Birth: 1725 Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Joseph Matthewman 1684-1748
Mother: Eleanor Barrett 1690-1771
Christening: 8 June 1725 St Giles and St Mary, Pontefract, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Unknown
Death: After 1758
Elizabeth Matthewman 1745-1745
John Matthewman 1747-1821
Geoge Matthewman 1749-1751
Hannah Matthewman 1751-1752
George Matthewman 1753
William Matthewman 1755
William Matthewman 1758
Unknown Matthewman -1762
Geo Matthewman 1765
Joseph Matthewman -1766
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for John Matthewman baptised 8 June 1725 in Pontefract, York, father Joseph Matthewman.
Two entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for a Male on 8 Jun 1725 at Pontefract, St Giles and St Mary. The original is virtually illegible but the first can be interpreted as "Baptizms 1725 [...] June 1725 [...] 8 Matthewman John son of Joseph Matthewman".
His brother was baptised 2 August 1725, sister on 27 February 1727/8, sister on 9 April 1729, brother on 11 Mar 1729/30 and brother on 4 Mar 1732/3, all at St Giles and St Mary, Pontefract, only the father's name, Joseph, is given.
I cannot locate an entry for his marriage.
His daughter was baptised on 5 December 1745, his son on 26 May 1747, his son on 28 May 1749, his daughter on 1 September 1751, his son on 2 September 1753, his son on 13 August 1755, his son on 3 January 1758 and his son on 16 October 1763, and son on 10 February 1765, all at St Helen, Sandal Magna, only the father's name, John, is given.
His son and daughter died in Criggleston and were buried 7 Feb 1751 and on 10 April 1752 in Sandal Magna. An unknown child was buried on 18 April 1762, A son Joseph died at Chapelthorp and was buried 5 Oct 1766, and an unnamed child died on 7 May 1765 at Westside.
Pontefract is 17 miles SE of Leeds and Sandal Magna is 10 miles west of Pontefract and 3 miles south of Wakefield on A61. Criggleston is 2 miles SW of Sandal Magna with Chapelthorp between the two.
John Matthewman was Felicity's sixth great grandfather.
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