Individual Notes

Note for: Joseph Pescod, 30 JAN 1764 - Index

Christening:
     Date:   4 MAR 1764
     Place:   Whitby, Yorkshire

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     Whitby Parish Registers: Mar 4 1764 Joseph son Joseph Peascod, carpenter (born 30 Jan last) of Whitby

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Note for: Margaret Middleton, 21 NOV 1800 - Index

Christening:
     Date:   31 DEC 1809
     Place:   Whitby, Yorkshire

Individual Note:
     Whitby Parish Registers: Dec 31 1809 Middleton, Margaret dau Joseph & Jane (sailor) born 21st Nov 1800, Lisbon

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Note for: Jane Middleton, 4 OCT 1803 - Index

Christening:
     Date:   10 OCT 1803
     Place:   Whitby, Yorkshire

Individual Note:
     Whitby Parish Registers: Oct 10 1803 Middleton, Jane dau Joseph & Jane (sailor) born 4th, Whitby

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Note for: Thomas Middleton, 15 SEP 1790 - Index

Christening:
     Date:   22 SEP 1790
     Place:   Whitby, Yorkshire

Individual Note:
     Whitby Parish Registers: Sep 22 1790 Middleton, Thomas son Joseph & Jane (sailor) born 15th, Whitby, r

Feb 26 1811 Thomas Middleton, bachelor, ship-carpenter & Ann Taylor, spinster, both of this parish, banns; Wit Jane Potts, John Day; Cur James Andrew

Whitby Parish Registers: Sep 22 1790 Middleton, Thomas son Joseph & Jane (sailor) born 15th, Whitby, r

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Note for: William Thomas Winspear, 16 MAY 1854 - 17 APR 1914 Index

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Other: LMorris extra info

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Note for: Eliza Jane Knaggs, 1829 - Index

Individual Note:
1851 Census: Eliza Jane and daughter Ann are living in Church Street in Whitby. Eliza is listed as a mariner's wife; it's presumed that Matthew, her husband is at sea. Down the road, at Tate Hill, the other daughter of Matthew Leadley, Maria Leadley is with her grandfather, Robert Leadley - the widow of Eleanor Wilton. Ref: HO107/2374/239, Page 30.
1861 Census: Eliza is now a widow; she is living on the Cragg with daughter Ann, now 10 years old and she is a housekeeper. Ref: RG9/3648/71, Page 17.
1871 Census: Eliza has now remarried; she is now Eliza J Dawson, wife of Wilson H Dawson, a boot/shoemaker. They were married in Whitby in Sep Qtr 1866. They are now living in Pier Lane. Ref: RG10/4848/67, Page 21.

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Note for: Robert Leadley, 1755 - Index

Individual Note:
No baptism or birth information has been found to date for Robert Leadley hence the birth date given is just an approximation.

Robert was a witness at the marriage of his sister in law Sarah Pescod; Feb 24 1789; William Arlen*, bachelor, mariner & Sarah Pescod*, spinster, both of Whitby, banns, Wit Robert Laidler, John Jessop, Cur John Atkinson

Robert was a witness at the marriage of John Prescot (Pescod?): Dec 6 1798 John Prescot*, bachelor, mariner & Mary Jackson, spinster, both of Whitby, licence; Wit Jane Jackson, Robert Laidler; Cur John Atkinson.

Surname appears to be LADELER. Variations of the name appear in different records; ie Ladeler, Leadler, Leadley, Laidler.

Robert Laidler was a mate aboard the 'Ocean' in 1787. Ref: Whitby Musters

From Stephen Baines (holtmariner) in the Whitby Group: Received 18th Aug 2007:
'Ocean' was a 226-ton brig built at Whitby in 1764. The owners in 1787 were Jacob Blackburn and Robert Clark. This is presumably the same Jacob Blackburn who was master of the vessel when it set out from London on 26 March. 'Ocean' sailed to Memel, and was at Bristol on 18th Sept. On 8 November she was at Milford (presumably Milford Haven in Wales?) where there was some kind of disaster: Jacob Blackburn and three other members of the crew were drowned. Zebulon Mennel, who was the mate, takes over as captain, and it is at this point that Robert Laidler joins the ship as Mate on the 9th. Once the vessel is back in London of 30 Nov he is discharged along with the rest of the crew. Mrs Blackburn is given as the owner on the muster roll.

I have a note that a Robert Leadley was a line manager on the 'Volunteer', but I have no date for this. I shall have to check it out: presumably the muster roll was damaged and the date was lost. 'Volunteer' was a whaler.

'Middleton' was a 353-ton ship built at Whitby in 1789, by Thomas Fishburn. The owners were Peter Middleton, Israel Hunter and Jos Barker, though in 1814 it was owned by Chilton. She was lost in the Gulf of St Lawrence in 1828 (this from Weatherill).

My selection of Muster rolls also lists a Thomas Ladder, and a William Ladler/Ladley who sailed on the 'Elizabeth' in 1766 and the Earl of Pembroke in 1767. The 'Earl of Pembroke' was sold to the Admiralty who re-named it 'Endeavour' and it was Captain Cook's vessel.