Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 32 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Gibside Estate and Quaker Silhouette Portraits
Covering Dates: 1732-1882
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Miscellaneous documents (Ref: D/X 32)Gibside Estate and Quaker Silhouette Portraits (Ref: D/X 32)Gibside Estate (Ref: D/X 32/1)Ref: D/X 32/1
Gibside estate financial journal, 31 December 1765- 31 December 1767
Lists:
names of creditors and debtors with amount due
names of labourers with their wages, with detailed account of services provided
list of goods purchased for the estate
tenants' names
tithes and rents due from estates and collieries, including Streatlam, Kirkleavington, Worsall, Tofthill, Gainford, Ramshaw, Trinity College, Highlands, Hylton, Whickham Manor, Hedley Colliery [inter alia]
(1 volume)
Quaker Silhouette Portraits (Ref: D/X 32/2/1-28)Ref: D/X 32/2/1Ann Alexander
1767-1849
Daughter of William and Esther Tuke of York
Married 1796 William Alexander
Founder of the 'Annual Monitor' in 1813- obituary of Society of Friends
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/2Ann Backhouse
1746-3 January 1826
Daughter of Edward Pease and Elizabeth Coates
Married Jonathan Backhouse (1747-11 November 1826), banker and linen manufacturer, 12 May 1774
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/3Dorothy Backhouse
9 October 1740-27 November 1829
Born Lancaster
Daughter of William and Agnes Backhouse (nee Atkinson) of Kellet
Cousin to Jonathan Backhouse, banker
Elder of Church
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/4Edward Backhouse
9 July 1781-7 June 1860
Of Sunderland, banker, J.P.
4th son of Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker
Married 5 August 1807 Mary, eldest daughter of Edward Robson
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/5Hannah Chapman Backhouse
9 February 1787-6 May 1850
Eldest daughter of Joseph Gurney of Norwich
Co-heir with sister Emma, wife of Joseph Pease
Married 23 April 1811 Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker (his second wife)
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/6James Backhouse
Left profile
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/7James Backhouse
Right profile
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/8John Backhouse
20 March 1784-17 August 1847
Of Darlington, banker
8th child of Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, banker and Ann Pease
Married 25 May 1809 Elizabeth Church of Cork (died 1812)
Second marriage Katherine, daughter of Jasper Capper of Stoke Newington (16 October 1792- 16 March 1882)
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/9Jonathan Backhouse
19 January 1779-7 October 1842
Of Polam Hall, Darlington
2nd son of Jonathan Backhouse and Ann Pease
Married 23 April 1811 Hannah Chapman Gurney, elder daughter of Joseph Gurney of Norwich
Banker and promoter of Stockton and Darlington Railway
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/10Mary Backhouse
Died 24 May 1838
Daughter of Nathan Dearman of Thorne,
Married 8 June 1787 James Backhouse of Darlington, banker (1757-1804), 2nd Son of James and Jane Backhouse (nee Hedley), flax dresser and linen manufacturer
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/11Katherine Capper [possibly]
16 October 1792 - 16 March 1882
Daughter of Jasper Capper
Second wife of John Backhouse of Darlington, banker (1784-1847)
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/12Thomas Clarkson
1760-1846
Philanthropist
Son of John Clarkson, schoolmaster of Wisbech, Cambs
Educated at St Paul's 1775-80
Published prize essay against slavery 1786
Agitated for the abolition of slavery 1787-94 and 1805-33
Urged aboliton on the French Government 1789-90 and the Czar 1818
Granted Freedom of London 1839
2 Silhouettes
Granville Sharp [possibly]
10 November 1735-6 July 1813
Of Durham
Son of Thomas Sharp (1693-1758) and his wife Judith Wheler
Philanthropist, pamphleteer and scholar
Member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
1769 published A Representation of the Injustice and Dangerous Tendency of Tolerating Slavery
Campaigned for Parliamentary reform
or
Sir Cuthbert Sharp [possibly]
1781-1849
Educated under Dr Burney at Greenwich
Antiquary
Cavalry officer in Ireland during rebellion 1799
Visited Paris 1803 and detained as prisoner of war
Collector of customs at Sunderland and Newcastle
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/13Ann Coleman
1768-1851
Of Darlington
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/14Deborah Dearman
Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson (nee Dickenson)
Married John Dearman, brother of Nathan
Aunt of Thomas Richardson (1773-1835) who married Elizabeth Backhouse (1777-1843)
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/15Ann Ellerby (nee Robinson)
1788-22 September 1842
Married 1821 Thomas Robson Ellerby
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/16C/E Everett
1809
Possibly father of Eliza Everett
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/17Stephen Grellet [possibly]
2 November 1773- 16 November 1855
Born in France
Attended Quarterly Meetings of Friends held in Durham
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/18Ann Mounsey
1770-1840
Daughter of Thomas Robson (1736-1812) and his wife Elizabeth Pease (1739-1803)
Married 1791 John Mounsey (1766-1833)
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/19Ann Richardson
Daughter of Edward Robson of Darlington
Married 12 July 1827 Jonathan Richardson (16 November 1802-25 December 1871), 4th child of Thomas Richardson and Elizabeth Backhouse, managing director of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank and founder of the Derwent Iron Company, later Consett Iron Company
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/20Elizabeth Richardson
12 September 1777-2 March 1843
Of Darlingtion
3rd Child of Jonathan Backhouse, banker, and his wife Ann Pease
Married 17 October 1799 Thomas Richardson, son of Thomas and Frances Richardson of Sunderland
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/21Thomas Richardson
1773-29 October 1835
Of Sunderland
Son of Thomas and Frances Richardson of Sunderland
Married 17 October 1799 Elizabeth Backhouse, daughter of Jonathan Backhouse and Ann Pease
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/22Thomas Richardson
Right profile
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/23Thomas Richardson
Right profile
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/24Thomas Richardson
1800-1872
Son of Thomas Richardson and Elizabeth Backhouse
Right profile
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/25Thomas Richardson
Left profile
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/26Jane Robson
3 May 1787-6 August 1873
Born in Darlington
10th child of Jonathan Backhouse and Ann Pease
Married 3 August 1815 Edward Robson of Darlington, son of Edward Robson and Elizabeth Dearman
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/27Caroline Shipton
1794-1876
Of Birmingham
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 32/2/28Henry Tuke
1755-1814
Son of William Tuke (1732-1822)
Brother of Ann Alexander (1767-1849)
Father of Samuel Tuke (1784-1857), philanthropist
(1 paper)
