Descendants of George Welford [1768-1850]

Note

 

The following family information follows the descendants of George Welford born in Brotton in 1768 and who died at Newton Mulgrave in 1850. George was truely a family man who it was noted in the Whitby Panorama & Monthly Chronicle was father to 19 children and grandfather of 30 when he married his third wife Mary Petch in 1828

 

Like his ancestors, George was a staunch Catholic and many records for him and his family can be found in the Ugthorpe registers recorded by the priests at the little Catholic chapel located at that place. There are also instances where baptism and marriage records appear in both the Catholic registers and the main parish records perhaps satisfying Protestant families marrying into the Catholic Welford 'dynasty' or where the church authorities were insisting on ceremonies taking place in the 'true' faith of the country

 

This section is relatively short as it only documents the life events of George and his three wives. His childrens details have their own section as together there would simply have been too much information to manage and digest in one section

 

St Margaret's Church, Brotton

 

Baptism – 4th January 1768

George son of Ralph Welford & Hannah Dobbin

All Saints Church, Skelton-by-Guisborough

 

Marriage – 13th March 1788

George Welford & Elizabeth Atkinson

St Mark's Church, Marske in Cleveland

 

Baptism – 7th September 1788

Mary daughter of George Welford, labourer of Brotton

 

Note

 

This baptism is a little confusing given George and Elizabeth, who married six months earlier, also christened a daughter with the same name eight years later. Clearly this first Mary was still alive and well at the time as she is recorded as marrying at Marske in 1809 when 21 years of age. Interestingly the Marske Parish register names her as 'of this parish' when she married when George and his family had been living at Greena in Newton Mulgrave for many years.

 

That Mary was born illegitimately to another woman doesn't seem likely as the Parish baptism register for Marske mentions either just the father's name or if born out of wedlock, the mother's name with a note of the illegitimacy made. It therefore seems likely Elizabeth was pregnant when she and George married.

 

I have added Mary to George's family tree, but have questioned her mothers name purely to highlight the inconsistancy in the two children with the same Christian names.

 

St Margaret's Church, Brotton

 

Baptism – 27th June 1790

William son of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

Baptism – 10th June 1792

Hannah daughter of George & Elizabeth Welford [see Hannah's own section left]

 

Baptism – 1st June 1794

Elizabeth daughter of George Welford

 

Ugthorpe Parish Registers

 

The above three births for William, Hannah and Elizabeth are confirmed in the First Communion records in the UPR records

 

Baptism - 30th March 1796

Thomas & Mary Lyth Godparents to Mary, daughter of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

Baptism - 29th December 1797

Frances Welford & Ambrose Lyth Godparents to George, son of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

Baptism - 30th August 1799

Hannah Welford Godmother to Joseph, son of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

Baptism - 19th February 1802

William Readman & Abigail Wilson Godparents to Ralph, son of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

Baptism - 26th November 1803

William Harrison & Elizabeth Welford Godparents to Anna, daughter of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

Burial - 25th December 1803

Anna Welford

 

Baptism - 12th August 1805

William Welford & Francesca Harrison Godparents to Anna, daughter of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

Burial - 9th September 1805

Anna Welford, an infant died

 

All Saints Day (1st November) - 1805

Elizabeth Welford of 'Greena', 36 years of age was received into the Church

 

Note

 

The location, 'Greena' noted above is believed to have been located in Newton Mulgrave and is probably the farm more commonly known as Green Howe where George was living in 1841 according to the census records

 

Ugthorpe Registers

 

Baptism - 25th February 1807

William Readman & Mary Readman Godparents to John, son of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

St Mark's Church, Marske in Cleveland

 

Baptism – 23rd December 1809

Mary Welford, spinster of this parish & Henry Henderson, mariner of the parish of Kirkleatham witnessed by Isabell Scrafton and James Henderson

 

Baptism - 10th May 1810

William Readman & Mary Readman Godparents to Thomas, son of George & Elizabeth Welford

 

St Oswalds Church, Lythe

 

Burial – 17th November 1815

Elizabeth Welford of Newton Brows, aged 49

 

St Michael's Church, Liverton

 

Marriage – 23rd August 1817

George Welford & Mary Husband

 

Note

 

In many of the family trees found on the various ancestry websites, this marriage has been incorrectly attributed to George's son living at Ridge Lane, Roxby. The marriage notice in the Whitby Panorama & Monthly Chronicle dated 1828 (see below) and the Will and Probate note for George Welford of Roxby dated 1879 shows that Mary Husband was married to this George Welford of Newton Brows, his first wife having died at the age of 49 as noted above

 

Ugthorpe Parish Registers

 

1818

George Welford held bench no.14 at Ugthorpe New Church which held six worshippers and cost 6d per year.

Baptism - 22nd January 1819

Francis Cornforth & Elizabeth Harrison Godparents to James, son of George & Mary Welford

 

Baptism - 1st July 1820

Zach. Trattles & Judith Welford Godparents to Henry, son of George & Mary Welford

 

Baptism - 6th January 1822

George & Mary Watson Godparents to Robert, son of George & Mary Welford

 

Baptism - 4th July 1825

William Readman & Anna Hoggarth Godparents to Joseph, son of George & Mary Welford

 

Baptism - 4th December 1826

William Readman & Jane Hoggarth Godparents to Jane, daughter of George & Mary Welford

 

St Nicholas' Church, Roxby

 

Burial – 11th January 1827

Mary Welford

 

Note

 

This burial is attributed to the death of George's daughter in many family trees and Welford family histories viewed. However, for George to marry his third wife a year later in 1828 this is more likely to be his second wife's passing than that of his daughter

Whitby Panorama & Monthly Chronicle

 

Marriage - 16th September 1828

At Danby, by the Rev. Jos. Duck, Mr Geo. Welford of Newton Brows, farmer to Miss Mary Petch, of Fryup. The bridegroom is father to 19 children and grandfather to 30

 

UK, Poll Book & Electoral Register 1834

 

Newton Mulgrave

George Welford - Occupier of a farm known as Greenhow

 

Green How, Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/1256/8)

name	age	trade	birth place
George Welford	70	Farmer	Yorkshire
Mary Welford	55	-	Yorkshire
Ann Welford	15	-	Yorkshire
Jane Welford	13	-	Yorkshire
John Harrison	25	Man Servant	Yorkshire
Joseph Cuthbert	12	Man Servant	Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths for the Whitby district - June 1849 (vol 24 pg 413)

George Welford

 

Deaths for the Whitby district - March 1850 (vol 24 pg 381)

George Welford

 

1851 Census - Lythe Parish

 

Overdale, Lythe, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/2374)

name	age	trade	birth place
Ann Campion (head/wid)	66	Farmer of 185 acres	Goathland, Yorkshire
John Campion (son)	38	-	Fryup, Yorkshire
Ann Campion (daughter)	35	-	Fryup, Yorkshire
William Campion (son)	32	-	Fryup, Yorkshire
Mary Welford (sister/wid)	68	Farmers widow	Goathland, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Garbutt (sis/wid)	65	Agricultural Labourer	Fryup, Yorkshire

 

  Note: Ann Campion (nee Petch) married John Campion at Danby on 8th March 1808

 

Newsham Grange, Newsham, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/2381)

name	age	trade	birth place
Jane Welford (servant/un)	24	House Servant	Newton, Yorkshire

 

1861 Census - Lythe Parish

 

Newton Brows, Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG9/3650)

name	age	trade	birth place
James Welford (head)	42	Farmer of 170 acres	Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Jane Welford (wife)	36	-	Liverton, Yorkshire
Ann Welford (daughter)	5	-	Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
George Welford (son)	3	-	Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Mary Welford (daughter)	1	-	Newton Mulgrave
Mary Welford (mother/wid)	78	-	Goathland, Yorkshire
Robert Welford (nephew)	18	Farm Servant	Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths for the Whitby district - September 1866 (vol 9d pg 275)

Mary Welford