'HZmisc13'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Haigh of Coldhill, Haigh of Fenney (Fenay), Haigh of Lockwood, Hawksley of Sheffield, Holy of Sheffield, Hadfield of Manchester

                               
BLG1886 ('Haigh of Grainsby Hall'), which appears to cover a family descended from the following, reports that "This family came originally from Scotland, and settled at Norland, in the parish of Halifax ... (by 1536)".
William Haigh of Lockwood
1. William Haigh of Lockwood (chapman) this generation omitted by Hulbert
  A. Joseph ("Chapman") Haigh of Netherton
  i. William Haigh of Lockwood
  a. Joseph Haigh of Lockwood
  (1) James Haigh of Lockwood (a 1764)
ii. Joseph Haigh of Honley had issue
  "from whom descended Mr Haigh of Honley, Mr Walker of Crownest, & Mrs Thompsopn of Huddersfield"
  iii. Edward Haigh in Ashby-de-la-Zouch (cleric)
  iv. James Haigh of Fenay probably married to ...
  m. Ann Allot (b 1691, dau of Bartin Allot(t) by Mary Peebles)
  The entry on p642 refers to MS211, where Ann Allot is identified, and MS115 where the following William is shown with his family. We presume that James & Anne were parents of ...
  a. William Haigh 'of Almondbury' of Fenney (Fenay) probably of this generation
  m. (28.03.1725) Mary Oates (b 05.05.1707, dau of Joseph Oates of Nether Denby)
  (1)+ issue - Joseph (in the army, d in Bengal), Richard of Tidswell (apothecary), William of Tidswell (miner)
  v. Thomas Haigh of Coldhill
  m. Mary North (dau of Matthew North) ## see here ##
a. James Haigh of Coldhill
  b. daughter
  m. _ Booth (or Brook) of Kirk Burton
  vi. Dorothy Haigh (dsp)
  m. (27.12.1683) Charles Philipson (vicar of Almonbury)
  vii. daughter
  m. _ Dawson of Lockwood
  "from whom Mrs Thier of Manchester, Mrs Hebden of Huddersfield, Mrs Gill of Wakefield, Mr Bradley of Newhouse, Mrs Haigh of High Town, Mr William Haigh of Halifax"
2. Sarah Haigh (bur 11.12.1688)
  m. (1640-1) Matthew North of Almondbury (b c10.1618, bur 21.04.1682)
3. Dorothy Haigh
  m. John Taylor of The Elms (in Meltham?)
4. daughter
  m. _ Walker of Coldersley

 

 

John Hawksley of Porto Bello, Sheffield
m1. ??
1. John Hawksley of Sheffield (apothecary)
  m. (02.11.1760) Mary Webster (dau of Leonard Webster of Sheffield, sister/coheir of John)
  A. John Hawksley (dsp, clerk)
  m. Anne Downes (dau of Rev. Henry Downes of Ecclesfield)
B. Lydia Hawksley
  m. William Downes (rector of Harworth)
2. daughter
  m. _ Webb of London
  A. John Webb of Barlow, Derbyshire (clerk, 2nd son)
  m. (16.05.1787) Martha Mower (dau of George Mower of Woodseats)
  B.+ other issue - Charles Hawksley of Sheffield (d unm 1820, surgeon), Susan (a 1814, d unm?)
3. daughter (dsp)
  m. _ Walker of Sheffield
4. daughter
  m. (Robert) Marsden of Chesterfield
  A. Lydia Marsden
  m. Samuel Younge of Sheffield
  B.+ other issue - Robert of London (stockbroker), Sarah (d unm)
m2. Hannah Younge (dau/coheir of George Younge of Sheffield)

 

 

Hunter (through FMG) suggests that this family's name was originally Oley, not Hawley.
Daniel Holy of Sheffield
1. Thomas Holy of Sheffield (a 1741, button maker)
m. Sarah Wilson (b 12.1725, d 1768, dau of Thomas Wilson)
  A. Daniel Holy of Sheffield & South Grove (b 1751-2, d 29.05.1831)
  m. _ Copestack of London (d 1833)
  i. Mary Anne Holy
  m. (13.07.1813) Verdon Brittain of Sheffield
  ii. Sarah Holy
  m. (13.03.1816) Rev. Robert Robinson of Whittington
  iii. Caroline Holy
  m. (16.04.1823) Joseph Davenport of Hamburgh
  iv.+ other issue - George of Sheffield (a 1844), Daniel of Sheffield (a 1844), others (d young)
  B. Thomas Holy of Sheffield Moor (b 1752, d 09.11.1830)
  m. Elizabeth Beard of Glossop (b c1762, d 06.01.1841)
  i. Thomas Beard Holy of Norton Houses (dsps)
  m. (09.12.1835) Charlotte Maria Alderson (d 19.04.18347, dau of Rev. Jonathan Alderson of Harthill)
  ii. daughter
  m. (16.05.1822) Joshua Holdworth of Wakefield (MP)
  iii. Jane Holy
  m. (1832) Henry Holdsworth (rector of Northorpe?)
iv. Ann Holy
  m. Thomas Broadbent of Grove House
  v. daughtery
  m. James Fearnley of Manchester & Plat Hall
  vi.+ other issue (d young) - Joseph, Sarah
  C. Hannah Holy
  m. Joseph Wilson (cousin)
  D. daughter
  m. Thomas Parker of Sheffield
  E. Sarah Holy
  m. William Newbould (cousin)
2. Mary Holy
  m1. John Cooper of Sheffield
  m2. _ Bramwall of The White House
3. daughter
  m. Joseph Whitley of Sheffield
4. daughter
5. daughter
  m. _ Ibberson of Sheffield

 

 

MGH starts with 2 brothers shown as sons of ...
_ Hadfield
1. Samuel Hadfield of Manchester (b c1708, d 04.11.1775)
  m. ?? (d 07.07.1782)
  A. Lydia Hadfield (b 08.12.1742, d 16.11.1780)
  m. (0510.1780) Rev. John Fuller
  B. Elizabeth Hadfield (b 06.06.1744, d 21.01.1775)
  C. Ann Hadfield (b 03.06.1747)
  m. _ Kennedy
  i.+ issue - John (b 12.1770, d 30.01.1771), John (b 07.12.1771), James (b 27-8.12.1773, d 24.02.1774), Susannah (b 28.11.1772), Henrietta (b 16.03.1775), Amelia (b 07.1776), Ann (b 07.1777, d 25.05.1778)
  D. Amelia Hadfield (b 25.11.1748, d 07.04.1776)
  m. ?? Boddington
  i. Thomas Boddingtoin (b 12.11.1774, d 25.10.1862) had issue
  m. (16.04.1805) Mary Comerford (d 29.12.1839, dau of Patrick Comerford of Summerville)
  E. Susannah Hadfield (b 05.04.1752)
  m. (28.02.1775) James Esdaile (son of Lord Mayor James)
  F. Sarah Hadfield (b 08..08.1753)
  m. (13.06.1782) _ Fenn
2. Thomas Hadfield of Manchester (d 17.02.1772)

Main source(s):
(1) For Haigh (uploaded 07.04.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS265A/B, 'North', p642+) with some support from 'Annals of the Church in Almondbury' by Canon C.A. Hulbert (1882, The Haigh Family', p159)
(2) For Hawksley (uploaded 17.04.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS282, 'Webster-Hawksley', p696)
(3) For Holy (uploaded 21.04.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS286, 'Holy', p705+)
(4) For Hadfield (uploaded 18.03.21) : MGH (NS2, vol 1 (1886), 'Rickards, Hadfield, and Fremeaux Families', p211)
[The section on Hickes has been moved to Hicks2.]
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