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William Mawson 1735–1822 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1735

Birth Location: Weardley, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: Nov 1822

Death Location: Adel, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Father: William Mawson

Mother: Esther (Mawson)

Spouse(s): Anne (Mawson)

Children(s): Richard Mawson, Robert Mawson, Richard Mawson, Mary (Hargreaves), William Mawson, Joseph Mawson, Benjamin Mawson, John Mawson, Thomas Mawson, James Mawson, Henry (Walker)

The story of William Mawson began in 1735 in Weardley, Yorkshire, England. William Mawson married Anne Hannah Harrison Mawson, and had children including Benjamin Mawson, Henry Mawson Walker, James Mawson, John Mawson, Joseph Mawson, Mary Mawson Hargreaves, Richard Mawson, Robert Mawson, Thomas Mawson, William Mawson. William Mawson passed away in 1822 in Adel, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of William Mawson began in 1735 in Weardley, Yorkshire, England.
  • William Mawson married Anne Hannah Harrison Mawson, and had children including Benjamin Mawson, Henry Mawson Walker, James Mawson, John Mawson, Joseph Mawson, Mary Mawson Hargreaves, Richard Mawson, Robert Mawson, Thomas Mawson, William Mawson.
  • William Mawson passed away in 1822 in Adel, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Mawson
1712–1759
Birth Location: Weeton, Yorkshire, England
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Esther (Mawson)
1709–1743
Birth Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Anne (Mawson)
1732–1814
Birth Location: Eccup, Adel, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Richard Mawson
1770–1840
Birth Location: Adel, Yorkshire, England
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Robert Mawson
1775–1787
Birth Location: Weeton, Yorkshire, England
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Richard Mawson
1784–1840
Birth Location: –
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Mary (Hargreaves)
1765–1840
Birth Location: Eccup, Yorkshire, England
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William Mawson
1768–1787
Birth Location: Eccup, Alwoodley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Joseph Mawson
1764–1845
Birth Location: Eccup, Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Benjamin Mawson
1776–1854
Birth Location: Eccup, Yorkshire, England
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John Mawson
1760–1761
Birth Location: Eccup, Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Thomas Mawson
1783–1859
Birth Location: Weeton, Yorkshire, England
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James Mawson
1771–1854
Birth Location: Eccup, Yorkshire, England
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Henry (Walker)
1760–1837
Birth Location: Eccup, Adel
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William Mawson's Ancestors

Self
William Mawson
1735–1822
Birth Place: Weardley, Yorkshire, England
Parents
William Mason Mawson
1712–1759
Weeton, Yorkshire, England
Esther (Whiteley) (Mawson)
1709–1743
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Timothy (Edward) Mawson
1682–1767
Weeton, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth (Wood) (Mawson)
1687–1773
Harewood, Yorkshire, England
William (Whiteley) (Atkinson)
1681–1727
Pudsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Sarah (Atkinson) (Whitley)
1680–1753
Calverley, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward Mawson
1658–1707
Elizabeth (Mawson)
1658–1725
Henry Wood
1645–1720
Elizabeth (Wood)
1660–1749
William (Woodward)
1654–1725
Alice (Whitley)
1649–1685
Japhet Attkinson
1654–1724
Mary Collyer
1644–1680
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Mawson
1634–1700
Mary Hartley
1641–1699
Thomas Pawson
1615–1694
Elizabeth (Pawson)
1614–1694
Robert Wood
1589–1676
Jane (Wood)
1598–1678
William Simpson
1631–1702
Elizabeth (Simpson)
1635–1682
Japhat Atkinson
1630–

William Mawson's Descendants

1.
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William Mawson (1735–Nov 1822) m. Anne ((Hannah) Harrison) (Mawson) (1732–28 Jun 1814)
  1. 1. Richard Mawson 1770–1840 m. Ann (Bradley) (Mawson) 1788–1868
    1. 1. Richard (Rowland) Mawson 1819–1897
    2. 2. Ann Mawson 1818–1879
    3. 3. Elizabeth Mawson 1828–1911
    4. 4. James Mawson 1810–1811
    5. 5. Joseph Mawson 1822–1893
    6. 6. Mary Mawson 1815–1902
    7. 7. Emma Mawson 1825–1844
    8. 8. George Mawson 1813–
    9. 9. William Mawson 1809–1853
    10. 10. Isabella Mawson 1811–
    11. 11. Martha Mawson –1830
  2. 2. Robert Mawson 1775–1787
  3. 3. Richard Mawson 1784–1840
  4. 4. Mary (Mawson) (Hargreaves) 1765–1840 m. James Hargreaves 1746–1831
    1. 1. Anne Hargreaves 1789–1790
    2. 2. James Hargreaves 1787–
    3. 3. Phoebe Hargreaves 1800–
    4. 4. William Hargreaves 1796–
    5. 5. Benjamin Hargreaves 1805–
    6. 6. Thomas Hargreaves 1809–
    7. 7. Mary Hargreaves 1791–
    8. 8. Elizabeth ((Betty)) Hargreaves 1794–
    9. 9. Sarah ((Sally)) Hargreaves 1798–1800
    10. 10. Frances ((Fanny)) Hargreaves 1807–
    11. 11. John Hargreaves 1805–
    12. 12. Henry Hargreaves 1805–
  5. 5. William Mawson 1768–1787
  6. 6. Joseph Mawson 1764–1845
  7. 7. Benjamin Mawson 1776–1854 m. Mary ((Pally) Maud) (Mawson) 1782–1853
    1. 1. John Mawson 1813–1877
    2. 2. John Mawson 1805–1877
    3. 3. Joseph Mawson 1810–1893
    4. 4. Harriet Mawson 1822–1854
    5. 5. Emma Mawson 1820–1895
    6. 6. Ann mawson 1817–1899
    7. 7. Mary Mawson 1807–1879
    8. 8. David Mawson 1813–1816
    9. 9. Harriet Mawson 1819–1819
    10. 10. Benjamin Mawson 1810–1880
    11. 11. David Mawson 1821–1841
    12. 12. William Mawson 1803–1876
  8. 8. John Mawson 1760–1761
  9. 9. Thomas Mawson 1783–1859
  10. 10. James Mawson 1771–1854 m. Sarah (Wood) (Mawson) 1773–1808 m. Hannah (Wright) (Mawson) 1783–1850
    1. 1. Michael Mawson 1797–1801
    2. 2. Ann Mawson 1814–1871
    3. 3. William Mawson 1812–1858
    4. 4. Elizabeth Mawson 1811–1826
    5. 5. Thomas Mawson 1817–1885
  11. 11. Henry (Mawson) (Walker) 1760–1837 m. Mary (Walker) (Mawson) 1757–1826
    1. 1. Sarah Mawson 1801–1871
    2. 2. Edward Mawson –1829
    3. 3. William Mawson 1785–1869 m. Jermitt\Mary (Ogle) (Mawson) 1788–1881
      1. 1. Samuel Mawson 1821–1891
      2. 2. John Mawson 1829–1884
      3. 3. William (Mawson) (Briggs) 1828–1889 m. Hannah (Briggs) (Mawson) 1834–
        1. 1. Joseph Mawson 1855–1916
        2. 2. Clara Mawson 1860–1952
      4. 4. Sarah Mawson 1825–
      5. 5. Richard Mawson 1835–1904
      6. 6. Louisa Mawson 1827–1904
      7. 7. Fredrick Mawson 1838–1890
      8. 8. George Mawson 1831–1864
      9. 9. Mary (Anne) Mawson 1834–1911
    4. 4. James Mawson 1798–1852
    5. 5. Sarah Mawson 1801–
    6. 6. John Mawson 1783–1850
    7. 7. Mary Mawson 1787–1853
    8. 8. Ann Mawson 1791–1800
    9. 9. Elizabeth Mawson 1795–1872
    10. 10. Henry Mawson 1793–1863
    11. 11. Elizabeth (Mawson) (Cowgill) 1794–1872 m. Joseph (Cowgill) (Mawson) 1793–1866
      1. 1. John Cowgill 1827–
      2. 2. William Cowgill 1816–1893 m. Mary (Hannah Rawnsley) (Cowgill) 1826–1921
        1. 1. William (Arthur) Cowgill 1870–1884
      3. 3. George (Cowgill) (Wilkinson) 1821–1901 m. Sarah (Wilkinson) (Cowgill) 1819–1899
        1. 1. Mary Cowgill 1839–1889
        2. 2. Margaret Cowgill 1842–1873
        3. 3. Brian Cowgill 1844–1892
        4. 4. John (Cowgill) (Parkinson) 1848–1939 m. Mary (A Parkinson) (Cowgill) 1848–1916
        5. 5. William (Cowgill) (Emsley) 1851–1917 m. Elizabeth (Ellen Emsley) (Cowgill) 1853–1924
        6. 6. James Cowgill 1856–1939
        7. 7. Martha (Ann Cowgill) (Broughton) 1858–1918 m. Thomas (Broughton) (Cowgill) 1849–1899
        8. 8. Charles Cowgill 1861–1909
        9. 9. Alice Cowgill 1869–
      4. 4. Hannah (Elizabeth 'Ann' Cowgill) (Smith) 1831–1908 m. William Smith 1830–
    12. 12. James Mawson 1798–1852 m. Jane Brewerton 1808–1900
    13. 13. Ann Mawson 1791–1800
    14. 14. Mary Mawson 1787–1853
      1. 1. William Routledge 1836–1902
        1. 1. Mary (Jane) Rutledge 1856–1933
    15. 15. William Mawson 1785–1869
    16. 16. Henry Mawson 1793–1863 m. Ann Bickerdike 1801–1870
      1. 1. Mary (Anne) Mawson 1828–
      2. 2. Henry Mawson 1831–1856
      3. 3. Matthew Mawson 1833–1884 m. Martha Wardman 1832–1876
        1. 1. Mary (A) Mawson 1859–
        2. 2. Henry Mawson 1860–
        3. 3. Charles Mawson 1862–
        4. 4. JohnWilliam Mawson 1864–1864
        5. 5. Martha (E) Mawson 1867–1867

William Mawson's Timeline

5 Records

1735
1735
Birth of William Mawson in Weardley, Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Weardley, Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
1735
1735
Birth of William Mawson in Weardley, Yorkshire, England
Weardley, Yorkshire, England
1735
11 Feb 1735
William Mawson was baptized in Harewood, All Saints, Yorkshire, England
Harewood, All Saints, Yorkshire, England
1822
Nov 1822
Age 87
Death of William Mawson in Eccup, Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Eccup, Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
1822
Nov 1822
Age 87
Death of William Mawson in Eccup, Yorkshire, England
Eccup, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1735
    Event Place: Weardley, Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1735
    Event Place: Weardley, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 Feb 1735
    Event Place: Harewood, All Saints, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP31/3

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1822
    Event Place: Eccup, Alwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1822
    Event Place: Eccup, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Adel, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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