Rachael Wadsworth^[1]

1689 - 1766  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Rachael Wadsworth
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Female
  Birth	[J] 11 Mar 1689	Horbury, Yorkshire West Riding, England   [2, 3]
  Baptism	17 Jun 1692	St Peter & St Leonard, Horbury, Yorkshire West Riding, England   [4]
  Death	4 Oct 1766  [3]
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Wadsworth, of Horbury           b. 1648             d. 14 Aug 1708 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Phoebe Kirby           b. Between 1648 and 1668, London

  
  

  Husband	Jacob Hansson Busk           b. 1688, Sweden           d. 26 Oct 1755 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	[J] 2 Feb 1715	Hooton Pagnell, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [3, 5]
  Age at Marriage	Rachael was 25 years old - Jacob was ~ 27 years old.
  Children	1. Hans Busk           b. 1718             d. 1792 (Age 74 years)   2. John Busk           b. 1720   3. Jacob Busk           b. 1722   4. Phoebe Busk           b. 1724   5. Thomas Busk           b. 1725   6. Barbara Busk           b. 1726   7. Mary Busk           b. 1727   8. Rachel Busk           b. 1729   9. Sir Wadsworth Busk           b. Abt [J] Jan 1730             d. 15 Dec 1811, East Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (Age ~ 81 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Rachael Wadsworth was the youngest daughter of Johnathan Wadsworth, a merchant and trader from Horbury in Yorkshire West Riding, and Phoebe Kirby; she was born on the 11th of March 1689/90 and baptised on the 17th of June 1692 at St Peter & St Leonard in Horbury. Familiae Minorum Gentium2 suggests that the Wadsworths were "of the Wadsworths or Wordsworths of Falthwaite, near Stainborough". The Wordsworths of Falthwaite were the progenitors for William Wordsworth, the poet. However I have not found any way to link this Wadsworth line back to the Wordsworths of Falthwaite, beyond this suggestion in FMG. Family Life Rachael married Jacob Hansson Busk, a Swedish wool merchant who became a naturalised English citizen, on the 2nd of February 1715 at Hooton Pagnell in Yorkshire West Riding. See Jacob's entry for more details on the family. Rachael's sister Elizabeth married Richard Halstead who was the vicar at Hooton Pagnell - perhaps he performed the wedding ceremony. Death Rachael died on the 4th of October 17663 Wadsworth surname According to Patronymica Brittanica1: Wadsworth A township in Yorkshire, where the family resided in early times. Wadsworth is a parish in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, to the east of Bradford and north-east of Halifax. Footnotes [1] Patronymica Brittanica, page 368 [2] Familiae Minorum Gentium, volume 1, page 8 [3] As per Familiae Minorum Gentium, volume 1, page 10, but Ancestry trees instead have 4 Oct 1760, so one of the two sources misread a 6 for a 0 or vice-versa. Burke's (6th Edition, vol 1, p242) says 1760; I pick FMG as my source.

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 17 Jun 1692 - St Peter & St Leonard, Horbury, Yorkshire West Riding, England Marriage - [J] 2 Feb 1715 - Hooton Pagnell, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0331] Joseph Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium, (London, 1895), Wadsworth - Preistley, Halstead, Busk; Volume 1, pages 8-11. [S0121] Ancestry, England, Select Births & Christenings 1538-1975, (ancestry.com), 11 Mar 1689, Rachel Wadsworth. [S0104] Bernard Burke, Burke's Landed Gentry 6th Edition, (1879), 1879, Busk of Ford's Grove; Volume 1, pages 242-243. [S0230] Ancestry, West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, (ancestry.co.uk), 17 Jun 1692, Rachel Wadsworth; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP135/1/1/4. [S0170] Ancestry, England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, (ancestry.co.uk), 2 Feb 1715, Jacob Hannson Busk; FHL Film Number0496916 IT 2.