h.1. John,
ged. 28/12/1726, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland, begr. 28/04/1799,
Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland x 10/07/1751, All Hallows Church,
Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland met Rebecca (Rooley) ROWLEY, ged. 05/05/1728,
All Hallows, Kirkburton-West, Yorkshire, Engeland, begr. 19/06/1797, All
Hallows Church graveyard, d.v. Joseph Rowley en Elizabeth Wilson.
John was die seun van John Wortley.
Die Koning se oudste seun, Frederick, het in 1751 gesterf. Koning George II se kleinseun het dus die troon na sy dood in 1760 geërf.
George III (r.1760-1820) was een van die langste regerende konings in
die Britse geskiedenis. Die tydperk was
ook een van politieke stabiliteit en die ontwikkeling van grondwetlike
monargie. Dit was in hierdie tydperk dat Brittanje baie van
haar oorsese ryk bekom het. Teen die
einde van die Hanoverian tydperk, het die Britse Ryk net minder 'n derde van
die wêreld beslaan. George III het ook
'n lewendige belangstelling in die landbou gehad en het bekend gestaan as
'Farmer George.
Rebecca Wortley formerly Rooley. Born before May 5, 1728 in Kirkburton, West Yorkshire,
England. Daughter of Joseph Rooley and
Elizabeth (Wilson) Rooley. Sister of
Rosanna Rooley, Mary Rooley 1724, Rachel (Rooley) Jenkinson 1721, Ruth Rooley
1724, Tamar Rooley1727, Joseph Rooley and Benjamin Rooley . Wife of John
Wortley — married July 10, 1751 in All Hallows, Kirkburton, West Yorkshire,
England . Died before June 19, 1797 in
Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England
. (Wikitree)
Grondbesit was steeds die hoofbron van welvaard. Teen
1750 was daar twee belangrike beroepe in Shepley. Boerdery en die vervaardiging van sale yarn. This was wool spun for warps and
was taken on pack horses to Dewsbury Market. Those going to market were
summoned by the sound of a horn from The Bridge area, very early in the
morning, They travelled together as the journey to Dewsbury was dangerous. This
business led to entrepreneurs becoming hawkers (travelling
salesmen) of higher quality and more expensive stocking yarns. As
they became more prosperous they extended their dealings to cloth and more
general drapery. Their successful enterprise encouraged others to follow. The
results were a rapid increase in population and great progress in manufacturing
in the village and led to the foundation of the famous Shepley
tailors or ‘higglers’. (Billington,
David: Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)
(Billington,
David: Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)
In 1773, het Thomas
Firth, van Shepley Hall, sy herehuis en landgoed in Shepley, aan sy stiefseun
Josef Green, van Oxlee, in Hepworth oorgedra, in ruil vir grond by Oxlee.
In 1775 het Joseph Green dit aan Thomas Hardy, van Birksgate in
Thurstonland verkoop. Thomas Hardy het in 1836 gesterf en dit het na sy
neef en erfgenaam, Thomas Hardy van Birksgate, Esquire, 'n landdros
gegaan. Na hierdie Thomas se dood het dit na sy oudste oorlewende
seun, Edward Hardy, Esq, gegaan. (Morehouse, Henry James: The history
and topography of the parish of Kirkburton and of the graveship of Holme,
Holmfirth in the county of York. Huddersfield MDCCLXI)
Verbeterde
boerderymetodes; die bekendstelling van nuwe idees en toerusting; die toename
in rykdom uit verbeterde pryse en winste uit handel; en die voordele wat
grondeienaars uit veral hoër huurgeld,
na aanleiding van enclosures ontvang het,
het tot groot veranderinge gelei. Dit het ook nuwe tegnieke vir skoffel,
bemesting, dreinering, rotasie van gewasse en die bekendstelling van nuwe
voedselgewasse, insluitend rape en aartappels met verbeterde weiding en
graanoeste ingesluit. Ongelukkig was die
veranderinge tot nadeel van die kleiner Yeoman boere. Baie Cottage Industries het
begin verdwyn, soos die fabriekstelsel begin ontwikkel het en industriële stede
ontstaan het. (Billington, David: Shepley,
Believe it …… or Not!)
Horses were used for
ploughing and farmers were keen
to show their skills in keenly contested ploughing matches. (Billington, David: Shepley, Believe it
…… or Not!)
Die vroegste kaart
van hierdie gebied wat uit 1775 dateer toon Shepley as Nether Shepley en Over Shepley. Min plekke is
vernoem, maar diegene wat wel genoem word, sluit Hay Moor, Knowle, Carr, Wood
End, West Royd, Snowgatehead en Foulstone Hall in. (Billington, David: Shepley, Believe it
…… or Not!)
Kinders:
i.1. Paul, ged. 02/02/1752, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland oorl. 1798, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Engeland x 20/07/1777, Frickley, Yorks, Engeland met Sarah HOBSON, ged. 09/01/1754, Dalton, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Engeland, oorl. 03/1842, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Engeland, d.v. van John Hobson en Mary Revell.
i.2 Mary, ged. 27/05/1756, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland.
