Hello All
Thank you Claire.
More Questions than Answers, we Cannot Answer
a) If George Hood was Nonconformist, he has had all his children from 1816 to 1835 baptised at Selby Abbey Church, or did Mother Sarah Hood (nee Russell, baptised Selby Church), influence the baptism decisions.
b) If my George & Sarah Hood and family, were changing to the Quaker faith, then at Sarah Hood's 1879 burial in the Quaker Burial Ground (and despite her first Son William and Daughter-in-Law Jane Hood nee Casson, being Quakers), Sarah Hood is still not a Quaker Member at burial in 1879, as it states such on the Burial Note.
So George and Sarah Hood it seems, were not converting to the Quakers.
c) Were the Quakers using George Hood and George Hood using the Quakers, to further their own business contacts and businesses.
According to my 1836 George Hood Memorial Property Registration copy, the Lord of the Manor, his Trustees and Solicitors (sellers) AND Quakers Members names are linked to the Release allowing the Sale from the Lord and his Trustees to George Hood.
In 1838 George Hood has acquired a shed load property which George Hood and later William Hood are holding in Trust for James Collinson. When James Collinson of Selby dies, Mrs Collinson has become a Quaker, with William Hood still Trustee (the other Trustee being removed) according to the Will and it is my belief that George Hood has provided the Mortgage money for the property aquisition.
d) HSBC Archives (looking from a Bank perspective I believe) told me George Hood of Selby, Brewer was an ancestor to be proud of, with a good credit rating, but had no other surviving record.
Seems George Hood has good Accounting and Business acumen.
York City and County Banking Company
Managed to get a long list of owners names in 1845, no Hoods, but the following may be of interest:-
John Cook, Scarbro', Solicitor. (Nothing on this chap yet?)
Richard Pearson, Melmerby, Farmer. (Nothing at all on this chap yet?)
Mary Pearson, Middlethorp Lodge, Spinster.
Pearson of Middlethorp Lodge
Middlethorp Lodge 1841 (transcribed online)
James Meek, 50, Ind. Born in County.
Ann Meek, 55, born in County.
William Barker, 15, M.S. Born in County.
Hannah Robinson, 25, F.S. Born in County.
Jane Revie, 20, F.S. Born in County
25 March 1813, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, James Meek and Ann Pearson.
1851
James Meek, Head, Mar., 61, Lord Mayor of York, Glass Manufacturer, born Yorkshire Brampton.
Ann Meek, Wife, Mar., 68, born Yorkshire Bramham.
Mary Pearson, Visitor, U, 64, born Yorkshire Bramham.
Cook
Couldn't find much on John Cook of Scarborough, Solicitor.
Hood
York Union Bank
List of Owners
Wells Hood, York, Wine Merchant.
Early Selby Churches and Chapels (Mountain 1800)
Selby Abbey Church
Presbyterian Chapel, Millgate, rebuilt about the year 1690.
Quaker Meeting House, Gowthorp, errected about the year 1784.
Methodist Meeting House in Millgate, errected about the year 1785.
About 1780s
Catholics Meeting in the Steward's House of the Manor of Selby.
Regards Mark