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).

[6] John William Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 2 (Worksop, 1911), 7.

[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).