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William Sykes & Family
« on: Saturday 06 April 13 11:21 BST (UK) »
Looking for more children for William Sykes (c.1752-1802) and Betty Sykes (c.1761-1852) [nee. Depledge]. They married on 20th December 1782 in York.

I already have one child; Samuel Sykes (1792-1865) born in West Bretton, Yorkshire. Married Mary Watson. Got all the information on him.

I may of found four more children of William and Betty: Samuel Sykes (b.c.1791), John Sykes (b.c.1789), Matthew Sykes (b.c.1794), and Thomas Sykes. They were all born in West Bretton, Yorkshire and were located with the same batch number as Samuel Sykes (1792-1865). Betty's father was John Depledge. She was born in West Bretton, Yorkshire.

I also found a burial date for a Betty Sykes, states her spouse as being William Sykes, she was buried on the 30 Dec 1792 in Almondbury, York. - This could be her? which would mean that my death date is wrong for her.

Could someone please establish if the other four children are other children of William and Betty Sykes please. If possible, could you also please find out if any of them married etc.

Thanks,

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Re: William Sykes & Family
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 06 April 13 13:17 BST (UK) »
Hi

From the registers of West Bretton, no mother listed.

Julia bab. 1 Nov. 1783 dau of William
William bap 4 Jun 1785 son of William
Ann bap. 24 Aug. 1787 dau. of William Sykes
John  "   2 Jul 1789 son of William
Samuel bap. 1 Oct 1791 son   "         
Matthew "    5 Mar 1794  "           " (burial of Matthew son of William 23 June 1795)
Luke      "    12 Mar 1797  "         "
Joseph  "    23 Feb 1799  "          "
Thomas "    4 Feb. 1801  "          "

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Re: William Sykes & Family
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 06 April 13 22:14 BST (UK) »
They might all be his children. However, there is no real way of finding out if they really are. Is there? William Sykes's birth is given as 1757 on FamilySearch and Betty's is given as 1761. That would make them at least in their 40's. Need an opinion on this?

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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 06 April 13 22:22 BST (UK) »
Hi

My Great grandparents married  in 1880 and by 1901 had had 17 children, not impossible!

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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 06 April 13 22:26 BST (UK) »
Jeez, that's a lot of kids. So would you say that they are all of William's kids?

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 06 April 13 22:32 BST (UK) »
I've got a good feeling that Julia, William, Ann, John and Samuel are all the children of William and Betty Sykes. I found a burial date for a Betty Sykes in 1792, this date could link to the birth of Samuel Sykes born in 1792. William Sykes is given as her spouse. Also, John was the name of her father. So this adds weight to the children being theirs, as well as the name William.

What's your viewpoint on this?

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« Reply #6 on: Saturday 06 April 13 22:40 BST (UK) »
Hi

I went through the registers from 1782-1802 and there were no other Sykes families baptising children in there ( unless I missed one)  until the late 1790's and that was a James Sykes.
  Families often followed a naming pattern when having kids, so I think they could be the right family.

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« Reply #7 on: Saturday 06 April 13 22:47 BST (UK) »
Okay. So could the later children, i.e. Luke, Joseph and Thomas be the children of James Sykes? The death for Betty might have to be cleared up as well, if she was buried in 1792 then she couldn't of had Matthew through to Thomas. It could be the wrong Betty seeing as I state her date of death as being in 1852. Trying to go back over the dates and firming up if they are correct or wrong. The death in 1792 was buried in Almondbury, was that close to West Bretton? Confused. Need to determine if that was Betty or not.

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« Reply #8 on: Saturday 06 April 13 22:57 BST (UK) »
Hi

Luke, Joseph and Thomas  are definitely the children of William Sykes, the actual registers can be viewed on Anc***ry,

just found this, was Betty ever known as Elizabeth?

Burials ~ St Peter with West Bretton

Elizabeth, wife of William Sykes buried 5 March 1794, Sandal.

Could William have married again?

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