Descendants of Robert Askam

First Generation

1. Robert ASKAM                                                            =  Mary BARBER
b.                                                                                            b.
d.                                                                                            d.
married: 28 June 1742

1. Robert ASKAM b.c1744
2. Catherine ASKAM b. c1746
3. Ann ASKAM b. c1747
4. Thomas ASKAM b.c1750
5. John ASKAM b.c1754
6. James ASKAM (2) b. c1757
7. Thomas ASKAM b.c1767

The above info is from the IGI. All children born Pontefract/Knottingley.

Second Generation

2. James ASKAM                                                            =  Ann MIDGLEY
b. bpt. 17 May 1757                                                              b. bpt. 4 February 1760
d. 4 May 1812                                                                       d.
married: 14 November 1785

Children:

1. Mary ASKAM,  bpt 14 September1787
2. William ASKAM (3)  bpt 28 October 1791
3. Robert ASKAM, bpt 24 November 1795
4. Ann ASKAM,  bpt 14 January 1795

Lived in Knottingley. James was a waterman. Ann Midgley father was Joseph, occupation Taylor. Her brother was Thomas (bap. 04/02/1760)

Third Generation

3. William ASKAM                                                           =  Hannah WOOD?
b. bpt 28 October 1791                                                           b.
d. 1858                                                                                   d.
married: c1831

Children:

1. William ASKAM (4) b. abt1833

William Snr was an earthenware dealer. Lived in Knottingley.

Fourth Generation

4. William ASKAM                                                              =  Hannah SAWYER
b.                                                                                                b. bpt 19 October 1834
d. 1890                                                                                       d.
married: 2 July 1854

Children:

1. Thomas ASKAM (5) b. c1856
2. Mary ASKAM (6) b. c1859
3. Sefton ASKAM (7) b. c1860
4. John Robert ASKAM (8) b. c1862
5. Hannah ASKAM b. c1862
6. Albert Arthur ASKAM (9) b. c1867
7. Eva ASKAM b. c1869
8. Robinson ASKAM bap.14 July 1870
9. Benjamin ASKAM b. c1871
10. Alice Ann ASKAM b. c1874

Lived in Knottingley. William was an earthenware dealer and Potter. Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Sawyer (bap. 24/05/1812) and Elizabeth Sefton (bap. 14/05/1809) they were married 30/03/1834. Thomas parents were Francis and Milliard Sawyer. Elizabeth parents were John and Elizabeth Sefton, her siblings were Ann bap. 19/07/1807, Hannah bap. 8/9/05, Samuel bap. 1/9/1811, Mary bap. 06/05/1798, George bap. 01/12/1799, John bap. 14/12/1800 and David bap. 25/12/1803.

Fifth Generation

5. Thomas ASKAM                                                             =  Mary Annette (unknown)
b.                                                                                               b.
d.                                                                                               d.
married: 1888

1. Sefton Dunckley ASKAM  b. c1889 (Manchester)
2. Alma ASKAM b. c1879 (Manchester)

In 1881 census Florence 4 weeks old was living with her grandmother Hannah. Thomas was living alone nearby, status married. Florence poss died Barnsley Sept 1881. The above is Thomas 2^nd marriage. He was a Baker/Confectioner and by the 1891 census is living in Manchester.

6. Mary ASKAM                                                                 =  William Shirtliffe HESELTINE
b.                                                                                               b.
d.                                                                                               d.
married: 1876

1. Amy Sefton HESELTINE b. c1879

After her marriage Amy lived in Tanshelf.

7. Sefton ASKAM                                                                 =  Ada ?
b.                                                                                                b.
d.                                                                                                d.
married: 1888

1. Clara ASKAM b. c1889
2. Harold ASKAM b. c1896

By 1891 Sefton was living in Wakefield. First a glassblower and then a miner.

8. John Robert ASKAM                                                        = Sophia SWEENEY
b.                                                                                                b. c1860
d.                                                                                                d.
married: 23 May 1885

1. Samuel ASKAM  b. c1886
2. Alice ASKAM  b.18 March 1889
3. Annie ASKAM  b. c1894
4. Clara ASKAM  b. c1897
5. Ada ASKAM  b. c1891

By the time of his marriage in 1885 John was living on Calder Dale Rd, Wakefield. All the children were born in Sandal, Wakefield. He was a glassblower, and then a miner. In the 1901 census the family name is wrongly transcribed as Askham.

9. Albert Arthur ASKAM married Annie Eliza CHAPPELL in 1891

In 1891 census living in Headingley, Leeds. A bricklayer.