Descendants of Henry Aiskell

Generation No. 1

1. HENRY¹ AISKELL

Children of HENRY AISKELL are:

2. i. DOROTHY² AISKELL, b. 1686.

3. ii. PHILLIS AISKELL, b. 1701, Warcop.

Generation No. 2

2. DOROTHY² AISKELL (HENRY¹) was born 1686. She married (1) JOHN MARTINDALE February 28, 1715 in Warcop. She married (2) PHILIP BIRD October 10, 1723 in Warcop. She married (3) HODGEN/HODGINS Aft. 1724.

Child of DOROTHY AISKELL and JOHN MARTINDALE is:

4. i. THOMAS³ MARTINDALE, b. 1717; d. May 14, 1789, Masham. He was an apothecary.

Child of DOROTHY AISKELL and PHILIP BIRD is:

ii. John³ BIRD,b. 1724; d. 1777.

Notes for John BIRD:

From the Masham bible: Lieutenant Colonel Bird was killed at the Battle of German Town during the American War Sept 1777.The Americans lost 300 slain, 600 wounded and 400 taken prisoner. The losses of the British were 535 men including 70 of whom were killed. He was unmarried and left his property to his half brother Thomas Martindale.

Grave in the DeBenneville cemetery, Philadelphia - "Here lie the remains of General James Tanner Agnew a British Officer who was killed at Germantown on the 4th of October 1777 and of Lieutenant Colonel John Bird a British Officer who died in Germantown on or about the 4th of October 1777. The bodies of the above were removed from the Lower Burial ground Germantown by the order of General Howe and placed in this cemetery with the consent of Doctor George de Benneville in May 1778. Requiescat in Pace. This stone was erected in their memory by His Britannic Majesty's Government October 4th 1903."

3. PHILLIS² AISKELL (HENRY¹) was born 1701 in Warcop. She married JOHN HARRISON September 12, 1725 in Warcop. He was born Abt. 1707 in Appleby.

Children of PHILLIS AISKELL and JOHN HARRISON are:

i. BARBARA³ HARRISON, b. 1735.

ii. PHILLIS HARRISON, b. 1732; d. April 23, 1800.

iii. MARY HARRISON, b. 1740; d. September 09, 1814¹; m. THOMAS PIERSON; d. February 04, 1816.

iv. JOHN HARRISON, b. October 03, 1733; d. June 19, 1808, Masham.

Generation No. 3

4. THOMAS³ MARTINDALE (DOROTHY² AISKELL, HENRY¹) was born 1717, and died May 14, 1789 in Masham¹. He married MARGARET THWAITES September 22, 1764 in Castlegate Church, York, daughter of THOMAS THWAITES and GRACE. She was born May 01, 1743, and died May 19, 1814 in Ecclesall¹.

Children of THOMAS MARTINDALE and MARGARET THWAITES are:

i. DOROTHY⁴ MARTINDALE, b. August 13, 1765, Masham; d. June 24, 1782.

ii. MARY MARTINDALE, b. September 23, 1766, Masham¹; d. June 25, 1805¹; m. (1) RICHARD FIELDER, February 21, 1789, Castlegate Church, York; d. November 10, 1802; m. (2) HENRY BOLLAND.

iii. PHILLIS MARTINDALE, b. December 14, 1767, Masham; d. November 23, 1811.

iv. ELIZABETH MARTINDALE, b. March 09, 1769, Masham; d. January 09, 1845, London; m. FRANCIS SMITH.

v. MARGARET MARTINDALE, b. April 05, 1770; d. January 01, 1798, Swinton.

vi. JOHN MARTINDALE, b. August 30, 1772.

vii. THOMAS MARTINDALE, b. December 27, 1775, Masham; d. January 29, 1801, York.

viii. GRACE MARTINDALE, b. July 12, 1778¹; d. January 08, 1822¹; m. SAMUEL BROOMHEAD WARD, February 09, 1809, Masham; b. May 24, 1770; d. July 27, 1849, Ecclesall, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Notes for SAMUEL BROOMHEAD WARD:

Master Cutler 1798

Purchased Mount Pleasant property 1794

ix. CATHERINE MARTINDALE, b. November 09, 1780, Masham; d. April 21, 1799, York.

x. ISABELLA MARTINDALE, b. March 26, 1784, Masham; d. March 31, 1784, Masham.

xi. WILLIAM MARTINDALE, b. August 19, 1785, Masham; d. August 26, 1785, Masham.

Endnotes

1. Familiae Minorum Gentium.

The Myers Family History -Descendants of Henry Aiskell

Cathy Clarke, Whangarei, New Zealand
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Last updated 22 July 2005

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