Birth: Before 1723
Father: John Whitham (Whittam, Witham) 1683-1761
Mother: Mary Strickland 1690-1761
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 28 February 1738/9 Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Mary Shires 1716-a1759
Death: February 1794 Horsforth, Yorkshire, UK
Burial: 16 February 1794 Horsforth Chapel, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UK
Joshua (Joshuah) Whittam (Whitham, Whitlam, Whitwham, Witham, Wittam) 1739-1802
Francis Whitham (Witham) 1741
Joseph Whitham (Witham) 1743
James Whitham (Witham) 1745
Benjamin Whitham (Witham) 1751
Thomas Whitham (Witham) 1753
Mary Whitham (Wittom) 1756
Betty Whitham (Whitom) 1759
Ann Whitwham 1762
There is a submitted entry in the IGI for the birth of Francis Whitham in 1713 in Leeds, Yorkshire, his marriage to Mary Shires on 28 February 1738 in Leeds, Yorkshire, and the first four children.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Francis Witham and Mary Shires on 28 February 1738 at Saint Peter, Leeds, York.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for Francis Witham and Mary Shires on 28 February 1738 at Leeds, Saint Peter. "February [...] Francis Witham & Mary Shires } Bramley [...] 28". This was Julian so is 1739 Gregorian.
The first four children were born in Leeds, James in Headingly, and the last three in Horsforth. In the Baptism Registers for Horsforth Chapel 1740-1759 his name is spelt Whitam, Wittom, Whitom and his occupation is a carpenter. He is not in the 1795 census.
There is an entry in Horsforth Burials for Francis Wittam on 16 February 1794. This could be that of his son.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the burial of Francis Witham on 16 February 1794 at Horsforth, St Margaret "Burials 1793 [...] 1794 [...] February [...] 16 Francis Whitham Clothier 1794" and another for Francis Wittam on 16 February 1794 at Guiseley, St Oswald in the other "Feby [...] 16 Francis Wittam" but the previous page has "Burials at Horsforth Chapel from March 25th 1793 to March 1794".
There are 145 entries Ancestry Family Trees Trees for Francis Whitham.
Caroline Anne Ewles-Whitham has an entry for Francis Whitham born about 1713 in Leeds, Yorkshire, his marriage to Mary Shires on 28 February 1737/8 at St Peters, Leeds, and eight children.
Headingley is 3 miles NW of Leeds, and Hosforth 2 miles further NW.
Francis Whitham was Felicity's fifth great grandfather.
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