Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Dorothy Pickersgill

Female Abt 1674 - 1745  (~ 71 years)

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  • Name Dorothy Pickersgill 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt 1674  [1
    Baptism 18 Feb 1674  Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 3 Dec 1745  [1
    Burial Kirkby Malzeard, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Per the History and Antiquities of Masham, page 389, Dorothy was "buried in the church at Kirkby Malzeard"
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2020 

    Father Symond Pickersgill
              b. Between 1654 and 1658 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Dorothy Jaques
              b. Between 1654 and 1658 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 17 Apr 1675  Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3

    Husband William Beckwith, of Lambhill
              b. Abt 1670 
    Marriage 24 Jun 1697  Kirkby Malzeard, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Age at Marriage Dorothy was ~ 23 years old - William was ~ 27 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Mary Beckwith
              b. Abt Aug 1703  
              d. 1739 (Age ~ 35 years)
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2020 

  • Notes 
    • It looks like Dorothy was born out of wedlock, as her parents only married the year after.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 18 Feb 1674 - Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Jun 1697 - Kirkby Malzeard, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Kirkby Malzeard, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S0329] John Fisher, History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire, The, (London, 1865), Page 389.

    2. [S0322] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Baptisms, (findmypast.co.uk), 18 Feb 1674, Dorothy Pickergill;North Yorkshire County Record Office; Ref PR/MAS 1/2.

    3. [S0330] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Marriages, (findmypast.co.uk), 17 Apr 1675, Pickersgill/Jaques;North Yorkshire County Record Office; Ref PR/MAS 1/1; Page 65.

    4. [S0330] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Marriages, (findmypast.co.uk), 24 Jun 1697, Beckwith/Pickersgill;North Yorkshire County Record Office; Ref N-PR-KMZ-1-1; Page 126.