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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to Find a Quaker King family from Salterforth before they became Quakers.
« on: Saturday 21 June 25 16:32 BST (UK)  »
There was, I've just found him he's the son of the John King in my opening post.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to Find a Quaker King family from Salterforth before they became Quakers.
« on: Saturday 14 June 25 14:02 BST (UK)  »
I'm not sure he's ever given an occupation, his brother Lawrence is a Lining (Linen?) weaver and other members of the family farmers or husbandmen.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to Find a Quaker King family from Salterforth before they became Quakers.
« on: Tuesday 10 June 25 10:42 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, that does look useful.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to Find a Quaker King family from Salterforth before they became Quakers.
« on: Tuesday 10 June 25 09:54 BST (UK)  »
I can't find any entries on find my past that look like they could be a will for Henry King in 1680. The Thomas King who dies in 1735 leaves one which I've ordered but I doubt that he will be leaving things to his siblings.

I'm something of a regular visitor to special collections at the University of Leeds since I am fortunate enough to live quite close to Leeds. Their Quaker Collections, Clifford Street and Carlton Hill only contain a handful of Wills and there don't appear to be any for the King family. Mostly they are minute books, records of sufferings, petitions for prisoners, things like that. The most useful for working out families (at least at this date, more stuff becomes available later on) are the minute books which record requests to marry and confirmations that marriages have happened some of which don't appear to have made it into registers (for example the marriage of William Watson & Mary King in 1721 is in the minute books but not, as far as I can see, the registers). They also have removals in and out of the meeting area and disownments, which often give the name of a parent. These minute books are also mostly unindexed so have to be read through and I've not yet found anything to help work out the elder Henry's children.

It looks like for that I'm going to need baptisms and I'm not finding any, although you would think a Lawrence would stand out. Having seen from other threads that some people here have an almost magical ability to find people I felt it was worth asking.

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Family History Beginners Board / Trying to Find a Quaker King family from Salterforth before they became Quakers.
« on: Monday 09 June 25 18:00 BST (UK)  »
Is anybody able to help me find this family please. They are Quakers in Settle Monthly Meeting, specifically they belong to Salterforth preparative meeting but none of them appear to be born within the Quakers.

When John King dies in 1738 there is a note in the register to say that he was the last of 6 brothers and 4 sisters. When he married Agnes Rudd in 1697 he was described as being of Stainton Hall in Gargrave the son of Henry King of Myerhouse in Marton.

I have two of the brothers, Lawrence King who marries Grace Beanland(s) in 1706 described as being of Fenceend in the parish of Thornton and who dies in 1724 and Henry King who marries Margaret Overend in 1696 and dies in 1737 since they are both children of Henry King on their marriages.

I also have two possible brothers, Thomas King who is having children in Salterforth/Settle Meeting between 1694 and 1718 who dies in 1725 and William King who has children there between 1720 and 1723 and dies in 1723, I've not found the marriages for either of these yet. (Not sure on the William, the children seem rather late compared to the others but he does die before John and he isn't obviously John, Lawrence, Henry or Thomas' son)

Henry King of Myerhouse near Marton dies in 1680, there is also a burial of a Margaret King in 1700 (widow? One of the 4 daughters?)

I have no clues for the other children except that the other son may also have had a Henry because I have one that marries Lucide Smith in 1707 that I can't fit to any of the other five.

If anybody can provide any leads at all for this family I would be so grateful.


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The Common Room / Re: Unexpected Find
« on: Tuesday 20 May 25 16:55 BST (UK)  »
Not yet, give me a few days, lol

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The Common Room / Unexpected Find
« on: Monday 19 May 25 14:05 BST (UK)  »
I was searching through newspapers on FindmyPast to see if I could find anything on my great grandmother's brothers, instead I found my great grandmother herself bringing a bastardry suit! Checking the dates the child looked likely to be the one I have in my tree as her parents youngest daughter, since she's described as such on the 1881 Census. So I just got the birth entry off the GRO and, yes, illegitimate daughter of my great grandmother. Sadly she died before my great grandparents married in 1884, I wonder if my great grandfather ever knew about her and whether he would have raised her had she lived.

(Bother, I meant to put this in Lighter side)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Alexander Gordon
« on: Wednesday 14 May 25 14:08 BST (UK)  »
Injuries sustained by 10 or 12 steel plates accidentally falling upon him per verdict of Jury

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The Common Room / Re: Trying to find a Thomas Fisher who was an Officer of the Excise in 1764
« on: Wednesday 14 May 25 13:53 BST (UK)  »
It's not the last mention, they carry on. I've noted down all the references and page numbers in a table, for every Fisher, not just Thomas. My late mother was a local studies librarian, she trained me well  ;D

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