Katherine Ward
Events
Date of Baptism: 3 December 1721
Place of Baptism: Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register. The date is consistent with the age at death given in Katherine’s burial record, and all other known baptisms of a Katherine Ward in the area in the time period have been ruled out.
Date of Burial: 20 July 1804.
Place of Death: St Michael’s, Stone, Staffordshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: Thomas Ward.
Mother: Katherine.
Katherine’s parents are recorded in her baptism record.
Spouse: John Bradshaw. Married 8 May 1748 in Milwich, Staffordshire.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas Bradshaw (baptized 5 September 1748 at Milwich - buried 25 June 1816 Cheadle, Staffordshire) married Ann Salt 21 August 1775 in Cheadle, Staffordshire.
John Bradshaw (baptized 18 August 1751 at St Michael’s, Stone, Staffordshire).
Edward Bradshaw (baptized 1 February 1756 at All Saints, Dilhorne, Staffordshire - died 1836) married Martha.
James Bradshaw (baptized 21 September 1760 at All Saints, Dilhorne - buried 26 December 1836 at the same place) married (1) Sarah Forden 8 January 1786 in Dilhorne; married (2) Ann Degg 20 October 1793 in Dilhorne; married (3) Elizabeth Oliver 11 June 1821 in Cheadle.
Joseph Bradshaw (baptized 18 September 1763 at All Saints, Dilhorne - buried 27 June 1817 in Longton, Staffordshire) married Frances Hollingsworth 14 December 1800 in Dilhorne.
George Bradshaw (baptized 30 August 1767 at All Saints, Dilhorne - buried 6 October 1824 in Stone) married Mary Wotton 13 May 1798 in Whitmore, Staffordshire.
Evidence
Katherine’s baptism (Uttoxeter, St Mary, parish registers, December 1721):
Katherine the daughter of Thomas Ward and Katherine his wife Baptized the 3d
Katherine’s marriage (Milwich parish registers, 1748):
John Bradshaw of the Parish of Stone & Katherine Ward of this Parish were married 8th May
Katherine’s burial (Stone St Michael’s parish registers, 1804):
Catharine Bradshaw of the Cullomoors, Widow, was buried July the 28th (82).
Evidence related to the Lees-Ward connection:
from the Uttoxeter parish register:
[1719, July]
C Mary the Daughter of John Ward and Katherine his wife was Baptized the 26th
[1742, April]
M John Hinkley & Mary Ward both of this Parish were married the 24.th
from the Rocester, Staffordshire parish register:
[1749]
Bap:d Katharine of Jo’n & Mary Hinkley Octob.r 15
from the marriage documents of John Leese and Catherine Hinckley:
Church Broughton May the 6th 1770 Then appeared personally John Leese of the Parish of St Mary’s in the Town of Stafford in the the County of Stafford & Diocese of Lichfield & Coventry and being sworn on the holy Evangelists alledged & made Oath as follows, viz. that he is of the age of twenty one Years and upwards and a Batchelor and intends to marry Catharine Hinckley of the Parish of Dalbury in the County of Derby and Diocese aforesaid single Woman aged upwards of twenty Years with the Consent of John Hickley Father the the said Cathaerine Hinckley. Not knowing or believing any lawful Let or Impediment by Reason of any Precontract entered into before the 25th Day of March 1754 Consanguinity Affinity or any other Cause whatsoever to hinder the said intended Marriage, and he prayed a Licence to solemnize the sd Marriage in the Parish Church of Dalbury aforesaid. In wch said Parish of Dalbury the said John Leese further made Oath that the said Catharine Leese hath had her usual abode for the space of four Weeks last past. At the same Time appeared also personally John Hinckley Brother of the said Catharine Hinckley and being also sworn on the holy Evangelists made Oath that his Father John Hinckley was truly consenting to the said Marriage of his Daughter Catharine Hinckley with the said John Leese
John Leese
John Hinkley
Sworn the Day & Year above written…
Monumental Inscriptions (All Saints Churchyard, Sandon) :
John LEESE of Sandon, 18 Dec 1853, 72
Mary, w, 6 August 1857, 73
John LEESE, Gent, late of Enson
And Catherine his wife
He, 21 Jan 1815, 80
She, 22 Oct 1792, 43
Commentary
Katherine’s parents.
Katherine’s son George names his cousin John Lees of Sandon in his 1824 will. This John Lees was the son of John Lees and Catherine Hinckley, and Catherine Hinckley was the daughter of John Hinckley and Mary Ward. Mary Ward was probably baptized in 1719 in Uttoxeter. The 1721 baptism of a Katherine Ward in Uttoxeter thus not only agrees exactly in date with the age at death given in Katherine’s burial record, but the place is also consistent with Mary Ward and Katherine Ward being cousins. This would make George Bradshaw and John Lees of Sandon second cousins once removed. I have been unable to discover any other relationship, which would account for George calling John his “cousin”.
References
Beard, Alf. “Some Memorial Inscriptions - Sandon, Staffordshire, All Saints Churchyard” on Wishful Thinking https://places.wishful-thinking.org.uk/STS/Sandon/MIs.html
Staffordshire parish registers, [digital images available for a fee at Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 23 December 2015].