Hi Rootschatters of ERY
I have a problem that has me going round in circles. Bear with me. I will give you as much detail as I can so you will know which Avenues I have been down and which garden paths I have been up.
On the 1851 census Francis Newlove, aged 29 and single, is a Farmer at Allerston. In his household is Ann Outhwaite aged 60 (b.1791). Ann is described as the widowed Aunt of Francis and she is his housekeeper. Her place of birth is East Heslerton.
Francis Newlove was the son of Mark Newlove a Farmer of East Heslerton. Mark's parents were John and Amy Newlove (Amy’s maiden name was also Newlove) and they had five daughters and one son. Mark’s youngest sister Ann was baptized at West Heslerton on July 26 1795. So Ann Outhwaite was formerly Ann Newlove albeit having overstated her age a bit.
Also at the farm in 1851 is a visitor called Ann Outhwaite who is 27 (b.1824) and is described as Francis’ cousin. She was born at Staxton in the Parish of Willerby.
For sometime I have been looking for Ann the Aunt’s marriage to an Outhwaite Owthwaite Outhet etc. I found a marriage on Family Search between John Outhet 24yrs and Ann Hodgson 22yrs on 24 May 1816 at Scarborough.
This seemed to fit well with a daughter born in 1824 at Staxton. It appeared that Ann Newlove had first married a Hodgson and then John Outhet but I could not find a marriage of Ann Newlove to a Hodgson.
This was my working theory until FindMyPast released their Yorkshire Records. Looking at the original parish records to confirm my theory I discovered the following.
1. Ann Hodgson was a spinster when she married John Outhet at Scarborough in 1822. So she was never a Newlove.
2. There is no record of an Ann Outhwaite born about 1824 in the Willerby Parish records and I have not found a suitable baptism for her so far.
I found a John Outhwaite in Farnham WRY in 1841 with a wife called Ann. But further investigations found his wife was Ann Howard and they appear as John and Hannah at Farnham in 1851.
I then found that there are some trees on Ancestry that state Ann Newlove the daughter of John and Amy is the Ann Newlove who married Samuel Aveson (Avison) at Burythorpe on Feb 9 1813.
I was aware of this marriage as I am interested in all pre-20th Century Newloves but I had not considered Ann the daughter of John and Amy as a candidate. The witnesses do not provide any clues, but if the bride was Ann the daughter of John and Amy she would have been about 17 and a half years old. However on the Marriage record no consent is recorded.
On the other hand, the Bishop’s Transcript of the marriage states they were married “with Consent of Friends” which seems a bit odd as Ann’s mother Amy was still living in 1813. I’m not sure under what circumstances Consent of Friends would apply.
It may be an error as the only other marriage at Burythorpe in 1813 was also with Consent of Friends and the Clerk/Vicar may have copied the same wording in error.
None of the trees on Ancestry that have the Aveson Newlove marriage provide any compelling evidence that the Ann who married Samuel Aveson was the daughter of John and Amy. The couple did call one of their children Amy however so that may be the reason for choosing Ann Newlove daughter of John and Amy.
I have not been able to find the death of Ann Aveson/Avison or a marriage to an Outhwaite. I have only found three children Jane, Amy and Thomas. The last was born in 1817, which could mean she died after a few years of marriage. Samuel Aveson died in 1837.
Regarding Ann’s mother Amy Newlove, after John’s death in 1800 she married James Sawdon of Willerby and moved to that Parish and had four more children. She died there in 1841.
Another link with Willerby is that John and Amy’s eldest daughter, Jane Newlove, born at East Heslerton in 1786 did marry an Outhwaite – William in 1808 at Thorpe Basset.
William Outhwaite was a Butcher. Their son John Newlove Outhwaite was baptized at Wintringham, daughters Ann and Amy were baptized at Willerby in 1811 and 1814. There are no more Outhwaite or variant baptisms at Willerby after 1814. The family moved to York and another daughter, Mary Jane, was born in 1821.
The Ann Outhwaite who was Francis Newlove’s Aunt and housekeeper can only have been born a Newlove. I have checked Francis’ mother’s family. Her name was Hannah Barry and she did have a sister called Ann. Ann Barry married Job Allison of Normanby and died there in 1889. Her husband died in 1884.
Did Ann Newlove marry an Outhwaite? If so who and when? When did he die?
When did she die?
Who is the Ann Newlove who married Samuel Aveson? When did she die? If she outlived Samuel (died 1837) did she remarry an Outhwaite? I have contacted one of the tree owners but not received a reply so far. All the trees have the same information and I suspect have copied each other.
Who is the other Ann Outhwaite, the visiting cousin? An assumption that the two Anns are mother and daughter is made but where is her baptism? Could she actually be the daughter of Jane and William? She would have lopped 13 years off her age if she were as she should have been 40 in 1851.
Can anyone help solve these questions? Information/suggestions gratefully received.
Venelow
Canada