Anyone Looking For Cunningham And Swales In Yorks?

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Hi everyone,

Have been researching my Stephensons and Swales  and wondered if anybody here has access to the Pocklington parish records and the marriage of Francis Swales and Christiana Stephenson 25th August 1800.

There are a lot of Trees on  Ancestry that have Christiana Stephenson being born at Boynton 1781.  Have been going over this for some time and found Christiana Stephenson married Samuel Holtby at Boynton in 1804. Have the birth of a son John Holtby or Houltby at Rillington in 1807 son of Samuel and Christa.  So I think good possibility they have the wrong Christiana in their Trees.   Who she was I don't know.

Also, which Francis Swales did she marry, the one born in Aycliffe Durham in 1783 or the one born in Stillington in 1781. I am leaning to the one born in Aycliff.   

Any thoughts or info on this please.


Val

[origins]

Hi,

Have now found out Christiana Stephenson was the daughter of Alexander Stephenson.  She married Francis Swales from Aycliffe Durham. The baptism  in Kirkby Moorside of their first daughter Hannah reads:

Father Francis Swales of Oakley near Darlington an itinerant Potter, son of Hannibal

Mother Christiana daughter of Alexander Stephenson of Blackwell

Born Jan 24 1801
Baptised Jan 26 1801

Is anybody else researching the Stephensons?   Will have to have a look  at the parish record for Kirkby Moorside to see if it says which Francis Swales was the father of  children born there.

The Stephensons were also a travelling family and married into the Swales.

Val

[phillbrett68]

hi i have cunninghams in my family from cumberland and around yorkshire they were hawkers or hawkers of earthenware or potters my research has led me from hamilton cunningham his father was a henry cunningham and mother ann cunningham if any of this ties in can someone help with any other information thanks
phillip

[mikizz]

Hi phillip i am a cunningham.I have researching my family tree and believe henry may be one of my relatives i have not found yet. My familt travelled in same areas you metion.I believe some may have travelled to scotland.What info do you have on Henry cunningham and his wofe ann.Also i have info on Hall family who maried into cunninghams for Jan 58.

[originQuest]

Hello all,

This is my very first post which I am quite excited about.  It was because I found this page on google that has prompted me to become a member of RootsChat!

You see, I am related to the Swales Family; Hannibal Swales (1814-1894) and Christiana Stephenson (1812-1894) are ancestors of mine, and I descend through their daughter Hannah Swales, who was born in 1844 in Stockton-on-Tees.  I notice that EML has posted a picture on here of Richard Swales and his family, Richard being the younger brother of my ancestor Hannah.  I have just been looking into Richard's family and found allof the children mentioned and some of their marriages which I can share if you are interested.

Also, thank you for the wonderful info on the baptism of

I see here a lot of similarities with my own research; for example, I can't find my ancestor's Hannibal and Christiana in the 1841 census, although Christiana's family are POSSIBLY living in tents just outside on Danby Village in North Yorkshire.   I also have suspected that Alexander Stephenson who married Mary Stewart was also a brother of Christiana Stephenson (1812-1894).    I have also tried to sort out the two James Swales, born between 1816-1817 in Kirby Moorside who caused me a lot of confusion!

Also Val, thank you for the 1801 baptism of Hannah Swales, born in 1801 in Kirby Moorside, which names not only both of her parents, but also her grandfathers and their localities!  Wow, that is much appreciated as although I suspected that Francis Swales was the son of Hannibal Swales, I had no idea who Christiana's father was!

If anyone would like to discuss further please get in touch!

[origins]

Hi OriginQuest,

I have been trying to put the Stephenson family together for some time.  Alexander Stephenson born 1821 was my gt x 3 grandfather.  That is him with his brothers and sister Jane Swales nee Stephenson in 1841 living in tents at Danby.    I have a Tree on Anc...y  with all this in.    Alexander was the son of Edward Stephenson, son of Alexander & Elizabeth Burnsides.

Alexander Stephenson & Elizabeth Burnsides had a daughter Elizabeth in 1784 baptised Easingwold.  Parish record states that Alexander was the son of Alexander Stephenson, wine cooper of London.    Elizabeth Burnsides was the daughter of Ambrose Burnsides, Potter of Blackwell Durham.   

I come down the Swales line from Kirby Moorside, James born 1816 and have now found I am connected to the Swales in Durham through Christiana Stephenson. 


You will find this line of travelling people absolutely fascinating.


Val

[originQuest]

Hi Val,

Wow this is getting a little confusing!  Yes this family are indeed fascinating, and you seem to have moved much further into the past than what I have!  Congratulations on that!

So, for clarity, are we saying that my gt x greatgradmother Christiana Stephenson (1812-1894) and your 3 x great grandfather Alexander Stephenson (1821-1898) were brother and sister?  Now, I made the connection of them possibly being siblings from the 1841 census; although I couldn't find Christiana, I suspected she had an older brother named Zachariah which tied in with a baptism I found when I did a generic search for children of Edward and Mary Stephenson.  This was at Yarm.

With this, my ancestor Christiana definitely had a brother named Edward, and Christiana's son-on-law, my 4 x great grandfather, was the informant for the death.  I can forward you this death certificate if you like!

I had thought that Jane Swales in the 1841 was Jane Stephenson, but her marriage certificate didn't record a father so I discounted her!  Do you have this certificate?  Saying this, the marriage did show that James Swales, who this Jane Stephenson married, was the son of Francis Swales, potter, who was my 6 x greatgrandfather and father of Hannibal Swales (1814-1894).

Is this making sense?

So I see how you are connected to the Stephensons, but how are you related to the Swales?  Sorry if I have missed that!

Peter



I too had thougth that Jane Ste

[Em1966]

I'm new to Rootschat and have found it fascinating reading all the posts and seeing where I fit in! I am a Swales descended from Hannibal and Hannah Hall via Francis 1783, James 1817, John 1854, Henry 1879 etc. I have many many questions but to start off I'd like to ask the following:

I am also connected to the Meldrum family and have recently discovered a story about the Swales and the Meldrums being connected through a marriage with the Vareys. Being on here I see that the Vareys are potentially another inter-marrying family with the Swales. I have Jane Varey m Edward Meldrum 1931 - Jane Varey may have actually been a Swales but her m cert says her father is James Varey. Jane had a sister called Grace and I found a Grace Swales b 1896 whose parents were James Swales and Margaret (formerly Varey). Does anyone know anything about Swales and Varey or a story about Varey children being born in the workhouse and 'taken in' by Swales - any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

[origins]

Hi Peter,

Sorry to confuse you, it gets like that with the same names over and over.  Have to go out, so quickly, Alexander, my gtx3 grandfather, is the son of Edward Stephenson, Christiana's brother.   Have never been able to find Edward in a cencus and assumed he was dead by 1841.     Will send you a personal message later today.  I am in Australia.

Val