RootsChat.Com
England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Yorkshire (North Riding) => Topic started by: Beerman on Thursday 25 July 24 17:31 BST (UK)
-
One leg of my family tree links back to Thomas Stapylton who lived and died in Leyburn. If his father was a Leonard Stapylton, he was left £20 in his will. From Thomas's will, he had become quite a wealthy man when he died in 1805 aged 72. From that I feel some history of this family might well have been somewhere recorded.
His wife, Margaret Hutchinson provided 4 surviving children, Thomas, Ralph, Margery and Martha. Thomas's will made monetary awards to other children, but his property assets were shared amongst his lawful issues, and in turn to pass to their lawful children. Neither boy married, so their shares under the will would pass to the girls and their children.
Margery married Charles Sanderson, produced 4 children, none of whom married. The census did show two grandchildren.
Martha married Matthew Dobson to have 6 children surviving into adulthood, three of those married and had children.
In 1845, a year after brother Ralph died, Mr & Mrs Sandersons filed a bill against Mr & Mrs Dobson, their children and the heir at law of the surviving executors of the will of brother Thomas Stapylton who had died in 1808. It appeared some of Thomas's property was unaccounted, and was eventually judged it should have been equally divided between Margery and Martha.
In 1861 Margery died and Martha in 1865, but the story of the wills didn't end there. In 1868, Martha's eldest son Ralph Stapylton Dobson, was accused by elder sister, then Margaret Hannah Bowness, of stealing his mother's will. This case was Known as Bowness v Dobson.
Could anyone advise or kindly point to any publication that might provide a more full account of this family than I have so far uncovered?
-
have you seen this?
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01tbk/
-
Thank you hepburn. I did, but read no further than the need to signup for a trial. However, I was able to find the judgement on the Sanderson v Dobson in Google Books.
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Law_Reports/NQs8AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sanderson+v+dobson&pg=PA406&printsec=frontcover
Most of my understanding of the Bowness v Dobson case came from
https://janehousham123.blogspot.com/2015/05/
While this family seem to have been responsible for some serious case law, I was hoping somewhere there could be detail of their life and times in print.