Welford Family of Whitby & Dunsley

Note

 

During my research into the descendants of Ralph & Hannah Welford from the Parish of Brotton there appeared to be some Welford individuals living amongst them who didn't fit into their family tree, such as Robert Welford of Brockrigg, Barnby and John Welford, the Master Mariner of Hinderwell (see their sections). As well as these individuals a number of other Whitby Welfords are listed on the IGI index mainly centered on a family of farmers and butchers living in the village of Dunsley just outside the larger conurbation of Whitby. When piecing together the family tree it appears the Welford line at Dunsley ended sometime towards the end of the 18th Century after a number of female births and by time the 1841 census was taken Alice Welford, an elderly widow, was the only Welford residing in Whitby.

 

This section records the group of Welfords headed by Francis Welford born about the year 1687 who at his death in 1762 was noted as a butcher residing at Dunsley. This Francis could perhaps be an earlier exile from the Crathorne parish though no link has yet been found to satisfy this theory. There is also no record of this family having been staunch recusants like their 'cousins' living a little further up the coast.

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Baptism – 30th November 1684

John son of William Welfeet of Dunsley

 

Baptism – about 1687

Francis Welford [possibly the son of Thomas Welford of Dunsley]

 

Baptism – 21st September 1690

John son of Thomas Wellfor[?] of Dunsley

 

Baptism – 8th February 1690

Thomazin daughter of Richard English of Newholme Beck

 

Burial – 1st August 1696

Jane wife of Richard English

 

St Oswald's Church, Lythe

 

Baptism – 9th November 1713

Sarah daughter of James Pyman of Lythe

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Marriage – 3rd August 1714

Francis Welfit & Thomasin English at Newholm cum Dunsley

 

Baptism – 6th November 1715

Thomas son of Francis Welfit a butcher of Dunsley

 

Baptism – 1718

John son of Francis Welfit a butcher of Dunsley

 

Baptism – 1720

Francis son of Francis Welfit a butcher of Dunsley

 

Baptism – 1st December 1723

William son of Francis Welfit of Dunsley

 

Baptism – 29th May 1726

Robert son of Francis Welfit of Dunsley

 

Baptism – 24th October 1731

Mercy daughter of Francis Welfit of Dunsley

 

Baptism – 21st May 1733

Thomison daughter of Francis Welfit of Dunsley

 

St Oswald's Church, Lythe

 

Baptism – 25th February 1740

Sarah daughter of Thomas & Sarah Welfit

 

Marriage – 7th September 1740

Thomas Welfit & Sarah Pyman

 

Baptism – 1st November 1742

Marshall son of Thomas & Sarah Welfit

 

Baptism – 29th December 1744

Thomasin daughter of Thomas & Sarah Welfit

 

Baptism – 22nd August 1742

Thomas son of Thomas & Sarah Welfit

 

Marriage – 1747

William Welfit of Whitby & Mary Dobson of this parish

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Marriage – 5th January 1748

Robert Welfit & Dinah Dawsley both of the Dunsley parish

 

St Oswald's Church, Lythe

 

Baptism – 1st February 1748

William son of Thomas & Sarah Welfit of Sansend

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Baptism – 9th October 1749

Mary daughter of Robert Welfit a farmer from Dunsley

 

St Oswald's Church, Lythe

 

Baptism – 4th May 1751

Mary daughter of Thomas & Sarah Welfit of Sansend

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Baptism – 21st May 1752

Robert son of Robert Welfit a butcher from Dunsley

 

Marriage – 15th December 1754

Francis Welford (a sailor) & Ann Stephenson, witnessed by Thomasin Welford and William Newton [his sister and future brother-in-law]

 

St Oswald's Church, Lythe

 

Baptism – 1755

Francis son of Thomas & Sarah Welfit of Sansend

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Baptism – 30th November 1755

Francis Welford (5 wks old) son of Francis Welford, jnr. a sailor from Whitby

 

Baptism – 29th August 1756

William Welford (5 wks old) son of Robert Welford a butcher of Dunsley

 

Marriage – 12th May 1757

Thomasin Welford & William Newton, at Whitby witnessed by Jonathan Newton

 

Baptism – 7th May 1758

John son of Robert Welfit a farmer of Dunsley

 

Baptism – 23rd September 1759

Dinah Welford (5 wks old) daughter of Robert a farmer from Dunsley

 

Burial – 22nd September 1762

Francis Welford, a butcher from Dunsley

 

Marriage – 29th December 1770

Mary Welford & John Vickers, at Whitby witnessed by Hannah Robinson and Michael Blackbeard

 

Burial – 1771

Thomasin Welford, aged 81 years widow of Francis Welford a farmer in Dunsley

 

St Oswald's Church, Lythe

 

Baptism – 8th December 1772

Henry son of Thomasin Welfit of Sansend

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Burial – 25th December 1772

Robert Welford, son of Robert & Dinah Welford aged 20 years

 

Burial – 1775

John Welford, aged 57 years a sailor from Whitby

 

Marriage – 24th December 1778

Thomasin Welford & John Witham, at Whitby

 

Baptism – 15th April 1780

Alice, daughter of Richard & Alice Stockton

 

Marriage – 15th January 1754

William Welford & Mary Miller

 

Baptism – 10th February 1785

Elizabeth Welford (born 7th February 1785) daughter of William (and Mary) Welford a farmer from Dunsley

 

Marriage – 5th June 1785

Thomasin Welford & Isaac Lincoln, at Whitby

 

Baptism – 30th December 1786

Dinah Welford (born 28th December 1786) daughter of William (and Mary) Welford a farmer from Dunsley

 

Burial – 1786

Thomasin Newton (nee Welford), aged 55 years wife of William Newton a sail maker from Whitby

 

Baptism – 9th June 1787

James Welford (born 7th June 1787) son of Thomas (and Mary) Welford a sailor from Whitby

 

St Oswald's Church, Lythe

 

Burial – 1788

Sarah widow of Thomas Welford, fisherman aged 75 years

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Baptism – 30th January 1788

Mary Welford (born 28th January 1788) illegitimate daughter of Dinah Welford of Whitby

 

Burial – 22nd March 1789

Sarah Welford (widow) aged 75 years wife of Thomas Welford a fisherman of Whitby

 

Burial – 17th April 1789

Robert Welford aged 62 a farmer from Dunsley

 

Burial – 11th September 1796

Dinah Welford (widow) aged 78 years wife of Robert Welford a farmer from Whitby

 

St Hilda's Church, South Shields, Durham

 

Marriage – 12th November 1806

Richard Welford & Alice Stockton 

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Marriage – 7th March 1807

Thomasin Welford & Robert Coverdale, at Whitby witnessed by Mary Welford and George Coverdale

 

Marriage – 2nd Decemebr 1809

Dinah Welford & James Johnson, at Whitby

 

Baptism – 22nd September 1812

Mary Ann Welford (born 20th September 1812) daughter of Richard (and Alice) Welford a carpenter of Whitby

 

Burial – 30th October 1814

Elizabeth Welford, aged 4 years from Dunsley

 

Baptism – 16th January 1815

Joseph Welford (born 30th December 1814) son of Joseph (and Ann) Welford a carpenter from Whitby

 

Marriage – 27th February 1820

Mary Welford & William Hall

 

White's Directory of Trades & Professions 1829

 

Whitby Township

Alice Welford - Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Church Street

 

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Whitby

 

Burial – 22nd July 1830

Mary Welford, aged 77 years from Dunsley

 

Marriage – 18th August 1832

Mary Ann Welford & Peter Lyth

 

Marriage – 27th July 1835

Martha Welford & John Smallwood, at Hinderwell witnessed by Ralph Welford and William Smurthwaite

 

Burial – 1836

William Welford, aged 80 years from Dunsley

 

Burial – 11th March 1836

Richard Welford, at Whitby aged 26 years

 

1841 Census - Whitby Parish

 

Baxtergate, Whitby, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/1265/16)

name	age	trade	birth place
Peter Lyth	30	Joiner	Yorkshire
Hannah Lyth	5	-	Yorkshire
Alice Lyth	4	-	Yorkshire
Richard Lyth	2	-	Yorkshire
Alice Wellfoot	60	-	Yorkshire

 

1851 Census - Whitby Parish

 

Baxtergate, Whitby, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/2374)

name	age	trade	birth place
John Lyth (head)	73	Millwright (master)	Whitby, Yorkshire
Ann Lyth (wife)	63	-	Whitby, Yorkshire
Peter Lyth (son/widower)	43	Joiner (journeyman)	Whitby, Yorkshire
Mary Lyth (daughter)	40	-	Whitby, Yorkshire
Hannah Lyth (g.daughter)	15	-	Whitby, Yorkshire
Alice Lythe (g.daughter)	14	-	Whitby, Yorkshire
Richard Lyth (g.son)	12	-	Whitby, Yorkshire
Alice Welford (visitor)	71	Widow	Whitby, Yorkshire