BURROWES OF
WHISTON
The
Doncaster parish registers record the burial of “Sara the wife of Thomas Cooke bucher” in 1679. The name of Sarah’s father is given by the
1660 will of Margaret Burrowes of Rotherham. The testator mentions “John
Burrowes sonne of my Late husband John Burrowes
deceased” and “Elizabeth the wife of Gyles Kiddington
Sarah the wife of Thomas Cooke of Doncaster Butcher Anne the wife of William
Heward of Sprottbrough and Ellin the wife of William Birchenell of Mansfeild in the
County of Nottingham daughters of my Late husband John Burrowes
aforesaid”.
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John Burrowes married Ann Revell on 12 July 1615 at Rotherham. However, this
seems to be a different John from the one who married Margaret, the testator of
1660. The children assigned to Ann (Revell) Burrowes are Robert, Richard, John,
Margaret and Sarah.[1]
This does not fit well with the names John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Ann and Ellen
given for the children of the John married to Margaret.
The
John Burrowes who married Margaret appears to have lived at Guilthwaite
in the parish of Whiston, adjacent to Rotherham. John Burrows of Whiston
married Ellen Thornton at Bradford in 1615. The first two recorded daughters
for John Burrowes in the Whiston parish registers after this date are Elizabeth
and Sarah (a second daughter with the latter name being baptised after the
death of the first in infancy). This matches the first two daughters of John
mentioned in the will of Margaret. Unfortunately, the Whiston parish registers
have a large gap from around 1621 to 1653 and many of these years also lack
bishop’s transcripts, so information on the family in this period is limited.
A
pedigree in Joseph Hunter’s Familiae Minorum
Gentium also shows Ellen Thornton as the mother of the children of John
Burrowes mentioned in Margaret’s will.[2]
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BURROWES
1 RICHARD BURROWES of Guilthwaite, Whiston, Yorkshire, died ca 1625.[3]
He married JOAN.[4]
Children of Richard Burrowes:
i ELIZABETH BURROWES, bur 6 Nov
1655, Rotherham;[5] m(1) 27 Jul 1600, Rotherham, THOMAS TAYLOR;[6]
m(2) 13 May 1614, Rotherham, HENRY WESTBY.[7]
ii ALICE BURROWES; m 3 Apr 1608,
Whiston, JOHN WEBSTER.[8]
iii FRANCES
BURROWES, bap 8 May 1589, Whiston,[9]
bur 2 Feb 1652/53, Ravenfield;[10]
m 22 May 1604, Whiston, GEORGE WESTBY.[11]
iv BURROWES, bur 21 May 1591, Whiston.[12]
2 v JOHN BURROWES (bap 1593); m(1) ELLEN THORNTON; m(2) MARGARET.
2 JOHN BURROWES of Guilthwaite,
Whiston, yeoman,[13]
was baptised on 9 December 1593 at Whiston.[14]
He married first, on 18 April 1615 at Bradford, ELLEN THORNTON,[15]
daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Hobson) Thornton (see here). John
married second, MARGARET, who was buried on 11 July 1660 at Rotherham.[16]
Children of John and Ellen (Thornton)
Burrowes:
i RICHARD BURROWES, bap 31 Dec
1616, Whiston.[17]
ii ELIZABETH BURROWES, bap 14 May
1618, Whiston;[18] m
GILES KIDDINGTON.[19]
iii SARAH BURROWES, bap 1620, Whiston,[20]
bur 1620, Whiston.[21]
iv SARAH BURROWES, bap 15 Aug 1621,
Whiston,[22]
bur 31 Dec 1679, Doncaster;[23]
m THOMAS COOKE[24]
(see here).
v JOHN BURROWES.
vi ANN BURROWES; m WILLIAM HEWARD.[25]
vii ELLEN BURROWES, bur 25 Aug 1668,
Mansfield;[26] m
WILLIAM BIRCHINALL.[27]
Child of John Burrowes:
viii MARY BURROWES, bap 4 Oct 1636,
Whiston,[28]
bur 5 Apr 1660, Rotherham.[29]
[1] Joseph Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium, ed. John W. Clay, 4 vols (London, 1894-96), 1:393-94, 4:1206. The names of the children seem to come from the will of Ann’s brother Thomas Revell. Their baptisms are recorded in the Rotherham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[3] Abstracts of the will of Richard Burrowes are given by Russell Smith and on rotherhamweb.co.uk. Richard’s will was dated 20 Feb 1616 and describes him as weak and diseased but it was not proved until 10 Jan 1627. The testator mentions his natural son John Burrowes and the latter’s wife “Hellen”. Natural in this instance seems to be referring to Richard’s own (biological) son as distinct from his sons-in-law who are also mentioned in the will, and does not indicate illegitimacy. The will also mentions Richard’s sister Alice. Index entries suggest that British Library, additional charter 18,013, records a 1627 inquisition post mortem for Richard Burrowes of Guilthwaite.
[5] Rotherham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[6] Rotherham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[7] Rotherham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[8] Whiston parish registers.
[9] Whiston parish registers.
[10] Ravenfield parish registers.
[11] Whiston parish registers; J.W. Clay, ed., Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, 3 vols (Exeter, 1899-1917), 1:254.
[12] Whiston parish registers: “One yong Infant the child of Richard Burrowes buried”.
[13] John Burrowes of Guilthwaite, yeoman, is mentioned in a common pleas case of 1642 (National Archives, CP 40/2501).
[14] Whiston parish registers.
[15] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); C.B. Norcliffe, “Paver’s Marriage Licenses”, The Yorkshire Archæological Journal, 13(1895):371-86, at 380.
[16] Rotherham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); will dated 26 Jun 1660, proved 20 Jun 1661 (Borthwick Institute).
[17] Whiston parish registers.
[18] Whiston parish registers. The entry is difficult to read but an image online at www.findmypast.co.uk is slightly more legible. It is for the baptism of a daughter of John Burrowes and it is reasonably clear that her forename includes “iz” so presumably this was Elizabeth.
[19] Will of Margaret Burrowes, dated 26 Jun 1660, proved 20 Jun 1661 (Borthwick Institute).
[20] Whiston parish registers. The relevant page is torn, making the exact date unclear.
[21] Whiston parish registers. The day and month are unknown due to damage to the page.
[22] Whiston bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[23] Doncaster parish registers.
[24] Will of Margaret Burrowes, dated 26 Jun 1660, proved 20 Jun 1661 (Borthwick Institute).
[25] Will of Margaret Burrowes, dated 26 Jun 1660, proved 20 Jun 1661 (Borthwick Institute).
[26] Mansfield parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[27] Will of Margaret Burrowes, dated 26 Jun 1660, proved 20 Jun 1661 (Borthwick Institute).
[28] Whiston bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[29] Rotherham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). The 1656 will of Henry Westby (National Archives, PROB 11/269/566) includes a legacy to “Mary the daughter of John Burrous deceased” but the will of Margaret Burrowes, written in Jun 1660, does not name Mary.