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LEE

There were two Richard Lee's who married at Calverley in the period 1686-94, and two John Lee's baptised there in 1695-96. One had a family at Tyersall and the other at Idle Park, both at that time in Calverley parish. So whilst it is likely that 8. John Lee (who lived at Eccleshill) was the son of Richard, it cannot (as yet) be said of which one.

[LEEE621] John Lee m. [MOSL622] Martha Mosley
. [LEEE631] William Lee m. [CRAB632] Hannah Crabtree
. . [LEEE641] Matthew Lee m. [KITS642] Sally Kitson
. . . [LEEE651] William Lee m. [BAXT652] Mary Baxter
. . . . [LEEE661] James Lee m. [RHOD662] Hannah Rhodes
. . . . . [LEEE671] Epaphras Lee m1. [METC672] Mary Metcalf
. . . . . . [LEEE681] Arthur Lee m. [VOSE682] Eliza Vose
. . . . . . . [LEEE691] Alfred Lee m. [SHEP692] Florence Shepherd
. . . . . . . . [LEEE702] Margery Lee m. [BODD701] Maurice George Boddy

8.  [LEEE621] John Lee (born 1696), a clothier of Eccleshill, married (at Bradford, 15th April 1718) [MOSL622] Martha Mosley (born 1688, see MOSLEY). They had four children born at Eccleshill and baptised at Bradford as follows:

Martha died at Eccleshill (buried at Bradford, St. Peter, 26th July 1763), and John died at Eccleshill also (buried at Bradford, St. Peter, 25th November 1772).

7.  [LEEE631] William Lee (born 1719), a clothier of Eccleshill, married (at Bradford, 24th December 1741) [CRAB632] Hannah Crabtree (born 1721, see CRABTREE (1)). They had seven children born at Eccleshill and baptised at Bradford as follows:

William died at Eccleshill (buried at Bradford, St. Peter, 15th October 1763), and Hannah died at Eccleshill also (buried at Bradford, St. Peter, 18th August 1792).

6.  [LEEE641] Matthew Lee (born 1762), a clothier of Eccleshill, married (at Bradford, 6th December 1784) [KITS642] Sally Kitson (born 1762, see KITSON), witnessed by James Whitley and Samuel Yeadon (parish clerk). They had ten children born at Eccleshill and baptised at Bradford as follows:

Sally died (age 80, of apoplexy) at Eccleshill (26th October 1842, buried at Eccleshill, Wesleyan, 30th October 1842), and Matthew (latterly clothier and shoemaker) died (age 84, of “old age”) at Eccleshill also (13th September 1845, buried at Eccleshill Wesleyan, 17th September 1845).

5.  [LEEE651] William Lee (born 1787), a clothier, married (at Bradford, 8th August 1808) [BAXT652] Mary Baxter (born 1790, see BAXTER), witnessed by Sarah Baxter (parish clerk) and Samuel Hair.

 
  Bradford St. Peter
(now the Cathedral)
(10 July 1997)

They had (at least) three children born at Eccleshill and baptised at Bradford as follows:

There is no further reference to William after he witnessed the marriage of his wife’s brother, James Baxter (September 1814). Many years later, Mary married 2. (at Bradford, 22nd February 1830) Charles Longbottom, a clothier, witnessed by William Holdsworth and James Thompson. They had one child at Eccleshill:

Mary died (age 72, of exhaustion from long-continued spasmodic vomiting) at Eccleshill (26th July 1863, though shown buried at Eccleshill Wesleyan 23rd July 1863), and was survived by Charles who died (age 75) at Eccleshill (buried at Eccleshill Wesleyan, 24th November 1875).

4.  [LEEE661] James Lee (born 1812), a woollen slubber, married (at Shipley, St. Paul, 12th September 1836) [RHOD662] Hannah Rhodes (born 1813, see RHODES), witnessed by Thomas Charnock and Christiana Rhodes (daughter of Hannah's uncle John).

 

 

Shipley St. Paul
(13 July 1988)

Shipley St. Paul
(24 September 2008)

They had seven children as follows:

James died (age 47, of erysipelas and meningitis) at Calverley Bridge (22nd May 1859, buried at Eccleshill Wesleyan, 24th May 1859), and Hannah died (age 66, of phthisis) at Armley (1st April 1879, buried at St. Bartholomew, 3rd April 1879).

3.  [LEEE671] Epaphras Lee (born 1838) moved with his parents from Eccleshill to Calverley Bridge (about 1845), at about the same time as another Eccleshill family moved to nearby Rodley, Nathan and Hannah Armitage. The two families were presumably close friends, and indeed Nathan was the informant when Epaphras’ father died (1859). Nathan’s son John married (at Leeds, St Peter, 22nd June 1861) Margaret Rushworth, and the two witnesses were Mary Metcalf (Margaret’s cousin) and Epaphras. It is therefore easy to see how Epaphras came to know Mary Metcalf, a girl from Armley.

Leeds St. Peter
(6 August 2008)

 

 

Epaphras (a slubber, said to be of Armley) married (at Leeds, St. Peter, 1st September 1861) 1. [METC672] Mary Metcalf (born 1842, see METCALF), witnessed by William Cromack Hirst and Ann Waterhouse (William's bride-to-be).

 

 

 

For a while they continued to live at Calverley Bridge, before moving (about 1861) to Armley (where John and Margaret Armitage lived). Epaphras and Mary had eleven children (no trace of any having been baptised): 

Orlando Lambert’s birth was registered as simply “Orlando”, son of “Ezra” and Mary, but was more likely to have been an illegitimate child of Epaphras’ daughter Jane Elizabeth, who married Henry Lambert (1888). Fred (1883) may also have been an illegitimate child of Jane Elizabeth. Mary died (age 48, of bronchitis following prolonged fatty degeneration of the heart) at Armley (16th January 1891, buried at St. Bartholomew, 19th January 1891). Nine months later Epaphras (a mill hand of Armley) married 2. (at Leeds, St. Peter, 10th October 1891) Elizabeth White nee Ely (born 1841), witnessed by Elizabeth Austin and Henry Myers (Epaphras' brother-in-law). Epaphras died (age 73, of inflammation of the heart lining, narrowing of the arteries and gangrene of the right toes) at Bosnia Street, Armley, (30th August 1911, buried at St. Bartholomew, 2nd September 1911). His second wife Elizabeth died (age 76, of acute diarrhoea and exhaustion) at the Workhouse (16th June 1916, buried at New Wortley Cemetery, 20th June 1916). Epaphras’ various occupations included: slubber. woollen scribbling overlooker, machine cleaner, woollen mill fettler and (latterly) yeast hawker.

2.  [LEEE681] Arthur Lee (born 1878, son of Epaphras & Mary), a warehouseman of Armley, married (at Hunslet, Register Office, 7th June 1902) [VOSE582] Eliza Vose (born 1880, see VOSE), a printer’s folder, witnessed by Alfred Vose (Eliza's father) and Mary Ann Smith. Throughout their married life they lodged either with Arthur's married sister Anne, or with Eliza's parents. At the 1911 Census they were living at 32 Armley Road, Leeds, and Arthur was a labourer at an iron foundry. Eliza was helping run the Dining Rooms business with her father and step-mother. They had three children: 

 

 

  Leeds St. Hilda Church
(23 September 2008)		   Leeds St. Hilda Church

married Florence Shepherd,  see later;

In 1911 the family moved to Armley Road, Armley, which had dining rooms attached, though shortly afterwards they moved to Abbott Terrace. Arthur (then a builder’s labourer) died (age 39) at Wakefield (5th April 1917, buried at Hill Top Cemetery, Leeds, 9th April 1917), followed not long after by Eliza who died (age 44) at Hunslet (22nd December 1924, buried at Hill Top Cemetery, Leeds, 27th December 1924).

1.  [LEEE691] Alfred Lee (born 1904) married (at Stanningley, St. Thomas, 2nd February 1929) [SHEP692] Florence Shepherd (born 1899, see SHEPHERD), witnessed by Alice Dockray (Florence's cousin) and Harold Poppy.

 

 

Stanningley St. Thomas
(8 October 2008)

They had three children at Armley:

Alfred died (age 47) at Wakefield (23rd December 1951); Florence died (age 86) at Armley (25th February 1986).
Both were cremated at Cottingley, Leeds.

                  plaque at Cottingley Crematorium
                                         (1986)