Elizabeth Fretwell

Abt 1729 - Abt 1749  (~ 20 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Fretwell
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Female
  Birth	Abt 1729  [1]
  Baptism	3 Jul 1729	St Nicholas, Bawtry, Doncaster, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [2]
  Death	Abt 1749
  Burial	6 Nov 1749	All Saints, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [3]
  Siblings	1 brother
  > 1. Elizabeth Fretwell           b. Abt 1729             d. Abt 1749  (Age ~ 20 years) ▻ Charles Steer, of Painthorpe,  m. 18 Aug 1748 > 2. Robert Fretwell, of Wakefield           b. Abt 1730             d. 4 Jan 1795  (Age ~ 65 years) ▻ Elizabeth Steer
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert Fretwell           b. Between 1700 and 1705             d. Between 1742 and 1747 (Age ~ 42 years)
  Mother	Bridget Gylby           b. Abt 1700             d. 4 Jun 1779 (Age ~ 79 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1726	East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [4]

  
  

  Husband	Charles Steer, of Painthorpe           b. 1724             d. 6 Oct 1786, Painthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1748	St Nicholas, Bawtry, Doncaster, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [1, 5]
  Age at Marriage	Elizabeth was ~ 19 years old - Charles was ~ 24 years old.
  Count of Children	1
  Children	1. Elizabeth Steer           b. 23 Oct 1749, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain           d. Abt 1828, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Elizabeth Fretwell was born in 1729 and baptised1 on the 3rd of July that year at Bawtry. She was the daughter of Robert Fretwell and Bridget Gylby. Death It looks like Elizabeth must have died from complications of childbirth. The Hooper website linked above has a memorial dedication, without source, but apparently from a church in Wakefield: Here lieth the body of Mrs ELIZABETH STEER, wife of Mr CHARLES STEER, mercht in this town who departed this life 4 November 1749 in the 21st year of her age. Also interred here: HENRY STEER obt 21 Sept 1721 ae 4 years; ROB. STEER obt 2d March 1772 ae 10 days, son of the above CHARLES STEER by his second wife. Footnotes [1] The only baptismal record I've found is 3 July 1729 at Bawtry, which is the same place that Elizabeth married Charles Steer. However, some other pedigrees have her baptism as 30 July 1729 at Grimley on the Hill, about 6 miles away. Grimley is where her father lived. So it's not clear which of the two is right.

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 3 Jul 1729 - St Nicholas, Bawtry, Doncaster, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Marriage - 18 Aug 1748 - St Nicholas, Bawtry, Doncaster, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Burial - 6 Nov 1749 - All Saints, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0318] FindMyPast, Yorkshire, Archbishop Of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839, (findmypast.co.uk), 7 Aug 1748, Steer/Fretwell;Bawtry PC; Record 3; Page 191. [S0217] FreeREG, (freereg.org.uk), 3 Jul 1729, Elizabeth Fretwell; https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/582bb3a1f493fdd9ea7704d5/elizabeth-fretwell-baptism-yorkshire-west-riding-bawtry-1729-07-03?locale=en. [S0230] Ancestry, West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, (ancestry.co.uk), 6 Nov 1749, Eliz Steer nee Fretwell; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP3/1/7. [S0344] Ancestry, England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988, (ancestry.co.uk), 4 Jun 1726, Gylby / Fretwell; Place: East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England; Date Range: 1722 - 1740; Film Number: 503811. [S0334] FindMyPast, Nottinghamshire Marriages Index 1528-1929, (findmypast.co.uk), 18 Aug 1748, Steer/Fretwell.