WADDY OF HOLBECK

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WADDY

JOHN WADDY of Holbeck, Yorkshire, weaver, was born ca 1697[1] and buried on 29 March 1777 at Holbeck.[2] He married ca 25 February 1722/23, LYDIA MANN.[3] She was born ca 1702[4] and buried on 20 July 1768 at Holbeck.[5]

Children of John and Lydia (Mann) Waddy:

i HANNAH WADDY, b 28 Apr 1723, bap 29 May 1723, St Peter, Leeds,[6] bur 31 Aug 1724, Holbeck.[7]

ii HELEN WADDY, bap 20 Dec 1724, Holbeck;[8] m 23 Oct 1759, St Peter, Leeds, WILLIAM KNOWLES.[9]

iii LYDIA WADDY, bap 12 Oct 1726, Holbeck,[10] bur 13 Feb 1796, Holbeck;[11] m 24 Aug 1752, St Peter, Leeds, JOHN WILLIAMSON[12] (see here).

iv ANN WADDY, bap 30 May 1729, Holbeck.[13]

v JOHN WADDY, bap 4 Jun 1731, Holbeck,[14] bur 13 Oct 1731, Holbeck.[15]

vi HANNAH WADDY, bap 16 Aug 1732, Holbeck.[16]

vii CHARLES WADDY, bap 29 Sep 1734, Holbeck,[17] bur 13 May 1794, Holbeck.[18]

viii JOHN WADDY, bap 7 Jan 1736/37, Holbeck;[19] m 17 Sep 1767, St Peter, Leeds, SARAH COWARD.[20]

ix ELIZABETH WADDY, bap 7 Sep 1739, Holbeck,[21] bur 5 Feb 1799, Holbeck.[22]

x SARAH WADDY, bap 18 Sep 1743, Holbeck,[23] bur 29 Dec 1761, Holbeck.[24]

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[1] His age is given as 25 in his marriage bond of 25 Feb 1722/23 (Borthwick Institute).

[2] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[3] Marriage bond (Borthwick Institute).

[4] Her age is given as 20 in the marriage bond of 25 Feb 1722/23 (Borthwick Institute). She was probably the Lidia, daughter of John Mann of Holbeck, born on 11 Nov 1699 and baptised on 30 Nov 1699 at St Peter, Leeds. There was a Lydia Mann, widow, buried at Holbeck on 7 Dec 1745.

[5] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[6] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[7] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[8] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[9] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[10] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[11] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The entry does not give her forename, identifying her only as “Wife of John Williamson”. This gives the impression that her husband was still alive (some other burials the same year using “Wid.” for widow) and this seems the likely entry for Lydia, rather than the “Wife of John Williamson” who was buried at Holbeck in 1804. There was also an earlier John Williamson in the Holbeck area but he already had children by the 1720s so it is improbable that the 1796 burials refer to him or his wife.

[12] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[13] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). She may be the Ann Waddy who married Thomas Robinson at St Peter, Leeds, on 6 Oct 1760, or the Ann Waddey who married John Clough at St Peter, Leeds, on 13 Jun 1762.

[14] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[15] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[16] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Possibly the one of that name buried on 28 Jul 1794 at Holbeck.

[17] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[18] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[19] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[20] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[21] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[22] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[23] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[24] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).