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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Watkins of Aislaby Hall
« on: Monday 18 April 11 23:14 BST (UK)  »
Francis Watkins died in the 1850's and you are quite correct in that they lived at Whitby and sold the hall. The info given earlier on here was for Aislaby at Pickering not Whitby. One of my ancestors knew John Watkins when he was fighting for universal suffrage and before he went to prison and his family disowned him for his part in the Chartist movement in South Durham and North Yorkshire. My ancestor made the mistake of thinking the family lived at Pickering and ended up there rather than at Whitby. Fortunately he was taken in by Thomas Hayes, who was the vicar of Middleton. There is quite a lot of info on the net about John Watkins.
Hope that helps
Jen

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Watkins of Aislaby Hall
« on: Monday 18 April 11 13:28 BST (UK)  »
I know that this thread is quite old now, but thought it was worth pointing out that you are confusing 2 Aislabys in Yorkshire, one at Pickering and the other just outside Whitby, which is the one your Watkins family come from. Not Pickering.

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