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John Horner of Middlesmoor
Thomas Horner of Whitehouses
Thomas Horner of Church Bank
Thomas Horner of Holehouses and Bishopside

Seventh Generation - Thomas Horner of Whitehouses

Thomas Horner, the father of William Horner of Whitehouses was christened on 6 January 1675 [1] . He was the second son of James Horner and Margaret Smith of Whitehouses [2] . He joined his four-year-old brother John, and two-year-old sister Anne [3] .

By the time Thomas was nine years old he had seen his older brother John die and he had been joined by three more brothers Jacob, William and John, and a younger sister Mary [4] . Jacob, however, was buried in 1680 aged only three [5] .

John Horner of Middlesmoor

A John Horner of Middlesmoor married Esther Summersall in Pateley Bridge in 1718, who may be Thomas's brother [6] . John and Esther had at least one daughter Mary [7] . Esther may have died young and he then married Sarah Carlisle [8] . Sarah and John had at least one daughter Sarah in Bewerley [9] . She died in 1745 in Fellbeck [10] .John Horner was buried in 1777 aged 98. [11] . Another John Horner, of Low Bishopside, married Esther Hannon in 1738 [12] . They at least one son Joseph baptised in Pateley Bridge [13] .. Although John Horner of Middlesmoor above may have married three times, as yet this is highly improbable.


This line of Horners were closely connected with Linton, Grassington and High Bishopside. A Thomas Horner, who may be the same man, married Isabel Tophan in Kildwick on 16 July 1692 [14] . This Isabel Tophan was the daughter of Thomas Tophan, Senior, of Hebden and Agnes Pearte [15] . Isabel died in 1702 without appearing to have born children [16] . Thomas married Anna Yeoman as his second wife in Pateley Bridge in 1704 [17] .

Thomas Horner of Whitehouses

In these years Thomas and Anna began to have a large family of nine surviving children in Pateley Bridge including three daughters, Sarah, Mary and Margaret and three surviving sons, Thomas, George,and Jacob [18] . By 1716 Thomas had moved to White Houses, a small hamlet in High Bishopside, a mile East of Pateley Bridge. There two more sons were born, Michael and Joseph [19] . By 1724 the family had moved to Cross Lane, or Cross Lane in Pateley Bridge, where his youngest son William was born [20] .

Perhaps Thomas Horner moved to Cross Lane in search of work. His son William worked as a servant and as a weaver and it is highly probable that Thomas was also involved in these occupations. He may have had a smallholding. It was quite common for yeomen farmers to supplement their income with cloth making. The Linen and Flax industries were roaring trades in High Bishopside in the mid eighteenth century and it is probable that Thomas engaged in the domestic textile industry and been involved in the linen weaving industry.

In the same year that Thomas saw his youngest son William born, his eldest son Jacob married a Tophan, Mary Tophan in 1724 in Linton [21] . James Horner was a miner and an innkeeper in Grassington [22] . He had sufficient income to be an elector for George Fox in the election of 1741 [23] . His only son Tophan Horner was buried at the age of two, of his three daughters only two survived to adulthood [24] . James Horner was buried in 1761 [25] . In April 1740 Thomas lost his son Michael, when he was only twenty years old [26] . Four years later he lost his second son Joseph, aged nineteen [27] . Perhaps it was grief or middle age, but within three months Thomas himself passed away in 1744 [28] . Thomas's wife Anna outlived him by over thirty years and was buried in 1779 in Whitehouses aged ninety-eight [29] .

Thomas Horner of Church Bank

Thomas's second eldest son Thomas Horner, married Dorothy Tophan on 28 April 1729 in Linton [30] . Their daughter Jane was buried in March 1729 [31] .  It would appear that both Thomas and his brother James married two Tophan sisters. In fact it is highly probable that Dorothy and Mary were the daughters of Thomas Tophan of Linton, nieces of Isabella Tophan and therefore perhaps cousins to the men that they married. Dorothy Tophan did not long survive her daughter Jane and after a period of suitable mourning Thomas Horner, now of Church Bank, married Margaret Jackman as his second wife in Pateley Bridge in 1731 [32] . Thomas Horner was described as ''Thomas Horner, Junior, of High Bishopside ' in the detailed entries of his children's christenings. Thomas and Margaret had at least two sons, Thomas and John [33] ..

This Thomas Horner owned lands in Bishopside called Scaife Lands, but lived at Church Bank. His eldest son John Horner, of Bend Lane, appears to have bought lands form Roger Swire esquire, and his wife and Miss Margaret Dowgill of Cononley in 1764 for £430 [34] . By October 1764 John appears to have transferred the lands to his father Thomas Horner of Bend Lane. Thomas owned lands in High Bishopside called Low Grounds, Scaife Lands, which he gained in 1764 and transferred to his son Thomas of Bend Lane, Bishopside in 1787 [37] . Thomas Horner of Church Bank was buried in 1790 aged eighty-two, his wife Margaret having been buried in 1789 [38] . His will was proved in 1791 [39] .

Thomas's son John Horner appears to have married Mary Readshaw in Pateley Bridge and had a large family of seven children, of whom only one daughter Margaret survived [36] . It is not certain when John died, but he was certainly deceased by the time his daughter Margaret and her husband Enoch Dobby were in dispute with John's brother Thomas Horner of Bend Lane [49] .

Thomas's son Thomas of Bend Lane, Bishopside married Anne Friar on 4 May 1762 Pateley Bridge [40] . Thomas Horner held lands but was also recorded as a 'linen weaver' of Pateley Bridge. Thomas and Anne had eight children [41] . It would appear that only one son Thomas and two daughters survived childhood. Thomas Horner, of Bend Lane and Church Bank was buried on 17 November 1793 [42] . His will was proved in October 1794 [43] . He left bequests to Thomas his son, Ann his wife and his married daughters Ann wife of Robert Demaine and Mary wife of Michael Gamlin [44] . However, his wife Ann did not long survive him. She was buried on 22 December 1793, widow of Thomas Horner of Church Bank [45] .

Thomas's son Thomas married Mary Dobby in 1794, and moved from Pateley Bridge to Otley [46] . The young Thomas ‘of Otley’ was probably born in 1775 and was therefore under the age of twenty-one age in 1795, but came of age in 1796 [47] . In 1796 his father’s lands were sold for £666 [48] . These lands were probably split three ways with his sisters and their husbands. This was quite a fortune in 1796 of £222. His sister Mary and her husband Michael Gamlin had a son Thomas Horner Gamlin christened in Otley in 1795 [50] .

Thomas Horner of Holehouses and Bishopside

Another Thomas Horner had married Mary Jackman in 1721 at 9am on Easter Sunday 1721 [51] .They moved to Holehouse, a hamlet above Knott Side and to the West of Tipladies, about a mile from Pateley Bridge by July 1721. Here their eldest son John was born, soon followed a year later by Thomas [52] . Unfortunately Thomas died in infancy before he was a full year old in 1723 [53] . Their eldest son John cannot have survived as by 1727 Thomas and Mary had moved to High Bishopside where another son John was born [54] . However this son John died in 1759 at the age of twenty-two [55] . They soon had another six children, including five sons, two Jonathan's, of which only the youngest would survive,Thomas, Bernard, Joseph and one daughter Elizabeth [56]  . Thomas Horner died in Whitehouses, a mile east of Pateley bridge, in 1778 and is described as a yeoman [57] .. His wife Mary survived him, by only two years and she passed away in 1781 [58] .

His sons Joseph and Bernard survived and had large families. His son Joseph had a family of thirteen children, including five sons and eight daughters [59] . This Joseph was probably the Joseph Horner, linen weaver, recorded in 1807 as a voter in Bewerley [60] .

Thomas’s son Bernard married Anne Beckwith in Middlesmoor in 1767 [62] . Bernard probably had lands in Beamsley as he is recorded in 1807 as an elector in the 1807 poll as a linen weaver, of Fountains Earth [63] . Barnard Horner died at Skyreholme and was buried at at Pateley Bridge on June 14 1821 aged 83 described as Barnabas of Skyreholme [64] . John son of Bernard Horner of Fountains Earth appears to retire at Parcival Hall in Burnsall in 1851 aged 66 [65] . He was born in Fountains Earth, a chapelry of Pateley Bridge and does not appear to have any children [66] . John Horner had sufficient wealth to be recorded as a voter in Appletreewick but residing at Parcival Hall in 1848.

 

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[1] Thomas Horner was christened on 6 January 1675. Pateley Bridge

[2] James Horner married Margaret Smith on 26 June 1706. IGI. Pateley Bridge

[3] John Horner was christened on 27 December 1671 , Anna Horner was christened on 7 November 1673. Pateley Bridge

[4] John Horner was christened on 27 December 1671 , Anna Horner was christened on 7 November 1673. Pateley Bridge

[5] James was buried 22 September 1680.Pateley Bridge

[6] Esther Summersall married John Horner of Middlesmoor on 29 May 1718. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[7] A John Horner of Fellbeck had a daughter Mary christened on 25 April 1722. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.A Mary Horner was christened on 25 April 1723. IGI. A Robert Horner son of John was christened in 27 January 1705, but it is not certain that this Robert is connected to this line. IGI.

[8] John Horner of Middlesmoor married Sarah Carlisle 29 May 1721. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[9] A John Horner of Bewerley had a daughter Sarah christened on 18 October 1743. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[10] Sarah Horner wife of John Horner of Fellbeck was buried on 15 May 1745. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[11] John Horner was buried on 10 April 1777 aged 98. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[12] John Horner and Esther Hannon, both of the Parish of Pateley Bridge married in 1738. Pateley Bridge Parish registers. DB.50.

[13] Joseph Horner son of John Horner of Low Bishopside was baptized 26 November 1739. Pateley Bridge Parish registers. DB.50.

[14] 16 July 1692 Thomas Horner infra pochiae de Kirby Malam Dale et Issabella Topham infra pochiae de Burnsall Kildwick Parish registers .Strangely, the marriage is double entered in the registers of Burnsall exactly a month earlier on 16 June 1692. Burnsall Parish Registers.

[15] Isabel daughter of Thomas Tophan Senior of Hebden was also christened on 15 November 1674. (Another Isabel Tophan was christened 11 December 1664 in Linton the daughter of William Tophan junior of Grassington,but she was buried on 09 August 1666 ) Linton parish registers. IGI. Thomas Tophan and Agnes Peart were married in Linton on 20 Oct 1670. Thomas was the’sonne of Robt. Tophan of Hebd baptizat ye 26 Feb 1643’. Linton Parish registers. Isabel had an only sister Mary. Mary Dau: of Thomas Tophan of Hebden & Agnes his wife baptiz: 27 July 1679.Linton Parish registers.

[16] An Elizabeth Horner of Hartlington was buried on 31 May 1702 in Burnsall who may have been the wife of Thomas. See Burnsall Parish registers. Elizabeth and Isabel could be the same woman. There are no children of this union recorded in this parish or adjacent parishes.

[17] Thomas Horner married Anna Wood on 9 November 1704. Thomas Horner married Anna Yeoman on 25 June 1706 Pateley Bridge IGI.

[18] George was christened on 8 February 1713/4 in Pateley Bridge, William on 1 July 1709, Jacob on 27 September 1705, Thomas on 24 October 1708, and another Thomas on 7 August 1707. Sarah was christened 14 April 1713 IGI. Mary Horner was christened on 20 June 1718, Margaret Horner was christened on 3 April 1716, born to Thomas Horner of Whitehouses. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers. All were christened in Pateley Bridge. Of these eight children, two, the Thomas christened in 1707, and William christened in 1709 probably died in infancy.

[19] There are two more children born to Thomas Horner of Whitehouses; Michael Horner was christened on 16 January 1720 and Joseph Horner was christened on 21 June 1723. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[20] William Horner was christened on 9 September 1724 in Pateley Bridge, the son of Thomas Horner of Croft or Cross Lane Lane. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[21] Mary Tophan married Jacob Horner on 26 May 1724. Linton Parish registers. Mary was christened on 12 August 1694, the daughter of Thomas Tophan. IGI.

[22] It is not sure whether Jacob or James was an investor in the mines or an actual miner.

[23] 1741 Yorkshire poll book.

[24] Tophan Horner was buried on 23 August 1737 aged 2 in Linton. His grave is still extant in Linton graveyard. See Linton Parish registers and Linton Graveyard. Agnes was christened 16 June 1727 and buried in 1747. Elizabeth was christened in 1724 and Dorothy was christened in 1737. See Linton Parish Registers.

[25] He was buried in the same grave as his son. See Linton Graveyard.

[26] Michael, son of Thomas Horner of Whitehouses was buried on 13 April 1740. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.DB 50.

[27] Joseph Horner son of Thomas Horner of Whitehouses was buried on 1 June 1744. Pateley Bridge Parish registers. DB 50.

[28] Thomas Horner of Whitehouses, Yeoman, was buried on 26 September 1744. Pateley Bridge Parish registers. DB 50.

[29] Ann Horner was buried on 10 April 1779 aged ninety-eight. Whitehouses. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[30] Thomas Horner was described as a servant man, from Kirkby Malzeard. Linton Parish Registers. Dorothy was christened on 24 October 1703 in Linton the daughter of Thomas Tophan. IGI.

[31] Linton Parish Registers

[32] Margaret Jackman married Thomas Horner on 2 September 1731. Pateley Bridge IGI.

[33] John, christened 17 November 1732, Thomas christened 18 November 1735 was described as the Thomas Horner Junior of High Bishopside. DB 50.5.

[34] Documents relating to Pateley Bridge - ref.zDDX94/4 FILE - Agreement for sale of lands near Pateley Bridge for £430 - ref.  zDDX94/4/25  - date: 14 Apr 1764 [from Scope and Content] Parties: 1) Roger Swire esquire, and his wife and Miss Margaret Dowgill 2) John Horner of Bend Lane

[36] John Horner married Mary Readshaw on 5 April 1752. His eldest son John was christened on 14 October 1752, he probably died young as another John was christened on 21 May 1753 and buried on 3 November 1753. John is described as 'of High Bishopside'. His sons William, christened 27 October 1754 , George christened 18 April 1758, and Robert christened 27 January 1765 also seem to have died young. His daughter Deborah was christened on 21 February 1762 and buried on 21 August 1762. John was described as of 'High Bishopside'. Margaret Horner was christened on 13 May 1766. Pateley Bridge Parish registers.

[37] Documents relating to Bishopside - ref. zDDX94/2   FILE - Surrender and admission relating to lands in High Bishopside - ref.  zDDX94/2/10  - date: 23 Oct 1764 [from Scope and Content] Parties: 1) Roger Squire of Connonley in Craven esquire and wife Elizabeth, and Margaret Dowgill of Hartwith spinster (daughters of John Dowgill of Hartwith gentleman deceased and sisters of John Dowgill gentleman deceased) 2) Thomas Horner of Bend Lane in High Bishopside yeoman and wife Margaret Property: messuage, copyhold lands and 2 closes called Low Grounds in High Bishopside, called Scaife Lands.   FILE - Surrender and admission relating to lands in High Bishopside - ref.  zDDX94/2/18  - date: 18 June 1787 [from Scope and Content] Parties: 1) Thomas and Margaret Horner 2) Thomas Horner junior Property: messuage, copyhold lands and 2 closes called Low Grounds in High Bishopside, called Scaife Lands.   

[38] Margaret Horner wife of Thomas Horner was buried on 6 December 1789. Church Bank. Thomas Horner of Church Bank was buried 4 March 1790 aged eighty-two. Pateley bridge Parish registers.

[39] Will 1791.

[40] IGI.

[41] Thomas and Anne Horner of Church Bank had a daughter Ann Christened on 6 March 1763. Their son John was christened on 11 June 1770 and buried on 17 June 1791. Thomas christened 20 August 1771 and buried on 8 June 1772. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.Also John christened 28 January 1759, Betty christened 25 January 1761, Joseph christened 12 April 1764, Mary christened 28 August 1767, Thomas christened 8 January 1775, Jene christened 12 February 1772. Pateley Bridge IGI.

[43] Wills relating to Pateley Bridge and Bishopside - ref. zDDX94/9 FILE - Will of Thomas Horner of Pateley Bridge linen weaver - ref.  zDDX94/9/11  - date: 24 Oct 1794

[44] PATELEY BRIDGE AND ELSEWHERE, FAMILYAND ESTATE RECORDS OF THE RAGG AND MARRIS FAMILIES Wills relating to Pateley Bridge and Bishopside. FILE - Will of Thomas Horner of Pateley Bridge linen weaver - ref. zDDX94/9/11  - date: 24 Oct 1794 Bequests: son Thomas; wife Ann; daughters Ann wife of Robert Demaine and Mary wife of Michael Gamlin Property: Quarry House and lands at Bishopside. Messuage and lands at Church Bank near Pateley Bridge Probate: 28 Nov 1794. Ann Horner married Robert Demaine on 1 October 1786, Pateley Bridge. IGI . Mary married Michael Gamelin or Gambling on 30 December 1787. Ripon parish Register s.. Mary Horner daughter of Thomas Horner was christened 28 August 1767, Anne Horner daughter of Thomas Horner was christened 6 March 1763. Both christened in Pateley Bridge. IGI.

[45] Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[46] Thomas Horner married Mary Dobby on 3 February 1794. Pateley Bridge. IGI. Margaret Horner married Enoch Dobby on 26 June 1787 Pateley Bridge. IGI.

[47] Thomas Horner, son of Thomas Horner was christened 8 January 1775 Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[48] Documents relating to Bishopside - ref. zDDX94/2   FILE - Admission of Robert Demaine of Pateley Bridge linen weaver and bleacher and Michael Gamlin of Otley cotton manufacturer as devisees in trust of Thomas Horner of Pateley Bridge linen weaver - ref.  zDDX94/2/20  - date: 5 Oct 1795.   FILE - Agreement and deed of covenants to surrender relating to land as described in DDX94/23 - ref.  zDDX94/2/21  - date: 28 May-22 Nov 1796 [from Scope and Content] Parties: 1) Robert Demaine and Michael Gamlin and Thomas Horner of Otley son and heir of Thomas Horner 2) Jacob Ragg of Pateley Bridge, tallow chandler Consideration: £666

[49] Various documents relating to the East Riding of Yorkshire - ref. zDDX94/10 FILE - Bond of £100 between Thomas Horner of Pateley Bridge and Enoch Dobby of Fellbeck linen-weavers - ref.  zDDX94/10/9  - date: 17 Dec 1791 [from Scope and Content] Records that they abide by arbitration to settle dispute concerning legacy due to Margaret wife of Enoch Dobby and daughter of Thomas Horner deceased  FILE - Quitclaim by Enoch Dobby and wife Margaret to Thomas Horner relating to DDX94/177 - ref.  zDDX94/10/10  - date: 3 Mar 1792

[50] Thomas Horne son of Michael Gambling of Otley cotton manufacturer was christened on 24 May 1795. Otley Parish register

[51] There are at least two possible Mary Jackman's of the right age. Mary Jackman who was baptised 2 March 1700 in Pateley Bridge, the daughter of Jonathan and Margaret Jackman. AND Mary Jackman who was the daughter of Charles Jackman christened 30 November 1704. Pateley Bridge IGI. Parish registers. Thomas Horner was probably born about 1695, the seventh child of Barnard Horner of of Middlesmoor. Barnard Horner together with his siblings, Richard and Esther was mentioned in the will of John Horner of Springhill in 1667. Together with Christopher Bayne he witnessed an indenture in 1677 between William Horner of Middlesmoor and Elizabeth Horner formerly of Middlesmoor but now of Kilburn. He was probably born the son of Thomas Horner of Middlesmoor about 1659. Barnard Horner died on 11 July 1719 from Sykes Grange. Information from an unpublished paper by Sue Ladipo.

[52] There are two children born to Thomas Horner of Hole House; John Horner was christened on 13 July 1721, born to Thomas now of Holehouse, Thomas Horner was christened on 26 August 1722. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[53] Thomas Horner died Sept 23 1723 at Holehouse. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[54] John Horner was christened on 28 June 1727 son of Thomas Horner Junior of High Bishopside . Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[55] John Horner, son of Thomas Horner was buried on 18 January 1759. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[56] Bernard christened 31 January 1737, son of Thomas Horner of High Bishopside. Elizabeth christened 28 September 1741, daughter of Thomas Horner son of Thomas Horner of High Bishopside. Jonathan christened 9 June 1731, Jonathan christened 24 May 1734, Thomas christened 4 April 1735, Joseph christened 15 October 1744, Pateley Bridge Parish Registers. Bernard son of Thomas Horner of High Bishopside was christened 31 January 1737/8. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers. DB 50.Joseph Horner son of Thomas Horner of Whitehouses was buried on 1 June 1744. Pateley Bridge Parish registers. DB 50.

[57] Thomas Horner of Whitehouses was buried on 27 October 1778. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[58] Mary died October 21 1781 at Wath as a widow. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[59] William christened 25 December 1767, William christened 10 December 1780, Joseph christened 9 January 1781, Nelly christened 29 July 1774, Elizabeth christened 29 July 1763, Joseph, christened 29 September 1772, Mary christened 2 February 1776, Margaret 30 June 1776, Joseph christened 29 September 1772, Ellen christened 8 April 1770, Jenny 1770, Mary christened 25 October 1772, Mary christened 1770. Pateley Bridge IGI

[60] 1807 Poll Book.

[62] July 2 1767 in Middlesmoor Bernard Horner married Anna Beckwith. Middlesmoor Parish Registers.

[63] 1807 Poll Book.

[64] His wife Anna died at Skyreholme and was buried at Pateley Bridge on January 24 1824 aged 82 and is described as Hannah of Parceval Hall. Pateley Bridge Parish Registers.

[65] In 1841 he is living at Parceval Hall with his Housekeeper Jane Meltham (35). In 1851 he was aged 66, a farmer of 1441 acres employing two men, and was born at Fountains Earth. His housekeeper, Jane Malham was 50 and born in Barden. His servant Parkinson Teale, 20 was born in Fountains Heath and he also had a visitor Elizabeth Blakey, 36, born in Keighley living with him. In 1861 John, 76 had retired, but was still living in Burnsall with his wife Elizabeth, 46. 1841 1851 and 1861 Census. John Horner married Elizabeth Blakey on 8 February 1853 in Burnsall. Burnsall Parish Registers. John was the son of Bernard Horner farmer, and Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Blakey Cotton Manufacturer. They are both described as being of Skyreholme. John Horner was buried on 26 April 1878 aged 93, and his wife Elizabeth was buried on 20 March 1879. Burnsall Parish Registers.

[66] A Bernard Horner is recorded at Fountains Earth in Wath in 1841. Bernard is 35 and a threat pincer. His wife Ann, 30, and children John, 11, Jane, 8, William, 6, Mary, 2 and James, 6 months live with him. 1841 Census. Bernard Horner married Ann Hannam in Middlesmoor on 4 May 1828. Bernard was christened on 3 April 1807 son of Barnsty Horner and Hannah Kirkbuy. Hannah and Barnsty married in Middlesmoor on 16 June 1801. Barnsty Horner was christened in Middles moor on 22 February 1775, son of Barnabas Horner and Anne Beckwith. Barnabas and Anne were married on 7 July 1767 in Middlesmoor. They also had Elizabeth, christened 16 January 1768, Francis, christened 4 September 1770, Francis, christened 15 July 1773 in Middlesmoor. Middlesmoor Parish Registers.

 

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