Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Frances Burnistone[1]

Female Abt 1629 - 1706  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name Frances Burnistone 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Born Abt Nov 1629  Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 5 Nov 1629  St Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 21 Feb 1706  Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried 9 Mar 1706  St John the Baptist, Adel, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2021 

    Father George Burnistone, of Potternewton
              b. Abt 1600 

    Husband Ralph Midgley, of Breare
              b. Abt Feb 1621
              d. 10 Jul 1694  (Age ~ 73 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
      Frances Burnistone was the daughter of George Burnistone of Potternewton in Leeds. The name of her mother is not known.


      Death
      Frances died on the 21st of February 1706 and was buried on the 9th of March at St John the Baptist in Adel, a suburb of Leeds. Her 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.


  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt Nov 1629 - Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Feb 1706 - Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 9 Mar 1706 - St John the Baptist, Adel, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0473] Ducatus Leodiensis: or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leeds, Ralph Thoresby, (London, 1715), Midgeley, page 21.

    2. [S0307] England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Frances Burnistone; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMG7-KWP : 19 September 2020), Frances Burnistone, 1629., 5 Nov 1629.

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

    4. [S0230] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Frances Midgley (nee Burniston); West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP2/2, 9 Mar 1706.