Greetings from USA. This query is directed particularly to "dobfarm." Dear Sir: I noted with interest your info on the XVI.- and XVII.- century wills, etc., regarding the Norths of Coldroyd/Colroyd/Cowroyd/Couleroyd/Couldroyd and their kin. How can I obtain photocopies or pdfs of the originals? I apologize for going slightly off the topic here; but the referenced thread has been locked, and I am new to RootsChat and could figure no other means by which to contact you in this regard.
My descent from the Norths of Coldroyd: My great-great-great-great-grandfather John Broadbent (1795-1856) of Coldroyd, Dalton settled in USA. His mother was Ruth North (1774-1838), wife of James Broadbent, of Coldroyd. Her father was John North (1697/98-1783; wife unknown but might have been either Elizabeth Tweedale or Elizabeth Matchan). John was the son of Benjamin North (ca. 1671-1756; m. Ruth Pollard, 1697). Benjamin was the son of John North of Coldroyd in Dalton (1625/26-1695/96). This John of Coldroyd was in turn the son of another John North who was likely baptized in 1606, a son of another John North. Most of this info appears on monuments in the Broadbent-North plot in the Kirkheaton parish churchyard.
I suspect that the last-named John North was the John "of Couldroyd," son of George North, mentioned in the will of his uncle John North of Rowley. What think you?
Our family occupied the farm at Coldroyd until the first quarter of XX. century. How might I learn the form of their tenure?
Many thanks just for listening! I hope you can shed some light on these questions.
