ROBSON ALIAS
ROBSHAW OF WETHERBY
The
earliest trace of this family found under the spelling Robshaw is in the
baptism entry of Frances, daughter of Richard Robshaw, in 1762 at Wetherby in
the parish of Spofforth. It is apparent that the family is in earlier entries
in the registers of the parish under the somewhat similar name Robson. For
example, Ann Robson was baptised in 1743 and Ann Robshaw of the same age
married Johnson Kitchin in 1766. Hannah Robson was
baptised in 1754 and Hannah Robshaw of the same age was buried in 1795.
Christopher Robson was baptised in 1747/48 and Christopher Robshaw was married
in the neighbouring parish of Goldsborough in 1768. In each case, no baptism
for the individual in question was located under the spelling Robshaw, nor were
any likely marriages or burials found for them with the spelling Robson.
The
parentage of Richard Robson or Robshaw is not clear, but he may have been a son
of John Robson and Frances Gibbon, both of Wetherby, who were married at Spofforth
on 2 December 1705.
No
marriage has been found for Richard and his wife Grace. There is a possibility
that she was the Grace, daughter of Christopher Greaves, who was baptised at
Spofforth on 1 February 1722/23. The reasons for considering this are: the use
of the name Christopher for a son of Richard Robshaw; the family of William
Greaves being enumerated adjacently to that of Richard Robshaw in 1776;[1] and a witness to the
marriage of William and Mary (Robshaw) Daker in 1777 being Hannah Barker, a
Hannah Greaves having married William Barker at Spofforth in 1773. On the other
hand, the ages given for Grace, wife of Richard Robshaw, in the 1776 population
listing and at her burial suggest that she was born about five years earlier
than the baptism of Grace Greaves.
It
may be noted that there is a gap in the traced children of Richard Robshaw
between Hannah (baptised in 1754) and Joseph (baptised in 1760), so there may
have been children additional to the ones shown below.
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ROBSON ALIAS
ROBSHAW
RICHARD
ROBSON, alias ROBSHAW, of Wetherby, Yorkshire, labourer, was born about 1709,[2] died on 23 August 1790,
and was buried on 25 August 1790 at Spofforth.[3] He married GRACE,[4] who was born about 1717[5] and buried on 14 April
1813 at Spofforth.[6]
Children
of Richard and Grace Robson alias Robshaw:
i RICHARD
ROBSON, b ca 1742, bur 25 Apr 1742, Spofforth.[7]
ii ANN ROBSHAW, bap 14 Sep 1743, Wetherby,[8] bur 4 Mar 1827, Spofforth;[9] m 8 Sep 1766, Spofforth,
JOHNSON KITCHIN[10]
(see here).
iii MARY ROBSON, bap 21 Mar 1745/46,
Wetherby,[11]
bur 30 Mar 1746, Spofforth.[12]
iv CHRISTOPHER ROBSHAW of Coneythorpe, labourer, bap 23 Feb 1747/48, Wetherby,[13] bur 9 Oct 1786,
Goldsborough;[14]
m 14 Jun 1768, Goldsborough, ANN ROBINSON.[15]
v MARY ROBSHAW,[16] b ca 1749, bur 13 Sep
1830, Spofforth;[17]
m 4 Feb 1777, Spofforth, WILLIAM DAKER.[18]
vi RICHARD ROBSHAW of Wetherby,
servant, bap 30 May 1752, Wetherby;[19] m ELIZABETH.[20]
vii HANNAH ROBSHAW, bap 18 Aug 1754,
Wetherby,[21]
d 12 Jan 1795, bur 14 Jan 1795, Spofforth.[22]
viii JOSEPH ROBSON, bap 23 May 1760,
Wetherby.[23]
ix FRANCES ROBSHAW, bap 2 May 1762,
Wetherby.[24]
[1] Brian Jones, ed., Population Listing for the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1776 (Bradford, 1996), 11.
[2] In Brian Jones, ed., Population Listing for the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1776 (Bradford, 1996), 11, Richard’s age is given as 63, but at his burial in 1790, he is stated to have been 85.
[3] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[4] Brian Jones, ed., Population Listing for the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1776 (Bradford, 1996), 11.
[5] Brian Jones, ed., Population Listing for the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1776 (Bradford, 1996), 11, gives Grace’s age as 58, and at her burial in 1813 she is said to have been 98.
[6] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[7] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[8] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[9] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[10] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[11] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[12] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[13] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[14] Goldsborough parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[15] England Marriages, 1538-1973 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[16] No baptism has been found for Mary, but there does not seem to be any other family in which she could plausibly fit. There is indeed some support for her placement here as in 1776, William Daker (who married Mary Robshaw the next year) was living with the family of Johnson and Ann (Robshaw) Kitchin: see Brian Jones, ed., Population Listing for the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1776 (Bradford, 1996), 7. The baptism at Wetherby in October 1778 of Joseph, illegitimate son of Mary Robshaw, gives the impression that there may have been another Mary Robshaw in the area. However, this Joseph appears to be the one recorded as living with William Daker in the 1841 census returns for Wetherby (National Archives, HO 107/1289/8, fol. 19) when Joseph’s age was given as 65 (that is, 65 to 69), and he was buried at Wetherby in Nov 1842 when he was said to be 68. Therefore it seems he may have been born before the marriage of William and Mary (Robshaw) Daker but not baptised until afterwards.
[17] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[18] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[19] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[20] Brian Jones, ed., Population Listing for the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1776 (Bradford, 1996), 7.
[21] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[22] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[23] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[24] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).