Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Ralph Midgley, of Breare[1]

Male Abt 1621 - 1694  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name Ralph Midgley 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt Feb 1621 
    Baptism 18 Feb 1621  St John the Baptist, Adel, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence West Breary, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 Jul 1694  [3] 
    Burial Abt 11 Jul 1694  St John the Baptist, Adel, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2025 

    Father Robert Midgley, of Breare
              b. Abt 1585 
    Mother Isabel Smyth
              b. Abt 1590 
    Marriage 16 May 1614  St John the Baptist, Adel, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 

    Wife Frances Burnistone
              b. Abt Nov 1629, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Feb 1706, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Children 
     1. Robert Midgley
              b. Abt 1655
     2. Ruth Midgley
              b. Abt Mar 1658
     3. James Midgley
              b. Abt May 1661
     4. Rosamond Midgley
              b. Abt 1663
     5. Isabell Midgley
              b. Abt May 1665
     6. Esther Midgley
              b. Abt Apr 1669
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Ralph Midgley was the son of Robert Midgeley of Breare and Isobel Smith. He was born in 1621/22 and baptised on the 18th of February. In Ducatus Leodidensis1 Ralph is denoted 'of Breragh'. It would seem (e.g. see midgleywebpages) that Breragh was Breary Hall near Bramhope

      Family Life
      Ralph married Frances Burnistone, probably in about 1657 as their first child, Ruth, was born in 1658. I have identified five children:

      1. Ruth, b. 1658
      2. James, b. 1661
      3. Rosamond, b. 1663
      4. Isabell, b. 1665 but who died in 1667
      5. Esther, b. 1669 and who married Francis Lupton


      Death
      Ralph was buried at St John the Baptist in Adel, a suburb of Leeds. His headstone reads:
      Here interred is the body of RALPH MIDGLEY of West Breare who departed this life the 10th of July anno 1694 in the 72 year of his age.
      Also FRANCES his wife who departed this life the 21st of Febru anno 1706 in the 76th year of her life.
      They have had 14 children of which 8 are interred here.


      Residence
      Ralph and his forefathers are referred to as "of Brerehagh" in Ducatis Leodiensis1. Some posit that this is actually a Breare or Breary Hall in West Breary, near Bramhope. I can't find any sign of such a building, but perhaps it was part of the old buildings on Breary Lane that can be seen in older maps and which today have this building.

      Footnotes
      [1] Ralph is mentioned in Ducatus Leodiensis: or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leeds, Ralph Thoresby, London (1715); Midgeley (page 21)
      [2] Also see http://midgleywebpages.com/

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 18 Feb 1621 - St John the Baptist, Adel, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - West Breary, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Abt 11 Jul 1694 - St John the Baptist, Adel, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0473] Ralph Thoresby, Ducatus Leodiensis: or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leeds, (London, 1715), Midgeley, page 21.

    2. [S0474] George Denison Lumb, Registers of the Parish Church of Adel, in the County of York, from 1606 to 1812; and Monumental Inscriptions, (Leeds, 1895), Baptisms 1621, page 6.

    3. [S0046] findagrave, Ralph Midgley; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73295439/ralph-midgley.

    4. [S0474] George Denison Lumb, Registers of the Parish Church of Adel, in the County of York, from 1606 to 1812; and Monumental Inscriptions, (Leeds, 1895), 16 May 1614, Marriages, 1606-1655, page 20.