It is thought that James HOLYDAY married three times.
His first wife Anne PEARSON, married in 1762, bore him at least three children. At the time of his third child, Sarah's baptism in 1770, the family were living in Oulton, near Rothwell. It is thought that Anne died shortly after the birth of Sarah.
James married his second wife, Elizabeth CLAYTON, 1772, and she bore him two further children. Elizabeth died in January 1783. James' third wife was Grace WARDO, whom he married in Wakefield in October 1784. She died a widow in Rothwell in 1789.
No burial for James' first wife, Anne, nor for James himself, has been found, so there is still some need for caution with this history.
Other information:
There was potentially an earlier family: A James HALLIDAY was baptized in Otley, Yorkshire on 25 Oct 1730 by Robert HALLIDAY of Bayldon, labourer. A James HOLIDAY married Susan WOOD in Leeds in 1751. A James HOLIDAY of Drighlington baptized 5 children at Birstall between 1752 and 1763.
A James HOLIDAY, labourer was buried in Watton, East Yorkshire (50 miles from Leeds) on 15 Feb 1786.
