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, daiigliter of Captain Botterill of Shields.f
1769. May 28. Married, Robert Lisle, esq., of Newcastle and
Miss Richardson, daugfhter of Doctor Richardson.
1777. Jan. 3. Mr. William Cuthbert, attorney at law in Newcastle,
married to Miss Hodgson.^
1777. Jan. 11. Miss M. Brown from London on a visit to her
friends.
1777. Jan. 15. Mr. AVilliam Wilkin, an able mathematician in
Alnwick, died, aged 21.-
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 sistei-s, all mai-ried.^
1777. Jan. 31. William Ord, esq., of Fenham^ was appointed
printed.
* The entries dealing with and renuirkiug on the weather, have not been
t Cf. pedigree of Grieve of Swarland, new History of Xorthnmhtrland, vol.
vii. p. 399.
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pedigree of Lisle of Elyhaugh, new Histori/ of Xorthumhcrland, vol.
vii. p. 381.
date given in the text is incorrect, for the Xenxantle Courant of
5 Oct., 1776, has amongst the marriage announcements, Wednesday, ' at
St. Nicholas' Church, Mr. William Cuthbert, attorney-at-law, to the very
amiable Miss Hodgson.' The bride was Anne, daughter of John Hodgson of
Elswick, and of the marriage there was issue an only son also named William,
who in lb35 purchased the ancient heritage of the Eriiugtons at leaufront,
near Hexham.
- Mr. William Wilkin was a schoolmaster in Alnwick who, as is stated in
his epitaph in Alnwick churchj-ard, acquired a most extensive knowledge ' of
mathematics. . . . but . . . ere liis genius had reached its meridian, . . . the
small-pox, as if envious of his growing lustre, extinguished this lamp of science.
The Xewca-'itle Courant of 18 Jan., 1777, says that he was self-taught.
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Percy Thomas Charlton, son of William Charlton of Lee-hall, in Tyndale,
commissioner of the first Duke of Northumberland, died of small pox. Cf.
Xeircnttlt Courant, 23 Jan., 1777.
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Mr. John Cook, of Sturton Grange East-fiehl, was the eldest son of John
Cook of tliat place, by his wife Deborah, daughter of Captain Henr\' Whitehead,
of Boulmer. He was 8urvi\ed by his widow, who obtained in Feb., 1777,
letters of administration of his personal estate, and also by his three sisters,
Margaret, wife of John Cook, master and mariner ; Ann, wife of Thomas
Storrer of Rothbury ; and Deborah, wife ot Edward Cook, sometime of Newham.
* Mr. William Ord was eldest son of William Ord of Fcnham, ne:ir Newcastle,
who purchased W hitfield in 1750. He died 6 July, 1789, leaving issue.
His widow, Eleanor, daughter of Charles Brandling, married secondly Thomas
Creevy, whose memoirs published in 1903, created considerable interest and
raised some controversy.