CLOUGH OF ABERFORD

 

The only Clough entries in the Aberford parish registers that could relate to the immediate family of the "Ellinora Clugh" who married John Stanbank in 1698 are the 1706 burial of William Clough and the 1713 burial of Isabel Clough. The administration record for William confirms that Isabel was his widow.

 

John Stanbank’s wife seems to be the Ellen Clough baptised at Bramham in 1676. Her father is described in the entry as William Clough junior. There was a William, son of William Clough, baptised at Bramham on 22 February 1655/56. William Clough senior of Bramham, bailiff, was recorded as aged seventy-six in a court case of 1689. He was evidently the William baptised at Bramham on 6 January 1614/15, son of Robert Clough. Robert was apparently a brother of William Clough, vicar of Bramham, and son of Thomas Clough. However, Ellen’s father was married in 1670 so it is implausible for him to have been baptised as late as 1655/56.

 

A William, son of John Clough, was baptised at Bramham on 20 December 1647 and might be the William who married Isabel. Nevertheless, it should be noted that at the time of his marriage in 1670, William’s residence was given as Kippax. A Robert, son of William Clough, was baptised at Kippax on 9 June 1667 so it is possible that William had been married previously and he could perhaps be the William, son of George Clough, whose baptism is entered in the Kippax parish registers in the margin alongside the 1625 entries.

 

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CLOUGH

 

WILLIAM CLOUGH of Aberford, Yorkshire, yeoman,[1] was buried on 10 April 1706 at Aberford.[2] He married on 1 November 1670 at Castleford, ISABEL WADE.[3] She was buried on 30 November 1713 at Aberford.[4]

 

Children of William and Isabel (Wade) Clough:

i               FRANCES CLOUGH, bap 23 Oct 1671, Castleford,[5] bur 3 Apr 1722, Aberford;[6] m(1) 21 Feb 1688/89, Sherburn in Elmet, ROBERT MASON;[7] m(2) 28 Nov 1706, Sherburn in Elmet, THOMAS MILNES.[8]

ii             ELIZABETH CLOUGH, bap 7 Sep 1673, Castleford;[9] m 1 Oct 1691, Sherburn in Elmet, THOMAS LOCKWOOD.[10]

iii            ELLEN CLOUGH, bap 4 Nov 1676, Bramham,[11] bur 20 Oct 1721, Edwinstowe;[12] m 28 Mar 1698, Aberford, JOHN STANBANK[13] (see here).

iv            ANN CLOUGH, bap 7 Dec 1678, Bramham.[14]



[1] West Yorkshire Archive Service, QS4/16, fol. 220.

[2] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); administration granted 9 May 1706 (Borthwick Institute).

[3] Castleford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com): “Willielmus Clough de Kippax et Isabella Wade de Houghton”. A James Wade of Houghton was buried at Castleford on 12 Jan 1666/67. James Wade of Pontefract and Elizabeth Fleming of Houghton were married on 14 Dec 1646 at St Martin, Coney Street, York.

[4] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[5] Castleford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[6] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[7] Sherburn in Elmet parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). A defamation case of 1691 confirms that Frances, wife of Robert Mason of Aberford, was a daughter of Isabel, wife of William Clough (Borthwick Institute, CP.H.4268).

[8] Sherburn in Elmet parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[9] Castleford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Lockwood, was buried on 10 Mar 1693/94 at Aberford, and Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Lockwood senior, was buried there on 4 Mar 1731/32: Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[10] Sherburn in Elmet parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). Thomas Lockwood was a party in the administration record for the estate of William Clough. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Lockwood, is associated with William Clough and Isabel his wife and Robert Mason and Frances his wife in court records (Borthwick Institute, CONS.AB.92, CHANC.AB.37).

[11] Bramham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[12] Edwinstowe parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[13] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[14] Bramham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).