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Priestley, MrRef 39-187
[1???-18??]
A manufacturer at Sowerby Bridge.

When interviewed for Crabtree's Tour of Calder Dale of 1833, Mr Priestley of Sowerby Bridge would not sign the petition supporting the Ten Hours Bill, although he claimed to be

quite in favour of the measure

and when asked if they might see his work people he said

no, not one

When interviewed at home, where she was ill, one of his employees, Mary Holland, said that

Priestley has a pocket in which he puts a strap and sometimes beats them very severely ... the spinner has a stick to beat them with, and sometime beats [them] with a billy-roller and raises great lumps on [their] head

Priestley, AbrahamRef 39-88
[18??-1???]
A cloth finisher in Huddersfield.


Question: Is this the same as Abraham Priestley [1805-1875]?

 

His work gave him familiarity with a number of lock-up premises in White Hart Yard, Cloth Hall Street, Huddersfield, near Huddersfield railway station, where manufacturers – such as William Helm – stored their cloth pieces for transport to market. He later left Huddersfield to work in Manchester, where he had a business cleaning and arranging mill machinery.

For some time in 1870, the Huddersfield manufacturers had noticed that pieces of cloth had gone missing from White Hart Yard, but were unable to find an explanation. In January 1871, the matter was reported to the police.

In June 1871, Mr Withers, chief constable of Huddersfield borough police, apprehended Priestley at Huddersfield station. At the time, Priestley was carrying 5 bales of cloth belonging J. & R. Beaumont of Slaithwaite, who stored their cloth at White Hart Yard.

It was subsequently learned that Priestley had a key to the Yard, and let himself in to steal pieces of cloth which he took to Helm's room and made up into bales. He left these overnight. Next morning, he would go to the railway station, and give the key to a porter, with instructions to go to Helm's warehouse at the Yard, collect the bales and bring them Priestley at the station, giving the porter a shilling for his trouble.

At Bradford Intermediate Sessions [26th June 1871], Priestley was charged with stealing 36 pieces of cloth. He was found guilty, and sentenced to 5 years' penal servitude

Priestley, AbrahamRef 39-89
[1805-1875]


Question: Is this the same as Abraham Priestley [18??-1???]?

 

He was a cloth finisher [1871].

In [Q3] 1862, he married Elizabeth Hinchliffe [1823-1???] in Huddersfield.


Elizabeth was born in Huddersfield.

She had 4 children (father unknown) before the marriage:

  1. Joe Hinchliffe [b 1846] who was a boatman [1871]
  2. Jonathan Hinchliffe [b 1851] who was a cart driver [1871]
  3. James W. Hinchliffe [b 1853] who was a cotton piecer [1871]
  4. Mary Hinchliffe [b 1861]
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1863]

Abraham died in Huddersfield [Q2 1875] (aged 70) 

Priestley, AdamRef 39-203
[1797-1867]
Landlord of the
Reed, Halifax [1834-1864].

He was (possibly) the Adam Priestley who supplied

15 gallons of ale for (20 shillings) 

to a Funeral Feast for Joseph Thwaite which was held on 6th October 1854.

He married Lydia [1792-1855].

Children:

  1. Ann [February 1831-26th January 1855]  
  2. Mary [March 1832-16th March 1861] who married Nathan  Scholefield

Lydia died 5th August 1855 (aged 63).

Adam died 27th July 1867 (aged 70) 

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3935]

Priestley, AkedRef 39-162
[1836-1900]
Son of
Thomas Priestley.

He was a watchmaker [1851, 1861].

In 1887, he married Annie Agnes Rushton [1848-1???].


Annie Agnes came from Bradford
 

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Priestley, AlbertRef 39-182
[1881-1937]
Son of
James Nicholl Priestley.

Partner in Priestley Brothers (Blankets) Limited.

He lived at Ovenden House [1905]

He died at Southport [12th January 1937]

He was buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount [Grave Refs: 531 & 532]

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Priestley, AlbertRef 39-51
[1891-1916]
Son of Harriett & Sam Priestley of Luddendenfoot.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion.

He died 2nd June 1916 (aged 25).

He was buried at Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. [Enclosure No.4 VII D 7].

He is remembered on Luddendenfoot War Memorial

Priestley, AlfredRef 39-15
[18??-1???]
He married Alice [18??-1???].

Child: Milner

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Priestley, AngeloRef 39-46
[1890-1917]
Son of
William Priestley.

Born in Queensbury / Clayton.

He was a member of Church Of The Holy Trinity, Queensbury / a stone mason [1911] / a monumental mason [1914].

In [Q3] 1913, he married Eveline Davidson in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John Edward D. [5th January 1914-1978]

They lived at 9 Akeds Road, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards.

He was killed in action [2nd July 1917] (aged 27).

He was buried at Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref I E 7].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Priestley, ArthurRef 39-30
[1861-1???]
Son of Aaron Priestley, clogger.

Born in Warley.

He was a woolsorter [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].

In 1881, he married (1) Mary Ann Dixon [1861-1899] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Ann, of Dean Mill, Midgley, was born in Westmorland, the daughter of Thomas Dixon, farm servant
 

Children:

  1. Horace Herman [b 1882] who was a cloth manufacturer's  clerk [1901]
  2. Aaron [b 1885] who was a winder in worsted factory  [1901], a gardener [1911]
  3. Thomas [b 1888] who was a doffer in worsted factory  [1901], a wireless telegraphy engineer in Australia [1915]
  4. Luther [b 1891] who was a mechanic [1911]
  5. Ira

Mary Ann died in 1899 (aged 38).

In 1900, he married (2) Olivia Bloomer [1861-19??] in Halifax.


Olivia was born in Midgley
 

Child: 6. Leslie Bloomer [b 1901]

They lived at

  • 30 Providence Place, Midgley [1891]
  • 12 Rosebery Terrace, Pellon Lane, Halifax [1901, 1911]

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Priestley, ArthurRef 39-60
[1866-1909]
Son of James Priestley, delver.

Born in Halifax.

He was a plumber of Boothtown [1888] / a plumber [1891] / a journeyman plumber [1901].

In 1888, he married Faith Ann Asling [1866-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Faith Ann, of New Bank, Northowram, was born in Halifax, the daughter of Thomas Asling, gas stoker
 

Children:

  1. Edgar [b 1890] who was a railway labourer [1911]
  2. Amy [b 1892]
  3. Lewis
  4. Herbert [b 1901]

They lived at

  • 14 Brewery Street, Northowram [1891]
  • 4 Hermon Grove, Halifax [1901]
  • 38 Spofforth Road, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1911]

Arthur died in Halifax [Q4 1902] (aged 37).

In 1905, Faith Ann married Fredrick Edwin Lee [1877-1909] in Halifax.

Frederick Edwin died in Liverpool in 1909 (aged 32) 

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Priestley, B.Ref 39-26
[18??-19??]
Recorded in March 1917, when he was a local Councillor & the Vice-President of
Stainland Mechanics' Institute

Priestley, BenjaminRef 39-39
[1889-1917]
Of Southowram.

He married Unknown.

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1915] and served as a Private with the 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He was gassed and suffered with trench feet. followed by pneumonia. He returned to his unit [May 1917].

He died 9th September 1917 (aged 28).

He was buried at Hargicourt British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I E 6].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Anne's Church, Southowram

Priestley, Benjamin RothwellRef 39-93
[1838-1910]

On 18th January 1862, he married Isabella Collins [1838-1911] at Halifax Parish Church.


Isabella was the illegitimate daughter of Nanny Collins, who married
William Clegg
 

Benjamin & Isabella died in Blackpool

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Priestley, BriggsRef 39-210
[1831-1906]
Heraldic and general engraver at
Grand Junction Hotel Passage, Halifax [1905]

Priestley, CainRef 39-90
[1830-1855]
Son of Elizabeth & William Priestley.

Baptised 2nd May 1830.

In [Q2] 1853, he married Hannah Haigh in Halifax.


Hannah was the daughter of
William Haigh
 

Children:

  1. William [1853-14th July 1899] who was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-C35], with his Haigh grandparents

Priestley, CharlesRef 39-159
[1793-1851]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

He was a brewer [1841, 1843] / a glass manufacturer [1851].

On 21st October 1815, he married Elizabeth Wilson [1795-1857] in Lincoln.


Elizabeth was born in Nottinghamshire
 

Children:

  1. Lydia Ann [1816-1836]
  2. Mary Roe [1818-1895]
  3. Joseph [1819-1960]
  4. Harriet Euphemia [1821-1866] who married Charles Wallace Norris
  5. Lucy Lea [1823-1869]
  6. Henry [1824-1828]
  7. Elizabeth Frances [1828-1897]
  8. William Henry
  9. Anne Maria [1834-1843]

They lived at

  • Mearclough House, Sowerby Bridge [1841]
  • Broughton Grange, Broughton, Lancashire [1851]

Charles died in 1851.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £200

Members of the family are remembered on the Lea family tomb at St Peter's Church, Sowerby

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Priestley, CharlesRef 39-140
[18??-18??]
Ale and porter brewer at
Calderdale Brewery.

He lived at Mearclough House, Sowerby Bridge [1845]

Priestley, CharlesRef 39-189
[1810-1842]
/ [1792-1839] Son of
Captain John Priestley.

In 1815, he married (1) Elizabeth Wilson at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire.

On 24th September 1831, he married (2) Katharine Maria Busfeild at Bradford Parish Church.

Child: Edward

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Priestley, Charles ThomasRef 39-198
[17??-18??]
Son of
Thomas Priestley.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [23rd June 1785].

He was A liquor merchant at Halifax.

In October 1813, he was declared bankrupt

It is possible that Charles Thomas, took over his father's business and bankrupted it.

On 13th April 1812, he married Susannah Foster at All Saints' Church, Otley.

Children:

  1. child [b 1814]
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child [b 1827]

A Charles Thomas Priestley was buried at St Matthew's Church, Chapel Allerton, [28th August 1845] (age 60) 

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Priestley, ChristopherRef 39-83
[1811-1890]
Son of
John Priestley.

Born in Greetland [25th December 1811]; baptised at Elland [2nd February 1812].

He was a waste dealer [1867] / a warehouseman [1871] / a factory labourer [1881].

He married Mary Ann [1816-1892].


Mary Ann was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. Richard
  2. Ephraim
  3. Hiram [b 1840]
  4. Henry [b 1843]
  5. William Edward [b 1847] who was a worsted maker-up [1871]
  6. Ruth Ann [b 1851] who was a cotton piecer [1871], a  cotton reeler [1881]
  7. Lucy [b 1853] who was a cotton piecer [1871], a cotton  reeler [1881]
  8. Martha E. [b 1857] who was a worsted spinner [1871]
  9. Eliza [b 1857] who was a card room hand [1881]

They lived at Saddleworth Road, Elland-cum-Greetland [1871, 1881].

Christopher died 10th December 1890.

Mary died 17th January 1892.

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: I14]

Priestley, ChristopherRef 39-87
[1874-1939]
Son of
Ephraim Priestley.

Born 3rd May 1874.

He was a dock labourer [1908].

On 2nd April 1904, he married Daisy Maria Taylor in Laisterdyke.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth
  2. Annie [b 1907]
  3. Arnold Mallinson [b Hull 3rd March 1908-Aug 1964] who  died in Massachusetts USA
  4. William Rawson [15th October 1909-1972]

The family lived in Wyke Street, Hull [1908].

Christopher died 11th November 1939

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Priestley, ClementRef 39-56
[1890-1915]
Son of
John Henry Priestley.

Born in Halifax [April 1890].

By 1901, he had been adopted by Melinda & Thomas Willie Booth of Greetland.

He was a dyer's labourer / a Special Reservist in the West Yorkshire Regiment / with the 2nd Battalion Border Regiment [enlisted 17th February 1909].

When stationed at Headley. Hampshire, he was sentenced to 2 months imprisonment for theft by the civil authorities. He was discharged from the army [23rd August 1911].

On 21st February 1914, he married Maud Stanley at Halifax Register Office.


He adopted his wife's surname when they married
 

Child: Irene [born 22nd September 1914]

They lived at

  • 12 Union Street, Sowerby Bridge
  • 15 Carlton Street, Sowerby Bridge

During World War I, he enlisted at Halifax, as Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

On 20th November 1914, he was discharged for misconduct, having gone AWOL on 2 occasions, struck a sentry and broken his arrest.

Later, he enlisted at Bradford and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.

He was wounded [April 1915], probably during Second Ypres offensive, and spent 6 weeks in hospital at Boulogne.

He was killed in the trenches at Kemmel [14th July 1915] (aged 25).

He was buried at Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref J 32].

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial, on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, on the Memorial at Middle Dean Street Chapel, West Vale, and on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby

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Priestley, DorothyRef 39-114
[16??-1709]
Daughter of
Thomas Priestley.

She married (1) Samuel Lister.


Samuel was a son of Samuel Lister, and sister of the lady who married Dorothy's grandfather Henry Priestley
 

Samuel died in 1702.

In 1703, Dorothy married (2) Richard Sterne

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Priestley, Edgar WatkinRef 39-58
[1898-1918]
Or Edgar Walker Priestley.

Son of Eliza & James Priestley of Onoway, Alberta, Canada.

Born in Elland.

His family went to live in Canada.

During World War I, he served as a Private with D Battery 49th Battalion Canadian Infantry.

He was killed in action [8th October 1918] (aged 20).

He was buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Bethesda Methodist Sunday School, Elland

Priestley, EdmundRef 39-145
[1804-1876]
Born 21st December 1804.

He was a card manufacturer at Halifax.

He married Mary Annie [1829-1900].


Mary Ann was born 5th December 1829
 

Children:

  1. Mary Anne [b 1857] who married Edward Crosland Lumby
  2. Louis Edmund
  3. George Frederick Priestley
  4. Emily [b 1862]

They lived at 5 Park Road Halifax [1881, 1887]

Edmund died 17th November 1876 (aged 71).

Mary Ann died 1st January 1900.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 476]

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Priestley, Edmund J.Ref 39-57
[1896-1917]
Son of S. D. Priestley of Milnsbridge.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died 5th June 1917 (aged 21).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 2 & 3], and on the Memorial at Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden

Priestley, EdwinRef 39-32
[1859-1???]
Born in Barkisland.

He was a stone delver [1881] / a quarryman [1890] / a stone quarry engineman [1891] / an engine tenter [1901].

In 1879, he married Harriet Haigh [1859-1???] in Halifax.


Harriet was born in Scammonden.

She was a cotton speed tenter [1881].

She was a patient at the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1880] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a cotton  winder [1901]
  2. Herbert [b 1882] who was a bricklayer's labourer [1901]
  3. Fred [b 1883] who was an apprentice [1901]
  4. Sarah [b 1886] who was a cotton card room hand [1901]
  5. Willie Jagger

They lived at

  • 8 Slack Lane, Barkisland [1881]
  • 23 Upper Lane, Northowram [1891]
  • 5 Malt Shovel Yard, Halifax [1901]

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Priestley, EliRef 39-134
[1820-18??]
In July 1837, he,
Joseph Riley and Jabez Priestley were charged with breaking and entering the dwelling house of George Howarth of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse, and stealing a pistol and other articles.

The 2 Priestleys were old offenders and were each sentenced to 3 calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour followed by transportation for 10 years.

Riley was sentenced 14 calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour.

His prison record showed that he could read and write.

He was transported on the Bengal Merchant [24th March 1838], arriving New South Wales, Australia [21st July 1838]

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Priestley, Eli GarnettRef 39-66
[1890-1918]
Son of
Sam Priestley

Born 3rd September 1890; baptised at Christ Church, Pellon [13th August 1891]

He was a butcher's assistant [1911] / employed by Mr Eastwood, butcher, in Halifax Corn Market.

He lived at 8 Primrose View, King Cross, Halifax, with his uncle James Garnett [1901, 1911, 1918].

He lived at

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1916] and served as a Private with the 2nd/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to France [January 1917], and was sent home wounded [April 1917], return to the Front [August 1917].

He was again wounded and died of his wounds in No.12 General Hospital, France [24th April 1918].

His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [4th May & 11th May 1918].

He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France [Grave Ref P IX N 7B].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £110 14/-.

Administration was granted to his sister Blanche Jowett

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Priestley, ElizaRef 39-17
[1838-1850]
Daughter of
William Priestley.

She was one of the workers killed in the explosion at Lilly Lane Mill, Halifax [29th November 1850]. and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4135]

Priestley, ElizabethRef 39-71
[1848-1941]
Daughter of
Solomon Priestley.

Born 20th November 1848.

She never married.

After the death of her sister-in-law, Betsy, wife of her brother James Nicholl Priestley, Elizabeth moved into Ovenden House to look after her nephews, John Whitaker, James Nicholl & Albert.

Her brother, James died in 1893, when the eldest child was 15 and the youngest was 12, so Elizabeth was largely responsible for seeing the children into adulthood, especially as their father had been ill for some of the last years of his life.

She remained at Ovenden House until she died there [15th July 1941] (aged 92). Probate records show that she left effects valued at £28,510 17/-.

Probate was granted to her nephews John Whitaker & James Nicholl [Llandudno 10th October 1941].

She was cremated at Scholesmoor. Her ashes were interred at St George's Church, Lee Mount [22nd July 1941] with her brother James & family.

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Priestley, Elizabeth MarianneRef 39-186
[1818-1876]
Daughter of
John Priestley.

She married John Rawson of Brockwell.

She, her husband & daughter were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: Elizabeth Marianne [14th January 1876]; John [11th February 1899]

Priestley, ElkanahRef 39-8
[1851-1923]
Of Perseverance Road, Bradshaw.

He married Rose [1850-1923].

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [1879-1906]
  2. Elizabeth who died in infancy
  3. Edith who died in infancy

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden (Grave Ref: C13

Priestley, EllisRef 39-223
[1834-1881]
Son of
James Priestley.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a butcher [1861, 1871].

He married Eliza [1837-1???].


Eliza was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ada Sarah [b 1866]

The family lived at 10 Back Gerrard Street, Halifax (with Ellis's widowed father) [1871].

Ellis died 6th June 1881 (aged 47), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1231]

Priestley, EphraimRef 39-86
[1838-1???]
Son of
Christopher Priestley.

He was a slubber [1867].

He married (1) Unknown.

Children:

Child: Joah [b 1864]

On 21st September 1867, he married (2) Elizabeth Mallinson [1839-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth, of Warley, was the daughter of Joah Mallinson, joiner
 

Children:

  1. Hiram Edward [b 1869]
  2. Polly [b 1872]
  3. Christopher
  4. Ellen [b 1877]
  5. Ernest E. [b 1882]

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Priestley, FarrarRef 39-49
[1857-1???]
Son of James Priestley, boatman.

Born in Elland.

He was a boatman of Westgate, Elland [1880] / a waterman [1881] / a boatman [1891].

In 1880, he married Elizabeth Ann Wilson [1857-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth Ann, of Raw Royd, Elland, was born in Sowerby Bridge, the daughter of Samuel Wilson, cotton spinner
 

Children:

  1. William Henry [bapt 1881] who was a spinner (cotton mill)   [1901]
  2. Mary Elizabeth [bapt 1883] who was a twiner (cotton mill)   [1901] & married John Fox
  3. Emma [bapt 1887] who was a twiner (cotton mill) [1901], a  cotton spinner piecener [1911]
  4. Farrar

The children were baptised at Elland Parish Church.

They lived at

  • New Street, Elland [1881]
  • 6 Gog Hill, Elland [1891]
  • 13 Commercial Street, Elland [1901]

Elizabeth Ann died in 1903 (aged 46).

Farrar died in 1908 (aged 51).

In 1911, Emma & Farrar were living with their sister Mary Elizabeth and her husband John Fox. Sons William Henry & Farrar served in World War I; Farrar died in the conflict

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Priestley, FarrarRef 39-50
[1890-1916]
Son of
Farrar Priestley.

He was a woollen piecener [1911] / employed by Wright, Hamer & Sons, Greetland.

In 1911, he and his sister Emma were living with their older sister Mary Elizabeth and her husband John Fox.

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1915] and served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

His brother William Henry was also serving.

Farrar died 3rd September 1916.

His photograph appears with reports of his story in the Halifax Courier [30th June 1917 & 7th October 1916].

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], and on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

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Priestley, FrancisRef 39-116
[1???-16??]
He was
Constable of Sowerby [1661-2]

Priestley, FrancisRef 39-147
[1594-1649]
Son of
Thomas Priestley.

He inherited Priestley Ing, Turvin.

He was recorded as being MP for Halifax [1648].


Question: Can anyone reconcile this comment on his being MP with the familiar reports that Jeremy Bentley was the first MP in 1654?

 

He married Sibella Drake.

They had no children.

After the marriage, they lived at Bentley Royd, Sowerby.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church at the upper end of the south aisle, near his brother, Jonathan

Priestley, FrancisRef 39-151
[16??-1???]
He married Grace, daughter of
William Heald of Hipperholme.

See Henry Root

Priestley, FrankRef 39-47
[1898-1917]
Son of
Ramsden Priestley.

He was a member of St Augustine's Church, Pellon / educated at St Augustine's School, Pellon / a butcher's apprentice [1911] / a cutter for Wood, Harris & Company / a territorial.

During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914] and served as a Bombardier with C Battery 246th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died of wounds [19th September 1917] (aged 19).

The Halifax Courier [6th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IV F 19.]

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon.

His brother Norman also died in the War

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Priestley, FriendRef 39-209
[1876-1931]
Son of
Moses Priestley.

He was a music teacher [1905].

On 14th June 1905, he married Sarah.


Sarah was the widow of Willie Shaw, and had taken over from Willie as licensee of the Manor House, Southowram
 

Friend subsequently became licensee at the Manor House [1911, 1917, 1931].

Friend died at the Manor House [23rd December 1931].

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram

Sarah took over at the Manor House [1931-1939]

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Priestley, GeorgeRef 39-11
[1780-1855]
Son of
James Priestley.

Baptised at Coley Church [20th February 1780].

He was a lock keeper living at Lock House, Colne, Lancashire [1841]

He married Mary 1782-18??.

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1800]
  2. Sarah [1802-1835]
  3. George [1804-1823]
  4. Ann [1806-1823]
  5. James [b 1807]
  6. Mary Ann [b 1810]
  7. Martha [bapt 1815]
  8. Elizabeth [bapt 1815-1831]
  9. Ruth [bapt 1823]
  10. John [bapt 1823]
  11. Jonathan [bapt 1823]
  12. George [bapt 1827]
  13. Thomas [b 1830]
  14. Ann [b 1835]

They lived at Three Rise Locks, Bingley [1851].

He died in Bingley [30th July 1855]

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Priestley, GeorgeRef 39-141
[1786-1849]
Eldest son of
Joseph Priestley.

On 15th November 1819, he married Hannah Kirkman [1802-1871] in Manchester.


Hannah was described as wealthy
 

Child: George Kirkman

They lived at White Windows

He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].

In 1837, he bought property – The Grange – in Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, and went to live there. He tried to sell White Windows without success, and the house passed to his son, George.

See Wheelwright's Charity

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Priestley, GeorgeRef 39-230
[1821-1863]
Son of William Priestley.

Born in Walsden.

He was a mechanic [1861].

Around 1846, he married Mary [1823-1???].


Mary was born in Langfield
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1846] who was a cotton creeler [1861]
  2. Sam William [b 1848] who was a mule piecer [1861]
  3. John E. [b 1850] who was a throstle doffer [1861], a  cotton weaver [1871] (possibly) = John Edward Priestley
  4. Solomon [b 1852] who was a throstle doffer [1861], a  cotton weaver [1871]
  5. Mark [b 1860]

They lived at

  • 3 Ramsden Wood, Todmorden & Walsden [1861]
  • 14 Ramsden Wood, Todmorden & Walsden [1871]

Living with them [in 1861] was George's widowed father William Priestley [b 1818] (band maker).

George died Q2 1861

Priestley, George FrederickRef 39-178
[1858-1934]
Son of
Edmund Priestley.

Born 25th May 1858

He was a card maker in Halifax [1881].

In March 1886, he filed a patent for

an improved wheel, designed for use on ground tram rails, or for use on highways

In February 1887, he and his brother Louis Edmund filed a patent for

the application of a certain appliance for strengthening or steadying cast steel card teeth employed in dressing silk waste

In December 1887, he filed a patent for

new or improved apparatus for automatically coupling railway carriages, waggons and other forms of cars

In August 1892, he filed a patent for

improvements in machinery for pulling slivers or silk and other fibres

He died 30th March 1934.

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 467]

Priestley, George KirkmanRef 39-197
[1822-1???]
Son of
George Priestley.

Baptised at Sowerby [23rd January 1822]

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Priestley, Harold SymonsRef 39-41
[1887-1940]
Son of Mary Jane Symons & Arthur Priestley.

In 1901, it is possible that he was the adopted son living with Jonas Aspinall and family

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Priestley, Harriet SusannahRef 39-200
[1832-1901]
Daughter of
John Priestley of Thorpe House, Triangle.

Three weeks after her birth, her mother Marianne died, at the age of 39.

Harriet Susannah married Frederick Edward Rawson.

After her husband's death, she completed the work of building the church of St John the Divine, Thorpe.

She gave an endowment of £2,000 for the Vicar.

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: Frederick Edward [21st May 1879]; Harriet Susanna [30th November 1901]

Priestley, HarryRef 39-48
[1880-1917]
Son of Sarah & Amos Priestley of 27 Bath Place, Woodside, Halifax.

He was a French polisher employed by Fielding & Bottomley.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

He was wounded at Arras [1917] and treated in Keighley Hospital. He transferred to with the 53rd Battalion Labour Corps.

He was wounded by shell fire.

He died of wounds the following day [22nd October 1917] (aged 37).

He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XXII D 3].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Priestley, HenryRef 39-161
[1???-1???]
Of
Goodgreave.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. Thomas

Priestley, HenryRef 39-164
[15??-16??]
Of Soyland.

He married Helen, daughter of Richard Gledhill

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. John

Priestley, HenryRef 39-2
[1599-1654]
Son of
Thomas Priestley.

He married (1) Miss Lister.


His wife was a daughter of Samuel Lister, and sister of Samuel who married Henry's granddaughter Dorothy
 

He married (2) either Ann Preston or Ann Dean [5th February 1650].

Child: Thomas

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Priestley, HenryRef 39-135
[17??-18??]
He lived at
School Field Croft, Sowerby Bridge. In 1836, he sold the house to William Henry Rawson

Priestley, Major HenryRef 39-150
[1790-1837]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

He served with the 2nd West Yorkshire Militia: Captain [1819].

In 1819, he married Mary Page at Gosport.

Child: Henry Lea [1830-1844]

They lived at Haugh End, Sowerby.

There is a marble tablet in memory of members of the family in Sowerby Church.

Members of the family are also remembered on the Lea family tomb at St Peter's Church, Sowerby

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Priestley, HenryRef 39-42
[18??-1???]
Born in Ovenden.

He married Alice Crabtree [18??-19??].


Alice was born in Mytholmroyd
 

Child: Wilfred

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Priestley, HenryRef 39-53
[1837-1906]
He was an overlooker.

He married Susannah [1835-1893].

Children:

  1. Joe [1862-1864]
  2. child [1865] who was stillborn
  3. child [1866] who was stillborn
  4. Emily [1867-1868]

They lived at

  • Taylor's Buildings, Lower Shaw Hill, Halifax [1864]
  • Shaw Hill, Halifax [1865]
  • Lower Shaw Hill, Halifax [1868]
  • 1 Shaw Hill, Halifax [1893]
  • 9 Upper Shaw Hill, Halifax [1906]

Susannah died 19th August 1893 (aged 58) 

Henry died 11th December 1906 (aged 69) 

Members of the family were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Priestley, HenryRef 39-94
[1839-19??]

He married (1) Unknown.

On 16th March 1902, he married (2) Harriet.


Harriet, the daughter of
Ingham Greenwood, was the widow of James Sutcliffe
 

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Priestley, HerbertRef 39-63
[1899-1918]
Of 11 Lee Bank, Halifax.

He was a member of the Boys' Brigade at St George's Church, Lee Mount / a porter at Sowerby Bridge Railway Station.

During World War I, he enlisted [February 1916] and served as a Private with the 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He died 19th July 1918 (aged 19).

He was buried at Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin, France [Grave Ref II A 4-6].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Priestley, IraRef 39-31
[1893-1915]
Son of
Arthur Priestley.

Born in Midgley.

He was educated at Battinson Road School / an able swimmer / a member of Trinity Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax / a drapery apprentice [1911] / a traveller for Tasker & Moses [1914].

During World War I, he enlisted in 1914 and served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He sailed for the Dardanelles [2nd July 1915] and took part in the landing at Suvla Bay [August 1915].

He died of enteric fever in the Dardanelles [3rd October 1915] (aged 22).

The Halifax Courier [16th October 1915] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt..

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Priestley, IrvineRef 39-28
[1894-1948]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

On 21st May 1922, he married Nellie Rawnsley in Halifax.


Nellie was born in Elland
 

The couple died in Elland: Irvine [11th November 1948]; Nellie [1980]

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Priestley, IsaacRef 39-79
[18??-1???]

In [Q3] 1874, he married Nancy Ramsden [18??-1???] in Halifax.


Nancy was born in Lightcliffe
 

Child: Ramsden

Priestley, IsaacRef 39-124
[1810-1887]
(Possibly) son of Mary & John Priestley.

Born in Ovenden [2nd January 1811]; baptised at South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax [1st March 1811].

He was a wholesale and retail draper at 8 Woolshops, Halifax [1845] / a draper employing 1 assistant [1851] / a member of the Halifax Board of Guardians [1869].

He married (1) Martha [1813-1867].


Martha came from Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Samuel Blagborough who died 25th February 1836 (aged 5  months) 
  2. John
  3. Mary who died 26th April 1839 (aged 7 months) 
  4. Elizabeth [b 1844] who married Francis William Newton
  5. James [1841-13th September 1850]
  6. Charles H. [b 1854]

They lived at Woolshops, over the shop [1851].

Martha died 15th November 1867 (aged 54).

He married (2) Mary [1848-1???].


Mary came from Louth, Lincolnshire
 

Children:

  1. Ada [b 1870]
  2. Walter [b 1871]
  3. Albert [1872-1874]
  4. Annie who died 21st November 1874 aged 18 days
  5. Emma [b 1875]

In May 1874, his shop – with dwelling house attached – was advertised to let.

They lived at Formby, Lancashire [1881]

Isaac died 31st July 1887 (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 401]

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Priestley, IsaacRef 39-218
[1814-1847]
He was a woolstapler.

He married Maria Isabella [1815-1881].

Children:

  1. Edward Walsh [1838-1841]
  2. Elizabeth Jane [1840-1843]
  3. Louisa [1844] who died in infancy
  4. Mary Harriet [1846] who died in infancy
  5. a stillborn child [buried 28th June 1847]

Isaac died 11th January 1847 (aged 33).

He & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2710].

In 1848, Maria Isabella married John Kenyon in Halifax.

Maria Isabella Kenyon died in Halifax [Q1 1881] (aged 66) 

Priestley, JabezRef 39-126
[1817-18??]
In July 1837, he,
Joseph Riley and Eli Priestley were charged with breaking and entering the dwelling house of George Howarth of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse, and stealing a pistol and other articles.

The 2 Priestleys were old offenders and were each sentenced to 3 calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour followed by transportation for 10 years.

Riley was sentenced 14 calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour.

On 6th December 1837, he was received aboard the Hulk Ship Gunnymede at Chatham & Woolwich.

His details are recorded:


Occupation: Engine Tender
Read or write – Neither
Unmarried
 

He was transported on the ship Coromandel, sailing on 25th June 1838 for Tasmania

Priestley, JamesRef 39-180
[1???-1???]
He lived at
Goose Gate Farm, Illingworth.

He built houses at what was subsequently named Jammy Green, Illingworth

Priestley, JamesRef 39-9
[1???-17??]
A weaver in Shelf [1744]

He married Unknown.

Child: James

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Priestley, JamesRef 39-130
[16??-1747]
Yeoman
clothier of Shelf Hall.

In 1706, he married (1) a widow, Mrs Sarah Surridge, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. James
  2. Joseph
  3. Jonathan

In 1732, he married (2) a widow, Mrs Mary Dixon from Keighley.

His great-grandchildren took part in the occupation of Shelf Hall during the Priestley Litigation in which they claimed that James left the Hall to his family, but the building and land were inherited by the Bottomley family

Priestley, JamesRef 39-157
[16??-1747]

Around 1705, he married Sarah Hanson.


Sarah was the daughter of
John Hanson
 

Child: Joseph

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Priestley, JamesRef 39-10
[17??-1824]
Son of
James Priestley.

Born in Shelf; baptised at Halifax Parish Church [1st April 1776, he married Phoebe Webster [1741-1803] at Halifax Parish Church.


Phoebe was the daughter of Jonathan Webster
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1777]
  2. Jonathan [1778-1782] who was buried at Coley
  3. Mary [b 1779]
  4. George
  5. Jonathan

They lived at Foulridge, Lancashire.

He died in Foulridge, Lancashire [17th December 1824].

Phoebe died in Foulridge, Lancashire [26th April 1803].

The couple were buried at Colne Parish Church

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Priestley, JamesRef 39-13
[1712-1804]
Worsted manufacturer.

He lived at James Priestley [1800].

He died 16th July 1804 (in his 93rd year) 

Priestley, JamesRef 39-24
[18??-18??]
A farmer at Ovenden [1873].

He married Unknown.

Child: Jonathan

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Priestley, JamesRef 39-224
[1802-18??]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a butcher & farmer of 19 acres [1851] / a butcher employing 1 man [1861] / a retired butcher [1871].

He married Sarah [1809-18??].


Sarah was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Oliver [b 1829] who was a butcher [1851]
  2. Martha [b 1832]
  3. Ellis

The family lived at

  • Holdsworth, Halifax [1851]
  • 72 Back Gerrard Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 10 Back Gerrard Street, Halifax [1871]

Sarah died between 1861 & 1871

Living with the widowed James [in 1871] were son Ellis & family

Priestley, JamesRef 39-108
[1803-1866]
Born in Halifax.

He was a last & boot tree maker employing 1 boy [1851] / a tea dealer & last & boot tree maker employing 1 boy [1861] / a last maker [1866].

He married Martha [1803-1870].


Martha was born in Keighley
 

Children:

  1. Eliza Emma [b 1836] who was a confectioner [1861]
  2. Edmund [b 1845] who was a clerk (wire manufacturing)   [1861]

They lived at

  • 15 Dean Street, Green Hill, Halifax [1851]
  • 55 Hampden Place, Halifax [1861]

James died 11th September 1866 (aged 63).

Martha died 11th April 1870 (aged 67).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 806]

Priestley, JamesRef 39-72
[1822-1???]
He was a dyer [1851].

He married Ann [1822-1???].


Ann was born in Barkisland
 

Children:

  1. Aqar [b 1846]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1848]
  3. John James [b 1850]

They lived at Green Terrace, Halifax [1851]

Priestley, JamesRef 39-106
[1824-1897]

He married (1) Ellen [1822-1870].

Children:

  1. Jonathan [1847-18th June 1850]
  2. John [June 1849-4th July 1850]

Ellen died 26th July 1870 (aged 48).

He married (2) Elizabeth [1829-1906].

James died 28th March 1897 (aged 73).

Elizabeth died 3rd July 1906 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4139]

Priestley, James EdwardRef 39-97
[1911-1976]
Born in Halifax.

He was a master hairdresser [1939] / landlord of the White Swan, Ripponden [1955-1958].

In 1936, he married Kathleen Eugene Taylor [1911-2006] in Halifax.


Kathleen was born in Halifax
 

They lived at 39 Godley Road [1939].

James Edward died in 1976.

Kathleen died in 2006.

They both died in Halifax

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Priestley, James NichollRef 39-170
[1844-1893]
Son of
Solomon Priestley.

Born in Luddenden.

He was a woollen manufacturer. He and his father set up a woollen business in Luddenden [1863].

He was a partner in James Milner & Company, trading as J. N. Priestley & Company, and a partner in Priestley Brothers (Blankets) Limited

On 25th November 1874, he married Betsy Whitaker [1847-1884] in Todmorden.


Betsy was the granddaughter of Edmund Whitaker
 

Children:

  1. John Whitaker
  2. James Nicholl
  3. Albert

They lived at Ovenden House [1881, 1884, 1941].

Betsy died in 1884.

James's sister Elizabeth moved into Ovenden House to look after the children.

His sons established Priestley Brothers (Blankets) Limited.

Members of the family were buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount [Grave Refs: 531 & 532]: Betsy [28th August 1884].

James died at Ovenden House [21st March 1893].

The ashes of his sister Elizabeth were buried with them [22nd July 1941]

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Priestley, James NichollRef 39-194
[1879-1945]
Son of
James Nicholl Priestley.

He was a blanket manufacturer [1941] / partner in Priestley Brothers (Blankets) Limited.

In 1914, he married Margaret Hartley in Halifax.


Margaret was the daughter of Joseph Hartley
 

Children:

  1. John Emerson
  2. James Gordon

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Priestley, JaredRef 39-144
[1828-1909]
He was a teacher of the young men's classes at
Cornholme United Methodist Free Church.

He married Ann Rhodes at Todmorden [1852].

Children:

  1. Rhoda who died of pneumonia on 29th January 1855 (aged 13  months) in Brighton, Victoria, Australia
  2. Rhoda Jane
  3. Albert
  4. Annie who died on 21st January 1864 (aged 8 months) near  Moscow, Russia
  5. Lillie Ann who died 26th February 1870 (aged 7 months) at  Limefield, Bury

During the goldrush, Jared and Ann sailed to Australia aboard The Henry Gillespie. They went to Bendigo, Victoria where their first 3 children were born.

They returned to England, but later went to Russia where they were involved in the cotton industry.

The family went to live in Bury where Jared died.

Daughters Rhoda & Annie were buried at Mount Zion United Free Methodist Church, Cornholme

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Priestley, JobRef 39-38
[1831-1???]
Son of John Priestley, weaver.

He was a weaver [1887].

On 18th February 1860, he married Susan Hebblethwaite [1840-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Susan, of Halifax, was the daughter of Noah Hebblethwaite, tailor
 

Children:

  1. Harriet [1864-1916] who married Joseph Smith
  2. Arthur [b 1872] who was a general labourer [1916]
  3. Elizabeth [b 1874] who was a frame tenter [1891]

They lived at Hanson Lane, Halifax [1887].

In 1891, Arthur & Elizabeth were living with sister Harriet and her family

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-176
[1???-1???]
Son of
Henry Priestley.

He married Unknown [16??-1665].

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child

Priestley, JohnRef 39-36
[1???-18??]
Of Ovenden.

He married Lydia.

Children:

  1. Sally [b 1831] who married [1852] John Barton
  2. Ellen [b 1832] who married Squire Jackson
  3. Thomas B.
  4. Emma [1835-1???] who married (1) [Q3 1859] William  Speight, (2) [Q2 1886] Greenwood King
  5. Mary [1837-1914]

The children were born in Halifax

Priestley, JohnRef 39-78
[16??-1???]
Son of
Jonathan Priestley.

He married Mary Swift.

Child: Nathaniel

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-196
[16??-16??]
He made his fortune as a cloth merchant in London.

He returned to Halifax and lived at Boothtown House.

He married Betty.

Arthur Comfort says

After his death, his widow married again, and as Mistress Briggs was again a widow. She bestowed abundance of cost upon repairing [Boothtown House], making gardens, orchards, walks and a summerhouse. Her daughter sold the house to Abraham Hall for £400

Priestley, JohnRef 39-131
[16??-1720]
Of
Westercroft Farm, Northowram.

Son of Joseph Priestley. He was a friend of Oliver Heywood.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Phoebe [b 1695] who married James Huthwaite
  2. Nathaniel
  3. Judith [1696-1710]
  4. Elizabeth [b 1702]
  5. Mary [d 1710]
  6. Hannah [d 1710]
  7. Abigail [1705-1714]
  8. Jonathan [b 1706]
  9. Lydia [1710-1715 died of smallpox]
  10. Sarah [b 1713]

The Northowram Register records that he


Mr John Priestley of Westercroft (my very dear Friend) was seiz'd with some Illness on Friday, 9th September 1720. was better next morning, went to Halifax, was at Northowram Chapel on Lord's Day, went to Rochdale on Monday was very ill that Evening, return'd Home on Tuesday, died on Friday abt 11 o'clock at night
 

Priestley, JohnRef 39-3
[1678-1765]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

He married Mary, daughter of Israel Wilde.

Child: John

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-143
[17??-1???]
Of
Field Head, Ovenden.

Son of Joseph Priestley.


Question: Is this John Priestley a duplication of one of the other John Priestleys here?

 

In 1768, he married Elizabeth, widow of John Haigh

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-120
[1718-1792]
Son of
John Priestley.

Wealthy manufacturer of kerseys and other coarse woollen cloths.

He made his fortune in London before returning to Halifax. He bought the White Windows estate (where the family had been tenants for 3 generations) from a distant cousin, Nathaniel Priestley He built White Windows in 1768.

He was a subscriber to the publication of Watson's History. He edited (and annotated) Some Memoirs concerning the Family of the Priestleys written by his great-great-uncle Jonathan Priestley.

In 1749, he married Susan Holdroyd.

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. John
  3. Mary [b 1756] who died in infancy

He died at White Windows [September 1792].

See Asquith Bottom House, Sowerby Bridge

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-122
[1754-1801]
Son of
John Priestley of White Windows.

Cloth merchant. He was one of the subscribers to the Leeds Infirmary [1792].

On 19th December 1776, he married Elizabeth Walker.

This joined the Walker & Priestley families.

Children:

  1. John who died in childhood
  2. William [b 1778] who died when 16 days' old
  3. William
  4. Mary
  5. John
  6. Walker
  7. Edward [bap 16th February 1790-27th May 1842]
  8. Ann [b 1793] who died aged 7 weeks
  9. Mary who died in childhood
  10. Charles
  11. twins [?] Anne
  12. John Milne

They lived at

He died 23rd January 1801.

There is a marble tablet in memory of members of the family in Sowerby Church.

See Asquith Bottom House and Thorpe Mill, Sowerby Bridge

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-174
[1776-1832]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

He was an adjutant in the Bradford militia.

In 1801, he married Mary Skelton [1775-1858] in Bradford (possibly) at Gretna Green, Scotland.


Mary was the daughter of Samuel Skelton
 

Children:

  1. Ann Greenwood [1803-1852] who married [9th December 1829]  Thomas Hill Horsfall [1???-1855]
  2. Sarah [1804-1832] who married William Busfeild
  3. Harriet [1806-1822]
  4. [John] Joseph William [b 1808]
  5. Charles
  6. Mary Elizabeth [1812-1894] who married Johnson Atkinson Busfeild
  7. Henry [b 1813]
  8. Samuel Skelton [1814-1893]
  9. Caroline Emily [b 1816] who married [1838] Thomas  Milnthorpe [1812-1894]

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-172
[1785-1858]
Of
Thorpe House, Triangle.

Son of John Priestley.

He and his brother Walker Priestley owned and operated Thorpe Mill.

On 16th/23rd November 1815, he married Marianne Lloyd at St Michael-Le-Belfry, York.


Marianne was the daughter of Thomas Lloyd, [1750-1828], of Barrowby Hall, near Leeds, and of Kingthorpe House, near Pickering. He was Commandant of the Leeds Volunteers during Napoleonic times
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Marianne
  2. John [November 1821-30th January 1822] who died aged 11  weeks and is mentioned in Anne Lister's diary
  3. Harriet Susanna

Three weeks after Harriet's birth, Marianne died (aged 39) 

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-82
[1789-1861]

On 18th August 1811, he married Leah Hanson [1783-1860] Children:

  1. Christopher
  2. Luke [bapt 1st May 1814]
  3. Rachel [bapt 3rd November 1816] who died 21st April 1822  (aged 5 years & 8 months) 
  4. James [bapt 16th July 1820]
  5. Ruth [1821-7th April 1849]
  6. Benjamin [bapt 25th June 1826]
  7. Ruth [bapt 25th June 1826]
  8. Rebecca [bapt 6th July 1828]

The children were baptised in Elland.

They lived at Lindwell, Greetland.

Leah died 25th June 1860 (aged 77).

John died 11th May 1861 (aged 72).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: I14]

Priestley, JohnRef 39-154
[18??-1???]
Of Cousin Lane, Halifax.

He previously lived at the Forest View, Ovenden.

Recorded in 1874, when he was the manager of the club house at Ovenden Cricket Club. He was charged with selling beer without a licence. The case was dismissed and Priestley was warned to sell only to club members

Priestley, JohnRef 39-81
[1800-1858]
(Possibly) son of Mary (née Wardle) & David Priestley.

Born in Halifax [22nd December 1800].

He was a carpenter [1827] / a joiner [1841] / a carpenter [1851, 1858].

On 30th May 1822, he married Diana Garsed [1801-1850] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Abraham [b 1823] who was a joiner [1841]
  2. Sarah Ann [1826-1st March 1868]
  3. Hannah who died 15th February 1827 (age 19 days) 
  4. Charles [b 1829] who was a carpenter [1851] & married  Frances Elizabeth [1833-30th August 1853]
  5. Edward [b 1831] who was cotton piecer [1841], a  blacksmith [1851]
  6. Eleanor [b 1833]
  7. Ellen [b 1834]
  8. Joseph [b 1835] who was a carpenter [1851]
  9. Martha [1838-7th April 1867]
  10. William who died 27th January 1839 (age 10 months) 
  11. Elizabeth [b 1842]

They lived at

  • West Street, Sowerby [1841]
  • 6 Lindwell, Elland-cum-Greetland [1851]

Living with them [in 1851] was granddaughter Hannah Priestley [b 1845].

Diana died 7th August 1850 (aged 49).

John died 15th October 1858 (aged 57).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: M16]

Priestley, JohnRef 39-16
[1811-1879]
Born in Halifax.

He was a silk comb maker [1851] / a silk card maker [1861] / a silk comb manufacturer [1871]. He married (1) Selina [1808-1874].


Selina was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Sarah M. [b 1834] who was a dress maker [1851]

Selina died 27th June 1874 (aged 66).

He married (2) Ann [1832-1901].

They lived at

  • 42 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 4 Lower Bond Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 5 Milton Place, Halifax [1871, 1874]

John died 4th August 1879 (aged 68).

Ann died 27th October 1901 (aged 69).

He and his wives were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 565]

Priestley, JohnRef 39-105
[1812-1862]

He married Unknown.


His wife was the daughter of
Richard Burrows
 

John died 1st March 1862 (aged 50)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4129] with his wife's parents

Priestley, JohnRef 39-226
[1814-1???]
Born in Northowram.

He was a banksman (at colliery) [1851] / a pit banksman's clerk [1861].

He married Matilda [1813-1891].


Matilda was born in Heptonstall.

She was widowed and a lasting weaver [1871], and a serge weaver [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Martha [1835-1910] who was a power loom worsted weaver  [1851] & never married
  2. Emma [b 1836] who was a bonnet maker [1851] & married  Thomas Naylor
  3. Joseph [b 1839] who was a corn miller [1861]
  4. Richard Burrows

The family lived at

  • Nursery Lane, Ovenden [1851]
  • 2 Gill's Court, Halifax [1861]
  • 11 Crib Lane, Halifax (Matilda was living alone) [1871,  1881]

Son-in-law Thomas Naylor & family were living at 6 Crib Lane [1871].


Details of John's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Matilda died 27th March 1891 (aged 78).

She and other members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 463] with Robert Smith

Priestley, JohnRef 39-20
[1817-1876]
Of Brighouse.

In [Q4] 1839, he married (1) Sarah Breedon Dyson [1814-1840] in Halifax.

Sarah died 25th July 1840 (aged 26).

He married (2) Elizabeth [1815-1859], who was one of Elizabeth Reynard (in [Q2] 1844), Elizabeth Barker (in [Q2] 1849), or Elizabeth Crowther (in [Q4] 1855).

They were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Priestley, JohnRef 39-216
[1831-1???]
Tea-dealer in Halifax.

In July 1853, he was charged with forging a receipt. He had dealing with another tea-dealer, William Dawson (or William Dawson Mortimer) of Bradford. In June 1853, Dawson asked Priestley to settle an account for tea. Priestley claimed that he paid £10 on 17th Mary and produced a receipt which he said was in Dawson's handwriting. Realising that it was a forgery, Dawson seized the document. Priestley then said that his brother had paid £10 to another party by mistake, a statement which turned out to be false. 2 witnesses proved that the receipt was in Priestley's handwriting. A verdict of Guilty was returned with a recommendation for mercy. Priestley was imprisoned for 12 months with hard labour

Priestley, JohnRef 39-55
[1835-1882]
Born in Ovenden

He was a wool sorter [1855] / landlord of the Peat Pitts, Bradshaw [1881-1882].

He married 14th November 18551 [1838-1893] in Halifax.


Susannah was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1856]
  2. William Henry [1857-1898]
  3. Milford [1860-1894]
  4. Martha Emma [1861-1941] who never married  
  5. Mary Hannah [1866-1915] who married [Halifax 4th November  1885] Charles William Aspinall, the couple took on the New  Road Tavern, Charles was born in Warley in 1866 and died in the New  Road Tavern on the 15th April 1895, botth are buried St Mary,   Illingworth
  6. Antoinette [1869-1907] who never married  
  7. Richard John [b 1871]
  8. Tom [b 1873]
  9. Arthur [b 1877]
  10. Clara Jane [b 1880]

John died in the Peat Pitts [4th August 1882].

After his death, Susannah took over and was a farmer and licensed victualler at the Peat Pitts [1882-1893]

Susannah died in Denholme [13th December 1895].

The couple & other members of the family () were buried at Illingworth Church

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-146
[1837-1???]
Eldest son of
Isaac Priestley.

He was a librarian in Bradford [1891].

On 17th September 1868, he married Betsy Chambers at St John's Congregational Church, Todmorden.


Betsy was the daughter of Charles Chambers
 

Children:

  1. Mabel Ruth [b 1870] who was a milliner [1891]
  2. Florence Martha [b 1873]
  3. Elsie Winifred [b 1876]
  4. Lilian B. [b 1882]

Around 1875, the family moved to Bradford

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-118
[1837-1900]
Aka Jack. From Ripponden.

Musician, violinist and music seller at Sowerby Bridge. He had a music shop in Town Hall Street. He moved from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester where he played with De Jong's Orchestra. He returned to Halifax and worked for Hemingway's in Northgate. He was leader of the orchestra at the Theatre Royal [from 1870], and conductor with several other local orchestras. He was one of the founders, Presiden [1896] and conductor of the Northgate End Orchestral Society. In the 1890s, he was presented with a gold watch for services rendered to the musical cause in Halifax.

He was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden

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Priestley, JohnRef 39-225
[1837-1923]
He was a draper [1869].

He married Bessie [1846-1908].

Children:

  1. Gertrude who died 13th August 1869 (aged 10 days) 
  2. Bessie Lilian [1881-1903]

Bessie died 20th June 1908 (aged 62).

John died 12th April 1923 (aged 86).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 400]

Priestley, JohnRef 39-96
[1873-1930]

In [Q3] 1898, he married Clara Crowther [1872-1947] in Halifax.


Clara was born in Halifax [21st May 1872]
 

John died 16th January 1930 (aged 57).

In 1939, Clara was living with her sister Esther at 140 St Stephen's Street, Copley.

Clara died 2nd September 1947 (aged 74).

The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/525] with Clara's sister Esther & her husband Albert Haigh

Priestley, JohnRef 39-44
[1894-1916]
Born in Colne.

He was a joiner.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.

He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme [1st July 1916] (aged 22).

He was buried at Redan Ridge Cemetery No.2, Beaumont-Hamel, France [Grave Ref C 10],

He is remembered on a memorial in Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd and in the book Royd Regeneration

Priestley, John EdwardRef 39-229
[1849-1912]
(Possibly) son of
George Priestley.

Born in Todmorden [16th December 1849].

He was a pork butcher [1881, 1891] / a pork butcher (shopkeeper) [1901] / a pork butcher [1911].

He married Sarah Jane Crossley [1854-1915].


Sarah Jane was born in Todmorden [5th May 1854], the daughter of James Crossley
 

Children:

  1. William Albert [23rd December 1885-19th October 1949]
  2. who was
  3. an apprentice pork butcher [1901]
  4. an assistant pork butcher [1911]
  5. & was buried with his parents

They lived at

  • 2 Eagle Street, Stansfield (living with Sarah Jane's  parents) [1881]
  • 3 Eagle Street, Stansfield (living with Sarah Jane's  widowed mother) [1891]
  • 1 Wellington Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • Patmos Bridge, Todmorden [1911, 1912]

John Edward died 23rd October 1912.

Sarah Jane died 26th February 1915.

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church with an unidentified Leonora Priestley [1894-1976]

Priestley, John EmersonRef 39-155
[1915-2000]
JP.

Son of James Nicholl Priestley.

In 1945, he married Myra, daughter of Henry Wharton Siddall.

Children:

  1. Ann
  2. Elizabeth

They lived at

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Priestley, John HenryRef 39-92
[1862-1928]
Son of Harriet Priestley, and stepson of
Robert Jones.

Born in Greetland.

He was a cotton operative [1881].

In [Q1] 1903, he married Hannah in Halifax


Hannah (née Stott) was the widow of James King
 

Hannah died in 1930.

The couple were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

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Priestley, John HenryRef 39-69
[1867-1905]
Born in Halifax.

He was a twister in working of worsted coatings [1891].

He married Martha Annie Mann [1870-19??].


Martha Annie was born in Halifax
 

Child: Clement

They lived at

  • Lytham Street, Halifax [1891]
  • Greetland [1901]

By 1901, son Clement had been adopted by Melinda & Thomas Willie Booth of Greetland

John Henry died around 1905.

In 1911, Martha Annie married (2) Matthew Victor Binns

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Priestley, John HenryRef 39-125
[1877-1963]
Local antiquarian from Ripponden. He was interested in history and prehistory, and he had a large collection of prehistoric artefacts.

He published several histories:

  • History of Ripponden [1903]
  • History of Rishworth Grammar School
  • History of the Ripponden Co-operative Society

He was a member of the Halifax Antiquarian Society from 1923, and President from 1951 until his death

Priestley, John NewsomeRef 39-160
[1830-1909]
Son of
Luke Priestley.

Born in Greetland; baptised at Elland [1830].

He was a woollen weaver (hand loom) [1851] / a weaver [1852] / a woollen weaver [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891] / a retired woollen weaver [1901].

On 30th May 1852, he married Martha Howarth [1830-1899] at Halifax Parish Church.


Martha was the daughter of John Howarth from Barkisland.

She had a daughter: Mary Ann Howarth [b 10th September 1850]. No father was recorded

 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann Howarth [b 1850]
  2. James [b 1853]
  3. Moses
  4. Martha Jane [b 1858]
  5. Luke [b 1859]
  6. Frances Maria [b 1863]
  7. Benjamin [b 1865]
  8. Howarth [b 1869]
  9. Samuel Allen [b 1872]
  10. Lucy Annie [b 1875]
  11. Alice Ann L. [b 1878]

They lived at

  • West Vale, Elland [1861]
  • Stainland Road, Elland cum Greetland [1871]
  • Lambert Street, Elland with Greetland [1881]
  • Ingham's Buildings, Dean Street, Elland with Greetland [1891]
  • Dean Street, Greetland [1901]

Living with them [in 1871] were lodgers Emily Tyldsley [aged 7] and Mary E Tyldsley [aged 5]

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Priestley, John WhitakerRef 39-208
[1877-1960]
Son of
James Nicholl Priestley.

He was a blanket manufacturer [1914, 1941] / Chairman and Governing Director of Priestley Brothers (Blankets) Limited.

He married Ethel, daughter of James Carter.

They had no children.

The family lived at

He was buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount [Grave Refs: 531 & 532]

See Albert Eastwood

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Priestley, JonasRef 39-190
[1700-1779]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

He married Mary Swift [1???-1665].

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child

In 1741, he remarried

Priestley, JonathanRef 39-153
[1???-16??]
Clothier of Goodgreave, Sowerby

Priestley, JonathanRef 39-23
[1???-18??]
Farmer at
Shaking House, Mixenden [1861].

He married Sarah.


Sarah was mentioned in the probate of [1873]
 

Priestley, JonathanRef 39-212
[1595-1662]
Son of
Thomas Priestley.

He never married.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church at the upper end of the south aisle, near his brother Francis

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Priestley, JonathanRef 39-192
[16??-1???]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

Like his father, he was one of the many Parliamentarians who fled to Lancashire when General Mackworth and the Royalists occupied Halifax around 1643.

He married Mary [1655-1708].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1672]
  2. Abigail [b 1673]

Priestley, JonathanRef 39-184
[16??-1722]
He lived at
Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme.

On 27th September 1676, he married Mrs Mary Nelson [1656-1709].

See Hipperholme Churchwardens

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Priestley, JonathanRef 39-207
[1634-1705]
Youngest son of
Joseph Priestley.

In 1647, he became apprentice to his brother, Thomas.

In 1672, he bought Northowram House on behalf of his friend, Oliver Heywood.

He (possibly) rebuilt Westercroft Farm, Northowram. There is a date J 1691 P. over the front door.

In 1695, he wrote a history of the Priestley family, in which he claimed that there had been Priestleys in Soyland for over 600 years.

In 1658, he married Phoebe Hoyle [1634-1674].

Children:

  1. Lydia
  2. Phoebe [d 1673]
  3. John
  4. Jonathan [b 1659]
  5. Lidia [1661-1681]
  6. Hannah [1663-1667]
  7. Nathanael
  8. Elizabeth [1662-1673]
  9. Abigail [1674-1700]

They lived at

Phoebe died [2nd March 1674/5] and was buried at Halifax [5th March 1674/5].

A gravestone from 1635, commemorating some members of the family, was found in the cellar of the Ring O' Bells, Halifax

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Priestley, JonathanRef 39-119
[1693-1743]
Son of
Rev Nathanael Priestley.

Friend and executor of Rev Oliver Heywood.

From around 1700, he lived at Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme.

In 1723, he married (1) Hannah Milnes.


Hannah was the daughter of Robert Milnes
 

Children:

  1. Nathaniel [b 1725]
  2. Hannah [1726-1726]

He married (2) Martha Reeveley

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Priestley, JonathanRef 39-12
[1783-1834]
Son of
James Priestley.

Baptised at Coley Church [22nd September 1783]. He moved to live in Lancashire.

He married Mary.

Child: Ann [b 1816]

He died in Foulridge, Lancashire [30th November 1834].

He was buried at Colne Parish Church

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Priestley, JonathanRef 39-25
[1846-1???]
Son of
James Priestley.

He was an optician.

In 1873, there was controversy between the ratepayers and the Ovenden Local Board over the introduction of gas into the district. In September 1873, Priestley was charged with

having written and sent anonymous letters containing threats of murder to James Booth, James Whiteley, and Wilson Midgley

all of whom had served on the Ovenden Local Board. He had threatened to shoot them with an air-gun.

At the trial, Priestley was described as well-educated and a student of optics. He was caught when the handwriting on the anonymous letters matched that of a reply which he sent to Charles Craven who had written to Priestley on the subject of telescopes.

He was found guilty of sending to James Booth, a letter threatening to kill him, and sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment

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Priestley, Jonathan EdwardRef 39-19
[1787-1858]
Aka Edward Jonathan.

Son of Thomas Priestley Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [15th December 1787].

He had a career in the military

In 1837, he was knighted K.H. a Knight of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover.

He served with the 25th Regiment, and was Deputy Inspector General of Constabulary in Ireland.

On 6th October 1814, he married Mary Ann Kenworthy at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.

Children:

  1. child [b 1814]
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child
  8. child
  9. child
  10. child [b 1834]

He died in Dublin [4th December 1858]

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-204
[1???-1689]
His family lived at
Goodgreave, Sowerby.

He was one of the many Parliamentarians who fled to Lancashire when General Mackworth and the Royalists occupied Halifax around 1643.

He married Hester Briggs.

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. John
  3. Jonathan
  4. Tom

He left his wife behind and when he returned to see her in September 1643, he was captured by Lieutenant-Colonel Wentworth men at Blackstone Edge and was imprisoned at the Corner House during the Civil War. He could have been ransomed for £80, but he refused to pay, believing that the Royalists would soon be routed.

He became ill with a fever – complaining that the streets of Halifax were filled with straw and dung and he was not used to confinement – and Mackworth agree to move him, but Priestley died within a few days at the house of John Brearcliffe.

It is said that he was buried behind the font in Halifax Parish Church

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-77
[1???-18??]
Stuff maker/merchant at Halifax.

In June 1830, he was declared bankrupt

Priestley, JosephRef 39-201
[1588-1643]
Son of
Thomas Priestley.

He married Elizabeth (Betty) Booth.


Betty was the daughter of John Booth
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Joseph
  3. Thomas
  4. Samuel
  5. Timothy
  6. Benjamin
  7. a daughter who died in infancy
  8. a daughter who died in infancy
  9. Mary
  10. Jonathan

During the Civil Wars, the family fled to Lancashire

Priestley, JosephRef 39-177
[16??-1690]
Son of
Thomas Priestley of Holdsworth.

Wool-merchant of Westercroft.

Heywood records that he


... made bad bargains

... drank to excess

... was arrested and imprisoned at Leicester for his debts

 

On 3rd October 1681, he married Mary Best.

Children:

  1. Lydia
  2. Mary [b 1687]

The couple inherited part of Shelf Hall.

He was killed in Ireland at the Battle of the Boyne

Priestley, JosephRef 39-181
[1617-1689]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

He married Hester Briggs [1627-1???].

Children:

  1. John who was apprenticed to Mr Lister, a grocer of  York
  2. Joseph

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-168
[1650-1733]
Of
White Windows.

Son of Joseph Priestley. He was apprenticed to Mr Kitchingman.

He married Mary Morrell.


Mary came from Beckfoot, near Bingley
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Timothy
  3. Mary
  4. Hannah who married John Starkey

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-149
[1659-1745]
Son of
John Priestley.

Born at Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme.

On 21st May 1685, he married Sarah Healey.

Children:

  1. Jonas
  2. John

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-138
[17??-1769]
Of Shelf.

Son of James Priestley.

He was a labourer [1738].

On 27th March 1738, he married Grace Morris.

Children:

  1. (possibly) Judith [1739-1740]
  2. Joseph

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-206
[1733-1804]
Son of
Jonas Priestley.

Born in Batley.

At the age of 1, the young Joseph, one of 6 children, was sent to live with his grandfather. He returned home, at the age of 6, when his mother died

He was minister at Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds.

He is credited with the discovery of oxygen

Priestley, JosephRef 39-133
[1740-1817]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

Baptised 18th March 1741.

He was Superintendent of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company [for almost 50 years].

He married Mary Greenwood.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Sarah [17??-1817] who married [16th August 1798] John  Robert Ogden

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Bradford [26th August 1817]

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-217
[1750-1819]
JP.

Son of John Priestley.

He was a magistrate. He had a Justices' Room at White Windows, Sowerby, and his name is inscribed on a window pane there. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding. He was a subscriber to Warley Grammar School.

He had a business as a merchant at Longbottom Fulling Mills, Luddendenfoot

On 5th November 1770, he married Lydia Lea.


Lydia was the only daughter and heiress of John Lea
 

Children:

  1. Harriet [b 1772]
  2. Caroline [b 1774]
  3. Mary Susannah [1775-1819] who married Rev Johnson Atkinson Busfeild
  4. Ann [b 1776]
  5. Delia [b 1778]
  6. Lucy [b 1779]
  7. Lea [1781-1853] who married Henry Lees Edwards
  8. George
  9. Henry
  10. Charles
  11. Edward [b 1796]

Several children died in their infancy.


On 8th March 1803, a newspaper announced the marriage of William Parker Esq to Miss Ann Adumesa Priestley, youngest daughter of Joseph Priestley ...

In April 1803, a newspaper announced the marriage of Captain Thomas Butler Esq, a Captain of the East India Service to Miss Priestley, daughter of Joseph Priestley

 

They lived at

See The Halifax Declaration [1817], St Peter's Church, Sowerby Benefactions and Sowerby Parish Church Bells

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-219
[1774-1850]
He was a chapel keeper [1841].

He married Sarah [1786-1849].

Children:

  1. Rachel [1810-1872] who was a general servant (for Robert Ridsdale shopkeeper at Lane Ends, Ovenden) [1851], a servant (for her aunt Sarah Ridsdale at Denfield, Ovenden) [1861], never married & was buried with her parents

The family lived at Fountain Street, Halifax [1841].

Living with them [in 1841] were boarders:

Sarah died 14th December 1849 (aged 63).

Joseph died 16th August 1850 (aged 76).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2763]

Priestley, Rev JosephRef 39-104
[18??-18??]

On 13th August 1834, he married Jane Birtwhistle in Halifax.


Jane was born 17th February 1807, the daughter of
William Birtwhistle
 

Jane died 19th February 1891 and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4037] with her sisters

Priestley, JosephRef 39-202
[18??-18??]
A saddler. He was a member of
Harrison Road Chapel, Carlton Street. He trained at Airedale College. He became minister at Smallbridge, near Rochdale

Priestley, JosephRef 39-73
[18??-18??]
Lodging house keeper at Fountain Street, Halifax [1850]

Priestley, JosephRef 39-220
[1805-1879]
Born in Northowram.

He was a weaver [1823] / a maltster (for a brewery around Northowram (possibly) Brear & Brown Limited or James Alderson & Company Limited) [1841].

On 11th May 1823, he married Sarah Mitchell [1804-1861] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Sophia
  2. William
  3. George
  4. Eliza
  5. Ann
  6. Jonathan
  7. James

Sarah died in Northowram [5th February 1861].

Joseph died in Northowram [4th August 1879].

The couple were buried at Illingworth Church

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-221
[1811-1890]
Born in Gosport, Hampshire.

He was a carpet weaver [1851, 1871].

He married (1) Mary [1814-1851].


Mary was born in Skircoat
 

Mary died 24th December 1851 (aged 37).

In [Q1] 1853, he married (2) Hannah Watson [1810-1884] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Northowram
 

Hannah died 8th August 1884 (aged 74).

The family lived at

  • Range Bank, Halifax [1851]
  • 26 Crossley Terrace, Halifax [1871]

Living with them [in 1851] was Joseph's widowed mother Hannah (born in Barkisland).

Joseph died 24th August 1890 (aged 79).

He and his wives were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2956] with his mother Hannah Priestley [1787-1861] & sister Hannah Priestley [1823-1902]

Priestley, JosephRef 39-117
[1825-1885]
Born in Soyland.

He was a clog & pattern maker [1851] / a clogger [1861] / a farmer and innkeeper at a beerhouse at his home Glenhaven Cottage [1871] / a clogger [1881].

In August 1874, Joseph Priestley, beerhouse keeper of Ripponden, was refused a spirit licence, but granted a beer licence.

On 7th October 1846, he married Elizabeth Eccles [1823-1897] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Mary Helen [1847-1860]
  2. John [1849-1878]
  3. William Henry
  4. Elizabeth [1855-1918]
  5. Emily [1860-1924]

They lived at

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-113
[1825-1905]
(Possibly) Joseph Normanton Priestley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a carter [1861] / a gentleman [1905].

He married Sarah [1833-1865].


Sarah was born in Halifax.

She was a milliner & dressmaker [1861]

 

Children:

  1. Walter [b 1851]
  2. John Henry [b 1855]
  3. James Edward [1860-1864] who was buried his mother

The family lived at Back Dean Street, Halifax [1861].

Sarah died 2nd May 1865 (aged 32)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2361].

Joseph died 14th March 1905 (aged 80).

He was buried with Sarah but he does not appear on the gravestone

Priestley, JosephRef 39-112
[1841-18??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a cordwainer [1881].

In 1879, he married Sarah Ann in Halifax.


Sarah Ann was the widow of
William Sykes.

She had 3 children by her first marriage:

  • Albert [b 1857]
  • James [b 1867] who was a silk dresser [1881]
  • Sam [b 1872] who was a silk dresser [1891]

She was a silk spreader [1891]

 

They lived at

  • 11 Hangram Street, Brighouse [1881]
  • 23 Daisy Croft, Brighouse [1887, 1891]

Living with the widowed Sarah Ann [in 1891] were cousin Caroline Child [b 1873] (cotton reeler), & visitor William Dawson [b 1871] (silk dresser).


Details of Joseph's death are not yet known
 

In July 1887, son Sam was exploring in the loft of their home when he discovered a number of bones. Dr Frederick Fielding Bond was called and identified the remains as being those of a young woman. It was said that the house had been the surgery of Dr Hopkinson, and that the bones were probably from his specimens.

Mrs Sykes displayed the bones in her house, making a charge for visitors to see them, before the remains were taken by the police for interment

Sarah Ann died in 1901 (aged 60) 

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Priestley, JosephRef 39-27
[1869-1928]
Born in Stainland.

He was weaving overlooker [1893].

On 30th Sep 1893, he married Ellen Clegg in Halifax


Ellen was the daughter of
Thomas Clegg
 

Children:

  1. Irvine
  2. Agnes Evelyn [1899-1967] who married [1928] Fred  Harrison
  3. Cyril [1898-1904]
  4. Doris May [1901-1971] who never married
  5. Vera Mary [1905-1960] who married [1932] Hubert  Williamson
  6. Beatrice [1907-1965] who never married
  7. Frank [1909-1972] who married [1933] Lillian  Withey [1907-1994]

The children were all born in Stainland

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Priestley, LewisRef 39-59
[1897-1917]
Son of
Arthur Priestley.

He was a tape weavering [1911] / a member of All Souls' Church, Halifax / employed by Oates & Green Limited at Ellen Royd Works, Halifax.

He lived at Howgate Hill, Southowram.

During World War I, he enlisted [March 1915] and served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was severely wounded in the side, shoulder & head by shell fragments with a piece of shell in his brain [29th April 1917].

He died of wounds in hospital [4th May 1917].

The Halifax Courier [19th May 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Grevillers British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II D 15].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Priestley, Louis EdmundRef 39-179
[1858-1938]
Son of
Edmund Priestley.

Born in Halifax [15th April 1857].

He was a card maker [1881] / retired [1911].

In February 1887, he and his brother George Frederick filed a patent for

the application of a certain appliance for strengthening or steadying cast steel card teeth employed in dressing silk waste

He lived at 5 Park Road, Halifax [1911].

Louis Edmund died 7th September 1938

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 467]

Priestley, LukeRef 39-173
[1801-1892]
Son of
Moses Priestley.

He was a woollen weaver [1841] / a farmer & hand loom weaver [1851].

In 1821, he married (1) Mary Newsome in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Benjamin [bapt 1823]
  2. Allen [bapt 1825]
  3. Samuel [bapt 1828]
  4. John Newsome
  5. Leah [bapt 1832]
  6. Sarah Ann [bapt 1834]

In 1840, he married (2) Leah [1801-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Leah was the daughter of clothier John Ainley, and the widow of Mr Drinkwater.

She had 3 children by her previous marriage:

(1) Ann [b 1826]; (2) Elizabeth [b 1828]; (3) Jane [b 1833]

 

They lived at

  • 57 Cross Hill, Elland with Greetland [1841]
  • 34 Cross Hill, Elland with Greetland [1851]

Luke died 18th January 1892 (aged 93).

Luke was buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: H8] with his parents

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Priestley, LydiaRef 39-132
[1660-1681]
Daughter of
Jonathan Priestley.

She drowned after being thrown from her horse whilst crossing Godley Brook Bridge when the Red Beck was swollen by a flood in December 1681

Priestley, MaryRef 39-166
[15??-1625]
Daughter of
Henry Priestley.

On 20th December 1585, she married (1) William Wade at Elland Parish Church.

She married (2) Rev John Broadley.

John died 14th February 1625 and Mary died 2 weeks later [2nd March].

The couple were buried at Halifax Parish Church.

There is a memorial to them in Halifax Parish Church

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Priestley, MaryRef 39-199
[1780-1870]
Of
Thorpe, Triangle.

Daughter of John Priestley, and cousin of Ann Walker.

Born September 1780.

In 1806, she married William Henry Rawson, joining the Priestley family and the Rawson family.

She died 18th February 1870.

The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: William Henry [11th January 1865]; Mary [23rd February 1870]

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Priestley, MilnerRef 39-14
[1867-1941]
Son of
Alfred Priestley.

Born in Northowram; baptised at Coley Church [25th April 1867].

He was A brewer's labourer [1901, 1911].

During World War II, he served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

On 31st March 1888, he married Clara Shaw at St George's Church, Lee Mount.


Clara, was born in Boothtown, the daughter of Truman Shaw
 

Children:

  1. Alice Ann [b 1889] who was a carpet weaver [1911]
  2. Alfred Wright [b 1891] who was a carpet weaver [1911], a  loom tuner [1941]
  3. Gladys [b 1896] who was a carpet weaver [1911] and  married [1923] Harry Vaughan [1895-19??]
  4. Horace [b 1897] who was an office boy [1911]
  5. Lois [b 1898] who was a chenille can filler [1911] and  married [1923] Frederick James Wormald [1898-19??]
  6. Freda [b 1900]
  7. Raymond [1901-1902]
  8. Herbert Shaw [b 1903]

The children were all born in Lee Mount.

They lived at

  • Ovenden [1891]
  • 1 Melrose Street, Ovenden [1901]
  • 25 Tennyson Street, Wheatley Lane [1911]
  • Hill Top, Soil Hill, Holmfield [1941]

He died 1st December 1941

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £160 3/6d. Probate was granted to son Alfred Wright

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Priestley, MosesRef 39-188
[1771-1845]
Of Greetland.

He was a farmer [1840].

He married Mary [1768-1838].

Children:

  1. Ruth [1796-1st May 1800]
  2. Luke
  3. Leah [1801-5th October 1819]

Mary died 4th July 1838 (aged 70).

Moses died 15th December 1845 (aged 74).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: H8]

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Priestley, MosesRef 39-213
[1855-1913]
Son of
John Priestley.

Born in Greetland.

He was a cotton twister [1871] / a cotton twiner [1881, 1891] / a cotton mill foreman [1901] / a cotton twiner [1911].

In 1873, he married Julia, daughter of Robert Banks, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Jonas Banks [b 1873]
  2. Friend
  3. Percy Hermon [b 1879]
  4. Eliza J. [b 1882]
  5. Starkey Henry [b 1884]
  6. Julia [b 1890]
  7. Annie Mabel? [b 1895]

They lived at

  • Holte Lane, Elland with Greetland [with Julia's parents 1881]
  • Holt Lane, Elland with Greetland [1891]
  • 80 Albert View, Halifax [1901]
  • 77 Essex Street, Halifax [1911]

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Priestley, Rev NathanaelRef 39-142
[1665-1728]
Son of
John Priestley or Jonathan Priestley.

Nonconformist minister.

He was a friend of Oliver Heywood.

The Northowram Register records he was


of great parts and excellent ministerial abilities, a universal scholar. He is truly of a candid, Christian temper, a lover of good men of whatever persuasion
 

On 19th July 1689, he registered a house in Warley where Heywood preached.

He assisted Rev Matthew Smith at what was to become Warley Congregational Church. In 1691, 3 years before he was ordained, he was Minister at Warley.

He bought land at Bell Croft and then gave it for the construction of Northgate End Chapel and was its first minister [1696-1728].

He built the Sundial House, Friendly.

Daniel Defoe used him as an informant when compiling the account of his tour of Britain.

In 1689, he married Jane, daughter of John Brearcliffe and widow of Samuel Fourness.

Children:

  1. James [d 1735]
  2. Sarah
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Dorothy
  5. Jonathan
  6. Sarah
  7. Nathaniel
  8. Thomas
  9. John

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church.

See William Kitchingman

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Priestley, NathanielRef 39-4
[1699-1781]
Son of
John Priestley.

He sold the White Windows estate to a distant cousin John Priestley, whose family had been tenants for 3 generations

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Priestley, NathanielRef 39-163
[17??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1761]

Priestley, NathanielRef 39-123
[17??-17??]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1738]

Priestley, NathanielRef 39-169
[1701-1782]
Yeoman of Northowram.

In 1750, he gave land and stone to construct The Manse on Towngate for Heywood's Chapel


Question: Was he the man who built Priestley Hall, Northowram [1723]?

 

Priestley, NathanielRef 39-74
[18??-19??]
A butcher at Mount Tabor.

In March 1864, he was charged with selling beer without a licence. He had been suspected of this for some time and a plain clothes officer found 11 men drinking and smoking, and saw Priestley selling beer and tobacco. The policeman called for a pint and was charged 1½d for it. Priestley was fined £5 plus 7/6d costs. Information was laid against him for selling tobacco without a licence

Priestley, NormanRef 39-109
[1900-1968]
Son of
Samuel Priestley.

He was a coal miner at Brook's Walterclough Pit, Hipperholme [1921].

In [Q4] 1921, he married Martha Alice Illingworth [1881-19??] at Bank Top Methodist Church, Southowram.

Children:

  1. Nellie [b 1923]
  2. Rosie [b 1930]

They lived at 1 The Square, Bank Top.

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Priestley, NormanRef 39-45
[1901-1919]
Son of
Ramsden Priestley.

During World War I, and he served as a Corporal with the Royal Air Force Wireless School.

He died in St Luke's War Hospital [31st March 1919] (aged 18).

He & other members of the family were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax [C 112].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

His brother Frank also died in the War

Priestley, Peter deRef 39-183
[11??-11??]
Of
Priestley Green.

He married Unknown.

Child: Jordan de Rookes

Priestley, R.Ref 39-167
[18??-19??]
Partner in
Priestley & Balme.

He lived at 10 Cromwell Terrace, Halifax [1905]

Priestley, RamsdenRef 39-68
[1874-1937]
Son of
Isaac Priestley.

Born in Halifax.

He was an upholsterer [1901, 1911].

In 1895, he married Ruth Windle [1873-1958] in Halifax.


Ruth was born in Kilnhurst, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. James Frederick [1895-1905]
  2. Frank
  3. Edith [b 1898]
  4. Norman

They lived at 10 Cromwell Terrace, West Hill Park, Halifax [1901, 1911, 1917].

Sons Frank & Norman died in World War I.

Members of the family were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

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Priestley, RichardRef 39-185
[14??-15??]
In his will of 1536, he left money to
Elland Church and to Ripponden Chapel. John Royde was a witness to the will

Priestley, RichardRef 39-156
[17??-18??]
Dealer in
leather and sizeing at Union Street, Halifax [1809]

Priestley, RichardRef 39-195
[17??-18??]
He married Mary.

Child: Sarah [b 1820] who married John Turner

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Priestley, RichardRef 39-102
[1746-1825]
Of Halifax.

He married Sarah [1755-1813].

Child: Cordelia [bapt 13th October 1800; d 10th March 1853] who married Thomas Cockroft, & was buried with her parents.

Sarah died 7th May 1813 (aged 58).

Richard died 15th June 1825 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Priestley, RichardRef 39-91
[1808-1878]
Born in Elland.

He was a labourer [1851] / a labourer in stone quarry [1871].

In [Q3] 1838, he married Martha Holroyd [1808-1874] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. child who died in infancy
  2. child who died in infancy
  3. Ellen [b 1838] who was a worsted power loom weaver [1851,  1871]
  4. Alfred [1851] who died in infancy

They lived at

  • Halfpenny Can, Southowram [1851]
  • Cross Flatts, Southowram [1871]

Living with them [in 1851] was widowed mother-in-law [?] Mary Holdroyd [b 1778] (pauper).

Martha died 21st November 1874 (aged 66).

Richard died 26th April 1878 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q12] with 3 children who died in infancy

Priestley, RichardRef 39-95
[1835-1898]

On 29th April 1872, he married (2) Ann in Halifax


Ann was the daughter of
Silvanus Habergham, and widow of Joseph Fox
 

Ann died 29th January 1873 (aged 40)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3974] with her first husband

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Priestley, RichardRef 39-84
[1836-1???]
Son of
Christopher Priestley.

Born in Greetland.

He was a piecer (woollen mill) [1851] / a labourer [1871] / a stone labourer [1891].

In [Q4] 1860, he (possibly) married (1) either Harriet Aspinall or Hannah Underhill in Halifax.

Richard was widowed by 1871.

In [Q1] 1875, he married (2) Martha Coates [1842-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John D. [b 1877] who was a worsted doffer [1891]

They lived at Coal Street, Halifax [1891]

Priestley, Richard BurrowsRef 39-40
[1841-1903]
Son of
John Priestley.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a letterpress printer employing 2 boys [1861] / a letterpress printer [1863] / a letterpress printer employing 3 men [1871] / a letterpress printer [1881] / a printer [1891] / a commission agent [1901].

In [Q4] 1862, he married Hannah Maria Farrar [1836-1919] in Halifax.


Hannah Maria was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Kate [b 1866] who was an assistant in cork factory  [1881], a cork sorter (cork manufactory) [1891], a cork counter [1901]
  2. Annie [b 1870] who was a coating weaver [1891]
  3. Edna [b 1874] who was a worsted coating weaver [1901]
  4. Emma [b 1879] who was a card setter (cotton) [1901]

The family lived at

  • 6 Westgate, Halifax [1881]
  • Hanover Court, Halifax [1891]
  • 1 Hanover Court, Halifax [1901]

Living with them [in 1901] was granddaughter Dorothy B. Priestley [b 1898].

Richard died in Halifax [Q2 1903] (aged 61).

Hannah Maria died in Halifax [Q4 1919] (aged 84) 

Priestley, RobertRef 39-165
[1???-16??]
Of
Baitings Farm, Ripponden.

In 1623, he was one of the executors of the will of Jony Lightollers

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Priestley, RobertRef 39-127
[1632-1654]
Of Soyland and the
Baitings.

Son of Henry Priestley

Priestley, S.Ref 39-70
[18??-19??]
His mark was found on a bottle in
Ian Lister's collection.

Ian suggests he may be the Samuel Priestley who was landlord of the Commercial Inn, Illingworth [1894, 1904], but this has not been confirmed

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Priestley, SamRef 39-67
[1858-1933]
Son of Sam Priestley, driver.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a wire drawer [1879, 1891] / a small wire drawer [1911].

On 27th September 1879, he married Hannah Garnett at Christ Church, Pellon.


Hannah was born in Halifax, the daughter of
John Garnett
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. child who died young [before 1911]
  3. child who died young [before 1911]
  4. child who died young [before 1911]
  5. child who died young [before 1911]
  6. child who died young [before 1911]
  7. child who died young [before 1911]
  8. Ernest [b 1880] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a comb  maker [1911]
  9. Beatrice Frances [1887-1927]
  10. Blanche [1887-1927] who was a shopkeeper (confectioner  own account) [1911] & married Samuel Jowett
  11. Eli Garnett
  12. Ruby [1892-1955]
  13. Florence Evelyn [b 1894] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  14. Sarah Ann [b 1899]
  15. Frances Hannah [1902-1994]

They lived at

  • Holmes Terrace, Ovenden [1891]
  • 6 Charlesworth Grove, Pellon [1911]
  • 17 Coton Street, Hanson Lane, Halifax [1918]

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Priestley, SamuelRef 39-115
[1620-1643]
Of
Goodgreave, Sowerby.

Son of Joseph Priestley.

When his parents tried to dissuade him from leaving his apprenticeship and joining the Parliamentarian forces of Sir Thomas Fairfax, he famously replied

If I stay at home, I can follow no employment, but be forced to hide in one hole or another, which I cannot endure. I had rather venture my life in the field, and if I die, it is in a good cause

After the Royalists had fled following the Battle of Heptonstall, Priestley found a Royalist soldier lying in Hebden Water there. He waded into the water and rescued the man. He died from pneumonia 3 weeks later

Priestley, SamuelRef 39-103
[1783-1825]
Of Halifax.

He married Ruth.

Children:

  1. Mary [bapt 17th March 1805]
  2. John [b 30th October 1806; bapt 1st December 1806]
  3. Joseph [b 15th May 1808; bapt 19th June 1808]
  4. William [b 15th October 1811; bapt 28th October 1811]
  5. Elizabeth [b 26th November 1812; bapt 27th December 1812;  d 28th July 1814]
  6. Joshua [b 27th February 1815; bapt 28th February 1815]  
  7. Samuel [b 27th February 1815; bapt 28th February 1815]
  8. Ruth [b 19th April 1818; bapt 31st May 1818; d 13th April  1819]
  9. Ruth [b 13th July 1820; bapt 6th August 1820]

The children were baptised at Square Chapel, Halifax.

Samuel died 20th May 1825 (aged 42).

He & other members of the family () were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Priestley, SamuelRef 39-136
[1837-1904]
Landlord of the
Commercial Inn, Illingworth [1894, 1904]

He married Grace.

After Samuel's death, Grace took over at the Commercial Inn.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904

See S. Priestley

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Priestley, SamuelRef 39-5
[1852-1897]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a carter [1881] / a cart driver [1891] / a carter with Luddendenfoot Industrial Co-operative Society [1897].

In 1872, he married Harriet Clarke [1853-1???] born in Great Dalby, Leicestershire, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Fred [b 1873]
  2. William [b 1875] who was a woollen cropper [1891], a  warper cotton [1901]
  3. Mary Louisa [b 1877] who was a worsted twister [1891,  1901] and who married [1902] Joseph Hodgson
  4. George [b 1879] who was a woollen operative [1891], a  doubler cotton [1901]
  5. Ernest [b 1881] who was a woollen operative [1891], a  finisher woollen [1901]
  6. Herbert [b 1884] who was a finisher woollen [1901]
  7. Harry [b 1888] who was a piecer cotton [1901], a cotton  twiner [1911]
  8. Jane Hannah [b 1890]
  9. Albert [b 1891] who was a cloth finisher [1911]
  10. Ben Cecil Clarke [b 1895] who was a cotton piecer [1911]
  11. Sam [b 1897] who was born posthumously, and was an errand  boy [1911]

They lived at

  • Hollin Hall Lane, Luddenden Foot, Warley [1881]
  • Morley Hall, Luddenden Foot, Sowerby [1891]
  • 5 Victoria Terrace, Burnley Road, Luddenden Foot [1901]
  • 80 Co-operative Buildings, Luddenden Foot [1911]

On Monday, 5th April 1897, Sam was delivering coal to Blackwood Hall, Luddendenfoot, when he slipped from the wagon and fell under the wheels. 3 fingers of his left hand were cut off in the accident. He was taken to Halifax Infirmary where his leg was amputated.

He died from his injuries on the following Saturday.

At the time of the incident, his brother, also a driver, was in Leeds Infirmary, suffering from a similar accident

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Priestley, SamuelRef 39-29
[1877-19??]
Born in Bradford

He was a warehouseman [1903].

On 21st November 1903, he married Elizabeth Hannah Boocock in Halifax.


Elizabeth Hannah was the daughter of
Titus Boocock
 

Child: Marion [1907-1997] who married [1935] Roy Selway Feather [1911-1988]

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Priestley, SamuelRef 39-62
[1881-1918]
Born in Halifax.

He was a coal pit labourer (coal mining) [1911].

On 2nd June 1900, he married Hannah Anderson [1881-1949] at Halifax Parish Church.


Hannah was born 13th August 1881
 

Children:

  1. Norman
  2. Edith [1905-1906]
  3. Ernest [1908-1972] who was a bobbin setter at  Crossley's [from 1921]
  4. Clara [1909-1983]
  5. Harry [b 20th November 1911] who was a van driver [1939]
  6. William [b 4th August 1913] who was a biscuit factory  labourer [1939]
  7. Samuel [b 6th June 1916] who was a clay & coal miner  [1939] & married [Q1/1949] Emily Crowther and had a daughter  Margaret
  8. Annie [30th September 1918-1993] who was a woollen  spinner [1939] & married [Q4 1947] William Hartley

The five youngest children were baptised at St Mark's Church, Siddal.

They lived at

Samuel died in the influenza epidemic of 1918.

Hannah died in 1949.

She was buried at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top

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Priestley, Samuel BlagbroughRef 39-231
[1848-1891]
Son of
Thomas Priestley.

Born in Halifax.

He was an assistant draper (in his father's business) [1871].

In [Q2] 1873, he married Elizabeth Greenlees [1847-1914] in Todmorden.


Elizabeth was born 19th September 1847
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [1868-25th July 1897]
  2. Edith Hannah [27th February 1874-8th February 1942]
  3. Thomas [1875-11th December 1902]
  4. Alice [11th June 1877-13th October 1904]

They lived at Claremont Place, Todmorden [1891].

Samuel died 4th May 1891 (aged 43).

Elizabeth died 12th September 1914 (aged 67).

The couple & the children () were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Priestley, Samuel SkeltonRef 39-148
[1814-1893]
Son of
Captain John Priestley.

In 1837, he married Frances Stamper [1810-1891] in Tiverton, Devon.

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 1838] who married Thomas Brayshaw
  2. Frances Sarah [b 1840] who married John Francis  Turner
  3. Christiana [b 1842] who married William Walton
  4. Charles Skelton [1844-1896] who married Harriet Grace  Brunt
  5. William Henry [1846-1847]
  6. Janet Elizabeth [1850-1851]

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Priestley, SarahRef 39-205
[16??-17??]
Daughter of
Rev Nathaniel Priestley of Westercroft.

She married Robert Milnes.

Child: Hannah [1729-1788] who married James Lees from Manchester

Priestley, SargentRef 39-98
[1855-1932]
Landlord of the
Windmill, Shelf [1881]

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Priestley, SimeonRef 39-171
[1795-1857]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a worsted weaver [1817] / a woolstapler [1841] / a worsted manufacturer employing 100 weavers & 20 combers [1851].

He established business as Simeon Priestley, and son Thomas & Simeon joined the business.

On 17th August 1817, he married Sally Bancroft [1795-1884] in Halifax.


Sally was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [1817-1893]
  2. Jonathan [b 1820]
  3. James [b 1821]
  4. Sally [b 1828]
  5. Martha [b 1832]
  6. Hannah [b 1836]
  7. Simeon [1838-1923]

They lived at Illingworth Moor [1841, 1851].

Simeon died 6th February 1857.

Sally died 20th August 1884.

They both died in Ovenden and were buried at Illingworth Church

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Priestley, SimeonRef 39-211
[1813-1892]
For 40 years, he was chapel keeper and sexton at
Mount Zion Chapel, Ogden. He was also a teacher, class leader, sick visitor and Society steward for 20 years.

He married Hannah [1813-1882].

Hannah died 23rd June 1882 (aged 68).

Simeon died 26th March 1892 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden (Grave Ref: NNm14).

His headstone there was erected by public subscription. Hannah's epitaph is

SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD

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Priestley, SolomonRef 39-191
[1809-1890]
Born in Halifax.

He was a partner in Clay & Priestley.

In 1863, the business was dissolved. He and his son, James Nicholl, set up a woollen business in Luddenden.

He was a butcher [1851] / a farmer (15 acres) [1881].

On 3rd November 1840, he married Sarah Nicholl [1819-1889].


Sarah was born in Warley, the daughter of David Nicholl
 

Children:

  1. Susan Ann [b 22nd April 1841-1924] who married William Thomas Constantine
  2. James Nicholl
  3. Hannah [b 1846]
  4. Elizabeth
  5. Sarah Ellen [1853-1937] who married (1) Albert Eastwood  & (2) Samuel Watkinson

They lived at

  • Luddenden [1851, 1871]
  • Norton Lodge, Warley

Sarah died at Norton Lodge [25th December 1889] (aged 69).

Solomon died at Norton Lodge [7th November 1890] (aged 81).

Members of the family were buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount [Grave Refs: 531 & 532]

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Priestley, ThomasRef 39-6
[1???-1???]
He married Elizabeth daughter of
William Kitchingman.

After Thomas's death, Elizabeth married James Stansfeld

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-193
[1???-16??]
Son of
Joseph Priestley. Of Holdsworth.

He married Mary, daughter of Sibyl and Michael Whiteley.

Child: Joseph

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-129
[1562-1611]
Of
Goodgreave.

Son of Henry Priestley.

He made journeys to and from London with a team of 8 or 9 packhorses carrying woollen cloth to market and returning with wool from Kent and Suffolk.

He married (1) Elizabeth Aldridge [1562-1592].

Children:

  1. John [b 1582] who went to London & had no children
  2. Mary [1585-1676] who never married
  3. Joseph
  4. Anthony [b 1590] who went to live at Cawood near York &  had no children

He married (2) Ann Hirst [1571-16??].


Ann came from Greetland
 

Children:

  1. Francis
  2. Jonathan
  3. Timothy [1597-1662] who had no children
  4. Henry
  5. Grace [1604-1688] who married Joseph Wood  [1597-16??]

He had property at Priestley Ing, Turvin

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Priestley, Dr ThomasRef 39-137
[1651-1691]
Son of
Henry Priestley.

A wealthy Halifax apothecary.

He married Unknown.

Child: Dorothy

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-175
[17??-1807]
Of Halifax. Inspector of the woollen manufacture.

He died 5th October 1807.

A notice of his death in the Leeds Mercury of 10th October 1807, reported

The death of this gentleman was occasioned by the severe bruises which he received by being precipitated into a well nearly 60 feet deep, and which by an act of unpardonable negligence, was left uncovered, and without any railing around – a negligence the more reprehensible, as there were no lights exhibited to warn the unwary passenger of his danger, though the night was extremely dark.

This gentleman was in company with some friends at the time this fatal accident occurred, whose surprise and terror was extreme at his sudden and unaccountable separation from them, as the extreme darkness of the night prevented them from immediately discovering the place into which their friend had fallen.

But this uncertainty was but momentary – lights and assistance were immediately procured, and this unfortunate gentleman, was, though with great difficulty, extricated from his dreadful situation; and though three of his ribs were broken, and his left hop dislocated, sanguine hopes were entertained for his recovery; these hopes were, to the infinite grief of his friends, disappointed, and as we have before stated, he died on Monday last, four days after the accident

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-215
[1756-1811]
He was Hops, spirit & liquor merchant at
Aked's Road, Halifax [1809].

On 12th February 1784, he married Jane Woolas [1764-1806] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Charles Thomas
  2. Henry Joseph – known as Hen-Jo – [1787-1789]
  3. Jonathan Edward
  4. Jane Henrietta [1791-1809]
  5. Frederick Jonathan [1784-1814]
  6. Charlotte Ann [1795-1810]
  7. Thomas Jonathan [1797-1798]
  8. Emma [1799-1822]
  9. Sidney George [1801-1826]
  10. Amelia [bapt 1803] who was mentioned in her father's will  of 1811
  11. Harriet Eliza [1806-1819] who died at Burghfield House,  near Reading

Jane died shortly after giving birth to daughter Harriet Eliza.

Members of the family were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax: Jane [19th August 1806]; Thomas [23rd March 1811]

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Priestley, ThomasRef 39-101
[1778-1818]
Of Halifax.

He married Sarah.

Child: Mary [1802-7th January 1805] who was buried with her father

Thomas died 16th January 1818 (aged 40)  and was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax.


Details of Sarah's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-111
[18??-1???]
He was stationmaster at
Hipperholme railway station [1894-1899].

After a series of burglaries, he exchanged his posting with J. W. Rhodes and went to Whiteley Bridge Station

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Priestley, ThomasRef 39-76
[18??-18??]
Woolstapler, dealer and chapman at Halifax.

In March 1835, he was declared bankrupt

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-152
[1809-1851]
Born in Southowram.

He was publican at Cripplegate, Halifax [1841] / innkeeper at 24 King Street, Halifax – the King of Prussia  [1845, 1851].

He married Mary Ann [1809-1887].


Mary Ann came from Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [b 1833]
  2. Harriet [1835-1849] who was buried with her father
  3. Aked
  4. John Drake [b 1839] who was a mechanic worsted machine  [1861]
  5. Sarah [b 1841] who married Joseph Dennis

They lived at

  • Cripplegate, Halifax [1841]
  • 24 King Street, Halifax [1851]

Thomas died 12th May 1851 (aged 42).

Mary Ann was landlady at the King of Prussia [1854] / landlady at the Malt Shovel, Elland [1861] / grocer at 9 King Street, Halifax [1871].

Living with Mary Ann at the Malt Shovel [in 1861], was daughter Sarah, son-in-law Joseph Dennis and granddaughter Clara.

Thomas died 10th May 1851 (aged 42), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4143]

Mary Ann died 19th August 1887 (aged 78).


Her burial place is not yet known
 

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Priestley, ThomasRef 39-232
[1817-1881]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a linen draper [1851, 1861] / a wholesale draper [1881].

In [Q3] 1841, he married Hannah Blagborough [1817-1884] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Richard [b 1843] who was an assistant draper [1871]
  2. Samuel Blagbrough
  3. Frederick [b 1851]

They lived at

  • Cheapside, Todmorden & Walsden [1851, 1861]
  • 3 Cheapside, Todmorden & Walsden [1871]
  • 18 Byrom Street, Stansfield (the widowed Hannah living  alone with servant Lydia Crabtree) [1881]

Thomas died Q1 1881 (aged 63).

Hannah died Q4 1884 (aged 67).

They both died in Todmorden

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-54
[1818-1881]
Gentleman.

He lived at 18 Byrom Street, Todmorden.

He died 19th January 1881 (aged 63)  and was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: N 30 C]

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-227
[1819-1873]
Born in Warley.

He was a wool comber [1851] / a mason's labourer [1871].

In [Q4] 1844, he married Sarah Sunderland [1822-1876] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Wadsworth, the daughter of Harry Sunderland.

She was a worsted factory worker [1871]

 

Children:

  1. Alfred [b 1852] who was a plumber [1871]

The family lived at

  • 19 Dobby Hall, Northowram [1851]
  • 2 Mason Street, Northowram [1871]

Thomas died 17th May 1873 (aged 54).

Living with them [in 1871] was Sarah's father Harry Sunderland [b 1796] (mason's labourer).

Sarah died 2nd April 1876 (aged 54).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1279] with John Greenwood [1818-1897]

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-107
[1830-1889]

He married (1) Louisa [1822-1879].

Children:

  1. William Edward [July 1850-1st October 1850]
  2. Fred [December 1852-12th September 1854]
  3. Eliza [April 1855-11th March 1856]

Louisa died 7th June 1879 (aged 57).

He married (2) Sarah Ann [1842-1901].

Thomas died 28th July 1889 (aged 59).

Sarah Ann died 24th February 1901 (aged 59).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4650]

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-65
[1840-1877]
Son of Thomas Priestley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cotton spinner [1871] / a stoker [1886].

He married Hannah [1842-1???].


Hannah was born in Moldgreen, Huddersfield.

She was a cotton reeler [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Harriet A. [b 1864] who was a domestic servant [1881]
  2. Emily [b 1866] who was a cotton piecer [1881] & married  Harry Schofield
  3. Arthur [b 1871]
  4. Kaye [b 1874]

They lived at

  • Neileys, Honley, Huddersfield [1871]
  • Top o'th Town, Barkisland [1881]
  • Common Royd, Barkisland [1901]

Living with them [in 1871] was Thomas's widowed father Thomas Priestley [b 1810] (cotton mill hand).

Thomas died in 1877 (aged 37).

In [Q4] 1881, Hannah married Thomas Clark.

Hannah was again a widow [1901].

Living with her [in 1901] were grandsons Tom E Schofield [b  1890] & Stanley Schofield [b 1891]

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Priestley, ThomasRef 39-121
[1843-1???]
In the 1880s, he took over the printer, newsagent, bookseller and 1814 business of his father-in-law,
Henry Wadsworth, at 15 Cross Hills, North Bridge, Halifax.

The 3-storey building surmounted by a clock is still there

He married Sarah Wadsworth.


Sarah was the daughter of Henry Wadsworth
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1867]
  2. Samuel [b 1871]

Living with them [in 1881] was Sarah's widowed mother Margaret.

Priestley, ThomasRef 39-222
[1883-1926]

In [Q2] 1911, he married Minnie Thompson in Halifax, and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4278].


Details of Minnie's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Priestley, Thomas B.Ref 39-37
[1834-1891]
Son of
John Priestley

He married Clarissa Leake.

They emigrated to America

Priestley, TimothyRef 39-139
[1???-18??]
On 23rd September 1839, at Halifax Magistrates' Court, he was committed to the House of Correction for 14 days for an offence under the
Factory Act, the offence being in forging a certificate of the age of his child

Priestley, TomRef 39-35
[1883-1915]
Son of
William Priestley

Born in Halifax.

He was a clay hurrier [1901] / a well-known sportsman / a player with Salterhebble RFC / an employee of John Holdsworth's.

Around 1902, he joined the Regular Army with the Northumberland Fusiliers.

He spent 9 years in India.

During World War I, he returned to Britain and served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He left for France [15th January 1915].

He had been missing since February 1915, and it was presumed that he died on 21st February 1915 (aged 32).

The Halifax Courier [1st April 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 8 & 12], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Priestley, VincentRef 39-100
[18??-19??]
He served during World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf

Priestley, W.Ref 39-75
[18??-18??]
Boot and shoe maker at Halifax.

In April 1856, he was declared insolvent

Priestley, WalkerRef 39-158
[1787-1853]
Son of
John Priestley.

Born 30th March 1787.

He and his brother John Priestley owned and operated Thorpe Mill.

He lived at Kebroyd Hall, Soyland.

He died 1st May 1853.

See Halifax Board of Guardians

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Priestley, WilbertRef 39-52
[1914-1940]
Son of Edith & Herbert Priestley of Luddendenfoot.

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant with the 110th Squadron Royal Air Force.

He died 25th April 1940 (aged 26).

He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey [Grave Ref 18].

He is remembered on Luddendenfoot War Memorial

Priestley, WilfredRef 39-43
[1887-1917]
Son of
Henry Priestley.

Born in Mytholmroyd.

On 27th January 1908, he married Edith Alice Wood [1888-19??] in Colne


Edith Alice was born in Colne
 

Children:

  1. Dorothy Jane [b 1909]

They lived at 16 Skelton Street, Colne.

During World War I, he was called up for service [20th July 1916] and served as a Private. with the 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

He went to France [13th November 1916] joining his Battalion [26th November 1916].

He was killed in action [28th April 1917].

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 7], on a memorial in Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Priestley, WilliamRef 39-22
[17??-18??]

Recorded in 1828, when he was Treasurer at the Court of Requests for Halifax (and other parishes in the West Riding) 

Priestley, WilliamRef 39-85
[1779-1852]
Born in Lightcliffe.

He was a gardener [1841, 1851].

He married Ruth [1789-1866].


Ruth was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [1809-30th November 1829]
  2. (possibly) Maria [b 1819]
  3. Henry [b Hackney, London 1821] who was a gardener [1851]
  4. Joseph [b 1835]

They lived at

  • 18 Hollins, Elland-cum-Greetland [1841]
  • 26 Hollyns, Elland-cum-Greetland [1851]

William died 15th August 1852 (aged 73).

Ruth died 19th October 1866 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: O14] with grandson Joseph Edward Priestley [1834-16th December 1873]

Priestley, WilliamRef 39-214
[1779-1860]
Son of
John Priestley.

A cousin of Ann Walker.

Born in Sowerby [8th October 1779].

Baptised at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [24th November 1779].

Educated at Hipperholme Grammar School.

He was Deputy Lieutenant / a wool clothier / a life-long friend of John Turney / an eminent local musician, antiquary & literary figure / an enthusiastic music-collector.

He held musical evenings at his home until 1817.

In 1817, he founded the Halifax Quarterly Choral Society. He presented a manuscript score of Mozart's arrangement of Judas Maccabaeus to the Society. He had acquired to manuscript from a Moravian settlement north-east of Dresden.

He was a friend of Anne Lister, and his wife became a close confidante.

On 1st December 1808, he married Eliza Paley at St Mary's Church, Carlisle.

They lived at

Around 1835, the William & Eliza moved to Thorp Arch, where they both died.

He inherited High Sunderland.

His collection of choral works, music and books were bequeathed to Halifax Parish Church and the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society

William died at Thorp Arch [1st April 1760] Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £5,000.

The will was proved by his nephews John Rawson of Brockwell and Frederick Edward Rawson of Thorpe.

In May 1861, John Rawson presented a new organ to Sowerby Church in his memory

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Priestley, WilliamRef 39-7
[1797-1863]
Son of Isaac Priestley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a miller / a cotton spinner / a cotton band manufacturer.

In 1818, he married (1) Sarah Law.

Children:

  1. Betty
  2. George

Sarah drowned in 1848.

In 1849, he married (2) widow Betty Cryer, [née Barker], who was a beer seller of Todmorden.

They had no children.

They lived at Ramsden Wood Walsden.

Family tradition has it that ...

one day whilst William was out and about on Ramsden Wood Road, one of the Law family of Robert Law & Company of Ramsden Mill, was approaching the mill on his horse drawn trap, carrying the money to the mill for the wages pay out. The horse was struggling up the hill and the driver gave him a good thrash of the whip. William was so incensed that he grabbed the whip and began to beat the driver, giving him a taste of his own medicine. In the midst of this, not only had the locals turned out to see what the commotion was, but the trap overturned, spilling the money over the road. Most of it was recovered and returned, but a certain amount was missing. In the end, William was prosecuted for Highway Robbery and sent to jail

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Priestley, WilliamRef 39-128
[1807-1???]
Born in Norland.

He was a cabinet maker employing 3 men [1851].

On 30th September 1844, he married Phebe Bates in Halifax.

Child: William [b 1835] who was a cabinet maker [1851]

They lived at Park Street, Skircoat [1851]

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Priestley, WilliamRef 39-99
[1808-1869]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a dyer [1850] / a journeyman stuff crabber [1851] / landlord of the Sportsman, Halifax [1864].

He married Elizabeth [1806-1879].


Elizabeth was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Susey [b 1832] who was a stuff piece marker [1851], a  damask power loom weaver [1861]
  2. Rhoda [b 1836] who was a stuff power loom weaver [1851]
  3. Eliza
  4. Sarah Jane [b 1843] who was a general servant [1861]
  5. William [b 1848] / William [1840-2nd January 1909]  who was a cabinet maker
  6. Catherine [1844-8th November 1897] who never married
  7. Walter who died 13th July 1861 (aged 3 months) 
  8. Frederick Charles [1880-5th January 1909] who was a  mechanic

Living with them [in 1851] was grandson Henry Priestley (aged 3 months).

Living with them [in 1861] were grandsons Henry Priestley [b 1851] & Arthur Priestley [b 1854]

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4135]

Priestley, WilliamRef 39-228
[1827-1865]
Born in Northowram.

He was a spindle grinder [1851, 1861].

In [Q2] 1846, he married Susannah Widdop [1821-1???] in Halifax.


Susannah was born in Halifax.

She was a worsted rover [1851]

 

Children:

  1. William James [b 1855]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1858]
  3. George [b 1861]

They lived at

  • 7 Wesley Court, Halifax (lodgers with Miss Hannah  Hinchcliffe) [1851]
  • 26 Mason Street, Northowram [1861]

William died 10th January 1865 (aged 38).

with William Furness. and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3594], but his name does not appear on the headstone.


Details of Susannah's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Priestley, WilliamRef 39-21
[1831-19??]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a spice maker / a retired spice maker [1911].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Hannah [1864-19??] who married Arthur Sutcliffe

In 1911, William was widowed and living with his daughter Hannah and her husband

Priestley, WilliamRef 39-34
[1854-1???]
Son of William Priestley, weaver

Born in Southowram.

He was a mechanic [1873] / a mechanic worsted mill (fitter & turner) [1881] / a mechanic [1888] / a mechanic in weaving shed [1891] / a mill mechanic [1901, 1911].

In 1873, he married (1) Elizabeth Naylor [1854-1887] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth, of Southowram, was the daughter of Joseph Naylor, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Lewis [b 1874] who was a mechanic apprentice [1891]
  2. Joseph W. [b 1875] who was a carpet weaver [1891]
  3. Mary V [b 1877] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  4. Arthur [b 1878] who was a worsted doffer [1891], a  drayman [1901]
  5. Sam [b 1882]
  6. Tom
  7. Naylor [b 1886] who was a loom creeler [1901]

The children were born in Halifax.

Elizabeth died in 1887 (aged 32).

In 1888, he married (2) Elizabeth Broadbent at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth, of Siddal, was the daughter of William Broadbent, delver
 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • 13 Bank House Lane, Skircoat, Halifax [1881]
  • Stott's Buildings, Trooper Lane, Southowram [1891]
  • 11 Moor Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 11 Moore Street, Siddal, Halifax [1911]

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Priestley, WilliamRef 39-64
[1855-19??]
Son of Edward Priestley, bookkeeper.

Born in Clayton.

He was a stone mason of Moorfield Place, Clayton [1876] / a mason & stationer [1881] / a stone mason (employer) [1891] / a monumental mason (employer) [1901] / a monumental mason (own account) [1911].

In 1876, he married Mary Greenwood [1855-1???] at St Peter's Church, Bradford (Bradford Cathedral).


Mary was born in Northowram.

Her father was not recorded on the marriage documents.

She was a worsted weaver of High Street, Clayton [1876]

 

Children:

  1. Edward [b 1877] who was a mill hand [1891], a monumental  mason [1901]
  2. Harold [b 1879]
  3. Bertha [b 1881] who was a burler & mender (cloth) [1901,  1911]
  4. George [b 1883] who was a cloth designer's apprentice  [1901]
  5. Isabel [b 1886] who was a dressmaker's apprentice [1901],  a weaver (dress goods) [1911]
  6. Angelo
  7. Miriam [b 1892]
  8. Handel [b 1895] who was a chemist's apprentice [1911]

They lived at

  • Chapel Street, Queensbury [1881]
  • 24 Chapel Street, Clayton [1891]
  • 9 Broomfield Street, Queensbury [1901]
  • Ford Hill Cottage, Ambler Thorn [1911]

William died between 1911 & 1917

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Priestley, WilliamRef 39-110
[1855-1911]

In [Q2] 1882, he married Anne Greenwood [1863-1932] in Halifax.

William died 29th October 1911 (aged 56).

Anne died 8th May 1932 (aged 69).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3963] with Charles Mitchell & Sydney Noble

Priestley, Rev William HenryRef 39-61
[1831-1861]
Son of
Charles Priestley.

He was baptised twice: (privately) at St Laurence's Church, York [10th November 1831] and at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [23rd July 1843].

He was educated at Heath Grammar School / Caius College Cambridge [1851].

In 1858, he married Augusta Le Poer Trench.


Augusta was the daughter of Colonel Sir R. Le Poer Trench
 

William Henry died at Oak Bank, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset [28th September 1861]

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Priestley, William HenryRef 39-80
[1852-1897]
Son of
Joseph Priestley.

Born 9th January 1852.

He was a clogger [1891] / a grocer [1897].

On 7th April 1878, he married Ann Habergham at Halifax Parish Church.


Ann was the daughter of George Habergham
 

Children:

  1. Emma [1879-1939] who never married
  2. Herbert [1881-1957] who was a labourer [1932]

They lived at

  • Hollins Lane Bottom, Ripponden [1897]
  • 176 Oldham Road, Ripponden [1932]

William Henry died in a cart accident at King Cross [17th December 1897].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £279 6/-.

Probate was granted to his widow Ann.

Ann died 8th March 1932.

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £97 12/5d.

Probate was granted to her children Emma & Herbert

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Priestley, WillieRef 39-18
[1863-19??]
Born in Norland.

He was a greengrocer [1891, 1901, 1911] / a member of Norland Parish Council [1907].

In [Q3] 1888, he married Emily Widdop [1864-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Eveline Maud [b 1893] who was a worsted twister [1911]
  2. Annice [b 1896] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  3. Gertrude [b 1903]

They lived at

Living with them [in 1901], 1911 was widowed mother-in-law Sarah Ann Widdop [1837-19??]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Priestley, Willie JaggerRef 39-33
[1890-1915]
Son of
Edwin Priestley.

Born in Barkisland [31st March 1890]; baptised at Christ Church, Barkisland [May 1890].

He was a carter of Womersley's Buildings, Halifax [1910] / a driver for provision merchant [1911] / employed by Lingard's, North Parade.

In 1910, he married Nellie Huish [1888-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Nellie, of Claremount Road, Northowram, was the daughter of Robert Huish, mechanic
 

Child: Regina [b 1911]

They lived at

  • 7 Filey Street, Claremount, Halifax [1911]
  • 45 Claremount Road, Boothtown [1915]

He joined the local Territorials.

During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action [7th November 1915].

He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IV F 8].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Families

The Priestley familyRef 39-302
Local family whose members included Joseph Priestley and John Priestley and his descendants.

They were at White Windows, Sowerby, Great Greave, Soyland, and Goodgreave, Sowerby

See Some memoirs concerning the family of the Priestleys

Surname

Priestley surnameRef 39-1
Ivo de Priestley is recorded at Coley Hall in 1187.

The surname originated in Hipperholme, possibly in nearby Priestley Green.

The name uses the element ley, and means a priest's clearing.

There are 229 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Priestley, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Priestley

Marriages 1808, 1811, 1812, 1835, 1868, 1871, 1873, 1883, 1942; Deaths 1806, 1899, 1900, 1906

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 463, Plot 4248

 



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