Edward ELLERTON
- Born - February 1734 (old calendar) - at Barden Dykes, NRY per
a letter
written by his son Edward
in 1857.
- Baptised - 12th February 1734 (Hauxwell
PR and IGI: shown as Ellarton
in the latter)
- Died - July 1802. Buried on 18.7.1802 "aged 67 of rheumatism" (Melsonby
PR).
- Parents - John Ellerton (1694-1774) and Elizabeth
Carter
- Married - Eleanor (Helen) who died "insane" and was buried on 2.10.1802
(Melsonby PR).
- Children - John (1775?-1858?). Elizabeth (1775?-1851), Eleanor
[Helen] (1777?-1849?), David (b.1780?-1847), Edward
(1780?-1781), Edward (1784-1870)
- Occupation - "Yeoman" (per 1802 will)
- Edward lived at Barden Dykes, Skelton Cote, and Bellerby
- south west of Richmond, North Yorkshire.
-
- There were several entries in the Quarter Sessions
(the predecessor of our current County Courts) records which probably relate to this Edward:
● Michaelmas session, 1769: "Edward
Ellerton of Downholme accused of a Nuisance 1st Oct 1768"
● July 1774: "Recognisance of Edward
Ellerton of Downholme and Henry Ridley of Walburn for nuisances"
[a "nuisance" usually referred to a smelly heap of rubbish such
as a muck heap to the annoyance or obstruction of his neighbours]
- In his will of February 1802 Edward bequethed his estate as follows:
- - Property in "Bellerby or elsewhere" to be divided equally between sons John,
David and Edward, when the latter reached 21.
- - An annuity of £30 plus household effects to his wife Eleanor
- - £100 to his daughter Elizabeth.
- - An annuity of £30 to his daughter Eleanor
-
- The will's executors were " ... my friends William Harrison of the parish of
Middleton Tyas ... and Thomas Wardell of Melsonby". [The latter
was baptised in Dec 1744 and died in July 1828,
aged 83, per the Melsonby M.I.'s].
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