From: Lesley Abernethy <taighcu47@yahoo.co.uk> To: "mmarion@rogers.com" <mmarion@rogers.com> Sent: Friday, 17 August 2012, 18:42 Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] ROBERT WOODHEAD of Whinny Royd, Northowram Hi Margaret   As Jane has pointed out, there are descendants of William on the Dalesman family site- one descended from Henry Alfred, and the other from John (whom they say has 1100 descendants in South Australia- you've got a lot of cousins!)   The West Yorkshire Archive Service has a number of documents mentioning Robert and William WOODHEAD who appear to be yours. (If you do a catalogue search at the bottom of each record is a link to order copies online. I presume they give you an estimate of costs)   MOO:83  4th March 1778 Robert Woodhead, shalloon maker- concerns 15 year lease of Whinny Royd MISC:922/250 1772  Bail piece 'of William Woodhead of Shelf' MOO:137 24th Nov 1772 William Woodhead of Shelf, yeoman (Concerns the liberty of driving a sough and making sough pits in Scarr Holes) MOO:134 14th Jan 1725 concerns three closes of land in Shelf in tenure of William Woodhead. Given the early date this is unlikely to be William, father of Robert, but worth keeping an eye on in case there's a connection.   Armed with the knowledge that William was a yeoman, I searched the Halifax parish registers and found a likely marriage on 27th May 1752:   William Woodhead of Shelf, husbandman and Grace Howorth of Hipperholme, spinster. Robert's baptism took place on May 27th 1753 at Coley chapel: 'Robert (of) William Woodhead, Shelf'   regards, Lesley ________________________________ From: "mmarion@rogers.com" <mmarion@rogers.com> To: "YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com" <YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com>; "WOODHEAD@rootsweb.com" <WOODHEAD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, 16 August 2012, 3:04 Subject: [YORKSGEN] ROBERT WOODHEAD of Whinny Royd, Northowram  I have been able to get my Woodhead family of Shelf back to ROBERT WOODHEAD, son of WILLIAM, born about 1752.   Robert marries Sarah Ambler, May 9, 1774.  He is referred to as ROBERT WOODHEAD of Whinny Royd, Northowram.  Robert and Sarah have the following children: Hannah in 1775,  William in 1776, Peter (my ancestor) in 1779, Ambler in 1789, Sam in 1791, Edmund in 1794, John and Tome (twins) in 1797 and Henry Alfred in 1800. I have two questions.  Can someone do a look up in the newspapers about my Robert Woodhead of Whinny Royd.  And my second question is, what resources can I use to flesh out more information on my Robert Woodhead.  I have joined the Calderdale Family History Group.  I have gotten the parish record cd's for Halifax and Coley church.  I guess this is my brick wall.  If Robert is not my brick wall, William of Shelf, his father, is most definitely. Any advice would be appreciated. Margaret Marion, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message