Or table of the family and offspring of Richard Heywood who is living at the writing herof*, 1675, June 8: Aged 79. My dear mother, Alice Heywood, dyed April 22, 1657. My father, Richard Heywood, dyed March 1, 1676-7. Richard Heywood by Alice his wife had nine children, viz :1, John, his eldest son, who dyed about a year old. : 2, Hannah, his eldest daughter, marryed to Thomas Crompton of Breakmit, by whom she had 14 children. She and her husband dyed in the same year, 1672 : 1, John [Crompton], now a minister in Lincolnshire, marryed a widow with three children. John is now dead; tidings of it came Jan. 17, 1676. 2, Mary, marryed to R. Pickup in Blackburn parish, by whom she had a child; both she and her child dyed Feb. 1671. 3, Ester, married to John Scolcroft in Darcey Leaver,, by whom she hath [3] children-1, Mary, born Sept. 25. 1671; 2, Hanna, Jan. 1, '75, dead: 3, Hanna, born Nov 1677; 4, William, Nov. '79; 5, John, born Feb. 6, '81; 6, Oliver Scolcroft, born June 2, 1686; [7], Esther Scolcroft, Aug. 17, 16[90]. 4, Alice, marryed to Adam Green-haugh, in Harwood, by whom she hath [3] children-1, Anne, born May 27, '71: 2, Elizabeth, May 28, '73; 3, Mary, May 8, '74; 4, Adam, July 7, '76; 5, Mary, born March 27, '78. 5, James, a pretty youth brought up in learning with his brother John in Lincolnshire; he dyed; was buried at Bolton (where he was prentice with Abr. Ogden), Nov. 4, 1674. The other nine dyed in minority. 3, Mary, marryed to Nicolas Hunt of Horwich, in Dean Parish, by whom she had only one daughter, Ester Hunt, now living, aged 27. She [Mary] dyed anno 1648; her husband marryed again-his wife dyed first-he is lately dead, viz, anno 1674; left by his 2d wife, six sons, one daughter. * Mr. O. H. subsequently added notes to this sheet. Ester Hunt marryed to James Worsley in Revington, Mary her daughter. 4, John, he marryed Mary Ramsbottom, daughter-in-law to Mr. Ingham, now minister of Ribchester, by whom he had five children. John dyed beyond the seas, in Barbados, in the year 1662 or 1663; Mary, his wife, dyed a widow, anno 1672 : 1, Richard Heywood, who marryed Alice, Robert Crompton's daughter of Darcy Leaver, by whom he had a son called John Richard; the father dyed March 25, 1675, aged about 24; John, the son, dyed June 1, 1675, aged about a year. 2, Hanna, she lived about twelve years; dyed anno 1671. 3, Oliver, overlaid by his mother when about a year old. 4, Mary, yet living, Marryed to Peter Rothwel of Howkum, May 4, 1682, hath three children-John, Mary, Peter, '86. [See page 17.] 5, Ester Heywood, yet living, marryed to James Lomax, Jan. 25, 1680-1, hath 2 children-John born 1682, James born Nov. 1684. [See pages 17 and 18.] 5, Esther, she was marryed to William Whitehead of Benthall, in Lotherdale, belonging to Carleton parish in Craven, by whom she had 12 children-most of them born in little Leaver. He dyed Nov. 15, 1671. She removed to Benthall in Lauthersdal in Craven, May 11, 1680, after 29 years absence from that house; came back to her daughter Mary in Darcy Leaver, May, 1682: 1, John [Whitehead], who dyed with his uncles beyond the sea at the same time, about the age of 16. 2, William, who is a lusty and hopeful young man, and liues with his mother, marryed Entwisle's daughter Katharin, April 2, 1676. 1, Nathaniel Whitehead, son to William and Katharin his wife, was born at little Boltonhall, Feb. 1, 1676-7; baptized Feb. 8, its great-grandfather being present at its baptizing; dyed that day moneth. 2, Rebecca, born Sep. 22, 178. 3, Elizabeth, born April 7, '80. 4, Anne, born March 20, '81. 5, William, born feb. 4, '83. 6, Katharin, born May 2, '86. 7, Óliver, born Feb. 28. '87. 8, Esther, born May 31, '90; dyed July 22, same year. 9, Thomas, born May 29, 1691. 10, Esther, born Dec. 13, '93; dyed '94. 3, Mary, a young woman living with her mother, She marryed Tho. Woofenam [see page 18, Woolstenholm.] April 13, 1680, and hath [4] children. Tho. Woofenam had a son by Mary, born Feb. 20, 168 4, Alice, a hansome young woman, yet living at home, marryed Roger Crook, hath children. 5, Nathaniel, a pretty youth, dyed several yeares ago. 6, Edmund, a tender child, dyed after his father. 7, Ester, a young maid living with her mother, [Mar. Thurstan Longworth.-J.H.T.] 8, Elizabeth, a pretty child about 6 yeares of age, dyed about the year 1673. Another, William dyed in Craven; the rest dyed young. 6, Oliver Heywood marryed Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr. John Angier, minister of Denton chappel; she lived six yeares marryed; bore three children. She died May 26, 1661. He married a 2d wife, viz, Abigail, the daughter of Mr. James Crompton of Breakmit, in Lancashire, June 27, 1667, after a solitary widowhood six years. 1, John, now with Mr. Frankland, near Kendal in Westmorland, aged 19 yeares, this 18th April, 1675; both came home out of Scotland, April 18th, 1677. 2, Eliezer, with his brother trained up in University learning, in order to the ministry, his age is 18 this last 18 of April, 1675. 3, Nathaniel, that dyed when he was about a fourtnight old, in that house where they were all born, in Northouram, in Yorkshire, August 24, 1659. My son, John Heywood, marryed Mtris Elizabeth Stacey, at Darton, with my full consent, Oct. 2, 1694: his son Timothy was born Decemb. 13, 1695,-Elizabeth, his daughter, born 1696. [Eliezer Heywood marryed Mrs. Hellen Rotherum of Dranfield, in Darbyshire, 1 Jan. 1699; his first-born son was born at Dranfield, March ye 8th, 1700-baptized by his uncle Heywood, Oliver, 14th, dyed 16th. 2, a daughter born at Dranfield ye 7th of June, 1702-baptized by Mr. Prime, Bridget, ye 16th day. 3, born at Carleton, in Nottingham, 15 July, 1703-baptized by Mr. Denton, 23 day, Elizabeth. 4, See afterwards. This paragraph is an addition by Mr. Eliezer Heywood.-J.H.T.] 7, Alice, marryed to Samuel Bradley of Ainsworth, by whom she hath six children. She dyed May 9, 1677; he dyed about the year 1670: 1, John, a lusty young man that hath been servant to Mr. Strangeways, but now liveth at home: this John Bradley marryed Mary, daughter of Tho. Hamar of Harwood (grandchild to my uncle Peter Winstanley), Feb. 23, 1679-80, being about 25 yeares of age, seven children. His daughter Mary, baptized Nov. 29, 1681; John, his son, born Oct. 1684; Alice, March, 85-6. [Esther, Elizabeth, Margaret, Thomas, Peter,] 2, Samuel. 3, Ester, marryed to James Brook, at Bolton. July 5, 1681; her daughter Alice, born May 31, '82; James, born in March, '85. [Ester, John.] Esther Brook dyed of a feaver, being great with child, was buried Feb. 28, 1695-6, left four children; a pious woman. 4, Alice, marryed to one Joshua Crook, lives in Darcy Leaver; hath a child. [Joshua, Icabod.] 5, Rebecca dyed suddenly, 1685-6. [Rebecca.] 8, Nathaniel Heywood, he marryed Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr. Parre, of Wood, in Eccleston parish, in Lancashire, by whom he hath had nine: he, his wife and six children are living. My dear brother Nath. Heywood dyed in his house in Ormeskirk, Dec. 16, 1677; was buryed in the chancel, Dec. 19, 1677 : 1, Elizabeth, she was born at Godley in Yorkshire, and liues with her father, being twenty yeares of age. 2, Nathaniel, whoe goeth to schoole, now with Mr. Frankland; he went April 24, 1677; he marryed. 3, Richard, who also goeth to school with his brother at Holland; apprentice to Mr. Parsival, in Leverpool. 4, Anne, 5 Katharin, 6 Dorothie. Three dead-Mary, Mary, another unbaptized. 9, Josiah Heywood, who, being unmarried, went with his eldest brother beyond the sea, and dyed there in Barbados, anno 1662, aged about 26. By his wife Margaret, Richard Heywood had two sons: 10, Thomas went to sea at Hull, was never heard of 16 y agoe. 11, Nathan, both youths of about 10 or 12 y of age, living with his aged father and mother in little Leaver. These two were both bound prentice with one, but Thomas ran away from his service, listed himself under Capt. Jo. Langden, to goe to Virginia, went from Hul, Novemb. 26, 1879 [error for 1679]. Nathan served his Apprenticeship and then fell into a consumption, came home dyed with his mother, May, 1685. There are two daughters of my Eldest brother John Heywood, Mary, Esther, joynt heiresses of my father's land. Peter Rothwell married Mary, by whom he hath-1, John Rothwel, born March 27, '83; 2. Mary, born May 28, 1684; 3, Peter, born Oct. 23, 1685; 4, Thomas, born Feb. 23, 1686; 5, Elizabeth, born July 7, 1688; 6, Ester, born Dec. 15, 1689. James Lomax marryed Esther Heywood, they liue in my father's house, haue these children-John, born June 9, 1682; James, born Nov. 25, '84; Mary, born Sep. 20, '86; Esther, born July 18, '88; Richard, Anne, Oliver. William Whitehead (my sister's son) marryed Katharin Entwisle, Apr. 2, 1676—1, Nathaniel, his eldest son, born Jan. 25, 1676, baptized Feb. 1; 2, Rebecca, his daughter, born Sep. 22, 1678; 3, Elizabeth, his daughter, born April 7, 1680, baptized April 13, 1680: 4, Anne, born March 20, 1681; 5, William, born feb. 4, 16>3; 6, Katharin, born May 2, 1686; 7, Oliver, born feb. 28, 1687. [4, born at Carleton, September ye 2d, 1704, baptized by Mr. Prime John ye 2d of xber, this ye onely child nurs'd by his mother. This note is in Mr. Eliezer Heywood's handwriting, and is a continuation of the entries of his children, see ante.] 1, My father's own children that proceeded out 66 .... 88 or 90 4, Those that are yet aliue that call him father, grandfather, or great grandfather, are about...... At his death... -at the writing herof which is July 1, 1675. 39 or 40 50 53 |