John Hood, April 1794 Topcliffe
This is the last will and Testament of me John Hood of Baldersby in the County of York ...
... unto my dear wife Elizabeth ...
... real estate situate within the township of Crake hall in the said county now in the possession of my son William Hood or his assigns ...
... bequeath unto my said Brother in Law William Wright of Baldersby ...
... my daughter Ann the wife of Thomas Cooper ...
... Annuity out of my said real Estate at Crakehall aforesaid Upon Trust ... payments ...
... my said daughter Ann ...
... bequeath the sum of Four hundred pounds to be paid and equally divided amongst all the children of my said Daughter Ann ...
... bequeath the sum of Two hundred pounds to my son John Hood ...
... I give and devise unto my son William Hood All that my estate situate within the Township of Crake Hall aforesaid as the same is now in his possession ...
... my said son John ...
... John shall shall continue Tenant to the Farm he now rents under his Grace the Duke of Devonshire at Baldersby aforesaid ...
... Load of coals from Ulierley Pitts ...
... Son in Law Thomas Cooper ...
... Daughter Ann Cooper his wife ...
... 3 December 1792 ...
Witnesses Rich'd Daggett - Lancelot Turmery - Thos outhwaite
Seal April 1794
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John Hood, October 1814, Topcliffe
I John Hood of Baldersby in the Parish of Topcliffe in the County of York Gentleman ...
... my dear wife Ruth Hood the Tenant right of my Farm and it is my will that my farming stock crops and implements of husbandry shall be fairly valued by my Executors John Dale and William Wright or such other fit person or persons as they may appoint ...
... I give to my daughter Mary the wife of William Morley of the City of London
... £250 ...
... my present farm at Baldersby ...
... Estate at Aisenby in the Parish of Topcliffe ...
Various references to changes in the Will if remarriage occurs.
... In trust for my three daughters Mary Elizabeth and Ann share and share alike ... at the age of 21 years ...
... Mary now wife of William Morley she (having already attained the age of twenty one ...
... John Dale of Skelton Gentleman William Wright of Baldersby aforesaid Gentleman ...
... 15 July 1811
Witnesses Jno Coates - Willm Spence - George Christian Clarke pass'd 5 October 1814
See general NOTES in first post on this thread
Dave, the reference you found on family search, apparently referring to an Ancestry Tree is an error:-
1746 at Topcliffe, YorkshireJohn Hood married Elizabeth Wright.
The reference to the Brother in Law in the above John Hood, Will, Proved 1794, refers to the 1746 Marriage.
1808 at Topcliffe, YorkshireWilliam Wright married Elizabeth Hood.
Mark
Added:
Hello Dave and All,
Their assumptions seem to rely on their claims that:-
a) Elizabeth Wray, dying in the Registration District of Scarborough in 1843 was the Widow of John Wray, but she was not his widow, therefore incorrectly assuming her nee Elizabeth Hood.
Had they purchased and checked the 1843 Death Certificate, they would see this was
not the Widow of John Wray and was
not therefore nee Elizabeth Hood.
I keep banging on to fellow researchers - Death Certificates can be important too!
b) A failure to check who Elizabeth Wright, marrying a John Hood in 1746, actually was, and that she was linked to Topcliffe (not Scarborough) and a failure to check the Hood of Topcliffe Wills.
c) Had they checked the Scarborough Marriages, they would see that Elizabeth Wray, Widow, remarried before her Death, Matthew Malton and died as Elizabeth Malton.
d) Had they checked the Scarborough Register and Marriage Licences (Borthwick Institute) and the Scarborough Marriage Register and the Selby Dades Register, their Marriage could be the 1759 John Hood = Elizabeth Hood, (both surnames Hood), marriage at Scarborough (which you have also noticed Dave).
e) they make reference to a Surgeon, this might be Thomas Williford late of Scarborough Surgeon.
Thomas Williford was the Father of Elizabeth Hood, according to the North Yorkshire property Deed Memorial at Northallerton Record Office, which also mentions Richard Hood of Stamford Bridge.
North Yorkshire Deed Memorials Book CR ; 116 ; No 199 Rich'd Hood to Geo Beilby.
In the document text spelt George Bielby and this also makes a reference to the Will of Thomas Williford of Scarborough, Surgeon (not seen).
1794 Scarborough Marriages
Richard Hurd of Stamford Bridge, in the Parish of Catton, Grocer, married Elizabeth Williford of Scarborough and they ended up at Stamford Bridge.
