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BODDY

in North Yorkshire

[BODD611] Richard Body m. Thomasin
. [BODD621] Christopher Body m3. [RIPL622] Martha Ripley
. . [BODD631] Richard Body m. Ellen
. . . [BODD641] Richard Body m. [TANF642] Isabel Tanfield
. . . . [BODD651] Thomas Boddy m. [SADL652] Elizabeth Sadler
. . . . . [BODD661] Thomas Boddy m. [HARR662] Sarah Harrison
. . . . . . [BODD671] John Boddy m. [HAMM672] Jane Hammond
. . . . . . . [BODD681] George Boddy m1. [PARK682] Sarah Ann Parker
. . . . . . . . [BODD692] Henry George Boddy m2. [LYNE692] Grace Beatrice Lynes
. . . . . . . . . [BODD701] Maurice George Boddy m. [LEEE702] Margery Lee

9.  [BODD611] Richard Body and Thomasin had four children born at Melmerby, and baptised at Wath juxta Ripon as follows:

Richard died at Melmerby (buried at Wath, 20th September 1697), and Thomasin died at Melmerby also (buried at Wath, 20th May 1714).

8.  [BODD621] Christopher Body (born 1667) married 1. (at Wath, 19th May 1696) Sarah Wilkinson.

Wath Church
(1 October 1983)

They had no children, and Sarah died ten months after their marriage, probably in child-birth. Shortly afterwards, Christopher had an illegitimate child by 2. Sarah's sister Ann Wilkinson at Norton Conyers:

Later, Christopher alleged he was married ("by Mr Dawson, minister of Farnham, in the parish of Farnham, in the latter part of 1697") to 3. [RIPL622] Martha Ripley. [However, there is no confirmation in the parish register there, though the curate at that time was certainly George Dawson.] Christopher and Martha had two children born at Melmerby, and baptised at Wath as follows:

Martha died at Melmerby (buried at Wath, 24th May 1703). Later, Christopher married (or simply lived with) 4. Elizabeth. Christopher and Elizabeth had five children born at Melmerby, and baptised at Wath as follows:

Elizabeth "wife of Christopher, a poor man" died at Melmerby (October 1727), and was survived by Christopher.

7.  [BODD631] Richard Body (born 1701, presumed to be the child recorded as being baptised "Christopher") and his wife Ellen had four children born and baptised at Middleton Quernhow as follows:

Richard (a householder) died at Middleton Quernhow (5th April 1779, buried there 7th April 1779), and Ellen died at Middleton Quernhow also (5 months later, 17th September 1779, buried there 19th September 1779).

6.  [BODD641] Richard Body (born 1734). Prior to his marriage, Richard lived for a while at Topcliffe, where he witnessed two marriages, those of his sister Martha to John Allen (19th April 1756) and his friend John Latra to Anne Ladd (14th June 1761). Whilst at Topcliffe, he met [TANF642] Isabel Tanfield (born 1742, see TANFIELD), and married her (at Wath, 1st September 1762), witnessed by Robert Dickson and John Prist. Altogether Richard and Isabel had ten children as follows:

Richard died (age 82) at Middleton Quernhow (buried there 14th February 1816), and Isabel died (age 84) at Middleton Quernhow also (buried there 22nd March 1825).

5.  [BODD651] Thomas Body (born 1779), a bridle cutter of Wath, married (at Ripon, 15th May 1799) [SADL652] Elizabeth Sadler (born 1778, see SADLER), witnessed by Simon Britain and Henry Thompson. They had ten children as follows:

Thomas was variously a bridle cutter, tanner and saddler. Elizabeth died (age 70, of dropsy) at Sinderby (13th March 1848, buried at Pickhill, 17th March 1848). Thomas died (age 78, of an enlarged prostate gland) at Sinderby also (16th November 1856, buried at Pickhill, 20th November 1856). The headstone at Pickhill above their grave reads as follows:

Sacred

to the Memory of

ELIZABETH BODDY.

the wife of Thomas Boddy.

OF SINDERBY.

who died March 13th 1848.

Aged 70 Years.

Also of the above

THOMAS BODDY.

who died Novbr 17th 1856.

Aged 78 Years.

Grave at Pickhill
(1 October 1983)

  

Thomas' date of death is at variance with the date shown on his death certificate (16th November), suggesting he probably died during the night of 16th-17th November.

4.  [BODD661] Thomas Boddy (born 1799), a saddler, married (at Pickhill, 29th November 1819) [HARR662] Sarah Harrison (born 1799, see HARRISON), witnessed by Hannah Cooper and John Hustwaite (Thomas' cousin). They had eleven children born at Sinderby, and baptised at Pickhill as follows:

The family continued to live at Sinderby, where Thomas was (by 1851) a fell monger. Sarah died (age 63, of heart disease) at Sinderby (3rd December 1862, buried at Pickhill, 6th December 1862). Thomas died (age 64, of bronchitis) at Sinderby also (27th November 1864, buried at Pickhill, 30th November 1864).

3. [BODD671] John Boddy (born 1820) went to Leeds for work in the 1840's, where he married Jane Hammond (born 1825, see HAMMOND). See JOHN BODDY for full details.