CRAVEN OF ROTHWELL

 

John Craven was said at his marriage in 1671 to be of the parish of Guiseley and his will mentions property in Horsforth which was in the parish of Guiseley. He may therefore be the John, son of John Craven, who was baptised at Horsforth on 27 March 1642. However, a Beatrice Craven of the parish of Guiseley married Samuel Flockton at Rothwell in 1660 and their son Joseph was a witness to the will of John Craven so it seems likely there was a close connection. A Beatrice, daughter of Jonas Craven, was baptised at Adel in 1638, and a John, son of Jonas Craven of Cookridge, was baptised at Adel in 1652.

 

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CRAVEN

 

1          JOHN CRAVEN of Rothwell Haigh, Yorkshire, yeoman, was buried on 19 September 1691 at Rothwell.[1] He married on 4 May 1671 at Rothwell, ANN BENSON,[2] daughter of George and Alice (Nayler) Benson (see here). She was baptised on 8 July 1642 at Rothwell and buried on 21 May 1705 at Rothwell.

 

Children of John and Ann (Benson) Craven:

i               GEORGE CRAVEN of Rothwell Haigh, bap 27 Jun 1672, Rothwell,[3] bur 10 Apr 1704, Rothwell;[4] m 20 Nov 1701, Rothwell, ANN WALTON.[5]

ii              JOHN CRAVEN, bap 27 Jan 1673/74, Rothwell.[6]

iii             JONATHAN CRAVEN of Rothwell Haigh, fellmonger, b ca 1676,[7] bur 1 Jan 1746/47, Rothwell;[8] m(1) 3 Jan 1710/11, Swillington, ELEANOR (MILNER) WARDMAN;[9] m(2) 16 May 1721, St Mary, Bishophill, York, DOROTHY (WALKER) (MAWMAN) ECCLES.[10]

iv             ANN CRAVEN, bur 3 Mar 1678/79, Rothwell.[11]

v              WILLIAM CRAVEN, bur 21 Mar 1678/79, Rothwell.[12]

vi             MARY CRAVEN, bap 1 Mar 1679/80, Rothwell,[13] bur 2 Jul 1731, Rothwell;[14] m 26 Nov 1702, Rothwell, FRANCIS TODD.[15]

2              vii            THOMAS CRAVEN (1681-1728/29); m SARAH STEAD.

viii           JOSEPH CRAVEN, bap 21 Sep 1682, Rothwell,[16] bur 25 Jul 1683, Rothwell.[17]

ix             SARAH CRAVEN, bap 25 Oct 1683, Rothwell.[18]

x              SAMUEL CRAVEN, bur 4 Jun 1686, Rothwell.[19]

 

2          THOMAS CRAVEN of Rothwell, yeoman, was baptised on 25 May 1681 at Rothwell[20] and buried on 13 February 1728/29 at Rothwell.[21] He married on 16 June 1709 at Pontefract, SARAH STEAD.[22] She was buried on 3 February 1750/51 at Rothwell.[23]

 

Children of Thomas and Sarah (Stead) Craven:

i               MARY CRAVEN, bap 27 Aug 1710, Rothwell,[24] bur 4 Jan 1713/14, Rothwell.[25]

ii              JOHN CRAVEN, bap 26 Dec 1712, Rothwell,[26] bur 5 Aug 1716, Rothwell.[27]

iii             JONATHAN CRAVEN, bap 29 May 1715, Rothwell,[28] bur 18 Nov 1717, Rothwell.[29]

iv             SARAH CRAVEN, bap 27 Dec 1717, Rothwell.[30]

v              ELIZABETH CRAVEN, bap 20 Aug 1719, Rothwell,[31] bur 3 Mar 1728/29, Rothwell.[32]

vi             THOMAS CRAVEN of Rothwell Haigh, farmer, bap 14 Feb 1721/22, Rothwell,[33] bur 9 Jan 1795, Rothwell;[34] m 9 Feb 1747/48, Wakefield, HANNAH CLARK.[35]

vii            ANN CRAVEN, bap 6 Apr 1724, Rothwell,[36] bur 11 Dec 1790, Rothwell;[37] m 10 Dec 1759, Rothwell, WILLIAM FLOCKTON.[38]

viii           MARY CRAVEN, bap 16 Apr 1727, Rothwell,[39] bur 1 Feb 1801, Rothwell;[40] m 2 Nov 1752, Rothwell, SAMUEL GIBSON[41] (see here).


[1] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 12 Sep 1691, proved 6 Feb 1691/92 (Borthwick Institute).

[2] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

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

[7] Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[8] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 24 Dec 1744, with codicils of 23 Aug 1745 and 13 Oct 1746, proved 17 Jul 1747 (Borthwick Institute).

[9] George E. Kirk, ed., The Parish Register of Swillington (Leeds, 1944), 53; John W. Clay, ed., Paver’s Marriage Licences, vol. 3 (Worksop, 1912), 147; Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[10] St Mary, Bishophill, York, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); Robert H. Skaife, “The Register of Marriages in York Minster”, The Yorkshire Archćological and Topographical Journal, 2(1873), at 120, 328.

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

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

[13] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[14] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Rothwell bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[15] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The will of Jonathan Craven mentions his brother-in-law Francis Todd.

[16] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[17] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[18] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[19] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[20] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[21] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Administration of his estate was granted to his widow Sarah on 28 Feb 1728/29 (Borthwick Institute).

[22] Pontefract parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[23] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 17 Aug 1750, proved 7 Mar 1750/51 (Borthwick Institute).

[24] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[25] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[26] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[27] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[28] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[29] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[30] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[31] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[32] Rothwell bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[33] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[34] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 19 Aug 1794, proved Mar 1795 (Borthwick Institute).

[35] Wakefield parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[36] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[37] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[38] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[39] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[40] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[41] Rothwell parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).