| 1663-08-08 | b. Menwith Hill, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 6/1091, /1571 |
| 1689-11-09 | m. Jane Dickinson (1664–1738) at Mathew Hogg's house in Bilton Park | RG 6/1091; wharfegen |
| 1696 | inherited twelve pence, under his father's will | father's will |
| Child: | Sarah (1700 – ?), b. Norwood, Fewston, Darley, Yorkshire | RG 6/1091, /1571 |
| 1666-04-15 | b. Menwith Hill, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 6/1091 |
| 1689-05-05 | m. Sampson Hardcastle (cal 1664 – 1726, of Wait Mill, Kirkby), at Peter Moore's house in Beverley, Yorkshire | RG 6/1091; wharfegen |
| 1696 | inherited twelve pence, under her father's will | father's will |
| Children: | Sampson (1690 – ?), b. Winsley, Yorkshire; Thomas (1692 – ?), John (1694–1732), both b. Menwith Hill; and Mary (1700/1 – ?), b. Low Crag, Fewston | RG 6/1091, /1571; wharfegen |
| 1668-08-12 | b. Menwith Hill, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 6/1091, /1571 |
| 1684-11-14 | servant to William White; bur. York, Yorkshire | RG 6/1117, /1120 |
| 1670-12-23 | b. Menwith Hill, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 6/1091 |
| 1692-04 | m. Thomas Gill (1661–1713), in the house of William Oddy of Brathit, Darley PM | RG 6/1571; Wright Family Tree |
| 1696 | inherited twelve pence, under her father's will | father's will |
| Children: | John (1695 – ?), Willm (1703–1787), both b. Fewston, Yorkshire; Thomas (1705–1705) and Mary (1708 – ?), both b. Thornthwaite, Yorkshire | FamilySearch; Fewston bishop's transcript; Wright Family Tree |
| 1671/2-03-18 | b. Menwith Hill, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 6/1091 |
| 1696-09-27 | of Menwith Hill, Yorkshire; m. John Chanler (1668 – before 1716, of Selby, Yorkshire, b. Harrogate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, s. of Jno and Ann Chandler), in the house of Peter Hardcastle, of Hardcastle Garth, Yorkshire) | RG 6/1091, /1117, /1120, /1571 |
| Children: | John (1697–1705), and Triphana (1698 – ?), both b. York MM | RG 6/1120 |
| 1699-07-14 | of Selby; d. | RG 6/1120, /1183 |
| 1699-07-15 | bur. Selby meeting house yard |
| 1679-09-11 | b. Menwith Hill, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 6/1091 |
| c. 1710 | m. Sarah ____ (? – 1748) | Wright Family Tree; RG 6/1183 |
| Children: | William (1712–1768), John (1714–1715), Mary (1716–1717), Joseph (1717–1717), Abraham (1718–1791), Samuel (1721–1721), John (1722–1723), all b. Selby, Yorkshire | RG 6/1120, /1183; Wright Family Tree |
| 1741 | of Selby; voted for Cholmley Turner in the county election | poll book |
| 1749-08-17 | weaver, of Selby; infirm; made his will; to son William his messuage tenement barn & croft in Bondgate, Selby, in the possession of William Coates, otherwise to William's wife, then her children, then William's brother Abraham; to William £20 owed to him on a mortgage of Robert Rosindale's house; to son Abraham the close he'd lately purchased of John Hancock, in Selby; £100 to Abraham and the bed and bedding on which he lays and other bed & bedding on which his maid servant lies, also all the looms combs and other working tools and implements used in weaving and combing which are in the workshop, and a little copper in the kitching; to Abraham one silver cup, half a dozen silver spoons one silver gilt and all other plate; to Sarah Denton of Arnley, wife of John Denton, husbandman, Joseph Spence of Darley in the Forest of Knaresborough, linnen weaver, Peter Spence of Selby, Abraham Spence, shoemaker of Leeds, Mary Theaker, daughter of John Theaker, and Abraham Theaker her brother, both of Darley, William Clayton, linnen draper of Knaresbrough, and Ann his sister, 10s. 6d. apiece; residue to his two sons William and Abraham; executors William and Abraham; witnesses Richd Smith, William Marsden, John Settle | will |
| 1752-10-21 | of Selby; d. | RG 6/1120, /1183 |
| 1752-10-24 | bur. Selby fbg | |
| 1752-11-16 | of Selby; will proved in the Prerogative Court of York | will; Prerogative & Exchequer Courts Of York Probate Index |
| 1682-07-16 | b. Menwith Hill, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 6/1571 |
| 1769-02-02 | of Darley, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire; d. | RG 6/1091, /1571 |
| 1769-02-06 | bur. Dacre fbg, Yorkshire |
| 1684/5-01-13 | b. Menwith Hill, Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 6/1091 |
| 1720-09-20 | of Menwith with Darley, Yorkshire; m. John Theaker (1690–1778, of Selby, Yorkshire), at Dacre fmh, Yorkshire | RG 6/1091, /1571; wharfegen |
| Children: | Mary (1722–1819), John (1725–1743), and Abraham (1727–1785), all b. Darley, Hampsthwaite | RG 6/900, /1571; Annual Monitor |
| 1768-09-18 | of Sleights House, Dacre with Bewerley, Ripon, Yorkshire; d. Darley Banks, Dacre with Bewerley | RG 6/1091, /1571 |
| 1768-09-21 | bur. Dacre fbg, Yorkshire |
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