Matthew Roe (died 12/4/1745) marriage 9 Margaret ? (died 2/3/1758)

E1.	Matthew, tailor	buried 24/ 5/1796
E2.	George, weaver	buried 2/11/1777
E3.	Margaret, spinster - 1735.	All children born before 1745.

E1. Matthew Roe marriage 12 perhaps.
No children are yet found of this union.

E2. George Roe marriage 11

E21.

Mary

Bapt. 9/10/1751

from parish registers Egton.

Upon reflection it is quite possible for one of the Georges U22 or U41 to be a son of this George since both were born in 1769 before this man's death in 1777. The earlier 'tie-in' with E1. and Matthew who made the will is wrong since the testator was a yeoman and El. Matthew was a tailor.

Matthew yeoman - marriage unknown - wife unnamed in will, prefix Y

Y1.	Matthew	only son
Y2.	Mary
Y3.	Ellin	married John Wilson
Y4.	Margaret	married George Consitt at Egton on February 15th 1795.

Y1. Matthew Roe marriage 19 Frances Lyth

Y18.	John	Bapt. 5/ 4/1815	Gpts. Isaac Atkinson & Ellen Barker
Y19.	Mary	Bapt. 6/ 8/1817	Gpts. John Gallon & Mary Atkinson

The first children of this marriage have not been traced. Perhaps seven preceded John.

There is still some confusion concerning these Mathews. Matthew E1. is not his namesake U3 because Ann U3's widow died in 1786. In the same way the husband of Eleanor another Matthew (E.R.R.1780) is not E1. because Eleanor died a widow in 1788. Leaving this for a moment and reconsidering the possibility about the Georges again, it is noted that William and George witness each other's wedding (marriages 17 and 18) so that they are very likely brothers; and also since William (m.17) is a weaver he could be following his father's trade and therefore become E23 and U22 become E22. Be this as it may, no light is shed for U22 George's children are unknown, nevertheless should U22 eventually be proved to be E22, his children, if discovered, will only have to change their prefix.

E23. William Roe marriage 17 Ann Kiplin

E231.	John	Bapt. 7/11/1790 U.P.R.
E232.	William	Bapt. 28/ 9/1791 U.P.R.	5/ 9/1791 in the parish church.	Note the
E233.	Mary	Bapt. 4/ 2/1793 U.P.R.	3/ 2/1793 in the parish church.	double
E234.	Eleanor	Bapt.	3/ 5/1795 in the parish church.	baptisms.

Before proceeding further, a few earlier deaths can be considered:-

The census returns which have been of considerable use already will clarify some points above:-

U416. William Roe marriage 38 Elizabeth Roe (born in 1810) Egton village
In 1851 he was a shoemaker.

U4161.	George	Bapt.16/ 1/1839	Gpts.Thomas Roe & Jane White
U4162.	John
U4163.	Stephen	Bapt. 25/ 5/1843	Gpts. William Readman & Ann Fra...
U4164.	William
U4165.	Alice

William senior paid £6/l5s a year for 'house buildings and land 3a 2r 9p at Egton.

Frances above had a son John whose marriage was identified by the age and place of birth given for his wife Elena.
Y18. John marriage 42 Helen Heslop Egton village

Y181.	Mary	Bapt. 24/10/1842	Gpts. Martin Roe & Helen Heslop.	EB.P.R.
Y182.	George	Bapt. 4/ 7/1844	Perhaps two precede
Y185.	John	Bapt. 1851	John senior worked 4 acres	Census 1851
Y184.	Thomas	Bapt. 1848	2 roods, 12 perches of land	Census 1851
Y186.	Sarah Frances	Bapt. 1855	for a rental of £8 a year.	Census 1861
Y187.	Matthew	Bapt. 1857	All children born in Egton.	Census 1861

The Egton Bridge marriages give the parents of the contracting parties, which, together with the census fit in some more pieces. In this way a child of U22 George was found:-
U221. Matthew Roe marriage 39 Ann White Egton village
In 1851 he was a farner of 25 acres (l6 acres, £17/10s rental in the estate records)
He was born in 1810 and his wife in 1814.

U2211.	Mary	Bapt. 1842		Census 1851
U2212.	William	Bapt. 1/ 6/1844	Gpts. Peter White & Mary Hodgson	E.B.P.R.
U2213.	Ann	Bapt. 1846		Census 1851
U2214.	George	Bapt. 1851		Census 1851
U2215.	John	Bapt. 26/12/1852	Gpts. Joseph Harrison & Ann Roe	E.B.P.R.
U2216.	Hannah	Bapt. 1858		Census 1861

From the same sources it is found that Thomas was the son of William and was born in 1812. He was also a shoemaker and paid £7/10s a year for a 'cottage outbuildings and land' comprising 5a 2r 33p.
U265. Thomas Roe marriage 40 Mary Ann Frankland Eg.Vill.

U2651.	William	Bapt. 6/ 7/1840	Gpts. Thomas Hutchinson & Emma Roe
U2652.	John	Bapt. 13/7/1842	Gpts. Martin Roe & Mary Underwood
U2653.	Mary (twins)	Bapt. 1846		Census 1851
U2654.	Jane (twins)	Bapt. 1846		Census 1851
U2655.	Margaret	Bapt. 1848		Census 1851
U2656.	Dorothy	Bapt. 1/3/1851	Gpts. James Roe & Ann Roe
U2657.	Ann	Bapt. 19/5/1853	Gpts. William Sleightholme & Elizabeth Hodgson
U2658.	George	Bapt. 1855

William Roe was the postman at Egton one hundred and fifty years ago. He had a 'cottage, outbuildings and land' 7a 0r 21p for which he paid £9/10s a year. He married the widow Sleightholme and was born in 1792.
E232. William Roe marriage 45 Ann Sleightholme Eg. vill.
William Sleightholme his stepson was born in 1838 at Egton.

There was still room at Egton for more Roes as U21 John is there having seen better days. He is described as a pauper formerly haberdasher and his wife was a native of Houghton, County Durham.

The family at Brockridge will now be considered. In the first place Dorothy Harrison was a witness to the wedding of her brother John to Mary Leng, Dorothy being U42 above. John was born in 1799. When the tragedy struck in 1839 his wife was pregnant and having lost two children she was anxious to replace them so naturally when her baby girl was born the next year, she christened her Elizabeth. She did not replace her son Joseph until 1846. John died aged 80 in 1879 at Glaisdale Green. There seems to be some movement of the family as no trace of the first children has been found althouth they are included in the return of 1851. Some are in the Ugthorpe and some in the Egton Bridge records. An interesting reference to the farm is in The Whitby Advertiser, Volume One, No.7 dated Saturday August 14th 1858 where is is announced that Mr. William Harrison will sell by auction on Glaisdale Green on Monday 16th of August at 3 oclock in the afternoon a quantity of wood namely 500 oak spokes 500 oak posts etc., and at Brockridge Glazedale the same person will sell by auction at 6pm the same day a crop of wheat. It will be noted that Mary Harland, nee Roe is Godmother to one child and Matthew Roe godfather to another. This fits in with the other children of U4 John, so that this Matthew can be given U45, and John of Brockridge U46, bearing in mind of course that there may be others yet.

U46. John Roe marriage 32 Mary Leng Glazedale

U461.	William	Bapt. 1825		Census 1851
U462.	John	Bapt. 1826		Census 1851
U463.	George	Bapt. 28/11/1827	Gpts. James Harrison & Mary Hazlin	U.P.R.
U464.	Matthew	Bapt. 28/4/1828	Gpts. Matthew Roe	U.P.R.
U465.	Jane	Bapt. 14/7/ 1830	Gpts. John Harrison & Mary Lyth	U.P.R.
U466.	Ann	Bapt. 8/ 7/1832	Gpts. Mary Harland	U.P.R.
U467.	Joseph	Bapt. 6/ 5/1834	Gpts. William Shaw
At this point there may be a copier's error for the next birth is John taken from the Egton Bridge Register now in the Public Record Office London. The date is November 19th 1836, but as the infant Elizabeth died aged two in April 1839, the name John must be a mistake.
U468.	Elizabeth	Bapt.19/11/1836	Gpts. Mary Roe	E.B.P.R.
U469.	Mary	Bapt. 1838		Census' 61
U46X.	Elizabeth	Bapt. 2/6/1840	Gpts. Mary Pearson	E.B. & U.F.R
U46Y.	Thomas	Bapt. 4/4/1839	Gpts. William Pennock
U46Z.	Joseph	Bapt. 1846		Census '51

In 1861 George was a bachelor farming 52 acres, William was a saddler and also a bachelor and Jane was a spinster. William however married Margaret Clemmit (marriage 48) who came from Fryup. U46Y Thomas did the same marriage 47 whilst Mary U469 married William Readman marriage 49.
Finally U26 William is found, an old man living with his son and daughter-in-law in Ugthorpe. The son is Henry the youngest U26X, and the young lady is Jane. William is a widower by this time Ann his wife having died four years earlier aged 78 on December 8th 1848. The couple were members of the parish group called the Guild of St.Hedda an institution which provided help in times of sickness and bereavement much like the present day insurance companies except that they ran it themselves, and, a much more important point, the spiritual needs of the members were by no means neglected. Ann died in Egton and their marriage at Ugthorpe has not to be taken to mean that that was their home. In fact William endorses it himself when he states his birthplace as Egton on the census return even while residing at Ugthorpe at the time. The marriage of Henry and Jane has not been traced so the maiden name is not known; they had however, a little daughter aged one, called after her grandmother. As Jane was 28 years of age when the returns were made she was born in 1823 and a glance at the Ugthorpe baptisms for that year gives a double choice. Two girls of that name were born, Jane Headlam the daughter of George and Elizabeth Robinson on February 10th and Jane Wedgewood the daughter of William Wedgewood and Catherine Robinson on August 1st. If Henry married a local Jane then the more likely one is the former because Jane Wedgewood would only be 27 years old at the census date March 20th 1851. Anyway this is merely idle speculation for there is nothing to show that Henry did not marry a lady from outside the parish altogether.
A glance at the 187l census reveals Christopher Breckon and Ann Roe living at Whitby. He states that his wife was born at Egton in 1798 where they were married in August 1823, John Roe being a witness. He was a shoemaker born in Staithes in 18O3. No family were present on the night of the census. They were found in three places showing they moved from Egton to Whitby via Ugthorpe. Their home in the town was 11 Flowergate, Rose and Crown Yard. It is from the names of the godparents to these children that some clues as to the identity of their mother's family come.

Christopher Breckon married at Egton 9/6/1823 Ann Roe

John	bapt. 29/11/1824	Gpts. George Burnett & Ann Elders	Egton Bridge regs.
Ann	bapt. 25/10/1826	Gpts. Thomas Roe & Elizabeth Roe	Egton Bridge regs.
Elizabeth	bapt. 2/ 7/1827	Gpts. William Roe & Eliz.Pearson	Ugthorpe regs.
Robert	bapt. 5/12/1830	Gpts. Richard Elders	Perhaps two precede
Joseph	bapt. 11/4 /1836	Gpts. Joseph Harrison & Mary White	Egton Bridge regs.
James	bapt. 16/ 9/1837	Gpts. Francis Harrison & Jane Roe	Whby. non-parochial
George	bapt. 10/ 9/1839	Gpts. William Orange & Ann Roe	Whby. non-parochial

This gives John the witness, Thomas, Elizabeth, William, Jane as possible brothers and sisters of Ann the mother, who, being born in 1798 could be the first child of either U22 George or Y1 Matthew. However, Y18 John was born in 1815 and could not be a witness aged eight so it may be that U22's family have turned up en-bloc! Now one child of this family is certain and that is Matthew marriage 39 where the godparents of his child John are Joseph Harrison and Ann Roe. If it be argued that these two may not be the same as those in the Breckon family above the multitude of persons similarly named must concede the point. Nevertheless, if it proves anything, 623 Joseph Harrison is the husband of Dorothy Roe U44 already discussed. Having found out the date of birth of U4 John's wife Elizabeth, namely 1744 the question arises whether John and Ann above mentioned could be her children born when she was 54? So there is more liklihood of U22 George being the father, and John of Brockridge, born in 1799 according to his own statement in the census, becoming U222 instead of U46. Similarly Matthew above classified as U45 and, according to the census, born in 1810 must be re-classified as U228 to leave room for the others as yet not fitted in.
Another almost identical case showing how first attempts at family patterns have later to be revised in the light of subsequent knowledge, occurs in the Orange family of Littlebeck. The story starts, strangely enough at Cucket-Nook on the night of the 1851 census March 20th. This farm is now the home of Joseph Welford and his wife Elizabeth. John and Mary Orange his in-laws are there too, having been married at Whitby on July31st 1813, and having some of their children baptised at Egton and some at Whitby. Once again the names of the godparents are very helpful:-

John Orange married Mary Roe, William and Ann Roe & Mary Gallon wit.

John	bapt. 30/ 3/1814	Gpts. William Roe & Ann Roe	Egton Bridge regs.
William	bapt. 25/ 8/1815	Gpts. John Roe & Ellen Roe	Egton Bridge regs.
Joseph	bapt. 3/12/1819	Gpts. Joseph Roe & Hannah Roe	Egton Bridge regs.
Elizabeth	bapt. 30/4/1824	Gpts. John Elders & Elizabeth Roe	Whitby, non-parochial regs.
Jane	bapt. 23/11/1828	Gpts. John Hutchinson & Hannah Lister	Whitby, non-parochial regs.

Other children have not been found to fill the gaps but there are plenty of Roes to be going on with. The father John states that his wife Mary was born at Egton in 1794. Her possible brothers and sisters are the witnesses Wil1iam, Ann and Mary Gallon nee Roe and the Roe godparents John, Ellen, Joseph, Hannah and Elizabeth. It is of course possible that the godparents are married couples. The date 1794 and the names almost certainly fix the family as that of the Egton weaver E23 William marriage 17.
A number or other marriages involving female Roes can be mentioned:-

James Brough m. Jane whose brother John sponsored John her son on 22/5/1840
Nicholas Hedley m. Sara whose son Nicholas was bapt. on 23/7/1794 at Whby. non-par. regs.
James Muckel m. Mary whose brother Geo. sponsored Alice 31/8/1795 at Whby. non-par. regs.
David Gibson m. Ann before 1813 at Whitby.
Joseph Raw m. Ann Winter before 1826 at Whitby.
John Hutchinson m. Esther Raw before 1833 at Whitby.
William Roe m. Jane Fay (or Wray) before 1834 at Whitby whose children Frances-Jane 34, Mary-Ann 37, Thos. 38, Matt. 4O, John 45, Susanna 47, Martin 52, were sponsored by John, Ellen, Martin and Catherine Roe among others. Parents married at Whitby 13/7/1833.

The story will not be complete without an account of the Raws which name so spelt has been seen since 1691. It is not considered that marriage 2 refers to a true Raw. George Raw and Margaret his wife are found at Eskdaleside as recusants three years after the departure of King James the Second. The new government requires new and up to date lists of recusants and the parish constable among fifteen others presents George and Margaret and Elizabeth for conviction at Thirsk Quarter Sessions. Nothing was stated regarding the status of Elizabeth whether she was a daughter or an aged mother. The name moreover was written with a final letter s. The family is not present on the list for 1674 which gave the parents of the child at whose baptism Fr. Nicholas Postgate was arrested nor are the same parents mentioned on the list for 1691. Two things are important namely George seems to be a family name and the home at Eskdaleside is in the parish of that name with Ugglebarnby.
Strange as it may seem no Raw occurences are to be found in either Egton or Ugthorpe before 1830, that is no no n-recusant ones. The earliest reference comes in the Danby marriages where John Raw marries Ann Harrison the daughter of Richard Harrison of Danby on January 16th 1783, John being a native of Lythe parish. Danby also shows a son William born to John Raw farmer on November 10th l800 but this is clouded by two previous births at Danby namely a daughter Rebecca to John Raw tanner, and a son John to John and Mary both in 1783 April and June respectively. Whitby shows George son of Joseph Raw and Ann Winter baptised on July 26th 1826 and the godparents were George Burnett and Ann Hoggarth. Mary the daughter of Ann Raw was baptised on Augtist 14th 182? when the godparents were William and Ellin Raw. These two entries came from the 'Non-Parochial' registers of Whitby in the P.R.0. London. Whilst dealing with Whitby, two Raws from there were buried at Egton:-

Mary Raw R.C. Whitby aged 86 on October 24th 1837.
Joseph Raw R.C. Whitby poorhouse on May 16th 1838 aged 68.

Lythe burials are more helpful for Ann Raw of Ugglebarnby passed away aged 81 in February 1824 and what appear to be the burials of John and Ann above are there too:-

May 29th 1836 Ann Raw Barnby aged 82
June 21st 1837 John Raw Barnby aged 86.

It is clear therefore that the Whitby Raws are the descendants of George the Widower who was a recusant in 1780 and that the Barnby, Danby and Ugglebarnby ones are not, descended from recusants that is. However John Raw, ironstone miner, who was born at Danby in 1824 was living with his wife Mary at Eskdaleside Hollins in 1851. At the same time in Ugglebarnby village there lived George Raw and Sarah his wife who were married at Whitby on April 21st 1810, Sarah's maiden name being Sleightholme. Now according to the information given by George the householder on the census form, he was born at Ugthorpe in 1777 and Sarah was born at Ugglebarnby in 1776. Again in the same village at nearby Hall Garth House there lived John Raw and Mary his wife, John being born in Ugthorpe in 1768 and Mary at Ugglebarnby in 1778.They had a son Stephen a bachelor who was born in 1816. But, believe it or not, there was another George and Sarah living in Fryup. He stated, in effect, that he was born in Glaisdale in l804 and his wife also, in 1805, and that his mother Ann was born in Staithes in 1770 and was then a widow.
To return to Ugglebarnby a son William was born to George and Ann on January 14th 1838. George was a labourer and his birth and marriage have not, as yet been traced but everything points to the parents being George or John with the probability of the former. William grew up in his native village and eventually married a young lady named Mary, but who she was is not known for this marriage too has still to be discovered. Her children as known are Elizabeth, born in l856, March 31st to be precise, Thomas 31st January l858, Mary Jane November 2nd, l860 and Sarah (after her grandmother?) December 21st 1862 all at Ugglebarnby.
This brings us to marriage 56 for Thomas is the groom. The children are:- (as known)

Arthur born November 12th 1881 married Emma Readman daughter of L261 John of Grosmont.
Mary - married 'Joiner' George Harrison 62 1871 eldest assumed.
William born May 6th l886 nicknamed 'Buller'
Thomas Henry born February 29th l888
Edmund born October 26th 1890 an official of the Guild of St. Hedda until his death.
Teresa born July 24th 1893
Agatha

A last note about the Raws is that Elizabeth Harrison became the wife of ? Raw according to 7 John her father's will in l780. Elizabeth herself was identified as 73.

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