| 8. | Henry Featherstonhaugh was born in Abt. 1745 in Barhaugh, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland (son of Alexander Featherstonhaugh and Dorothy Gill); died in 1816 in Thorp, Yorkshire; was buried on 20 Jun 1816 in St Wilfrid, Burnsall, Yorkshire. Other Events:
- Name: Henry Featherstonehaugh
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- Name: Henry Fetherstonhaugh
- Baptism: 28 Sep 1745, Holy Paraclete, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland
- Birth: 11 Sep 1748, Barhaugh, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland
- Residence: 1778, Gargrave, Yorkshire
Notes:
Burnsall, Yorkshire
Banns of marriage between Henry Featherstonhaugh and Martha Kidd were pubd January 13th 25th Feby 1st 1778 by me Matt? Metcalf?
The said Henry Featherstonhaugh of the parish of Gargrave and Diocese of York cordwainer and the said Martha Kidd of the parish of Burnsall and Diocese aforesaid were married in the Church with Certificate this Second Day of February in the Year One Thousand + Seventy Eight by me Matt? Metcalf This marriage was solemnized between Henry Featherstonhaugh Martha Kidd in the presence of Randal Inman Robt Kay
Burial in the Parish of Burnsale in the County of York in the Year 1816
Henry Fetherstonhaugh of Thorp June 20th age 70
History of Northumberland by the Rev John Hodgson
The following is all the information we have been able to glean respecting the family of Featherstonehalgh, of Barhaugh. The dates were made from the Kirkhaugh Registers, by the rev. A. Hedley
2. Mr. Alex. Featherstonhaugh, in 1734, is described as of Williamston; and after that, of Barhaugh. He married firstly, Dorothy daughter of … Gill, of Williamston, and by her had issue : -
1. Albany F., bap. at Knaresdale, Feb. 26, 1740.
2. Elizabeth F., bap. March 16, 1743.
3. Henry F., Sept. 28, 1745.
4. Alex. F., bur. at Kirkhaugh; June 25, 1752.
5. John F., died Sept. 11, 1812, (M.I Kirkhaugh)
Henry's Story by Monica Taylor (Featherstone Family News 2/11
Henry Featherstonhaugh (aka Fetherstonhaugh, Fetherstone) was christened on September 11, 1748 in Barhaugh, Northumberland near Alston Moor where he was born. He was the fourth child and third son of Alexander Featherstonhaugh and Dorothy Gill of Windy Hall, Barhaugh, Northumberland. After Dorothy Gill's death, Alexander married Hannah Wallis, nee Armstrong. Alexander had a total of 10 children and, despite having a moneyed estate in
Barhaugh and Windy Hall, left Henry only 30 pounds in his will. Most of Henry's siblings died unmarried or with no male issue. His youngest half-brother Richard appears to have inherited almost everything. (Richard is Connie Grayson's and Judith Townsend's story.)
Henry married Martha Kidd of Appletreewick, West Riding, Yorkshire on February 2, 1778, as recorded in both the Parish Registers for Baraugh (IGI) and for Burnsall, Yorkshire (Parish records). This made him about 30, almost an old bachelor in those days. They were married by banns with certificate by Matt. Metcalfe, Witnesses Randal Inman and Robert Kay. Henry became a shoemaker in Thorpe, near Burnsall, Yorkshire after having fled Barhaugh. The marriage parish records of Burnsall say he was "of Gargrave" in Yorkshire. This indicates that he probably had lived in the area for a while before settling in Thorpe. His grandson, Henry Baraph Featherstonhaugh, of Oswego, New York, recalled "on account of a charge of an illegitimate child about to be laid to him, he fled to the wild and hilly parts of Yorkshire and the small
village of Thorpe" (From Mary Devlin records)
Henry's marriage to Martha Kidd preceded the birth of their first child by less than 7 months. Whether she and he fled Barhaugh, Northumberland together or whether he met her in Yorkshire is another puzzle. According to the marriage record, Martha was "of" Appletreewick, Burnsall in Yorkshire but, as yet, no record for her birth has been found there or in the nearby parishes. She was born about 1750, according to the 1841 census of Thorpe and the parish records of Linton, Burnsell (including Appletreewick) have been searched for her birth. The tiny, Yorkshire viIlage of Thorpe (near Burnsall and Bolton Abbey) had 28 shoemakers at the beginning of the 19th century! It was said that the monks from as far away as Ripon used to walk the moors to have their sandals repaired in Thorpe-in-Hollow. (From A Wharfedale Village: A detailed study of the History of Burnsall and Thorpe-sub-Montem by Eric Lodge).
Today, the Featherstonhaugh House still stands in Thorpe although in the late 1800s it was called a 'shippon' according to a descendent (From the letters of Emma Featherstonhaugh to her brother). Today this house has been renovated and is shown in this picture. One can still see the wonderful shape of the original stone building. (see fig 1)
Henry's inheritance of 30 pounds appears to have been well spent, as the house is very solidly built and fairly large. You can get there by taking the train to Skipton and driving north from Skipton on the Embsay road. You continue over the moors through the town Of Burnsall, and about I.5 km passed, there is a very narrow road that leads off to the left. The sign was almost defunct the last time I was there (1998) If you miss this turning you continue another kiIometer and there is a better-paved road to the left with a signpost. You continue on either road up over a hill and slowly wend your way down into the hollow at the bottom where there is a surprising small village. There was a rather overgrown village square (triangle) with about 10 buildings at the most around this square. There is/was also a B&B in Thorpe if anyone wants to stay the night there. There are marvellous hills in the area for walking and the views are spectacular once you are up and out of Thorpe. (see fig 2)
Henry was listed in the Muster Roll of 1803 for Burnsall/Thorpe, as was his son John, who was described as 'infirm'. Henry died on June 20, 1816 in Thorpe, Burnsall, Yorkshire, at the age of 70, according to the Burnsall Parish Records. The 1841 census states that his wife, Martha Kidd, was living with her son Henry, also a shoemaker in Thorpe, Henry's wife Ann (Nancy), her grandson Henry, age 20, and granddaughter Jane, age14. Martha died shortly thereafter at the age of about 89 according to the Burnsall Parish Records (in the records as Featherston).
Martha and Henry Featherstonhaugh had six children who grew to adulthood: Dorothy (b. 1778), John (b. 1780), Henry (b-1785), Albany (b. 1791), Alexander (1794), and Elizabeth (1798). Their stories are as follows:
1. Dorothy (aka Dolly and Dot) Featherstonhaugh married Thomas Birch in 1799 and lived in the Hebden/Linton area of Wharfedale, Yorkshire. He was from Simpson's Fold, Headingly, Leeds. In the 1803 Muster Roll, Thomas is listed as a miner in Grassington; however, his 1799 marriage certificate indicates he was a farmer, and yet another source says he owned 14 acres. Dolly's death certificate indicates her husband was a lead miner, which might have been the reason for his early death at age 49. The parish record for deaths states he was born in 1768, but his marriage certificate indicates he was born in 1772. The baptismal record for Thomas Birch is found in the private collection of the Rev. Wilfred Owen.
It states: The Parish Church of St. Peters, Leeds. 12 October 1772 = Thomas son of Thomas and Sarah Birch/James of Headingly in the presence of me Wilfred Owen Rev. Vicar of Headingley. Witnesses: Thomas Birch, Sarah Birch, Martha Birch and Joseph Birch." In 1821 Dorothy's husband, Thomas Birch, died. She was left with 8 children ranging in age from 3 to 20. She had to fend for herself and she must have inherited some very strong genes in order to survive and rear her family, allowing her also to reach the age of 95! In 1803 the Land taxation of Hebden records indicate she held land as a tenant farmer until 1820. (Were the 14 acres shown as her husband's in 1799 really his?) Presumably she farmed the land while her husband worked in the lead mines of Hebden. The 1841 census, taken when she was 60, shows her as a servant in Embsay, Yorkshire, for a John Lister; in 1851 she was an annuitant in Park House, Barden, living with her son Thomas. In 1861 she is a "knitter' in Hartlington Village, near Burnsall; and in 1871 she is living with her daughter, Elizabeth (Betsy) Croft in Holme Alme House, Barden, which is in the Bolton Abbey area of Yorkshire and a stone's throw from Thorpe where she had lived most of her life.
The eight children of Dorothy and Thomas Birch were:
John (1800-1828): He was a lead miner and died in Hartlington Moorside, near Hebden. It is unknown if he married or had children.
Elizabeth, (1803-1874) married Richard Croft. He was a one-time gamekeeper and then farmer at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire. For some odd reason she was christened in 1803 in Linton and again in 1815 in Burnsall, which is close by. They had at least 5 children who grew to adulthood
Henry(1805-1S54), married Elizabeth Pickersgill and they reared at least 6 children. Henry was a general labourer and is listed in an old notebook found in a foundry in Burnsall. His youngest child, John, at the age of 21 became the first postman between Skipton and Burnsall and throughout the succeeding years John became a carrier between these two places right until he died at the age of 90 in 1924.
William (1907-1840) died of stomach problems (possibly an appendicitis, as this runs in the family) at the young age of 32. He had been a cordwainer (shoemaker), and, at his death, left 3 small children and his wife, Elizabeth Tomlinson, pregnant with twins who were christened 10 months later!
Cemetery). He married Elizabeth Coates of Bradford in 1849 and sailed to West Virginia. They did not like the climate or else he did not want to be involved in someone else's war, as, after their first child was born, they moved to Brockville, Ontario in Canada, and then on to Westport and Delta, and over the years had S children. However, his descendents, with the exception of one, all lived in various parts of the US. (His life is another story). Robert and his daughter Lizzie both kept in contact with his cousin Henry Baraph Featherstonhaugh as again some of their letters are still in existence. (Mary Devlin's family file)
John Featherstonhaugh, born in 1780. He was registered in the 1803 Muster Roll as infirm: he died at the age of 32 (ca.. 1812).
Henry Featherstonhaugh born April 28, 1785 in Thorpe, Burnsall and died at the age of 57 (ca- 1842) in Thorpe, Burnsall. He married Nancy Bales in Giggleswick, Yorkshire. Henry was on the1803 Craven Muster Roll as a shoemaker in Thorpe. Their children were: John, (b. 1813); Mary, (b. 1815);
Henry, (b. 1819) was in the 1841 census of Thorpe; he was buried in Burnsall, having died January 31, 1878, in Blackpool, Lancashire. He was a butcher in Blackpool; sisters Ann, (b. 1821); Martha, (b. 1824); and Jane, (b. 1827), who, in the 1841 census was in Thorpe living with her parents.)
AIbany Featherstonhaugh born May 04, 1791, in Thorpe, Burnsall, West Riding, Yorkshire and died in Poulton le Flyde, Lancashire. (He is Mary Devlin's story)
Alexander Featherstonhaugh born December 03, 1794, and died June 10, 1837 in Appletreewick (Aptrick) at the age of 42. He married Elizabeth Gibson on May 27, 1830 in Rylstone. She was born in 1801 and died on April 19, 1867 in Appletreewick. Their children were:
Henry Featherstonhaugh (1831-1868), Skylreholme, Yorkshire. (He married Dorothy Pedley on June 10, 1858 in Rilston because the Burnsall Church was under repair. In 1860 he was a grocer and churchwarden in Burnsall and in the 1861 census he was listed as an enumerator as well as owner of 19 acres of land in Appletreewick. However, after his death, in the 1871 census his widow was listed as a charwoman). They had at least four children. She remarried an Inman.
Sarah Featherstonhaugh, (1832 -before 1838); Jane Featherstonhaugh, (1833-1909) married John Lister, born in Timble, in 1858 in Burnsall and lived in the area, dying in Hebden; they had eight children. Robert Featherstonhaugh, (1835-1916), possibly died in the Skipton workhouse. Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh (1837-1856) married Andrew Hargreaves on September 07, 1856 in Burnsall. They had eight children and their descendents still live in Hebden area today. Sarah Featherstonhaugh (1838-1891) died in Hartlington near Hebden, West Riding. Sarah married Daniel Bowdin on May 14, 1863 in Burnsall. His father had interests in the lead mining of the Hebden area. They had 3 children, only one of whom survived to adulthood. In 1861, Sarah was living with her Aunt Jane Gibson in the Devonshire Arms Hotel in Barden.
Youngest child of Henry and Martha was Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh born on June 01, 1798 in Thorpe, near Linton and Burnsall, Wharfedale, Yorkshire and died on April 24, 1883 in Bolton, Lancashire at the age of 85. She married Thomas Briercliffe on August 23, 1824 in St. Peter's, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire. Thomas was born in 1796 in Blackley, Lancashire and lived for 75 years. He died in Kersley a Cotton Spinner. and Elizabeth died in Bolton, there is a gravestone in Tong Cemetery Bolton which names them both.. Elizabeth's estate was as follows: "Elizabeth Briercliffe, personal Estate 179 pounds; 15 Oct Admon of the personal estate of Elizabeth Briercliffe, late of 21 Manor Street, Bolton, in County Lancaster, widow, who died 24 April 1883 at 21 Manor St. was granted at Manchester to Robert Briercliffe of Lime Trees Bolton road, Farnworth near Bolton, Cotton Spinner, the son and one of the
next of kin."
Elizabeth and Thomas Briercliffe's children were: Richard Briercliffe, (1825-1886) of Lime Trees Moses Gate, Bolton, was interred in New Jerusalem Cemetery, Kearsley. Robert Briercliffe, (1826-1886) died at St. Anne's on Sea, Lancashire; briefly, his will states "Robert Briercliffe 32,070 pounds 14s 2 died 13 Oct the will of Robert Briercliffe late of 1 Bolton Road, Farnworth in the County of Lancashire, Cotton Spinner who died 18 Aug 1886 at St. Anne's on the Sea in the said county at Manchester by Elizabeth Briercliffe widow relict and Thomas Henry Briercliffe and Robert Edward Briercliffe, Cotton Spinners, the sons all of Lime Trees Moses Gate, Farnworth near Bolton in the said county, the executors." Thomas Briercliffe, (1830-1855); James Moss Briercliffe, (1838-1864) died in Chetham Hill, Lancashire. Alexander Briercliffe, (1842-1871); Possibly four other ones.
(Elizabeth's story needs to be examined more fully and will be our winter's project. Her husband appears to have started with very little and by the time his son Robert died, they had amassed quite a fortune.
There are many Featherstonhaughs who are unaccounted for in this short story. The offspring of Alexander have yet to be traced in detail. It would certainly be nice to 'fill out' this story more and hopefully things will come to light that where not known before.
Needless to say the Featherstonhaugh (aka Fetherstonhaugh and Fetherstone) were generally a prolific lot! (If anyone wants more details of any of these people, I will gladly furnish them)
Ed's note Thanks to Monica Taylor member 47 for this article, following is Mary Devlin's article.
Died:
age 70
Buried:
age 70
Henry married Martha Kidd on 02 Feb 1778 in St Wilfrid, Burnsall, Yorkshire. Martha was born in Abt. 1752 in Burnsall, Yorkshire; died in 1841 in Thorp, Yorkshire (Dec 1841 Skipton WRY 23 396); was buried on 22 Nov 1841 in St Wilfrid, Burnsall, Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1880 - 1946 (65 years)