When he was first married Edward had a farm at Redmire. Both of his children were baptised there and he was described as a "husbandman".
The "Field Book of the Mannor of Downholm" (originally surveyed for the Duke of Bolton by I Dickinson in 1730) shows Edward's father as the fourth largest landowner (leaseholder?) with over 95 acres including "House & South Garth". A subsequent update (circa 1765) had "now Edwd Ellerton" annotated alongside Richard's name, indicating that he had probably passed it down to his son. Edward was also shown to be sharing some adjacent land with a John Hagstone at this time.
Edward's will of 1778 says: "I give and devise unto my dear wife Ann Ellerton the OLD HOUSE adjoining to the Messuage Tenement or Dwelling House situate in Downholme aforesaid wherein I now live, to hold the same with appertainces unto my said wife Ann Ellerton and her assigns for an during the term of her natural life" [presumably the OLD HOUSE refers to the unextended part now called Ellerton Lodge Cottage]. He left an income to his wife and £200 to his daughter Elizabeth Whitelock. His son Richard inherited the property and business at Downholme [but the farm at Redmire, where Richard had been living, or the two Cattlegates at Preston Pasture - perhaps Richard already owned them, as they were willed to his son Christopher when he died].
Edward died in April 1780 and his wife [shown as Anne in the Downholme PR's; Ann in the NBI] died less than a year later and was buried at St Michael's on 19th January 1781, her age not being recorded.
According to researcher Judith Brown, to whom I am indebted for much of the above information: "When he made out his will in 1778 he owned a freehold farm at Downholme and had moved to "yeoman" status (a farmer cultivating his own land)".
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