CAPPER OF ABERFORD
I have not yet been able to find a baptism of the Richard Capper who married
Ann Johnson at Aberford in 1802, but he appears to have
been a son of Charles Capper and Elizabeth. Charles and Elizabeth are the only
Cappers I have found in the area who were having children baptised during the
time around Richard’s birth. Charles’s residence at the time of his burial was Lotherton cum Aberford. Land tax
records show that Richard Capper also resided in Lotherton
in the early nineteenth century.[1] Lotherton was a township in the parish of Sherburn in Elmet
but it included part of the town of Aberford.[2] Many
events concerning Lotherton residents are therefore
recorded in the Aberford parish registers.
Charles was the name of the first son of Richard Capper and Ann Johnson and their first daughter was called Elizabeth. If the age of Richard Capper given at his death in 1851 is correct, then he was born between January 1777 and January 1778. There is a gap in the recorded baptisms of the children of Charles Capper and Elizabeth between those of Ruth in April 1775 and James in September 1779, which covers the probable date of Richard’s birth. The death in 1845 of James Capper, son of Charles and Elizabeth, was registered by Richard Capper of Aberford. Although no relationship between James and Richard is given on the death certificate, it strongly indicates that they were members of the same family.
Charles and Elizabeth apparently had other children for whom no baptisms have been found. The marriage of their son John was witnessed by a Thomas Capper and a Thomas Capper of Aberford was buried at Doncaster in 1816 when his age was given as forty-five.
Charles Capper of Heath in the parish of Warmfield seems likely to be another son of Charles and Elizabeth. His age at burial suggests he was born about 1773 which would fit between the baptisms of William in 1771 and Ruth in 1775. No other plausible parentage for him has been located and one of his descendants has a DNA match of 18 cM with Derek Vincent Davies, a descendant of William and Elizabeth (Capper) Lawrence.
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CAPPER
1 CHARLES CAPPER of Lotherton
cum Aberford, Yorkshire, labourer, was born ca 1744
and buried on 17 March 1818 at Aberford.[3] He
married on 15 August 1766 at Sherburn in Elmet, ELIZABETH ELLEY,[4] daughter
of Thomas and Mary (Robinson) Elley (see here). Elizabeth
was baptised on 7 April 1742 at New Malton and buried on 17 February 1820 at Aberford.
Children of Charles and Elizabeth (Elley)
Capper:
i JOHN CAPPER of Ledston, labourer, bap 19 Feb 1769, Aberford,[5] d 25 May
1850, Ledsham;[6]
m 19 Feb 1793, Ledsham, ELIZABETH BROWN.[7]
ii THOMAS CAPPER of Aberford, labourer, b ca 1770, bur 4 Mar 1816, Doncaster.[8]
iii WILLIAM CAPPER of Hightown,
shopkeeper, bap 10 Feb 1771, Aberford,[9] d 13 Dec
1850, bur 17 Dec 1850, Hartshead;[10] m 22 Jul
1805, Hartshead, MARY SAGAR.[11]
iv CHARLES CAPPER of Heath, labourer,
b ca 1773, bur 18 May 1828, Warmfield;[12] m 6 May
1805, Warmfield, HANNAH BARRATT.[13]
v RUTH CAPPER, bap 2 Apr 1775, Aberford.[14]
2 vi RICHARD CAPPER (ca 1777-1851); m
ANN JOHNSON.
vii JAMES CAPPER of Aberford,
soldier, b Sherburn in Elmet, bap 19 Sep 1779, Aberford,[15] d 14
Dec 1845, Aberford;[16] m 6 Dec
1817, Aberford, MARY ROBINSON.[17]
viii MARY CAPPER, bap 16 Jun 1782, Aberford.[18]
ix ELIZABETH CAPPER, bap 19 Sep 1784, Aberford,[19] bur 30
Sep 1787, Aberford.[20]
2 RICHARD CAPPER of Aberford, agricultural labourer, gardener and fishmonger, was born ca 1777 and died on 25 January 1851 at Aberford.[21] He married on 11 February 1802 at Aberford, ANN JOHNSON,[22] who was born ca 1778 and died on 15 December 1838 at Aberford.[23]
Children
of Richard and Ann (Johnson) Capper:
i CHARLES
CAPPER of Aberford, butler, bap 26 Sep 1802, Aberford,[24] d 14
Feb 1861, Aberford.[25]
ii ELIZABETH
CAPPER, b Aberford, bap 19 May 1805, Aberford,[26] d 2 Nov
1880, Leeds;[27]
m 1 Apr 1827, Aberford, WILLIAM LAWRENCE[28] (see here).
iii JAMES
CAPPER of Aberford, bap 29 Nov 1807, Aberford, bur 21 Feb 1834, Aberford.[29]
iv ANN
CAPPER, b Aberford, bap 22 Jul 1810, Aberford;[30] m 5 Aug
1832, Aberford, JOHN EYRE CAMPBELL.[31]
v THOMAS
CAPPER of Boston Spa, servant, bap 28 Mar 1813, Aberford,
bur 6 Jan 1839, Aberford;[32] m 25 Sep
1837, St Peter, Leeds, HANNAH HESELTINE.[33]
vi MARY
CAPPER, b Aberford, bap 30 Apr 1815, Aberford,[34] d 13
Sep 1886, Ryhope;[35] m 7 Nov
1841, Aberford, WILLIAM TODD.[36]
vii RICHARD
CAPPER of Aberford, farm labourer and groom, b Aberford, bap 28 Sep 1817, Aberford,[37] bur 24
Jun 1870, Aberford;[38] m 27
Sep 1847, Aberford, SARAH JEWITT.[39]
viii JANE
CAPPER, bap 20 May 1821, Aberford,[40] bur 20
Nov 1846, Aberford;[41] m 16
May 1841, Swillington, BENJAMIN BARBER.[42]
ix WILLIAM
CAPPER, b ca 1824, bur 20 Jun 1824, Aberford.[43]
[1] West Yorkshire Select Land Tax Records, 1704-1932 (online at www.ancestry.com).
[3] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[4] Sherburn in Elmet parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The marriage entry uses the spelling “Cowper” for Charles’s surname, as does the marriage bond (Borthwick Institute). John Mountain of Aberford, butcher, was a party to the bond. A John Mountain of Swillington married Mary Cowper at Sherburn in 1775. Mary was a daughter of Thomas and Martha (Evers) (Speight) Cowper of Lennerton who were married at Swillington in 1744.
[5] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[6] Death certificate; Ledsham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[7] Ledsham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[8] Doncaster parish registers. His age is given as 45 but it is possible that he was slightly older as there is a gap between the marriage of Charles and Elizabeth in 1766 and the baptism of John in 1769 into which Thomas might fit.
[9] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[10] The Leeds Intelligencer, 21 Dec 1850; England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. Will dated 28 Feb 1845, proved 15 Feb 1851 (Borthwick Institute).
[11] Hartshead bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[12] Warmfield parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[13] Warmfield parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[14] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[15] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); discharge papers (National Archives, WO 97/26/108).
[16] His death certificate gives the date as 21 Dec 1845 but his burial entry in the Aberford parish registers is dated 18 Dec 1845. The date of death is recorded as 14 Dec 1845 in the Royal Hospital Chelsea registers (National Archives, WO 23/34) and pension returns (National Archives, WO 22/40).
[17] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[18] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[19] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[20] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[21] Death certificate.
[22] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library). Richard was said to be of the parish of Sherburn and Ann of the parish of Aberford. The parentage of Ann Johnson has not been confirmed. One possible baptism for her took place in 1778 at Whitkirk, where the parents were John Johnson of Austhorpe, collier, and his wife Catharine. John Johnson and Catherine Walton were married at Whitkirk in 1773.
[23] Death certificate.
[24] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[25] Death certificate.
[26]
Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library);
1851 census returns, Leeds (National Archives, HO 107/2320, fol. 292).
[27] Death certificate.
[28] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).
[29]
Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).
[30] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library); 1851 census returns, Tadcaster (National Archives, HO 107/2352, fol. 605).
[31] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).
[32] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).
[33] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[34] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library); 1851 census returns, Garforth (National Archives, HO 107/2329, fol. 170).
[35] Death certificate; 1881 census returns, Ryhope (National Archives, RG 11/4998, fol. 72).
[36] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).
[37] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library); 1851 census returns, Aberford (National Archives, HO 107/2352, fol. 199).
[38] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).
[39] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).
[40] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).
[41] Aberford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[42] Swillington parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[43] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).