Events
Date of Baptism: 10 December 1674
Place of Baptism: Middleton in Pickering, Yorkshire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 12 January 1748/9.
Place of Burial: Lastingham, Yorkshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: Christopher Maw.
Mother: Elizabeth Foreside.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: unknown.
Spouse: Grace Milner. Married 3 February 1701/2 in Middleton in Pickering.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children (by John’s first wife):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. It is not certain that the first wife and her children are part of the same family.)
John Maw (baptized 8 July 1694 in Pickering,Yorkshire).
William Maw (baptized 11 October 1696 in Pickering, Yorkshire - buried 1766 in Thornton Dale, Yorkshire) married Ann Clarke 15 April 1729 in Wilton, Yorkshire.
Alice Maw (baptized 3 November 1700 in Middleton in Pickering - buried 12 July 1701 in Pickering).
Children (by Grace):
Mary Maw (baptized 3 April 1705 in Pickering) married Richard Blacklock 19 October 1738 in Lastingham, Yorkshire.
Christopher Maw (baptized 31 October 1707 in Middleton in Pickering - buried 1 November 1707 in Middleton in Pickering).
John Maw (baptized 14 August 1709 in Middleton in Pickering - died 6 January 1789 and buried in Hackness, Yorkshire) married Jane Hill 16 November 1738 in Lastingham.
Children (mother unclear):
Elizabeth Maw married Robert Skelton 2 February 1726/7 in Lastingham, Yorkshire.
Evidence
Middleton in Pickering parish registers:
Baptismata Anni. 1674.
Johannis filius Xtopheri Maw baptizt. Decembri decimo.
Baptismata Anni. 1700.
Alicia filia Johannis Maw baptizat. Novembris die tertio./
Connubia hujus anni: 1701.
John Maw & Grace Milner: Februarij: tertio./
1707 Baptismata
Christopher filius Johannis Maw baptizatus October the thirty first
1707 Sepulturae
Xtopherus filius Johannis Maw sep. Novr 1mo>
1709 Baptismata
Johannis Filius Johannis Maw baptizatus Augusti decimo quarto
Pickering parish registers:
Baptisms Anno Domj 1694
Johannes Fil. Johannis Maw de Middleton parochia de pickeringe Julii 8
Baptisms Anno Domj 1696
Gulielmus Fil Johannis Mawe de Midleton 8ber 11
1701
Alicia fil: Johannis Maw de Middleton sep: Julij 12o
1705
Maria fil: Johan: Maw de Newton Ap: 3
Lastingham parish registers:
Marriages 1726.
Robert Skelton & Elizabeth Maw of Sponton Feb.y 2.d.
Burials 1738
Grace Maw of Sponton Sep.br 21.
Marriages 1738
Richard Blacklock and Mary Maw by banns Octbr 19th.
John Maw and Jane Hill by banns -- Novbr 16
Burials 1748
John Maw of Spanton Buried January the 12th.
Will of John Maw of Spaunton:
In the Name of God Amen I John Maw of Spanton in the County of York yeom. being in health and sound in mind and memory for which I bless God do mak my last will in manner following (That is to say) first of all I bequeath my soul unto the hands of almighty God in hopes of a Joyfull resur[r]ection through the merits of my redeemer and my Body to be Buried in the Church Yard of Lastingham at the discretion of my Exect here after named and what worldly Goods God has been pleased to bless me with I dispose of in manner following first I Give unto my Son John Maw of Spanton whom I make Sole Exec.t of this my last will and Testament, one whole half of the Locton Lands, after the decease of Esther Venice who at present enjoys it. I also will that the other half of the Locton Lands be Equally divided between my two daughters Elizabeth and Mary, Elizabeth paying to my Grand Daughter Grace Skelton forty shilllings when she said Elizabeth gets her Legacy, likewise I will that my Exec.t within one whole year after my decease give give [sic] unto my said daughter Elizabeth one Cow, or whefer[?], also I will that my said Exec.t pay unto my daughter Mary within one whole year after my decease the sum of five pounds, also I will that my said Exect within one whole year after my decease give to my Grandchildren Each one an Ewe and a Lamb John Maws mark and Seal. Signed Sealed published and declared as my last will and Testament this 19th day of January 1746 - in the sight and presence of Eliz: Carter Betty Carter Jos. Carter past the seal 8 June 1749
Commentary
John’s parentage
John’s second marriage (in 1701/2) was in Middleton, and he had children baptized there and in Pickering, starting in 1694. Given this information, the most plausible baptism in indexes is in 1674 in Middleton. The baptism entry records the father as “Xtopheri Maw”. John appears to have been Christopher’s eldest child. The Pickering register records the marriage in 1671 of Christopher Maw and Elizabeth Foreside.
References
Will of John Maw of Spaunton. Proved 1749 in the Exchequer Court of York (volume 92, folio 171), digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 9 July 2019.
Yorkshire parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 9 July 2019.