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Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Rev. John Lonsdale

Clergyman (Vicar of Darfield)
Male Abt 1738 - 1807  (~ 69 years)

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  • Name John Lonsdale 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt Feb 1738  [1] 
    • Cambridge Alumni has converted the year incorrectly to 1739.
    Baptism 22 Feb 1738  St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • The History & Antiquities of Masham (p. 307) gives the year as 1738, not 1739
    Education 26 Jan 1757  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Darfield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Clergyman (Vicar of Darfield) 
    Degree 1761  Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1807  Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 10 Jul 1807  Newmillerdam, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Probate 10 Aug 1807  Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2020 

    Father John Lonsdale, of Masham
              b. Abt Oct 1701  
              d. 1784, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary Beckwith
              b. Abt Aug 1703  
              d. 1739 (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Relationship Birth 

    Wife Elizabeth Steer
              b. 23 Oct 1749, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Abt 1828, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 5 Sep 1785  Scarborough, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age at Marriage John was 47 years old - Elizabeth was 35 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Right Rev. John Lonsdale
              b. 17 Jan 1788, Newmillerdam, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Oct 1867 (Age 79 years)
     2. Henry Gylby Lonsdale
              b. 19 Jan 1791, Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 31 Jan 1851, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     3. Mary Lonsdale
              b. Abt 1793
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2019 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      All Ancestry trees have John Lonsdale as the son of John Lonsdale and Deborah Whittingdale, but I have no idea where this comes from. Instead, I follow the History & Antiquities of Masham1 which gives a different pedigree. Here, John is given as the son of John Lonsdale of Masham (Yorkshire), gentleman, and Mary Beckwith, born in 1738 and baptised at Masham on the 22nd February that year. This date is supported by a baptismal record for a John Lonsdale, son of John Lonsdale, in FMP which gives his baptism as 22 Feb 1737 (Julian), which would be 1738 Gregorian. Be aware that the Cambridge Alumni record for John has his baptism as 22 Feb 1739, so must have applied a second Julian->Gregorian conversion to a date that was already Gregorian.

      Career
      John became a priest and ultimately served as the vicar of Darfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now part of South Yorkshire).

      Family Life
      John married Elizabeth Steer, the daughter of Charles Steer of Wakefield in Yorkshire, at Scarborough on the 5th of September 1785. They had three children:

      1. John, born 1788, who married Sophia Bolland
      2. Henry Gylby, born 1791, who married Anna Maria Pemberton Heywood
      3. Mary, born 1793


      Death
      John died on the 10th of July 1807 at Newmillerdam in Wakefield and was buried at Darfield.

      Footnotes
      [1] The History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire, John Fisher, London (1865); Lonsdale of Masham, p306-307

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 22 Feb 1738 - St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - 26 Jan 1757 - Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Clergyman (Vicar of Darfield) - - Darfield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDegree - 1761 - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Sep 1785 - Scarborough, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1807 - Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Jul 1807 - Newmillerdam, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 10 Aug 1807 - Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0095] Ancestry, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, (ancestry.co.uk), John Lonsdale (Reliability: 1).

    2. [S0322] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Baptisms, (findmypast.co.uk), 22 Feb 1737, John Lonsdale; PR/MAS 1/4.

    3. [S0143] Ancestry, England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, (ancestry.co.uk), 10 Aug 1807, John Lonsdale.

    4. [S0170] Ancestry, England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, (ancestry.co.uk), 5 Sep 1785, John Lonsdale / Elizabeth Steer; FHL Film Number919206.