Benjamin HOOD Quaker?

[BushInn1746]

Hello All

[Edited: name in Will says Benjamin Heald.
Any information on Benjamin Hood, Yorkshire, mentioned in the Quaker Minute Book please?]

Will written by John Massey, a Quaker of Spalding Lincolnshire in 1773, whose Family (William Massey) later had links with Selby in Yorkshire.

William Massey was later named in a property transaction to George Hood of Selby and George Hood was also buried by the Quakers at Selby as “Not in Membership”.

In 1825 there was also a Marriage between Jonathan Hutchinson & Eliz Massey.

By 1845 George Hood (per his Will) was a good friend of Jonathan Hutchinson.


1773 Extract of the Will of John Massey of Spalding, Lincolnshire

 ... Item I give and bequeath to the
four Children of Benjamin Heald deceased [?] [?]
now by my Niece Janie formerly Jane Massey the sum of five
pounds apiece to be paid to them by my Executor as
they shall severally attain their respective ages of twenty
one years without Interest but in case any one or
[?] of the said children shall die before he she or
they attain such age as aforesaid Then I give the
share of him her and them so dying to the Survivors
to be Equally Divided between or among them share and
share alike and if it shall happen that all of the
said Children but one die before they attain such
respective ages Then the Legacies of them so dying
to be paid to the Survivor on his or her attaining the
age of twenty one years.


Thank you.

Regards Mark

[..claire..]

I shall put the image up for you later but unfortunately it was Benj. Heald according to the Quaker register.

He did marry Jane Massey 7 Oct. 1755 Broughton, Lincs.

[BushInn1746]

 ... unfortunately it was Benj. Heald according to the Quaker register.

He did marry Jane Massey 7 Oct. 1755 Broughton, Lincs.

Thank you Claire

Mark, with egg on my face.

Sorry, I can see now, the name Benjamin Heald

I'm about to retire (if the Quaker records at Leeds and several Archive enquiries are inconclusive) and have the odd search at the Library now and again, to check for new online records.


Benjamin Hood, of Yorkshire
Wondering if Benjamin Hood of Yorkshire (3rd image reference to the Quaker Minute Book) was a Quaker and if he had children?

Regards Mark

[..claire..]

No Egg on face - I made the same mistake with Hancet/Faucet

 

BENJAMIN

If I just stick with the surname 'Hood' in Yorkshire and the 1700's as a timeframe (  variants include Hewitt ,Huitt, Heywood) there is one Anglican burial

Benjamin Hood aged 69 at Beverley, St Mary & St Nicholas in 1781:  birth c1712

Couple of Anglican marriages but surname 'Head' - one in York - 1766 to a Mary Hall, one in 1743 to a Dorothy Woodhead

[BushInn1746]

Hi

Thanks Claire. I must have searched for Benjamin Hood in the Quaker records section on Anc., as I got some Hord and also the Selby Quakers associated with George Hood downloaded from Anc.

So you feel a possible Yorkshire Benjamin Hood might have an Anglican / C of E burial.

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When I actually looked at some of the Yorkshire Quaker images transcribed as HOOD by Anc, when I looked very carefully I could see a faint stick slanting off making a 'W' and WOOD.

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Sadly that chap's relative never replied about those Casson papers. As you know some Cassons were Quakers.

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According to 'The Annual Monitor' (19th Century) Obituaries for the Society of Friends (Quakers), the PEARSON surname was very popular, with a few COOK surnames, various ages, which I've noted down, along with the death year.

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Hoping the Quaker records (held Leeds) will reveal the reason for my "Not in Membership" ancestor's Quaker burial.

Regards Mark

[BushInn1746]

What I have noticed about two other "Not in Membership" Quaker Burials:-
one was a Bristol Merchant, almost certainly with connections and
the other quite wealthy.

George Hood did not apparently have the huge wealth of Quakers:- Massey and Procter.

I'm thinking George Hood was able to pull a few strings somewhere. George Hood's property wheeling and dealing, left him with Gibson's AND Mitton's businesses and several premises.

George Hood was also holding property on Trust for James Collinson of Selby, which a Collinson descendant appears to have purchased, when William Hood the Sole Trustee forced their Sale.

Incidentally, Elizabeth Collinson, James Widow, confirmed that she and William Hood, Brewer of Selby were Quakers.

Mark

[..claire..]

I've been looking at the early Selby registers, I was surprised to see some of the Walkers in Selby were Quakers.

On my searches ticking the variants box gives a lot of different Hood variants to look at, one being Huitt.

In the Selby marriages in 1670 there is a Mathew Huitt & Sarah Arey - have we got any early Hood marriages ?

Wonder who this guy is in the pic , appears in a Quaker marriage 1790 Knaresborough, parties: Blakey & Adcock.

Bit more: Benjamin Hird married Patience Kitson Knaresborough
Son of William Hird of Woodhouse in Rawden in Parish of Guiseley and Sarah his wife.
Witnesses: Hird, Kitson, Walker, North, Storrs lots more ( no Hutchinsons or Masseys or Proctor)

Incidently, Knaresborough is where the family of the Francis Hood we looked at last week was from. Also the George Hood ( one whose signature I put up) - found a transcription of his enlistment for the Foot Guards in 1803 - mentions Knaresborough on it - wonder if he was part of that family

[BushInn1746]

Claire, Interesting

When doing past local history research in the Yearly Rentals, Huitt, spelt elsewhere (the following year, same Tenement / Farm) has been Hewit or Hewitt. Never seen it made to Hood.

Benjamin Hird, interesting that one. Not far off Hord, but also both a separate surname. There was a Widow Hird at Selby, 1780s. Some Widows were young.

Sometimes, seen Hood - spelt Hoode, Hudd, Hodd, or Wood, or Hode, Hude.

Regarding Hord - I've wondered if that was sometimes a variant spelling of Hood, if someone spoke in a coarse accent.

Regards Mark

[..claire..]

Actually Hewit/Hewitt/ Heward/Heywood all come up as variants of Hood.

One that came up for Pearson was Pawson - the Hood that married the Chapman and lived in Doncaster. One of her daughters married a Pawson.