase in proportion to the tones of the subject, the thickest area representing the lightest tone.

Carbon tissue - paper coated with pigmented gelatine and similar to that used for carbro printing - is used for the resist. It is rendered light-sensitive by bathing it in a solution of potassium dichromate and then drying in darkness. The sensitized tissue is first exposed to arc light in a vacuum pressure printing frame behind the photogravure screen, and then the screened tissue is exposed to the arc lamp behind the combined positive of the text and illustrations.

The tissue is transferred to a copper cylinder and "developed" in a stream of warm water which washes away the soluble gelatine and leaves only the light-hardened gelatin in the form of an image of varying thickness. The finished "print" is then dried. Instead of carbon tissue, special photographic films can also be used. After exposure, development hardens the emulsion image-wise. This emulsion is then stripped off the film base and transferred to the copper cylinder, followed by warm water development, etc., as with tissue. Gravure films of this kind have the advantage of being more consistent in their properties, while the visible silver image also makes judging of image density easier.

Etching the Cylinder. The image is etched into tho surface of the copper with a solution of ferric chloride. The result is a surface in which the depth of the etched areas varies according to the tones of the original image. The tone range of the etched image is controlled by suitable variations in the strength of the etching bath. Etching is started with a strong solution. The particular tone which is to be "brought in" and etched is controlled by the strength of the solution, and the depth of the etching is controlled by the time for which the etching is allowed to continue before the next weaker
bath is employed; in that way the tone range of the result can be governed to a surprising degree, but there are definite limitations and any further adjustments have to be taken care of by retouching the original negatives and positives before the carbon printing is done. The line work and text matter on the cylinder are sometimes etched separately from the illustrations and only two strengths of ferric chloride are used; a slightly weak one to make sure that etching starts on all the work, and a stronger one to continue the etching and to insure that there is no penetration in the "whites" surrounding the work.

[NI2285] He had reddish hair.
Extract from letter of 9th May 1979 from John Ronald Howard Greeves (genealogist) to Julia Helen Marie Baker (née Brown): "The Daniel O'Brien who died in 1866 was a step-nephew of Daniel who married Mary Greeves. Some time after Mary's death in what seems to have been typhus fever in 1833, Daniel gave up his business of a carriage manufacturer in Carlow and got a job at Friends' School, Lisburn as what was then known as an Usher. The date of his death in 1842 is given in a contemporary letter of which I have a copy." His full dates would appear to be 23 May 1786 to 31 Mar 1842, but we are NOT convinced because we have a later photograph of him. To be resolved. His career and the births of his children and grandchildren, various marriages and deaths are all covered in the letters.

In Ltr #134, Susanna adds a p.s. 25th 1st mo 1850: "I recd the enclosed this morning from Brother Dan so will just send it..."

"I don't know the address of John J. Wright, but he is a very well known man in Cincinnati, quite a man of the world and is I believe esteemed in business and an Auctioneer, is my cousin and married to my niece - three of her sisters went out, Margt was married to my first cousin Joshua Waring - he is dead - there was Mary and Lucy and their brother Richard and William Haughton, George Valentine and his wife Jane my sister and their son John. I believe they all live in Cincinnati. The only one I know the address of is: Thomas O'Brien, Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio".

[NI2330] [No24 Waring]

[NI2336] Became a convinced Friend (Quaker) in at age 23 in 1692.

A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Quakers,
Richard S Harrison, Four Courts Press, 55 Prussia St, Dublin 7, Ireland, 1997.
ISBN 1-85182-304-2. Page 99:

"Joseph Waring (1669-1743), born in Wexford. At age 23 he heard William Edmundson preaching. In 1726 he became a 'public Friend' or 'minister,' 'having long been one, in silence, by his example... His conversation was pleasant, his temper sweet: he reproved with meekness, was cautious of giving offence, loved peace and endeavoured to promote it, desirous that all should dwell together in unity. He was fearful of being drawn away from watchfulness over himself even by what some would call small indulgences.'"

Reference: Mary Leadbeater - 'Biographical Notices of Members of the Society of Friends who were resident in Ireland,' 223 (London, 1823).

[NI2338] To what extent this family were Quakers is uncertain. Those shown here mostly married into Quaker families of long standing. The Sinton, Greer/Greeves, Haughton, Mortons, Christies, Wrights, Bells, Nicholsons, were Quakers and had intermarried since they arrived in Ireland and the Society of Friends was established.

[NI2340] Was a widower when he married Mary Richardson. Lost an eye while breaking stones in 1852 for Mr Howard of Greystoke Castle.

[NI2342] Ill for two years

[NI2343] Assassinated in Spain

[NI2408] Had a large shop like Harrods in Sackville Street, Dublin called Baker, Wardell & Co. They were tea, coffee and spice merchants and also had premises at 75 & 76 Thomas Street and 140 & 141 Francis Street, Dublin. Baker Brothers & Co were grocers, corn and provision dealers at 66 & 67 Upper Dorset Street and 90 Lower George's Street, Kingston and Castle Street, Dalkey.[sinton.FTW]

Had a large shop like Harrods in Sackville Street, Dublin called Baker, Wardell & Co. They were tea, coffee and spice merchants and also had premises at 75 & 76 Thomas Street and 140 & 141 Francis Street, Dublin. Baker Brothers & Co were grocers, corn and provision dealers at 66 & 67 Upper Dorset Street and 90 Lower George's Street, Kingston and Castle Street, Dalkey.

[NI2418] There was on 15/6/1852 a Deed of Dissolution of Partnership between Party 1, comprising Robert Ransome, James Allen Ransome and William Dillwyn Sims of Ipswich, ironfounders, Party 2 comprising Stafford Allen of Church Street, Stoke Newington, Middlesex and Party 3 comprising Charles May of Ipswich, ironfounder. It was to dissolve the partnership of Parties 1 and 3, styled Ransome and May, originally formed in 1846, as from 31/12/1851, with the retirement of Party 3 and with the consent of Party 2. The partnership now comprised Party 1 only called Ransomes and Sims.

The convention of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was held in London in June 1840. The aims of the Society were the universal abolition of slavery and the slave trade, and the protection of emancipated slaves in the British Colonies. The first meeting of the convention at Freemasons' Hall on 12 June 1840 was presided over by the aged Thomas Clarkson, one of the founders of the anti-slavery movement in England. Commissioned by the Society to produce a portrait commemorating the convention, Haydon chose to depict the concluding moments of Clarkson's speech. The artist wrote in an accompanying pamphlet: 'a liberated slave, now a delegate, is looking up to Clarkson with deep interest...this is the point of interest in the picture, and illustrative of the object in painting it - the African sitting by the intellectual European, in equality and intelligence, whilst the patriarch of the cause points to heaven as to whom he must be grateful'. The black delegate was Henry Beckford from Jamaica.

[NI2444] Brought up with help of his cousin Sarah Burtt, elder daughter of William and Lydia Burtt after his mother died. Sarah moved to Gedney until she married.
At the age of fourteen, he was sent to Selby in Yorkshire. His uncles Thomas and William Procter were in business as flax merchants. Jonathan settled into the trade well and remained a flax merchant in Selby all his life. He also had an intense love for agricultural pursuits, which in spite of his business preoccupations, he managed to find time to maintain, and in his latter years the management of a small farm was his chief enjoyment and recreation.

His brother John who later came to live nearby with his large family, gave plenty of scope for a warm and happy family life.
His life was one of home quiet. He had his warehouses for the storage of flax, linseed and cheese and visited all the market towns round Selby to meet the farmers and buy flax. The assessment of the quality of flax had its humorous side. The orthodox way was to take the head of the bundle between the knees and holding it firmly gripped, to stoop over it in a good light and turn the fibres with both hands. A group of flax merchants thus engaged presented a ludicrous spectacle.
He was a zealous politician on the Liberal side and a keen advocate in turn for the Reform Bill and for the Repeal of the Corn Laws. But the reform which engaged his interest to an overwhelming degree was that of temperance and from the day on which he took the pledge he devoted his best energies to its promotion. He attended all the temperance meetings in the town, often took the chair, subscribed liberally to the funds and frequently entertained lecturers in his home. The temperance movement made such headway in Selby that for a time it seemed likely that the whole town would be abstinent. The clergy, however, held coldly aloof or were even opposed to the work. There was also a quiet but determined opposition among the upper and middle classes.
Neither doctors or lawyers joined the movement and no licensed houses were actually closed, although at the height of the enthusiasm their profits must have suffered. Moved from Gedney to Selby to trade.
Flax Merchant, lived at the Quay, Selby, Yorkshire; opposite the old Abbey.
from Granny's notes:
5 generations of Massey's family still in NZ
5 generations of Charles's family still in Alberta
5,6,9,10,12; my great Aunts and uncles, as widows or widowers lived out their lives at Inval(High Inval) I remember all of them and their offspring.

[NI2551] 12 children. I have a Crown in my possession engraved JW 1770 MB 1777.

[NI2630] Died prior to 1800

[NI2745] In 1795 he was apprenticed to his father at Ipswich Iron Founders. He then became a copartner with him on 1 December 1809. This was initially established as Ransome and Son as a seven year partnership with a capital of £3,776, with joint ownership of patents and equal division of profits. Subsequently, for many years, he headed the firm. He obtained a patent for chill casting iron railway fastenings called chairs in which the rails are held. Charles May, who was then a partner in the firm, having invented a process for making compressed wooden wedges and pins, for fixing the chairs and rails, these two appliances created a large business which gave employment to many hundreds of men and lads. Sometimes 300 tons per week being cast.

In 1845, a Jubilee fete was held in the Park to celebrate his 50th year of being in the business. All the workmen, about 1400, united in presenting an oil painting of him and his brother Robert. This was done by subscription by which also each man, clerk etc., obtained a good litho of each. He was an Alderman at Ipswich and very greatly respected by ALL parties. He died resting in the memory of his Redeemer of heart disease at Rushmere and was buried at the Friends burial ground, Ipswich.

[NI3102] Born and educated in Munster, where he practiced his calling. When he had done some work for a certain Earl and said Earl disputed payment- after most disturbing contention - O'Brien (who, being an Irishman and knowing how to defend his rights)
administered a thorough thrashing to his Earlship. Then, deciding that discretion was the better part of valour, he went to England, where he was employed at the Chester Castle, until he heard (some time later - perhaps years) that the Earl was dead,
and decided to return to his native land, but chose to settle in Carlow.

[NI3135] Dan died after 1858 when "... (he) is giving up school teaching and is to live with son Thomas". He was the brother of William O'Brien who married Anne Greeves, Mary's sister. William and Daniel were uncles of Thomas O'Brien, just below, the son of one of the many children of Daniel O'Brien senior's second marriage, half brother of William and Daniel. Source:(Diary of Anne Greeves(1798-1877) from Margaretta Sinton Handke (1947))

[NI3182] [No19 Wright]

[NI4137] Lived in 15th & 16th centuries

[NF64] The wedding photograph of William (35th birthday) and Mary Allen Baker of 21 September 1893, shows the bride and bridegroom and bridesmaids and groomsmen. They are Benson Tatham Woodhead (sitting) nephew of William, younger sister Hannah Mabel Allen (Carr), standing Malcolm Watlock Allen, Herbert Rutter, Margaret Stafford Allen (Daisy), Janet Williams (Sander)?, brother Douglas Allen, Margaret Daisy Greeves Woodhead niece of William, in front Catherine Woodhead (Katie Wood) niece of William, Edwin Godfrey Woodhead nephew of William, sitting Edith Annette Allen and brother George Stafford Allen with Dixie the dachshund.

[NF67] Location Lancaster

Address

4 Queen Street
Lancaster
LA1 1RS
Tel +44 (0)1524 65673
Fax +44 (0)1524 842285

Registration and Census District (1852 - 1946) 8e

Fawcett, Samuel
Year: 1884 Quarter: Dec
Record Type: Marriages Contributer: inett
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Lamb, Caroline
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[NF78] 12 March 1762 Marriage Certificate of William Baker and Ann Thompson.

Whereas William Baker son of John Baker of the city of Dublin, deceased and Ann Thompson daughter of Thomas Thompson near Cooladine in the County of Wexford, having declared their intention of taking each other in marriage before several meetings of the people called Quakers in the city of Dublin and Cooladine afore said according to the good order used amongst them. Whose proceedings therin after a deliberate consideration thereof with regard unto the religious Law of God and example of his recorded in the Scriptures of Truth in that case were approved by the said Meetings there appearing clear of all others and having consent of Parents and Relations concerned.

Now these are to certify all whom it may concern that for the full accomplishing of their intentions this twelfth day of the Third month called March, one thousand seven hundred and sixty two, they the said William Baker and Ann Thompson appeared in a public Assembly of the afore said People met together to worship God in their Public Meeting at Cooladine in the County of Wexford afore said, and in a solemn manner he the said William Baker taking the said Ann Thompson by the hand did openly declare as followeth viz. Friends ye art my witnefses that I take Ann Thompson to be my wife promising through Divine Assistance to be unto her a loving and faithful husband till death separates, and then and there in the said Assembly the said Ann Thompson did in like manner declare as followeth viz, Friends ye are my witnesses that I take William Baker to be my husband and promising through Divine assistence to be unto him a faithful and loving wife till death seperate us, and the said William Baker and Ann Thompson as a further Confirmation there of did then and there to these present set their hands as Husband and Wife.

William Baker.

Anne Baker.

And we whose names are there unto subscribed being present among others at the solemnization of their said Marriage and Subscription in Manner afore said as Witnesses herunto have to those present subscribed our name, the Day and year above written.


Thos Sayle John Thompson John Diggin

Willm Knott Robert Thompson Henry Hall

Sarah Sayle Thomas Thompson Samuel Hudson

Abigail Chamberlain Jacob Fullyer James Murphy

Saml Sayle James Githings Benjamin Baker

Hannah Sayle- Benjamin Diggin

Sarah Chamberlain Mary James.

[NS27241] Selby QM Digest of Deaths described as a flax merchant of Selby

[NS49551] Yorkshire QM Marriages Digest

[NS21901] Entry in Birthday Book - My Father Killed August 28th 1866

[NS21951] Fallows Farm, Garsdale, Near Dent, Yorkshire

[NS21953] Flyleaf