Personal Names Extracted from copy wills of the court of the Archbishop of York for the year 1755 (Volume number 99, LDS film number 0099718).

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

Alice Crow, Whitby, widow.     dated 14.10.1753, proved 20.1.1755 (f.19)

son in law Francis Wilson
son John
daughters Isabel, Alice & Mary
cousin William Brown of Whitby, Gent
wit: EM: Barras, Isaac Barker, Jno Hancock
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John Ling, Stanghow, Skelton, butcher.     dated 15.1.1755, proved 12.2.1755 (f.36)

wife Esther Ling
son John Ling of Sadler Hills, Skelton
son William Ling of Leastholme, Danby
son George Ling of Barnby, Lythe
daughter Mary Thompson of Whitby
son Daniel Ling
servant Ann Easton, spinster [NOTE: main beneficiary & executrix]
wit: Isaac Scarth, John Hutton, Jno Clarke
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Catherine Tindill, Danby, widow.     dated 15.5.1750, proved 12.2.1755 (f.36)

nephew Samuel Peirson
neice Isabel Webster
nephew Mathew Gail
neice Frances Mease
Thomas Ridlay
Benjamin Watson
neice Rachel Atkinson
nephew John Baker
wit: William Hartas, John Robinson
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Elizabeth Cockerel, Whitby, widow.     dated 1.2.1755, proved 24.2.1755 (f.37)

daughters Elizabeth & Mary Cockerel
sister Dorothy Benson widow
sister Catherine now wife of John Humphrey
5 children of my late sister Hannah Thompson decd
nephew George Patterson son of my late sister Eleanor Patterson decd
father Ingram Chapman
uncles Aaron Chapman & Isaac Richardson
cousin William Chapman son of my uncle Abel Chapman
wit: John Chapman, Isaac Stockton, Francis Wardale
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William Jefferson, Ellerby, Lyth.     dated 16.1.1754, proved 3.2.1755 (f.37)

daughter Jane Hodgson
daughter Rebecca Langstaffe
son Francis Jefferson
servant Isabel Calvert
son William Jefferson
wit: John Dob..., William Jackson, William Porrit
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William Gray, Whitby, Marriner.     dated 4.12.1749, proved 10.4.1755 (f.?)

son John Gray
[property in Cliffe Lane occupied by Francis Hodgson]
daughter Mary Boynton wife of George Boynton, Whitby, mariner
son Lashells Gray
wit: Geo Close, Edward Brand, Fra Wardale
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William Smith, Stokesley, yeoman.     dated 29.6.1749, proved 3.3.1755 (f.97)

wife Mary
grandson William Sunley
daughter Mary Smith
brother James Easby
daughter Rebecca Phillips
son in law Richard Sunley
son in law Thomas Phillips
daughter Damaris Sunley
daughter Isabell Smith
wit: Edwd Ward, George Cooper, Jn Preston
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Robert King, Lyth, blacksmith      dated 15.6.1748, proved 6.3.1755 (f.98)

nephew Robert King
[property in Lyth occupied by Matthew Leng]
sister in law Elizabeth King
[tenement in Selby]
Robert son of nephew Robert King
neice Frances Dowson of Whitby
Margaret Aisdill wife of William Aisdill of Selby
wit: Jospeh Ward, Ann Campion, Jn Hancock
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Ingram Chapman, Whitby, master mariner.     dated 15.10.1753, proved 22.5.1755 (f.?)

daughter Dorothy Benson
daughter Catherine Humphrey
daughter Elizabeth Cockerill
grandson George Patterson
son in law Henry Patterson
grandchildren Ingram, Robert, Elizabeth, Hannah & Henry Thompson and their father my son in law Robert Thompson
wit: Mark Noble, Ann Jowsy
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Hannah Robinson, Whitby, servant unto Elizabeth Cape.     dated 25.6.1755, proved 6.7.1755 (f.?)

brother Henry Robinson
sister Elizabeth Anston
sister Mary Robinson
Mr John Pearson, Baxtergate, Whitbby
wit: Ann Watson, John Watson
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Thomas Stockwell, Whitby, shipwright.     20.7.1738, proved 3.7.?? (f.162)

wife Isabel Stockwell
wit: Cuthbert Bennison, Francis Stockwell, Robt Mebourne
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John Mead, Glazedale, yeoman.     dated 3.8.1753, proved 3.7.1755 (f.163)

son Miles Mead
wife Mary
daughter Mary
daughter Ellin
son Thomas
son Robert
daughter Ann & her son William
daughter Elizabeth
daughter Jane
wit: Francis Clark, Martin Taler, Robt Petch
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Thomas Mead, Lealholme, Danby, yeoman.     dated 18.3.1754, proved 3.7.1755 (f.163)

daughter Hannah Mead
daughter Dorothy Mead
son Miles Mead
wit: Robt Petch ye elder, Robt Petch junr
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William Campion, Lealholme, Danby, yeoman.     dated 30.3.1755, proved July 1755 (f. 163)

son Thomas Campion
daughter Ann Scarth wife of William Scarth
daughter Judith Campion wife of Peter Campion
wife Ann Campion
wit: Robt Petch ye elder, Robt Petch junr
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Thomas Medd, Raisdale Grain, Bilsdale, husbandman.     dated 29.5.1754, proved 3.7.1755 (f.164)

son John
wife Mary
younger children Stephen, Mary & Thomas Medd
father John Medd
Robert Medd
William Atkinson of Williambeck & William Atkinson his son
wit: Thos Garbut, Nic Tully
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Elizabeth Flintoft, Guisbrough, spinster.     dated 29.1.1745, proved 12.8.1755 (f.184)

father John Flintoft late of Glazedale, yeoman, decd
father in law Matthew Richardson
cousin John Frankland son of John Frankland now or late of Glazedale
cousin Wm Lynn of Danby
Rev Mr Wm Hide of Guisbrough, Clerk & John Matthews, Stokesley, Gent (trustees)
mother Elizabeth Richardson now wife of Matthew Richardson
[instructions to be buried at Egton]
wit: Ann Rowntree, John Harrison
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George Jackson, East Cotham, Kirkleatham, yeoman.     dated 8.7.1754, proved 23.9.1755 (f.199)

Jane wife of William Walker, Sedgefield Co Durham flaxdresser & her two nephews John & George Dawson & her neice Anne Danby
Elizabeth, Margaret & Sarah the 3 daughters of Margaret Hunter late of Norton Co Durham widow decd
Ann daughter of Robert Gates late of Norton yeoman decd
Josiah Walker blacksmith son of Josiah Walker late of West Rounton yeoman decd
James Masterman, Sedbury yeoman
Robert Corney, East Cotham joyner
3 sons of Henry Masterman decd brother of James Masterman
Elizabeth daughter of William Masterman late of Selby Schoolmaster decd
maidservant Elizabeth Potts spinster
William Thursk {also spelt Thrush], Stockton plummer & glazier & Jane his wife daughter of my late nephew John Rogers decd
Sarah wife of George Hammond sister of Robert Corney
Elizabeth wife of William Trattles sister of Robert Corney
godson Thomas Cuthbert, East Cotham ship carpenter
Ralph Jackson son of Thomas Jackson late of Wilton, weaver
Margt wife of Anwell Charter of Eston yeoman
John Jackson, Lackenby yeoman son of my late cousin Robert Jackson late Lazenby decd
wit: W Jackson, George Havelock, J Preston
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Mary Allaley, Hutton Rudby, widow.     dated 11.7.1755, proved 24.9.1755 (f.201)

neice Ann Dinnison
neices Ann & Elizabeth Prissick
neice Dorothy Mewburn
nephew Edmund Prissick
brother John Dennison
late husband's sister Anna Ward
Mary Prissick daughter of my late kinsman John Prissick of London decd
Thomas Stockton, Isaac Stockton & Abigal Brotherwick
Mary Brotherwick neice of my late husband
Hannah Wilson widow
[shares in ship's called Lark, Lyon, Nightingale & Venture]
Cuthbert Brotherwick
[share in ship whereof Ingram Chapman is master]
nephews John Dennison & Thomas Dennison
wit: Geo Stainthorp, J Crosfield, Wm Emington
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Robert Duck, Lyth, farmer.     dated 7.6.1755, proved 19.11.1755 (f.230)

wife Sarah Duck
[debt owed by Thomas Adamson, Eastraw, Whitby common brewer]
sons in law Francis Webster, John Webster & William Webster
son Robert Duck
Francis Pybus son of John Pybus of Newholme in Dunsley, Whitby farmer
Robert Robinson son of John Robinson, East Barnby, Lyth farmer
wit: Chris Crawford, Mark Noble
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John Story, Stokesley.     dated 11.5.1744, proved 22.11.1755 (f.231)

wife Sarah Story
wit: Wm Lawson, Sarah Brown
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Thomas Mawer, Skelton, weaver.     dated 5.10.1755, proved 4.11.1755 (f.231)

sister Ann wife of Matthew Smith
[deby owed by John Cooper Saltburn yeoman]
friends Onesiphorous Hoops, Skelton yeoman & Wm Harrison, Skelton yeoman
sousin Richard Mawer & his son Richard
cousin Robt Harrison
cousins James Mawer yeoman & Thos Mawer, Guisbrough tanner
cousins William & Thomas Marshall
cousin Margaret wife of Maurice Lincoln
cousins Thomas Mawer of Upleatham yeoman & Elizabeth Mawer his sister
former servant Thomas Laiton
James Rogers of Marsk
John Pybus
John Linskill son of Joseph Linskill late of Skelton weaver decd
late sister Margaret Mawer decd
wit: John Keiller, Thos Keillor, John Harrison
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Christopher Smith late of Great Moorsome & now of Potto, yeoman.     dated 3.12.1754, proved 24.6.1755 (f.272)

[property in Greatham Co Durham]
daughter Mary wife of Thomas Pearson
grandson William Pearson
daughter Ann wife of Daniel Calvert the younger
wit: Matthew Willis, John Ware, Mary Lewis, Da'd Burton
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William Weatherill, Seamour in Cleveland, yeoman.     dated 10.11.1754, proved 24.6.1755 (f.272)

[property in Stokesley, Great Broughton & ??]
sons Thomas & William Weatherill
wife (unnamed)
wit: Thomas Cole, John Mathews, John Harrison
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Mary Pennit, Whitby, widow.     dated 30.6.1754, proved 14.6.1755 (f.273)

children Thomas, John & William Pennit, Elizabeth Dale & Martha Pennit
[house in Flowergate in possession of Samuel Barry]
wit: Robert Banes, Thos Stead
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William Unthank, Danby, yeoman.     dated 3.8.1753, proved 2.6.1755 (f.273)

daughter Ruth
daughter Ann Sanderson
daughter Mary Peirson
son William
wife Ann
grandaughter Ann Pierson
son Isaac
wit: John Hall, Robt Petch, Ann Dowson
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John Swales, Long Moor, Kilton, Brotton, yeoman.     dated 19.3.1746, proved 13.6.1755 (f.274)

wife Hannah Swales
[land in Skelton called Cott Intack]
sons Christopher & John Swales
daughters Mary Jolley, Hannah Robinson, Margaret Pybus, Jane Medd & Elizabeth Stephenson
6 children of Mary Jolley
5 children of Hannah Robinson
4 children of Margaret Pybus
4 children of Jane Medd
3 children of Elizabeth Stephenson
sister Mary Rogers
wit: John Clarke, George Ward, Robert Elerby
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Hannah Law, Ruswarp, Whitby, widdow.     dated 4.12.1733, proved 4.10.1755 (f.29?)

son in law Richard Keld & Mary his wife
son William Law decd
late husband William Law
wit: Jos Lightfoot, Sam Coulson, Richard Knags
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John Hart, Egton, weaver.     datedd 17.?.1754, proved ? (f.29?)

wife Bridget Hart
daughter Ann Hart
younger son John Hart
neice Margaret Coops of London
son Thomas Hart
[land in Hinderwell]
wit: Jonathan Robinson clerk, Richd Robinson, John Wilson
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William Gaskin, Whitbby, gent.     dated ?.?.??, proved 11.10.175? (f. 293)

son in law Abel Chapman
[farm etc. in Hawsker cum Stansiker called Gallows Close in occupation of James Hall]
grandson John Mellar
son in law John Mellar
grandchild Jane Chapman wife of John Chapman
grandchild Hannah Mellar
son in law John Wilkinson
[land in Hawsker purchased from John Hill decd]
daughter Miriam Wilkinson
daughter Hannah Chapman
grandaughter Hannah Wilkinson
[1/64 part of ship Jennings, master John Wilkinson]
[house/tenement wherein Mr Jonathan Lacy decd lately lived also ropery, warehouses, staiths etc. & Spittlebridge Goat, fromerly part of Gallows Close Farm]
[houses or tenements in Church St. purchased from Mr Samuel Jones & Mr Joseph Woods both decd]
[house etc. in Flowergate purchased from] late son Jonathan Gaskin, decd
house etc. in Sandgate where son in law John Mellar now dwells]
wit: Joseph Gaskin, William Hill, Fra. Wardall
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 Robert Agar, Farndale, yeoman.     dated 21.1.1755, proved 30.10.1755 (f.297)

wife Mary Agar
son George Agar
daughter Mary Agar
son Robert Agar
wit: Joseph Stonehouse, Anthony Stonehouse.
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Elizabeth Fotherley, Whitby, widow & Adm. of late husband Thomas Fotherley, late of Whitby, Sail Maker, decd.     dated ?.12.?, proved 27.12.1755 (f.304)

brothers Adam, Michael and Thomas Boulby, all of Whitby, gents
2 daughters (unnamed)
sisters Hannah Blackburn, Ann the wife of Thomas Story and Jane Reynolds
Esther daughter of my late sister Esther decd.
wit: Jno Hancock, Mary Watson
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Richard Storr of ???, yeoman.     dated 9.9.1755, proved 8.12.1755 (f.322)

daughter Jane the wife of Thomas Pallister
[house etc in West Ayton]
neice Mary Storr
son John Storr
wit: Susanna Potter, Henry Thompson, John Bell
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Lawrence Sanderson, Bilsdale, husbandman.     dated 14.9.1755, proved 8.12.1755 (f.322)

eldest son William
[farm called Seave Green]
wife Hannah
son James
daughter Ellin
daughter Ann wife of ?? ?Hebron?
wit: Thomas Garbutt, Thomas Recton.
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Francis Jefferson, Lyth, yeoman.     dated 18.5.1754, proved 8.12.1755 (f.325)

nephew Francis Jefferson and his son Francis
[2 oxgangs in Mickleby in occupation of William Johnson]
[houses in Mickleby in occupation of James Backhouse]
nephew William Jefferson
nephew Matthew Campion & his sons Francis & Matthew
brother William Jefferson
neice Jane wife of John ?Stangoe?
Robert Ward & William Ward
neice Jane Hodgson & her son ?Francis?
neice Rebecca Langstaff & her son Francis
Jane Johnson
Hannah Hill
mary daughter of Robert Dobson
Miriam Dobson
Francis, William, John & Thomas Hoggart
Francis Unthank
wit: Thomas Hill, George Pilmor, George Marchant
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