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Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Christopher Darnton, of Briggate

Male 1674 - 1738  (63 years)


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  • Name Christopher Darnton 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born 25 Dec 1674  Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Baptism [J] 10 Jan 1675  St Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 2 Feb 1738  Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 

    Father George Darnton, of Lower Headrow
              b. Abt 1645 
    Mother Mary Smith
              b. Abt 1647 
    Married 26 Jul 1668  St Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 

    Wife Susannah Flather
              b. Abt 1680
              d. Mar 1742  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Married 19 Aug 1703  St Peter's, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age at Marriage He was 28, she was 23  
    Children 
     1. John Darnton
              b. Abt 1710
              d. 1 May 1759  (Age ~ 49 years)
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      We find a baptismal record for a Christopher Darnton, born 25th Dec 1674 and baptised 10th Jan 1674/5. His father his given as George Darnton, of Lower Headrow. The baptism was performed at St Peter's, which re-occurs in baptisms down the pedigree so gives me some confidence that this is the correct person.

      Family Life
      Christopher married Susannah Flather on the 19th of August 1703 at St Peter's in Leeds. At the time, he is described as 'of Briggate', a neighbourhood in Leeds. Christopher and Susannah had:
      1. Elizabeth, b. 1704
      2. Sarah, b. 1705
      3. Joseph, b. 1706
      4. An un-named daughter, b. 1709
      5. John, b. c. 1710 and who married Anne Scurr in 1737

      There was probably at least one other child between Joseph and John but I have not found the baptismal records.

      Death
      Christopher died on the 2nd of February 1739 in Leeds.

      A memorial at St John the Evangelist's churchyard in Leeds reads:
      Sacred to Memory
      Christopher DARNTONnd February 1738,
      SUSANNAH, his wife died in March 1742.
      John DARNTON, their son died 1st May 1759, aged 49 years.
      ANN his wife died 30th Decr 1752, aged 38 years.
      CHRISTOPHER son of John and Ann DARNTON died 19th April 1751, aged 15 days.
      SARAH, a daughter, died 8th Decr 1763, aged 19 years.
      HEPHZIBAH, another daughter, died 28th October 1766, aged 20 years, and was interred at Northorp Church, Lincolnshire.
      ANN, another daughter, died 5th March 1788, aged 46 years

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Dec 1674 - Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Feb 1738 - Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0217] FreeREG, (freereg.org.uk), Christopher Darnton; https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/59c5326cf493fd016729738d/christopher-darnton-baptism-yorkshire-west-riding-leeds-1675-01-10?locale=en.

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

    3. [S0230] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Georg Darnton / Mary Smith; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP68/1/7, 26 Jul 1668.

    4. [S0230] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Xto Darnton / Susanna Flather; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP68/1/7, 19 Aug 1703.