Demaine.

[Spinning Jenny]

Re Pateley Bridge:
Try putting into familysearch or ancestry that location. Then surname in various spellings: Demaine-Demain- Demayne- D'main. Add approx range of years and see what pops up.

This is for Philip and other persons looking for William Demain in Pateley Bridge. I’m not sure how to reply individually to them. Perhaps someone can forward it. Why are names in Latin? This was a convention in early Anglican Church records in England, that slowly gave way to English language entries. ‘Gulielmi’ means of William of William’s [the possessive case] vs Gulielmus, which would be the Latin for William. In one of the entries, it has been shortened to ‘Gul’. Early church records are sometimes scanty as pages can get damaged or lost. Every early church records were written on narrow rolls of parchment. To try to view the originals in that format is often really hard to read. Handwriting was often cramped together and the style of cursive writing was quite different from modern cursive.

Who was the William Demaine having children in Pateley Bridge? We don’t know when, where or whom he married or is he had children in other places. This William must have been born abt 1665-1680. Perhaps a close relative was: Johannes [John] Demain Marriage:13 Apr 1696 at Pateley Bridge,York,England Spouse: Anna Jackman.
 Guliel Demain Baptism 8 Oct 1710 Baptism Place: Pateley Bridge,York, England Father: Gulielmi Demain
Anthonius Demain Baptism Date: 4 Aug 1700 Baptism Place:   Pateley Bridge, York, Father: Gulielmi Demain
Hellena Demaine Baptism Date: 11 Feb 1702 Baptism Place:Pateley Bridge,York, Father: Gul Demaine; Hillen Demain Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1727 Marriage Place:   Fewston,York, Spouse: Willm Miers.Last Will & Testament:

Ellen Myers - 29th January 1791 - Rattan Row, Parish of Fewston - Widow of William Myers All my real estate at Rattan Row to my sons John Myers, Jonathan Myers, and David Myers, chargeable with my legacies, and appoint them executors. ?2 each to my grandchildren by my late son William Myers: John Myers, William Myers, Michael Myers, Hannah Myers, Ellen Myers, and Jane Myers.
My son Jonathan Myers has already received ?7 from me as part of a ?15 legacy.
The residue of my estate to my sons.
Witnesses: William Snow, John Horsman, William Watson
Inrolled: 24th October 1793. [Source: V069 - Harrogate People & Places - Wills (www.harrogatepeopleandplaces.info/wills.htm)]

[Robert Mcivor]

Hi, nice to see there alot of interest on this family line, ive been trying to research the line past George in hole house and came up with a couple of things. Please take it for what it is as i havent found proff however Georges wife Dorothy paley has a family line going back to blackburn area with another home called hole house. Also as a family ''rumor'' as my great grandmother was a Demaine and her father was the last generation to live at hole house(he was born next door at the BB) and his brother sold the home. The rumor is that the family line came over to the UK at some point fleeing the Albigensian Crusade. Its not the first time ive seen this happen in my family line, its a possability the the familyline doesnt come from Maine in France but rather south France and pretended to be from the north for thier own safety. Hopefully someone can at least find a clue to this happening as im still kind of new to ancestry research.

[Robert Mcivor]

Sorry my mistake, the family line wasn't part of the albegensians it was the Huguenots, what I was told was the family was of nobility and left france because of catholic persecution but also has something to do with a demaine getting a servant girl pregnant too. I've come across of the family being mentioned as Huguenots but that's all I can confirm so far.