Birth: 1754 Wortley, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Joseph (Jose) Fawcett (Fawcet, Fawcitt, Fawsit, Fawsitt) 1722-1787
Mother: Mary Sutcliff (Sutcliffe) 1722-1796
Christening: 28 July 1754 Armley, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 6 October 1774 Bradford, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Mary Smith 1752-a1795
Death: February 1824 Burley, Yorkshire, UK
Burial: 26 February 1824 All Saints, Otley, Yorkshire, UK
Hannah Fawcett 1775
John Fawcett 1795-1841
Christening of James Fawcett in the IGI on 28 July 1754 in Armley, Yorkshire, father Joseph Fawcett.
Entry in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for James Fawcett baptised 28 July 1754 at Leeds St Peter, father Joseph Fawcett. "Baptisms at Armley 1754 [...] July [...] James S. of Joseph Fawcett Wortley 28".
Marriage of James Fawcett and Mary Smith in the IGI on 6 October 1774 in Bradford, Yorkshire.
There are two entries in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the marriage of James Fawcett and Mary Smith on 6 October 1774 at Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral). "The Year 1774 Page 715 [...] No. 2859} James Fawcett of this Parish Husbandman & Mary Smith of the same Spinster married in this Church by Banns this sixth Day of October in the Year One Thoufand seven Hundred and seventy four [both made their marks]" and "Marriages at the Parish Church of Bradford October 1774 [...] 6 James Fawcett and Mary Smith of Shipley".
His daughter was christened at Armley in 1775 and his son was christened at the Wesleyan Methodist, Leeds on 14 January 1796 where his father's name is given as Jas Fawcett.
His wife was buried at Otley on 28 March 1819, but lived in Burley.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985 for James Fawcett on 26 February 1824 aged 69 at Otley, All Saints. "Page 133 Burials in the Parifh of Otley in the County of York in the Year 1824 [...] Feb [...] James Fawcett No. 1058 [of] Burley [on] 26 [aged] 69".
Armley is just west of Leeds on the A647, Wortley SW of Armley on A6110, Burley is just west of Leeds, Otley is 10 miles NW of Leeds on A660, Shipley is 10 miles NW of Bradford on A 657. A husbandman was a free tenant farmer.
James Fawcett was Felicity's fourth great grandfather.
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