Anyone Looking For Cunningham And Swales In Yorks?

[enidgoodman]

RICHARD SWALES SON OF HANNIBAL SWALES AND CHRISTIANA STEPHENSON, WITH HIS WIFE  ELIZABETH  WHO ALSO WAS A SWALES BEFORE MARRAIGE, AND THEIR CHILDREN, FRANK, CHRISTIANA, JOHN (JACK), HANNIBAL, JAMES, MARGARET, ZACHARIAH, RICHARD,  MARY ANNE, ISABELL, THEIR OLDEST DAUGHTER LAVINA DIED AT 13.

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

Hi Val,
the Francis Swales, who married Christiana Stephenson was the one born in Aycliffe Durham in 1783. he is a 4x Grandfather of  my husband.


Regards
Enid Goodman

[enidgoodman]

Hi I have both cunninghams and swales in my family.
Jane cunningham born 1851 parents john and Ellen cunningham married John docherty. A lot of the cunninghams born England married into Scottish travelers.

My ancestor Hannibal swales born 1811 Yorkshire married Christiana stephenson. Their daughter laviania swales (1837) married William pattison .Their son George Pattison (1860) married Isabella Farrow.
Hope this helps or someone recognises these names
Lillian
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My Ancestor was also Hannibal Swales 1811, who married Christiana Stephenson, another of their daughters Hannah Swales is my link, she married James Pattison, their son Hannibal 1880, married Margaret Lamb, and they had Wilfred Pattison 1908, who was my dad.

Regards

Enid Goodman (nee Pattison)

[origins]

Hi Enid,

Thanks for your reply.  I did finally work out that Christiana Stephenson married Francis Swales from Durham and those Trees on Anc..y are incorrect.

Was delighted to find out that Christiana was the daughter of Alexander and therefore one of my Stephensons.    So now I come down the line of the Swales from Kirkby Moorside which goes back to Crayke  and am connected to the Swales from Durham through my Stephensons.

Val

[ellemai]

Hi Val it looks like we all come off the same swales, my gg grandad richard we call him (coxhoe Dick) as he was born in coxhoe, his wife Elizabeth was also a swales, her father i'm sure he was called francis, and her mother was a stephenson, i think christaiana or elizabeth, not sure though,i had all the information with me before i found this Rootschat, i am going to get it back from my distant cousin, who has a great grandad Frank and great nana Christiana on that photo i posted, they are brother and sister they went on to have g grandchildren who married, very confusing i know,we didn't relise we were related till her and my auntie Marj started doing the tree.
I did tell you this before i'm sure we go back to about 1735 to Adam Ross, who had a dauhter Mary who married a john or james. will be intouch.

[origins]

Hi Ellemai,

Sorry for the late reply.Great to hear from you.  In the photo you posted here.   Am I right - Richard Swales was the son of Hannibal Swales and Christiana Stephenson??   If so, then Richard was the cousin of my gggrandmother Elizabeth Stephenson, daughter of Alexander Stephenson and Mary Stewart.   Are you able to say who was who in that photo??

Val   Sorry, just had another look at the photo and see you have put names to the family.   

[origins]

Hi everyone,

Does anybody on this board have access to the parish records for Kirkby Moorside.  Am looking to a death of Christiana Swales 1835.  Who was she, wife of etc. maybe even a child??

Val

[rabbit22]

Hi everyone. Am new to roots chat  but know a couple of names that are regulars so thought I would join too. Have done lots of research on the swales and stephenson family from aycliffe and yarm but no one seems to have found any info about christiana stephenson daughter of alexander stephenson from yarm.  she married francis swales in pocklington in 1800 [have copy of entry]so she does exist. She also had hannah swales 1801 daughter of  francis swales and christiana stephenson[ have copy of that also].
This lady is very illusive and i am wondering if any documents are available for her anywhere.
any info is gratefully recieved  and if i find out anything i will let you know also.
Nice to chat
scoobydo62

[origins]

Hi Scoobydo62

I have also searched endlessly trying to find a baptism for Christiana.   She is the sister of my great x 4 grandfather Edward Stephenson son of Alexander Stephenson and Elizabeth Burnsides, bn December 1782.   If you set out the baptisms of the other children you don't find an entry until 1786 which would make her only 14 or 15 when she married.  Not impossible  but not probable even for back then.     I have however found a baptism for Christian Stevenson in Whitby in 1777, daughter of Alexander Stevenson and Elizabeth.      Alexander is described as a musician.  Well who knows.        What also interested me about this entry was that Alexander is not mentioned anywhere else in the Whitby records.    I strongly feel that this could be her baptism and that even Elizabeth Burnsides was not her mother. or for some reason Alexander and Elizabeth  did not marry until 1782 when she would have been 21.

Would appreciate any input on this also.

Val     

[mikizz]

Hi all,
I am Cunningham. I come down from Richard Cunningham abt1790 who married who married Mary Miller. ( There First Son Also Richard was Married in Cawood Selby) I have Richard as Son of John Cunningham abt 1760s and Mary Coulthard Daughter of John.I know Richard had sister Grace abt1793 but am looking for other siblings.
I am also looking for Siblings of John Cunningham abt 1760s.  There is tree on ansestory site says he had brother James abt1780 who married Mabel Busfield.It says they had Daughter Elizebeth abt 1802 who married  William Burnside.
I have lots of Swales in my tree.
Mary Anne Swales Grandaughter of Grace Cunningahm 1793 ( Richards Sister ) and John Wilson 1792 married Chales Edeson who is also from my direct line on my Grt Gran Violet Edeson side. Violet married Joseph Cunningahm 1923.