BENSON OF ROTHWELL
There were
two George Bensons baptised at Kippax who could be
the one who married Alice Nayler there in 1634/35: George, son of Henry Benson,
on 1 November 1603; and George, son of William Benson, on 20 May 1612. One
George Benson married Elizabeth Crabtree at Kippax on 24 November 1631.
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BENSON
GEORGE
BENSON of Rothwell Haigh, Yorkshire, yeoman, was buried on 29 May 1672 at
Rothwell.[1]
He married on 3 February 1634/35 at Kippax, ALICE NAYLER,[2]
daughter of John and Susanna (Clarebrough) Nayler
(see here).
Children
of George and Alice (Nayler) Benson:
i JOHN BENSON, bap 25 Dec 1635,
Rothwell,[3]
bur 16 Aug 1637, Rothwell.[4]
ii SUSAN
BENSON, bap 9 Aug 1640, Rothwell;[5]
m ca 1661, JOHN PARKER.[6]
iii ANN
BENSON, bap 8 Jul 1642, Rothwell,[7]
bur 21 May 1705, Rothwell;[8]
m 4 May 1671, Rothwell, JOHN CRAVEN[9]
(see here).
iv HANNAH
BENSON, bap 12 Jan 1644/45, St Peter, Leeds,[10]
bur 16 Mar 1688/89, Batley;[11]
m 20 May 1669, Rothwell, JOHN STILEMAN.[12]
v SARAH
BENSON, bap 4 Jul 1647, Rothwell,[13]
bur 3 Jan 1682/83, Batley;[14]
m 16 Jun 1670, Rothwell, TIMOTHY SCOTT.[15]
[1] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 19 May 1672, proved 8 Aug 1672 (Borthwick Institute).
[2] Kippax parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); John William Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 1 (Worksop, 1909), 56. The will of George Benson names his wife Alice.
[3] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[4] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[5] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[7] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[8] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[9] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[10] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[11] Batley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Batley bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[12] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[13] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[14] Batley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[15] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).