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James
Bramley of Skipton James
Bramley, father of Elizabeth Bramley, was born in Skipton on 8 May
1789 and
baptized in Skipton, North Yorkshire, 25 November 1792, the second son of James
Bramley, boatman and Sarah Jennings
[1]
. His father James Bramley was a boatman,
and probably worked on the Leeds Liverpool Canal, which was opened
between Holmbridge near Gargrave and Leeds in 1777
[2]
. The stretch of canal between Liverpool and Newburgh,
near Parbold Lancashire, was opened in 1775
[3]
. It is therefore unlikely that James Bramley
senior was working in Skipton before 1777. James Bramley’s grandfather Thomas Bramley is recorded
as a smelter in Liverpool
[4]
. Liverpool was one of the primary ports trading
with America and the West Indies, and it is possible that this trading
connection between Skipton and Liverpool brought James Bramley to
Skipton. It is notable that
the Sedgwick’s of Skipton, owners of High Mill, had warehouses in
Liverpool
[5]
. These were extremely important in storing cloth
for export. It is interesting that there are Bromley’s in Liverpool
in the late nineteenth century who were also boatmen. A George Bromley
captained a boat called The Martin, and a Thomas Bromley
captained The Expedition, which carried goods between Manchester
and Liverpool daily on the Bridgwater Canal on a flat boat owned
by His Grace the Duke of Bridgwater in 1791
[6]
. These men may be connected to James Bramley,
of Skipton, but the connection is as yet unproven. Other Bramley’s
appearing in Skipton in the early nineteenth century originate from
Birstall
[7]
. It is also highly possible that Thomas
and James Bramley may have been connected to the Bramleys of Embsay
and Addingham, and may have moved to Liverpool through the cloth
trading links. There may have been connections
to the John Bramley who ran the cotton spinning
Good Intent Mill in Embsay in 1837, or even the Bramley and
Company who were cotton spinners and manufacturers in Appletreewick
in 1837. The John Bramley who ran the Good Intent Mill in Embsay was the son of Thomas Bramley and Martha Lockwood of Addingham [8] . John Bramley was a cotton manufacturer when he married Margaret Mason of Stirton in 1826 [9] . They had a large family of six children in Embsay [10] . In 1837 there was a fire at the Mill, but production continued. In 1840 John Bramley died, aged 56, leaving his widow Margaret with a young family to rear [11] . John was buried in Addingham, on 20 December but had apparently been found dead in a field in suspicious circumstances [12] . After John Bramley’s death his wife Margaret remained at Good
Intent Mill with four daughters and two sons aged 4 to 14 years
old
[13]
. However, in 1844 the Mill was sold and she
moved to Skipton
[14]
. On 1 August 1844, Margaret Bramley petitioned
Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy
[15]
. She had been living for two weeks in Sawley-Groung
in Skipton and was a ‘Cotton Spinner, Small Farmer and Cow Keeper’.
However the mill had been run, it had self-evidently not left enough
funds to keep Margaret in luxury. In 1851, Margaret had moved to
Skipton and lived at the Back of the Beck’s with her daughter Martha
and son John Lockwood
[16]
. Margaret Bramley nee Mason died on 21 August
1858 aged 61 and was buried in Addingham
[17]
. In 1851 her son Charles Bramley was working
as an ostler in the Public House run by Emmanuel Phillips and his
wife Ann and their family in Skipton
[18]
. John and his brother Walter Bramley managed mills in Embsay and
Hebden in the 1830s
[19]
. Walter Bramley married Grace Tillotson
[20]
. One of their witnesses was Walter’s sister Anne
Pickop. Walter bought Hebden Mill in the 1830s with a mortgage
from the Sidgwick’s of Skipton and he and his family moved to Hebden
[21]
. In Hebden Walter’s family grew
[22]
. In the mid 1840s this branch of the Bramley
family moved to Liverpool and managed pubs and a brewery. Thomas Bramley, senior, was probably in partnership with Henry Alcock Bramley of Leeds, York and Wakefield [29] . A Henry and Thomas Bramley bought Skyreholme Mill in 1826 and built a second Mill there in 1833 [30] . In 1841 Henry Alcock Bramley is living at Highfield House, Addingham, with his wife and three children [31] . This may have been the result of a long family connection between the Alcock and the Bramley families. Henry Alcock Bramley was probably the son of Richard Ramsden Bramley of Leeds, and Elizabeth Alcock [32] . There is a memorial to Henry Alcock, father of Elizabeth Alcock in Skipton Parish Church [33] . This memorial also mentions Elizabeth Bramley, nee Alcock and Richard Ramsden Bramley [34] . Richard Ramsden Bramley of Grove House Leeds was well connected
as he was Mayor of Leeds in 1792 and 1807 and had substantial premises
in Leeds
[35]
. He was one of those who had access to the revenues
from Kettlewell Church in 1795
[36]
. Richard Ramsden Bramley was also author of the
book ‘The Road Makers Guide’ in 1805
[37]
. Richard and Elizabeth had four sons and a daughter
[38]
. Richard Ramsden Bramley’s brother Robert Bramley
also married an Alcock girl in Skipton, Isabella Alcock
[39]
. He was a cloth and stuff manufacturer in Leeds
in 1791, and owned ‘much if not all of Templar Street in Leeds’
[40]
. Robert Alcock was wealthy enough to build fourteen
one-bedroom cottages in Bramley Row, Templar Street
[41]
. Richard Ramsden Bramley’s brother Christopher
built Whinfield House in Barwick in Elmet in 1810, now Bramley Grange
[42]
. Richard Ramsden Bramley’s father Christopher
Bramley had married Anne Ramsden in Leeds in 1749, and had six sons
and two daughters, but only four sons and two daughters survived
infancy
[43]
. Christopher Bramley lived at Carlton House on
Woodhouse Lane in Leeds
[44]
. This was a sizable property with substantial
grounds. He married Anne Ramsden who was heiress to a large fortune. Christopher Bramley was a drysalter, a dealer
in chemicals such as dyes for the cloth industry
[45]
. Although the connection has not yet been proven
it is highly likely that these two branches of Bramleys are ultimately
related. Thomas Bramley of Addingham was the eldest son of William
Bramley, maltser, Innkeeper and Yeoman of Smallbanks Addingham.
William married Ann Bailey, daughter of Brian Bailey, innkeeper
and they had a family of eight children
[46]
. William’s daughter Elizabeth Bramley
married Edward Lister, an innkeeper, in 1799
[47]
. It is possible that William’s brother
Thomas was the father of James Bramley above
[48]
. One other brother John Bramley appears to have
died unmarried
[49]
. Their father William Bramley, Yeoman farmer,
had married Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Robert Spencer Yeoman
[50]
. William’s father Thomas Bramley had named his
eldest son after his father William
[51]
. William’s wife Ann was buried on 18 March 1813
aged eighty-five
[52]
. Whatever the connections between the Leeds and Addingham Bramleys,
it is uncertain how our James Bramley of Skipton is related to either
branch.
James’s older brother Thomas was only two years old when
he was born and they would have been very close
[55]
. When James was three years old, he was joined
by his brother John
[56]
. James and John were baptised on the same day.
James and John probably became close when the three-year-old John
and six year old James witnessed their eight-year brother Thomas’s
death from dropsy
[57]
. A year later another brother Thomas was
born, and two years later their only sister Elizabeth
[58]
James embarked on a career as a weaver. This would have been
as a handloom weaver and would have paid well during the
Napoleonic wars. He married Mary Spence in January 1808 in
Skipton when he was nineteen years old
[59]
. Mary Bramley nee Spence’s family were farmers
in Bradley
[60]
. Her sister Anne had already set up home in
Addingham and had three children and a fourth on the way
[61]
. This must have been a great help to Mary as
she was nearly seven months pregnant when she married James
Bramley. Their first child
Sarah arrived on 26 March of that year
[62]
. By 1817, James and Mary had three other girls
and a son, Elizabeth, William, Martha and Isabella
[63]
. James’s brother John Bramley
married Margaret Birtwhistle, widow,
in Skipton in 1814
[64]
. James and his heavily pregnant wife Mary would
have attended the marriage with their children Sarah, Elizabeth
and William. John’s first
daughter Martha was born in 1815, followed closely by James,
George, Elizabeth and Sarah and John
[65]
. James, Sarah and John did not live past the
age of five, leaving only Martha, George and Elizabeth to
grow into adulthood. In 1819 James’s only sister Elizabeth married Joseph
Spencer
[66]
. Elizabeth was five months pregnant as their daughter
Sarah was christened on 7 September 1819
[67]
. Elizabeth died in 1821, and her husband
Joseph remarried Ellen Boothman in 1824
[68]
. These years were quite tough for James as
within two years he also lost both his parents. In 1822 James lost
his mother Sarah, and a year later his father James Bramley
[69]
. By 1823 James and Mary had been joined by two other girls Mary
and Ann
[70]
. In 1824, they lost their youngest daughter Ann,
aged one. Their sons James and John arrived in 1826 and 1829
[71]
. John may have been a sickly child as he was
buried in Skipton aged only three months
[72]
. John Bramley was now forty years old and had
a very large family to support. James’s younger brother Thomas,
aged 32, married Ann Oldfield, aged 20, in Skipton on 6 October
1828
[73]
. James and his family would have attended this
wedding. Ann Bramley nee Oldfield was six months pregnant,
and this would have been another shotgun wedding
[74]
. Her daughter Sarah was born on 31 January
1829 and would have played with her cousins in James’s household
[75]
. However, life was not easy for Thomas as his
wife Ann died and was buried on 29 November 1830 aged 22
[76]
. Their only daughter followed a year later aged
two
[77]
. (Strangely, Anne Oldfield’s younger sister Mary
married Mark Horner of Austwick and Skipton
[78]
. Mary Horner nee Oldfield also died after bearing
two children, and neither child survived adulthood.) After this
double tragedy Thomas left Skipton and moved to Colne
[79]
. He returned after marrying and having children
in Colne. In 1851, Thomas was living at Millfields, as a cotton
weaver, with his wife Margaret and their children Elizabeth,
Broughton and Mary
[80]
. By 1861, Thomas is living at Westgate Skipton,
aged 63 a cotton power loom weaver
[81]
. James’s eldest daughter Sarah married Thomas Wray on 24
November 1830, only three days before the loss of his sister-in-law
Anne
[82]
. This cannot have been a happy occasion. Sarah
and Thomas set up home in Skipton and had a small family. Thomas
Wray remained in Skipton, and was buried in 1862 aged 62
[83]
. Seven years later December was an extremely busy month for the
Bramleys. On 14 December 1837, their second eldest daughter Elizabeth
married George Horner in Skipton Parish Church
[84]
. Elizabeth’s daughter Anne was born
a day later, on 15 December so it is highly likely that Elizabeth
Bramley was heavily pregnant when they married
[85]
. Preparations for James and Mary would have been
hectic as only two days later their daughter Isabella married
Thomas Myers in Skipton parish Church
[86]
Thomas and Isabella Myers had a small family
[87]
. Within two weeks their daughter Martha married
Thomas Chew that on 28 December
[88]
. December 1837 was a very busy month for weddings
for the Bramley family and would have been an expensive time for
father James Bramley.
In 1841, James’s brother John Bramley was a labourer
in a cotton factory and lived at Back of the Becks in Skipton with his wife Margaret and his children
George and Elizabeth
[89]
. Hardcastle Ingham, son of Thomas and Mary Ingham also lived with him. Hardcastle Ingham was a piecer in a cotton factory
[90]
. His mother Mary Ingham nee Hudson was buried in 1832 and it
would appear that Hardcastle Ingham had been taken in by relatives
[91]
. His siblings were in the workhouse
[92]
. In
1846, John lost his wife Margaret, it may have been at this time
that he moved in with his eldest daughter Elizabeth
[93]
. In 1847, on the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth,
John is described as an Overlooker
[94]
. By 1851, John Bramley was living with his daughter
Elizabeth and her husband Robert Banister in Millfields
[95]
. John Bramley died at Apperley Bridge in 1852
[96]
. John’s eldest son George
Bramley married Mary Scott in 1845
[97]
. John Ingham was a witness
[98]
. They had two children, John and Margaret before
Mary died in 1850
[99]
. John Bramley was sent to live with his grandfather
John Scott in 1851, and his aunt Margaret Harrison nee Scott in
1861, and continued to support him. In 1851, George Bramley lived
at number 7 Back of the Becks, a widower and is 'Insit of Drawes cotton',
in
a Cotton factory
[100]
. In 1841 James, aged 52, was living in Chamberlain’s Yard
in Sheep Street with his wife Mary and their children William, James
and Mary
[101]
. James Bramley, aged 55, was a ‘Carder in a Cotton
Factory’, and his sons William, aged 25, was a cotton warper,
and James, aged 15, was a Doffer in a cotton factory
[102]
. James’s daughter Mary, aged 20, was also a spinner
in the cotton factory
[103]
. It is highly probable the whole of the family
were working in Dewhurst’s Mills on Belle Vue Street in 1841. James’s
wife Mary Bramley, nee Spencer, aged 55, did not work, but remained
at home caring for her grandson John Wray, aged five
[104]
. John Wray and his sister Ann Wray, lived
with their grandfather in 1841. Ann Wray, aged 10, was a Rover in
Belle Vue Mills and her wage would have helped to increase the household
earnings. This was a tough life for one so young and Anne died
in 1845
[105]
. In 1841 there is no trace of their daughter
Sarah Wray and it is possible the children were with their grandparents
because their mother had died
[106]
. James lost his son William Bramley in 1847 when
he died aged only thirty-four years old
[107]
. By
1851 James Bramley had moved in to his daughter Elizabeth’s household.
Elizabeth and her husband George Horner had set up their
own household at 104 Millfields Skipton. George also worked as a
‘Factory Worker’ in Belle Vue Mills, and his father-in-law James
Bramley, aged 62, probably worked in the same factory as a ‘cotton
Warper’. James Bramley’s wife Mary had died in 1845 and in 1851
James, now widowed, had joined George Horner’s household in Millfields
[108]
. However,
by June of that year James had died and was buried in Skipton aged
sixty-one.
[1]
Holy Trinity Parish registers.
[2]
He was probably born about
1756 and was ten years older than his wife. The Leeds Liverpool
canal was opened to Holmbridge on 4th June 1777.
[3]
The canal was only completed
to allow boats to sail from Leeds to Liverpool by 1810.
[4]
In the marriage registers recorded
the marriage of James Bramley senior.
[5]
William Sidgewick of High Mill
had stock in Bancroft and Lorrimans’ warehouse and also in
Flounders warehouse in John Street Liverpool. Ingle, p. 84.
[6]
Univeral British Directory
1791.
[7]
A Mary Bramley, daughter of
John Bramley of Birstall, weaver, married Nathan Thompson,
hatter, son of Thomas Thompson, hatter, of Skipton on 1 August
1811. Their daughter Margaret was born on 25 February 1812.
Skipton Parish Registers.
[8]
He is the son of Thomas Bramley
and Martha Lockwood was
christened in 1784 in Skipton. See www.wharfeggen.org
[9]
Margaret Mason and John Bramley
were married on 17 August 1826. Their witnesses were Walter
Bramley and James Hall. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[10]
John Bramley had six children
by Margaret Mason. Elizabeth was christened on 9 December
1828. Martha was born on 14 July 1827 and christened on 24
July 1827 at Good Intent Mill, Embsay. Marianne was born on
29 May 1830 and christened on 30 June 1830. Charles was christened
on 16 April 1832 and christened on 26 April 1832. John Lockwood
was born on 29 December 1834 and christened 25 January 1835.
Margaret was born on 15 January 1837 and christened on 15
February 1837. Holy Trinity Parish registers Skipton.
[11]
John Bramley was buried in
Addingham on 12 December 1840. Addingham, Parish Registers.
See` also Addingham memorial Inscriptions.
[12]
Addingham Parish Registers.
[13]
In 1841 aged 45, cotton Spinner,
widow with her daughter Martha aged 14, Elizabeth aged 13,
Mary aged 11,Charles aged 9,John aged 6 and Margaret aged
4. 1841 Embsay Census.
[14]
See Ingle
[15]
London Gazettee 1 August 1844.
[16]
She is aged 55, annuitant,
born in Barnoldswick and lives with her daughter Martha, 23
Dressmaker, and son John Lockwood, 15 a curriers apprentice.
1851 Census Skipton. John Lockwood Bramley died on
5 August 1904 at 10 Water Street Skipton, aged 69. He was
buried in the same grave as Martha Bramley who died on 18
August 1906 aged seventy-nine and Margaret Bramley who died
on 15 August 1919 aged eighty-two years. Addingham Memorial
Inscription..
[17]
Addingham Memorial Inscriptions.
[18]
Emmanuel Phillips lived with
his wife Ann and their children Elizabeth aged 4, christened
26 November 1846, Mary aged 2, Mary Wharton Philips was christened
3 May 1848, William six months. Sarah Emmotts a servant. 1851
Skipton. Sarah Emmott,
52, lives with her husband Joseph Emmott of Beamsley, farmer
in Beamsley. Their children were born in Barden. 1871 Census.
[19]
Walter Bramley was christened
on 29 October 1789 son of Thomas Bramley and Margaret Lockwood.
Addingham Parish Registers.
[20]
Walter Bramley married Grace
Tillotson on 7 November 1817 Skipton. They had Thomas Bramley
born 16 August 1818, christened 2 July 1818, Martha born 27
November 1819 and christened 22 January 1820, and James born
on 10 December 1821 and christened on February 1822. Holy
Trinity Skipton parish Registers. Thomas Bramley died on 20
March 1819. Addingham memorial Inscriptions.
[21]
Ingle. See also White’s Directory
1837.
[22]
There Walter had the following
children, Alice christened 21 September 1823, Mary 10 christened
August 1825, Jane christened 12 August 1827, Hannah christened
27 June 1829, Eliza christened 04 May 1833, Esther christened
14 December 1835, Grace Elizabeth born 23 September 1843.
Conistone Parish Registers. Walter Bramley is recorded in
the 1841 census for Hebden in Grassington Parish as aged 50,
a cotton spinner with his wife Grace, 40, and daughters Martha,
20, John, 15, Mary, 15, James, 11, Hannah, 12, Walter, 10,
Eliza, 8, Jonathan, 6, and Grace, 2. 1841 Grassington Census.
Walter’s daughter Grace died on 31 December 1837 aged one
month. Addingham Memorial Inscriptions. She was buried 3 Janury
1838. Addingham Parish registers. Walter’s son Tillotson Bramley
was buried on 26 March 1843 in Addingham. Addingham Parish
registers
[23]
Martha Lockwood daughter of
John Lockwood of Pudsey and Thomas Bramley, butcher, son of
William Bramley of Smallbanks Addingham, Maltster, Innkeeper
and yeoman, married in Addingham on 20 March 1783. Addingham
Parish Registers.
[24]
Their second son William was born on 3 September 1786 and died on
7 November 1786 aged 9 weeks. Their third child Ann was born
on 19 November 1787. Their third son Walter was born on 29
October 1790. Their daughter Martha was christened on 25 March
1792, and died on 16 April 1793. Addingham Parish Registers.
[25]
Anne Bramley, of Draughton,
married George Pickop, cotton manufacturer on 25 December
1815. Witnesses H. Pickop and John Bramley. Skipton Parish
registers.
[26]
Thomas Bramley of Addingham
and his sons John and Walter appear to be the firm.
[27]
Addingham Memorial Inscriptions.
[28]
Addingham Memorial Inscriptions.
[29]
Henry Alcock Bramley married
Elizabeth Cooper, a
minor on 20 April 1826. Their witnesses were Richard Bramley
and Joseph Cooper. Skipton Parish Registers. A Henry Ramsden
Bramley was a tutor at Magdalen College Oxford in 1858. Clerical
Directory 1885. Henry Alcock Bramley was living in Swadforth
Street in 1822 described as a gentleman. Baines 1822 Directory.
By 1866 when his daughter Ann married
the Reverend James Stewart Gammell,
the first Vicar of the new parish church of St. Mary
Magdelene at Outwood, a small mining village between Leeds
and Wakefield in Yorkshire. His wife Ann Bramley was the second
daughter of Henry Alcock Bramley and his wife Elizabeth (nee
Cooper) of The Haugh, Silcoates, Yorks. Henry Bramley and
his wife are both buried in the churchyard at Outwood, and
the East window, and the one immediately next to it, form
a memorial to them, given by their four children. This family
of Bramley was an old established Yorkshire family, based
on Addingham,, near Skipton, where Ann was born on May 9th
1841. Ann's grandfather had been Mayor of Leeds in 1806/7.
http://www.gammell.net
. Henry Alcock Bramley also held lands in Colne area. 19th March 1847, Further
surrender to above parties by Richard Sagar of all that close
of meadow land at Grindlestonehurst, Gt. Marsden adjacent
to the River Calder late in occupation of Bernard Blackburn,
with right of taking water, but reserving to Richard Sagar
as Trustee (1) Right
of conducting said water in a goit upon payment of reasonable
compensation to the owners for time being of the said lands,
late the estate of Henry Bolton for the damage thereby done
to the herbage of said lands, (2) The river, or watercourse,
adjacent to said close. (3) Privilege of conducting water
of said river down and through the croft to be surrendered
in a covered drain or goit, (4) A right of way from said croft,
or close, along the front of the building there called “The
New Building” and for agricultural purposes along the Lodge
Bank then in the occupation of Messieurs Henry Alcock of Bramley
& Co and over a certain bridge there called Walk Mill
Bridge……..admin. 16 April. http://www.barrowford.org/page30.html
[30]
They span cotton until 1833.
See Ingle. [31] Henry Bramley (sic), aged 45, Independent, and his wife Elizabeth, aged 30, son Henry aged 8, daughter Elizabeth aged 5, and Anne aged 4 weeks. 1841 Addingham Census.
[32]
Richard Ramsden Bramley of
Leeds married Elizabeth Alcock on 10 May 1787. Skipton Parish
Registers. Elizabeth Alcock was christened 8 April 1765 daughter
of Henry and Rosamond Alcock, Skipton Parish Registers.
[33]
There is a memorial inside
the church in the chancel area. It reads ‘Here lies the body
of Henry Alcock Esquire of Skipton
who died 8th December 1769 aged forty-eight, and also
of Rosamond widow of the above Henry Alcock, who died on 20
May 1815 aged 82’ . Memorial Inscription, Holy Trinity Parish
Church Skipton. Mr. Henry Alcock, attorney at law, was buried on 11 November 1769. Rosamond Alock
was buried on 25 May 1815. Henry Alcock, gentleman, had married
Rosamond Swire on 5 June 1764. Holy Trinty Parish Records
Skipton.
[34]
The memorial reads ‘ Also of
Charles Bramley youngest son of of Richard Ramsden Bramley
of Grove House Leeds, and of Elizabeth his wife only child
of the above named Henry and Rosamond Alcock. He died 7 December
1816 aged eighteen.’ Memorial Inscription, Holy Trinity Parish
Church Skipton.
[35]
A Richard Ramsden Bramley was
Mayor of Leeds in 1792 and 1807. Thoresby Ducatus Leodensis.
Richard Bramley was on the Universal British Directory. Ricahrd
Bramley was also an assistant alderman for Leedds corporation
in 1822. Charles was the youngest son of Richard Ramsden Bramley. Skipton
Memorials. [36] Release and assignment: £850 ZDD*/I/1/1/18; MIC 3066/378 14/15 Sep 1795, Contents: 1. Richard Ramsden Bramley of Grove House, Leeds, esq., and Elizabeth, his wife, 2. Samuel Swire of Melsonby, clerk, William Alcock of Skipton in Craven, gent., and Robert Bramley of Leeds, merchant, 3. Rosomond Alcock of Skipton, widow of Henry Alcock, late of Skipton, gent. decd. 4. Jane Currer of Skipton, spinster, 5. Tennant Bolland of Kettlewell, clerk, and Leonard Robinson of West Scale Park in Kettlewell, yeoman, 6. John Colton of Starbotton, par. Kettlewell, yeoman, nominated by and in trust for (5), 7. Bernard Lodge of Starbotton, yeoman, another person nominated by and in trust for (5), A moiety of the perpetual advowson and rectory of the parish church of Kettlewell, the other moiety whereof is the property of Fawcett Bolland of Kettlewell, gent; the right of presentation of a vicar to the said rectory, alternately with the said Fawcett Bolland, to whom the next presentation belongs; also a moiety of all the buildings, lands, tithes and other rectorial rights and privileges belonging to the advowson and rectory.
[37]
This was published by .Wright
of Leeds and sold at a cost of 2 shillings and 6 pence by
J.Mawson, Poultry, Leeds.
[38]
Charles Bramley christened
20 November 1798, Thomas Bramley christened 30 September 1797
, Richard Bramley christened 30 July 1795, Ann Bramley christened
31 March 1791, Saint John, Leeds. IGI. Richard Ramsden Bramley
died on 8 January 1809, in Leeds. He may also have married
Barbara Wigglesworth on 10 May 1800 in Slaidburn. IGI.
[39]
Robert Bramley, gentleman of
the Parish of Leeds married Isabella Alcock on 24 December
1772. Isabella Alcock
was the daughter of John and
Mary Alcock and christened on 1 January 1752. Skipton
Parish Registers. Robert Bramley was a cloth and stuff merchant
in Town End Leeds in 1791. Common Council of Leeds in the
same year. Universal British Directory.
Robert and Isabella Bramley had three daughters and
four sons Mary christened 17 August 1775, John christened
17 October 1776, William Christened 2 October 1789, Tarboton
christened 6 August 1788, Sarah christened 3 February 1792,
Robert christened 2 July 1783, and Ann christened 29 June
1763. All christened in Saint John, Leeds. IGI. Anne Bramley
later married David Dunderdale in Leeds in 1794. The Bramleys
of Bramlry Grange, by Patricia Martin, The Ripon Historian,
Vol.5 No.2, April 2002.
[40]
In 1791 Robert is described
as a Cloth and Stuff Merchant at Town-end Leeds, his brother
Thomas is described as a Grocer of Briggate in Leeds. Universal
British Directory. Their children are probably the John Bramley,
gent. North Town End, Joseph Bramley, grocer and tea-dealer,
5 Briggate, and George Bramley, eating House under 82, Briggate
leeds recorded in Whites 1823 Directory, and Baines 1822 Directory.
See quote p. 379 The Bramleys of Bramlry Grange, by Patricia
Martin, The Ripon Historian, Vol.5 No.2, April 2002. [41] The Bramleys of Bramlry Grange, by Patricia Martin, The Ripon Historian, Vol.5 No.2, April 2002.
[42]
This house is now part of Park
Lane College.
Christopher left the house to his sister Elizabeth’s son Henry
Skelton who renamed the house Bramley Grange. The Bramleys
of Bramley Grange, by Patricia Martin, The Ripon Historian,
Vol.5 No.2, April 2002.
[43]
Christopher Bramley married
Anne Ramsden 15 November 1749 St John Leeds. They had George
Bramley christened 12 June 1760, John Bramley christened 17
November 1755, Christopher Bramley christened 24 September
1756, William Bramley, christened 17 October 1758, Charlotte
Bramley christened 9 May 1768, Thomas Bramley christened 21
February 1754, Robert Bramley christened 9 December 1751,
Richard Ramsden Bramley christened 1750, Ann Bramley christened
14 April 1774, Saint John, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. IGI.
Christopher Bramley married Anne Ramsden on 15 November 1749
St John Leeds. IGI. Another daughter Elizabeth married a Skelton
and her son Henry Skelton inherited Bramley Grange. For survival
see ‘The Bramleys of Bramley Grange, by Patricia Martin, The
Ripon Historian, Vol.5 No.2, April 2002.
[44]
The Bramleys of Bramley Grange,
by Patricia Martin, The Ripon Historian, Vol.5 No.2, April
2002.
[45]
He may be the son of a Christopher
Bramley of Bramley Grange near Masham. Christopher Bramley
of Masham had a brother Thomas Bramley of Halifax. The Bramleys of Bramley Grange, by Patricia Martin, The Ripon Historian,
Vol.5 No.2, April 2002.
[46]
William Bramley and Ann Bailey
were married on 14 June 1756. Addingham. Their eldest son
Thomas was christened on 20 February 1757, Mary was christened
19 July 1759, Dorothy was christened on 26 February 1761,
William was christened on 25 January 1764, Brian was christened
on 11 September 1766 and buried the same year., Walter was
christened on 16 December 1767, Ann was christened on 30 July
1770, Betty was christened 6 July 1773. Addingham
Parish Registers.
[47]
Edward Lister, weaver married
Elizabeth Bramley on 28 March 1799. Their witnesses were John
Lister, Thomas Bramley, and John Dewhurst. Edward was the
son of William Lister of Smallbanks and Ellen Gibson. Addingham
Parish Registers.
[48]
Thomas Bramley, son of William
Bramley yeoman, was married to Nancy Driver on 1 April 1746
in Addingham. They had two children, John chastened 24 November
1746 and Elizabeth christened 7 September 1749. Thomas was
buried on 22 July 1752 and his wife Nancy or Anne was buried
on 29 October 1851. Addingham Parish registers.
[49]
John Bramley was christened
on 12 November 1724. He was buried aged 65 on 25 July 1792.
Addingham Parish Registers.
[50]
William Bramley and Elizabeth
Spencer, youngest daughter of Robert and Rosamond Spencer
had five children, three sons and two daughters. Mary was
buried on 18 August 1736. Rosamond was christened on 22 February
1726 and married John Booth a weaver. She was buried in Addingham
on 20 December 1784 aged 57. William Bramley yeoman was christened
on 9 March 1695 and buried on 14 July 1782, aged 90. His wife
Elizabeth was buried on 9 December 1778 aged 92. Addingham
Parish registers.
[51]
Thomas Bramley Yeoman married
Mary Newhall, daughter of Francis Newhall on 20 May 1691 in
Kildwick. He was christened on 9 December 1662 the son of
William Bramley. Thomas was buried on 28 December 1736 in
Addingham. Thomas had two siblings William christened 7 August
1653, and Marie, christened 30 May 1637. His father William
Bramley was buried on 30 July 1714. Addingham Parish Registers.
[52]
Addingham parish Registers.
[53]
James Bramley married Sarah
Jennings on 17 May 1786. Skipton Parish Registers.
[54]
Thomas Jennings was buried
on 7 October 1782 in Skipton. He was less than one year old.
Skipton Parish Registers.
[55]
Thomas Bramley was born on
20 January 1787. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[56]
John Bramley was born on 25
May 1792. He
was baptized in Skipton, North Yorkshire, 25 November 1792. Holy Trinity
Skipton Parish Registers.
[57]
Thomas Bramley died was buried
on 24 June 1795. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers
[58]
Thomas Bramley was born 20
May 1796, and
baptized in Skipton, on 18 September 1796. Elizabeth Bramley was born
on 31 March 1798. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers
[59]
James Bramley married Mary
Spencer on 5 January 1808. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
Mary Spence was born on 12 February 1785 and christened on
6 March 1785, in Bolton Abbey the daughter of John Spence
of Barden labourer son of Thomas Spence of Lamb Close of Netherdale by Ann daughter of Robert
Ellis of Sidgesworth, Netherdale, labourer, and Ellen daughter
of Frances Ward of Barden miner
by Agnes daughter of Thomas Spence of Lamb Close Netherdale.
Bolton Abbey Parish Registers.
[60]
Mary was the second daughter
of John Spence and Ellen Ward. Her elder brother James was
born on 23 March 1780 and christened on 2 April 1780. Her
sister Ann was born on 17 September 1782 and christened on
20 November 1782. Her younger brother John was christened
on 12 July 1789. Her brother Francis was born on 19 June 1795,
christened on 12 July 1795 and buried on 2 December 1795.
Her sister Jane was born on 18 November 1791 and christned
on 18 December 1791. Bolton Abbey Parish registers.
[61]
Anne Spence married John Bland,
woolcomber, son of James Bland, weaver and Ann Barrett, daughter
of Peter Barrett of Otley carpenter
on 15 September 1803 in Bolton Abbey. Bolton Abbey
Parish Registers. They had Ellen christened 28 October 1903,
Margaret christened 20 October 1806, Ann chrsitned 10 April
1808, Sussanah christened 26 August 1809 and Mary chrsitned
30 June 1810. Addingham Parish Registers.
[62]
Sarah Bramley was born on 26
March 1808 and christened on 16 July 1815 in Skipton. Skipton
Parish Registers.
[63]
Elizabeth Bramley was born
about 1811. So far attempts to find her birth have resulted
in zero. William Bramley was born on 7 April 1813 and christened
in Skipton on 25 July 1813. Martha Bramley was born on 14
August 1814 and christened on 16 July 1815. Isabella was born
on 24 March 1817 and christened on 25 May 1817 in Skipton.
Skipton Parish Registers.
[64]
John Bramley and Margaret Birtwhistle,
widow, married on 20 June 1814. Margaret was the wife of Peter
Birtwhistle, a soldier of Shrewsbury, in 1811. This was the
year that her son Thomas, aged 1 year and 18 months was buried.
He was buried on 18 February 1811. Thomas Birtwhistle was
born on 4 September 1809 and chrsitned on 29 August of the
same year. He was the son of
Peter Birtwhistle, weaver, son of
John Birtwhistle of Skipton, labourer, and Margaret
Smith daughter of John Smith of Thornton, labourer. Peter
Birtwhistle and Martha (sic) Smith were married on 15 April
1809 in Skipton. Skipton Parish Registers. There are family
brasses and memorials to the Birtwhistles in Skipton Parish
Church.
[65]
Martha Bramley
was born on 14 August 1814 and christened on 16 July 1815. James Bramley
was born on 6 February 1815
christened on, 14 May 1815, and buried on 16 July 1817 aged
two. George Bramley
was born on 29 January 1817 and christened on 16 February 1817. Elizabeth
Bramley
was born on 20 August 1821 and christened on 25 December 1821. Sarah
Bramley
was born 31 January 1819 and
christened on 20 June 1819 and buried 21 November 1823. John was born and christened on 17 February 1828. He was buried
on 23 February 1828 a week old. Skipton Parish Registers.
[66]
Elizabeth Bramley married Joseph
Spencer on 3 May 1819. Joseph Spencer was born on 26 June
1795 and chrsitned on 12
July 1795. Joseph was the son of
Thomas Spencer, weaver of Stirton, son of William Spencer
of Connonley Moortop, farmer, and Mary Myers daughter of George
Myers late of Stirton labourer. Skipton Parish Registers.
[67]
Skipton Parish Registers.
[68]
Elizabeth Spencer nee Bramley
was buried on 18 January 1821, aged 23. Joseph Spencer married
Ellen Boothman on 26 October 1824. (Ellen was born on 25 February
1807 and chrsitned on 7 September 1807, daughter of Robert
and Mary Boothman. Her sister Mary Ann was christened 2 September
1804 and Jane was christened 21 July 1809. Ellen Spencer nee
Boothman was buried on 1 July 1838 aged 32.) Joseph Spencer
was the son of Thomas Spencer, weaver, of Stirton and Mary
Myers, born on 26 June 1795 and christened on 12 July 1795.
His parents Thomas Spencer, so of William Spencer of Connonley
Moor-top, farmer, and Mary Myers, daughter of George Myers
of Stirton labourer were married in Skipton on 5 February
1782. Skipton Parish Registers. Joseph Spencer was widowed
again in 1838 and by 1841 he was living with his married sister
Jane Kirkbright in Commercial Street. Jane’s husband Bernard
Kirkbright was 35, a shoemaker, Jane was 30, and their son
Thomas Spencer was eight. Joseph was 35, a labourer and lived
there with his daughters Rebecca, 8, Elizabeth, 5 and Elisha,2.
1841 Skipton Census. Ellen and Joseph Spencer had the following
children, Thomas christened 13 September 1823, Mary Ann, christened
24 April 1827, Robert christened 9 August 1829, Rebecca christened
12 August 1832, Elizabeth christened 24 January 1836 and Elisha
christened 1 July 1838. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[69]
Sarah Bramley was buried on
4 July 1822 aged 61. James Bramley was buried on 23 March
1823, aged 67. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[70]
Mary Bramley was born on 27 February 1820 and christened
on 24 December 1820 in Skipton. Ann Bramley was born on 16
October 1822 and christened on 2 July 1823. She was buried
on 12 July 1824 aged one. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish registers.
[71]
James was born on 26 September
1826 and christened on 24 December 1826. Holy Trinity Skipton
Parish registers..
[72]
John Bramley was born on 29
July 1829 and christened on 29 August 1829. He was buried
on 31 December 1829 aged three months. Holy Trinity Skipton
Parish registers.
[73]
Skipton Parish Registers
[74]
Anne Oldfield was born on 3
January 1808 and christened on 20 January. She was the eldest
daughter of James and Elizabeth Oldfield of Skipton. James
Oldfield was the son of James Oldfield, late of Skipton, cordwainer
and Elizabeth Dewhurst was the daughter of John Dewhurst of
Heptonstall clogger.James Oldfield married Elizabeth Dewhurst
on 2 June 1806. James Oldfield was a twin (his sibling named
Esther) christened on10 March 1776, the son of James and Mary
Oldfield gardener of Skipton.
Skipton Parish Registers.
[75]
Sarah Bramley was born on 31
January 1829, and christened on 22 February 1829. Holy Trinity
Skipton Parish Registers.
[76]
Holy Trinity Skipton Parish
Registers.
[77]
Sarah Bramley was buried on
8 July 1831. Holy Trinity Parish Registers.
[78]
Mary Oldfield, daughter of
James and Elizabeth Oldfield was born on 23 November 1812
and christened on 21 May 1817. She married Mark Horner, woolcomber
on 18 May 1840. Skipton Parish Registers.
[79]
All Thomas’s children by his
second wife are recorded as being born in Colne. !851, 1861
census.
[80]
In 1851 Thomas is aged 53,
and is living in Millfields with his wife Margaret 42 and
children Elizabeth, 14, Broughton, 7 and Mary 2. See 1851
Skipton Census. ‘Brotherton Bramley’ was
[81]
His wife Margaret is named
Mary, 53, and daughter Mary is 13 years old. See 1861 Skipton
Census.
[82]
Sarah
Bramley married Thomas Ray on 24 November 1830. Holy Trinity
Skipton Parish Registers. Sarah and Thomas Wray had the following
children in Skipton; .James born 13 March 1833 and
christened 25 May 1833. John born on 19June 1835 and christened
6 September 1835, and Anne born on 20 March 1831 and christened
on 22 May 1831. Holy Trinity Skipton parish registers.
[83]
Thomas Wray was buried 16 May
1862 aged 62. Skipton Parish registers.
[84]
Elizabeth Bramley is recorded
as being the daughter of James Bramley, carder. Marriage Certificate
and Holy Trinity Parish registers.
[85]
Ann Horner was christened on
7 January 1838 Skipton. Ann was born on 15 December 1837.
Holy Trinity Skipton, parish Registers.
[86]
Isabella was six years younger
than Elizabeth, being born on 24 March 1817 and christened
on 25 May 1817 in Skipton. On 17 December 1837 Isabella married
Thomas Myers, a moulder, of Waller Hill. Isabella is recorded
as of the High Street Skipton, and both Thomas and Isabella
were under age in 1837. Their witnesses were Thomas Chew and
Martha Bramley. Isabella is recorded as being the daughter
of James Bramley ‘carder ‘ of Skipton. Isabella and Thomas
had the following children christened in Skipton: James born
on 11 January 1838 and christened on 11 February 1838, Jane
born on 25 April 1840 and christened on 26 June 1840 and Ambrose
born on 28 April 1842 and christened on 3 July1842. Holy Trinity Parish Registers Skipton. . Thomas
was born on 15 August 1818 and christened on 22 August 1818
the son of Thomas and Alice Myers, iron founder.
He died on 11 September 1887. IGI. (Thomas Myers senior
was born in 1796 in Skipton, the son of
Thomas Myers and Anne Reed. He married Alice Lund on
26 November 1811 in Kildwick.IGI. Alice died 4 February 1857, aged 65. Thomas
died 24 August 1859 aged 76. Skipton Parish Registers. Thomas
Myers and his wife Anne Reed both died in 1818 in Skipton,
and were both born about 1745 Thomas in Stirton, and Anne
in Thorlby. IGI). Isabella and her husband immigrated to America
and their descendents can be seen on Family search. IGI In
1841 Thomas and Isabella Myers are living at Waller hill,
Skipton, Isabella is 25, Thomas Myers is 20, and their son
James is 3 and daughter Jane is one year old. Thomas Myers
is a Corn Master. 1841
Skipton census.
[87]
James was born 11 January 1838.
Jane was born 2 April 1840. Ambrose was born 28 April 1842.
Skipton Parish Registers.
[88]
Martha Bramley was born on
14 August 1814 and christened on 16 July 1815. In the IGI
and transcripts of Parish Registers she has John Bramley recorded
as her father, but in her marriage details on 28 December
1837 in the Parish Registers she is recorded as the daughter
of James Bramley carder. She marries Thomas Chew, labourer,
son of Thomas Chew and her witnesses are James Chew and Mary
Bramley. Mary Bramley was her sister. Holy Trinity Parish
Registers Skipton. In 1841 Thomas and Martha Chew are both
aged 25 and living at the Back of the Becks, Skipton. Thomas
Chew is an agricultural labourer. 1841 Census.
[89]
John is aged 45 and is a labourer
in a cotton factory. His
wife Margaret was not working. His son George was a Twister
in a cotton factory, Elizabeth was a warper 1841 census.
[90]
Hardcastle Ingham was born
on 10 July 1825 and christened on 23 July 1825. His parents
Thomas Ingham and Mary Hudson married on 11 November 1819.
A George Harrison witnessed the marriage. Holy trinity Skipton,
parish registers. Harcastle Ingham had three siblings who
were in Skipton workhouse in 1841. John, 12, factory boy,
Mary, 13, Nurse and Thomas 10, Factory boy. 1841 Skipton Census.
John Ingham was christened 17 July 1829, he later married
Sarah Mason on 10 July 1856. On his marriage John referred
to his father as a soldier. Thomas
Ingham was christened on 28 September 1823, Mary Ingham was
christened on 4 November 1827. Of the Ingham siblings Ann,
christened 28 October 1821 and William christened 27 April
1834 there is no sign in the 1841 Census. Holy Trinity Parish
Registers. Thomas Ingham was a weaver.
[91]
Mary Ingham was buried on 12
July 1832 aged 39. Holy Trinity Parish Registers.
[92]
A John Hardcastle Ingham may
be related to the Hardcastle Ingham in the Bramley household. John Ingham was the son of Roger Ingham, cordwainer
and Sarah. He was christened on 9 December 1821 and born on
8 December 1821. His sister Grace was christened on 24 March
1819 and married John Smith, Royal Sapper on 24 July 1842.
His sister Jane was christened on 1 July 1830 and buried on
25 December 1832 aged 2, and another sister Jane christened
on 29 March 1835 and buried 10 April 1836 aged 1. His sister
Elizabeth Ingham was christened 11 March 1837, and MaryAnn
christened 12 January 1823, Susannah christened 24 October
1832, and Sarah christened 4 August 1816. His brother William
was christened 13 June 1813 and buried 10 April 1814 aged
1. John Hardcastle Ingham was christened 6 March 1825 and
born on 15 November 1824. Holy trinity Parish Registers.
[93]
Margaret was buried on 8 August
1846, Skipton. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish registers.
[94]
Holy trinity, Skipton Parish
registers.
[95]
Elizabeth Bramley married Robert
Banister on 17 may 1847. Holy trinity Parish registers. In
1851 Robert and Elizabeth have two children, Richard, 2, and
James, 1. See 1851 Skipton census.
[96]
He was buried on 26 November
1852 Apperley Bridge, Calve, aged 59. Skipton parish registers.
[97]
George Bramley son of John
Bramley weaver and Mary Scott had married on 19 August 1845
Skipton. John Ingham and Elizabeth Bramley were witnesses.
John Ingham later married Margaret Scott’s sister Elizabeth
Scott on 27 February 1848. Holy Trinity Parish registers.
[98]
John Ingham was the son of
Roger and Sarah Ingham, he was christened on 9 December 1821.
Roger Ingham, cordwainer of Skipton, married Sarah Davy on
6 July 1807. Roger Ingham was the son of William Ingham of
Skipton shoemaker. Sarah Davy was the daughter of Richard
Davy, of Skipton, boatman. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[99]
Margaret Bramley was born on
11 November 1845 and christened on 14 December 1845 Back of
Becks Skipton. John Bramley was born on
25 December 1848 and christened on 4 March 1849. Their
mother Mary Bramley nee Scott was buried on 20 July 1850 aged
37. Holy Trinity Parish Registers.
[100]
George Bramley is described
as 34 years old in 1851 Skipton Census.
[101]
1841
Census Skipton. Marriage Certificate of Elizabeth Bramley.
[102]
William
Bramley was born
on 7 April 1813 and christened in Skipton on 25 July 1813. William
was buried on 5 April 1847 aged 34.
James was born on 26 September 1826 and
christened on 24 December 1826. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers. James Bramley married Ann Barrat on 11 August 1856. Ann was ten years his senior. They had Elizabeth
Bramley born on 8 February 1858 and christened on 4 April
1858. They also had two sons Richard, one born 13 October
1852 and christened on 5 December 1852 and another born on
21 February 1855 and christened on 29 July 1855.
Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[103]
Mary
Bramley was
born on 27 February 1820 and christened on 24 December
1820 in Skipton, Holy Trinity Parish registers,
Skipton .
[104]
John
Wray was the son of Thomas Wray and Sarah Bramley.
They were married on 24 November 1830, Skipton. Their son John was born on 19 June 1835 and christened
on 6 September 1835. James Wray was born on
13 March 1833 christened on 30 June 1833. Anne Wray was born on 20 March 1831 and christened
on 22 May 1831. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[105]
Anne Wray was buried on 28 December 1845 aged 15. Skipton Parish Registers.
[106]
Sarah
Bramley was born on 26 March 1808 and christened on 16 July
1815 in Skipton. She married Thomas Ray on 24 November 1830. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish
Registers. Sarah and Thomas Wray had the following children
in Skipton; .James born 13 March 1833 and christened
25 May 1833. John born on 19June 1835 and christened 6 September
1835, and Anne born on 20 March 1831 and christened on 22
May 1831.Thomas Wray was buried 1862 aged 60. Holy Trinity Skipton parish registers.
[107]
William Bramley was buried
on 5 April 1847 aged 34. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish Registers.
[108]
Mary Bramley was buried on
16 May 1845 aged 63, of Chamberlains’ Yard Skipton. James Bramley was buried on 15 June 1851 aged 61. Holy Trinity Skipton
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