Just found John Pick's Christening on the IGI as you said in Spofforth. His father was George and I believe he was the chap that was buried in Boston Spa in 1816. He was aged 62. Buried 13 May. Could that be a match? Seem to quite a few of them in Spofforth Elaine in Ottawa. Sheffield Indexers Site Admin. http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> Sent: October 03, 2007 3:45 PM Subject: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 > Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. > > I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the area > between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is our direct > ancestor. She married Robert CALL in 1820 in Bristol and census records > are fairly consistent with birthplace Bramham/Boston Spa, Yorks , > birthdate 1797. Her baptism could not be found in actual searches of the > Bramham/Boston parish registers. > > A John PICK and Ann HANSON were married in Leeds (St Peter) 10 Nov 1795. > He was baptised in Spofforth, she in Leeds St Peter. Four children of this > couple were baptised in Bramham - David PICK 1802, Mary Ann PICK 1804, > Samuel PICK 1806 and Jane PICK 1809. The parish register entry for David > shows him as child number 4, and the other children are numbered in the > registers too. > > We think , but cannot prove, that this couple had at least three children > before David and that one of them might be our Harriett PICK. We think it > likely that these three children would have been baptised and it seems > probable that this would have been in parishes in the area between Leeds > and York. IGI searches have not yielded any results - probably because > there are big gaps in the IGI coverage in this area of Yorkshire. > > Does SKS have easy access to any or all of the following parish > baptism/burial records for the period 1793 to 1802: > > Collingham, Newton Kyme, Bardsey, Thorner, Barwick in Elmet, Aberford, > Saxton, Tadcaster, Harewood, Kirkby Overblow, Spofforth, Adel and the > various parishes of Leeds. > > If so I would be very grateful if a search could be made for the > baptism/burial of any child of John and Ann PICK in the period 1793-1802. > > Information about any other PICK baptisms/burials during that period in > these parishes would be very welcome too. > > Thank you > > Ian L > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.0/1046 - Release Date: 10/3/2007 > 10:08 AM > >

Hello Elaine Thanks for your helpful emails. I have noted the burial reference for George - looks like John's father. John Pick was also a stonemason ( from later census info) so it does seem to run in the family. A professional researcher searched for the "missing" children of John and Anne PICK in the Bramham and Boston parish registers ( and sent me copies of entries for the four known children found originally in the IGI). It is possible, though I judge unlikely, that the earlier baptisms were not CofE. I have seen the marriage record (Bristol) for Harriet PICK and Robert CALL and it seems to contain no info which would help with the Yorkshire problem - though there is a possibility that one of the witnesses is Yorkshire born too. I have a good pedigree for Robert CALL going back to the early 1700s - he came from Devon. He was a waiter who became a lodging house keeper. I will investigate the Hugh Wallis site and have noted your link for the Yorkshire Archeological Society. Thanks again for your valuable response. Ian L Ian L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Pickard" <trayford@rogers.com> To: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk>; <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:03 AM Subject: Re: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 > Just found John Pick's Christening on the IGI as you said in Spofforth. > His father was George and I believe he was the chap that was buried in > Boston Spa in 1816. He was aged 62. Buried 13 May. Could that be a match? > Seem to quite a few of them in Spofforth > > Elaine in Ottawa. > Sheffield Indexers Site Admin. > http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "IAN LOGAN" <ian@logann.orangehome.co.uk> > To: <WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> > Sent: October 03, 2007 3:45 PM > Subject: [WRY] PICK children born 1795-1801 > > >> Hello from a newly joined lister with a Yorkshire brick wall !!. >> >> I am looking for the baptisms of three children believed born in the area >> between Leeds and York. We think one of them, Harriett PICK, is our >> direct ancestor.