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Mary SKELTON
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Alternative names
Mary SIMPSON (Married)
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Mary SKELTON
~1671 - bur.1746
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
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Mary SKELTON
~1671 - bur.1746
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
  m. Joseph SIMPSON (bap.1679 - bur.1746)
 
Maria SKELTON
bap.1703 - ~1753
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
 
Joseph SIMPSON
bap.1707 - ~1757
Lead miner of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
  m. Jane [SIMPSON] (~1717 - bur.1767)
 
Solomon SIMPSON
bap.1734 - bur.1793
Lead miner of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
  m. Jane SPURRIT (bap.1738 - bur.1774)
 
Sarah SIMPSON
bap.1758 - ~1808
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Margaret SIMPSON
bap.1760 - ~1810
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Jane SIMPSON
bap.1761 - ~1811
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
William SIMPSON
bap.1762 - ~1812
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Hannah SIMPSON
bap.1764 - ~1814
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Isabella SIMPSON
bap.1768 - ~1818
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Ann SIMPSON
bap.1769 - ~1819
of Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Solomon SIMPSON
bap.1771 - ~1821
of Coldstonefold, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Elizabeth SIMPSON
bap.1773 - ~1833
of Coldstonefold, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
  m. James JOY (bap.1773 - ~1833)
 
Patty JOY
bap.1795 - ~1845
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Michael JOY
1797 - 1805
of Rothwell, Yorkshire
Hannah 'Ann' JOY
1800 - 1876
of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
  m. John NEWBOULD (1797 - 1866)
 
James NEWBOULD
~1820 - ~1891
of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
  m. Hannah [NEWBOULD] (~1824 - ~1893)
 
Mary NEWBOULD
~1846 - ~1904
of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Jane NEWBOULD
~1850 - ~1906
of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Dobson NEWBOULD
~1855 - ~1908
of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Alice NEWBOULD
~1856 - ~1909
of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Joe NEWBOULD
~1859 - ~1910
of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Mary NEWBOULD
~1823 - ~1900
of Carlton, Lofthouse, Yorkshire
  m. John WHITHAM (~1820 - ~1885)
 
James WHITHAM
~1845 - ~1898
of Leeds, Yorkshire
Hannah WHITHAM
~1848 - ~1900
of Methley, Yorkshire
Emma WHITHAM
~1852 - ~1902
of Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe, Yorkshire
Elizabeth WHITHAM
~1857 - ~1907
of Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe, Yorkshire
Matilda WHITHAM
~1864 - ~1914
of Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe, Yorkshire
Esther NEWBOULD
bap.1827 - ~1884
of Rothwell, Yorkshire
Charlotte NEWBOULD
bap.1829 - ~1879
of Rothwell, Yorkshire
John NEWBOULD
bap.1833 - ~1902
Coal miner of Rothwell, Yorkshire
  m. Jane [NEWBOULD] (~1834 - ~1903)
 
Matilda NEWBOULD
~1846 - ~1909
of Royds Green, Rothwell, Yorkshire
Clara NEWBOULD
~1859 - ~1915
of Lee Moor, Stanley, Yorkshire
Fred NEWBOULD
~1861 - ~1916
of Lee Moor, Stanley, Yorkshire
Albert NEWBOULD
~1862 - ~1917
of Lee Moor, Stanley, Yorkshire
Walton NEWBOULD
~1863 - ~1917
of Lee Moor, Stanley, Yorkshire
Jane Ann NEWBOULD
~1866 - ~1919
of Lee Moor, Stanley, Yorkshire
Ada NEWBOULD
~1869 - ~1920
of Lee Moor, Stanley, Yorkshire
John Oliver NEWBOULD
1870 - ~1921
of Royds Green, Rothwell, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Ann NEWBOULD
1831 - 1897
General servant of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
  m. Henry TURNER (1831 - 1910)
 
William TURNER
~1854 - ~1913
of Lofthouse, Wakefield, Yorkshire
Mary TURNER
1857 - 1907
Servant of Methley, Yorkshire
  m. William BEEVERS (1857 - 1911)
 
Sarah Elizabeth BEEVERS
~1878 - ~1940
Packer (stationery) of Leeds, Yorkshire
Fred BEEVERS
1880 - ~1945
Electrician of Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Eleanor BEEVERS
1884 - 1940
Cinema cashier of Leicester, Leicestershire
  m. Randolph SCOTT (1885 - 1950)
 
Randolph SCOTT
1905 - 1910
of Everton, Lancashire
Edna May SCOTT
1908 - 1994
Cotton Weaver (Part time) of Everton, Lancashire
  m. John 'Jack' FORREST (1907 - 1972)
 
Firth Scott FORREST
1937 - 1937
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Mona Irene SCOTT
1912 - 1914
of Everton, Lancashire
Edith Annie SCOTT
1915 - 1916
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Sarah Elizabeth TURNER
~1859 - ~1915
of Methley, Yorkshire
Hannah TURNER
~1867 - ~1924
Coal miner of Methley, Yorkshire
Henrietta TURNER
1870 - 1874
of Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire
Henry TURNER
~1872 - ~1932
of Castleford, Yorkshire
Alfred TURNER
~1876 - ~1934
of Castleford, Yorkshire
Emma Jane NEWBOULD
1835 - ~1893
of Yorkshire
Joseph NEWBOULD
bap.1837 - ~1839
of Stanley, Yorkshire
Anne NEWBOULD
1841 - ~1906
of Stanley, Yorkshire
Joseph 'Joe' NEWBOULD
1847 - ~1909
Coal miner of Royds Green, Rothwell, Yorkshire
Betty JOY
1802 - ~1852
of Rothwell, Yorkshire
Elisabeth JOY
1805 - 1809
of Rothwell, Yorkshire
Harriott JOY
1811 - ~1861
of Rothwell, Yorkshire
Amelia JOY
bap.1814 - ~1864
of Rothwell, Yorkshire
Mary JOY
bap.1817 - ~1867
of Rothwell, Yorkshire
Peter SIMPSON
bap.1736 - ~1786
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Robert SIMPSON
bap.1739 - ~1789
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
John SIMPSON
bap.1739 - ~1789
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Joseph SIMPSON
bap.1743 - ~1793
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
James SIMPSON
bap.1745 - ~1795
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Elizabeth SIMPSON
bap.1709 - ~1759
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Peter SIMPSON
bap.1711 - ~1761
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Solomon SIMPSON
bap.1713 - ~1763
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Esther SIMPSON
bap.1715 - ~1765
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Sarah SIMPSON
bap.1716 - ~1766
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Hannah SIMPSON
bap.1718 - ~1768
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Dinah SIMPSON
bap.1720 - ~1770
of Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire
Narrative and Notes

Mary SKELTON was recorded in Latin as "fegrince" when she baptized her illegitimate daughter Maria in Pateley Bridge in November 1703. "Fegrince" roughly translates to "traveller".

With a newborn child and probably no home or right to reside, things must have looked bleak at the start of a Yorkshire winter. Fortunately better times were coming and she married Joseph SIMPSON, a lead miner, in Ripon Cathedral in January 1703/04. Joseph and Mary had 8 children christened in Pateley Bridge while living in Greenhow Hill, site of the lead mines.

Mary died in 1746, just one month before her husband died.

There are a few possible baptismal records that fit the approximate age and location, although as a "traveller" she may have come some distance :

- Mary daughter of Charles SHELDEN in Burnsall 24 Mar 1677/8

- Maria daughter of Henry SKELTON of Bellerby, in Spennithorne 12 Mar 1680/1

- Maria daughter of William and Ann SKELTON of Sutton(-in Craven), in Kildwick 25 Jan 1683/4

Timeline
Personal Family World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
frm 1703 to 1746
32
Residence 
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
4 Nov 1703
32
Baptism of son Maria SKELTON 
1
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
29 Jan 1703/04
33
Marriage to husband Joseph SIMPSON 
23
Ripon Cathedral, , Yorkshire, England
2 Dec 1707
36
Baptism of son Joseph SIMPSON 
4
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
23 Jul 1709
38
Baptism of daughter Elizabeth SIMPSON 
5
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
16 Jul 1711
40
Baptism of son Peter SIMPSON 
6
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
16 Nov 1713
42
Baptism of son Solomon SIMPSON 
7
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
22 Apr 1715
44
Baptism of daughter Esther SIMPSON 
8
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
18 Jun 1716
45
Baptism of daughter Sarah SIMPSON 
9
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
7 Apr 1718
47
Baptism of daughter Hannah SIMPSON 
10
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
3 Apr 1720
49
Baptism of daughter Dinah SIMPSON 
11
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
29 Mar 1746
75
Burial 
12
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
27 Apr 1746
75
Burial of husband Joseph SIMPSON 
13
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records
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Pateleybridge 1703

Novem: B 4 Maria filia spuria Maria Skelton fegrince bap iv

2 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

January 1703

N Josephus Simpson & Maria Skelton nupt [ap?d] Ripon

3 - Ripon Cathedral Parish Records
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January 1703/4

30: Joseph Simpson & Mary Skelton both of B[?]side

4 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

Decem

1707

B 2 Josephus filio Josephi Simpson de Greenhow bap. sec dio

Novemb'r 1707

Decemb'r Joseph ye son of Joseph Simpson bap. ye 2d of Decemb'r

5 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

July 1709

23 B Elizabetha filia Josephi Simson de Greenhow bap vices tertio

6 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

July

B 16 Petrus filius Josephi Simpson de Greenhow bap. dec sexto

7 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

1713

Novemb'r

16 B Solomon filius Josephi Simpson de Greenhow bap xvi

8 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

April

22 Esther ye daughter of Joseph Simpson of Greenhow was bapd

9 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

June 1716

Sarah ye daughtr of Joseph Simpson of Greenhow ye 18th day

10 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

Pateley Bridge 1718

Christenings

Hannah ye daughtr of Joseph Simson of Greenhowhill lead min'r & Thomas ye son of Thos Stool ditto Lead min'r bapd April 7th

11 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

PATELEY BRIDGE 1720

Christenings

April

Dinah ye daught'r of Joseph Simpson of Greenhow ye 3rd of April

12 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

Burials

March

Mary wife of Joseph Simpson of Greenhow Hill 29

13 - Pateley Bridge Parish Records

Burials April 1746

Joseph Sympson of Greenhow Hill Miner 27