Burn Family, Walworth, Durham

[Bugman]

I have found there were three Burn families living at Walworth, Durham, between 1822 & 1831, all were farmers, any information of any of the families would be appreciated.
Birth records are as follows -

1822 April 21st, Joshua son of  William & Jane Burne

1824 April 25th, Thomas son of John & Ann Burn
1826 March 26th, John son of John & Mary Burn
1828 April 6th, Mathew son of John & Ann Burn

Note- I was informed by one researcher that John married Mary Ann Bell, which may account for the two different forenames of John's wife, further research is required to confirm this.

1826 April 1826, Thomas son of Thomas & Ann Burn
1828 Feb 2nd, Robert "      "    "     "       "    "     "
1829 Dec 26th, Sarah "      "    "     "       "    "     "
1831 May 18th, John Walker    "      "       "    "     "

[Geordie Mag]

The marriages of  William and Thomas show up on Durham Records Online as having taken place by Marriage Bond ie licence from the diocese instead of by banns. Thomas is shown as being from Walworth and William from High Walworth, both in the parish of Heighington. If you want to see the details of these bonds you can do so through the purchase of credits for the Durham website. I have managed to find the wedding of William on the FreeREG website. On the 11th of May 1821 William Burn, farmer, of the parish of Heighington married Jane Boysford (hope that's right  -  my writing is as usual a bit of a scribble) of Gainford at Gainford church. Can't find John. I guess he married by banns somewhere.

[Bugman]

Thank very much for the information, I just got back from Durham records office, and I found the marriage record for William Burn he married Jane Bousfield.

What I need to find out is what relationship if any they were to John Burn, he was from Gainford, and is my Great G G G Grandfather, I still have not found a marriage record for John & Ann, she was from Westmoreland, I know they had around 8 children and when & where they died, I presume they were married around 1823.

John.

[keyboard86]

Hi could it be this marriage?

John Burn to Ann Rayne 28th January 1821 St Nicholas, Newcastle

Keyboard86

[Geordie Mag]

What are the details of John Burn's death? I was wondering if there could be some hint there which could give some guidance as to his earlier life.

[Bugman]

John's Possible marriage to Ann Rayne could be well worth a look at, she may well have been born in Westmoreland, but families certainly did move great distances looking for work.

John was born at Gainford in 1779, he then appears at walworth (see above records) then Hurworth, around 1829, then brompton Yorks, around 1840, where he dies.
John would have been around 45 when his first recorded child was baptised, he could quite possibly have had a previous marriage,
The Birth places of 2 of his children is not known at present, Elizabeth born 1832, possibly married into the Thompson family, and James born 1834, died aged 6, Brompton.

John.

[Geordie Mag]

Am I right in assuming he was an agricultural labourer? He was moving round a similar area to some of my ancestors.
As to the marriage at St Nicholas Newcastle - my great grandparents married there, even though they lived in a village about 30 miles away. She was at an advanced stage of pregnancy, so i guess they were seeking to get away from nosy neighbours and a judgmental local vicar.

[Bugman]

I do not know if he was an agricultural laborer, tenant farmer, or actully owned the land.
I now know Johns wife was from Westmoreland so they probably married there.

I have also bee informed that Mary Rayne married a chap called Wilson, at Newcastle.

[Geordie Mag]

I noticed this on the North East Inheritance data base - the will of Anthony Burn of Westerton, St Andrew Auckland, 1756/ probate 1760. In it he leaves money to his nephews Thomas and John Burn of Gainford, for whom he seems to be a guardian, for he makes arrangements for someone to be their trustee until they come of age. Gainford records show the births of Thomas in 1748 and John in 1750 to John Burn, so he must be Anthony's brother. There may be other Burns there whose wills could be useful.
(Sorry. I just messed up the link. I'll have another go when I have a moment)