re Sleightholm/ Nattress family -
Leonard Sleightholm (1722-1814) married Elizabeth Smallwood (1767-1817). They had 5 children - youngest was Sarah (1777-1851) who married Jonathan Nattress.
They had 2 sons - Isaac & Thomas* who left Yorkshire in 1828. Isaac was married in Yorkshire to Ann Redman (Thomas, Jonathan, John, Elizabeth, Mary(died), Mary, Isaac, Sarah, Joseph (died), Joseph).
Mary married Pierce Fletcher (my great-grandparents). Their daugher, Sarah Jane married Thomas Cole.
Jonathan (1824-1859) married Rachel Sleightholm. No children
*Thomas was married in Canada to Ann Watson (Jonathan, John, Elizabeth,Sarah Jane, Ann, Isaac, Thomas, William, Joseph, George, Leonard).
On arriving in Canada the family lived around Woodbridge, north of Toronto. After Thomas married he lived on a farm near Weston.
from jep (Ladner, BC)