HESLEDEN OF HEATON
The
registers of Bradford show the marriage of John Hezledin
and Sarah Deine on 22 July 1669. These appear to be the
parents of Michael Hesleden of Heaton who married
Mary Spencer in 1696. In 1674, Michael son of John “Castleden”
of Allerton was baptised at Bradford. There does not seem to have been a
relevant Castleden family in the area and it appears
that the surname should be a form of the similar Hesleden.
Sarah, daughter of John Aisleden of Allerton, was baptised
in 1669/70, John, son of John Hezleden of Allerton in
1672, and Timothy, son of John Hassleden of the same place
in 1677. These match with the father’s residence given at the baptism of
Michael, and Michael Heselden had a son called Timothy baptised in 1701, so
there is some onomastic support.
John
Hesleden of Allerton may be the same person as the
John Hasleden who married Grace Cowburn at Bingley on
6 December 1650. Mary, daughter of John Haslenden of
Allerton, was baptised at Bingley on 15 July 1651.
It
seems likely that the Hesledens of Allerton and Heaton
were related to the family of Michael Hesleden of
Ovenden whose will was written in 1654 mentioning sons called Michael and
Timothy,[1]
both names given to sons of John Hesleden of
Allerton. However, the exact connection is not yet clear.
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HESLEDEN
1 JOHN HESLEDEN of Allerton, Yorkshire,
married on 22 July 1669 at Bradford, SARAH DEAN.[2]
Children of John and Sarah (Dean) Hesleden:
i SARAH HESLEDEN, bap 13 Feb
1669/70, Bradford;[3] m
May 1691, Haworth, MICHAEL RISHWORTH.[4]
ii JOHN HESLEDEN of Heaton,
husbandman, bap 12 May 1672, Bradford,[5]
bur 26 Apr 1747, Bradford;[6]
m ANN.[7]
2 iii MICHAEL HESLEDEN (1674-1735); m
MARY SPENCER.
iv TIMOTHY HESLEDEN, bap 1 Apr 1677,
Bradford.[8]
2 MICHAEL HESLEDEN of Heaton, clothier,
was baptised on 21 June 1674 at Bradford[9]
and buried on 11 August 1735 at Bradford.[10]
He married first, on 30 August 1696 at Haworth, MARY SPENCER,[11]
who was buried on 27 January 1722/23 at Bradford.[12]
Children of Michael and Mary
(Spencer) Hesleden:
i GRANDZEES
HESLEDEN, bap 17 Oct 1697, Bradford.[13]
ii SARAH HESLEDEN, bap 5 Mar 1698/99,
Bradford;[14] m
2 May 1725, Bradford, JOHN IZZOT.[15]
iii TIMOTHY HESLEDEN, bap 1 Jun 1701,
Bradford, bur 31 Mar 1725, Bradford.[16]
3 iv JEREMY
HESLEDEN (bap 1702); m GRACE NEWEL.
v EDWARD HESLEDEN, bap 12 Nov 1704,
Bradford.[17]
vi HESLEDEN, bur 28 Jun 1711, Bradford.[18]
3 JEREMY HESLEDEN of Heaton, carpenter, was
baptised on 21 December 1702 at Bradford.[19]
He married on 25 June 1721 at Bradford, GRACE NEWEL,[20]
daughter of William Newel (see here). Grace was
baptised on 8 September 1700 at Bradford.
Children of Jeremy and Grace
(Newel) Hesleden:
i JEREMY
HESLEDEN, bap May 1722, Bradford.[21]
ii MARY HESLEDEN, bap 27 Oct 1723,
Bradford; m 2 Feb 1745/46, Bradford, DANIEL HELLIWELL.[22]
iii MARTHA HESLEDEN, bap 11 Apr 1725,
Bradford.[23]
iv SUSANNA HESLEDEN, bap 7 May 1727,
Bradford, bur 15 Sep 1728, Bradford.[24]
v JOHN HESLEDEN, bap 25 May 1729,
Bradford.[25]
vi JAMES HESLEDEN, bap 12 Nov 1732,
Bradford.[26]
vii SUSANNA HESLEDEN, bap 29 Sep 1734,
Bradford; m 20 Nov 1754, Bradford, ABRAHAM CRABTREE.[27]
viii PATIENCE HESLEDEN, bap 5 Sep 1736,
Bradford,[28] d
3 Aug 1799, bur 5 Aug 1799, Spofforth;[29]
m 30 Jul 1759, Bradford, GEORGE LAWRENCE[30]
(see here).
ix EDWARD HESLEDEN, bap 21 Jan
1738/39, Bradford.[31]
x MICHAEL HESLEDEN, labourer, bap 20
Jul 1743, Bradford; m 21 Oct 1764, Bradford, GRACE WOOD.[32]
[1]
National Archives, PROB 11/269/11.
[2] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Sarah’s surname is spelt “Deine” in the entry.
[3] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[4] Haworth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[5] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[6] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); will dated 17 Apr 1747, proved 6 Jun 1747 (Borthwick Institute).
[7] Will of John Hesleden, dated 17 Apr 1747, proved 6 Jun 1747 (Borthwick Institute).
[8] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[9] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[10] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The registers record the burial of another Michael Hesleden of Heaton on 14 Apr 1719 but he is described as “a Young Man” which does not seem a likely description for the Michael who had had children baptised over twenty years previously.
[11] Haworth bishops’ transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[12] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). After Mary’s death, Michael may have married again, on 2 Apr 1727 at Keighley, Sarah Smith, who was buried at Bradford on 27 Apr 1734. However, the Michael Hesleden of Heaton who had a daughter Frances baptised at Bradford in 1731 may be a different man from the one who married Mary Spencer.
[13] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The spelling Grandzees for the name of this daughter of Michael Hesleden seems clear in her baptism entry in both the parish registers and bishops’ transcripts, but it does not seem to occur elsewhere. There is a possibility that it is a mistake for Frances as a Thomas Stead and Frances Hesleden were married at Bradford in 1725.
[14] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[15] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[16] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The burial entry describes Timothy as “a Young Man from Heaton”. There was also a Timothy Hesledine of Heaton buried at Bradford on 18 Mar 1778, perhaps the son of that name mentioned in the 1747 will of John Hesleden of Heaton (Borthwick Institute).
[17] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[18] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com): “An infant of Mich: Hesleden of Heaton”.
[19] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). He may have been the Jeremy Hesledine of Heaton buried at Bradford on 12 May 1771, though that may have been his son of the same name.
[20] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[21] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[22] Bradford bishops’ transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[23] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[24] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[25] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[26] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[27] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[28] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[29] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[30] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[31] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[32] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).