Burton (2) | The Burton family of Dent and Sedbergh

She knew Robert Foster by October 1780, when they visited James Birket and Dodshon Foster.²

On the 1^st March 1784, at Brigflats meeting house, near Sedbergh, she married [N23] Robert Foster, whose housekeeper she had been. Their children, all born at Hebblethwaite Hall, were: Myles Birket (1785–1861), Dodshon (1786–1790), James (1787–1861), John (1788–1818), Elizabeth (1788–1857), [N22] Mary (1790–1846), a stillborn child, Jane (1794–1797), Isabel (1796–1799), and Sarah (1797–1869).³

In the spring of 1799, returning with her husband on horseback from Kendal Quarterly Meeting, she was exposed to wet, and took a severe cold which terminated in consumption.⁴ She died at about five in the morning of the 9^th November 1799, in the presence of her family.⁵

She was buried at Brigflatts on the 12^th. A great many friends and neighbours assembled at the house to attend the funeral and to assist in carrying the remains. Brigflats was 3˝ miles from Hebblethwaite, but even at that distance it was the custom of the neighbourhood to place the coffin on a bier, and for the men who attended the funeral to carry it on their shoulders. Robert Foster with his son Myles beside him on the same horse rode next the coffin, followed by his sister Elizabeth, his daughters Elizabeth and Mary and William Jepson of Lancaster in a post chaise, and some of the friends from a distance on horseback. They were met at Brigflatts by several relations and friends from Kendal, who returned with the family to Hebblethwaite to dinner.⁶

1 Joseph Foster (1871) A Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England; TNA: RG 6/731, /1143

3 Foster (1871); Joseph Foster (1862) The Fosters of Cold Hesledon; Robert Spence Watson in John William Steel (1899) A Historical Sketch of the Society of Friends 'in Scorn called Quakers' in Newcastle & Gateshead 1653–1898. London & Newcastle, Headley Bros. : 113; Madge, Mrs B.H. 'Notes on the Diary Kept by Robert Foster, at Hebblethwaite Hall'; RG 6/1081; Foster (1860)

4 Mrs B.H. Madge 'Notes on the Diary Kept by Robert Foster, at Hebblethwaite Hall'

N159. JAMES BURTON

He married, first, Sarah Wilson (1708/9 – 1746/7, d. of James and Sarah Wilson, of Grayrigg, Westmorland) on the 14^th December 1731, at Stramongate Friends' meeting house, Kendal, Westmorland. Their children were: William (1732–1746/7), James (1734–1734), James (? – 1737), John (? – 1737), John (1739/40–1743), James (1742/3–1744), and Sarah (1745/6–1745/6). A yeoman, he lived in 1732 at Stonehouse, Dent, Yorkshire, and later—from 1746 to 1780—at The Hill, Sedbergh, Yorkshire.²

James Burton married, secondly, [N163] Mary Atkinson on the 27^th April 1749, at Brigflatts. Their children were: Isabel (1750–1789), James (1751–1756), [N158] Mary (1753–1799), and John (1756–1796), all born at Sedbergh.³

He died on the 29^th June 1780 at The Hill, Sedbergh, and was buried on the 1^st July at Brigflatts, at which time he was described as a husbandman. He made his will on the 21^st January 1778; described as a yeoman, of Hill in Soolbank near Sedbergh, in addition to his wife, he left Ł60 to each of his daughters, bequeathing his estates at Stonehouse, Skow and Broadgarths, all in Kirthwaite in Dent, to his only surviving son, John Burton. The will was proved at Richmond on the 26^th September 1780, on the affirmation of his son John, sole executor.³

1–2 Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD; TNA: RG 6/155, /1081, /1246, /1282, /1543, /1547

3 Robert Spence Watson in John William Steel (1899) A Historical Sketch of the Society of Friends 'in Scorn called Quakers' in Newcastle & Gateshead 1653–1898. London & Newcastle, Headley Bros.: 111; Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD, with an abstract of the will; RG 6/1235

N160. WILLIAM BURTON

William Burton of Dent married [N162] Isabel Thistlethwaite on the 4^th October 1704, at Leeyet, Dent, Yorkshire. Their children were: [N159] James (1705–1780), and William (1707–1845). A "yeaman" of Warescale in Kirthwaite, Dent, he made his will on 19 July 1706. He died very soon afterwards, his body being buried at Dent on 24 July that year.¹

Under the terms of his will he left Ł50 to his wife Isabell, as well as "one milk cow and the third part of his household stuff except one cupboard in the upper end of his dwelling of firehouse att y^e stone house and one great meal or mault chist in that house and 2 great arks or chests in the house where he dwells at Warescale", as well as Ł100 to any child or children if she were pregnant at his death; he left his apparel to his brother James, 40/- each to four of his nephews and nieces, his freehold estates and leases to Will. Thistlethwaite of Harbergill and Tho. Mason of Borronhead, Dent, in trust for his son James for his education; the same two to be executors. He also left 10/- to Christo. Burton of Shoalboard; to James Mason (if his son James died a minor without issue and his wife had no other children), "son of his sister Ellin Bousfield of Garsdale, his estate of Skow in Kirthwaite in the tenancy of "one William Burton late of Hollow Mill in Kirthwaite"; and to his brother James Burton of Stonehouse and his sister Eliz. Burton as tenants in common his estate at Stonehouse in Kirthwt., formerly belonging to his father James Burton. Witnesses were Will. Burton, Will Thistlethwaite, and Christo. Burton. The inventory was appraised at Ł206. 2. 6., less debts of Ł150.

1 TNA: RG 6/1246, /1547; W.G. Collingwood (1929) 'A Book of old Quaker Wills', Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society; there are three William Burtons baptised in Dent, of the right age, all born to a James Burton, but there appear to be at least two James Burtons named there as fathers (FamilySearch)

N161. JAMES BURTON

James Burton had five known children: [N160] William (? – 1706), Jane (? – 1708), Eliz. (? – after 1706), Ellin (1663 – after 1706), and James (? – after 1706).¹

1 W.G. Collingwood (1929) 'A Book of old Quaker Wills', Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society

N162. ISABEL BURTON born THISTLETHWAITE

Isabel Thistlethwaite was christened on the 27^th October 1682 at Dent, Yorkshire. She was mentioned as a beneficiary in the will of her father [K17] Richard Thistlethwaite on the 19^th November 1686. In 1703 she was a Quaker Minister.¹

Of Dent, she married, first, [N160] William Burton on the 4^th October 1704, at Leeyeat Friends' meeting house, Dent. Their children were: [N159] James (1705–1780), and William (1707 – ?).²

She married, secondly, Richard Burton on the 3^rd December 1712, at Leeyet. Their children were: John (1713–1790), Richard (1715–1751), Margaret (1718–1813), and Ann (1720 – ?).³

A Public Friend, she died on the 25^th October 1753, and was buried on the 27^th, Dent monthly meeting.⁴

1 Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD. NB there is also an Isabel Thistlethwaite, daughter of Richard, bapt. at Dent on 8^th February 1684. Although this could be a better identification, if the 1682 Isabel died in infancy, Isabel's parentage is quite unclear: as well as the marriage of [K27] Richard Thistlethwaite and [K31] Margaret Harker, FamilySearch records a further two Richard Thistlethwayte marriages in Dent in 1679, one to Mary Oderson, the other to Elizabeth Atkinson.

N163. MARY BURTON born ATKINSON

Mary Atkinson was born about 1725, and married [N159] James Burton at Brigflatts, Sedbergh, Yorkshire, on the 27^th April 1749. Their children were: Isabel (1750–1789), James (1751–1756), [N158] Mary (1753–1799), and John (1756–1796), all born at Sedbergh.¹

1 LaDonna Young gedcom 1732273 www.ancestry.co.uk; Robert Spence Watson in John William Steel (1899) A Historical Sketch of the Society of Friends in Scorn called Quakers in Newcastle & Gateshead 1653–1898. London & Newcastle, Headley Bros.: 111; Brian Davey: Thistlethwaite CD; TNA: RG 6/1235

N164. JOHN ATKINSON

John Atkinson was born on 12 May 1694, in the catchment area of Sedbergh Monthly Meeting.¹

Of Stockton, he married [N171] Mary Cockfield on 14 July 1723, at Norton. Their children were: Ruth (cal 1722–1781), Elizabeth (cal 1724 – 1801), John (1724–1808), [N163] Mary (c. 1725 – 1802), Margery (1725/6–1806), Nicholas (1728–1786), Sarah (1730 – ?), Joseph (1732– 1790), Edward (1735–1774), and Thomas (1737–1782).²

Late of Corn Close, but now of Mathews in South Lordland in Dent, he made his will on the 12^th December 1777, leaving his son and daughter Thomas and Ruth Atkinson Ł10 each, and his daughters Elizabeth Thistlethwaite and Mary Burton Ł5 each, the the remainder of his personal estate and his real estate of Corn Close left to his eldest son John. Of Leniker in Dent, he died on 26 May 1779, and his body was buried at Brigflatts on the 29^th. Following the taking of an inventory on the 18^th June 1779, which valued his personal estate at Ł17/3/2, the will was proved on the 23^rd.⁴

2 RG 6/229, /761, /1075, /1013, /1082; Edward H. Milligan (2007) Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry, York; LaDonna Young gedcom 1732273 www.ancestry.co.uk; Annual Monitor

N165. JOHN ATKINSON

Of Frostraw, Sedbergh, he married [N169] Sarah Pinder on 6 May 1686, at Brigflatts Friends' meeting house. Their children were: Edward (1689/90–1727/8), Joseph (1692–1738), and [N164] John (1694–1779).²

From 1694 until his death he lived at Side, in Frostraw. His body was buried on 13 May 1728, the event being recorded by Sedbergh Monthly Meeting.³

N166. EDWARD ATKINSON

Of the Side in Frostray, Sedbergh, Yorkshire, he married [N167] Mellery Mason on 1 May 1659, near Sedbergh. Their children were: [N165] John (1660–1728), Thomas (1661/2–1692), James (1663/4 – ?), and Samuel (1669 – ?).²

Of Side in 1686 and 1688/9, his body was buried at Brigflatts on 14 March 1688/9.³

N166A. JO: ATKINSON

N167. MELLERY ATKINSON born MASON

Mellery Mason married [N166] Edward Atkinson on 1 May 1659, near Sedbergh, Yorkshire. Their children were: [N165] John (1660–1728), Thomas (1661/2–1692), James (1663/4 – ?), and Samuel (1669 – ?).²

As Mellera Atkinson, her burial on 25 December 1679 was recorded by Sedbergh Monthly Meeting.³

1 "England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975", database, FamilySearch: 20 March 2020, Melliorie Mason, 1625

N168. THOMAS MASON

He made his will on 15 May 1673. The will was proved on 26 June that year in the deanery of Lonsdale, and an inventory made:²

The Last will & Testament of Thomas Mason of Cowgill in Dent in the County of Yorke, beinge but weake of body, but of p^erfect minde & memory praised be God for the Same. For the Setleinge of my House & Estate, according to my minde. And the p^reservinge of peace & unity amongst my Relations when I am gone, Doe make & declare this my Last will & Testament in manner & forme following, That is to say: First I committ my Soule to Almightie God my Creator, and my body to the Earth from whence it came: And as Concerning such Temporall Estate as I am now possessed of through the mercy & bountyfull Loveing kindnesse of my gracious God. I order and Dispose of as followeth. And First I give unto my son George Mason and to his Heires & Assignes for ever, All my Land wheresoever w^th appurtences now in my p^resent possession; onely Excepting such parts or parcells of Land as I formerly Covenanted to give unto my Son Anthony Mason att his marriage. And in Consideration of the Said Lands I appoint & Require my Said Son George Mason to pay to his brother James Mason the Sume of Fifty pounds of Lawfull English money wthin one yeare Space next after my Decease. Itm, I give unto my Said Son Anthony Mason the sume of Tenn pounds w^ch is in his hand allready as lent him; Im. I give unto my Son in Law Myles Burton the Sum of Tenn pounds. Itm. I give unto my Son in Law Edward Atkinson the Sume of Six pounds Itm. I give unto every Child that I am Grandfather to att the time of my decease, the Sume of Twenty Shiillings Itm. I give to the poore househouldes [within?] Dent The Sume of Twenty shillings. Itm. I give the Sume of Twenty Shillings towards supplyinge of the necessities of the poore or Imprissoned friends called Quakers to be disposed of as Seemes meete & Convenient unto my two good friends Edward Atkinson my Son in Law, & Richard Robinson of Briggflatts. And for the Rest and Remainder of all my Goods whatsoever moveable & unmoveable undisposed of, I Give the same unto my Son James Mason whom I name & appoint Sole Exector of this my Last Will & Testament Requiring him well & truely to pay & discharge all my Debts Legacies & Funneral Charges And Lastly I doe Revoke all former Wills whatsoever, In Witness whereof to this my absolute Last Will & Testament I have hereunto set my Marke & Seale the fifteenth day of May in the Five & Twentieth yeare of the Raign of King Charles the Second over Englands &c. Anno que Domini 1673.

Witnesses hereof

Myles Burton –

his MB marke

Anthony ^jun Mason

A true Inventory of the Goods and Chatles of Thomas Mason latly deceased prised by us Christofer Mason Edmond Dawson Antony Mason Miles Mason

	l	s	d
imprimis purs and aparill	5	10	0
iteme bedstedes and bedinge	1	0	0
iteme puter and brase	1	0	0
iteme [waduesall?]	1	0	0
iteme chistes and bedsteades	2	0	0
iteme [deshbinsk] armery and bordes	0	18	0
iteme Girdle and [banderesth?] [kochen/] and thonges	0	8	6
iteme chaires stoles with other &c implementes	0	6	8
iteme meates and [moure?]	2	10	0
iteme lose buter and ches	0	13	4
iteme wall and Stockinges	5	0	0
iteme [lawks?] [wheres?] and stes and [word too faint to read]	1	1	0
iteme [hack?] and ganerall	0	5	0
iteme [askes?] with other [fayles?]	0	5	6
iteme [whelewood?] with other wood	0	10	6
iteme hay and [peats?]	1	0	0
iteme 6 yeare [whyes?]	9	0	0
iteme 5 yonge boors	5	13	4
iteme ane ould meare	1	6	8
iteme 3 score [wedewes?]	14	0	0
iteme 42 Sheare Shepe and ewes	6	13	4
iteme 17 [hames?]	1	10	0
iteme owing hime monies
iteme James Burton	10	12	0
iteme William Willan	0	15	0
Some totall ex sub [per/ests?]	79	16	10
Detes which he made
item to George Mason	3	1	6
iteme to Edmund Dawson	2	5	0
Some totall	5	6	6

2 will and other probate records at Lancashire Record Office, R584A-45_1 to R584A-45_5

N169. SARAH ATKINSON born PINDER

Of the Warth, Ravenstonedale, she married [N165] John Atkinson on 6 May 1686, at Brigflatts Friends' meeting house.²

Of Frostraw, their children were: Edward (1689/90–1727/8), Joseph (1692–1738), and [N164] John (1694–1779).³

N170. JOHN PINDER

On 8 June 1636, the date of an incomplete bond at the Cumbria Archive Centre, John Pinder was a yeoman, of Ravinstondaill.¹

He is known to have had two children: Mary (1651 – after 1687) and [N169] Sarah (1653–1713/4), both b. in Ravenstonedale, Westmorland; Mary's was the first birth recorded by Ravenstonedale meeting.²

He was apparently one of the first to be convinced at Ravenstonedale, following a visit there by George Fox, Edward Howgill, and others in the summer of 1652. Shortly afterwards James Nayler, on a visit there, held a large meeting at Pinder's house.³

N171. MARY ATKINSON born COCKFIELD

She married [N164] John Atkinson at Norton, on 14 July 1723. Their children were: Ruth (cal 1722–1781), Elizabeth (cal 1724 – 1801), John (1724–1808), [N163] Mary (c. 1725 – 1802), Margery (1725/6–1806), Nicholas (1728–1786), Sarah (1730 – ?), Joseph (1732– 1790), Edward (1735–1774), and Thomas (1737–1782).²

2 RG 6/229, /761, /1075, /1013, /1082; Edward H. Milligan (2007) Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry, York; LaDonna Young gedcom 1732273, www.ancestry.co.uk

N172. NICHOLAS COCKFIELD

He married [N175] Margery Ward at Norton, on 2 June 1681. Their children were: William (1683–?), Elizabeth (1684–1684), Zechariah (1685/6 – after 1716), Joshua (1687/8–1719), Caleb (1689–1717), Thomas (1691 – ?), Alice (1692/3–1770), Nicholas (1694–1696), George (1695/6–1735), Elizabeth (1697 – after 1727), Nicholas (1699 – after 1750), Heron (1700 – after 1734), George (1702–1735), Martha (1703 – ?), and [N171] Mary (1703–1764). All births were registered at Norton.²

He was named in a number of Stockton surrenders, 1694–1719. Nicholas and Margery Cockfield of Stockton were named in a surrender of 3 January 1699.⁴

In the name of God amen I Mi Nicholas Cockfield of Stockton upon Tease in the County of Durham Merchant do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament as followeth (that is to Say) I give and bequeath unto my Grandaughter Elizabeth Robinson my Cedar Chest, Napkin Press and three Chairs, To my Grand Son Joseph Robinson my Silver Watch, And I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Alice Robinson All that my farm in Stockton aforesaid held by & under a Lease heretofore made thereof to me by William [Sockburn?] deceased and all the rest and residue of my Estate and Effects whatsoever She paying thereout my Just debts & funerall Expences And I make Constitute and appoint my said Daughter Alice Robinson Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I the said Nicholas Cockfield have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Twenty third day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forthy One

N173. NICHOLAS COCKFIELD

Nicholas Cockfield married [N174] Maybell Lambert at Staindrop, Durham, on 14 October 1647. Their only known children were [N172] Nicholas and George (1661 – before 1696), both bapt. Denton, Durham.¹

1 "England Marriages, 1538–1973," database, FamilySearch: 10 December 2014, Nicholas Cockfeild and Maybell Lambert, 14 Oct 1647, citing Staindrop, Durham, reference FHL microfilm 91,111; TNA: RG 6/1362, /1474

N174. MAYBELL COCKFIELD born LAMBERT

Maybell Lambert married [N173] Nicholas Cockfield at Staindrop, Durham, on 14 October 1647. Their only known children were [N172] Nicholas and George (1661 – before 1696), both bapt. Denton, Durham.¹

N175. MARGERY COCKFIELD born WARD

Their children were: William (1683–?), Elizabeth (1684–1684), Zechariah (1685/6 – after 1716), Joshua (1687/8–1719), Caleb (1689–1717), Thomas (1691 – ?), Alice (1692/3–1770), Nicholas (1694–1696), George (1695/6–1735), Elizabeth (1697 – after 1727), Nicholas (1699 – after 1750), Heron (1700 – after 1734), George (1702–1735), Martha (1703 – ?), and [N171] Mary (1703–1764). All births were registered at Norton, her residence till at least 1719 being at Stockton.²

Nicholas and Margery Cockfield of Stockton were named in a surrender of 3 January 1699.³

The body of Margery Cockfield, of Stockton, was buried at Norton on 18 July 1721.⁴

N176. THOMAS WARD

Thomas Ward devised a burgage before 1744 in moieties between his daughter Margery Cockfield, and William Ward his brother.²

The Burton family of Dent and Sedbergh

N158. MARY FOSTER born BURTON