Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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1777. June 28. Mr. Weddell of Mousen died.io
1777. Julyl. Mr. Knott of Boomer died.ii
1777. July 17. Duke of Northumberland and Earl Percy came to
Alnwick Castle, and the day following Lord Algernon and lady.
1777. Aug. 1. Stamp duty increased by Act of Parliament: —
paper 5s. Id., pa.rchment 5s. (?), indentures of apprenticeship 5s. 3d.,
releases, etc., 5s. 2d.
1777. Aug. 18. Mr. Harrison, steward to Sir Grey (sic), bart.,
married. ^-
1777. Aug. 27. Mr. Mark Taylor and Miss S. Anderson married
at Alnwick. 13
1777. Sept. Mr. William Thornton died at Mr. Slade's in
Essex. 14
1777. Sept. 10. Mr. Thomas Wood of Beadnal and Miss Moneypenny
married. 1^
1777. Sept. 17. Mr. Davison and Miss Hannah Baron married. ^^
" William Weddell of Mousen died 1 Sept., 1759, aged 60 years, and (his son)
William Weddell, also of Mousen, died 28 June, 1777, aged 35 years. M.I.,
Belford. His daughter Sarah was wife of the Rev. .James Murray, sometime
a Presbyterian minister in Alnwick, afterwards of Newcastle, an industrious
historical and controversial writer. Cf. Tate, A/nwick, vol. ii. , p. 173.
" Mr. Thomas Nott of Boulmer was buried at Lesbury on the 4 July, 1777 :
and Helen Nott, presumably his widow, was married at the same church 15
December, 1778, to George Selby, then of the parish of Long Houghton, who
afterwards became tenant of Foxton-hall.
'- 1778. July 23. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Joseph and ;\Irs. Dorothy
Harrison, Howick, baptized. Howick RtgisterH.
Mark Taylor of Heckley, tanner, was third son of William Taylor of
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the same place, and younger brother of Henry Taylor who purchased Doxford
in 1781. He died s.p. and was buried at Alnwick 10 April, 1793. The great
wealth of the family centred in his sister. Miss Mary Taylor, who by her will
dated 3 Dec, 1807, distributed her property amongst her kinsfolk. Mark
Taylor's wife was Sarah, daughter of George Anderson of Glanton. Cf. Newcastle
Courant, 30 Aug., 1777-
" '
On the 2nd inst. of a consumption, Mr. William Thornton, formerly a
farmer at Swinhoe in Northumberland and late agent to Captain Slade in
Essex, where he acquired great esteem and was very much respected, which
makes his death deservedly regretted by the whole family and neighbourhood.'
Newcastle Courant, 20 Sept., 1777.
Mr. William Thornton was residing at Doxford when he married at
Bamburgh 12 December, 1754, 'Miss Jane Brown, a celebrated beautj^ with a
great fortune ' {Neiucastle Maijazine, 1754), who was appai'ently step-daughter
of William Taylor of Swinhoe Broomford (cf. new Hi'