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shown as 1717/18.

This family group is uncertain. It has been placed together solely on the basis of dates & the fact that the children were baptized at St. Peter's Huddersfield.

1724 April
"Anna daughter of Edward Dearnley of Roberttown the first day."

Spen Valley: Past and Present, by Frank Peel
Senior and Co., 1893

"From 1749 to 1754, when Edward Dernally, Timothy Asquith, Jere Lee, Joshua Child, and Peter Kaye served as chief constables of Liversedge, and John Senior, John Muffit, of Hightown, John Buckley, Field Head, John Rouse, Hightown, and Daniel Hemingway of Liversedge Hall, were overseers, nothing of great importance was chronicled only, in the year last named, the workhouse master presents his accounts in a detailed form. This institution is first named as existing in Robert-town about 1740, and it is pretty plain from the entries that it was really a workhouse, for trades of various sorts were carried on within its walls."
p.211

Spen Valley: Past and Present by Frank Peel see Google Books.

Possibly Edward of Meltham, son of Joshua D & Grace Dyson.
eee Edward Dearneley

This Edward D is shown as "of Mirfield" at hi 1712 marriage.
Meltham is 9 miles south-west of Mirfield, the other side of Huddersfield.

Roger D, Grange, Mirfield & Spen Valley speculations

I was struck by the fact that we have Roger D of Grange who married a wife from Mirfield (Sarah Owen) and that we have a D family in the Spen Valley.

Roger's son John also married someone from out of the local parish (Esther Prince).
Also the Spen Valley family included a carrier and a saddler and also an out of parish marriage (Featherstone).

Could Edward from the Spen Valley have been another son of Roger D of Grange and we are dealing with a family who were involved in horse-powered transport for generations? That would explain the geographically widespread marriages and also saddlery would be an obvious allied trade.

That would include Roger of Grange, his son John, his putative son Edward in the Spen Valley and Edward's sons John (farmer in his old age but a carrier earlier. also married at Wooley), Samuel (married bride from Rotherham in Sheffield, also a saddler) and Edmund (married bride from Featherstone).

But what about the older Roger? One of the youngest sons of long family would have had to find a trade. One of those available in the Glossop area would have been running pack-horses as Longdendale was a major route from the saltworks of Cheshire across the Pennines via Salters Bridge and also the side route over Holme Moss into the Holme Valley.

- Ian Goddard (Jan 2017.)

Edward buried 4 of his young children this month: Hannah, Mary, William & Edward.

Edward Dearnaly of Robertown, 1765

1 Know all men by these presents that we Sarah Dearnaly of
2 Robert Town in ye parish of Birstal and county of York
3 widow John Dearnaly of High Town in ye parish of Birstal
4 and county of York carrier and Samuel Dearnaly of
5 the same place saddler
6 do stand and are firmly bounden and obliged unto the worshipful Francis
7 ?Jophain doctor of laws commissary of
8 the exchequer court of the most reverend father in
9 God Robert by divine providence Lord Arch-Bishop of York primate
10 of England and metropolitan lawfully constituted in the sum of four
11 hundred pounds of good and
12 lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to the said commissary or his true
13 and lawful attorney, executors, administrators or assigns; to the which pay
14 ment well and truly to be made we bind us and every of us, jointly and seve
15 rally for and in the whole, our and every of our heirs, executors and admini
16 strators and every of them firmly by these presents sealed with our seals. Dated
17 the eight day of the month of March in the
18 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five
19 The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden
20 Sarah Dearnaly widow relict and sole
21 administratrix of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Edward
22 Dearnaly late of Robert Town afores[ai]d
23 and diocese of York, farmer, deceased
24 do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods
25 chattles and credits, of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands
26 possession or knowledge of her the said Sarah Dearnaly
27 or into the hands and possession of any other person or
28 persons for her and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited
29 into the registry of the exchequer court in York at or before the
30 eight day of september next ensuing and the same goods
31 chattles and credits and all other the goods, chattles and credits, of the said decea
32 sed at the tinme of his death, which at any time after shall come to the hands
33 or possession of the said Sarah Dearnaly or into
34 the hands and possession of any other person or persons for her do well and truly
35 administer according to the law and further do make or cause to be made a true
36 and just acount of her said administration at or before the eight
37 day of March next ensuing and all the rest and residue of the
38 said goods, chattles and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said
39 administratrixs accompt the same being first examined and allowed of by the judge
40 or judges for the time being of the said court, shall deliver and pay unto such person
41 or persons respectively, as the said judge or judges by his or their decree or sentence
42 pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the act of parliament in that behalf made
43 shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament
44 was made by the said deceased and the executor or executors therein named, do exhibit
45 the same into the said court making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly
46 if the said Sarah Dearnaly above bounden being
47 thereunto required do render and deliver the said letters of administration (approba
48 tion of such testament being first had and made) in the said court, then this obligation
49 to be void and of none effect or else to remain in full force and virtue
50 sealed and delivered in the presence of J Whitworth
51 the mark of Sarah Dearnaly John Dearnaly Samuel Dearnaly

Transcribed by Marie Ball
April 2012.

Perhaps a daughter of Roger D & Hannah Cowper. see Roger Dernelly.