Mary Stead (Steaid) [Toulson (Towlson)] (b1716-1786)

Dates

Birth: Before 1616
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Christening: Unknown

Marriage: 30 May 1731 St Oswald, Guiseley, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Timothy Toulson b1717-1779

Death: November 1786 Horsforth, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UK
Burial: 5 November 1786 Horsforth Chapel, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UK

Children

Hannah (Ann, Hanah) Toulson (Towlson) [Hogg (Hog)] 1731-1798
Ephraim Toulson (Towlson) 1733
Elijah Toulson (Towlson) 1735
Elizabeth Toulson (Towlson) 1737
Elisha Toulson (Towlson) 1739
James Toulson (Towlson) 1741
Peter Toulson (Towlson) 1743
Mary Toulson (Towlson) 1745

Notes

Marriage of Mary Steaid and Timothy Towlson in the IGI on 30 May 1731 in Guiseley, Yorkshire.

There is an entry in Guisley Marriages 1720-1754 for Mary Stead and Timothy Toulson on 30 May 1731 at St. Oswald's.

There is an entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the marriage of Mary Stead and Timothy Towlson on 30 May 1731 at St Oswald, Guiseley. "Married in ye Year 1731 [...] May [...] 30 Timothy Towlson & Mary Stead pub".

The children were all christened at Horsforth Chapel although Ancestry lists them at St Margaret, but the church was built in the late 1800s on a different site to the chapel. Her daughter was baptised on 12 March 1730/1 at Horsforth Chapel father Timothy Toulson, but there is also an entry at St Oswold, Guiseley father William Towlson. Her son was baptised on 1 July 1733 at Horsforth Chapel, father Timothy Toulson. Her son was baptised on 5 Oct 1735 at Horsforth Chapel, father Timothy Towlson. Her daughter was baptised on 3 July 1737 at Horsforth Chapel, father Timothy Toulson. Her son was baptised on 3 June 1739 at Horsforth Chapel, father Timothy Towlson. Her son was baptised on 28 June 1741 at Horsforth Chapel, father Timothy Towlson. Her son was baptised on 16 Oct 1743 at Horsforth Chapel, father Timothy Towlson. Her daughter was baptised on 16 June 1745 at Horsforth Chapel, father Timothy Toulson.

Her husband was buried on 20 February 1779 at St Oswald, Guiseley.

Two entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for Mary Toulson buried on 5 November 1786 in Horsforth, St Margaret, in one " Burials [...] Novr 5 Mary Widow of Timothy Toulson Clothier 1786", and Guiseley, St Oswald, in the other " Burials at Horsforth Chapel from March 25th 1786 to March 25 1787 [...] Novr 5 Mary Widhow of Thimothy Toulson".

Susan Toulson has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Mary Steaid married on 30 May 1731 to Timothy Towlson at Guiseley, Yorkshire, six children including Ephraim, but excluding James and Peter and her death in November 1786 at Horsforth, West Riding, Yorkshire.

There are one hundred and eighteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Mary Stead. There is an Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the baptism of May Stead on 13 October 1717 in Guiseley and Horsforth "Baptized at the Chappel of Horsforth [...] 1717 [...] Mary Daughter of Thos Stead bap Oct 13". However this entry is not in Guiseley PRs Horsforth Chapel Baptisms 1700-1719 and the pages are very different to those preceeding and in particular the previous page lists Horsforth baptisms in October 1717 which do not include Mary Stead. There is an entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for May Stead baptised 13 October 1717 in Hunslet, York, father Thos. Stead. There is an entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for May Stead baptised 13 October 1717 in Hunslet, York, father Thos. Stead. However she would be only 14 at her marriage so this cannot be her.

Relationship

Mary Stead was Felicity's sixth great grandmother.

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