LEE
26 JULY 2005
I
am researching my family ancestry and have discovered that some of my
ancestors originated from Knottingley (and subsequently Goole),
Yorkshire.
My great, great, great grandfather, John LEE (1799) according to the 1861
census was born in Knottingley, and during his working life had been a
mariner (although what type of mariner I do not know). It is possible that
he married a woman called Jane, although I have not been able to verify
this.
I do not know of any other offspring, but one of John LEE’s children was
Henry LEE (1826-?1887), who was also born in Knottingley and also became a
mariner. Henry married my great, great grandmother, Bessy FRANK
(1826-?1877) in Hook,
Yorkshire
in 1847. (Bessy was also from Knottingley, a daughter of John FRANK and
Dorothy RHODES (?1793). Although I do not know where either John or
Dorothy were born, or how many children they had, it seems that they were
married in Knottingley on 25th April 1815)
Henry LEE and Bessy FRANK had at least seven children, most of whom were
born in Goole: Emmaline LEE (1849) married Johnathan FINCH (1846); Tom LEE
(1852) became a mariner and married Jane (1857); Eva LEE (1855) appears to
have died in childhood as there is no reference to her after the 1861
census, although I have been unable to find her death record; Ada LEE
(1857) became a housekeeper; John Osbourne LEE (1859) became a shipwright,
but appears to have died between the 1881 and 1891 censuses; Jane LEE
(1860) was probably another infant death, as she does not appear after the
1861 census, but again I have been unable tot race her death record;
Adelaide LEE (1870-1932) was born in Grimsby and was my great grandmother.
In 1891 Adelaide married Joseph Carter HARDING (1867-1940) of Welwyn,
Hertfordshire and they had five children, four of whom survived into
adulthood: William Harry HARDING (1894) (known as Harry), married Nan from
France, and had no children; my grandmother, Jane HARDING (1896), born in
Grimsby, married Charles Haddon Washington PECK of Northampton; Tom Lee
HARDING (1898); Bessie HARDING (1904-1904); and Doris HARDING (1906), who
married Stanley McKENZIE (ka ‘Mac’) following the death of her first
husband.
Doris lives in Northumberland.
If you are aware of where I may obtain further details, particularly
regarding John LEE (1799), his wife, their offspring and their respective
parents and siblings I would be very grateful if you would contact me.
Also, I would be interested to trace the FRANK family.
Ron Gosney's Reply
Hello Sandra
This is what I
can tell you about the LEE family.
George Lee
married Mary Bradshaw at St. Gile's Church, Pontefract, on 6th January
1784, and they had the following children baptised at St. Botolph's,
Knottingley.
29 July 1787,
Elizabeth - married John Turton, a farm worker from Monk Fryston, 31st May
1813
21 Nov 1788, George - married Elizabeth Taylor, 4th October 1813
20 Feb 1791, William - married Frances Fryer, 14th September 1815
22 Dec 1793, Henry
12 Jun 1796, Thomas - married Mary Wild, 5th July 1818
6 Apr 1800, John - married Jane Cawthorn, 20th January 1825
Children of
John/Jane Lee
9 Sep 1827, Mary Anne - christened then baptised 10th March 1830 aged 2
10 Mar 1830, Henry - register states he was 4 years old when baptised
12 Mar 1834, John
22 Mar 1835, Eliza Howard
22 Mar 1835, John Osbourne
15 Oct 1837, Emmerline
There was a
newspaper in Goole published once a month and from this I can tell you the
following death announcements:
1 Jan 1859, John Osbourne Lee - died 20 December 1858, Ashford, Kent.
1 Jan 1861, Jane Lee, wife of Mr. John Lee - died January 22 at Barge Dock
Side aged 60.
1 Aug 1864, Mr. John Lee of South Street - died 24 July 1864.
I know from my
research into the wooden sailing ships that John owned or part owned some
vessels but I need to look this up later.
Thomas Lee (also
a mariner) the brother of your John, married Mary Wild and one of his
children was Mary Ann, baptised 12 April 1835. She married at a very young
age to John Thompson, a chemist and druggist. This John Thompson had three
brothers, William, Benjamin Parker and Samuel.
William
Thompson had two sons, Benjamin and William, and
in 1851 he took his family to Austin, Texas. It was Ben Thompson who
became a legendary gambler, gunslinger and then Marshall of Austin. He was
probably the most feared man with a pistol and his contemporaries were
Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, the famous
sheriff of Dodge who became a particular friend. However, Ben killed a lot
of men before he was killed himself.
I don't know
what relationship this makes them to you but they certainly come on your
extended tree.
Ron Gosney
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