Robert Maw

Events

(probable) Date of Baptism: 15 September 1661.

(probable) Place of Baptism: Thornton Dale.

The baptism is recorded in the parish registers, with the father given as “William Maw the younger”.

(probable) Date of Burial: 31 March 1747.

(probable) Place of Burial: Thornton Dale, Yorkshire.

The burial is recorded in the parish register for “old Robert Maw of the Hospital”.

Relationships

(probable) Father: William Maw the younger.

Robert’s father is recorded in his baptism record.

(probable) Mother: Margaret Smales.

Margaret’s name is recorded in her marriage record.

Spouse: Mary Smith. Married 1 December 1687 in Thornton Dale, Yorkshire (by banns).

The marriage is recorded in the parish register.

Children:

(Complete source citations are currently beyond the scope of this project. Most information below comes from a modern transcription of the Thornton Dale parish registers and also appears in the bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers. The will of William Maw mentions his brother James and his family, his brother Robert, and Margaret the wife of Christopher Smales. The parish register entries name the father, Robert, of the children, but not the mother. All baptisms and burials were in Thornton Dale, Yorkshire.)

Robert Maw (baptized 29 September 1689) married Ann Denham, widow, 10 August 1713 in St Sampson, York. Robert was a house carpenter in York.

William Maw (baptized 28 March 1692 - buried 10 May 1693).

John Maw (baptized 9 April 1694 - probably buried 1 November 1731).

William Maw (baptized 26 November 1696 - will dated 18 August 1748/proved 2 May 1753). William was an innkeeper. He was a Quaker.

James Maw (baptized 12 December 1700 - buried 1 April 1703).

Margaret Maw (baptized 27 December 1703) married Christopher Smales 18 February 1747 in Thornton Dale.

James Maw (baptized 22 July 1707 - died 1787) married Elizabeth Thompson 20 November 1737 in Pickering, Yorkshire.

Evidence

from the Thornton Dale parish registers:

[marriages]

Decemb[er] 1st Robert Maw & Mary Smith were married

[baptisms]

[1689 Septemb(er) 29th] Robert the son of Robert Maw was baptized

[1692] March 28th William the son of Robert Maw

[1694 April] blurred: [John] son of Robert Maw

[1696] Nov 26 Will[ia]m Son of Robt: Maw

[1700 Dec] 12 James son of Robert Maw

[1703 Dec] 27 Margaret daughter of Robert Maw.

[burials]

[1693] May the 10.th William the son of Robert Maw and a certificate brought there.of

[1703] April. 1 James son of Robert Maw was buried in Woolen.

[1731] Nov. 1 John son of Robert Maw

[1732] Mar.23 Mary Wife of Robert Maw

[1747] Mar: 31.st Old Robert Maw of the Hospital

from a 1740/1 rental of the Hill estate in Thornton, Farmanby, Ellerburn and Pickering:

Mary Maw & Thomas her son. Fee rents    6. 6

Robert Maw    2: 9. 0

Commentary

The most plausible construction of families appearing in the Thornton Dale registers gives Robert the parents and baptism I assign to him above, but the evidence is not quite definitive.

References

Thornton Dale, Yorkshire parish register transcripts; FHL microfilm 1850192 item 2 (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah).

Thornton Dale, parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 24 February 2018.

Yorkshire bishop's transcripts, [digital images available for a fee on Findmypast.co.uk].