Edward was die seun van William Wortley en Frances Berry.
The earliest notice of the name in these Registers is
in 1736, when William Barden, belonging to the household of Joseph Brook of
Stocks in Thurstounland, was buried on August 31. Elizabeth Barden, spinster,
was buried from the sume place in October, 1739. In October, 1740, Daniel
Barden, of Shelley Hall, married Rebecca Haigh, widow, and by her had William,
baptised in October, 1741, buried in April, 1742; Thomas, baptised in March,
1743 ; Betty, baptised in 1745, married Samuel Bower in January, 1769 ; Mary,
baptised in 1748, married Edward Wortley in August, 1774 ; Rebecca, baptised
and buried in June, 1750. Rebecca, the mother of these children, was buried 3
March, 1751. (https://huddersfield.exposed/api/content/books/ocr/17990/)
Kinders:
j.1. William WORTLEY, geb. 1775, Shepley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, ged. 19/04/1775, All Hallows Church, Kirkburton, Huddersfield x 26/12/1803, All Hallows Church, Kirkburton, met Mary Silverwood, geb. 1782, Shelley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, ged. 31/03/1782, All Hallows Church, Kirkburton, d.v. Joseph Silverwood en Mary Leah.
j.1. William WORTLEY, geb. 1775, Shepley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, ged. 19/04/1775, All Hallows Church, Kirkburton, Huddersfield x 26/12/1803, All Hallows Church, Kirkburton, met Mary Silverwood, geb. 1782, Shelley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, ged. 31/03/1782, All Hallows Church, Kirkburton, d.v. Joseph Silverwood en Mary Leah.