Events
Date of Baptism: 1 October 1749.
Place of Baptism: Brattleby, Lincolnshire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 24 June 1805.
Place of Burial: Middle Rasen Drax, Lincolnshire.
The burial is recorded in the register.
Relationships
Father: Thomas Keyworth.
Mother: Mary.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Alice Merryweather. Married 22 April 1777 in Nettleham, Lincolnshire.
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.)
William Keyworth (baptized 16 June 1778 in Middle Rasen Drax - died 13 June 1842 in Laceby, Lincolnshire) married Frances England 7 May 1804 in Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Mary Keyworth (baptized 4 June 1781 in Middle Rasen Drax - buried 12 April 1845 in Thornhill, Yorkshire) married John England 17 September 1804 in Middle Rasen Drax.
Elizabeth Keyworth (baptized 9 December 1784 in Middle Rasen Drax) married William Bointon 21 March 1815 in Middle Rasen Drax.
Anne Keyworth (baptized 26 August 1787 in Middle Rasen Drax) married Thomas Bointon 17 May 1814 in Stallingborough, Lincolnshire.
Evidence
William’s baptism (Brattleby parish register, 1749):
William son of Thomas & Mary Keyworth baptized October . 1 .
From the Nettleham parish register:
Banns of Marriage between William Keyworth of the parish of Brattleby and Alice Merryweather of this parish were published April 6.th 13.th 20.th 1777 by P. Moon Curate
No 83 William Keyworth of the Parish of Brattleby Bachelor and Alice Merryweather of this Parish were Married in this Church by Banns this twenty second Day of April in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy seven by me P. Moon Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us William Keyworth Alees Merryweaher
In the Presence of John Keyworth Ann Merywethers
A lease and release:
Reference Name Meth/C/Middle Rasen, Central/D/1/4-5
1. John Marrows of Middle Rasen, wheelwright, and George Tennyson of Market Rasen, gentleman, his trustee.
2. Marmaduke Dixon of Riby, esquire.
3. William Keyworth of Middle Rasen, blacksmith.
Property: a cottage or tenement and blacksmith's shop, and also the "ground whereon the same have been lately erected and built adjoining the said cottage", measuring ninety nine feet from the west end of the cottage to the east end of the blacksmith's shop and thirty six feet from north to south, in Middle Rasen.
Consideration: £29, 2 shillings paid to John Marrows; £12, 18 shillings paid to Marmaduke Dixon; and 5 shillings paid to George Tennyson.
Date: 2-3 December 1777
Repository: Lincolnshire Archives [057]
Baptisms of children (Middle Rasen Drax):
[1778]
June 16.th William the son of William Keyworth bap.d
[1781]
1781 June the 4th Mary the Dr of Wm & Alice Keyworth bapd
[1784]
Dec:r 29. Elizabeth the Daughter of W.m & Alice Keyworth
[1787]
Aug.st 26,th Anne Dr. of William & Alice Keyworth bapd.
A lease and release:
With an attested copy of the Release.
1. William Keyworth of Middle Rasen, blacksmith.
2. Joseph Cook of West Rasen, cordwainer.
3. George Wintringham of Middle Rasen, grazier.
Property: a cottage or tenement with its outbuildings and appurtenances, and the piece of ground containing one rood in Middle Rasen on part of which the cottage and outbuildings stand (which William Keyworth purchased of John Marrows along with a blacksmith's shop and the piece of ground on which the shop and a shed or shoeing house stand which William Keyworth reserves to himself).
Consideration: £38, 17 shillings.
Date: 23-24 November 1795
Repository: Lincolnshire Archives [057]
Land tax redemption, 1798.
William Keyworth is an owner and occupier of a piece of land in Middle Rasen. The assessment is 11s 6d.
William’s burial (Middle Rasen Drax, 1805 burials):
June 24:th William Keyworth Senr Aged. 55
William’s will:
In the of God Amen I William Keyworth of Middle Rasen in the County of Lincoln Blacksmith being infirm in body but of perfect memory make and ordain this my last will and testament in form following that is to say I give and recommend my Soul into the hand of almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executrix and touching such worldy Good and Estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with I will and bequeath in the following maner and form ----
I bequeath to my Dearly beloved wife all and Every thing as land Goods and Chattels dureing her life an at her decease the Estate which is as potions(?) the garden Orchard Stockyard Corn Cowhouse and the Shop and tools standing in the North west corner of the Stockyard to be sold and the money to be Equaly devided amongst my Son William and my three Daughters that is Mary Elizabeth and Ann likewise the goods and Chattles She is in possesstion of at her decease after all dets are discharged to be disposed of amongst the above son & three Daughters confirming this to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this tenth day of June one thousand Eight hundred and five Willm Keyworth
in witness of John Whelpton, Thomas Cook, John Charles his Mark
(Also, a probate bond dated 9 December 1805. Bound were Alice Keyworth of Middle Rasen, the widow, and John Merryweather of Lincoln, gentleman.)
Commentary
William’s parentage
William’s wife was named Alice, his first child was baptized in 1778, and his will shows that he was a blacksmith. A William Keyworth married Alice Merryweather in 1777 in Nettleham. The register entry shows that William was of Brattleby and Alice of Nettleham. In his 1765 will, Thomas Keyworth of Brattleby, blacksmith, named his son William.
The names, dates, and occupation of blacksmith make the identification fairly obvious.
William’s 1749 baptism appears in the Brattleby register, where his parents are recorded and Thomas and Mary Keyworth.
References
Lincolnshire parish registers. Digital images available on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 2 January 2018.
UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798. Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 5 January 2018.
Will of Thomas Keyworth of Brattleby, Lincolnshire. 1765. Archdeaconry of Stow. Digital images on FamilySearch, accessed 11 January 2018.
Will of William Keyworth of Middle Rasen, blacksmith. Proved in the Lincoln Consistory Court.