So I am back to Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Storye as the parents of Grace Routledge. The will abstract turned out to be too good to be true! I should have clued in when I saw George of Oakshaw and two children listed without his wife Grace. She had been buried in March 1767 although having two burials for Archibald Forrester at Stapleton did not help either as one was in 1766 when Grace was still alive. However, the correct one according to the correspondent was in May 1767. There was also the problem of Kirkbeckstown where Mary Routledge married to Thomas Routledge had been baptized and this family appeared to live there.
Thomas and Elizabeth baptized four children at Bewcastle whilst living at Oakshaw, William, Jane, Grace and Leonard. This fits the will abstract as there is a Leonard Routledge of Oakshaw mentioned along with George and the two children (my ancestor Elizabeth and her younger sister Peggy (Margaret)).
Once again this blog has more than proved its worth to me in acquiring new information from other researchers around the world.
This also fits in better with my mother's memory of her Routledge family. Three first cousin marriages although in reality it is more of a first cousin marriage and then a second cousin marriage thus far. Thomas Routledge married to Elizabeth Storye is a brother to Henry Routledge married to Margaret Tweddle. Now to fit George Routledge who married Grace Routledge into the Oakshaw picture!
Revised Ancestry of Grace Routledge:
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Elizabeth ROUTLEDGE (b 27 Aug 1763) - (Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's father's line
7. George ROUTLEDGE (b 18 Apr 1729) - (born at Todhills lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
8. George ROUTLEDGE (b 10 Mar 1692) - (born at Stubb and lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's mother's line
7. Grace ROUTLEDGE (b 6 Sep 1741) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
Grace's father's line
8. Thomas ROUTLEDGE (b c 1712) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
9. William ROUTLEDGE
Thomas's mother's line
9. GRISSELL ROUTLEDGE
Still a lot to look at and hopefully one of these days some of my Routledge cousins will do Family Finder and we might actually be able to sort out these Routledge lines.
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Margaret Tweddle (1728 - likely by 1818)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 35
Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton,
Cotterell, Bartlett, Alderman, Shepherd, Sherwood, Elizabeth (unknown),
Happerfield, Collins, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood, Lanham,
unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew, Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge, Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard, Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown, Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown
Margaret Tweddle was baptized 6 Mar 1728 at Lanercost, Cumberland the daughter of Thomas Tweddle and Margaret Robson who were themselves married 18 May 1721 at Lanercost. They baptized seven children at Lanercost. Margaret Tweddle was buried at Lanercost 28 Feb 1734/1735 at Lanercost. Thomas was buried 7 Mar 1777 at Lanercost. They lived at Ringing Hills near Lanercost. In the Howard Papers C129-15 at the Carlisle Record Office there is a receipt from Charles Earl of Carlisle to Thomas Tweddle dated 1 Feb 1733 for Rinnion hills Farme. A nice copy of his signature and crest (Bobbie Jean Hooser has given me this information). Thomas Tweddle at the time of signing this lease was of Ash, Lanercost. The lease was for seven years at 46 pounds a year.
Their children all baptized at Lanercost:
John was baptized 4 Jan 1722, married Jane Smith and died intestate in 1763
Isabel baptized 30 May 1723
Jeffrey baptized 22 Sep 1725
Margaret baptized 6 Mar 1728; married Henry Routledge 3 Oct 1759 at Lanercost
Mary baptized 28 Aug 1729 and buried 5 Feb 1730/31 at Lanercost
Thomas baptized 7 Jan 1731; married Ann Armstrong 13 Jun 1765 at Lanercost, died 1795
Elizabeth baptized 26 Apr 1734; married William Armstrong 24 Jan 1762 at Lanercost
Thomas (married to Margaret Robson) was baptized 5 Jul 1693 at Lanercost (died 27 Feb 1777 at Ringing Hills, and buried 7 Mar 1777 at Lanercost). His father was Thomas Tweddle and his wife's name unknown but they baptized five children at Lanercost:
John baptized 30 Sep 1691 (likely buried before 1705)
Thomas baptized 5 Jul 1693; married Margaret Robson 18 May 1721 at Lanercost
Margaret baptized 24 Aug 1697; married John Armstrong 10 Oct 1721 at Lanercost
John baptized 16 Mar 1704/05 (this is likely the John Twedel who married Jane Tweddle 4 Jan 1722); married Sybella Routledge 26 Nov 1742 at Bewcastle
Isabel baptized 2 Jan 1707
I have not yet done any research on Thomas Tweddle prior to this time. I do know that the Protestation Returns list the following Tweddle males in Eskdale Ward:
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweady Rowland
Eskdale Stapleton Twedall Hinsord
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall John
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall David
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall John of Hill
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall Thomas
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall Leonard
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall Leonard
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall Emont
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Thomas
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Hurbet
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Edward Under Theuge
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Edward of Burdowsell
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Thomas
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall John
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Franncis
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Thomas
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Edward
Eskdale Cumrew Tweddell Nicholas
Eskdale Denton Upper Denton Tweddell Thomas
Eskdale Denton Upper Denton Tweddell John
Eskdale Farlam Tweddell James
Eskdale Farlam Tweddell Richard
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweedall Robert
Eskdale Ward includes both Lanercost and Bewcastle along with another seventeen parishes (Denton, Farlam, Cumrew and Stapleton also have Tweddle families living there in 1641-42).
Lanercost is divided into five areas plus Lanercost village - Triermaine, Burdowswell, Askerton, Bywaters and Kirkcammeck. By 1829 Rinnion Hills is listed as being part of the manor of Kingwater.
"There were four manors of Lanercost; Askerton (which had Side, etc); Walton Wood; and Troddermain. There were five townships: Askerton, Banks, Burtholme, Kingwater and Waterhead. Abbey Lanercost is in the small hamlet in Burtholme Twp on the north bank of the Irthing 2 ½ miles north of Brampton . Askerton contained 74 dwellings in 1829 and lies between the river Line and Kingwater from 4 to 8 miles North of Brampton. It comprises the ancient Parish of Kirkcambock or Cambeck, the church was ruined. They are obliged to marry, bury and baptize at Lanercost and for their instruction in religion they go thither or to Stapleton, Bewcastle or whither they see fit. Askerton Castle lies on the east bank of the Cambeck rivulet which flows to the Irthing built by the Barons Dacre for the residence of the Land Sergeantof Gilsland who commanded a few men in arms to protect the barony against the inroads of Moss-troopers. The Earl of Carlisle’s manor of Trodder-main comprises the township of Askerton . Banks Twp in 1829 was divided between the twps of Burtholme and Waterhead. Gilsland had two large Inns. Island, a hamlet is in Burtholme twp. It containsthe hamlet of West-Hall and about 45 dispersed dwellings in 1829. from 4-11 miles NNE of Brampton . In the northern part of the twp is a wild mountainous tract called Spadeadam Waste. Waterhead Twp is divided from Northumberland by the river Irthing and had a number of detached swellings, with Gilsmalnd and Durdoswald. West-HGalll a hamlet in Kirgwater Twp 5 miles N by E of Brampton.
Askerton: Holme House, Knorron Lodge, Shopford, birkbush, Lines, Wintershields, Side, Lees Hill, Redsike, Floweryhurst, Smithsteads, Red Hill, Gillalees, Howdale, Kirkcambeck, Bogside, Allergarth, Floweryhurst, High Grains, Kirkcambeck, Fawcettlees, Gallabery, Askerton, Woodhead, Collinbank, High House, Bewsleybank, Hurdhill, Dollerline (Shopford, Bush).
Burtholme: Barras foot; Garthside, Banks foot; Friarwaingate, Lanercost, Wall, burtholme, Moorfield, Moorfield, Hole head, Banksburn, Heugh, Crookstown, Holmes, Howgill, King hill, Abbey, Hare hill, callees, Whitefield, brownhurst, Abbey, Walton Woodhead, Low wall, St. Mary’s holme; Hayton gate
Kingwater: Allanstead, Newfield, Kingsbridgeford, Harest,Palmerhill New House, Lees hill, West hall, Clarkshill, Rowntreehill, Heughgreen, Wileysidke, Rinnionhills, Swaites, Soglin, Spadeadam, Terrosset, Hallguards, Moorguards, park nook, Long lands, Hardest,
Waterhead: Banks, Gilsland, breckneybed, Shaws hotel, Orchard House, chapel burn; Breckneybed, Snowdenclose, Lannerton, Killhill, Birdoswald, Slackhouse, Northrigghill, St Mary’holme, Highhouse, Miller hill, Wall holme; Hill, Troddermain, Underheugh, Carnetley, Leehill, Gunshole."
Source: History, Directory and Gazetteer of Cumberland and Westmorland, with Furness and Cartmel by Parson and White, 1829.
Thomas mentioned above as the father of Thomas Tweddle and grandfather of Margaret Tweddle married to Henry Routledge, would have likely been born after the Protestations Return of 1641-42 was taken. So I have no idea which of these men could be his father. Calling two sons John might make you think that he was the son of John but there are two John Tweddle's on this list. I do have some Tweddle wills and will take the time for this Challenge to transcribe them.
Date: 29 Jul 2015
Document: Will
Source: Carlisle Record Office, lib 76-77
Date of document: 7 May 1775, probated 18 May 1780
Author: John Tweddle
Relationship: unknown
Location: Banks Hill, Lanercost, Cumberland, England
Document quality: 18th century English, bold, even writing
1 In the Name of God Amen I John Tweddle of Banks Hill in
2 the parish of Lanercost in the County of Cumberland Yeoman being
3 weak in Body but of Sound and Perfect mind and memory blessed be
4 God for the same Do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament
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5 in manner and form following (that is to say) First I give and
6 bequeath unto Richard Tweddle my nearest Kinsman now living
7 at the Said house near Brampton Carrier the sum of one Shilling
8 to be paid one Month after my Decease, Also I give and bequeath to
9 my beloved Wife Alice Tweddle (whom I hereby make sole Executrix
10 of this my last Will and Testament) all the rest residue and Remainder
11 of all my personal Estate Money Goods and Chattels and all my
12 household furniture of which kind or Nature soever and to be disposed
13 of by her at her discretion Will and pleasure and I do hereby
14 appoint John Bell of the Abbey in the same parish and county
15 aforesaid Yeoman my Trustee to see that this my last Will and
16 Testament be faithfully and truly fulfilled hereby revokine all
17 former Wills heretofore by me at any time made ratifying and
18 confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In
19 Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Seventh
20 Day of May one Thousand seven hundred and Seventy five
21 Mark of John X Tweddle {Seal]
22 Signed sealed published and declared by the above named John
23 Tweddle in the presence of us who have herewith subscribed our
24 Names as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator James Harding
25 John Bell Christopher Harding sworn Proved May 18th 1780
This John Twedall married Alice Hall 17 Dec 1724 at Cumwhitton, Cumberland (Find My Past). Cumwhitton is eight miles from Lanercost. John describes Richard as his kinsman. There is a Richard Tweddle baptized 28 Apr 1731 at Lanercost son of John Tweddle and also a Richard Tweddle baptized. A Mary Harding married Thomas Tweddle (my 1st cousin 5x removed) 28 Jun 1794 at Lanercost. However I do not have a Richard in this line. Some identify John Tweddle (uncle to this Thomas) as being the editor of this will and that he had a son Richard. I wonder why he just didn't name him as his son however and another dozen children are mentioned for John. I think that may be erroneous.
This next administration is for a person known to me. He is the brother of my 4x great grandmother Margaret Routledge.
Recorded: 30 Jul 2015
Source: Carlisle Record Office
Deceased: John Tweddle
Place: Ringing Hills, Lanercost, Cumberland, England
Type of Record: Administration
Date of document:4 Jun 1763, administered 1 Jul 1763
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
1 Know all Men by these Presents that We Thomas Tweddle
2 of Ringing Hills in the County of Cumberland Husbandman William
3 Armstrong of Askerton in said County Yeo and Henry
4 Routledge of Bewcastle in the said County Yeo
5 are held and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Charles by
6 Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Carlisle in One hundred forty pounds of
7 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to
8 hi certain Attorney his Executors Administrators or Assigns, to which Payment well and
9 truly to be made We oblige ourselves and each of us by himself
10 for the whole our and every of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly
11 by these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the fourth day of
12 June in the third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George
13 the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender
14 of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
15 and sixty three
16 The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden
17 Thomas Tweddle natural and lawful Brother of
18 John Tweddle late of Ringing Hills afores[ai]d
19 Yeoman deceased intestate and
20 Administrator of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased
21 do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
22 Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands Possession
23 or Knowledge of him the said Thomas Tweddle or into
24 the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for him and the same so made do exhibit
25 or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of Carlisle at or before
26 last day of Sept next ensuing and the same Goods, Chattles
27 and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased at the time
28 of his death which at anytime after shall come to the hands or Possession of the said
29 Thomas Tweddle or into the hands and Possession of any other
30 Person or Persons for him do well and truly administer according to Law And further do
31 make or cause to be made a true and just Account of his said Administration at or before
32 the last day of June 1764 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles
33 and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompt the
34 same being first examined and allowed of by the judge or judges for the time being of the said
35 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges
36 by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and Meaning of a late Act of
37 Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of our
38 late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second Intituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates
39 Estates which limit and appoint And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament
40 was made by the said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit
41 the same into the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly
42 if the said Thomas Tweddle above bounden being thereunto required
43 do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being
44 first had and made) in the said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force
45 and Virtue
46 Thomas Tweddle
47 Signed and delivered (being first duly
48 Stamped in the Presence of
49 Henry Waugh
50 William Armstrong
51 Henry Routledge
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52 Carlisle June 4th 1763
53 On which day appeared personally Thomas Tweddle
54 and aledged
55 that John Tweddle late of Ringhinhills
56 in the parish of Lannercost and Diocese of
57 Carlisle Husbandman deceased died intestate without making any
58 Will so far as he doth know or believe That Jane Tweddle Widow of
60 the said deceased renounced her right to the Administration since dead and that
61 he the said Thomas was the real and lawful Brother of the said deceased
62 Therefore he prayed Letter of Administration of all and
63 singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased
64 to be committed and granted to him the said Thomas
65 Tweddle on his giving good and sufficient security
66 in that behalf
67 The said Thomas Tweddle was
68 sworn in due form of Law
69 the truth of the presence and to faithfully
70 Administer and to the truth of the
71 Inventory
72 Before me
73 Hen: Richardson
74 Surrog.
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75 Know all Men by these presents that I Jane
76 Tweddle Widow Relict of John Tweddle late of
77 Ringhin Hills in the parish of Lannercost in the County
78 of Cumberland and Diocese of Carlisle Husbandman deceased
79 intestate for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto
80 especially moving Do renounce the Letter of Administration
81 of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the
82 said deceased, and to thee end that this my Renunciation
83 may have its due effect I do hereby inpower any one of
84 the Proctors of the Consistory Court of Carlisle to exhibite
85 this my Renunciation before the Worshipful and reverend
86 John Waugh Doctor of Laws Vicar general and Official
87 principal of the said Consistory Court or his Surrogate
88 or other competent Judge in this behalf and pray the same
89 to be admitted and enacted And I do hereby satisfy and
90 confirm what such Proctor shall lawfully do forwith
91 in my name touching the premises In Witness
92 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal
93 the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord
94 One thousand seven hundred and sixty three
95 Jane Tweddle
96 Signed Sealed and Delivered
97 (being first duly stamped)
98 in the presence of us
99 Robt Latimer
100 William Armstrong
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101 A true full and perfect Inventory of all and singular the
102 goods Chattels and Credits of John Tweddle
103 late of Ringinghills in the Parish of Lanercost
104 the Ciocese of Carlisle Yeoman deceased Appraized
105 on the Sixth day of April 1763 By William
106 Armstrong and Henry Routledge
107 L s d
108 His Horses, Apparell and Riding Furniture 10 0 0
109 Milk Cows 12 0 0
110 Young Cattle 12 0 0
111 Young Horses 5 0 0
112 Corn 7 0 0
113 Clock 3 0 0
114 Dresser 3 0 0
115 Press 2 0 0
116 Bedds and Bedding 7 0 0
117 Carts and Husbandry Gear with some
118 other Household furniture 6 16 0
119 £ 67 16 0
120 Appraisors William Armstrong sworn
121 Henry Routledge sworn
The last will of the set that I purchased from the Carlisle Record Office is for Thomas Tweddle brother of John Tweddle and my 4x great grandmother Margaret Routledge.
Date: 30 Jul 2015
Document: Will
Source: Carlisle Record Office, lib 1159
Date of document: 25 Nov 1794, probated 4 Apr 1795
Author: Thomas Tweddle
Relationship: 4th great granduncle
Location: Ringon Hills, Lanercost, Cumberland, England
Document quality: 18th century English, bold, even writing
[Heading] Thomas Tweddle
1 In the Name of God Amen November the twenty fifth day
2 1794 I Thomas Tweddle of Ringon hills in the parish of Lanner
3 costand County Cumberland HusbandMan Being very Sick and weak
4 of Body but of perfect mind and Memory thanks be given unto God
5 Do mak and appoint this my last Will and Testament that is to
6 say principally I recommend my Soul to God that Gave it and my
7 Body to the Earth to be buried in a Decent manner and as touching
8 such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bless me with I Give
9 devise and bequeath to my Daughter Margaret Holme Twenty pounds
10 together with one meal Christ standing on the low hous Loft I also
11 give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Tweddle Sixty pounds
12 Also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann Tweddle Sixty
13 Pounds I likewise Give and bequeath to my Daughter Susanna
14 Tweddle Sixty Pounds I further give and bequeath to my three
15 youngest Daughters Mary Tweddle Ann Tweddle and Susanna
16 Tweddle the two best Oak presses one Dresser in the Kitchen
17 and the furniture theiron and Corner Cubert with the Cheaney
18 and Silver Spoons from and Tea tongs their in three Round
19 tables two Box Irons and bedstead standing at the West
20 end of the parlor loft one bedstead standing facen the stare
21 head on the Kitchen loft Also all the Bedding Sheets Cloth
22 and table linnins and all the Cloth of every kind and that
23 lint wheals they shall chuise on a long Chack Real one wolen
24 wheal of their Chuisen to be Divided among them shair and
25 shair alike Except two Beds furnished according to their
26 Discretion and they shall think fit and the Clothing on the close
27 Bed as it stands which I give unto and bequeath with all my
28 Money and the Rest of my Goods and Effects to my two Sons
29 Thomas Tweddle and Robert Tweddle whom I make sole Executors
30 of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly
31 disallow revoke and disannual all and Every other wills Testaments
32 Legacies bequests and Executors by me at any time heare to fore
33 Named and made Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this
34 and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
35 whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the the day and
36 Year above written Thomas Tweddle [s] Witness
37 Joseph Armstrong Sworn Mary Harding
38 Proved April 4th 1795
Margaret Routledge returned to live at Lanercost after the death of her husband Henry as their eldest son William died at Askerton. But did she marry? There are burials for Margaret Routledge but I am not sure which one is her however I am convinced that she had died before Thomas emigrated to Canada in 1818 as he would not have likely left his mother behind. She did not come with them as far as I have been able to determine.
The Tweddle family remained at Askerton into the 1800s. They did not emigrate with the Routledges to London Township, Middlesex County.
Ancestry of Margaret Tweddle:
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Thomas ROUTLEDGE (b 25 Jul 1763) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
7. Margaret TWEDDLE (b 6 Mar 1728) - Lanercost Cumberland England
8. Thomas TWEDDLE (b 6 Jul 1693) - Ringing Hills Lanercost Cumberland England
9. Thomas TWEDDLE (b c 1660s)
Margaret Tweddle was baptized 6 Mar 1728 at Lanercost, Cumberland the daughter of Thomas Tweddle and Margaret Robson who were themselves married 18 May 1721 at Lanercost. They baptized seven children at Lanercost. Margaret Tweddle was buried at Lanercost 28 Feb 1734/1735 at Lanercost. Thomas was buried 7 Mar 1777 at Lanercost. They lived at Ringing Hills near Lanercost. In the Howard Papers C129-15 at the Carlisle Record Office there is a receipt from Charles Earl of Carlisle to Thomas Tweddle dated 1 Feb 1733 for Rinnion hills Farme. A nice copy of his signature and crest (Bobbie Jean Hooser has given me this information). Thomas Tweddle at the time of signing this lease was of Ash, Lanercost. The lease was for seven years at 46 pounds a year.
Their children all baptized at Lanercost:
John was baptized 4 Jan 1722, married Jane Smith and died intestate in 1763
Isabel baptized 30 May 1723
Jeffrey baptized 22 Sep 1725
Margaret baptized 6 Mar 1728; married Henry Routledge 3 Oct 1759 at Lanercost
Mary baptized 28 Aug 1729 and buried 5 Feb 1730/31 at Lanercost
Thomas baptized 7 Jan 1731; married Ann Armstrong 13 Jun 1765 at Lanercost, died 1795
Elizabeth baptized 26 Apr 1734; married William Armstrong 24 Jan 1762 at Lanercost
Thomas (married to Margaret Robson) was baptized 5 Jul 1693 at Lanercost (died 27 Feb 1777 at Ringing Hills, and buried 7 Mar 1777 at Lanercost). His father was Thomas Tweddle and his wife's name unknown but they baptized five children at Lanercost:
John baptized 30 Sep 1691 (likely buried before 1705)
Thomas baptized 5 Jul 1693; married Margaret Robson 18 May 1721 at Lanercost
Margaret baptized 24 Aug 1697; married John Armstrong 10 Oct 1721 at Lanercost
John baptized 16 Mar 1704/05 (this is likely the John Twedel who married Jane Tweddle 4 Jan 1722); married Sybella Routledge 26 Nov 1742 at Bewcastle
Isabel baptized 2 Jan 1707
I have not yet done any research on Thomas Tweddle prior to this time. I do know that the Protestation Returns list the following Tweddle males in Eskdale Ward:
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweady Rowland
Eskdale Stapleton Twedall Hinsord
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall John
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall David
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall John of Hill
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall Thomas
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall Leonard
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall Leonard
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweddall Emont
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Thomas
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Hurbet
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Edward Under Theuge
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Edward of Burdowsell
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Thomas
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall John
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Franncis
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Thomas
Eskdale Lanercost Burdowswell Tweddall Edward
Eskdale Cumrew Tweddell Nicholas
Eskdale Denton Upper Denton Tweddell Thomas
Eskdale Denton Upper Denton Tweddell John
Eskdale Farlam Tweddell James
Eskdale Farlam Tweddell Richard
Eskdale Lanercost Triermaine Tweedall Robert
Eskdale Ward includes both Lanercost and Bewcastle along with another seventeen parishes (Denton, Farlam, Cumrew and Stapleton also have Tweddle families living there in 1641-42).
Lanercost is divided into five areas plus Lanercost village - Triermaine, Burdowswell, Askerton, Bywaters and Kirkcammeck. By 1829 Rinnion Hills is listed as being part of the manor of Kingwater.
"There were four manors of Lanercost; Askerton (which had Side, etc); Walton Wood; and Troddermain. There were five townships: Askerton, Banks, Burtholme, Kingwater and Waterhead. Abbey Lanercost is in the small hamlet in Burtholme Twp on the north bank of the Irthing 2 ½ miles north of Brampton . Askerton contained 74 dwellings in 1829 and lies between the river Line and Kingwater from 4 to 8 miles North of Brampton. It comprises the ancient Parish of Kirkcambock or Cambeck, the church was ruined. They are obliged to marry, bury and baptize at Lanercost and for their instruction in religion they go thither or to Stapleton, Bewcastle or whither they see fit. Askerton Castle lies on the east bank of the Cambeck rivulet which flows to the Irthing built by the Barons Dacre for the residence of the Land Sergeantof Gilsland who commanded a few men in arms to protect the barony against the inroads of Moss-troopers. The Earl of Carlisle’s manor of Trodder-main comprises the township of Askerton . Banks Twp in 1829 was divided between the twps of Burtholme and Waterhead. Gilsland had two large Inns. Island, a hamlet is in Burtholme twp. It containsthe hamlet of West-Hall and about 45 dispersed dwellings in 1829. from 4-11 miles NNE of Brampton . In the northern part of the twp is a wild mountainous tract called Spadeadam Waste. Waterhead Twp is divided from Northumberland by the river Irthing and had a number of detached swellings, with Gilsmalnd and Durdoswald. West-HGalll a hamlet in Kirgwater Twp 5 miles N by E of Brampton.
Askerton: Holme House, Knorron Lodge, Shopford, birkbush, Lines, Wintershields, Side, Lees Hill, Redsike, Floweryhurst, Smithsteads, Red Hill, Gillalees, Howdale, Kirkcambeck, Bogside, Allergarth, Floweryhurst, High Grains, Kirkcambeck, Fawcettlees, Gallabery, Askerton, Woodhead, Collinbank, High House, Bewsleybank, Hurdhill, Dollerline (Shopford, Bush).
Burtholme: Barras foot; Garthside, Banks foot; Friarwaingate, Lanercost, Wall, burtholme, Moorfield, Moorfield, Hole head, Banksburn, Heugh, Crookstown, Holmes, Howgill, King hill, Abbey, Hare hill, callees, Whitefield, brownhurst, Abbey, Walton Woodhead, Low wall, St. Mary’s holme; Hayton gate
Kingwater: Allanstead, Newfield, Kingsbridgeford, Harest,Palmerhill New House, Lees hill, West hall, Clarkshill, Rowntreehill, Heughgreen, Wileysidke, Rinnionhills, Swaites, Soglin, Spadeadam, Terrosset, Hallguards, Moorguards, park nook, Long lands, Hardest,
Waterhead: Banks, Gilsland, breckneybed, Shaws hotel, Orchard House, chapel burn; Breckneybed, Snowdenclose, Lannerton, Killhill, Birdoswald, Slackhouse, Northrigghill, St Mary’holme, Highhouse, Miller hill, Wall holme; Hill, Troddermain, Underheugh, Carnetley, Leehill, Gunshole."
Source: History, Directory and Gazetteer of Cumberland and Westmorland, with Furness and Cartmel by Parson and White, 1829.
Thomas mentioned above as the father of Thomas Tweddle and grandfather of Margaret Tweddle married to Henry Routledge, would have likely been born after the Protestations Return of 1641-42 was taken. So I have no idea which of these men could be his father. Calling two sons John might make you think that he was the son of John but there are two John Tweddle's on this list. I do have some Tweddle wills and will take the time for this Challenge to transcribe them.
Date: 29 Jul 2015
Document: Will
Source: Carlisle Record Office, lib 76-77
Date of document: 7 May 1775, probated 18 May 1780
Author: John Tweddle
Relationship: unknown
Location: Banks Hill, Lanercost, Cumberland, England
Document quality: 18th century English, bold, even writing
1 In the Name of God Amen I John Tweddle of Banks Hill in
2 the parish of Lanercost in the County of Cumberland Yeoman being
3 weak in Body but of Sound and Perfect mind and memory blessed be
4 God for the same Do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament
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5 in manner and form following (that is to say) First I give and
6 bequeath unto Richard Tweddle my nearest Kinsman now living
7 at the Said house near Brampton Carrier the sum of one Shilling
8 to be paid one Month after my Decease, Also I give and bequeath to
9 my beloved Wife Alice Tweddle (whom I hereby make sole Executrix
10 of this my last Will and Testament) all the rest residue and Remainder
11 of all my personal Estate Money Goods and Chattels and all my
12 household furniture of which kind or Nature soever and to be disposed
13 of by her at her discretion Will and pleasure and I do hereby
14 appoint John Bell of the Abbey in the same parish and county
15 aforesaid Yeoman my Trustee to see that this my last Will and
16 Testament be faithfully and truly fulfilled hereby revokine all
17 former Wills heretofore by me at any time made ratifying and
18 confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In
19 Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Seventh
20 Day of May one Thousand seven hundred and Seventy five
21 Mark of John X Tweddle {Seal]
22 Signed sealed published and declared by the above named John
23 Tweddle in the presence of us who have herewith subscribed our
24 Names as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator James Harding
25 John Bell Christopher Harding sworn Proved May 18th 1780
This John Twedall married Alice Hall 17 Dec 1724 at Cumwhitton, Cumberland (Find My Past). Cumwhitton is eight miles from Lanercost. John describes Richard as his kinsman. There is a Richard Tweddle baptized 28 Apr 1731 at Lanercost son of John Tweddle and also a Richard Tweddle baptized. A Mary Harding married Thomas Tweddle (my 1st cousin 5x removed) 28 Jun 1794 at Lanercost. However I do not have a Richard in this line. Some identify John Tweddle (uncle to this Thomas) as being the editor of this will and that he had a son Richard. I wonder why he just didn't name him as his son however and another dozen children are mentioned for John. I think that may be erroneous.
This next administration is for a person known to me. He is the brother of my 4x great grandmother Margaret Routledge.
Recorded: 30 Jul 2015
Source: Carlisle Record Office
Deceased: John Tweddle
Place: Ringing Hills, Lanercost, Cumberland, England
Type of Record: Administration
Date of document:4 Jun 1763, administered 1 Jul 1763
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
1 Know all Men by these Presents that We Thomas Tweddle
2 of Ringing Hills in the County of Cumberland Husbandman William
3 Armstrong of Askerton in said County Yeo and Henry
4 Routledge of Bewcastle in the said County Yeo
5 are held and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Charles by
6 Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Carlisle in One hundred forty pounds of
7 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to
8 hi certain Attorney his Executors Administrators or Assigns, to which Payment well and
9 truly to be made We oblige ourselves and each of us by himself
10 for the whole our and every of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly
11 by these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the fourth day of
12 June in the third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George
13 the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender
14 of the Faith and so forth And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
15 and sixty three
16 The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden
17 Thomas Tweddle natural and lawful Brother of
18 John Tweddle late of Ringing Hills afores[ai]d
19 Yeoman deceased intestate and
20 Administrator of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased
21 do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
22 Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands Possession
23 or Knowledge of him the said Thomas Tweddle or into
24 the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for him and the same so made do exhibit
25 or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of Carlisle at or before
26 last day of Sept next ensuing and the same Goods, Chattles
27 and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased at the time
28 of his death which at anytime after shall come to the hands or Possession of the said
29 Thomas Tweddle or into the hands and Possession of any other
30 Person or Persons for him do well and truly administer according to Law And further do
31 make or cause to be made a true and just Account of his said Administration at or before
32 the last day of June 1764 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles
33 and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompt the
34 same being first examined and allowed of by the judge or judges for the time being of the said
35 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges
36 by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and Meaning of a late Act of
37 Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of our
38 late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second Intituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates
39 Estates which limit and appoint And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament
40 was made by the said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit
41 the same into the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly
42 if the said Thomas Tweddle above bounden being thereunto required
43 do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being
44 first had and made) in the said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force
45 and Virtue
46 Thomas Tweddle
47 Signed and delivered (being first duly
48 Stamped in the Presence of
49 Henry Waugh
50 William Armstrong
51 Henry Routledge
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52 Carlisle June 4th 1763
53 On which day appeared personally Thomas Tweddle
54 and aledged
55 that John Tweddle late of Ringhinhills
56 in the parish of Lannercost and Diocese of
57 Carlisle Husbandman deceased died intestate without making any
58 Will so far as he doth know or believe That Jane Tweddle Widow of
60 the said deceased renounced her right to the Administration since dead and that
61 he the said Thomas was the real and lawful Brother of the said deceased
62 Therefore he prayed Letter of Administration of all and
63 singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased
64 to be committed and granted to him the said Thomas
65 Tweddle on his giving good and sufficient security
66 in that behalf
67 The said Thomas Tweddle was
68 sworn in due form of Law
69 the truth of the presence and to faithfully
70 Administer and to the truth of the
71 Inventory
72 Before me
73 Hen: Richardson
74 Surrog.
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75 Know all Men by these presents that I Jane
76 Tweddle Widow Relict of John Tweddle late of
77 Ringhin Hills in the parish of Lannercost in the County
78 of Cumberland and Diocese of Carlisle Husbandman deceased
79 intestate for divers good causes and considerations me hereunto
80 especially moving Do renounce the Letter of Administration
81 of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the
82 said deceased, and to thee end that this my Renunciation
83 may have its due effect I do hereby inpower any one of
84 the Proctors of the Consistory Court of Carlisle to exhibite
85 this my Renunciation before the Worshipful and reverend
86 John Waugh Doctor of Laws Vicar general and Official
87 principal of the said Consistory Court or his Surrogate
88 or other competent Judge in this behalf and pray the same
89 to be admitted and enacted And I do hereby satisfy and
90 confirm what such Proctor shall lawfully do forwith
91 in my name touching the premises In Witness
92 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal
93 the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord
94 One thousand seven hundred and sixty three
95 Jane Tweddle
96 Signed Sealed and Delivered
97 (being first duly stamped)
98 in the presence of us
99 Robt Latimer
100 William Armstrong
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101 A true full and perfect Inventory of all and singular the
102 goods Chattels and Credits of John Tweddle
103 late of Ringinghills in the Parish of Lanercost
104 the Ciocese of Carlisle Yeoman deceased Appraized
105 on the Sixth day of April 1763 By William
106 Armstrong and Henry Routledge
107 L s d
108 His Horses, Apparell and Riding Furniture 10 0 0
109 Milk Cows 12 0 0
110 Young Cattle 12 0 0
111 Young Horses 5 0 0
112 Corn 7 0 0
113 Clock 3 0 0
114 Dresser 3 0 0
115 Press 2 0 0
116 Bedds and Bedding 7 0 0
117 Carts and Husbandry Gear with some
118 other Household furniture 6 16 0
119 £ 67 16 0
120 Appraisors William Armstrong sworn
121 Henry Routledge sworn
The last will of the set that I purchased from the Carlisle Record Office is for Thomas Tweddle brother of John Tweddle and my 4x great grandmother Margaret Routledge.
Date: 30 Jul 2015
Document: Will
Source: Carlisle Record Office, lib 1159
Date of document: 25 Nov 1794, probated 4 Apr 1795
Author: Thomas Tweddle
Relationship: 4th great granduncle
Location: Ringon Hills, Lanercost, Cumberland, England
Document quality: 18th century English, bold, even writing
[Heading] Thomas Tweddle
1 In the Name of God Amen November the twenty fifth day
2 1794 I Thomas Tweddle of Ringon hills in the parish of Lanner
3 costand County Cumberland HusbandMan Being very Sick and weak
4 of Body but of perfect mind and Memory thanks be given unto God
5 Do mak and appoint this my last Will and Testament that is to
6 say principally I recommend my Soul to God that Gave it and my
7 Body to the Earth to be buried in a Decent manner and as touching
8 such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bless me with I Give
9 devise and bequeath to my Daughter Margaret Holme Twenty pounds
10 together with one meal Christ standing on the low hous Loft I also
11 give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Tweddle Sixty pounds
12 Also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann Tweddle Sixty
13 Pounds I likewise Give and bequeath to my Daughter Susanna
14 Tweddle Sixty Pounds I further give and bequeath to my three
15 youngest Daughters Mary Tweddle Ann Tweddle and Susanna
16 Tweddle the two best Oak presses one Dresser in the Kitchen
17 and the furniture theiron and Corner Cubert with the Cheaney
18 and Silver Spoons from and Tea tongs their in three Round
19 tables two Box Irons and bedstead standing at the West
20 end of the parlor loft one bedstead standing facen the stare
21 head on the Kitchen loft Also all the Bedding Sheets Cloth
22 and table linnins and all the Cloth of every kind and that
23 lint wheals they shall chuise on a long Chack Real one wolen
24 wheal of their Chuisen to be Divided among them shair and
25 shair alike Except two Beds furnished according to their
26 Discretion and they shall think fit and the Clothing on the close
27 Bed as it stands which I give unto and bequeath with all my
28 Money and the Rest of my Goods and Effects to my two Sons
29 Thomas Tweddle and Robert Tweddle whom I make sole Executors
30 of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly
31 disallow revoke and disannual all and Every other wills Testaments
32 Legacies bequests and Executors by me at any time heare to fore
33 Named and made Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this
34 and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness
35 whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the the day and
36 Year above written Thomas Tweddle [s] Witness
37 Joseph Armstrong Sworn Mary Harding
38 Proved April 4th 1795
Margaret Routledge returned to live at Lanercost after the death of her husband Henry as their eldest son William died at Askerton. But did she marry? There are burials for Margaret Routledge but I am not sure which one is her however I am convinced that she had died before Thomas emigrated to Canada in 1818 as he would not have likely left his mother behind. She did not come with them as far as I have been able to determine.
The Tweddle family remained at Askerton into the 1800s. They did not emigrate with the Routledges to London Township, Middlesex County.
Ancestry of Margaret Tweddle:
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Thomas ROUTLEDGE (b 25 Jul 1763) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
7. Margaret TWEDDLE (b 6 Mar 1728) - Lanercost Cumberland England
8. Thomas TWEDDLE (b 6 Jul 1693) - Ringing Hills Lanercost Cumberland England
9. Thomas TWEDDLE (b c 1660s)
Friday, August 21, 2015
Grace Routledge (c 1736 - 1767)7
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 34
Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, Mary (unknown), Lambden, Sarah (unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, O'Ford, Arnold, Molton,
Cotterell, Bartlett, Alderman, Shepherd, Sherwood, Elizabeth (unknown),
Happerfield, Collins, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood, Lanham,
unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew, Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge, Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard, Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown, Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown
Grace Routledge, my third and last 4x great grandparent with the surname Routledge, was the daughter of Thomas Routledge and Mary Routledge. Immediately I have to admit I become curious as to whether or not this is also the Oakshaw Routledge family which often married 1st, 2nd, 3rd cousins. George, husband of Grace, and already blogged as Challenge 10 of this 52 Ancestor Challenge:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2015/03/george-routledge-1729-1816.html
was of the Oakshaw Routledge Family. Knowing that helps to place him into a family grouping of all the Routledge family groups in the Bewcastle, Cumberland area.
With this tendency to marry cousins I can look around for the marriage of Thomas Routledge and Mary Routledge and a most fortunate discovery that Thomas Routledge lived at Hill and Mary Routledge was from Kirkbeckstown at the time of their marriage. Thomas was the son of a Thomas Routledge and Mary the daughter of a William Routledge. They married 18 Nov 1733 at Bewcastle.
Carlisle Record Office
Will of Archibald FORRESTER of Cleughside, Bewcastle [Bc] 1767, pg 63.
Grace Forrester, deceased [possibly the mother of John Routledge (named in will)]
John Forrester, Witness
Adam Routledge son of Mary, Widow
George Routledge, of Oakshaw , Bc , father of 2 children
Grace Routledge, daughter of Mary Routledge, Widow
Henry Routledge, s o Mary Routledge [widow?]
Henry Routledge of Borderrigg, deceased, father of 3 children [my 4x great grandfather]
John Routledge s o Mary Routledge, Wid
John Routledge, my “sister’s son, son of Grace (Forrester) Routledge (sister of testator)
Leondard Routledge of Oakshaw [son of Thomas Routledge son of William Routledge and Frances Little]
Mary Routledge of Crossgreens or Strandsheads, Widow, mother of Grace, Mary, Adam, John and Henry
Mary Routledge, daughter of Mary, Wid
William Routledge of Oakshaw, deceased, father of William Routledge
William Routledge of Oakshaw son of the late William Routledge
Francis Armstrong, Witness
Catherine Dowglass of Ash wife of Thomas Douglas
Thomas Dowglass [sic Douglas] of Ash husband of Catherine
Catherine Henderson daughter of Robert and Helenor Henderson
Helenor Henderson wife of Robert and mother of Catherine
Robert Henderson husband of Helenor and father of Catherine
Alexander Kennedie of Cleughside, Friend, husband of Sibella
Catherine Kennedie of Cleughside, daughter of Alexander
Elizabeth Kennedie of Cleughside
John Kennedie of Cleughside son of Alexander
Sibella Kennedie of Cleughside wife of Alexander
William Kennedie of Cleughside son of Alexander
The bolded items make this will abstract especially interesting as George and Grace, and Henry (of Broderrigg) are three of my 4x great grandparents. Finding that Mary Routledge (widow whose husband was Thomas Routledge of Hill) of Kirkbeckstown was Grace's mother was a real surprise as I tentatively had her as the daughter of Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Storye (this Thomas being of Oakshaw and brother to Henry of Broderrigg). The Kennedy family included may also prove to be interesting as Grace Routledge (daughter of my 3x great grandparents Thomas Routledge (son of Henry above) and Elizabeth Routledge (daughter of George and Grace above)) married George Arthur Kennedy in 1810 at Bewcastle.
My mother remembered there were a number of close cousin marriages in her Routledge ancestry. Thomas Routledge of Hill and/or Mary Routledge of Kirkbeckstown could be related to the Oakshaw family; I still need to work on that. Henry Routledge at Broderrigg was born at Oakshaw.
The forename Leonard occurs in three different families at Bewcastle in this time period just to work through that name mentioned on the abstract of the will:
Leonard baptized 10 Sep 1743 at Bewcastle and the son of Thomas) is one of seven children so why single him out? The other families mentioned Catherine wife of Thomas Douglas and Helenor wife of Robert Henderson and Sibella wife of Alexander Kennedie could all be Routledge with their maiden names but they do not fit into this particular family.
Leonard baptized 3 Jul 1743 at Bewcastle and the son of Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Storye is of the Oakshaw family. This Thomas is a likely brother to my Henry Routledge. He had a brother William but this William died as an infant and he had two sisters Jane and Grace.
Leonard Routledge baptized 21 Apr 1746 at Bewcastle is the son of Robert Routledge and Mary Mawers (married at Lanercost) and he is one of nine children but does have a sister Helenor.
Grace Routledge (my 4x great grandmother) married George Routledge 16 Jun 1763 at Bewcastle and they had two daughters by 1767 as mentioned in the will abstract above. Elizabeth baptized 27 Aug 1763 at Bewcastle (my 3x great grandmother) and Margaret (Peggy) baptized 24 Apr 1765 at Bewcastle and buried 7 Jun 1767 at Stapleton. Grace was buried 10 Mar 1767 at Stapleton. She would have been about 31 years of age at the time of her death.
Her father Thomas Routledge was the son of a Thomas Routledge and had married in 1733. Looking for a baptism of a Thomas Routledge son of Thomas Routledge in the early 1700s yielded:
Thomas baptized 6 May 1701 son of Thomas Routledge of Kirkbeckstown
Her mother Mary Routledge was the daughter of William Routledge this yielded:
Mary baptized 23 Mar 1709 daughter of William Routledge of Akshaw [Oakshaw]
This Mary is a sister to my 4x great grandfather Henry Routledge and their mother was Grissell Routledge (I have not yet fitted her into a family line). This is not the William Routledge mentioned in the will as his son William died as an infant (two children named William).
Interesting that the will also refers to a William Routledge of Oakshaw. There is a William Routledge son of William Routledge of Oakshaw baptized 28 Jan 1702. But why does it give Mary's location as Kirkbeckstown. Interesting dilemma and will continue to sort through the records for Bewcastle but it would give a logical progression for this family if Mary (mother of Grace) was of Oakshaw and sister of Henry.
Ancestry of Grace Routledge:
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Elizabeth ROUTLEDGE (b 27 Aug 1763) - (Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's father's line
7. George ROUTLEDGE (b 18 Apr 1729) - (born at Todhills lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
8. George ROUTLEDGE (b 10 Mar 1692) - (born at Stubb and lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's mother's line
7. Grace ROUTLEDGE (b c 1730s) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
Grace's father's line
8. Thomas ROUTLEDGE (b 6 May 1701) - Kirkbeckstown Bewcastle Cumberland England
9. Thomas ROUTLEDGE
Grace's mother's line
8. Mary ROUTLEDGE - (b 27 Mar 1709) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
Mary's father's line
9. William ROUTLEDGE
Mary's mother's line:
9. Grissel ROUTLEDGE
This looks very interesting on paper and certainly the marriage records lead me to this thinking that Mary mother of Grace Routledge and Henry father of Thomas Routledge are siblings and of Oakshaw. They are mentioned in the same will as other Oakshaw Routledge families so not unexpected.
I have a lot of Routledge lines with 3 of 4x great grandparents born Routledge. Going back another generation and looking at the six lines at least four are Routledge. I know that George Routledge (b 1729) was the son of George and Blanche Routledge and I suspect that Blanch's surname was also Routledge. I do not know the surname of the wife of Thomas Routledge (b 1701).
Grace Routledge, my third and last 4x great grandparent with the surname Routledge, was the daughter of Thomas Routledge and Mary Routledge. Immediately I have to admit I become curious as to whether or not this is also the Oakshaw Routledge family which often married 1st, 2nd, 3rd cousins. George, husband of Grace, and already blogged as Challenge 10 of this 52 Ancestor Challenge:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2015/03/george-routledge-1729-1816.html
was of the Oakshaw Routledge Family. Knowing that helps to place him into a family grouping of all the Routledge family groups in the Bewcastle, Cumberland area.
With this tendency to marry cousins I can look around for the marriage of Thomas Routledge and Mary Routledge and a most fortunate discovery that Thomas Routledge lived at Hill and Mary Routledge was from Kirkbeckstown at the time of their marriage. Thomas was the son of a Thomas Routledge and Mary the daughter of a William Routledge. They married 18 Nov 1733 at Bewcastle.
Carlisle Record Office
Will of Archibald FORRESTER of Cleughside, Bewcastle [Bc] 1767, pg 63.
Grace Forrester, deceased [possibly the mother of John Routledge (named in will)]
John Forrester, Witness
Adam Routledge son of Mary, Widow
George Routledge, of Oakshaw , Bc , father of 2 children
Grace Routledge, daughter of Mary Routledge, Widow
Henry Routledge, s o Mary Routledge [widow?]
Henry Routledge of Borderrigg, deceased, father of 3 children [my 4x great grandfather]
John Routledge s o Mary Routledge, Wid
John Routledge, my “sister’s son, son of Grace (Forrester) Routledge (sister of testator)
Leondard Routledge of Oakshaw [son of Thomas Routledge son of William Routledge and Frances Little]
Mary Routledge of Crossgreens or Strandsheads, Widow, mother of Grace, Mary, Adam, John and Henry
Mary Routledge, daughter of Mary, Wid
William Routledge of Oakshaw, deceased, father of William Routledge
William Routledge of Oakshaw son of the late William Routledge
Francis Armstrong, Witness
Catherine Dowglass of Ash wife of Thomas Douglas
Thomas Dowglass [sic Douglas] of Ash husband of Catherine
Catherine Henderson daughter of Robert and Helenor Henderson
Helenor Henderson wife of Robert and mother of Catherine
Robert Henderson husband of Helenor and father of Catherine
Alexander Kennedie of Cleughside, Friend, husband of Sibella
Catherine Kennedie of Cleughside, daughter of Alexander
Elizabeth Kennedie of Cleughside
John Kennedie of Cleughside son of Alexander
Sibella Kennedie of Cleughside wife of Alexander
William Kennedie of Cleughside son of Alexander
The bolded items make this will abstract especially interesting as George and Grace, and Henry (of Broderrigg) are three of my 4x great grandparents. Finding that Mary Routledge (widow whose husband was Thomas Routledge of Hill) of Kirkbeckstown was Grace's mother was a real surprise as I tentatively had her as the daughter of Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Storye (this Thomas being of Oakshaw and brother to Henry of Broderrigg). The Kennedy family included may also prove to be interesting as Grace Routledge (daughter of my 3x great grandparents Thomas Routledge (son of Henry above) and Elizabeth Routledge (daughter of George and Grace above)) married George Arthur Kennedy in 1810 at Bewcastle.
My mother remembered there were a number of close cousin marriages in her Routledge ancestry. Thomas Routledge of Hill and/or Mary Routledge of Kirkbeckstown could be related to the Oakshaw family; I still need to work on that. Henry Routledge at Broderrigg was born at Oakshaw.
The forename Leonard occurs in three different families at Bewcastle in this time period just to work through that name mentioned on the abstract of the will:
Leonard baptized 10 Sep 1743 at Bewcastle and the son of Thomas) is one of seven children so why single him out? The other families mentioned Catherine wife of Thomas Douglas and Helenor wife of Robert Henderson and Sibella wife of Alexander Kennedie could all be Routledge with their maiden names but they do not fit into this particular family.
Leonard baptized 3 Jul 1743 at Bewcastle and the son of Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Storye is of the Oakshaw family. This Thomas is a likely brother to my Henry Routledge. He had a brother William but this William died as an infant and he had two sisters Jane and Grace.
Leonard Routledge baptized 21 Apr 1746 at Bewcastle is the son of Robert Routledge and Mary Mawers (married at Lanercost) and he is one of nine children but does have a sister Helenor.
Grace Routledge (my 4x great grandmother) married George Routledge 16 Jun 1763 at Bewcastle and they had two daughters by 1767 as mentioned in the will abstract above. Elizabeth baptized 27 Aug 1763 at Bewcastle (my 3x great grandmother) and Margaret (Peggy) baptized 24 Apr 1765 at Bewcastle and buried 7 Jun 1767 at Stapleton. Grace was buried 10 Mar 1767 at Stapleton. She would have been about 31 years of age at the time of her death.
Her father Thomas Routledge was the son of a Thomas Routledge and had married in 1733. Looking for a baptism of a Thomas Routledge son of Thomas Routledge in the early 1700s yielded:
Thomas baptized 6 May 1701 son of Thomas Routledge of Kirkbeckstown
Her mother Mary Routledge was the daughter of William Routledge this yielded:
Mary baptized 23 Mar 1709 daughter of William Routledge of Akshaw [Oakshaw]
This Mary is a sister to my 4x great grandfather Henry Routledge and their mother was Grissell Routledge (I have not yet fitted her into a family line). This is not the William Routledge mentioned in the will as his son William died as an infant (two children named William).
Interesting that the will also refers to a William Routledge of Oakshaw. There is a William Routledge son of William Routledge of Oakshaw baptized 28 Jan 1702. But why does it give Mary's location as Kirkbeckstown. Interesting dilemma and will continue to sort through the records for Bewcastle but it would give a logical progression for this family if Mary (mother of Grace) was of Oakshaw and sister of Henry.
Ancestry of Grace Routledge:
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Elizabeth ROUTLEDGE (b 27 Aug 1763) - (Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's father's line
7. George ROUTLEDGE (b 18 Apr 1729) - (born at Todhills lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
8. George ROUTLEDGE (b 10 Mar 1692) - (born at Stubb and lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's mother's line
7. Grace ROUTLEDGE (b c 1730s) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
Grace's father's line
8. Thomas ROUTLEDGE (b 6 May 1701) - Kirkbeckstown Bewcastle Cumberland England
9. Thomas ROUTLEDGE
Grace's mother's line
8. Mary ROUTLEDGE - (b 27 Mar 1709) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
Mary's father's line
9. William ROUTLEDGE
Mary's mother's line:
9. Grissel ROUTLEDGE
This looks very interesting on paper and certainly the marriage records lead me to this thinking that Mary mother of Grace Routledge and Henry father of Thomas Routledge are siblings and of Oakshaw. They are mentioned in the same will as other Oakshaw Routledge families so not unexpected.
I have a lot of Routledge lines with 3 of 4x great grandparents born Routledge. Going back another generation and looking at the six lines at least four are Routledge. I know that George Routledge (b 1729) was the son of George and Blanche Routledge and I suspect that Blanch's surname was also Routledge. I do not know the surname of the wife of Thomas Routledge (b 1701).
Monday, March 9, 2015
George Routledge (1729 - 1816)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 10
Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, unknown, Lambden, Sarah
(unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, Durnford,
Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett, Alderman, Ann (unknown), Sherwood,
unknown, Habberfield, Collings, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood,
Canham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew,
Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge,
Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard,
Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown,
Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown
George Routledge my 4x great grandfather is the second 4x great grandfather with the surname Routledge. He is also the second one to be of the Oakshaw Routledge family as it is generally referred to in the Dodgson Manuscript. He is also listed in the Dodgson Manuscript unlike my earlier ancestor challenge written about Henry Routledge. A good deal is known about the descendants of this George Routledge.
George was baptized 17 Apr 1729 whilst living at Todhills, Bewcastle, Cumberland the son of George Routledge (mother's name missing but I am hoping that a document that I am going to review today will help with that particular item). He died 12 Jun 1816 living at Row also in Bewcastle. He was married twice and I am descendant of his first family with Grace Routledge (and the third of my three Routledge 4x great grandparents thus far known to me) and they were married 16 Jun 1763 at Bewcastle. His second marriage which is recounted in The Dodgson Manuscript was to Elizabeth Armstrong 1 Jun 1768 at Lanercost. Elizabeth Armstrong was also descendant of the Oakshaw Routledge family as her mother Mary Routledge was the daughter of John Routledge and Elizabeth Dodgson. Mary was their eldest daughter. John and Elizabeth were married 11 May 1710 at Stepleton, Cumberland and they baptized ten children (eight of them at Bewcastle but the baptism of Mary has not yet been located). Mary's brother William (baptized at Lanercost) and married to Jane Routledge 14 Nov 1753 at Brampton is also interesting because of their two sons John and Richard Routledge with Richard having purchased the property of my ancestor Thomas at Parkhead before he emigrated to Canada. They are referred to in a letter that George, son of my Thomas, wrote back to Archibald Armstrong in 1839 from London Township, Ontario, Canada. Mary Routledge married Joseph Armstrong 15 Nov 1735 at Bewcastle just to round out the story and their daughter Elizabeth was baptized at Lanercost 3 Jan 1738. George Routledge and Elizabeth baptized six children at Bewcastle. I will discuss the children of George and Grace (George's first wife) when I write about Grace Routledge.
Who was George Routledge baptized 1729.
"Elizabeth Armstrong one of the Female line of the Routledges of the Flatt and second Wife of George Routledge the former owner of Raw and Murrayholm in Bewcastle. (1768. June 1. Geo. Routledge of the parish of Bewcastle, and Eliz: Armstrong of this parish married by Lic. Wit. Thos Armstrong. Marge Routledge [Lanercost par. register]). Elizabeth Armstrong above named whose ancestors farmed Parknook, Bewcastle, and were from the Birkbush Armstrongs parish of Abbey Lanercost Cumberland. She was Cousin to the late Christopher Armstrong owner of Birkbush. (1735. Nov. 15. Marr. Bond at Carlisle. Joseph Armstrong, Flowry Hurst, p Lanercost, bach, age 30, and Mary Routledge, Flatt, p Bewcastle, spinster.) (1739. Jan. 3. Elizabeth dau of Joseph Armstrong of Flowry hurst, bap [Lanercost par. reg.]) She Died at Murrayholm in or about aged years (missing but her age would have been 91 as she died 14 Oct 1829 at Murrayholm). The said Elizabeth Armstrong informed her Grandson George Routledge who in 1843 is the Owner of Raw, Murrayholm and Bankhead Estates, That her Grandfather John Routledge above named as being the Owner of Flatt in 1700. And a younger Brother named Thomas was Owner of Highonset and an Estate at Flatt were descended from the Routledges of Oakshaw (formerly Akeshaw) and came from the Oakshaw in or about 1700 as before stated and that John Routledge her Grandfather was generally called Old Akeshaw of the Flatt and the Ancestors of the present Owner of the Flatt. (1700. Nov. 18. Will: Routledge Alias Akeshaw buried. [Bewcastle B. T.]) And that Thomas Routledge his younger Brother was Father to John Routledge Owner of Scotchtown formerly of Highonset Bewcastle and Grandfather to Thomas Routledge the only son of John who still holds a life Interest in Scotchtown Estate and now in 1843 residing with his Wife Margaret Little at Garthside parish of Abbey Lanercost Cumberland, and the said above named Thomas Routledge Brother of John Routledge commonly called Akeshaw of the Flatt was also Greatgrandfather on the Maternal side to the above named George Routledge residing on his Estate at Bankhead before named in 1843.
Thomas Routledge who came from Oakshaw to Flatt was Uncle to Grace Routledge the Wife of John Dodgson of Stoneknowe and the said Grace Routledge was Aunt to Elizabeth Armstrong above named Elizabeth Armstrong’s Mother being a Sister to Grace and the Daughters of John Old Akeshaw of the Flatt before named."
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm
From this document Elizabeth has given the relationship of George to the Oakshaw Routledge family as being a great grandson of Thomas Routledge who was brother to John Routledge commonly known as Akeshaw of the Flatt whose father was William Routledge the son of James Routledge who died in 1700 at The Flatt, Bewcastle.
From a Will abstract the following can be gleaned:
Carlisle Record Office Will of Archibald FORRESTER of Cleughside, Bewcastle [Bc] 1767, pg 63.
Grace Forrester, deceased poss. The mother of John Routledge
John Forrester, Wit
Adam Routledge s o Mary, Wid
George Routledge, of Oakshaw, Bc, father of 2 children
Grace Routledge, daughter of [d o ] Mary Routledge, Wid
Henry Routledge, s o Mary R*
Henry Routledge of Borderrigg, dec., father of 3 children
John Routledge s o Mary R*, Wid
John Routledge, my "sister's son, possibly s o Grace
Leondard Routledge of Oakshaw
Mary Routledge of Crossgreens or Strandsheads, Wid, mother of Grace, Mary, Adam, John & Henry
Mary Routledge, d o Mary, Wid
William Routledge of Oakshaw, deceased, father of William R*
William Routledge of Oakshaw s o late William Routledge
Francis Armstrong, Wit
Catherine Dowglass of Ash w o Thomas Douglas
Thomas Dowglass [sic Douglas] of Ash husband of Catherine
Catherine Henderson d o Robert & Helenor Henderson
Helenor Henderson wife of Robert and mother of Catherine
Robert Henderson husband of Helenor & father of Catherine
Alexander Kennedie of Cleughside, Friend husband of Sibella
Catherine Kennedie of Cleughside, d o Alexander
Elizabeth Kennedie of Cleughside
John Kennedie of Cleughside s o Alexander
Sibella Kennedie of Cleughside w o Alexander
William Kennedie of Cleughside s o Alexander
One day I must get hold of the original will as it could give me a little more wording around these references to my 2 4x great grandfathers. But the will captures a moment in time just before George's wife Grace died in 1768 and just after Henry Routledge died in 1765. George at that time was living at Oakshaw. His wife Grace Routledge's parentage is not of Oakshaw directly so he is living there on hios own account as the maternal greatgrandson of Thomas Routledge mentioned above.
The document which I do have is from the National Archives of the UK and reference C 11/2598/24 and was created in 1721. It is a Bill and answer with plaintiffs George Routledge, yeoman of Raw and the defendant Allan Routledge. There was, according to The Dodgson Manuscript an Allan Routledge in Row in 1630 and checking this particular set of documents the reference is likely to an Indenture dated 1630. The following information (an exerpt and the entire copy can be seen in blog post: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/search/label/1630%20Indenture%20of%20the%20Manor%20of%20Bewcastle
can be gleaned on Allen Routledge:
Allan Routledge, of Cum Crooke
Allan Routledge for a Tenement, without a house at Saughs, rent 3s 4d, a day
mowing, a day shearing, and for Carriages 2s.
In the Protestation Returns of 1641-42 there is no mention of an Allan Routledge. But there is a George Routledge son of James and Elener of the Ash (Francis is a second son), another George Routledge.
Earlier in the 1604 Land Survey of Bewcastle can be found:
Bayley Ashes Routledge, James Routledge, George Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Jerrat Routledge, George Father
The Quarter The Quarter Routledge, Quintain Routledge, George Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Adam Routledge, James Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, James Routledge, James Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Thomas Routledge, James Father
The Quarter The Quarter Routledge, William Routledge, James Father
Is this the same James father of Adam, James, Thomas and William but also son of George along with Jerrat and Quintain? On The Protestation Returns just 37 years later there is James and Elener of the Ash with sons Francis and George and could this be James son of James as the father of Francis and George. Putting these Routledge families together is a major task.
Looking at the 1604 Land Survey the following are listed as fathers and sons:
Adam with son Adam
Allen with son John
Andrew with sons John, Thomas, Archibald, James and Adam
Archibald with son William
George with sons James, Jerrat and Quintain
James with sons Adam, James, Thomas, and William
Jarret with son Thomas
Jeffery with sons Thomas and Richard
John with sons Cuthbert, Jerrat, Thomas, Cuthbert, Thomas, William, George, Clement, George and Quint (Is there more than one John as Father?)
Martin with son James
Nicholas with son Edward
Quintain with sons Simon, Andrew, Simon, Francis, Andrew and John (two with forename Quintain?)
Richard with sons Jenkin, George, and John
Robert with son Jock (listed on another document and likely the Laird of the Routledge Clan)
Rowland with sons Anthony, Edward, Cuthbert
Thomas with sons Richard and William
William with sons Edward, Alexander and John
The possibility exists that there are some grandfather/son/grandson relationships in this listing.
There is a very large difference in the numbers of Routledge males in 1604 as compared to the 1630 Indenture. There are 51 names in the 1604 list and only 21 in the 1630 Indenture and only 23 in the Protestation Returns of 1641.
What is known about George Routledge of Row/Raw mentioned in this document is that he appears to have baptized five children at Bewcastle - Isobel, Jane, George (1726-1729), George and Jane. At the time of the writing of the document only Isobel and Jane have been baptized and they are living at Todhills and not at Row. I am looking for a female Oakshaw Routledge connection according to the Dodgson Manuscript and it is that Thomas Routledge baptized 22 Jul 1695 at Bewcastle baptized 7 children at Bewcastle (wife unknown) including a daughter Jane baptized 14 Oct 1737 at Bewcastle. She married a Routledge and their daughter married George Routledge son of George Routledge and Elizabeth Armstrong. Their son George is the individual mentioned as living at Raw in 1843 in The Dodgson Manuscript.
Routledge marriages in the Bewcastle Parish Register (old style, ie year begins 25 Mar)
18 May 1665 James Noble and Magdalen Routlidge
1 Jun 1665 James Routlidge and Ellinor Routlidge
26 Feb 1666 William Routlidge and Margarett Nixon
15 Nov 1666 Patricke Sanderson and Margarett Routledge
19 Nov 1667 Thomas Routledge and Isobell Nixon
16 Nov 1667 William Bell and Agnes Routledge
28 Apr 1668 Andrew Routledge and Elizabeth Wilson
6 Feb 1669 John Routledge and Elliner Micholson
May 1669 Thomas Routledge and Dorothye Nixon
22 Jul 1676 William Routledge and Isobell Story
16 Nov 1676 William Henderson and Illinor Routledge
3 Jul 1677 Adam Routledge of Belbanke and Elinore Armstrong
10 Jul 1677 Andrew Armstrong and Grizill Routledge
13 Oct 1677 Adam Story and Isobell Routledge
3 Nov 1677 Thomas Routledge of Camolflatt and Mary Routledge
28 Nov James Routledge of Craggs and Ellinor Armstrong
1686 ? Story and Jennet Routledge
3 Feb 1687 Thomas Nixon and Elizabeth Routledge
22 Nov 1691 John Routledge of Bewcastle and Catherine Armstrong
21 Jul 1692 Robert Routledge and Grizzell Foster
7 Nov 1692 Andrew Noble and Jane Routledge
25 Nov 1693 William Taylour and Anne Routledge
8 Jun 1698 William Foster of Ash and Jannet Routledge of Cragges
22 Nov 1698 William Nixon of Slacks and Elizabeth Routledge
26 Jun 1701 John Hetherington and Elizabeth Routledge
11 Jul 1702 Thomas Routledge and Jane Mophett
8 Jul 1704 Archbald Routledge and Elizabeth Nixon
17 Nov 1704 John Routledge and Mary Armstrong
1704 William Routledge and Grissell Routledge
10 Oct 1706 John Scott and Anne Routledge
26 Nov 1708 John Foster and Isobell Routledge
12 Jul 1709 Richard Routledge and Jane Story
13 Feb 1711 John Routledge and Margaret Waugh
6 Jun 1711 Abraham Dixon and Anne Routledge
10 Jun 1712 Thomas Routledge and Anne Doney
24 Aug 1712 Leonard Routledge and Elinor Dodgson
12 Jun 1712 Leonard Story and Anne Routledge
14 Jun 1712 Thomas Routledge and Anne Noble
24 Jul 1712 Christopher Harding and Anne Routledge
31 Jul 1712 Thomas Routledge and Grizell Armstrong
6 Dec 1712 Andrew Forster and Jennat Routledge
11 Jun 1713 Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Allan
22 Jul 1713 Joseph Elliot and Hannah Routledge
14 Jun 1716 Archibald Routledge and Jane Nixon
1 Aug 1717 Arthur Routledge and Katharine Forster
6 Nov 1718 Andrew Kile of Kirkandery and Mary Routledge
28 May 1719 John Breckins and Jane Routledge
19 Nov 1725 John Armstrong and Ellinor Routledge
28 Nov 1725 James Armstrong of Lannercost and Elizabeth Routledge
17 Jun 1726 William Routledge and Blanch Edgar of Carlisle
14 Nov 1727 Robert Routledge and Anne Nixon
29 Jul 1730 John Waugh of Lanercost and Anne Routledge
17 Jan 1733 William Routledge and Esther Athol
5 Feb 1733 Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw and Elizabeth Storye of Lanercost
5 Feb 1733 William Armstrong and Abigail Routledge
2 Aug 1733 Matthew Turner of Sandcrook and Jannet Routledge of Highonset
14 Nov 1733 Thomas Routledge of Flatt and Anne Routledge of Flatt
18 Nov 1733 Thomas Routledge of Hill and Mary Routledge of Kirkbeckstown
7 Jun 1735 Robert Armstrong and Mary Routledge
4 Dec 1735 Joseph Armstrong and Mary Routledge
8 Jul 1737 John Nixon and Frances Routledge
27 Jun 1738 William Forester and Jane Routledge
26 Nov 1741 John Dodgson and Grisel Routledge
25 Nov 1741 John Tweedle and Sybella Routledge
25 May 1743 Richard Pott and Elizabeth Routledge of Lanercost
14 May 1744 John Armstrong and Elizabeth Routledge
22 May John Armstrong and Isobel Routledge
14 Jun 1744 William Nixon and Eleanor Routledge
12 Aug 1744 James Henderson and Jane Routledge
7 Jun 1745 William Routledge and Mary Elliot of Lanercost
16 Jun 1745 Robert Routledge and Jane Armstrong
28 Nov 1745 Francis Forrester of Kirkandrews on Esk and Ann Routledge
23 Nov 1745 Thomas Routledge and Ann Allan of Lanercost
2 Dec 1747 John Forster and Mary Routledge
Baptisms of George Routledge
16 Apr 1667 ? of Thomas Routlidge of Pikehead
24 May 1668 George son of James Routledge of Raw
3 Oct 1676 ? son of George Routledge of Know
17 Oct 1767 ? son of John Routledge of Parke
28 Oct 1691 George son of Adam Routledge of Roanstrees
15 Jan 1692 George son of Richard Routledge of Crags
10 Mar 1692 George son of George Routledge junior of Stub
1715 ? son of John Routledge of Flatt
29 Jan 1726 George son of George Routledge of Todhills
18 Apr 1729 George son of George Routledge of Todhills
Not a lot of George Routledge that could be referred to in the 1721 document. The 1668 George son of James Routledge of Raw has always been an interesting individual and then 10 Mar 1692 George son of George Routledge junior of Stub and that George potentially could be the father of the George Routledge of Todhills baptized in 1729. There are no George Routledge marriages this early in the Bewcastle Parish Register.
There is one on Family Search:
George Routledge married to Elizabetha Graham 3 Jun 1713 at KirkLinton
Kirklinton is 8 miles from Lanercost and ten miles from Bewcastle.
Looking for George Routledge marriages has been in the past difficult and continues in that state. More records coming on line might assist with discovering the line of George and the names of their wives. Either the mother or one of the Grandmothers of George is surnamed Routledge and a daughter/grand daughter of Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw. But George himself is referred to as of Oakshaw in the will so is he the son of George junior of Stub and is this George in turn a son of Adam of Roanstrees or of James of Raw (otherwise known as Row)?
The 1721 document I mentioned earlier and which I must transcribe one of these days names the wife of George Routledge of Raw as Blanch. The document also names a Robert Routledge and an Andrew Graham. The time periods in the particular item date from 1713 to 1722 at a quick read.
A Blanch Routledge died 23 Feb 1788 at the age of 94 years. No other reference to her in the Bewcastle Parish Register that I have found thus far. There was a Blanch Routledge baptized 3 Jun 1668 daughter of Mr Richard Routledge of Bewcastle.
Possible ancestry of George Routledge
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Elizabeth ROUTLEDGE (b 27 Aug 1763) - (Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's father's line
7. George ROUTLEDGE (b 18 Apr 1729) - (born at Todhills lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
8. George ROUTLEDGE (b 10 Mar 1692) - (born at Stubb and lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
The document that I need to transcribe though is rather interesting as it lists both the property at Raw and the property at Borderigg where Henry Routledge farmed. Was there any relationship between these two men whose children eventually married. My mother always commented that the Routledge ancestors were cousins. Still to look at is Grace.
Henry is known to be of Oakshaw but not listed as such in the abstract to the will of Archibald Forrester mentioned above but George is listed as of Oakshaw and he is known to be a great grandson of Thomas Routledge brother of John Routledge Laird of The Flatt.
George Routledge my 4x great grandfather is the second 4x great grandfather with the surname Routledge. He is also the second one to be of the Oakshaw Routledge family as it is generally referred to in the Dodgson Manuscript. He is also listed in the Dodgson Manuscript unlike my earlier ancestor challenge written about Henry Routledge. A good deal is known about the descendants of this George Routledge.
George was baptized 17 Apr 1729 whilst living at Todhills, Bewcastle, Cumberland the son of George Routledge (mother's name missing but I am hoping that a document that I am going to review today will help with that particular item). He died 12 Jun 1816 living at Row also in Bewcastle. He was married twice and I am descendant of his first family with Grace Routledge (and the third of my three Routledge 4x great grandparents thus far known to me) and they were married 16 Jun 1763 at Bewcastle. His second marriage which is recounted in The Dodgson Manuscript was to Elizabeth Armstrong 1 Jun 1768 at Lanercost. Elizabeth Armstrong was also descendant of the Oakshaw Routledge family as her mother Mary Routledge was the daughter of John Routledge and Elizabeth Dodgson. Mary was their eldest daughter. John and Elizabeth were married 11 May 1710 at Stepleton, Cumberland and they baptized ten children (eight of them at Bewcastle but the baptism of Mary has not yet been located). Mary's brother William (baptized at Lanercost) and married to Jane Routledge 14 Nov 1753 at Brampton is also interesting because of their two sons John and Richard Routledge with Richard having purchased the property of my ancestor Thomas at Parkhead before he emigrated to Canada. They are referred to in a letter that George, son of my Thomas, wrote back to Archibald Armstrong in 1839 from London Township, Ontario, Canada. Mary Routledge married Joseph Armstrong 15 Nov 1735 at Bewcastle just to round out the story and their daughter Elizabeth was baptized at Lanercost 3 Jan 1738. George Routledge and Elizabeth baptized six children at Bewcastle. I will discuss the children of George and Grace (George's first wife) when I write about Grace Routledge.
Who was George Routledge baptized 1729.
"Elizabeth Armstrong one of the Female line of the Routledges of the Flatt and second Wife of George Routledge the former owner of Raw and Murrayholm in Bewcastle. (1768. June 1. Geo. Routledge of the parish of Bewcastle, and Eliz: Armstrong of this parish married by Lic. Wit. Thos Armstrong. Marge Routledge [Lanercost par. register]). Elizabeth Armstrong above named whose ancestors farmed Parknook, Bewcastle, and were from the Birkbush Armstrongs parish of Abbey Lanercost Cumberland. She was Cousin to the late Christopher Armstrong owner of Birkbush. (1735. Nov. 15. Marr. Bond at Carlisle. Joseph Armstrong, Flowry Hurst, p Lanercost, bach, age 30, and Mary Routledge, Flatt, p Bewcastle, spinster.) (1739. Jan. 3. Elizabeth dau of Joseph Armstrong of Flowry hurst, bap [Lanercost par. reg.]) She Died at Murrayholm in or about aged years (missing but her age would have been 91 as she died 14 Oct 1829 at Murrayholm). The said Elizabeth Armstrong informed her Grandson George Routledge who in 1843 is the Owner of Raw, Murrayholm and Bankhead Estates, That her Grandfather John Routledge above named as being the Owner of Flatt in 1700. And a younger Brother named Thomas was Owner of Highonset and an Estate at Flatt were descended from the Routledges of Oakshaw (formerly Akeshaw) and came from the Oakshaw in or about 1700 as before stated and that John Routledge her Grandfather was generally called Old Akeshaw of the Flatt and the Ancestors of the present Owner of the Flatt. (1700. Nov. 18. Will: Routledge Alias Akeshaw buried. [Bewcastle B. T.]) And that Thomas Routledge his younger Brother was Father to John Routledge Owner of Scotchtown formerly of Highonset Bewcastle and Grandfather to Thomas Routledge the only son of John who still holds a life Interest in Scotchtown Estate and now in 1843 residing with his Wife Margaret Little at Garthside parish of Abbey Lanercost Cumberland, and the said above named Thomas Routledge Brother of John Routledge commonly called Akeshaw of the Flatt was also Greatgrandfather on the Maternal side to the above named George Routledge residing on his Estate at Bankhead before named in 1843.
Thomas Routledge who came from Oakshaw to Flatt was Uncle to Grace Routledge the Wife of John Dodgson of Stoneknowe and the said Grace Routledge was Aunt to Elizabeth Armstrong above named Elizabeth Armstrong’s Mother being a Sister to Grace and the Daughters of John Old Akeshaw of the Flatt before named."
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm
From this document Elizabeth has given the relationship of George to the Oakshaw Routledge family as being a great grandson of Thomas Routledge who was brother to John Routledge commonly known as Akeshaw of the Flatt whose father was William Routledge the son of James Routledge who died in 1700 at The Flatt, Bewcastle.
From a Will abstract the following can be gleaned:
Carlisle Record Office Will of Archibald FORRESTER of Cleughside, Bewcastle [Bc] 1767, pg 63.
Grace Forrester, deceased poss. The mother of John Routledge
John Forrester, Wit
Adam Routledge s o Mary, Wid
George Routledge, of Oakshaw, Bc, father of 2 children
Grace Routledge, daughter of [d o ] Mary Routledge, Wid
Henry Routledge, s o Mary R*
Henry Routledge of Borderrigg, dec., father of 3 children
John Routledge s o Mary R*, Wid
John Routledge, my "sister's son, possibly s o Grace
Leondard Routledge of Oakshaw
Mary Routledge of Crossgreens or Strandsheads, Wid, mother of Grace, Mary, Adam, John & Henry
Mary Routledge, d o Mary, Wid
William Routledge of Oakshaw, deceased, father of William R*
William Routledge of Oakshaw s o late William Routledge
Francis Armstrong, Wit
Catherine Dowglass of Ash w o Thomas Douglas
Thomas Dowglass [sic Douglas] of Ash husband of Catherine
Catherine Henderson d o Robert & Helenor Henderson
Helenor Henderson wife of Robert and mother of Catherine
Robert Henderson husband of Helenor & father of Catherine
Alexander Kennedie of Cleughside, Friend husband of Sibella
Catherine Kennedie of Cleughside, d o Alexander
Elizabeth Kennedie of Cleughside
John Kennedie of Cleughside s o Alexander
Sibella Kennedie of Cleughside w o Alexander
William Kennedie of Cleughside s o Alexander
One day I must get hold of the original will as it could give me a little more wording around these references to my 2 4x great grandfathers. But the will captures a moment in time just before George's wife Grace died in 1768 and just after Henry Routledge died in 1765. George at that time was living at Oakshaw. His wife Grace Routledge's parentage is not of Oakshaw directly so he is living there on hios own account as the maternal greatgrandson of Thomas Routledge mentioned above.
The document which I do have is from the National Archives of the UK and reference C 11/2598/24 and was created in 1721. It is a Bill and answer with plaintiffs George Routledge, yeoman of Raw and the defendant Allan Routledge. There was, according to The Dodgson Manuscript an Allan Routledge in Row in 1630 and checking this particular set of documents the reference is likely to an Indenture dated 1630. The following information (an exerpt and the entire copy can be seen in blog post: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/search/label/1630%20Indenture%20of%20the%20Manor%20of%20Bewcastle
can be gleaned on Allen Routledge:
Allan Routledge, of Cum Crooke
Allan Routledge for a Tenement, without a house at Saughs, rent 3s 4d, a day
mowing, a day shearing, and for Carriages 2s.
In the Protestation Returns of 1641-42 there is no mention of an Allan Routledge. But there is a George Routledge son of James and Elener of the Ash (Francis is a second son), another George Routledge.
Earlier in the 1604 Land Survey of Bewcastle can be found:
Bayley Ashes Routledge, James Routledge, George Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Jerrat Routledge, George Father
The Quarter The Quarter Routledge, Quintain Routledge, George Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Adam Routledge, James Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, James Routledge, James Father
Bayley Bayley Routledge, Thomas Routledge, James Father
The Quarter The Quarter Routledge, William Routledge, James Father
Is this the same James father of Adam, James, Thomas and William but also son of George along with Jerrat and Quintain? On The Protestation Returns just 37 years later there is James and Elener of the Ash with sons Francis and George and could this be James son of James as the father of Francis and George. Putting these Routledge families together is a major task.
Looking at the 1604 Land Survey the following are listed as fathers and sons:
Adam with son Adam
Allen with son John
Andrew with sons John, Thomas, Archibald, James and Adam
Archibald with son William
George with sons James, Jerrat and Quintain
James with sons Adam, James, Thomas, and William
Jarret with son Thomas
Jeffery with sons Thomas and Richard
John with sons Cuthbert, Jerrat, Thomas, Cuthbert, Thomas, William, George, Clement, George and Quint (Is there more than one John as Father?)
Martin with son James
Nicholas with son Edward
Quintain with sons Simon, Andrew, Simon, Francis, Andrew and John (two with forename Quintain?)
Richard with sons Jenkin, George, and John
Robert with son Jock (listed on another document and likely the Laird of the Routledge Clan)
Rowland with sons Anthony, Edward, Cuthbert
Thomas with sons Richard and William
William with sons Edward, Alexander and John
The possibility exists that there are some grandfather/son/grandson relationships in this listing.
There is a very large difference in the numbers of Routledge males in 1604 as compared to the 1630 Indenture. There are 51 names in the 1604 list and only 21 in the 1630 Indenture and only 23 in the Protestation Returns of 1641.
What is known about George Routledge of Row/Raw mentioned in this document is that he appears to have baptized five children at Bewcastle - Isobel, Jane, George (1726-1729), George and Jane. At the time of the writing of the document only Isobel and Jane have been baptized and they are living at Todhills and not at Row. I am looking for a female Oakshaw Routledge connection according to the Dodgson Manuscript and it is that Thomas Routledge baptized 22 Jul 1695 at Bewcastle baptized 7 children at Bewcastle (wife unknown) including a daughter Jane baptized 14 Oct 1737 at Bewcastle. She married a Routledge and their daughter married George Routledge son of George Routledge and Elizabeth Armstrong. Their son George is the individual mentioned as living at Raw in 1843 in The Dodgson Manuscript.
Routledge marriages in the Bewcastle Parish Register (old style, ie year begins 25 Mar)
18 May 1665 James Noble and Magdalen Routlidge
1 Jun 1665 James Routlidge and Ellinor Routlidge
26 Feb 1666 William Routlidge and Margarett Nixon
15 Nov 1666 Patricke Sanderson and Margarett Routledge
19 Nov 1667 Thomas Routledge and Isobell Nixon
16 Nov 1667 William Bell and Agnes Routledge
28 Apr 1668 Andrew Routledge and Elizabeth Wilson
6 Feb 1669 John Routledge and Elliner Micholson
May 1669 Thomas Routledge and Dorothye Nixon
22 Jul 1676 William Routledge and Isobell Story
16 Nov 1676 William Henderson and Illinor Routledge
3 Jul 1677 Adam Routledge of Belbanke and Elinore Armstrong
10 Jul 1677 Andrew Armstrong and Grizill Routledge
13 Oct 1677 Adam Story and Isobell Routledge
3 Nov 1677 Thomas Routledge of Camolflatt and Mary Routledge
28 Nov James Routledge of Craggs and Ellinor Armstrong
1686 ? Story and Jennet Routledge
3 Feb 1687 Thomas Nixon and Elizabeth Routledge
22 Nov 1691 John Routledge of Bewcastle and Catherine Armstrong
21 Jul 1692 Robert Routledge and Grizzell Foster
7 Nov 1692 Andrew Noble and Jane Routledge
25 Nov 1693 William Taylour and Anne Routledge
8 Jun 1698 William Foster of Ash and Jannet Routledge of Cragges
22 Nov 1698 William Nixon of Slacks and Elizabeth Routledge
26 Jun 1701 John Hetherington and Elizabeth Routledge
11 Jul 1702 Thomas Routledge and Jane Mophett
8 Jul 1704 Archbald Routledge and Elizabeth Nixon
17 Nov 1704 John Routledge and Mary Armstrong
1704 William Routledge and Grissell Routledge
10 Oct 1706 John Scott and Anne Routledge
26 Nov 1708 John Foster and Isobell Routledge
12 Jul 1709 Richard Routledge and Jane Story
13 Feb 1711 John Routledge and Margaret Waugh
6 Jun 1711 Abraham Dixon and Anne Routledge
10 Jun 1712 Thomas Routledge and Anne Doney
24 Aug 1712 Leonard Routledge and Elinor Dodgson
12 Jun 1712 Leonard Story and Anne Routledge
14 Jun 1712 Thomas Routledge and Anne Noble
24 Jul 1712 Christopher Harding and Anne Routledge
31 Jul 1712 Thomas Routledge and Grizell Armstrong
6 Dec 1712 Andrew Forster and Jennat Routledge
11 Jun 1713 Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Allan
22 Jul 1713 Joseph Elliot and Hannah Routledge
14 Jun 1716 Archibald Routledge and Jane Nixon
1 Aug 1717 Arthur Routledge and Katharine Forster
6 Nov 1718 Andrew Kile of Kirkandery and Mary Routledge
28 May 1719 John Breckins and Jane Routledge
19 Nov 1725 John Armstrong and Ellinor Routledge
28 Nov 1725 James Armstrong of Lannercost and Elizabeth Routledge
17 Jun 1726 William Routledge and Blanch Edgar of Carlisle
14 Nov 1727 Robert Routledge and Anne Nixon
29 Jul 1730 John Waugh of Lanercost and Anne Routledge
17 Jan 1733 William Routledge and Esther Athol
5 Feb 1733 Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw and Elizabeth Storye of Lanercost
5 Feb 1733 William Armstrong and Abigail Routledge
2 Aug 1733 Matthew Turner of Sandcrook and Jannet Routledge of Highonset
14 Nov 1733 Thomas Routledge of Flatt and Anne Routledge of Flatt
18 Nov 1733 Thomas Routledge of Hill and Mary Routledge of Kirkbeckstown
7 Jun 1735 Robert Armstrong and Mary Routledge
4 Dec 1735 Joseph Armstrong and Mary Routledge
8 Jul 1737 John Nixon and Frances Routledge
27 Jun 1738 William Forester and Jane Routledge
26 Nov 1741 John Dodgson and Grisel Routledge
25 Nov 1741 John Tweedle and Sybella Routledge
25 May 1743 Richard Pott and Elizabeth Routledge of Lanercost
14 May 1744 John Armstrong and Elizabeth Routledge
22 May John Armstrong and Isobel Routledge
14 Jun 1744 William Nixon and Eleanor Routledge
12 Aug 1744 James Henderson and Jane Routledge
7 Jun 1745 William Routledge and Mary Elliot of Lanercost
16 Jun 1745 Robert Routledge and Jane Armstrong
28 Nov 1745 Francis Forrester of Kirkandrews on Esk and Ann Routledge
23 Nov 1745 Thomas Routledge and Ann Allan of Lanercost
2 Dec 1747 John Forster and Mary Routledge
Baptisms of George Routledge
16 Apr 1667 ? of Thomas Routlidge of Pikehead
24 May 1668 George son of James Routledge of Raw
3 Oct 1676 ? son of George Routledge of Know
17 Oct 1767 ? son of John Routledge of Parke
28 Oct 1691 George son of Adam Routledge of Roanstrees
15 Jan 1692 George son of Richard Routledge of Crags
10 Mar 1692 George son of George Routledge junior of Stub
1715 ? son of John Routledge of Flatt
29 Jan 1726 George son of George Routledge of Todhills
18 Apr 1729 George son of George Routledge of Todhills
Not a lot of George Routledge that could be referred to in the 1721 document. The 1668 George son of James Routledge of Raw has always been an interesting individual and then 10 Mar 1692 George son of George Routledge junior of Stub and that George potentially could be the father of the George Routledge of Todhills baptized in 1729. There are no George Routledge marriages this early in the Bewcastle Parish Register.
There is one on Family Search:
George Routledge married to Elizabetha Graham 3 Jun 1713 at KirkLinton
Kirklinton is 8 miles from Lanercost and ten miles from Bewcastle.
Looking for George Routledge marriages has been in the past difficult and continues in that state. More records coming on line might assist with discovering the line of George and the names of their wives. Either the mother or one of the Grandmothers of George is surnamed Routledge and a daughter/grand daughter of Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw. But George himself is referred to as of Oakshaw in the will so is he the son of George junior of Stub and is this George in turn a son of Adam of Roanstrees or of James of Raw (otherwise known as Row)?
The 1721 document I mentioned earlier and which I must transcribe one of these days names the wife of George Routledge of Raw as Blanch. The document also names a Robert Routledge and an Andrew Graham. The time periods in the particular item date from 1713 to 1722 at a quick read.
A Blanch Routledge died 23 Feb 1788 at the age of 94 years. No other reference to her in the Bewcastle Parish Register that I have found thus far. There was a Blanch Routledge baptized 3 Jun 1668 daughter of Mr Richard Routledge of Bewcastle.
Possible ancestry of George Routledge
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Mary ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Elizabeth ROUTLEDGE (b 27 Aug 1763) - (Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Elizabeth's father's line
7. George ROUTLEDGE (b 18 Apr 1729) - (born at Todhills lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
8. George ROUTLEDGE (b 10 Mar 1692) - (born at Stubb and lived at Raw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
The document that I need to transcribe though is rather interesting as it lists both the property at Raw and the property at Borderigg where Henry Routledge farmed. Was there any relationship between these two men whose children eventually married. My mother always commented that the Routledge ancestors were cousins. Still to look at is Grace.
Henry is known to be of Oakshaw but not listed as such in the abstract to the will of Archibald Forrester mentioned above but George is listed as of Oakshaw and he is known to be a great grandson of Thomas Routledge brother of John Routledge Laird of The Flatt.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Henry Routledge (1720 - 1764)
52 Ancestor Challenge - Challenge 3
Blake, King, Coleman, Pearce, Farmer, unknown, Lambden, Sarah
(unknown), Knight, Ellis, Knight, Vincent, Butt, Durnford,
Arnold, Molton, Cotterel, Bartlett, Alderman, Ann (unknown), Sherwood,
unknown, Habberfield, Collings, Rawlings, Tanner, Dove, Morgan, Lywood,
Canham, unknown, Peck, Pincombe, Charley, Rowcliffe, Pearse, Rew,
Moggridge, Siderfin, Kent, Gray, Hilton, Cobb, Sproxton, Routledge,
Tweddle, Routledge, Routledge, (unknown) Buller, unknown, Beard,
Hemsley, Welch, Brockhouse, Cheatle, Woodcock, unknown Taylor, unknown,
Harborne, Lewis, Roberts, Croxall, Lawley, unknown
From early childhood I can remember hearing about the Routledge family. My mother's paternal grandmother (deceased before she was born) was Grace Gray daughter of Robert Gray and Elizabeth Mary Ann Routledge or Mary Routledge as she was mostly known although on baptisms also referred to as Mary Ann Routledge. Mary had come to Canada as a child of fourteen with her parents (Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Routledge), her six brothers (one was her twin Allan and the others Henry, George, William, Thomas and Joseph), her two sisters (Margaret and Grace) and her sister Grace's husband George Arthur Kennedy and their two sons George and Robert. They are believed to have traveled together (a group of fourteen) but to date I have not yet found any trace of their voyage from Parkhead Farm near Bewcastle, Cumberland to London Township. I do know that they received land from Colonel Thomas Talbot in London Township. But Henry Routledge takes me back another generation. He was the father of Thomas Routledge.
I have a number of Routledge lines and will blog about three of them in this 52 ancestor Challenge. Both Thomas Routledge, son of Henry, and Elizabeth Routledge descended from the same Routledge "clan" in Bewcastle that being the Oakshaw Routledge Family. Thomas and Elizabeth were likely 2nd cousins once removed.
Henry Routledge married Margaret Tweddle (and given the family lore that this family always married cousins I have not yet been able to determine if there were Routledge Tweddle marriages prior to this time) and more on Margaret when it is her turn to be written up in this 52 ancestor Challenge. They were married 3 Oct 1759 at Lanercost (13.5 kilometres from Bewcastle). Henry and Margaret baptized three children (one posthumously after Henry's death):
William baptized 15 Jan 1761 at Bewcastle and buried there 9 Apr 1772
Thomas baptized 25 Jul 1763 at Bewcastle and died 29 Nov 1844 at Hyde Park, Middlesex Co, Canada West
Margaret baptized 7 Jun 1765 at Lanercost (possibly buried by 1773)
Henry died suddenly in December 1764 and his widow applied for administration of his estate. The administration papers only mention his wife Margaret and her likely brother Thomas Tweddle or Ringing Hills and a cousin William Armstrong of Askerton. At that time the family was living at Borderigg. Margaret signs as "Margaret Routledg." He has left a large herd of cattle and sheep, horses, farming implements as well as stored grains. No land is mentioned and the furniture mentioned includes parlour, kitchen, upstairs room.
It is still unknown whether Margaret remarried but in 1772 William her eldest son is buried at Bewcastle and possibly Margaret her daughter is buried in 1773 at Lanercost. Thomas married Elizabeth Routledge 23 Jun 1785 at Bewcastle.
Information on Henry Routledge:
He is mentioned in the will of Archibald Forrester (Cleughside, Bewcastle) probated in 1767 whose wife Grace may have been married earlier to a Routledge as she has a son John Routledge. Also mentioned is Henry Routledge of Borderrigg, deceased, father of three children. Another Henry Routledge is mentioned as the son of Mary Routledge, widow, and she has other children mentioned namely, Adam, Grace, John, Mary and this Mary lives at Crossgreens or Strandsheads.
From the Bewcastle Parish Registers, Henry son of William of Yakeshaw (Oakshaw) was baptized 30 Jul 1720. Also baptized to William of Yakeshaw/Akshaw:
Mary 23 Mar 1709
Thomas 21 Sep 1712
Margaret 6 Feb 1715
Dorothy 3 Jan 1717 (buried 22 Dec 1728)
William 14 Mar 1726
William 1 Jul 1727 (buried 29 Dec 1728)
William Routledge married Grissell Routledge in 1704 (day and month missing) and it is unknown if Grissell was a widow.
William is possibly the William Routledge buried at Bewcastle and died 19 Aug 1744 aged 61 years (birth year would be 1683).
Much of the Routledge work has been done by others - Bobbie Jean Hooser has led a Routledge research group with others, Thomas Routledge in England has recreated the Routledge Clan.
I note that the lineage I have back from William is definitely incorrect so will make those changes.
The Dodgson Manuscript does not mention this William Routledge at Oakshaw/Yakeshaw/Akshaw in the same time period as John and Thomas who are mentioned. John and Thomas are sons of William Routledge who resided at Akeshaw or Oakshaw conveyed the Flatt Estate to his son John Routledge in 1700. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm
Since John and Thomas were both likely older than this William and William, at that time, would have been just 17 years old he is just perhaps not mentioned. But one can not assume that he was a son of this William. Later when I look at George Routledge (another of my lines) then I do find this George also of Oakshaw mentioned in the Dodgson Manuscript but that is with respect to his second marriage (not the mother of my Elizabeth Routledge).
The Manor Papers would likely assist with placing this William and that must likely wait for those items to become available online. Although I do do transcription for my cousin Thomas I have not yet had anything that connects this family with the lines mentioned in his work or the Dodgson Manuscript.
In Canada only one of the six brothers married and had children, George Routledge (baptized 30 May 1792 at Bewcastle) married Jane Summers in 1821 in London Township, Middlesex County, Upper Canada. They had nine children and descendants of this family can be found in Canada today. There was another Routledge family living in Westminster Township, Middlesex County but their ascendancy beyond coming up from the USA is unknown to me at this time. But they did not claim kinship with each other to my knowledge.
Why did the Routledge family come to Canada in 1818? I used to ask my mother that and she used to say it was because of the Border Wars but I wonder was it because neither Thomas nor Elizabeth had any siblings left in 1818 (Elizabeth had half siblings) and they had this huge family. Did they know of Thomas Talbot before they came, he gave them a lot of land? Was Thomas in the military, he was a civil engineer? All questions that I have not yet been able to answer. He did not work as an engineer in Canada; he farmed all of the rest of his life. Certainly they came to stay in Canada and be part of the British Empire. That was a strong theme in my family; this concept of Canada just being another part of England. In this generation I notice I do not think of that anymore. I wonder how to keep the heritage of my English ancestry alive for my children and grandchildren. I must create a heritage folder for the future for them so that my history (now just 1/4 of my grandchildren's heritage) is not lost to them as time passes.
That is what I most think about these days is my legacy to my grandchildren in terms of their history. My husband has an extensive tree to pass on (over 80,000) but mine is still just around six thousand although added to that the sixteen thousand French Canadian ancestors/cousins on their father's side!
Working on Henry has made me realize that my connection beyond William can not be substantiated so the lineage for Henry is rather short:
Thomas ROUTLEDGE line
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Elizabeth Mary Ann ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Thomas ROUTLEDGE (b 25 Jul 1763) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
7. Henry ROUTLEDGE (b 30 Jul 1720) - (Akeshaw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Henry's father's line:
8. William ROUTLEDGE (b 1683) - (Akeshaw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Henry's mother's line:
8. Grissel ROUTLEDGE
Did a little searching and found in the Catalogue of Howard Family Papers (HNP C239/14) 6 March 1783 a Margaret Routledge of Brampton, widow, and Margaret Routledge, spinster, her daughter being given a mortgage of Wallholme for 80 pounds from William Routledge of Brackenhall, Arthuret, gent. Then same day HNP C239/15 Copy of admittance on the surrender of William Routledge of Margaret Routledge the elder and Margaret Routledge the younger to Wallholme. The documents continue to mention these three Routledges. In 1792 William is deceased and his widow Isabella and daughter Deborah Routledge of Reading are mentioned.
I also found the following which is very interesting:
Bewcastle, Park Head Farm, property of the countess of Carlisle
HNP C197
HNP C197/1 15 April 1811
Admittance of Richard Routledge.
HNP C197/3 24 June 1817
Agreement between Thomas Routledge of the one part and Richard Routledge of the other part.
HNP C197/4 7 July 1817
Indenture of release of equity of redemption made between the said Thomas Routledge of the one part and the said Richard Routledge of the other part.
HNP C197/5 6 October 1817
Admittance of the said Richard Routledge
This is the Farm where I last find my ancestor Thomas before coming to Canada and it would appear that he was clear of this property in October 1817. Their actual arrival date is unknown but they appear to still be in Bewcastle in the winter of 1817/1818 coming in the spring or summer as they are known to be in London Township in late Fall of 1818.
Richard and John Routledge are mentioned in a letter that George Routledge wrote to Archibald Armstrong. A blog refers to this letter:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/03/routledge-letter-from-george-routledge.html
Also in the Howard Papers:
Walholme/Wallholme from a rather ancient map is said to be located in the settlement of Watertown
http://placenames.org.uk/browse/mads/epns-deep-20-d-mappedname-000774
which is one of the four townships of Lanercost. The Oakshaw Routledge family appears to be involved with Walholme/Wallholme and who is Margaret Routledge of Brampton, widow and daughter Margaret Routledge. in 1789 Margaret, the daughter, would have been 24 years of age if the sister of Thomas.
A Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw had sons John, Adam and William. This is perhaps Thomas Routledge married to Isobell Nixon 19 Nov 1667 at Bewcastle with daughters Jennett and Mary as well. This is the suspected father of my William but no proof to connect them at this stage. A rather interesting set of documents.
From early childhood I can remember hearing about the Routledge family. My mother's paternal grandmother (deceased before she was born) was Grace Gray daughter of Robert Gray and Elizabeth Mary Ann Routledge or Mary Routledge as she was mostly known although on baptisms also referred to as Mary Ann Routledge. Mary had come to Canada as a child of fourteen with her parents (Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Routledge), her six brothers (one was her twin Allan and the others Henry, George, William, Thomas and Joseph), her two sisters (Margaret and Grace) and her sister Grace's husband George Arthur Kennedy and their two sons George and Robert. They are believed to have traveled together (a group of fourteen) but to date I have not yet found any trace of their voyage from Parkhead Farm near Bewcastle, Cumberland to London Township. I do know that they received land from Colonel Thomas Talbot in London Township. But Henry Routledge takes me back another generation. He was the father of Thomas Routledge.
I have a number of Routledge lines and will blog about three of them in this 52 ancestor Challenge. Both Thomas Routledge, son of Henry, and Elizabeth Routledge descended from the same Routledge "clan" in Bewcastle that being the Oakshaw Routledge Family. Thomas and Elizabeth were likely 2nd cousins once removed.
Henry Routledge married Margaret Tweddle (and given the family lore that this family always married cousins I have not yet been able to determine if there were Routledge Tweddle marriages prior to this time) and more on Margaret when it is her turn to be written up in this 52 ancestor Challenge. They were married 3 Oct 1759 at Lanercost (13.5 kilometres from Bewcastle). Henry and Margaret baptized three children (one posthumously after Henry's death):
William baptized 15 Jan 1761 at Bewcastle and buried there 9 Apr 1772
Thomas baptized 25 Jul 1763 at Bewcastle and died 29 Nov 1844 at Hyde Park, Middlesex Co, Canada West
Margaret baptized 7 Jun 1765 at Lanercost (possibly buried by 1773)
Henry died suddenly in December 1764 and his widow applied for administration of his estate. The administration papers only mention his wife Margaret and her likely brother Thomas Tweddle or Ringing Hills and a cousin William Armstrong of Askerton. At that time the family was living at Borderigg. Margaret signs as "Margaret Routledg." He has left a large herd of cattle and sheep, horses, farming implements as well as stored grains. No land is mentioned and the furniture mentioned includes parlour, kitchen, upstairs room.
It is still unknown whether Margaret remarried but in 1772 William her eldest son is buried at Bewcastle and possibly Margaret her daughter is buried in 1773 at Lanercost. Thomas married Elizabeth Routledge 23 Jun 1785 at Bewcastle.
Information on Henry Routledge:
He is mentioned in the will of Archibald Forrester (Cleughside, Bewcastle) probated in 1767 whose wife Grace may have been married earlier to a Routledge as she has a son John Routledge. Also mentioned is Henry Routledge of Borderrigg, deceased, father of three children. Another Henry Routledge is mentioned as the son of Mary Routledge, widow, and she has other children mentioned namely, Adam, Grace, John, Mary and this Mary lives at Crossgreens or Strandsheads.
From the Bewcastle Parish Registers, Henry son of William of Yakeshaw (Oakshaw) was baptized 30 Jul 1720. Also baptized to William of Yakeshaw/Akshaw:
Mary 23 Mar 1709
Thomas 21 Sep 1712
Margaret 6 Feb 1715
Dorothy 3 Jan 1717 (buried 22 Dec 1728)
William 14 Mar 1726
William 1 Jul 1727 (buried 29 Dec 1728)
William Routledge married Grissell Routledge in 1704 (day and month missing) and it is unknown if Grissell was a widow.
William is possibly the William Routledge buried at Bewcastle and died 19 Aug 1744 aged 61 years (birth year would be 1683).
Much of the Routledge work has been done by others - Bobbie Jean Hooser has led a Routledge research group with others, Thomas Routledge in England has recreated the Routledge Clan.
I note that the lineage I have back from William is definitely incorrect so will make those changes.
The Dodgson Manuscript does not mention this William Routledge at Oakshaw/Yakeshaw/Akshaw in the same time period as John and Thomas who are mentioned. John and Thomas are sons of William Routledge who resided at Akeshaw or Oakshaw conveyed the Flatt Estate to his son John Routledge in 1700. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rutledge/DodgsonManuscript.htm
Since John and Thomas were both likely older than this William and William, at that time, would have been just 17 years old he is just perhaps not mentioned. But one can not assume that he was a son of this William. Later when I look at George Routledge (another of my lines) then I do find this George also of Oakshaw mentioned in the Dodgson Manuscript but that is with respect to his second marriage (not the mother of my Elizabeth Routledge).
The Manor Papers would likely assist with placing this William and that must likely wait for those items to become available online. Although I do do transcription for my cousin Thomas I have not yet had anything that connects this family with the lines mentioned in his work or the Dodgson Manuscript.
In Canada only one of the six brothers married and had children, George Routledge (baptized 30 May 1792 at Bewcastle) married Jane Summers in 1821 in London Township, Middlesex County, Upper Canada. They had nine children and descendants of this family can be found in Canada today. There was another Routledge family living in Westminster Township, Middlesex County but their ascendancy beyond coming up from the USA is unknown to me at this time. But they did not claim kinship with each other to my knowledge.
Why did the Routledge family come to Canada in 1818? I used to ask my mother that and she used to say it was because of the Border Wars but I wonder was it because neither Thomas nor Elizabeth had any siblings left in 1818 (Elizabeth had half siblings) and they had this huge family. Did they know of Thomas Talbot before they came, he gave them a lot of land? Was Thomas in the military, he was a civil engineer? All questions that I have not yet been able to answer. He did not work as an engineer in Canada; he farmed all of the rest of his life. Certainly they came to stay in Canada and be part of the British Empire. That was a strong theme in my family; this concept of Canada just being another part of England. In this generation I notice I do not think of that anymore. I wonder how to keep the heritage of my English ancestry alive for my children and grandchildren. I must create a heritage folder for the future for them so that my history (now just 1/4 of my grandchildren's heritage) is not lost to them as time passes.
That is what I most think about these days is my legacy to my grandchildren in terms of their history. My husband has an extensive tree to pass on (over 80,000) but mine is still just around six thousand although added to that the sixteen thousand French Canadian ancestors/cousins on their father's side!
Working on Henry has made me realize that my connection beyond William can not be substantiated so the lineage for Henry is rather short:
Thomas ROUTLEDGE line
1. Elizabeth BLAKE
2. Helen Louise PINCOMBE (b 18 Oct 1916) - Westminster Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
3. John Routledge PINCOMBE (b 10 Sep 1872)- Lobo Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
4. Grace GRAY (b 22 Mar 1839) - London Township Middlesex County Ontario Canada
5. Elizabeth Mary Ann ROUTLEDGE (b 1804 and b 23 Jun 1813) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
6. Thomas ROUTLEDGE (b 25 Jul 1763) - Bewcastle Cumberland England
7. Henry ROUTLEDGE (b 30 Jul 1720) - (Akeshaw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Henry's father's line:
8. William ROUTLEDGE (b 1683) - (Akeshaw) Bewcastle Cumberland England
Henry's mother's line:
8. Grissel ROUTLEDGE
Did a little searching and found in the Catalogue of Howard Family Papers (HNP C239/14) 6 March 1783 a Margaret Routledge of Brampton, widow, and Margaret Routledge, spinster, her daughter being given a mortgage of Wallholme for 80 pounds from William Routledge of Brackenhall, Arthuret, gent. Then same day HNP C239/15 Copy of admittance on the surrender of William Routledge of Margaret Routledge the elder and Margaret Routledge the younger to Wallholme. The documents continue to mention these three Routledges. In 1792 William is deceased and his widow Isabella and daughter Deborah Routledge of Reading are mentioned.
I also found the following which is very interesting:
Bewcastle, Park Head Farm, property of the countess of Carlisle
HNP C197
HNP C197/1 15 April 1811
Admittance of Richard Routledge.
HNP C197/3 24 June 1817
Agreement between Thomas Routledge of the one part and Richard Routledge of the other part.
HNP C197/4 7 July 1817
Indenture of release of equity of redemption made between the said Thomas Routledge of the one part and the said Richard Routledge of the other part.
HNP C197/5 6 October 1817
Admittance of the said Richard Routledge
This is the Farm where I last find my ancestor Thomas before coming to Canada and it would appear that he was clear of this property in October 1817. Their actual arrival date is unknown but they appear to still be in Bewcastle in the winter of 1817/1818 coming in the spring or summer as they are known to be in London Township in late Fall of 1818.
Richard and John Routledge are mentioned in a letter that George Routledge wrote to Archibald Armstrong. A blog refers to this letter:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/03/routledge-letter-from-george-routledge.html
Also in the Howard Papers:
Walholme
HNP C239
HNP C239/1
8 October 1657
Conveyance of a mortgage on messuages and a farmhold in the poseession of
Thomas Rowtledge at Walholme. Christopher Bell of Thropp, yeoman, to the said Thomas
Rowtledge of Bewcastle, gent.
HNP C239/2
16 March 1661
Grant of Walholme. Thomas Rowtledge of Bewcastle, gent. to John Bell of the
Tryermaine, yeoman.
HNP C239/3
8 March 1673 Grant of the above. John Bell of Cleughead, yeoman, late of
Tryermaine, to John Routledge of Ayckshawe, Bewcastle, yeoman.
HNP C239/4
14 March 1673
Grant of the tenant right of Walholme. Henry Dacre of Lanercost, esq., and
Margaret his wife to John Routledge of Ayckshawe, yeoman.
HNP C239/5
14 March 1673
Bond of Henry Dacre to keep the covenants in the above indenture.
HNP C239/6
14 March 1673
Grant of tithes arising from Walholme and Gunshole. Henry Dacre and Margaret
his wife to John Routledge.
HNP C239/7
14 March 1673
Bond of Henry Dacre to keep the covenants in 6.
HNP C239/8
30 April [1673]
Copy of the admittance of John Routledge of Ayckshaw to Wallholme late in
the occupation of John Bell of Cleughhead. 30 April 25 Charles II
HNP C239/9
12 May [1675]
Copy of the admittance of Adam Routledge, son of Thomas Routledge and next
heir of John Routledge, to Wallholme, ancient rent 4d. 12 May 27 Charles II.
HNP C239/9
12 May [1675]
Copy of the admittance of Adam Routledge, son of Thomas Routledge and next
heir of John Routledge, to Wallholme, ancient rent 4d. 12 May 27 Charles II.
HNP C239/10
29 October 1688
Copy of the admittance of William Routledge as brother and heir of Adam Routledge,
deceased, to Wallholme.
HNP C239/1 1
4 November 1702
Conveyance of the title to Wallholme. Christopher Bell of Wallholme to Thomas
Bell of the same, yeoman.
HNP C239/12
23 May 1733
Receipt for 6s. 8d. fine due for Wallholme from Mr. Routledge, signed S.M.
Appelby.
HNP C239/13
4 August 1764
Mortgage of Wallholme for £300. William Routledge of Oakshaw, Bewcastle,
gent., to Daniel Pattinson of Long Newton in the parish of Abbyholme. [This money
was paid to Pattinson's heir at law by William Routledge on 1 January 1780.]
HNP C239/14
6 March 1783
Mortgage of Wallholme for £80. William Routledge of Brackenhall, Arthuret,
gent., to Margaret Routledge of Brampton, widow, and Margaret Routledge, spinster,
her daughter.
HNP C239/15
6 March 1783
Copy admittance on the surrender of William Routledge of Margaret Routledge
the elder and Margaret Routledge the younger to Wallholme.
HNP C239/16
26 March 1789
Abstract of title of William Routledge to Wallholme and tithes. Only folio
12 survives.
HNP C239/17
3 April 1789
Mortgage of tithes for the remainder of a term of 999 years for £30. William
Routledge of Oakshaw, gent. to John Mitchinson of Rickergate, gent.
HNP C239/18
13 July 1789
Conveyance of the tithes. (1) John Mitchinson (2) William Routledge (3) Edward
Knight of Carlisle, innkeeper. For £30. 8s. 0d. paid to Mitchinson, and £49. 12s.
0d. paid to Routledge.
HNP C239/19
13 July 1789
Conveyance of Wallholme for £684. (1) Margaret Routledge of Brampton, widow,
and Margaret Routledge her daughter of the same, spinster (2) William Routledge,
gent. (3) Edward Knight. £604 paid to William Routledge and £80 to the mother and
daughter.
Walholme/Wallholme from a rather ancient map is said to be located in the settlement of Watertown
http://placenames.org.uk/browse/mads/epns-deep-20-d-mappedname-000774
which is one of the four townships of Lanercost. The Oakshaw Routledge family appears to be involved with Walholme/Wallholme and who is Margaret Routledge of Brampton, widow and daughter Margaret Routledge. in 1789 Margaret, the daughter, would have been 24 years of age if the sister of Thomas.
A Thomas Routledge of Oakshaw had sons John, Adam and William. This is perhaps Thomas Routledge married to Isobell Nixon 19 Nov 1667 at Bewcastle with daughters Jennett and Mary as well. This is the suspected father of my William but no proof to connect them at this stage. A rather interesting set of documents.
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