Birth: 1716 Woodkirk, Yorkshire, UK
Father: James Verity (Verrity) b1697-1733
Mother: Martha Boyle (Boile, Boole) 1684-1749
Christening: 16 July 1716 Woodkirk, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 6 August 1738 Tong, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Sarah Taylor 1726-a1761
Death: 19 November 1787 or 1790?
Benjamin (Benj, Benjn) Verity 1761-a1795
Christening of James Verity in the IGI on 16 July 1716 in Woodkirk, Yorkshire, father James Verity.
Marriage of James Verity and Elizabeth Hargraves in the IGI on 6 August 1738 in Tong, Yorkshire.
All the children were christened in Birstall, Yorkshire, but only the father's name is given, being spelt Verrity except in the case of James.
Diana Slater has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for James Verity born in 1716 in Woodkirk, parents James Verity and Martha Boyle, his marriage to Elizabeth Hargreaves on 6 August 1738 in Birstall, Yorkshire, his 11 children, and his death in 1790. Angela Verity has an entry giving his birth on 16 January 1716 in Woodkirk, Yorkshire, parents James Verity and Martha Boyle. Margo Rush has an entry for his birth on 16 July 1716 in Woodkirk (West Ardsley), parents James Verity and Martha Boyle, and a son Laurence. Another entry gives his christening on 16 January 1716 in Woodkirk, Leeds, Yorkshire, parents James Verity and Martha Boyle, his marriage to Elizabeth Hargreaves on 6 August 1738 in Tong, Leeds, and a son James. There some 32 other entries with various combinations of the above including his death in either 1790 or on 19 November 1787, but no place is given, nor a source for this date.
Woodkirk is 7 miles south of Leeds on the A653. Birstall is some 3 miles west of Woodkirk on the A62, while Tong is 7 miles north of Birstall.
James Verity was Felicity's fifth great grandfather.
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