Birth: 1739 Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Francis Whitham (Whitom, Witham, Wittom) 1713-1794
Mother: Mary Shires 1716-a1759
Christening: 2 January 1739 St Peter, Bramley, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Unknown
Death: April 1801 Horsforth, Yorkshire, UK
Burial: 18 April 1801 St Margaret, Horsforth, Yorkshire, UK
John Whitham (Whitwham) 1774-b1783
Hannah Whitham 1775
Benjamin (Beniamin) Whitham (Whittam, Witham) 1776-1836
Sarah Whitham (Witham) 1778
Mary Whitham (Witham) 1779
Joseph Whitham (Witham) 1781
Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Whitham (Wittam) 1782
John Whitham (Whitham, Wittam) 1783-1787
Rebecka Whitham (Witham) b1793-1793
William Whitham b1808-1808
There is a submitted entry in the IGI for the birth of Joshua Witham in 1739 in Leeds, Yorkshire, parents Francis Witham and Mary Shires.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for Joshua Whittam baptised 2 January 1739 at Bramley St Peter, parents ? and Mary Whittam. "Ctnings in the Year 1839 [...] Jan 2 a Son of [big ink blob] & Mary Whittam Bapt Joshua". There is also a nearly illegible entry fot Jos Witham baptised 2 January 1739 at Leeds St Peter, father Fran Whitham. "[...] Bramley 1739 [...] Jos S. of Fran Whitham Jan. 2".
There is an entry in Guiseley Marrages for Joshua Whitham as a witness to the marriage of Francis Whitham (his brother?) and Ann Wilkinson on 24 June 1772.
In the IGI he given as the father of Sarah, but in the Baptism Records his name is missing and the mother is given as Susanah so I am not sure if he was her father. There is also no christian name for Benjamin. The children were christened in Horsforth. The entries in the baptism records have various spellings. His occupation in 1774 to 1775 is given as clothmaker and afterwards as clothier.
There are also entries for the burial of Rebecka Witham, daughter of Joshua in April 1793, and of William Whitham, Son of Joshur Clothier, in Horsforth in October 1808.
There is an entry in the 1795 Horsforth Census for Joshua Whitham, married with 7 in the household.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for Joshua Whitham buried 18 April 1801 at Horforth, St Margaret. "1801 Burials [...] April [...] 18 Joshua Whitham Clothier 1801 ".
Mathew Purves has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnnect for Joshua Whitham born about 1839, parents Francis Whitham and Mary Shires.
Caroline Anne Ewles-Whitham has an entry for Joshua Whitham born about 1739 in Leeds, Yorkshire, parents Francis Whitham and Mary Shires.
There was an entry in Geneology for Joshua Whitham born 1739 in Leeds, children John, Hannah, Benjamin, Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth and John. However I cannot find the first John in the IGI, there is an entry for Sarah, and the spelling in the IGI is Whitham for Hannah, Benjamin and Sarah, Witham for for Mary and Joseph, and Wittam for Elizabeth and John. His name is spelt Joshuah in the case of Benjamin. All were christened in Horsforth, Yorkshire, 2 miles NW of Leeds.
There are sixty one entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Joshua Whitham
Joshua Whitham was Felicity's fourth great grandfather.
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