Events
Date of Birth: about 1744.
Ann’s age at death was given as 62 in her burial record.
Date of Baptism: 14 January 1744.
Place of Baptism: Thornton Dale, Yorkshire.
The date and place are given in the bishop’s transcripts of the parish register.
Date of Burial: 11 July 1806.
Place of Burial: Thornton Dale, Yorkshire.
The date and place are given in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: James Maw (1707 - about 1787)
Ann Maw’s father is given in her baptism record. She is mentioned in his will.
Mother: Elizabeth Thompson (1713 - after 1793)
Elizabeth’s first name is given in Ann’s baptism record and the wills of Ann’s father James and her brother William. Her surname is given in the marriage bond/allegation for her marriage.
Spouse: William Maw (25 December 1734 - buried 18 January 1811). Married 5 February 1765 in Thornton Dale.
The marriage is given in the bishop’s transcripts to the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Baptisms come from the Thornton Dale bishop’s transcripts. Most of the children are mentioned in the will of Ann Maw’s brother, William.)
Robert Maw (baptized 2 March 1766 - buried 29 December 1777 in Thornton Dale)
Elizabeth Maw (baptized 10 April 1768)
Ann Maw (baptized 26 August 1770 - buried 26 June 1773 in Thornton Dale)
Mary Maw (baptized 30 April 1773 - buried 17 March 1829 in Thornton Dale) married Wilfrid Sadler 15 August 1793 in Thornton Dale, Yorkshire.
Ann Maw (baptized 3 September 1775 - buried 1 May 1800 in Thornton Dale)
James Maw (baptized 3 May 1778 - buried 5 February 1779 in Thornton Dale)
Adah Maw (baptized 16 January 1780 - buried 12 July 1803 in Thornton Dale)
Zillah Maw (baptized 9 April 1782 - buried 5 February 1794 in Thornton Dale)
James Maw (baptized 10 April 1787 - buried 14 September 1787 in Thornton Dale)
Hannah Maw (baptized 11 September 1791)
Evidence
A transcription of the will of Ann Maw’s brother, William Maw:
Rydall
Will of William Maw late of the P. of Thornton
Feby 6th 1793
Ann Maw the Executrix within named was duely sworn before me John Ward Surrogate
pass.d 11th February 1793 sub 100 £
In the Name of God Amen
I William Maw in the Parish of Thornton in the County of York yeoman do make this my last will & Testament in manner following / that is to Say I give & bequeath all my Estate Effects - whether Real or Personal unto my Well belove’d Mother Eliz’th Maw during her naturall life & at her decease I also give & bequeath unto my Brother John Maw of Scarborough the Sum of Sixty Pounds to him & his heirs & assigns for Ever to be paid to him by my Executor herein after named within eight Calendar Months after the decease of my well beloved Mother Eliz’th Maw, & I also give & bequeath Unto my Sister Ann Maw of Thornton after my Mother’s decease the Intrest of the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds during her natural life & at her decease I give & bequeath the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds among Six. of My Nieces. daughters of my Sister Ann Maw (Viz) Elizabeth Mary. Ann. Adah. Zillah. & Hannah. & the aforesaid Sum to be Equally divided among these six. to them & there heirs & assign’s forever if in Case they shall be living at the time of my sisters Death & if in Case any of them should die & leave no Isue then my will is that the Survivors shall have that Share or Shares equally divided among them all & I also give & bequeath unto my Nephew John Maw of Thornton son of my said sister Ann Maw of Thornton the Sum Of One Hundred Pounds to him & his Heirs & assigns for ever if in Case he shall be living at the time of my Sister Ann Maws decease & if in Case he should not be then living & have no Isue then my will is that the aforesaid Sum of One Hundred Pounds Shall be Equally divided Share & Share alike among my six nieces daughters of my Said Sister Ann Maw of Thornton & lastly. I do hereby give & bequeath all & every my goods & Chattles ready Money Securities for Money & all other my Estate & Effects either Real or Personal unto my sister Ann Maw She paying thereout all my Just debts & funerall Expences & whom I appoint Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal this 29th day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred ninety & two--
Signed sealed published and declared by the above named William Maw the Testator as for his last Will & Testament in the Presence of us who have hereunto set our Hands the year & day above Written
Henry Sawnson William Maw [seal]
Roger Skelton
Thos Skelton
An Inventory of the personal Effects of the late William Maw of Thornton deceased
L s d
Purse and apparel -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 - 0 - 0
Money on Securities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------205 - 0 - 0
a Cow --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 - 0 = 0
_________________
James Smailes 212 - 0 = 0
Chrstr Smailes
appraised by us this 8th day of February 1793
Ann's burial (Thornton Dale parish register):
[1806 July]
11. Ann Maw aged - 62 years
Commentary
Ann’s parentage
Ann’s 1806 burial record gives her age as 62. She was married and lived in Thornton Dale. Therefore, it is straightforward to identify her baptism: 14 January 1744 in Thornton Dale. The baptism entry records her father as James Maw. James’s eldest child was baptized in 1738. The Pickering bishop’s trancripts of the parish register and a marriage bond record the marriage in 1737 of James Maw and Elizabeth Thompson. James named his wife Elizabeth and his daughter Ann Maw in his 1787 will. In his 1792 will, James’s son William Maw named his sister Ann Maw and her children.
References
Thornton Dale, Yorkshire (Bishop’s Transcripts); FHL microfilm 990864, item 2 (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah).
Thornton Dale,Yorkshire, parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 24 February 1806.
Will of William Maw late of the P. of Thornton, Prerogative and Exchequer Courts of the Archbishop of York.