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Generation 1

JOHN WILCOCK married ELEANOR FURNACE, daughter of ROBERT FURNACE and JENNET on the 17th April, 1726 in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton, Yorkshire. Eleanor was buried on the 4th August,1770 in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

The children of John WILCOCK and ELEANOR FURNACE are:

  1. ROBERT WILCOCK, b. 1727, Yorkshire.

  2. WILLIAM WILCOCK, b. 1730, Thornton, Yorkshire; bapt. June 14, 1730, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

  3. JANE WILCOCK, bapt. January 05, 1739, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

Generation 2

ROBERT WILCOCK (JOHN1) was baptised on the 29nd December, 1727 in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton. He married GRACE BARROW on the 31st May, 1751 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham, Yorkshire. Robert was buried on the 2nd November, 1786 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham. Grace was buried on the 22nd March, 1807 with her husband.

The children of ROBERT WILCOCK and GRACE BARROW are:

  1. JANE WILCOCK, b. 1753, Bentham; bapt. April 30, 1753, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

  2. WILLIAM WILCOCK, b. 1757, Bentham.

  3. ROBERT WILCOCK, b. 1759, Bentham.

  4. MARGARET WILCOCK, b. 1762, Bentham.

  5. RICHARD WILCOCK, b. 1766, Bentham; bapt. September 22, 1766, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

  6. JOSEPH WILCOCK.

Generation 3

WILLIAM WILCOCK (ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Bentham and baptised on the 6th November, 1757 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham. He married MARY ELLERSHAW, daughter of JOSEPH ELLERSHAW, on the 20th May, 1782 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham. Witnesses to their marriage were John Geldard, William Kendal and William Dodgeson. About 1792, they settled in Ingleton, Yorkshire, where William was a cabinet maker.

The children of WILLIAM WILCOCK and MARY ELLERSHAW are:

  1. ROBERT WILCOCK, b. 1784, Bentham; bapt. February 29, 1784, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

  2. MARY WILCOCK, b. 1786, Bentham; bapt. February 05, 1786, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

  3. GRACE WILCOCK, b. 1788, Bentham; bapt. March 16, 1788, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham; d. 1791, Bentham; bur. December 19, 1791, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

  4. ELLEN WILCOCK, b. 1790, Bentham; bapt. October 24, 1790, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham; d. October 11, 1802, Ingleton; bur. October 13, 1802, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

  5. ANN WILCOCK, b. 1792, Ingleton, North Yorkshire

  6. JAMES WILCOCK, b. 1794, Ingleton.

  7. WILLIAM WILCOCK, b. 1796, Ingleton; bapt. November 17, 1796, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton; d. February 28, 1812, Ingleton; bur. March 01, 1812, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

  8. JOHN WILCOCK, b. 1799, Ingleton; bapt. January 20, 1799, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton;

  9. BELLA WILCOCK, b. 1801, Ingleton; bapt. November 10, 1801, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton; d. May 1802, Ingleton; bur. May 30, 1802, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

  10. HENRY ELLERSHAW WILCOCK, b. 1804, Ingleton.

  11. ELLEN WILCOCK, b. 1806, Ingleton; bapt. November 17, 1806, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

ROBERT WILCOCK (ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Bentham and baptised on the 1st January, 1760 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham. He married ELIZABETH SHAW 19thSeptember, 1797 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham and his sister, Margaret Roberts, nee Wilcock, was amongst the witnesses to the marriage. Robert was a farmer.

The child of ROBERT WILCOCK and ELIZABETH SHAW is:

  • GRACE WILCOCK, b. 1799; bapt. November 17, 1799, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    • MARGARET WILCOCK (ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Bentham and baptised on the 18th July, 1762 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham. She married HENRY ROBERTS on the 19th September, 1790 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    The children of MARGARET WILCOCK and HENRY ROBERTS are:

    1. HANNAH ROBERTS, b. 1792; bapt. 1792, St. John the Baptist, Low Bentham.

    2. ROBERT ROBERTS, b. 1794; bapt. March 30, 1794, St. John the Baptist, Low Bentham.

    3. HENRY ROBERTS, b. 1798; bapt. March 04, 1798, St. John the Baptist, Low Bentham.

    4. GRACE ROBERTS, b. December 30, 1799; bapt. March 09, 1800, St. John the Baptist, Low Bentham.

    5. JOHN ROBERTS, b. March 17, 1804; bapt. May 06, 1804, St. John the Baptist, Low Bentham.

    JOSEPH WILCOCK (ROBERT2JOHN1) married ISOBELLA ELLERSHAW, daughter of JAMES ELLERSHAW and MARY, on the 13th July, 1785 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham. I am unsure that Robert is Joseph's father, without a baptism record. I am sure he belongs to this family but maybe Robert's nephew.

    The children of JOSEPH WILCOCK and ISOBELLA ELLERSHAW are:

    1. JAMES WILCOCK, b. 1786, Bentham; bapt. June 22, 1786, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    2. JOHN WILCOCK, b. 1788, Bentham; bapt. June 23, 1788, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    3. JANE WILCOCK, b. 1793, Bentham; bapt. April 21, 1793, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    4. ANN WILCOCK, b. 1795, Bentham.

    5. ELLEN WILCOCK, b. 1798, Bentham; bapt. April 08, 1798, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    6. JOSEPH WILCOCK, b. 1801, Bentham; bapt.February 15, 1801, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    7. BELLA WILCOCK, b. October 10, 1803, Bentham; bapt. November 13, 1803, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    8. BETTY WILCOCK, b. October 21, 1806, Bentham; bapt. November 23, 1806, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    9. HENRY WILCOCK, b. April 22, 1807, Bentham; bapt. May 21, 1809, St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham.

    Generation 4

    ANN WILCOCK (WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Ingleton and baptised on the 17th November, 1792 in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton. She married WILLIAM BRISCOE, son of GAMALIEL BRISCOE and JANE BAYLIFFE, on the 14th March, 1812 in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    The children of ANN WILCOCK and WILLIAM BRISCOE are:

    1. JANE BRISCOE, bapt.September 13, 1812, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    2. MARY BRISCOE, b. 1814; bapt. Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    3. GRACE BRISCOE, b. 1815, Ingleton.

    4. GAMALIEL BRISCOE, bapt. March 23, 1817, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    5. ANN BRISCOE, b. 1819, Moorgarth, Yorkshire; bapt. June 13, 1819, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    6. WILLIAM BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1821, Moorgarth, Yorkshire; bapt. January 21, 1821, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    7. JAMES BRISCOE, bapt. October 08, 1822, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    8. ELLEN BRISCOE, b. 1823, Moorgarth, Yorkshire; bapt. September 07, 1823, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton; unmarried; res. in Ingleton With sister Grace and brother in law in 1881.

    9. EDWARD BRISCOE, b. 1825, Moorgarth, Yorkshire; bapt. February 13, 1825, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    10. FANNY BRISCOE, b. 1827, Yarlsber, Yorkshire; bapt. January 10, 1827, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    11. ROBERT BRISCOE, b. 1828, Yarlsber, Yorkshire; bapt. June 08, 1828, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    12. ISABELLA BRISCOE, bapt. January 03, 1830, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    13. THOMAS BRISCOE, b. 1832. Ingleton.

    14. MARGARET BRISCOE, b. 1837, Moorgarth, Yorkshire; bapt. July 06, 1837, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton.

    JAMES WILCOCK (WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Ingleton and baptised on the 17th November, 1794 in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton. He married ELIZABETH and lived at Low Mill, Lower Bentham, Yorkshire. James worked as a master joiner. By 1861, Elizabeth had died and James was living with his married daughter, Isabella. He was working as a mechanic in the local flax mill. He later moved to a house in the hospital, where he was drawing a charitable annuity.

    The children of JAMES WILCOCK and ELIZABETH are:

    1. ISOBELLA WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1835, Bentham.

    2. JAMES WILCOCK, b. 1836, Low Bentham; d. October 1892, 25, Oldham Street, Liverpool.

    3. ROBERT HENRY WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1844, Bentham, Yorkshire.

    HENRY ELLERSHAW WILCOCK (WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Ingleton, North Yorkshire and baptised on the 3rd November 03, 1804, St. Mary Parish Church, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale. Henry was a cabinet maker, journeyman and he moved to Ulverston, Lancashire, where he married MARY RAY, daughter of JAMES RAY, on the 15th October, 1831.

    The Children of HENRY WILCOCK and MARY RAY are:

    1. WILLIAM JAMES WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1834, Ulverston; occ. printer.

    2. ROBERT LAMBERT WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1835, Ulverston.

    3. MARY JANE WILCOCK, b. 1836, Ulverston.

    4. HENRY WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1840, Ulverston.

    5. ANN WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1843, Ulverston.

    6. ALICE WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1845, Ulverston.

    7. ELEANOR WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1847, Ulverston.

    8. GRACE WILCOCK, b. Abt.1848, Ulverston; m. WILLIAM SIMPSON, a house painter; res.15 The Gill, Ulverston in 1881.

    Generation 5

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    GRACE BRISCOE (ANN4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was baptised on the 6 th August, 1815, Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton. About 1851, Grace married RALPH PRESTON of Ingleton. They Stayed in Ingleton, where Ralph worked as a farm and general labourer.

    The Child of GRACE BRISCOE is

  • ANN WILCOCK BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1844, Ingleton; occ. Dressmaker.

    The Children of GRACE BRISCOE and RALPH PRESTON are:

    1. ISABELLA PRESTON, b. Abt. 1853, Ingleton.

    2. JOSEPH PRESTON, b. Abt. 1855, Ingleton..

    3. DINAH PRESTON, b. Abt. 1856, Ingleton.

    WILLIAM BRISCOE (ANN4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Moorgarth, Yorkshire and baptised on the 21st January, 1821, in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton. He married BETTY, who was born in Bentham, where they settled. William worked as a railway labourer.

    The Child of WILLIAM BRISCOE and BETTY is:

  • JOHN W. BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1863. Bentham; occ. Clerk in Flaxmill.

    EDWARD BRISCOE (ANN4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Moorgarth, Yorkshire and baptised on the 13th February, 1825, in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton. He married ELIZABETH, who was born in Bell Busk and they settled in Bentham. They were probably married in Settle in 1851. Edward was a railway signalman.

    The Children of EDWARD BRISCOE and ELIZABETH are:

    1. ANN AGNES BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1852, Bentham.

    2. WILIAM BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1853, Bentham.

    3. EDWARD W. BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1863, Bentham; occ. Railway clerk.

    4. CHRISTOPHER T. BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1866, Bentham; occ. Cabinet maker.

    THOMAS BRISCOE, (ANN4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Ingleton and baptised on the 16th December, 1832, in Ingleton and Chapel le Dale Parish Church. Ingleton. He married ISABELLA FOSTER, daughter of LEONARD FOSTER and ELLEN LEECH, on the 5th April, 1864 in St. James Parish Church, Clapham. They resided in Ingleton to rear their family.Thomas worked as a fireman in the lime works.

    Thomas died on the 9th September, 1897 and was buried in Ingleton Cemetery. Isabella died on the 8th January, 1933 and was also buried in Ingleton Cemetery.

    The Children of THOMAS BRISCOE and ISABELLA FOSTER are:

    1. MARY E. BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1871. Ingleton.

    2. ROBERT F. BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1873. Ingleton.

    3. ISABELLA A. BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1876. Ingleton.

    4. MAJOR BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1878. Ingleton.

    5. CHRISTOPHER BRISCOE, b. Abt. 1880. Ingleton.

    ISOBELLA WILCOCK (JAMES4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Low Bentham, Yorkshire about 1835. She was a dressmaker. Isabella married CHRISTOPHER HERD, who was born in Middleton, Lancs. Christopher was an overseer at the flax mill. They resided with Isabella's father until her father went into a house in the hospital.

    The children of ISOBELLA WILCOCK and CHRISTOPHER HERD are:

    1. ELIZABETH A. HERD, b. Abt. 1862, Bentham.

    2. MARY GRACE HERD, b. Abt. 1865, Bentham, occ. Dressmaker.

    3. RICHARD JAMES HERD, b. Abt. 1868, Bentham.

    JAMES WILCOCK (JAMES4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Low Bentham and and baptised on the 4 th March, 1836 in St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Low Bentham. After his mother died, James went to live and work, as a joiner, in Holme. It was here he met NANCY WADESON , who was working as a spinner in the flax mill. She was the daughter of RICHARD and SARAH WADESON nee DENWOOD. James and Nancy went to live in Barrow in Furness and they married on the 23rd January, 1865 in Ulverston Registry Office, Ulverston, Cumbria.

    James continued to work as a joiner/ journeyman and the children were born in Barrow in Furness.

    Then the family moved to Liverpool in the 1870's. They had several addresses in Toxteth Park, Liverpool. James died at 25, Oldham Street, Liverpool and was buried on the 30th October, 1892 at Toxteth Cemetery, Smithdown Road, Liverpool. Nancy died on the 11th July, 1903 in the hospital ward of Liverpool Workhouse and Hospital, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool and was buried with her husband on the 15th July, 1903.

    The children of JAMES WILCOCK and NANCY WADESON are:

    1. JAMES WILCOCK, b. March 16, 1868, 26, Greengate Street, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire; d. July 1944, 47, Boyton Street, Edgehill, Liverpool.

    2. WILLIAM HENRY WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1871, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire.
    WILLIAM JAMES WILCOCK (HENRY ELLERSHAW4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Ulverston about 1834 in Ulverston, Lancashire. He married ELIZA J. I. They continued to live in Ulverston, where William worked as a compositor, journetman.

    The Children of WILLIAM WILCOCK and ELIZA I. are:

    1. CHARLES B. WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1864, Ulverston, Lancashire; occ. Tailor.

    2. ALFRED WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1867, Ulverston, Lancashire; occ. Tailor and cutter.

    3. EDITH ANNIE WILCOCK, b. Abt. 1871.

    MARY JANE WILCOCK (HENRY ELLERSHAW4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born in Ulverston and was baptised there on the 20th November, 1836. She married HENRY GELDART, son of THOMAS GELDART and MARY SHUTTLEWORTH, in the October to December quarter of 1858 in Ulverston. Henry was a house painter and they resided in 8 Leicester Street, Barrow in Furness in 1881.

    The Children of MARY WILCOCK and HENRY GELDART are:

    1. MARY E. GELDART, b. Abt. 1860, Ulverston.

    2. THOMAS GELDART, b. Abt. 1861, Ulverston; occ. House painter; res. Barrow in Furness.

    3. ALICE ANN GELDART, b. Abt. 1863, Ulverston; m. THOMAS HARRISON, a blacksmith.

    4. GRACE GELDART, b. Abt. 1866, Ulverston

    5. FLORENCE GELDART, b. Abt. 1869, Ulverston.

    6. AGNES GELDART, b. Abt. 1870, Ulverston; m. JAMES SHEPHERD FORRESTER, 1890, Ulverston.

    7. WILLIAM E. GELDART, b. Abt. 1872, Ulverston; occ. House painter; res. Barrow in Furness.

    8. ROBERT GELDART, b. Abt. 1874, Ulverston; m. EDITH DANSON, 1898, Barrow in Furness; occ. Butcher; res. Barrow in Furness.

    9. ELIZABETH J. GELDART, b. Abt. 1876, Dalton, Lancashire.

    10. MARGARET D. GELDART, b. Abt. 1880, Dalton, Lancashire.

    • Generation 6

    WILLIAM HENRY WILCOCK (JAMES5, JAMES4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2JOHN1) was born Abt. 1871 in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. He came to Liverpool with his parents and brother, James, sometime before 1881. He married ANN HUGHES, daughter of GEORGE FREDRICK HUGHES, a baker, and ALICE MOORCROFT, on the 25th December, 1892 in St. Peter Parish Church, Church Street, Liverpool. They settled in Combermere Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool, where William worked as a painter and dock labourer.

    The children of WILLIAM WILCOCK and ANN HUGHES are:

    1. NANCY WILCOCK, b. November 22, 1892, Liverpool; bapt. October 25, 1892, St. Dunstan Parish Church, Edgehill, Liverpool.

    2. ALICE WILCOCK, b. 1894, Liverpool; bapt. July 09, 1894, St. Dunstan Parish Church, Edgehill, Liverpool.

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