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THE ANCESTRY OF Herbert Henry Asquith

 

1  Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith

   b 12 Sep 1852, Morley, Yorkshire

   d 15 Feb 1928, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire

 

Parents

 

2  Joseph Dixon Asquith of Croft House, Morley, wool merchant

   b 10 Feb 1825, Morley

   d 16 Jun 1860, Mirfield, Yorkshire

   m 18 Sep 1850, Ramsden Street Chapel, Huddersfield

3  Emily Willans

   b 4 May 1828, Huddersfield

   d 12 Dec 1888, Hackney, Middlesex

 

Grandparents

 

4  Joseph Asquith of Morley, cloth manufacturer

   b 18 Jan 1778, Morley

   d 27 Nov 1855, Morley

   m 21 Apr 1824, Batley

5  Esther Dixon

   b 15 May 1794, Morley

   d 31 Jan 1856, Morley

6  William Willans, of Huddersfield, wool merchant

   b 27 Apr 1800, Leeds

   d 4 Sep 1863, Harrogate

   m 25 May 1825, Almondbury

7  Elizabeth Wrigley

   b 17 Apr 1800, Almondbury

   d 4 Apr 1884, Huddersfield

 

Great-grandparents

 

8  William Asquith of Morley, maltster

   b ca 1754

   d 11 May 1794, bur 15 May 1794, Morley Old Chapel

   m 19 Jan 1777, St Peter, Leeds

9  Hannah Gomersall

   b 11 Jan 1756, bap 8 Feb 1756, Batley

   d 15 Sep 1837, Morley

10 Joseph Dixon of Morley, clothier

   b 17 Sep 1770, Batley

   d 21 Jun 1828, Brooklyn, New York

   m 26 Oct 1791, Batley

11 Sarah Roberts

   b

   d

12 Benjamin Willans of Leeds and of Huddersfield, merchant

   b 15 Oct 1771, Leeds

   d 26 Apr 1855, Huddersfield

   m 22 Oct 1794, Kirkheaton

13 Sarah Haworth

   bap 26 Nov 1772, Kirkheaton

   d 21 Aug 1825, bur 24 Aug 1825, Huddersfield

14 John Wrigley of Netherton, woollen manufacturer and merchant

   bap 12 Jun 1774, Honley

   d 10 Jul 1833, Scarborough, Yorkshire

   m 19 Jul 1797, Almondbury

15 Hannah Batley

   b ca 1771, Marsh, Huddersfield

   d 25 Jan 1857, Netherton

 

Great-great-grandparents

 

16 John Asquith

   b

   d

   m

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   d

18 John Gomersall of Churwell, yeoman

   b 10 Apr 1726, bap 6 May 1726, St Peter, Leeds

   d 12 Jan 1779, bur 15 Jan 1779, Beeston

   m 15 Nov 1750, Batley

19 Mary Fourness

   bap 7 Feb 1724/25, Batley

   d 29 Jan 1789, bur 1 Feb 1789, Beeston

20 Thomas Dixon of Morley, clothier

   b

   d ca 1797

   m 16 Mar 1766, Batley

21 Rebecca Turner

   b ca 1740

   d ca 9 Nov 1812

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   d

   m

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24 William Willans of Hunslet

   b

   d

   m 8 Dec 1761, St Peter, Leeds

25 Hannah Midgley

   b

   d

26 William Haworth of Kirkheaton, butcher

   bap 30 Nov 1744, Kirkheaton

   bur 20 May 1773, Kirkheaton

   m 19 Nov 1767, Mirfield

27 Betty Stancliffe

   bap 20 Apr 1749, Mirfield

   bur 8 Aug 1821, Kirkheaton

28 James Wrigley of Netherton, clothier

   b ca 1748

   d 3 Jul 1809, bur 6 Jul 1809, Almondbury

   m 2 Mar 1767, St Chad, Rochdale

29 Elizabeth Kenworthy

   b ca 1747

   d 10 May 1829, bur 13 May 1829, Almondbury

30 John Batley of Marsh, Huddersfield, and of Crosland Edge, Almondbury, cloth dresser

   bap 27 Dec 1736, Huddersfield

   d 11 Apr 1818, bur 16 Apr 1818, Huddersfield

   m 22 Apr 1770, Huddersfield

31 Ann Woodhead

   bap 10 Dec 1739, Meltham

   d 6 Apr 1833, bur 10 Apr 1833, Huddersfield

 

 

Source

 

Edward J. Davies, “The Ancestry of Herbert Henry Asquith”, Genealogists’ Magazine, 30(2010-12):471-79