Personal Names Extracted from copy wills of the court of the Archbishop of York for the years 1748-49(Volume number 93, LDS film number 0099713).

The selection) is limited to references to PRISSICK or PORRETT (or variants) and many (but not necessarily all) other wills from the Cleveland area.

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Samuel Pruddom the elder of Glazendale, Egton, Lyth. Yeoman.     dated 24.2.1746, proved 16.1.1748 (f.?75?)

nephew & niece William Breckon & Jane his wife (with whom I now live)
grandaughters Mary Pruddom, Ann Pruddom & Elizabeth Pruddom
daughter in law Frances Pruddom
niece Sarah Scott
Ann wife of John .....erson of Staiths
Elizabeth wife of John Dale of Lyth
my neighbour John Oxley
John, Elizabeth & William children of William Breckon
wit: Thomas Dale, William Child, Jno Farside
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Sarah Knaggs, Ruswarp, Whitby. Widow.     dated 25.3.1740, proved 16.1.1748 (f.?76?)

[cottage land etc in Fylingdales in occupation of George Stanithorp, weaver]
son Richard Knaggs
son William Knaggs
daughter Mary Knaggs
daughter Elizabeth Knaggs
eldest son Thomas Knaggs
wit: S Birket, Jno Farside, Wm Willowes
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Armstrong Walker, Stokesley. Mariner.     dated ?.11.1726, ?.?.1749 (f.?)

friends Rev Henry Cooke, Rector of Stokesley & John Pennitt of Stokesley, Gent (trustees)
[lands etc in Yorks & Lincs]
[lands at Bentley in Yorks]

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sister Ann Hornby wife of Richard Hornby of Whitby, mariner
sister Elizabeth Walker
sister Susannah Walker
sister Mary Walker
eldest sister Frances Walker
wit: ....... Peirson, Richd Chorley, ?Denis? Kearney
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Matthew Consett, Normanby. Esquire.     dated 8.3.1747, proved 11.4.1749 (f.?)

[lands etc late the estate of William Pennyman my wife's late father]
wife ?Joanna? Consett
son Pennyman Consett
Henry Cook of Stokesley, clerk & Edmund Bunting of Stockton, Gent (trustees)
son Mathew Consett
[lands etc at Thornaby & Berwick upon Teese]
wit: Jno Elgie of Normanby, Tho: Mason, Jno Gibson of Stockton
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Joshua Campion, Danby Dale. Yeoman.     dated 4.6.1748, proved 26.4.1749 (f.?)

son Joshua Campion
wife Elizabeth Campion
Jane Scarth, widow
daughter Martha Campion
[messuage etc in occupation of Samuel Prudom]
son in law Christopher Fawcett
friends John Robinson & Jospeh Duck (trustees)
wit: Rich Kneeshaw, James Robinson, Mary Smith
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William Mead, ?Whitby?. Cordwainer.     dated 2.2.1748, proved 13.4.1749 (f.?)

daughter Esther Errington
grandaughter Alice Twizleton
grandchildren William Mead, Thomas Mead, Nicholas Mead & Ann Mead children of my son Robert Mead decd.
daughter Lydia Anderson
[house in Sandgate, Whitby which I bought from Peter Garbutt]
wit: James Keeling, John Laverack, Francis Salkeld
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John Bewshaw, Fryup, Danby. Batchelor.     dated 5.2.1748, proved 26.4.1749 (f.?)

sister Marce Easton & her 4 children Thomas Easton, John Easton, Mary Easton & Ann Easton
wit: John Trowesdale, Thomas Easton, Willm Wood
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John Hodgson, Scarbrough. Gent.     dated 1749, proved 4.9.1749 (f.?131?)

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wife (?name?)
only son John Hodgson
eldest daughter Ann Hodgson
daughter ?..? Hodgson
daughter Jane Hodgson
daughter Sarah Hodgson
Samuel Nesfield of Willoughby, husbandman & wife's brother Francis Cockerill (trustees & guardians)
wit: ?Chas? Robinson, John Travis, Wm ?Redman?
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Thomas Cockerill, Scarbrough. Ropemaker.     dated 11.6.1742, proved 4.8.1749 (f.?134?)

daughter Mary Cockerill
eldest son Thomas Cockerill
[manor of Pickhill cum Roxby]
younger son Culmer Cockerill
[farms @ Northallerton in occupation of Thomas Watson & Widow Goodrick]
[farm @ Langdale Bridge purchased from Moses Saunders, Robert Smith & Rebecca his wife]
[messauge etc at Wyckham in Pickering Lyth]
[farm @ Harwood Dale, tenants Thomas Berriman & James Dixon]
[messuage etc in East Sandgate in Scarbrough in possession of John Mason which is known by the sign of the Running Horse]
[copyhold lands @ Norton Bridge, Stockton upon Tees, Co. Durham]
[messuage etc @ North Shields, Northumberland]
Aunt Elizabeth Hebden
brother John Cockerill decd
brother Culmer Cockerill
brother Francis Cockerill
wife Anna Cockerill
brother in law John Hodgson
[tythes in Burniston & Scalby]
sisters Jane Hodgson & Mary Haggitt
wit: Cor: Stubbs, Wm Story, Wm Stockdale
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George Hauxwell, Lealholme, Danby. Mariner.     dated 25.5.1749, proved 14.9.1749 (f.?)

son William Hauxwell
daughter Mary Chapman
wife Margaret
wit: Robt Petch, Robt Petch junr
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Elizabeth Chapman, Sandsend, Lyth. Widow.     dated 2.12.1746, proved 20.9.1749 (f.?)

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Hannah Wedgwood of Egton
Elizabeth L........ of Sandsend
Ann Hebden of Sandsend
Ann wife of William Thompson of Sandsend, mariner
wit: Francis Fletcher, Jno Hancock
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George Widgett, Scarbrough. Master mariner.     dated 2.1.1747, proved 30.1.1749 (f.?)

wife Martha
[my ship called the Success of Scarbrough]
[The ship of John Walker of Whitby, Gent. which was late Richard Frosts]
son George Widgett, master mariner
daughter Ann
friends Benjamin Lotherington & Jeremiah Barton
wit: Chr: Hart, Wm Shaw, Christ Harrison
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Robert Robson, Robin Hoods Bay, Fylingdales. Gent.     dated 18.5.1748, proved 2.1.1749 (f.?)

grandson Mathew Storme
brother John Robson
nephew Matthias Moorsom
nieces Ann Moorsom & Catherine Moorsom
Taylor Storme uncle of my grandson Mathew Storme
wit: Benjamin Rymer, William Berry, Jno Farside
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William Breckon, Farndale, Lastingham. Husbandman.     dated ?, proved ? (f.?)

daughter Rachel Brackon
daughter Jane Breckon
son ?John? Breckon
wife (unnamed)
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John Robinson, Whitby. Master Mariner (but note that at the end of this will the name is written as John Hodgson. This may be a contemporary mistake, or may be faithfully copying a mistake in the original will - that can only be ascertained by referencing the original will.)     dated 27.1.1743, proved 10.2.1749 (f.?)

brother Mathew Robinson of Ruswarp
sister Ellis Mewburne wife of Miles Mewburne
Francis Hodgson son of John Hodgson of Lealholme
wit: John Anderson, John Hildreth, Frans Salkeld
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Francis Cockeril, Scarbrough. Master Mariner.     dated 1.4.1745, proved 28.2.1749 (f.?)

brother Culmer Cockerill, Scarbrough, Gent
wit: Chas Robinson, Wm Stockdale
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George Nelson, Ayslaby, Whitby. Yeoman.     dated 9.9.1749, proved 15.3.1749 (f.?)

sons Francis, George & William
[messuage etc in Baxtergate in occupation of John Oliver]
nephew Joseph Oxley
Alice (?wife?)
wit: Matthew Wilson, Jno Hancock, Christopher Wood
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Christoper Pearson, Lofthouse. Yeoman.     dated 15.2.1749/50. proved 14.3.1749 (f.?)

nieces (unnamed)
son Thomas & his daughters Mary & Jane
son Christopher
son John
wit: Wm Augas, Willm Wilkinson
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extract Dave King, published 7.6.2010