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The
Wards of Embsay Ellen
Ward was born in 1756 and joined her elder siblings Mary and James
[9]
. Ellen’s oldest sister Mary was the first to leave home in July 1768 when she married William Winterburn in Bolton Abbey [12] . The three other sisters would have been bridesmaids and their mother would have been heavily pregnant with their youngest brother Francis who arrived two months later in September 1768 [13] . Ellen’s youngest sister Sarah arrived in 1771 when Ellen was fifteen years old [14] . In
1777 Ellen’s oldest brother James married Flora Watson of
Calvill House Netherdale in Bolton Abbey
[15]
. Three
years later Ellen had met John Spence, an agricultural labourer
and later a farmer in Barden
[16]
.. They married in Bolton Abbey Church
on 30 January 1780
[17]
. . Ellen was about seven months pregnant
with their first child when they married. Their eldest child James
joined them in March of that year
[18]
. In 1781 Ellen and John and their son
James would have attended the marriage of Ellen’s sister Agnes
to Joseph Hargreaves
[19]
. Their eldest daughter Ann joined them
two years later, and by 1785 John and Ellen had three children under
five with the arrival of Mary
[20]
John
Spence must have been earning a wage to support his growing family.
In the next ten years John and Ellen had another three children,
John, Jane and Francis
[22]
. In December 1793 Ellen and her brood
of five children would have attended the marriage of her youngest
sister Sarah to Robert Summersgill
[23]
. This musty have been a very happy chrsitmas
for the whole family. However, by December 1795, the youngest child
Francis, named after Ellen’s father, was buried aged only
six months old
[24]
. Ellen’s daughter Ann was the first to leave home and marry in 1803 [25] . Ann and her husband John Bland set up home in Addingham and started a family there [26] . By
January 1808 Ellen’s daughter Mary had met and married James
Bramley of Skipton, a handloom weaver
[27]
. Mary was nearly seven months
pregnant on the day of their wedding. Ellen’s eldest daughter
Anne attended the wedding also six months pregnant with her third
child. Their first child Sarah arrived on 26 March of that year
[28]
. Ann Bland’s third child was christened
on 10 April 1808 and it is possible that she was already suckling
her small daughter before Mary gave birth. Mary and James Bramley’s
family continued to grow with two more children William and Elizabeth
in 1811 and 1813
[29]
. On 9 May 1814 John and Ellen Spence would have attended the marriage of their son John Spence to Mary Roper in Skipton [30] . Their daughter Mary was also six months pregnant with her fourth child Martha and may have found it difficult, especially if it was a warm May [31] . Two years later, in October 1816, John and Ellen would have attended the marriage of their youngest daughter Jane to John Holgate [32] . However, only a month later in November 1816 Ellen Spence nee Ward was buried in Addingham, aged only sixty years old [33] .
[1]
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. [2] Both Agnes Spence, Ellen’s mother, and John Spence, her husband appear to be descended from a Thomas Spence of Lamb Close Netherdale. [3] Francis Ward was christened 27 May 1723 son of James Ward and Elenor Edson. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [4] James was christened 5 May 1709. Ezabel was christened 22 February 1707, Ann was christened 15 February 1713, James was christened 4 August 1717, John was christened 1 May 1698, Ellenore was christened on 7 October 1718 and buried on 16 March 1738. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers.
[5]
James Ward married Anne Pagett on 15 November
1696. She was buried on 12 August 1698. James Ward married
Elenor Edson on 22 April 1707. Elenor was buried on 22 September
1754. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [6] James Ward son of Francis Ward of Hebden was christned on 23 June 1677. Linton Parish Registers.
[7]
Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [8] ffrancis Warde Dr. was buried 10 March 1682.I 'Isabell Warde widow of Hebden was buried ye 2 Sep 1695. af. Mad.' Linton Parish Registers. [9] Ellen Ward was christened on 4 July 1756. Anne Ward was christened on 1 October 1749 and James was christened on 2 September 1753. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers.
[10]
Agnes Ward was christened 7 December 1760. Bolton
Abbey Parish Registers. [11] Jane Ward was christened on 4 September 1763. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [12] Mary Ward married William Winterburn on 11 July 1768. Bolton Abbey Parish registers
[13]
Francis was christened on 2 September 1768. Bolton
Abbey Parish registers [14] Sarah Spence was christened on 20 October 1771. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers.
[15]
James Ward married Flora Watson on
4 May 1777. Flora was the daughter of James Watson of Calvill
House Netherdale. Flora was buried on 13 January 1793 and
James then married Sarah Pettyt. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers
[16]
Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [17] Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [18] James Spence was born on 23 March 1780 and christened on 2 April 1780. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [19] Agnes Ward married Joseph Hargreaves on 12 February 1781. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [20] Ann was born on 17 September 1782 and christened on 20 November 1782. Mary Spence was born on 12 February 1785 and christened on 6 March 1785. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers.
[21]
Jane Ward married Christopher Summersgill on
13 December 1785. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers.
[22]
John was christened on 12 July 1789. Jane was
born on 18 November 1791 and christened on 18 December 1791.
Bolton Abbey Parish Registers.
[23]
Sarah Ward married Robert Summersgill
on 30 December 1793. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [24] Francis was born on 19 June 1795, christened on 12 July 1795 and buried on 3 December 1795. Bolton Abbey Parish register. [25] Ann Spence married John Bland, woolcomber, of Addingham, son of James Bland weaver and Ann daughter of Peter Barrett, carpenter of Otley on 15 September 1803 in Bolton Abbey. Bolton Abbey Parish Registers. [26] Ellen Bland was christened on 28 October 1803. Margaret Bland was christened on 30 October 1806, Ann Bland was christened on 10 April 1808, Susannah Bland was christened on 26 August 1809, Mary Bland was christened 30 June 1810. Addingham Parish Registers. [27] James Bramley married Mary Spencer on 5 January 1808. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish. Registers. [28] Sarah Bramley was born on 26 March 1808 and christened on 16 July 1815 in Skipton. Skipton Parish Registers. [29] 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. Skipton Parish Registers.
[30]
John Spence married Mary Roper on
9 May 1814. They had Elizabeth christened 1 September 1817,
buried 28 October 1817 aged 10 weeks. Holy Trinity Skipton
Parish Registers.
[31]
Martha Bramley was born on 14 August
1814 and christened on 16 July 1815. Skipton Parish Registers.
[32]
Jane Spence married John Holgate
on 30 October 1816. Skipton Parish Registers. They had the
following children, Ann christened 14 December 1817, Jane
christened 4 January 1825 and John Spencer christened 4 January
1824 and buried on 19 January 1824. Holy Trinity Skipton Parish
Registers. [33] Ellen Spence was buried 15 November 1816. Addingham Parish Registers.
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