Lucrece Relph

Events

Date of Birth: about 1690.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Lucretia’s age is given as 23 on her marriage licence.

Date of Burial: 4 November 1748.

Place of Burial: Lofthouse, Yorkshire.

The burial is recorded in the parish register.

Relationships

Father: Richard Relph.

Mother: Elizabeth.

Lucrece is named in her father Richard's will. Elizabeth is named in her burial record as Richard's wife.

Spouse: Thomas Adamson. Marriage licence dated 26 May 1713.

Thomas and Leucras were both of Lofthouse. Thomas was 26 and Leucras 23. The intended place of marriage is given as Loftus or Kirby in Cleveland.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Elizabeth Adamson (baptized 19 May 1714 in Loftus - buried 4 July 1761 in Loftus) married Thomas Sayer 6 April 1740 in Loftus.

Thomas Adamson (baptized 7 May 1717 in Loftus - buried 23 October 1788 in Loftus) married Elizabeth Boyes 2 August 1749 in Loftus.

Joan Adamson (baptized 3 June 1723 in Loftus - buried 3 January 1727/8 in Loftus)

Evidence

Information from the Marriage Licence Index:

First name: Leucras

Last name: Relph

Age: 23

Residence parish: Lofthouse

Residence county: Yorkshire

Licence year: 1713

Licence date: 26 May 1713

Intended marriage place: Loftus PC or Kirby in Cleveland PC

Spouse’s first name: Thomas

Spouse’s last name: Addamson

Spouse’s age: 26

Spouse’s parish: Lofthouse

Spouse’s county: Yorkshire.

From the Loftus parish registers:

Funerals 1748

Nov^r 4 Lucretia Adamson

References

Parish Registers of St Leonard’s, Lofthouse, Yorkshire. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 18 July 2019.

Will of Richard Relph. Proved 1708 in the Prerogative Court of York. Digital images on FamilySearch.org.

Yorkshire, Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839. Borthwick Institute. Digital image on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 23 July 2019.