THE STANLEY and WILCOCK FAMILY

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JOSEPH ELLERSHAW lived in North Yorkshire, firstly, in the parish of Clapham, then in the Low Bentham parish.

The children of JOSEPH ELLERSHAW are:

1. WILLIAM ELLERSHAW, who was born in 1751, in the Clapham parish and baptised on the 1^st September, 1751 in Clapham Church.

2. MARY ELLERSHAW was born in 1754, in the Clapham parish and baptised on the 15^th October, 1754 in Clapham Church. She married WILLIAM WILCOCK, the son of ROBERT and GRACE WILCOCK of Low Bentham, on the 20^th May, 1782 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham, Yorkshire. They settled in Bentham, where William worked as a cabinet maker and they had four children.

   Then they moved to Ingleton, Yorkshire about 1791. Here they raised their children and added to their family with seven more children.

   William and Mary were probably buried at St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham, Yorkshire, where their daughter, Ellen, was buried in 1802 and their son, William, in 1812.

3. JOHN ELLERSHAW was also born in in the Clapham parish in 1757 and baptised on the 31^st July, 1757 in Clapham Church.

4. JOSEPH ELLERSHAW was born after their move to Low Bentham parish and baptised on the 19^th September, 1762 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham, Yorkshire.

There was another Ellershaw family closely related to the Wilcock family. The head of this family was JAMES ELLERSHAW. He married MARY.

The children of JAMES ELLERSHAW and MARY are:

1. ISOBELLA ELLERSHAW, bapt. March 09, 1766, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham; m. JOSEPH WILCOCK July 13, 1785 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

2. HENRY ELLERSHAW, bapt. February 04, 1759, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.