I have Abraham Barraclough, son of Francis and Hannah baptised 11 July 1761, marrying Betty Oats on 17 April 1786. After that my notes are a bit vague. They had six children born after 1800 who were alive in 1836 and there are references to the family in the Wills of Abraham's brothers Frank and John. Perhaps Betty Oddy was Abraham's second wife, that would explain a lot. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Peter Northing [mailto:petn@slayleigh63.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 27 March 2004 14:30 To: BARRACLOUGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BARRACLOUGH] DESPERATELY SEEKING ABRAHAM !!!! Hello de b I have this noted as Parish Register entry reads: Abram. son of Francis Barraclough baptised 5th July 1761 Is there a problem with this ??? Pete de barraclough wrote: >Greetings Kim,Linda and every other Barraclough Lister. >please,Please,PLEASE can't anyone tell which >Abraham B.it was that married Betty Oddy ? >They were the parents of Hannah B.,bap.in 1807,who later marr.George Smith >in 1823. >Surely Abraham must be lurking somewhere in Kim's vast Barraclough Database >??? >Cheers------Desperate Derek 1. > > >==== BARRACLOUGH Mailing List ==== >Would you like to record a Barraclough Biography? >Check out "Biographies" at >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/barraclough/index.html > > > > ______________________________

Hi Jeff Now I am getting a bit confused. Fairly normal for me. I do have copies of the wills of the brothers Frank & John. But have those two gents as the sons of Betty ODDY. It occurs to me that your Betty OATS and my Betty ODDY just might be the same persons. Just a little error in the nameOats / Oddy would cover this. And such a transcription error would be easy. Also I have the Bap of this Abraham as Parish Register entry reads: : Abram. son of Francis Barraclough baptised 5th July 1761 Compares with your date of 11th July. Could this be another error ? Or dates of Birth then Baptism ? My problem now is that I don't know the source of the Betty ODDY name. I think I took it from the Barraclough List some long time ago. And I have not much information about her. Only the 1851 census when she was living with her daughter Hannah SMITH & fam 1851 Census piece2304 ed2 folio33 sched24 Dwelling: Slack Side Census Place : North Bierley, Yorkshire, England George Smith Head Mar M 48 Ag Lab Yorks., ? Hannah Smith Wife Mar F 43 Yorks., North Bierley George Smith Son Un M 24 Engin Tender Yorks., North Bierley John Smith Son Un M 15 Worster Spinner Yorks., North Bierley Martha Smith Daughter F 13 Worster Spinner Yorks., North Bierley Frederick Smith Son M 12 Worster Spinner Yorks., North Bierley Betty Barraclough Mother Wid F 66 Pauper Yorks., North Bierley Who were the six children born after b1800 ? May I please have details of the marriage 17 Apr 1786. The real problem seems to be that the Betty, mother of Hannah SMITH was age 66 on 1851 census so born about 1784 so would have been only age 2 at time of the marriage in 1786. So presumably marriied an Abraham a generation up. There were enough of them to go round. Puzzled Pete Jeff Sutcliffe wrote: >I have Abraham Barraclough, son of Francis and Hannah baptised 11 July 1761, >marrying Betty Oats on 17 April 1786. After that my notes are a bit vague. >They had six children born after 1800 who were alive in 1836 and there are >references to the family in the Wills of Abraham's brothers Frank and John. >Perhaps Betty Oddy was Abraham's second wife, that would explain a lot. > >Jeff > >-----Original Message----- >From: Peter Northing [mailto:petn@slayleigh63.freeserve.co.uk] >Sent: 27 March 2004 14:30 >To: BARRACLOUGH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BARRACLOUGH] DESPERATELY SEEKING ABRAHAM !!!! > >Hello de b > >I have this noted as >Parish Register entry reads: >Abram. son of Francis Barraclough baptised 5th July 1761 > >Is there a problem with this ??? > >Pete > >de barraclough wrote: > > > >>Greetings Kim,Linda and every other Barraclough Lister. >>please,Please,PLEASE can't anyone tell which >>Abraham B.it was that married Betty Oddy ? >>They were the parents of Hannah B.,bap.in 1807,who later marr.George Smith >>in 1823. >>Surely Abraham must be lurking somewhere in Kim's vast Barraclough Database >>??? >>Cheers------Desperate Derek 1. >> >> >>==== BARRACLOUGH Mailing List ==== >>Would you like to record a Barraclough Biography? >>Check out "Biographies" at >>http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/barraclough/index.html >> >> >> >> >> >> > >______________________________ > > >==== BARRACLOUGH Mailing List ==== >The Home Page for this List is at: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/barraclough/index.html > > > >