Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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THE DIARY.
Memorandums from former paper.
1767. June 11. Married, Davison Rd. Greive, esq., and Miss
Botterill, dauditer of Captain IJotterill of Shields.!
1769. May 28. Married, Robert Lisle, esq., of Newcastle and
Miss Richardson, daughter of Doctor Richardson.
1777. Jan. 3. Mr. William Cuthbert, attorney at law in New-
married to Miss Hodgson.
1777. Jan. 11. Miss M. Brown from London on a visit to her
castle,
friends.
1777. Jan. 15. Mr. William Wilkin, an able mathematician in
Alnwick, died, aged 2^:.^
1777. Jan. 19. J. Percy Charlton, youngest son of William
Charlton, esq., died, aged 5.^
1777. Jan. 22. Mr. John Cook of Eastfield died. It's said his
estate will go among his three sisters, all married.'*
1777. Jan. 31. William Ord, esq., of Fenhani^ was appointed
printed.
* The enti'ies dealing with and I'eniarking on the weather, have not been
t Of. pedigree of Grieve of Swarlaud, new llistor)/ of Xorthvmherland, vol.
vii. p. 399.
X Of. pedigree of Lisle of Elyhaugh, new Histori/ of Xorthuniherhind, vol.
vii. p. 381.
date given in the text is incorrect, for the Xeiccastle Courant of
5 Oct., 1776, has amongst the marriage announcements, Wednesday, ' at
St. Nicholas" Church, Mr. WiUiam Cuthbert, attorney-at-law, to the very
amiable Miss Hodgson.' The bride was Anne, daughter of Jolin Hodgson of
Elswick, and of tlie marriage there was issue an only son also named William,
who in 1^35 purchased the ancient heritage of the Erringtons at I'eaufront,
near Hexham.
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Mr. William Wilkin was a sclioolmaster in Alnwick who, as is stated in
his epitaph in Alnwick churchyard, accjuired a most extensive knowledge ' of
mathematics. . . . but . . . ere liis genius had reached its meridian, . . . the
small-pox, as if envious of iiis growing lustre, extinguished this lamp of science.
The Xenra-itle Courant of 18 Jan., 1777, says that he was self-tauglit.
^ Percy Thomas Charlton, sou of William Charlton of Lee-hall, in Tyudale,
commissioner of the first Duke of Northumberland, died of small pox. Cf.
Xeiirnst/e Courant, 25 Jan., 1777.
*
Mr. John Cook, of Sturton Grange East-field, was tlie eldest son of John
Cook of that place, by his wife Deborah, daughter of Captain Henry Wltitehead,
of Boulmer. He was survived by his widow, who obtained in Feb., 1777,
letters of administration of his personal estate, and also by his three sisters,
Margaret, wife of Joim Cook, master and mariner ; Ann, wife of Thomas
Storrer of Rotiibury ; and DeI)orah, wife ol Edward Cook, sometime of Newiiam.
* Mr. William Ord was eldest sou of William Ord of Finham, near Newcastle,
who purchased V\ hit field in 1750. He died 6 July, I7!>9, leaving issue.
His widow, Eleanor, daughter of Charles Brandling, married secondly Thomas
Creevy, whose memoirs publislied in 1903, created considerable interest and
raised some controversy.