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John Grimshaw

Taken in 1805 and sourced from Burial Record.

1805 John Grimshaw Burial

This picture was taken in 1805 and sourced from Burial Record.

Individual Picture Notes
- Make a grave on or before next fourth Day, in Friends Burying Ground, at or near Bradford and therein lay the body of Jn'o Grimshaw (i.e. John Grimshaw) late of Allerton in the parish of Bradford in the county of york Farmer aged about eighty five years who died the fifteenth day of the seventh month one thousand wight hundred and five

John was born on February 5th, 1723 in Eccleshill.¹

Birth Notes
- Name:    John Grimshaw
  Event Type:    Birth
  Birth Date:    5 Feb 1723
  Birth Place:    Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England
  Gender:    Male
  Father:    Joshua Grimshaw
  Mother:    Jane Grimshaw
  Meeting:    Monthly Meeting of Knaresborough: Rawden
  Piece Description:    Piece 1502: Monthly Meeting of Knaresborough: Register Book for Rawden (1697-1752)
  
  Born: 5 Feb 1724 in Eccleshill, Yorkshire
  
  John Grimshaw son of Joshua & Jane Grimshaw of Greengates in the parish of Calverley Borh 5th of Ye 12 mon 1723

John's father was Joshua Grimshaw and his mother was Jane Oddy. His paternal grandparents were Jeremiah Grimshaw and Mary Stockton. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Joshua, Jeremiah, Joshua, William, Mary, Jane, Sarah, Esther and Alice. He was the eighth oldest of the ten children. He died at the age of 82 on July 15th, 1805 in Allerton. His burial was on July 17th, 1805 in Idle.²

Death Notes
- John Grimshaw died at Allerton, and was buried at a Friends Burial Ground serving the Bradford area (see grave record).
  
  In the margin of the burial records:
  "N/B his ??? was at Preston Partick, Westmorland
  ??? a member of the ??? ??? ???
  
  Make a grave on or before next fourth Day, in Friends Burying Ground, at or near Bradford and therein lay the body of Jn'o Grimshaw (i.e. John Grimshaw) late of Allerton in the parish of Bradford in the county of york Farmer aged about eighty five years who died the fifteenth day of the seventh month one thousand wight hundred and five.
  
  James Taylor, Grave maker interred the body, probably at the Quaker burial ground at Idle.
  
  An indenture record for a grave plot dated 1788 bears the name (amongst several others) of John Grimshaw of Calverley, so unless there is another John Grimshaw, Quaker in Bradford, is appears John first came to Calverely before farming at Allerton.
  
  Name:    Jno. Grimshaw
  Gender:    Male
  Age:    85
  Birth Date:    1720
  Death Date:    15 Jul 1805
  Death Place:    Brighouse, York, England
  Burial Date:    17 Jul 1805
  Burial Place:    Bradford
  FHL Film Number:    588422
  Reference ID:    p224 cn813

General Notes
- John possibly had a sister Esther. They were married 4 days appart at Preston (both Quaker Marriages)
  
  Innholder of Crooklands, but from the burial record, was later a farmer at Allerton, where he died.
  
  An indenture record for a grave plot dated 1788 bears the name (amongst several others) of John Grimshaw of Calverley, so unless there is another John Grimshaw, Quaker in Bradford, is appears John first came to Calverely before farming at Allerton.

Occupation Details
- John's occupation was Innkeeper.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Edward Grimshaw
  - b.~  1566 in Guiseley d.1635 in Rawden
  
  Abraham Grimshaw
  - b.1603 in Guiseley d.1670
  
  Dorytye (Dorothe) Ranger
  - b.~  1575 in Yorkshire
  
  Jeremiah Grimshaw
  - b.1653 in Yorkshire d.12 Oct 1721 in Rawden
  
  Sarah Collier
  - b.1623 in Yorkshire d.21 Sep 1695 in Rawden
  
  Joshua Grimshaw
  - b.1687 in Guisborough d.03 Mar 1764 in Yorkshire
  
  Mary Stockton
  - b.~  1650 in Guisborough d.Mar 1693 in Yorkshire
  
  John Grimshaw
  - b.05 Feb 1723 in Eccleshill d.15 Jul 1805 in Allerton
  
  Jane Oddy
  - b.30 May 1686 in Knaresborough d.11 Jun 1774 in Guisborough

Personal Timeline

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¹ England & Wales Quaker BMD (1578-1837)
² Burial Record
Sources/Citations Ancestry Family Trees, Individual - George Dyson