FIRTH OF WYKE

It is possible that the Edward Firth who married Elizabeth Hargreaves at Birstall in 1748 was the same person as Edward, illegitimate son of Elizabeth Gomersall of Cleckheaton and Matthew Firth, who was baptised at Birstall in 1709. However, that has not been confirmed.

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FIRTH

EDWARD FIRTH of Wyke, Yorkshire, was buried on 2 October 1792 at Lightcliffe.[1] He married on 11 April 1748 at Birstall, ELIZABETH HARGREAVES,[2] who was buried on 20 June 1788 at Lightcliffe.[3]

Children of Edward and Elizabeth (Hargreaves) Firth:

i JOHN FIRTH, bap 5 Mar 1748/49, Cleckheaton.[4]

ii SARAH FIRTH, b 16 Jan 1754, Wyke, d 22 Feb 1827, bur 26 Feb 1827, Lower Wyke;[5] m 20 Jan 1783, Birstall, COPLEY LEACH.[6]

iii BRIDGET FIRTH, bap 31 Oct 1756, Wibsey,[7] bur 10 Oct 1819, Lightcliffe;[8] m 18 Oct 1784, Birstall, JAMES PEARSON[9] (see here).

iv RICHARD FIRTH, bap 13 May 1759, Wibsey.[10]

v NANNY FIRTH, bap 30 Aug 1761, Wibsey.[11]

vi JOSEPH FIRTH, bap 4 Sep 1763, Wibsey.[12]

vii EDWARD FIRTH, bap 18 May 1766, Cleckheaton;[13] m 9 Nov 1789, Birstall, RACHEL WILKINSON.[14]

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

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

[3] Lightcliffe parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Halifax parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

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

[5] Birstall parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Wyke Moravian registers (National Archives, RG 4/2821).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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