STAINCLIFF OF
HORSFORTH
His
parish register burial entry indicates that Michael Staincliff
of Horsforth, in the parish of Guiseley, was born about 1755. A Michael, son of
Eli Stancliffe of Clifton, husbandman, was baptised on 10 August 1757 at
Hartshead, where Mally, daughter of Eli Stancliffe of Cock Walk was buried on
12 February 1758 and Mary Staincliff of Bellebridge, widow, was buried on 6 February 1763.[1]
Mally may have been the Mary, daughter of Eli Stancliffe, who was baptised on
28 March 1756 at Lightcliffe.[2]
A Judith, daughter of Eli Stancliffe, was baptised at Lightcliffe in 1765[3]
and a Judith Stankliff married Robert Wood on 5 June
1791 at St Peter, Leeds,[4]
perhaps indicating a move of some of the family in the direction of Leeds and
Horsforth.
However,
there was also at least one Staincliff couple in the
parish of Guiseley in the right period to be Michael’s parents. Samuel Staincliff and Susanna Green were married at Guiseley on 15
April 1750 and Samuel Staincliff was buried there on
18 June 1767.[5]
Leeds
apprenticeship records show that Michael Stancliff was apprenticed to William
Naylor, wool stapler, in 1768.
The
parentage of Hannah Swane, wife of Michael Staincliff,
has not been determined. There was a Hannah, daughter of James and Elizabeth
Swain, baptised at Kirkby Overblow in 1759, but that was probably the Hannah
Swain who married Jonathan Middlebrough at Newton Kyme in 1792, as other members of the Kirkby Overblow
family can be traced at Newton Kyme. There are other
Swain entries in the Horsforth registers which may be relevant to the family of
Hannah (Swane) Staincliff. On 8 May 1772, Mary,
daughter of Hannah Swain, was buried at Horsforth. It is doubtful that the
mother was the same person as Michael Staincliff’s
wife Hannah as the latter was still having children baptised as late as 1803.
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STAINCLIFF
MICHAEL
STAINCLIFF of Horsforth, Yorkshire, clothier, was born about 1755 and was
buried on 28 October 1813 at Horsforth.[6]
He married on 3 November 1779 at Guiseley, HANNAH SWANE.[7]
Hannah was buried on 25 June 1809 at Horsforth.[8]
Children
of Michael and Hannah (Swane) Staincliff:
i BETTY STAINCLIFF, bap 17 Aug
1783, Horsforth, bur 10 Jun 1787, Horsforth.[9]
ii JOHN STAINCLIFF, bap 21 Aug 1785, Horsforth, bur 7 Jun
1787, Horsforth.[10]
iii MARY STAINCLIFF, b Horsforth, bap 9 Mar 1788, Horsforth,[11]
d 8 Nov 1857, Kirkstall;[12]
m 12 May 1806, Guiseley, SAMUEL GOODALL[13]
(see here).
iv JAMES STAINCLIFF, cordwainer, b Horsforth, bap 4 Oct
1789, Horsforth.[14]
v HANNAH STAINCLIFF, bap 16 Apr 1792, Horsforth, bur 14
Mar 1793, Horsforth.[15]
vi SARAH STAINCLIFF, bap 17 Nov 1793, Horsforth, bur 7 Oct
1798, Horsforth.[16]
vii ANN STAINCLIFF, bap 23 Oct 1796, Horsforth.[17]
viii MICHAEL STAINCLIFF, bap 14 Apr 1799, Horsforth, bur 22 Jun
1802, Horsforth.[18]
ix WILLIAM STAINCLIFF, bap 23 Aug 1801, Horsforth.[19]
x GEORGE STAINCLIFF of Pudsey, cloth fuller, b Horsforth,
bap 20 Nov 1803, Horsforth,[20]
d 14 Feb 1874, Pudsey;[21]
m(1) 27 Oct 1823, St Peter, Leeds, HANNAH STIRK;[22]
m(2) 2 May 1859, Calverley, ANN WALTON.[23]
[1] Hartshead parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, WDP31/2).
[2] Lightcliffe parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, WDP47/1/1/2).
[3] Lightcliffe parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, WDP47/1/1/2).
[4] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP68/4/6/1).
[5] Guiseley parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, BDP29/1/5).
[6] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/18).
[7] Guiseley parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, BDP29/3/2).
[8] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[9] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[10] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[11]
1851 census returns, Headingley (National Archives,
HO 107/2315, fol. 443); Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive
Service, RDP43/2).
[12] Death certificate.
[13] Guiseley parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, BDP29/3/3).
[14] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2); War Office registers (National Archives, WO 25/493).
[15] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[16] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[17] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[18] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[19] Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[20] 1851 census returns, Pudsey (National Archives, HO 107/2313, fol. 297); Horsforth parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP43/2).
[21] Death certificate.
[22] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, RDP68/4/15).
[23] Calverley parish registers (West Yorkshire Archive Service, BDP17/3/18).