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Joseph GOUNDRY 1741 – 1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 JUN 1741

Birth Location: Smelt House, Howden-le-Wear, Co. Durham

Death Date: 23 JUL 1790

Death Location: Aycliffe, Co. Durham

Father: George GOUNDRY

Mother: Phebe WATSON

Spouse(s): Mary ARROWSMITH, Mary Bulmer, Barbara DONKIN

Children(s): John GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, Jane GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, Elizabeth GOUNDRY, Christopher GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY, Joseph DONKIN

It was in 1741 that Joseph GOUNDRY was born in Smelt House, Howden-le-Wear, Co. Durham, a child of George GOUNDRY and Phebe WATSON. Joseph GOUNDRY went on to marry Mary ARROWSMITH, Mary Bulmer and Barbara (Barbary) DUNCAN or DONKIN and had children such as John GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, Jane GOUNDRY, Mary GOUNDRY, Elizabeth GOUNDRY, Christopher GOUNDRY, Ann GOUNDRY and Joseph DUNCAN or DONKIN. Joseph GOUNDRY was deceased by 1790 in Aycliffe, Co. Durham.

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Parents

George GOUNDRY
1706 – 1774
Birth Location: Gaundles (sic) Mill, Cockfield, Co. Durham
GG
Phebe WATSON
1712 – 1806
Birth Location: Huntwell, Allendale, Northumberland
PW

Spouses(s)

Mary ARROWSMITH
1740 –
Birth Location: –
MA
Mary Bulmer
1759 –
Birth Location: Aycliffe, Co. Durham ?
MB
Barbara DONKIN
1750 – 1836
Birth Location: –
BD

Children(s)

John GOUNDRY
1761 – 1841
Birth Location: Bolam, Co. Durham
JG
Mary GOUNDRY
1763 – 1763
Birth Location: –
MG
Jane GOUNDRY
1768 – 1838
Birth Location: Copley Lane, Lynesack, Co. Durham
JG
Mary GOUNDRY
1771 – 1844
Birth Location: Hamsterley parish, Co. Durham
MG
Elizabeth GOUNDRY
1780 – 1857
Birth Location: Moorhouse/Burnt Houses, Cockfield, Staindrop, Co. Durham
EG
Christopher GOUNDRY
1782 – 1819
Birth Location: Eldon, Co. Durham
CG
Ann GOUNDRY
1785 –
Birth Location: Eldon, Co. Durham
AG
Joseph DONKIN
1776 – 1854
Birth Location: Eldon, Co. Durham
JD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 JUN 1741
    Event Place: Smelt House, Howden-le-Wear, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 15 JUN 1741
    Event Place: Raby Quaker Monthly Meeting, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: JUN 1767
    Record Source: a newspaper advertised "To be Sold . . . . .a Freehold Farm called Copley, in the Parish of Hamsterley, in the County of Durham, with a new built Farm House, and good Conveniences, lett to Joseph GOUNDRY"

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET 3 JAN 1769 AND JUL 1774
    Record Source: he occasionally represented the Auckland Meeting at other Quaker Meetings

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1775
    Record Source: he was bequeathed £20 when his father's Will was probated

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: DEC 1775
    Record Source: a charge was laid against him by the Quakers that he had been "concerned with a young woman and that she is now with child by him, which he denies"

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 25 JUN 1776
    Record Source: he was disowned by Raby/Staindrop Quakers for fathering an illegitimate child (Joseph, the son of Barbary DONKIN of Eldon, baptised 10 Apr 1776 at Auckland St. Andrew)

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 3 JUN 1777
    Record Source: he was a witness at the marriage of his brother Joshua GOUNDRY

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1779
    Event Place: Eldon, Co. Durham
    Record Source: was sponsor of the Marriage Bond of Joseph MEGSON and Elizabeth CHIPCHES.

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1779 AND 1790

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: BET OCT 1782 AND AUG 1783
    Record Source: the Manour or Lordship of Eldon, comprising 1370 acres, tenanted by him and ten others was advertised For Sale. It said there was "Plenty of Coal and Lime-Stone in the Estate, which adjoins the Turnpike Road leading from Kirkmerrington to Heighing

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: BET 1785 AND 1790

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 13 DEC 1788
    Record Source: in a newspaper advertisement he offered a reward of five guineas (= to more than £500 now) for information about the theft of a three-year-old bay horse which had been stolen from his stable at Aycliff, High Rushyford

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Will
    Event Year: 3 JUN 1790
    Event Place: Great Aycliffe, Co. Durham
    Record Source: - he was described as a Yeoman, the witnesses were his brother Joshua GOUNDRY and William THOMPSON

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 28 JUN 1790
    Record Source: living at Great Aycliffe, as Freeholder of a house in Darlington which was occupied by William KING, he was qualified to vote in an election for Members of Parliament to represent the County Palatine of Durham, and voted for Sir John EDEN, of Windl

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 JUL 1790
    Event Place: Aycliffe, Co. Durham
    Record Source: Age:

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 25 JUL 1790
    Event Place: the Quaker Burying Ground, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham

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