Birth: 1691 Armley, Yorkshire, UK
Father: William Holdsworth b1670-a1700
Mother: Mary Fawcit b1670-1710/1
Marriage: 14 November 1720 St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Margret (Margt) Colcall (Coldcall) 1700-a1740
Death: February 1748/9 Knowsthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Burial: 17 February 1748/9 St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
William (Wm) Holdsworth 1722-a1759
George Holdsworth 1722/3
Joseph Holdsworth 1726
Elizabeth Holdsworth 1729/30
Nathaniel Holdsworth 1731/32
Thomas Holdsworth 1733
Mary Holdsworth 1735/6-1737/8
Ruth Holdsworth 1738
Leonard Holdsworth 1740
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for the baptism of William Holdsworth on 23 April 1691 in Armley, York, father Will Holdsworth.
His brothers were baptised in 1696, on 27 October 1698/9 and 8 Feb 1700 at St Bartholomew, Armley.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Willm Holdsworth and Margt Coldcall on 14 November 1720 at Saint Peter, Leeds, York.
Entry in FreeReg for the marriage of William Holdsworth and Margaret Coldcall of Leeds on 14 November 1720 at St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, West Riding.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the marriage of William Holdsworth and Margt Coldcall on 14 November 1720 at Ledds St Peter. "Marriages: Oct: 1720 [...] Mar: Novr. 1720 [...] Willm Holdsworth & Margt Coldcall Leeds.. 14".
His son was born on 14 February 1722 and baptised on 15 February 1722, son born 27 January 1722/3 and baptised 10 February 1722/3, son on 15 November 1726 and baptised 11 December 1726,daughter born 6/8 February 1729/30 and baptised 5/8 March 1729/30, son on 3 March 1731/2 and baptised 18 March 173/22, son on 5 November 1733 and baptised 30 November 1733, daughter born 1 January 1735/6 and baptised 1 February 1736 and buried 5 January 1737/8, and daughter born 16 May 1738 and baptised 1 June 1738, and son born on 28 March 1740 at Millhill and baptised 1 May 1740, all at St Peter, Leeds, but only the father's name is given.
Entry in FreeReg for the burial of Will Holdsworth of Knowstrop on 17 February 1748/49 at St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding).
There are fifty six entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Holdsworth.
Armley is 2 miles west of Leeds on the south bank of the River Aire, Mill Hill is just west of Leeds north of the River Aire and Knowsthorpe (Knostrop or Knostropp), is a just over a mile south of Leeds on the south bank of the river.
William Holdsworth was Felicity's sixth great grandfather.
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