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Morley in Broughton, Gainsborough, Adlingfleet, Selby and Brayton
Added on 2013-12-30
Code | 107 view on map |
Theorised origin | A connection with the Morleys of Bottesford is plausible, given location and the use of the name Edmund. |
Possible offshoot of | |
Forename patterns | Joseph, Thomas, Edmund |
External resources | |
Notes | Some members were Quakers |
First recorded | 1606 Adlingfleet, West Riding of Yorkshire |
Longest association | 119 years |
Last recorded | 1787 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire |
Marker Count | 6 |
Markers last changed | 2013-12-30 |
Longest association | Adlingfleet, West Riding of Yorkshire |
Abundance | Probably extinct |
This family is covered in additional detail at https://www.MorleyOfHalifax.com, in a booklet outlining West Riding Morley families. Access is free but requires registration.
Edmund Morley, of Adlingfleet, fl. 1606; poss. age 50 in 1612 Edmund Morley [prob. same as above], d. of Adlingfleet; admon July 1620 Doncaster and Pontefract [must be distinct from Edmund Morley of Holme (1575-c1636)] -- Morley, d. bef. 1642 + Jone --, d. of Adlingfleet, widow; probate 1641-2 York Edmund Morley, of Adlingfleet; fl. 1672 Adlingfleet [Lady Day 1672 WRY Hearth Tax]; bur. 22 Aug. 1687; 1688: will proved in Yorks. Exchequer court, Pontefract; [see LRS vol. 44 p. 195 for information on him and immediate descendants] + (14 May or 14 July 1667 Balby Monthly Meeting [LDS]) Jane Kilham (d/o John Kilham of Balby), d. 3 November 1716 aet. 70 [per LincsRecSoc vol 44: 2 sons, 2 daughters] Mary, bur. 31 October 1670 Gainsborough [LDS] Mary Morley, b. 11 December 1672; d. 29 July 1762 and bur. 30 inst. at Thealby [children mentioned in Thomas Morley of Brayton's will] + (8 June 1705 Adlingfleet) Stephen Wressle, of Thealby Susanna(h) Wressle + William Driffield Jane Wressle Margaret Wressle John[? -- faintly written], b. 3 February 1676 (Broughton/Gainsborough MM); d. of Adlingfleet [s/o Edmund and Jane] and bur. 8 August 1681 Broughton/Gainsborough [RG6/1318 fo. 16] Edmund, d. of Adlingfleet and bur. 28 September 1683 Broughton/Gainsborough [RG6/1318 fo. 18(35)] John Morley, of Adlingfleet, fl. 1667; prob. the John Morley of Adlingfleet fl. 1664, tenant of land in transaction involving Edmond Morley; fl. 1672 Adlingfleet [Lady Day 1672 WRY Hearth Tax] John Morley [cf. above. And with John Morley of Scurf Hall, Newland, par Drax , father of Joseph Morley of Selby (pedigree in preparation)] + -- John [called John Morley Junior in 1668 and 1672 (but not 1675)] + Jane -- Anne, bur. 6 January 1668 Broughton/Gainsborough [RG6/1318; "d/o John Morley Jun^r and Jane his wife"] Joseph, bur. 27 May 1671 Gainsborough [LDS] Joseph, b. 25 December 1675 Gainsborough [LDS]; [only the mother Jane is named. Unclear whether these children belong to Edmond or John Morley] -- Morley + Jane Mary, bur. 15 August 1670 Broughton/Gainsborough [LDS] -- Morley [probably Edmund, above. John Morley seems less likely.] Thomas, of Adlingfleet; d. 13 June 1725 and bur. on own land 15 inst.; 1726: [will (with tuition) proved in Yorks. Exchequer court, Pontefract] + (15 August 1702 Thorne [LincRecSoc vol 44]) Phoebe Cook (d/o John Cook of Hatfield); d. 8 December 1717 Gainsborough [LDS] Edmond, b. 18 September ["7th month"] 1703 Gainsborough; bur. 23 October ["8th month"] 1703 Gainsborough Edmond, b. 3 December 1704 Gainsborough Symond [sic Edmond?], d. 2 12mo. 1704 Gainsborough [LDS] Thomas, b. of Adlingfleet 23 10mo 1705 [RG6/1539 p. 10 (Gainsborough MM)]; prob. coincides with husband of Eliz. Pockley (see below) Mary, b. 30 September 1708 Gainsborough [LDS] John, b. 19 January 1710 Gainsborough [LDS]; bur. 31 January 1710 Gainsborough [LDS] Margaret, b. 28 June 1711 Gainsborough [LDS]; prob. coincides with wife of Thomas Wharrey (see below) Charles, b. 7 August 1716 Gainsborough [LDS]; bur. 13 December 1719 Gainsborough [LDS] Jonathan, b. 2 December 1717 Gainsborough [LDS]; d. 1 April 1718 Gainsborough [LDS] Joseph, b. ????; d. 5 12mo 1731 Barnsley and bur. 7 inst. [PN1538 fo. 87(243): Gainsborough MM] Phoebe (not counted in LincRecSoc vol 44 tally of Thomas' children, which says there were 8 sons and 2 daughters)) + (13 February 1735/6 Gainsborough [RG6/1121 fo. 52 (Brigg MM)]; groom: of Armley, Leeds; bride: d/o Thomas and Phoebe Morley deceased of "Adlingstreet in Marsland co. York" [sic] (deceased); wit: Samuel Morley, Jo: Morley junior) Robert Arthington Ann --, d. 12 April 1815 Leeds aet. abt. and bur. 16 inst. Leeds + -- Jowitt Jane Jowitt [sic Arthington?] ["wife of Benj. Jowitt and grandaughter of Phoebe Morley"], d. 13 February 1848 aet. 58.5y and bur. 18th inst. Pontefract + (?20 July 1831 Holy Trinity Micklegate, York [LDS]: Benjamin Jowitt and Jane Arthington) Benjamin Jowitt Margaret, d. 21 October 1740 + (1700) John Simpson + (25 May 1718 Gainsborough) Thomas Raines Catherine Ann Morley, d.c. 1788 of Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [will proved at Prerogative court of York] [infant] Morley, d.c. 1788 of Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [will proved at Prerogative court of York] Richard Morley, d.c. 1788 of Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [will proved at Prerogative court of York] [appears twice in British Origins index] ====== Most of the information below is from Thomas Morley's 1747 will and Joseph Morley's family Bible. -- Morley + -- Thomas [likely Thomas Morley, husband of Phoebe Cook, above] + -- [probably Phoebe Cook, rather than a Robinson heiress] Thomas, of Brayton, 1710: he or his father defendant in Ayscough v. Morley inheritance dispute re: Thomas Robinson estate [TNA C8/489/1]; 1745: inherited Robinson lands (connection to benefactor Thomas Robinson unknown); will: 17 May 1747; prob. d. 5 February 1747/8 London [will names sister Margaret Wharrey] + Elizabeth Pockley (d/o Robert Pockley, Esq.) [acc. to Thomas' will and Poulson's Seigniory of Holderness, p. 241] Robinson Morley, 1766: monument at Brayton Thomas, under 21 in 1747; prob. d.c. 1766 of Brayton [will proved at Prerogative court of York] Margret, bur. 11 July 1758 Selby [per Morrell, p. 226]; Michael C is researching this line. + (23 August 1734 Selby) Thomas Wharrey, bur. 11 September 1778 Selby [per Morrell, p. 226] Margaret, b. bef. 1747 [mentioned in Thomas Morley's will] Morley Wharrey [monument at Selby], d. 4 [per Morell] or 9 September 1797 aet. 44 of Selby; per Morley Bible: "son of Margret Morley daughter of Thomas Morley Bro^r of old Josep^t Morley"; "is Father was Thomas Wharrey a Chirch Man" + Elizabeth (d/o Rev. Marmaduke Teasdale, vicar of Brayton and Selby) d. 31 Dec. 1842 aet. 97 -- Wharrey + -- Sophia Theresa --, d. 1 August 1817 [per Morell] + Robert Buchannan Joseph, b.c. 1686; d. 3 March 1764 ["3th of the third month"] and bur. 11 March 1764 Gainsborough aet. 77; [will]; probably NOT the Joseph Morley s/o John b.c. 1676. + (22 June 1711 Waddington [LincRecSoc vol. 44 p. 195] or 22 August 1711 Broughton Monthly Meeting, Lincolnshire [LDS]) Sarah Barlow (d/o John Barlow), b.c. 1692; d. 30 November 1742 and bur. 2 December 1742 Gainsborough aet. "50 years & goeing on one" Deborah, b. 26 April 1712 Gainsborough; d. 4 March 1767 and bur. Gainsborough 7 inst. aet. 54y7m Hannah, b. 24 April 1713 Gainsborough; d. of Gainsboroug14 5mo 1713 Mary, b. 7 June 1714 Gainsborough; d. 13 February 1715 [1714/15?] John, b. 25 October 1715 Gainsborough; d. 14 April 1764 and bur. 16 April 1764 Gainsborough aet. 48y7m; [will] + Ann --, d. 7 August 1751 and bur. Gainsborough [per Bible: aet. 53 (sic 43?)] Sarah, b. 21 September 1717 Gainsborough + (9 January 1739 [LDS]) Joseph Welch Mary Welch, d. 23 April 1792 aet. 52 and bur. 26 inst. Gainsborough; ["Grandaughter of Joseph Morley daughter of Sarah Welch, the last of the Family and House at Gainsborough"] Joseph, b. 20 October 1718 Gainsborough; d. 26 June 1737 aet. 19 Jane, b. 9 February 1722 Gainsborough; d. 10 March 1722 Edmund/Edmond, b. 8 February 1725 Gainsborough; 1765: poss. a grocer and chandler; d. 3 August 1770 and bur. 5 inst. Gainsborough aet. 45y2m [will; no indication of a wife or children; mentions nephew Joseph Morley] Thomas, b. 20 February 1727 Gainsborough; d. 30 September 1787 aet. 60y5m and bur. October 1787 Gainsborough [will] + (10 September 1759 Spalding/Wainfleet MM; groom: s/o Jos. Morley of Gainsborough grocer; bride: widow, of Spalding, Lincs.; wit. John Morley et al.) Mary -- (widow Hutchinson), [mentioned in brother-in-law John's will, but not by name]; 1787: husband's legatee and executor Thomas, b. 7 11mo 1760 Gainsborough and d. 25 inst. Mary, bapt. 9 October 1761 Gainsborough MM [LDS]; [not mentioned in uncle John's 1763 will -- d. young?] Ann, bapt. 18 October 1762 Gainsborough MM [LDS]; mentioned in uncle John's 1763 will; bur. 12 July 1764 Gainsborough Joseph, b. 22 March 1764; d. 1 July 1771 aet. 7y7m and bur. 3 inst. [mentioned in JM Bible, and entry names his parents and grandfather] -- + (bef. 1787 -- named in Thomas Morley's will as son-in-law) John Burt, grocer of Bassingham Deborah, bapt. 19 February 1773 Gainsborough MM [LDS]; bur. Gainsborough 1789 aet. 16 John, b. 13 8mo 1768; bur. 20 4mo 1769 and bur. Gainsborough MM Whaley [f], b. 31 March 1730 Gainsborough; d. 24 November 1730 [per LincRecSoc vol 44, p. 182, 'Whaley' comes from the Barlow side] -- Morley + -- Joseph, surgeon, of Selby, d. 4 December 1784 aet. 80 [per Morrell, p. 226]; [will of Thomas Morley of Brayton calls him a "cousin". Maybe not a first cousin. ] + (bond [LDS]: 24 July 1735 Selby; groom: 30, bride: 25) Catherine Hoskett, d. 25 February 1783 [per Morrell, p. 226] ?John, bapt. 17 January 1746 Selby [LDS] John Morley, of Snaith [Mentioned in the Joseph Morley Bible, so probably connected. Connection not known.] + -- Samuel, b.c. 3 March 1713; a butcher; d. 3 of Gainsborough [4th, per Bible] 6mo 1746 and bur. 6 inst. Gainsborough [aet. 33y3m1d per Bible] Seth Walker, schoolmaster at Brigg; d. 20 April 1738 and bur. 24 April 1738 Gainsborough [not known why he is mentioned in the Morley Bible] == Miscellaneous entries in LDS indices == John Morley + (10 6mo 1744 Beltoft [Gainsborough MM]) Ann Everatt of Gainsborough Thomas Morley + (19 February 1750 All Saints, Gainsborough [LDS]) Ann Hodgkinson Bridget Morley, bur. 28 November 1713 Gainsborough [LDS] Edmond Morley, bur. 22 October 1686 Broughton/Gainsborough [LDS] Richard Morley + (8 November 1732 Selby [LDS]) Mary Morley Jonathan Morley + Mary -- Mary, bapt. 16 January 1706 Adlingfleet [LDS] Joseph Morley, bapt. 30 April 1726 Fishlake [LDS; father not named] John Morley + (29 June 1725 Blacktoft, NRY [LDS]) Alice (Alis) Henlock == Snaith, Yorkshire LDS index entries, ad Ancestry Yorkshire Extracts entries, up to 1750 == Janet Morley + (3 December 1616 Snaith [LDS]) Edward Whittmorgan William Morley, poss. bur. 3 January 1686 [LDS] + -- Francis, bur. 1 April 1670 Snaith [LDS] Thomas, bur. 6 January 1676 Snaith [LDS] William Morley, poss. bur. 1 October 1735 [LDS] + -- (poss. Susannah Arner, m. 9 January 1704 Snaith [LDS]) Thomas, bur. 10 October 1709 Snaith [LDS] Mary, bur. 13 March 1716 Snaith [LDS] John Morley + (17 January 1720 Snaith [LDS]) Ellen Barker John Morley, bur. 18 September 1722 Snaith [LDS] John Morley + (30 October 1733 Snaith [LDS]) Ann Martin Ann Morley, bur. 17 December 1740 Snaith [LDS] John Morley + (27 March 1744 Snaith [LDS]) Sarah Ashforth Thomas Morley + Nanny -- James + Jane Evury (d/o Joseph and Nanny Evury) Ann, bapt. Carlton Juxta Snaith [Anc:YKS; entry names parents and grandparents; date not indexed; bapt. 1807 per LDS] Jonet Morley "of Balne Poll" + (3 December 1616 Snaith [Anc:YKS]) Edward Whittingham Martin Morley + -- Andrew, bapt. 24 December 1689 Carlton Juxta Snaith [Anc:YKS] John, bapt. 11 February 1691 Carlton Juxta Snaith [Anc:YKS] William Morley, witnessed a Carlton Juxta Snaith marriage on 1 August 1793 [Anc:YKS] James Morley + (27 November 1804 Carlton Juxta Snaith [Anc:YKS]; both of Carlton) Sarah Barran Thomas Morley + Dinah --, d. 22 January 1810 of consumption aet. 37 and bur. Carlton Juxta Snaith [Anc:YKS] == Balby, Yorkshire LDS index entries, up to 1750 == TODO: confirm that this is Balby, Yorkshire (near Doncaster), and not Barmby on the Marsh (near Drax), or Barlby (near Selby). John Morley, bur. 10 July 1715 Balby [LDS] John Morley, d. 18 8mo 1715 of Snaith bur. Fishlake/Rawcliffe [PN1114 fo 160(327) (Balby MM)] John Morley + Miriam -- Mary, b. 17 11mo 1705 [RG6/1114 fo. 26(61) Fishlake/Rawcliffe (Balby MM)]; d. of Snaith and bur. 31 1mo 1706 Fishlake/Rawcliffe (Balby MM) John, b. 13 4mo 1707 Fishlake/Rawcliffe [PN1114 fo 62 (Balby MM)] Edmund, b. 13 9mo 1709 Fishlake/Rawcliffe [PN1114 fo 62 (Balby MM); no mother mentioned]; ?d. 18 January 1738 of St Sepulchres, London, of consumption, aet. 29, and bur 21 inst. near Bunhill Fields [RG6/330 fo. 191(383) (London/Middlesex Quarterly Meeting: Peel Burials)] Mary, b. 17 11mo 1711 Tadcaster [PN1376 fo 33 (Balby MM)]; bur. 12 March 1712 Balby [LDS] Samuel, b. 3 3mo 1713 Fishlake/Rawcliffe [PN1114 fo 27(63) (Balby MM); no mother mentioned] (prob. coincides with Samuel Morley, butcher, s/o John Morley "of Snaith" mentioned in Joseph Morley Bible, above) Mary Morley + (22 September or 22 November 1709 Balby [LDS]) Stephen Hollings Ferdinando Morley + (15 9mo 1743 Rawcliffe Meeting) Mary Bailey, d. 14 4mo 1752 of Thorne [RG6/1114 (Balby MM)] William, b. 4 3mo 1745 of Thorne [RG6/1114 (Balby MM)]; d. 23 6mo 1757 of Thorne [RG6/1114 (Balby MM)] Hannah/Mary (twins?), b. 25 11mo 1746/7 [RG6/1114 (Balby MM)] Ferdinando, b. 21 8mo 1750 [RG6/1114 (Balby MM)] Ferdinando Morley [senior?], d. 11 1mo 1760 of Thorne [RG6/1114 fo. 352 (Balby MM)] Elisabeth Morley, d. 2 10mo 1758 of Thorne [RG6/1114 (Balby MM)] Notes: (1) The source material does not use double dates for pre-1752 events. So it is not clear whether an event reported such as "1 January 1725" should be interpreted as "1 January 1724/5" or "1 January 1725/6". Probably the former. (2) Unless stated otherwise, all events tagged "Gainsborough [LDS]" are LDS index entries for Gainsborough Quaker records. Likewise for "Balby [LDS]". The actual records may contain additional information, and the LDS index may contain some errors.
Sources:
- Fragmenta genealogica, vol. XII, ed. FA Crisp, p. 92-3
- Will of Thomas Morley of Brayton, Yorkshire (1748) [PROB 11/760/56]
- W. Wilberforce Morrell's The History and Antiquities of Selby (1867)
- Lincoln Rec. Soc. The First Minute Book of the Gainsborough Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, vol. 1, 2 and 3 [index with biographical information]
- http://www.morleydna.com/forum/geo/Lincolnshire/Gainsborough-Wills
The Bible entries were started by Joseph Morley (or his wife) and continued by some of their descendants. The Bible is dated 1681, but written inside is "Magdalene Holland her booke Annoque domini: 1648 John Holland wrote this". Also written inside: "John Brumby of Srotton [sic Scotton?] Book 1695". It is now known if these people are related to the Morleys that later owned the book. Finally: "Mary Welch Left to Benjn and Ann Jowitt, Gainsborough 4mo 23d 1792". Joseph's daughter Sarah likely carried on the entries after his death.
Thomas Morley of Brayton's will mentions:
- late father-in-law Robert Pockley (?executors: William Osbaldeston of Hunnanby, co. York and his brother the Very Rev. Richard Osbaldeston D.D., Dean of York)
- sons Robinson Morley (elder) and Thomas Morley (younger; < 21)
- sister Mrs Margaret Wharrey, wife of Thomas Wharrey of Selby (and their daughter Margaret)
- "my Cousin Cook Watson Son of my Cousin Watson of Howden in the said County of York widow" (connection unknown -- related through Phoebe Cook? There was a Cooke Watson bapt. 13 August 1729 at Adlingfleet, s/o William Watson, who may be the William Watson Junior who married Phoebe Cook (aet. 22) on 11 January 1724 at York.)
- "my Cousin Joseph Morley of Selby aforesaid Surgeon" and all his children (not enumerated)
- "my Cousin Thomas Morley son of my uncle Joseph Morley of Gainsbrough"
- "my Cousins Jane Wressell and Margaret Wressel of Thealby in the County of Lincoln Spinsters"
- "my Cousin Susanna Driffield (née Wressell) Wife of William Driffield of Thealby aforesaid husbandman" -- annuity payable out of lands at Adlingfleet [see 1, 2]
- money to the poor of Adlingfleet
- Tabitha Cryer, widow, was living with him
The references to the Wressell sisters in Thomas Morley's will connects Thomas Morley of Brayton to Edmund Morley of Adlingfleet.
Markers
Title | Start Year | End Year | Added | Updated |
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Adlingfleet, West Riding of Yorkshire |
1606 | 1725 | 2013-12-30 | 2013-12-30 |
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire |
1670 | 1787 | 2013-12-30 | 2013-12-30 |
Balby, West Riding of Yorkshire |
1705 | 1713 | 2013-12-30 | 2013-12-30 |
Selby, West Riding of Yorkshire |
1735 | 1784 | 2013-12-30 | 2013-12-30 |
Snaith, West Riding of Yorkshire |
1746 | 1746 | 2013-12-30 | 2013-12-30 |
Brayton, West Riding of Yorkshire |
1747 | 1766 | 2013-12-30 | 2013-12-30 |