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Amelia (Molly) Stocks

Amelia, known as Molly, was born in 1792 in Berry Brow and her christening took place on February 5th, 1792 in Almondbury.¹²

Birth Notes
- Name: Amelia Stocks
  Event Date: 5 Feb 1792
  Event Type: Christening (Baptism)
  Parish: Almondbury, All Hallows
  Father's Name: Samuel Stocks, Clothier
  Abode: Berry Brow
  
  Amelia, daughter of Samuel Stocks of Berry Brow, Clothier

Molly's father was Samuel Stocks and her mother was Sally (Sarah) Brook. Her paternal grandparents were Joseph Stocks and Elizabeth Perkin. She had three brothers and six sisters, named James, George, Samuel, Salomey, Ruth, Martha, Sarah, Ellen and Elizabeth. She was the oldest of the ten children. She died at the age of 54 on February 1st, 1846 in Newsome.³

Death Notes
- Alive in 1841 with 5 children
  
  Annals of the Church and Parish of Almondbury, p538
  Section: Gravestones in Churchyeard
  Amelia, wife of John Shaw, or Newsome, and daughter of Samuel Stocks, of Berry Brow, died 1 February 1846, (age) 54. Said John Shaw died March 29 1850, 58.
  
  However, there is an Amelia alive in 1871, aged 74 living with her son Joseph Shaw from Emley (8 miles E of Newsome).

General Notes
- Amelia married John Shaw in 10 Oct 1811. The NC baprism for her daughter Ann is very interesting. It shows Ameila was also known as Molly, and Amelia's father Joseph was an Inn keeper in 1812

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Stocks
  - b.1692 in Halifax d.Dec 1732 in Longwood
  
  David Stocks
  - b.~  1715 in Longwood
  
  Eliza Wilkinson
  - b.~  1695 in Halifax
  
  Joseph Stocks
  - b.1739 in Fartown d.Jan 1800 in Berry Brow
  
  Sarah Brook
  - b.1717 in Huddersfield d. in Huddersfield
  
  Samuel Stocks
  - b.1771 at DeadManStone d.29 Jun 1848 in Honley
  
  George Parkin
  - b.1684 in Kirkheaton d.Nov 1718 in Linthwaite
  
  George Parkin
  - b.1712 in Linthwaite
  
  Susanna Harrison
  - b.1684 in Almondbury
  
  Elizabeth Perkin
  - b.1738 in Berry Brow d.Aug 1819 in Taylor Hill
  
  Susana (Hanah) Gleadhill
  - b.~  1715
  
  Amelia (Molly) Stocks
  - b.1792 in Berry Brow d.01 Feb 1846 in Newsome
  
  Sally (Sarah) Brook
  - b.1769 in Almondbury d.28 Jul 1848 in Honley

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Molly's family with John Shaw

¹ Certificate - Baptism
² FamilySearch.org
³ Annals of the Church and Parish of Almondbury