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Anne Scurr

Female Abt 1715 - 1752  (~ 37 years)


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  • Name Anne Scurr 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Born Abt 1715  [1] 
    Research Status Brick Wall 
    Died 30 Dec 1752  [1] 
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 

    Husband John Darnton
              b. Abt 1710
              d. 1 May 1759  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1737  St Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age at Marriage She was 22, he was 27  
    Children 
     1. Mary Darnton
              b. Abt 1738
     2. Elizabeth Darnton
              b. Abt Apr 1740
     3. Anne Darnton
              b. Abt Feb 1742
              d. 5 Mar 1788  (Age ~ 46 years)
     4. Susannah Darnton
              b. Abt May 1743
     5. Sarah Darnton
              b. Abt 1745
              d. 8 Dec 1763  (Age ~ 18 years)
     6. Hephzibah Darnton
              b. Abt Jun 1748
              d. 28 Oct 1766  (Age ~ 18 years)
     7. Christopher Darnton
              b. 4 Apr 1751
              d. 19 Apr 1751  (Age 0 years)
     8. John Darnton
              b. Abt Dec 1752, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Mar 1835, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Born c. 1715 (so married at 23, first child at 24, last child at 38).

      Can't find a baptismal record for Anne, but there's an Elizabeth Scurr b. 1710 in Leeds, father John (baptised Presbyterian). Also a Samuel Scurr, b. 1710 in Leeds, father Samuel (also Presbyterian).

      A couple of Ancestry trees have her parents as William Scurr and Anne Gipson, with no evidence. this link mentions a William Scurre and Anne Gibson who married on 7 Oct 1657 at Terrington, which is NE of York and nowhere near Leeds.

      Same trees suggest she was the Anne Scarr born to William Scarr of Thirsk, on the 24th November 1715. Again, Thirsk is a long way from Leeds.

      For now, I'm marking her a Brick Wall as I don't see a way of being at all certain about who her correct parents were.

      Family Life
      Anne Scurr married John Darnton on the 30th of June 1737 at St Peter's in Leeds. They had eight children (see the profile for her husband John for details).

      Death
      Currently unknown, but an Anne Darnton registered a will in Leeds on December 1761 (she would have only been 45 which is a bit young). This also corresponds quite nicely to the possible will of her husband John, dated 1760.

  • Sources 
    1. [S0046] findagrave, Darnton memorial; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26941104/christopher-darnton.

    2. [S0230] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), John Darnton / Anne Spurr [sic]; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP68/9/1, 30 Jun 1737.