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On 3rd November 1868, his body was found in the canal at Dobroyd
Pool, Todmorden.
A bundle believed to have belonged to him, was found on the canal
bank.
His body was believed to have been in the water for a week
He was a clothier.
After the seizure which his father sustained following his meeting
with Alizon Device, Abraham took the matter up with the
law and reported the incident to the local magistrate.
This set into motion the events which ended with the Pendle Witchcraft Trials and the hanging of the 10 accused on 20th
August 1612
When he married, he was a serving soldier in the First Regiment of
Life Guards.
His eldest 3 children were born at Hyde Park Barracks, Middlesex.
His regiment was on alert for months on the lookout for the French
whom they feared would invade at any moment.
As a consequence of lying in wait on watch, half clad, his health
began to fail and he was invalided out and back home to Todmorden.
In 1799, he married Mary Newell [1778-1839].
Children:
The family lived at
Abraham and Mary died within 2 weeks of each other at
Bearnshaw Tower, Todmorden
A Walsden clogger.
In 1814, he married (1) Susan Fielden [17??-1822].
Children:
One of the children died in infancy.
In 182?, he married (2) Nancy Crabtree.
Children:
Around 1830, he opened a beerhouse, the Cloggers' Arms, Walsden.
His brother-in-law, Abraham Fielden, brother of his first
wife Susan, ran the Dusty Miller beerhouse next door.
He later built a new pub, also called the Cloggers' Arms on
the main road
In 1848, the pub was renamed the Cross Keys.
During World War I,
he and his 2 brothers –
William Henry & Herbert
- joined the Army.
Arnold served
with the Royal Field Artillery.
A skilled mechanic, he was brought home to assist in munitions work
Born in Greetland.
He was
a member of Elland School Board [1891] /
a woollen manufacturer (employer) [1891, 1901] /
a woollen cloth manufacturer (employer) [1911] /
Worshipful Master of the Savile [No 1231] Masonic Lodge.
In 1881, he married Katherine Stott in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
As a boy, he was a chorister at
Elland Parish Church,
All Saints' Church, Elland,
St Stephen's Church, Copley,
and
St Paul's Church, King Cross.
He went on to sing tenor parts and act on TV and on the stage, in the
UK and in the USA
In [Q4] 1886, he married Ada Greenwood [18??-19??] in Todmorden.
Children:
The family lived at 16 Der Street, Todmorden [1916]
He married Maria [1826-1908]
Children:
The family lived at 12 Portland Road, Range Bank, Halifax.
Members of the family were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount
Born at Gauxholme Stones Farm [about 1780].
In 1797, she had an illegitimate son John Law
by Benjamin of Burnley.
In 1798, had an illegitimate daughter Sally Law by James
Fielden.
In 1800, she married James Fielden.
Children:
They lived at Inchfield Fold, Walsden
Clara worked as Manageress at the Dale Street
branch of the Todmorden Co-operative Society.
She was walking out with John William Halstead, a butcher at
the same shop.
She wanted to get married, but Halstead didn't, and she
claimed that she was pregnant.
They arranged to meet
at the shop after closing time on Saturday, 1st August 1891.
About midnight on 3rd August 1891, she was found dead with her throat
cut on the floor of the confectionery department of the Stores.
When the police went to his home in Castle Hill to talk
to Halstead, he escaped through the back door, jumped over the
wall on to the railway track and jumped in front of a train coming
out of
Horsfall Tunnel.
His body was completely cut in two.
Clara was buried on 7th August 1891 at Cross Stone Church.
An inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder
Children:
On 23rd September 1865, he was summoned by the Factory Inspector for
working children longer than the hours allowed by law.
He had run the mill a little too long at night.
He was fined £3 15/6d, including costs, in 7 cases
He inherited much property from his father.
In 1785, he married Nancy Bottomley.
Children:
The family lived at Square in Walsden.
Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He was
employed in the family business Law & Crossley Limited /
employed by Latham's, corn millers in Leeds & York.
In q2/1910, he married one of
Mary Croft,
Bertha Feather
or
Lucy Eleanor Ward
in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 21 Blake Grove, Leeds.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died of wounds at No.47 Casualty Clearing Station [25th March 1918] (aged 36).
He was buried at the RosiÈRes British Cemetery, France [57].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born in Eastwood.
He was
a silk dresser of St James's Parish, Halifax [1881] /
a silk dresser [1891]
In [Q3] 1881, he married Clementine Haigh at St James's Church, Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 13 Wesley Terrace, Ovenden [1891].
Clementine died in 1889 (aged 32).
Fred died in 1892 (aged 32).
At the outbreak of World War I, the 3 sons joined the Army
In November 1899, he was declared bankrupt
He was
an engine tenter of Haugh Shaw Road, Halifax [1908] /
a stationary stoker at dyeworks [1911].
In [Q2] 1908, he married Edna Hitchen at Halifax Parish Church.
She had 2 illegitimate sons: Irwin Hitchen & Sam
Hitchen [b 1901]
Children:
The family lived at 13 Grove Terrace, Southowram [1911].
Living with them [in 1911] were Edna's 2 sons: Irwin
& Sam
During World War II,
he served as a Second Radio Officer
with the Merchant Navy
aboard the cargo ship SS Glenlea (Newcastle-On-Tyne).
He died 7th November 1942 (aged 19)
when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-566, and
sank north of the Azores
with the loss of 44 of her crew of 49.
He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, London [52],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Staffordshire Regiment.
He died 31st May 1918 (aged 19).
He was buried at the Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France [VII A C 17]
Around 1804, he was declared bankrupt
Of Gauxholme.
He had an illegitimate son – John – by Sally Bottomley
Son of Samuel Law.
He was a clogger.
He married Mally Shackleton [1790-1876].
Children:
He settled first at Law Hey Farm, Walsden where his parents lived
then moved to Square in Walsden.
He made plans to start a new life in Canada but was unable to get the
correct paper-work as he was a skilled man – who were banned from
emigrating at the time.
A labourer friend, by the name of James Leonard, applied for
the papers in his name, and James left Walsden early in 1819
and entered America as James Leonard, labourer.
Mally had 2 small children and was pregnant with her third
child when he left.
James sent for her in 1820 and she went, travelling alone with
the children to join her husband in Niagara.
Their 6 youngest children were born in Canada.
He died at Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
The family are buried in St Margaret's-in-the-Pines, Scarborough,
Ontario
In December 1857, he was declared bankrupt
In January 1859, he was declared insolvent
Children:
Born in Greetland [14th November 1821].
He was
a woollen manufacturer [1861, 1881] /
a woollen manufacturer (employer) [1901].
On 5th November 1848, he married Jane Firth [1822-1895] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was grandson Herbert Speak.
Living with them [in 1901] were granddaughters Florence
Gertrude & Margaret Speak, and great grandson James
Newton [b 1898];
Charlotte Jagger was working for the family as a general
help.
Jane died 20th March 1895 (aged 73).
James died 24th August 1901 (aged 79).
Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
A shoemaker at Walsden.
In 1840, he married Elizabeth Butterworth [1822-1849] in
Todmorden.
Children:
In 1850, he was walking back from the Whitworth Wakes.
As he was crossing the moors between there and Todmorden, he fell
down a 12 ft precipice.
He was seriously injured and died a few days later.
On 18th September 1850, an inquest before J. F. Dearden at the
Waggon & Horses, Walsden returned a verdict that he
Born in Walsden.
Landlord of the British Queen, Todmorden [1891, 1897].
He left in 1898.
In 1871, he married Mary Earnshaw.
On 25th October 1897, he married Mrs Mary Elizabeth Feather of
the Royal Oak Hotel, Bacup
Born in Mytholmroyd [11th January 1885].
Baptised at Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Chapel [18th August 1889].
He was
a presser (cotton) [1901] /
a carter (coal) [1911] /
a member of the fire brigade.
During World War I,
he enlisted [21st May 1915] and
served as a Private
with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
He was medically discharged with phthisis [Para 392 III
C. C. King's Regulation] from the RAMC [3rd November 1915] with a
pension of 27/6d per week for 12 months.
He received the Silver War Badge (1914-1920) [17th March 1917].
He died 5th February 1918 (aged 33).
He is remembered on a memorial in
Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and
Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a corn miller of Luddenden Foot [1894] /
a teamer /
a stone waggoner [1901]
In 1894, he married Hannah Lande Boffy [1874-19??] at Halifax
Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
with James [1846-1875],
son of Mary Ann & James Law.
On 18th March 1612, as he was travelling near Colne, he
refused to give pins to a Lancashire woman, Alizon Device.
He had a stroke immediately afterwards.
His son, Abraham, took the matter up with the law
and Alizon and others were charged with witchcraft.
This was the start of the Pendle Witchcraft Trials which
ended with the hanging of the 10 accused on 20th August 1612
Born Hazelgreave Farm, Todmorden.
In 1747, he married (1) Rosamund Eastwood [1718-1775].
About 1757, John left his family and Todmorden after being
apprehended for a crime at Scaitcliffe, Todmorden.
He returned to Todmorden about 14 years later, seeing his
son Robert for the first time.
Rosamund (Rosey) claimed poor relief, receiving
13/- per week.
Children:
In 1783, he married (2) Susan Barrett.
After marrying his second wife they moved to Edge End between Oldham
and Preston in a cottage worth about £4 a year.
After the death of his second wife he began to hawk coffee etc.
He died in Liverpool [about 1802]
Engineer who worked on many bridges in Lancashire.
He married (1) Betty.
Children:
He married (2) Betty Marshall.
Children:
He married (3) Ann Walker.
Children:
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
Born at Gauxholme Stones Farm [about 1782].
In 1810, he was sentenced to 1 month in jail for larceny
He was
a woollen manufacturer [1841] /
a woollen manufacturer employing 37 males, 17 females [1851] /
a promoter of the Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway [1863] /
a woollen cloth manufacturer employing 60 men, 47 women, & 9 boys [1871].
He established John Law & Sons at Brigg Royd Mill, West Vale.
On 23rd May 1811, he married Rachel Holroyd [1787-1856] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
John died 24th August 1874.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,000.
[Resworn under £7,000].
The will was proved by
sons Joseph & James,
William Law of Dovecote Villas, Wood Green, Middlesex (cloth manufacturer),
and
Samuel Law of Greetland (cloth manufacturer).
Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
See
Thomas Law
He was
a labourer /
a carter /
a handloom weaver /
an annuitant [1871]
In 1816, he married Betty Jackson [1801-1880].
Children:
The family lived at North Hollingworth [1870s?].
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
In 1822, he married Mally Fielden.
Mally had an illegitimate daughter Susan by James Dawson.
Children:
He died in 1833 at Scout Top after a long and lingering illness
He was a whitesmith and blacksmith by trade.
He married 3 times, and had 8 children of whom only 2 survived.
He married (1) Mally Fielden [1802-1826].
Children:
After the death of her mother, Susan was brought up by her
maternal grandparents.
In 1826, 4 months after his wife Susan died, he married
(2) Sally Haigh [1800-1830].
Children:
Sally died in childbirth with son Christopher.
In 1830, 2 months after his wife Sally died, he married
(3) Sally Fielden [1800-1839].
Children:
He inherited 4 cottages on Square in Walsden built by his great
grandfather William Ingham.
He lived in number 36, which at the time was the end cottage with
gardens and stables to the side..
He died at Square.
He left 2 cottages at Square to each of his two surviving children,
Samuel and Susan
On 4th April 1844, he married Elizabeth Keighley at Halifax Parish Church
In 1866, he laid the foundation stone of the United Methodist Free Church, Skircoat
Born in Walsden.
He was a mechanic by trade, and worked for his father's company
Robert Law & Company at Ramsden Wood Mill before taking over the
running of the business in 1843 after the death of his father, in
partnership with Eli Hudson as Law & Hudson.
In August 1845, he was declared bankrupt.
In 1848, he was recorded as an innkeeper, and then moved to Stockport
where he was a confectioner.
He married Grace Stansfield.
Children:
He was a stone mason [1851].
He married Hannah [1806-1???].
Children:
The family lived at 5 Boulderclough [1851]
After the death of his mother in 1822, brought up in Walsden by his
maternal grandmother.
He was a sawyer by trade.
He never married.
The Leeds Mercury of Thursday 3rd August 1865 reported
Yesterday, an inquest before T. F. Dearden was held at the Black Swan
Inn, Todmorden, touching the death of JOHN LAW of Dalton Street,
Todmorden.
LAW was employed by Mr Bairstow, corn miller, Hebden Bridge.
While he was at his work the previous week, he had occasion to place
a ladder against a building to reach a hay loft.
The ladder, which was about 7 yards long, was too short for the
purpose, and was placed on a stone.
The steam tenter assisted in placing the ladder, and then went away
to his work, and did not know how far LAW has ascended the ladder
when he fell.
Shortly after, the steam tenter found the deceased laying on the
ground face downwards.
His thigh was broken, his breast much crushed, and he also sustained
other injuries, which caused his death on Sunday morning last.
Verdict – Accidental Death
He actually died at Square in Walsden – probably in the care of one
of his many relatives who lived there
He was a convert to Methodism, and was baptised as an adult at
Bridge Street Methodist Chapel, Todmorden on the same day his
son James was baptised in 1844.
In 1841, he married Hannah Fielden.
Children:
He was a confectioner [around 1851].
He and his family lived in Everton, Liverpool, for a while around
1851.
There were several other Walsden people – all confectioners – sharing
the accommodation.
Question:
Does anyone know whether they had anything to do with Everton Toffee?
By 1871, he had given up being a confectioner and was a cotton
operative, then a chemist's assistant.
The family lived at Lanebottom in Walsden.
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
He was
employed by Wood Brothers /
a time & store keeper iron works [1881] /
an engineer's timekeeper [1891] /
a member of the committee of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society /
a trustee and treasurer at Tuel Lane Chapel.
In 1871, he married Sarah Murgatroyd Howarth [1845-1???] born
in Luddenden, in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] & 1901 was widowed mother-in-law Mary
Howarth [aged 68] (retired laundress).
John died from
on 14th November 1897.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £310
Born at Bottoms in Walsden.
In 1851, he was living in Everton (Liverpool) with his parents and
working with his father as a confectioner.
In 1861, he was a cotton weaver living with his parents in
Lanebottom, Walsden.
John and his siblings had been brought up as Methodists.
John was ordained as a Methodist Minister at Richmond
Methodist College.
He became a missionary and chose to go to New Zealand for his first
appointment.
In 1868, he sailed to Auckland, New Zealand on the Siam
His future wife Hannah Heyworth [1841-1931] was living at home
with her parents in Walsden.
In 1872, she sailed to Auckland on the City of Auckland.
They married one week after she arrived.
Children:
He died at Mount Albert, New Zealand
He was a railway guard on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
He died 25th November 1912.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £8,114 7/10d.
Probate was granted to
his brother Thomas Law (plumber) of White Hart Fold, Todmorden,
and
his nephew Fred Law (mechanic) of 18 Newall Street,
Littleborough.
An obituary recorded
Law was a guard on the express from York to Liverpool for many years,
and after his marriage he remained in the service of the railway
company for about twelve months.
He retired from the service of the company about four years ago, much
to the regret of his fellow-workers, amongst whom he was extremely
popular.
Following his retirement, he toured the country in a caravan, on one
occasion travelling by that means to Lincoln, where he owned
considerable property.
Six months ago he fixed up his residence with a sister at Lydgate,
Todmorden.
Shortly after his arrival there he seems to have tired of his
caravan, for he disposed of it, the sale taking place two days prior
to his sudden death.
It was his intention also to part with his two seated motor car and
purchase an up to-date car, such a vehicle having attracted his
attention and aroused his desire to be the possessor
He was
an electrical engineer [1901, 1911] /
an insurance agent
He was active in local affairs, being
a Labour Councillor,
an Alderman for Ovenden [1922],
and
Mayor of Halifax [1928-1929]
He married Annie [1871-19??] from Oldham.
Children:
The family lived at
In [Q2] 1940, he married Susan Robinson in Todmorden.
They lived in Todmorden.
During World War II,
he served as a Gunner
with 85 Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Artillery.
He died 21st July 1943 (aged 25).
He was buried at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand [8 D 30].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He married (1) Unknown.
On 19th August 1882, he married (2) Ann Lumb in Halifax.
In November 1890, they conveyed the business to David Scott.
In 1851, he married Sarah Ismay
Born in Greetland.
He was
a manufacturer [1851] /
a woollen manufacturer [1861].
In 1856, he married Hannah Smithies [1822-1???] from Elland,
in Halifax.
They lived at West Vale [1861]
In 1802, he married Betty Holt.
Children:
The family lived at Duke Street, Stansfield [1841, 1851].
Living with them [in 1851] was lodger Betty Pickles [b 1839].
A Levi Law died in Todmorden [1858]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He died 25th October 1916 (aged 25).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [2C],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
she was buried at Elland Parish Church.
In her will of 1701, she created the Mary Law Charity and Mary Law Charity School
Born at Lower Oldfield, Luddendenfoot [1st September 1895].
He was
educated at Luddendenfoot National School /
a machine oilser/oiler? [1911].
He never married.
He joined the 1st/4th
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
[March 1914].
When World War I broke out, he volunteered for Imperial Service.
He was killed by a sniper [10th May 1915].
He was buried at the Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France [C 31]
Born in Mytholmroyd [1st September 1985].
Baptised at St Mary's Church, Luddenden. [5th November 1895].
During World War I,
he served as a Private.
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 10th May 1915 (aged 19).
He was buried at the Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France [C 31].
He is remembered on Luddendenfoot War Memorial,
on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
He married Agnes Hanson
He married Esther Whitley.
He and his wife inherited the upper end of Shelf Hall.
In 1635, he and John Hirde were fined for obstructing the
footpath and for polluting the spring at Shelf Hall
He married Elizabeth Ormerod.
Children:
The family lived at Moorside Farm, Todmorden
He was a stone mason.
In 1783, Robert and his brother Samuel – together
with Thomas Hughes and his brother-in-law Abraham Crossley – leased the Mill from John Crossley with an
agreement to convert the mill over to cotton spinning.
In 1784, Robert and Thomas Hughes sold their shares in
the partnership to Samuel Fielden and manufacturer John
Tattersall of Lumbutts Mill.
In 1764, he married Mary Crabtree.
Children:
He lived at Moorside Farm, Todmorden, as a tenant of John Crossley of Scaitcliffe like his father before him.
After his death in 1790, the tenancy passed to his widow who retained
it until 1801.
After that it passed to his son John.
Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He started off his cotton manufacturing at Smithyholme Mill, then,
with his brothers Samuel and Thomas built
Ramsden Wood Mill.
He established Robert Law & Company with his brothers, and they
occupied Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden, and Smithy Holme Mill, Walsden.
He married Betty Crossley [1776-1849].
Children:
He and his family lived at Smithyholme Mill whilst his brothers
worked from there.
His wife Betty
ran a shop from the mill selling groceries.
They later went to live in a company house at Ramsden Wood.
Robert died two days after signing his will.
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at under £4,000.
The Chancery Law suit which arose due to the contents of his will
lasted from 1842 to at least 1856.
Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
Son of Thomas Law.
He was
a tall and heavy man /
Surveyor of the Highways for the Scaitcliffe side of the hamlet of Todmorden [1838] – see Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry /
farmer at Height Top Farm, Todmorden /
farmer of 50 acres at Horsepasture Farm, Walsden [from 1844].
About 1830, he married Mary Greenwood.
Children:
Dr Samuel Scholfield attended him.
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
Recorded in 1888, when
he was at Whittaker Pits Farm, Clifton.
See
Ernest Fielding
Born at Smithyholme Mill.
He worked for his father's company Robert Law & Company at Ramsden
Wood Mill
In 1831, he married Mary Bottomley.
This marriage brought together the Law and Bottomley families of
Ramsden Wood Mills.
However, it disintegrated rather quickly.
Children:
A notice in The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser of
Saturday, October 5, 1839 announced
Whereas my wife MARY LAW of Winterbottom in the
township of Walsden has left her home without any just cause, I
hereby caution the public against trusting her, since I will not be
accountable for any debt that she may contract after this public
notice.
Witness my hand this 2nd October 1839, ROBERT LAW jnr.
In 1841, Mary and Robert are living apart:
he is at Ramsden Wood with his parents and his 2 children;
Mary is also at Ramsden Wood with her parents.
Robert died at Ramsden Wood, Walsden.
He was buried alone at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.
After his death, Mary married Robert Walmsley
He was
a carter on a 107 acre farm [1861] /
a gamekeeper at Toppit in Denby, High Hoyland [1871] /
a shepherd [1881] /
a farm labourer [1891] /
a farmer [1898].
In 1862, Robert was betrothed to Jane Ingham, a servant
at the Bay Horse, Dulesgate.
They appear in the register of Banns at St Mary's Church, Todmorden, but there seems to be no evidence of a marriage.
In 1869, he married he married Sarah Ann Hall [1844-1909].
Children:
The family moved about a lot: from Walsden to Yorkshire to Wales to
Walsden
The family lived at
His wife and children were living in Barnoldswick [1881].
His wife was living with their married daughter Harriet at
Pexwood [1901].
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
Born in Hollingworth, Walsden.
She married her first cousin William Law.
She died in childbirth with her first child, also called Sally.
The child survived and was brought up by her father
He was a labourer (chemicals) [1911].
On 22nd November 1890, he married Alice Roberts [1860-1928] at
St Peter's, Walsden
Children:
All the family were born in Walsden.
The family lived at Steanorbottom, Walsden.
The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
He was a carter (coal) [1910, 1911].
On 25th October 1873, he married Rebecca Fawthrop [1849-1912] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Samson died at Stansfield View, Todmorden [6th July 1934]
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £574 15/10d.
Probate was granted to
sons Mark & Frank
Son of William Law.
Born at Hazelgreave Farm, Todmorden.
He was a carpenter.
In 1743, he married Betty Haigh [1723-1803].
Betty was known as Old Betty i' th' Stones.
Children:
They set up home at Doghouse, Todmorden, where he built a small house
and had a small piece of rough land.
He then moved to Gauxholme Stones Farm, Walsden, a small farm where
he had 2 cows.
His first lease at Gauxholme Stones was for 18 years at £3, the
next was for 21 years at £5, and the third at 21 years for
£11.
He sold the lease to Abraham Crossley in preference to
allowing his own son Samuel to take over because he was unsure
as to whether his son would pay the rent on a regular basis.
He was tenant of Gauxholme Stones for almost 60 years from 1746 to
1803 or later.
In 1750, Betty received 20 shillings in the will of her
grandfather Reuben Haigh
John Travis records
This can be more easily explained by the fact that she was known to
partake too freely in her own home-brewed ale.
So freely did she drink it that her husband became agitated enough to
remove the barrel.
He took it to the cellar and turned it on its side so there would be
no room for a pot to go under the tap.
This posed no problem for Betty, and when Samuel went to pour himself
some ale, he saw the barrel was almost empty again.
He investigated further, and found she was sliding a frying pan under
the narrow gap
He wrote a collection of poems entitled A domestic
winter-piece [1772], which was subtitled
More details can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Born at Dyke Green Farm, Sourhall.
He served an apprenticeship as a clogger at Toadcarr in Todmorden
under Eli Crossley.
He married Sarah Crossley, the boss's daughter, and continued
working there for a few years.
He farmed at Henshaw Barn, Walsden for a time, then before 1804,
moved to live at Square in Walsden.
In 1783, Samuel and his brother Robert – together
with Thomas Hughes and his brother-in-law Abraham Crossley – leased Lumbutts Mill from John Crossley of
Scaitcliffe, with an agreement to convert this corn mill over to
cotton spinning.
They each paid in £100 to this partnership apart from Thomas
Hughes who paid £50.
In 1784, Robert Law and Thomas Hughes sold their
shares in the partnership to Samuel Fielden of Platts House,
Todmorden, stuff maker, and John Tattersall of Lumbutts Mill,
manufacturer.
The business went from strength to strength, and, in 1794, the
partnership sold out to Joshua Fielden of Waterside.
Samuel continued his trade as a clogger throughout.
On 4th January 1770, he married Sarah Crossley [1718-1769] at Christ Church, Todmorden.
Children:
He died at Square in Walsden [aged 79]
Born at Gauxholme Stones.
In 1772, he married Susan Hoyle.
Children:
In 1778, he married Sarah Carter.
Children:
None of his children was baptised.
The family lived with his father at Gauxholme Stones Farm in the
bottom part of the house.
He paid rent to his father for the accommodation: one cow and a small
area of land.
Father and son had various differences of opinion, resulting in his
father selling the lease of Gauxholme Stones Farm to Abraham Crossley rather than to Samuel whom he believed
would neglect to pay the rent.
Samuel and family then moved to Hollinsbottom, Walsden, and
they were tenants there from about 1798 to about 1815
In 1820, they were living at Lanebottom Walsden.
He died after 1824
He and his brothers Robert and Thomas
occupied Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden, and Smithy Holme Mill, Walsden.
They were partners in Robert Law & Company
He married (1) Nancy Ingham.
Children:
Nancy died of asthma Ramsden Wood [aged 57].
Samuel married (2) Betty Newell.
Children:
The family lived at
About 1826, they moved to one of the cottages opposite their Ramsden Wood mill.
Nancy inherited 4 cottages at Square from her
grandfather William Ingham, and various of their children
occupied these cottages.
Samuel died of bronchitis at Ramsden Wood [aged 67].
Nancy & Samuel were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.
Samuel was the last of the partners in Robert Law & Company
to survive,
He saw the mess the company was in after the deaths of his brothers
and how the children and cousins were fighting each other, so tried
to sell his share of the company to Law & Hudson before he died in
order to protect his own children.
His will is in 2 parts – firstly if the sale went ahead, and secondly
if it didn't.
The sale fell through.
John Travis records that
After Samuel's death, Betty married James Scholfield
He was a woollen manufacturer.
He lived at The Brow, Greetland.
He died 18th March 1893.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £9,669 16/8d.
Probate was granted to his brothers
Joseph,
James,
and
William [b 1826].
He was buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
Katherine from Greetland, was the daughter of Eli Smith Stott
Nancy was the daughter of Benjamin Bottomley
Clementine, of Halifax, was the daughter of George Haigh
Edna was the daughter of Amos Hitchen.
Mally was the daughter of John Shackleton
In Loving memory of James Law
Who died January 3rd. 1866 aged 74 years and 9 months.
Also of Mary, wife of James Law,
Who died March 24th 1876 aged 86 years and 3 months.
Natives of Lancashire, England.
Emigrated to Canada 1819.
Ada was the daughter of John Judson
Jane came from Greetland
died from injuries received by the fall, being at the time in liquor
Hannah, of Francis Street, Halifax, was born in Featherstone,
the daughter of William Boffy, coal miner
Rachel came from Greetland
Mally was the
daughter of Mary & Samuel Fielden
Sally was the
daughter of Mary & Reuben Haigh
Sally was the daughter of Enoch Fielden
Hannah was born in Sowerby
FATAL ACCIDENT AT TODMORDEN YESTERDAY
Hannah was the daughter of Joshua Fielden
a painful internal disorder
It is stated that he married a Yorkshire lady of good social
position, but the identity of that lady is unknown to Law's
relations, the name being kept a profound secret.
The lady died some years ago.
Ann was the widow of Levi Lumb
Agnes was the daughter of John Hanson
Esther was the daughter of Michael Whitley
a big lass
He died in tragic circumstances from
Injuries received in and upon his spine and other parts of his body
from accidentally falling from a certain footpath in Ramsden Wood,
from walking against a broken branch of a tree overhanging such
footpath, lived one day.
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Bottomley
PUBLIC NOTICE
Sarah Ann, born in Wakefield, was the daughter of David
Hall
Rebecca was born in Mytholmroyd
Betty was a reputed witch and was often seen to be doing strange
things.
On one occasion when she was a very old lady, she was seen rolling
over and over down the hill in the meadow below the barn, and was
thought to be putting a spell on some poor creatures.
a poem exhibiting a full view of the Author's Dwelling Place in the
Winter Season
Sarah was the daughter of Eli Crossley
Nancy was the illegitimate daughter of Sally Ingham
and James Ashworth, granddaughter of William Ingham
The several cousins certainly had the money and the ability to
continue the work of their fathers but there were too many
misunderstandings and efforts to out-do one another, and the cousins
began to lose the position their fathers had fought for and won.
The young Laws resorted to the law and the matter was followed with
such virulence that the whole concern was swallowed up.