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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1080 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Quaker family records

Covering Dates: 1725-1855

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Catalogue Description

Records deposited on long-term loan
25 October 1994 Acc: 2243(D)

County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM.
DHl 5UL

Telephone (091) 383 3253

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 1080/1

Certificate of marriage of Matthew Firbank of Birdsall (Yorkshire), husbandman, and Elizabeth Jaquiss, daughter of James Jaquiss of Scarborough (Yorkshire), 5 March 1725
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 1080/2

List of Friends visiting the Oldham Meeting, giving dates, names and home areas, 17 June 1725 - 22 August 1847; alphabetical list of American Friends visiting the Oldham Meeting, taken from preceding list; the Testimony of Friends of Marsden and Oldham Meetings concerning Alice Hall, deceased, 15 February and 13 April 1756; list of Friends who died imprisoned in Lancaster Castle for non-payment of tithes, 25 June 1691 - 19 March 1694; details of timing of yearly, quarterly and monthly meetings in Lancashire, 1766
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/X 1080/3

"Grace Firth Book 1771", containing details of Friends visiting the Brighouse Meeting, giving dates, names, home areas, and, occasionally, comments, 25 January 1771 - 28 August 1791
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: D/X 1080/4

Certificate of marriage of John Fryer of Rastrick, Halifax (Yorkshire), stuff manufacturer, and Lucy Dyson, daughter of Simeon Dyson of Rushworth, Halifax (Yorkshire) and Sarah, his wife, 16 August 1797
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Ref: D/X 1080/5

Probate copy of will (26 June 1816) of William Preston of Rastrick, Halifax, worsted manufacturer, 24 January 1817
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/X 1080/6

26 January 1821 1 Joseph Fryer of Rastrick [Yorkshire], and William Fryer of London (surviving partners of Joseph and Thomas Fryer, both of Rastrick, deceased) 2 Representatives of late Joseph and Thomas Fryer Agreement for settling the affairs of Joseph Fryer and Company, since no provision was made in the articles of partnership (7 May 1805) for its dissolution
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1080/7

Copy of epitaph for Joseph Jowitt Fryer, 6 June 1821
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1080/8

24 April 1824 1 Thomas Binyon of Manchester (Lancashire), tea dealer 2 Sarah Fryer of Rastrick, Halifax (Yorkshire), spinster 3 Joseph Fryer of Rastrick and William Fryer of Holloway, near London, both merchants Settlement by (2) of £1700 on (3) as trustees, on the proposed marriage of (1) and (2)
(parchment, 2 membranes)

Ref: D/X 1080/9

Probate copy of will (27 September 1834) of Susan Wood of Maryport (Cumberland), widow, 4 May 1838
(parchment, 4 membranes)

Ref: D/X 1080/10

Engraving of Friends' Meeting House, Leeds, 1855
(1 paper)



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