INGHAM OF LEDSHAM
Two baptisms which could be
that of Christopher Ingham of Ledsham
(ca 1704-1753) are in 1704 at Hunsingore (son of
Peter Ingham of the Park) and in 1705 at Allerton Mauleverer (son of Thomas Ingham
of Hopperton).
Peter Ingham
of the Park would appear to be the Peter Ingham of
Ribston who married Elizabeth Haist at Holy Trinity Goodramgate, York, on 12 Sep 1698. Elizabeth was a daughter
of George Haist of Barwick in Elmet and is mentioned
in the latter’s will of 1709. The will of Peter Ingham
of Kirk Hammerton, written in 1720, leaves to his son
Christopher Ingham “all that houses and land at Folly
foot to enter upon when he Cometh at the age of twenty four
yea[rs]”.[1]
Peter Ingham was buried at Kirk Hammerton
on 8 February 1720/21 and Elizabeth Ingham was buried
there on 16 February 1746/47.
Christopher Ingham of the parish of Allerton married Mary Sunderland at
Spofforth on 10 Sep 1728 and several children of Christopher Ingham of Hopperton were baptised
at Allerton Mauleverer in the period 1729-47. This
must have been a different Christopher Ingham from
the one who lived at Ledsham. However, it is not
certain that he was the son (baptised in 1705) of Thomas Ingham
as there was also a Christopher, son of John Ingham
of Hopperton, baptised in 1694. A Christopher Ingham married Mary Watson on 24 November 1721 at
Knaresborough.
The will of John Ingham of Hopperton, written in
1721, mentions his son “Crister Ingham”.[2]
The will of Thomas Ingham of Hopperton, written in
1728, mentions his son Christopher Ingham. It also
mentions Thomas’s daughter Anne Poulter.[3]
The parties in the 1756 administration record for Thomas Poulter of Hopperton include his widow Ann and Christopher Ingham of Hopperton, with the
latter also signing the inventory of Thomas Poulter’s estate.[4] It
seems likely that this was Ann’s brother Christopher Ingham,
who would therefore be a different man from Christopher Ingham
of Ledsham who died in 1753.
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INGHAM
CHRISTOPHER INGHAM of Shepcote, Ledsham, Yorkshire,
farmer, was born ca 1704[5] and was buried on 5 September 1753 at Ledsham.[6] He married on 8 July 1729 at Campsall,
DOROTHY (COOKE) HAGUE,[7] daughter of William and Mary (Wells)
Cooke and widow of Matthew Hague (see here). Dorothy was
born ca 1698 and buried on 7 June 1753 at Ledsham.
Children of Christopher and Dorothy (Cooke) (Hague) Ingham:[8]
i MARY INGHAM, bap 24 May 1730, Wragby,[9] bur 30 Jun 1791, Aberford;[10] m 12 Feb 1753, Ledsham, GEORGE GIBSON.[11]
ii CHRISTOPHER INGHAM of Ledsham, bap 20 Nov 1732, Badsworth, Yorkshire;[12] m(1) 24 Apr 1755, Methley, Yorkshire, SARAH LEAKE;[13] m(2) 23 Aug 1770, Methley, ELIZABETH (LEAKE) CROSFIELD.[14]
iii DOROTHY INGHAM, bap 30 Aug 1736, Badsworth,[15] bur 5 Nov 1770, Aberford;[16] m 5 Sep 1757, Sherburn in Elmet, Yorkshire, JOHN STANDBANK[17] (see here).
iv ELIZABETH INGHAM, bap 18 Jun 1739, Badsworth,[18] bur 4 Oct 1753, Ledsham.[19]
[1] West Yorkshire Archive Service, RD/AP1/120/2.
[2] West Yorkshire Archive Service, RD/AP1/120/1.
[3] West Yorkshire Archive Service, RD/AP1/120/9.
[4] West Yorkshire Archive Service, RD/AP1/138/141.
[5] Marriage bond, 15 May 1729 (Borthwick
Institute, York, Mf 1449).
[6] Ledsham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[7] Campsall parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[8] The administration documents for Christopher Ingham (Dec 1753, Exchequer Court of York) name “Christopher Ingham his only Son and Mary his Daughter now the Wife of George Gibson of Abberforth in the County aforesaid Butcher and Dorothy Ingham Spinster his Daughter”.
[9] Wragby parish registers (West
Yorkshire Archive Service, WDP99/1/1/4); John Charlesworth, ed., The Parish
Register of Wragby, 2, Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 107(1939):192.
[10] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[11] Ledsham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). The bride's name is given as “Eliz: Ingham”, but her father's administration records show that the wife of George Gibson was Mary Ingham.
[12] Badsworth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, WDP19/3).
[13] Methley parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP76/3/1).
[14] Methley parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP76/1/3, RDP76/1/4, RDP76/3/1). David Crosfield married Elizabeth Leak on 13 Jan 1754 and David Crosfield was buried on 1 Sep 1767 aged 46.
[15] Badsworth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[16] Aberford parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[17] Sherburn in Elmet parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). One of the witnesses to the marriage was George Gibson.
[18] Badsworth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, WDP19/3).
[19] Ledsham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk); Ledsham bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).