MOSS OF COOKRIDGE
AND HORSFORTH
No
baptism has been found for Matthew Moss (buried 1704) who married Rosamund Harrison
at Adel in 1682/83 but it seems that he was a son of Thomas and Ann Moss of Cookridge in that parish. The will of Matthew Craven “of Shibdenhall in Northowram in the
County of Yorke Felmonger” mentions “Anne my daughter
wife of Thomas Moss” and leaves “unto Matthew Moss my Grandchild five
shillings; To Thomas Moss his brother one shilling; And unto Grace Moss theire sister two shillings”.[1] It
is known that a Thomas Moss was living at Cookridge
in 1662 and was married to an Ann.[2]
Prior to living at Northowram, Matthew Craven had
lived at Shipley in the parish of Bradford and earlier still is recorded in the
parish of Guiseley, adjacent to Adel. Furthermore, the Matthew Moss buried in
1704 and his son Thomas Moss followed the closely related occupations of skinner
and fellmonger which also provides some support for a link with the fellmonger
Matthew Craven.
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MOSS
1 THOMAS MOSS of Cookridge
and Heaton, Yorkshire, yeoman, married ANN CRAVEN,[3]
daughter of Matthew and Jane (Bland) Craven (see here). Ann was baptised
on 29 April 1632 at Bingley.
Children of Thomas and Ann (Craven) Moss:
i MARY MOSS, bap 31 Jul 1653, Adel.[4]
ii ANN MOSS, bap 30 Jul 1654, Adel,[5]
bur 23 Mar 1654/55, Adel.[6]
2 iii MATTHEW MOSS (bur 1704); m(1) ROSAMUND HARRISON; m(2)
ELIZABETH (BARTRAM) RHODES.
iv THOMAS MOSS
v SAMUEL MOSS, bap 11 Feb 1662/63,
Adel.[7]
vi GRACE MOSS, bap 14 Sep 1665,
Bradford.[8]
2 MATTHEW MOSS of Horsforth, skinner,
was buried on 30 June 1704 at Guiseley.[9] He
married first, on 12 February 1682/83 at Adel, ROSAMUND HARRISON.[10]
She was buried on 18 July 1692 at Guiseley.[11]
Matthew married second, on 24 October 1692 at Otley, ELIZABETH (BARTRAM)
RHODES, widow of James Rhodes.[12]
Children of Matthew and Rosamund
(Harrison) Moss:
i ELIZABETH MOSS, bap 21 Jan
1683/84, Otley,[13]
d 14 Feb 1769,[14]
bur 17 Feb 1769, Adel;[15] m
27 May 1703, Guiseley, THOMAS KITCHIN[16]
(see here).
ii MATTHEW MOSS, bap 10 Mar 1685/86,
Guiseley,[17]
bur 17 Jul 1687, Guiseley.[18]
iii THOMAS MOSS, bap 16 Apr 1688,
Guiseley.[19]
iv ANN MOSS, bap 29 Dec 1690, Guiseley;[20] m
26 Aug 1711, Guiseley, JOHN KITCHIN.[21]
v MATTHEW MOSS, bur 22 Nov 1691,
Guiseley.[22]
Children of Matthew and Elizabeth
(Bartram) (Rhodes) Moss:
vi MARY MOSS, bap 1 Nov 1693, Guiseley;[23] m
9 May 1722, Guiseley, JOSEPH HOLMES.[24]
vii MATTHEW MOSS of Horsforth, yeoman,
bap 10 Nov 1695, Guiseley;[25] m
29 Oct 1723, St Peter, Leeds, ELIZABETH WALKER.[26]
viii THOMAS MOSS of Thorner, fellmonger,
bap 5 Dec 1698, Guiseley,[27]
bur 20 Apr 1774, Thorner;[28] m
JANE.[29]
ix ROSE MOSS, bap 14 Oct 1700,
Guiseley.[30]
x ROSE MOSS, bap 11 Oct 1701,
Guiseley,[31]
bur 7 Feb 1771, Otley;[32] m(1) 12 Jun 1727, Guiseley, WILLIAM HODGSON;[33] m(2) 31 Oct 1754, Guiseley, RICHARD HARDAKER.[34]
xi WILLIAM MOSS, bap 18 Mar 1703/04,
Guiseley.[35]
[1] Will of Matthew Craven, dated 11 Dec 1680, proved 3 May 1681 (Borthwick Institute).
[2] North East Lincolnshire Archives, catalogue entry for Sheff/A/59/2 (previously held at Lincolnshire Archives).
[3]
Will of Matthew Craven, dated 11 Dec 1680, proved 3 May 1681 (Borthwick
Institute). A “Widdow Moss of Heaton” was buried at
Bradford on 4 Mar 1682/83: Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[4] Adel parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[5] Adel parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[6] Adel parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[7] Adel parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[8] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[9] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[10] Adel parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The Adel bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk) give her name as “Elizabeth Harrison” and the date as 7 Feb 1682/83.
[11] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[12] William Brigg, ed., The Parish Registers of Otley, part 2 (Leeds, 1912), 149, 210; Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[15] Adel parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[16] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[17] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[18] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[19] Guiseley bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[20] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); William Easterbrook Preston and Joseph Hambley Rowe, eds, A Transcript of the Early Registers of the Parish of Guiseley (Bradford, 1913), 222.
[21] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[22] Guiseley bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[23] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[24] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[25] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[26] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[27] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[28] Thorner parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The will of Rose (Moss) (Hodgson) Hardaker mentions “the six Children of my brother Thomas Moss of Thorner”.
[29] Will of Thomas Moss, dated 14 Apr 1772, proved May 1774 (Borthwick Institute).
[30] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[31] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[32] Otley bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). Will dated 23 May 1769, proved 17 Jun 1771 (Borthwick Institute).
[33] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[34] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[35] Guiseley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).