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From: "Anne Newman" <>
Subject: Re: Knaresborough Wills - Index AF - Part 3
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 08:55:38 +0100
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Could you please let me have the references to William and Thomas
Wigglesworth, and also to Susannah Pullan (who just might be my
gggrandmother)
Thanks
Anne
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Subject: Knaresborough Wills - Index AF - Part 3


> There are 3,952 Wills in the whole series. This index has 109 of them from
> the AF Series which covers the period 1815-1849 in terms of Probate.
>
> You now have name indexes covering 711 Wills. To find the previous indexes
> you need to search the YORKSGEN Archives : Go to
> <<http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl>>; - Make sure you
insert
> YORKSGEN into the first box where you are invited to select a List - Make
> sure you select Year 2000 - Then do a search on "Wills and Index". Click
on
> the appropriate file.
>
> Location/Occupation, where shown in the Will, for each Testator is in
> brackets next to the forename. If not given the Testator is then indicated
by
> a (T)
>
> All the other names mentioned are in the body of a Will and are either
> Legatees, Executors, Other Family Members, Friends, Trustees, Guardians,
> Witnesses, Appraisers, and other individuals such as Tenants, Neighbours,
> Debtors, etc.
>
> You should not assume that all forenames against a surname are from the
same
> family. Using Brown as an example :
>
> Brown Ann, AE073, George, AE065, Richard, AE072, W B, AE053
>
> : none of these have a Will; they are just names from various other Wills
in
> the AE Series.
>
> Whereas :
>
> Burniston George, AE002, John, AE002, (-/Gamekeeper), Mary, AE002,
> Richard, AE002, Stephen, AE002, Thomas, AE010
>
> : John is a Testator, with George, Mary, Richard, and Stephen being
mentioned
> in his Will; but Thomas is just a name from a different Will in the AE
Series.
>
> Tony Cheal
> Harrogate Historical Society and Re-Population Study Group
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Oddy Jane(Harrogate/Widow)
> Orton Jane
> Oven James, William(Knaresborough/Hatter)
> Palliser Pickersgill
> Parker John
> Parkinson Ann, Hannah, Joseph, Mary, Stephen(Cragg House/Gentleman),
> Thomas(Fewston/-), William
> Parler William
> Parr William
> Peacock Henry, James
> Pearson Ann, Jane, John, Mary, Richard,
Samuel(Knaresborough/Innholder),
> Sarah
> Peel Hannah(West End/Widow)
> Pennington Ann, George, John, Mary(The Bogs, Harrogate/Widow), Richard
> Penrose John
> Petty Charles(Liverpool/Farrier), Eliza Ellen, Eliza, Elizabeth,
> John(Darley/Carrier), Sarah, William
> Pick William
> Piercy George
> Pollard John
> Poole William
> Potter Thomas
> Potterton James
> Potts George, Henry, James(Knaresborough/Slay Maker), Jane, Mary,
Robert
> Powell Agnes, Charles, Frederick, Samuel
> Pratt Byron
> Procter John(Knaresborough/-), Mary
> Pullan Robert, Susannah, Thomas(Darley/Farmer)
> Pullein Joseph, William
> Pybus John, William
> Raper Ann, Charles(Lundhouse Green/Farmer), Elizabeth, Mary Kersha
> Rapson Isaac, James, Mary, Samuel
> Reed Mrs
> Renton Ann, George, Hannah, Henry, Jane, John, Mary, Thomas,
William
> Jeffery, William Rev., William(Knaresborough/Yeoman)
> Reynard Hannah
> Rhodes Mark
> Richard Mary
> Richardson James William Hamilton, James, Robert(Bedford Square/Doctor)
> Rider William
> Robinson Edith(Knaresborough/Widow), George, Hannah, James, John,
Mary,
> Matilda Lomax, Nancy, Robert, Sarah(Middlesmoor/Spinster), William
> Rogers Henry, Sarah(London/-)
> Russell Robert
> Salt Thomas
> Scurr Elizabeth, Jane, John(Ferrensby/-), Samuel, Wilfred
> Seaton Daniel
> Sewell Dinah, Jane
> Shafto Robert Eden Duncombe
> Sharper Richard, Samuel, William
> Shaw Mr
> Sherwood Jane
> Shutt Sarah, William(Harrogate/Gardener)
> Sibson Rachael, Thomas(Knaresborough/Labourer)
> Sigston William
> Simpson David, Hannah, James, Joseph, Mary(Harrogate/-), Matthew,
> Thomas, William
> Skaife John, Thomas
> Sly Alexander, Mary, Robert(Tentergate/Weaver)
> Smith Ann, Edwin, George, John, Joseph, William
> Smithson Mary
> Snow Francis, Jane, Mary, Richard, Susanna(Knaresborough/Spinster),
> Thomas, William
> Spence Ann, Dinah, Edward(Knaresborough/Yeoman), Elizabeth, John,
> Joseph, Sarah, William
> Spink Dorothy
> Squires James
> Stansfield Catherine
> Stead Ann, Francis, John
> Steel Sarah
> Stow Matthew
> Swail James, Joseph, Richard, Sarah, Thomas, William(Pannal/-)
> Sweeting Jonathan
> Swift John Brown, Mary Brown
> Tarbottom Henry(Knaresborough/Stationer), Maria, Rebecca
> Taylor Ann, Jane, John(Ferrensby/Farmer), Mary Ann(Starbeck/Widow),
> Peter, William Whitehawk
> Teale Thomas Prigden
> Thackwray Henry, James, Joseph, Margaret(Harrogate/Single Woman), Mary
> Ann, Moses, Sarah, Thomas, William Todd
> Thelkeld John
> Thistleton William
> Thomas James, Sarah Ann
> Thompson Frances, George, Martha
> Thornton William
> Thorp George, John(Hampsthwaite/Yeoman), Mary
> Thorpe Charles, Christopher, Henry, Henry
> Thrush Mary, Thomas(Harrogate/Esquire)
> Tipling Alice(Harrogate/Widow), Ann, John, Mary, Robert, Sarah,
> William(Harrogate/Grocer)
> Todd Jane, Martha, Michael, William(Clifton-cum-Norwood/Farmer)
> Tomlinson George, Thomas
> Tong Hannah
> Towers Jane
> Trees Samuel
> Trotter Mary
> Turnbull Robert, Sarah
> Turner Ann, Charles, Dinah, John, Joseph, Mary Ann, Thomas,
> William(Knaresborough/Flax Dresser)
> Tutin Thomas
> Umpleby Ann, Eliza, John Rev, Mary, Mrs., William
> Upton George
> Verity Miles
> Vitty John
> Waite Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary Milner, Susannah
> Walker Benjamin, James, Mary Ann, Michael, Spence, William
> Waller Harry Edmund
> Walmsley Ann, Elizabeth, John, Joseph(Felliscliffe/Farmer)
> Ward Elizabeth,John(Harlow Hill/Farmer), Mark, Thomas, William
> Warriner George, Mary
> Watnough Jane
> Watson Elizabeth Ellen(Little Ouseburn/Widow)
> Webster Mary
> Wetherill Matthew
> Wharmby Christopher
> Wheatley Joseph
> Wheelhouse John
> Whincup Denis(Harrogate/lodging House Keeper), Elizabeth, Jane, John,
> Joseph, Peter, Richard, Robert, Thomas, William(Arkendale/Farmer)
> Whitaker C, Elizabeth, Hannah, James, John(Felliscliffe/Yeoman),
Samuel,
> Sarah(Addingham/-), Thomas
> Whitehead Edward, George, John(Ferrensby/Farmer)
> Whitehouse George, John, Mary, Thomas, William
> Wigglesworth Thomas, William
> Wilkinson Ann, Charles, Joseph Mrs., Joshua Hardisty, Matthew, Samuel
> Wilks Mr
> Williams John Howard,
> Willis John Jaques
> Wilson Eliza, Elizabeth, Harriet, John, Mary, William
> Winter William Esdaile
> Winterburn Thomas
> Wolstenholme John
> Wood George, James, John
> Woodhouse John
> Wordsworth Joshua Taylor, Joshua(Holbeck/Machine Manufacturer)
> Wright Ann, Charles Smith, George(Harrogate/Coachmaker), Lucy Elizabeth,
> Maria, Sarah
> Wylds Thompson
> Yates Ann, Christopher, Elizabeth(Knaresborough/Widow), Mary, Thomas
> Yeadon John, Joshua
>
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