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Abstract of names from two Wainwright wills, held at the Borthwick. There are a few others, often not in great condition on microfilm, that I'll try to have a look at sometime.

Abstracted names from the will of Thomas Wainwright yeoman of Scholes dated 22/11/1663.
Wife Anne
Brother Henry
Children John, Joseph, Henry, Hanna, Sara, Susanna and Elizabeth
William Caxton, nephew
Houses etc. in Bolsover to son John

Will of William Wainwright of Cadeby, husbandman, dated 10/4/1664.

Son George
Katherine Bossevill grandchild
Son-in-law William […]forth and Mary his wife
G[…] wife of Thomas Bossevill
John Pinder upon his marriage with my daughter
Thomas Sykes & William Birkes witnesses

Thanks for your assistance, Trish.

I've covered these via a combination of original images, wherever possible, and transcriptions. No luck to date in establishing a link between the Barwick (and close by) Budgells listed around 1730 and those estimated to be born around 1730-1760 for whom I can find marriage but not baptismal records. I suspect a trip to Somerset (and possibly Dorset) Archives will be in order, pending any notifications from anyone else.

Anyone doing any research into this name (also Budgel with one example that I've seen of Budgen)? The parish records show a number of people of this surname in Barwick from the mid 18thC but without evidence from baptism records to go at least one more generation back it looks like they ought to be related but there is no proof. Almost all were labourers during this period. So far, at least three separate lines seem to exist beginning with an Ephraim of Stafford - presumably Stoford (married 1748 East Coker), Isaac (married 1769 Nether Compton, Dorset) and George of Barwick (married 1769 Barwick). Isaac's descendants seem to have flourished in South Barrow.

I'm trying to follow a line of Budgells from Joseph - Levi - Joseph (William) - Albert William, which went from Barwick in the late eighteenth century and ended up in Croydon in the late nineteenth century. There are two Josephs known: one a son of Ephraim and the other a son of George so either might be the man, in theory.

I'm interested in any research that people might be doing on this surname or have come across because I suspect many of these Budgells will be related.

There are several John and Daniel Rookes amongst the Rookes of South Yorkshire. Daniel Rooke, the ancestor of John Senior Rooke and Richard Ludlam, is not listed on Jackson's stemma. He may be a brother of the John that married Olive but I have no way of demonstrating that, at present. As often, wills are useful. The microfilm copy of Daniel's will (Borthwick) is very hard to read in places but provides the following details:
Will of Daniel Rooke                     Proved 30/5/1699

Son John
Daughters Ann, Elizabeth, [Rebeckah?]
Wife Sarah
Brothers John Rooke & John Senior executors
Witness John Ludlam

The basic line of descent is Daniel - John - William - John Senior & Richard Ludlam and others. A partial family tree of this branch and details on various land transactions can be found via Sheffield Archives.

John Senior Rooke is another interesting subject! An investigation into the heirs of John Senior Rooke took place in the early 1860s. A son, John Senior Rooke, was recorded as a beneficiary in John Senior’s will but his sister Jane had been adamant that only two daughters had been born of his marriage and that he had never married again. He was described as a womaniser who deserted his wife and was disapproved of by Jane.

John Senior Rooke moved to Dronfield around 1832 and managed a public house. He was stated to have lived with a woman, Mrs Waters, whom he considered to be his wife. Despite his sister's disapproval he was her heir and executor when she died.

The investigation identified John Senior Rooke the younger as living on Hackney Road, London, dying on 24th May 1846 and being buried in Bethnal Green. He was said to have died intestate and left a daughter. The investigators believed him to have been an illegitimate child, perhaps of the aforesaid Elizabeth Waters, a servant or housekeeper. The two legitimate daughters were both dead by the time of the investigation. The investigators also sought out one Thomas Rooke, silversmith, in Sheffield but never found him - long dead. They don't seem to have been aware of the connection to Richard Ludlam Rooke (dead in 1838) and his living family in Leeds.

The marriage for John Senior Rooke & Eliza Susannah Collins that is recorded on 26/7/1813 at St Mary’s, Lambeth is presumably for our miscreant. If so, it seems likely to have been bigamous.

The 1841 census reveals John living on Hackney Road with three children, Thomas, Maria and [Robert], aged 8, 6 and 3 respectively. No wife is listed.

Papers on the investigation can be found at Sheffield Archives.

Originally, I was researching the Ludlams of South Yorkshire (I believe I've established a link between the Tankersley / Wortley / Barnsley Ludlams and those in Tetney, Lincs. in the eighteenth century, via Stephen Ludlam - left Hemsworth and found his way to Tetney as vicar d1722) but I've been drawn in by the links between Ludlam, Rooke, Senior and others as I've done more digging. The Barnsley Ludlams were mercers and look to have been quite wealthy: the Rookes seem to have been significant beneficiaries via Ann Ludlam of Pontefract in 1763.

Ref. Thomas Wainwright and his will (1/9/1683)

His sister Ann Usher looks like the lady marrying Stephen Ludlam in Barnsley on 17th May 1667. Stephen was a mercer and was buried in Tankersley on 10/1/1677-8. It looks like Ann remarried John Usher on 6/6/1680 at St Mary's, Barnsley. That provides the link to Thomas Ludlam, the nephew, who, incidentally, died young and was buried 26/1/1689-90 at St Mary's.

The links to other local families are useful. Of interest is the mention of Olive Rook, sister of Thomas. Olive married John Rouke in Darfield on 8/2/1671-2. A Daniel Rooke, gent. of Barnsley, was married to Sarah Ludlam (4/2/1691-2 Worsbrough) but there is a link to the Senior family also. A Daniel Rooke, perhaps the same man, seems to have married a Sarah Senior - marriage record yet to be found - but seemingly sister of Magdalen etc.. He is referred to as 'brother' to John and Thomas Senior in the 1690s. Both Senior and Ludlam are to be found as middle names in Daniel's descendants (John Senior Rooke and Richard Ludlam Rooke).