Descendants of Mathew Gledhill of Berry Brow and Almondbury,
Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Contact Lesley Abernethy at lesleyabernethy@quista.net

Generation No. 1

MATHEW GLEDHILL, maybe the son of Benjamin Gledhill and Ann Dyson chr. in Almondbury 19.2.1755.

Mathew Gledhill, clothier, married Susannah and they had the following children, all christened at Highfield Independent Chapel, Huddersfield.

Esther chr.14.9.1779
(name unreadable) chr. 20.3.1781
Benjamin chr.18.12.1782 - see his descendants below
Mathew chr.25.3.1785
Nancy b. 24.6.1787, chr.8.1.1787
Sarah b.25.1.1790, chr. 24.2.1790
Benjamin b.25.11.1791, chr.28.12.1791
Nathan b.20.9.1793, chr.6.11.1793
Joshua b.14.2.1796, chr.6.4.1796
John b.23.6.1798, chr.18.7.1798
(?Luke) b.13.9.1799, chr.23.10.1799

Generation No. 2

1. BENJAMIN1 GLEDHILL was born 1792, and died June 25, 1855 in Berry Brow, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He married MARTHA CROSLAND September 22, 1817 in Almondbury.

More About BENJAMIN GLEDHILL:
Occupation: Weaver, warp twister

Children of BENJAMIN GLEDHILL and MARTHA CROSLAND are:

i. SARAH2 GLEDHILL, b. Berry Brow.  Christening: September 06, 1819, Salem Chapel
ii. GEORGE GLEDHILL, b. Berry Brow.  Christening: September 05, 1822, Salem Chapel
iii. HENRY GLEDHILL, b. Berry Brow.  Christening: May 10, 1827, Salem Chapel
iv. MARTHA GLEDHILL, b. Berry Brow  Christening: September 06, 1830, Salem Chapel
v. ESTHER GLEDHILL, b. Berry Brow.  Christening: August 28, 1835, Salem Chapel
vi. JAMES GLEDHILL, b. Berry Brow; d. November 22, 1909, Armitage Bridge.  Christening: June 03, 1836, Salem Chapel2.
vii. MERCHANT GLEDHILL, b. January 15, 1840, Berry Brow; d. 1885, Berry Brow.


Generation No. 3

2. MERCHANT2 GLEDHILL (BENJAMIN1) was born January 15, 1840 in Berry Brow, and died 1885 in Berry Brow. He married ELIZA JAKEMAN.

Notes for MERCHANT GLEDHILL:  All Merchant's seven siblings were christened at Salem Chapel, Berry Brow. Merchant was not. Although registered as the child of Benjamin and Martha, could he really have been the illegitimate child of their eldest daughter Sarah?  In the 1881 Census Merchant, hardware dealer, Eliza and children were recorded as living at Back Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield.

Children of MERCHANT GLEDHILL and ELIZA JAKEMAN are:

3. i. LAURA ELLEN3 GLEDHILL, b. November 21, 1863, Robin Hood, Berry Brow; d. July 11, 1925, Newsome.
ii. MARTHA GLEDHILL, b. 1865, Robin Hood, Berry Brow.
iii. MARY ANN GLEDHILL, b. 1868, Robin Hood, Berry Brow.

Generation No. 4

3. LAURA ELLEN3 GLEDHILL (MERCHANT2, BENJAMIN1) was born November 21, 1863 in Robin Hood, Berry Brow, and died July 11, 1925 in Newsome. She married MATTHEWMAN BRADLEY, son of MARTHA BRADLEY. He was born June 02, 1861 in Huddersfield, and died September 10, 1914.

(Laura Ellen Gledhill is Lesley Abernethy's great grandmother)

More About LAURA ELLEN GLEDHILL:  Occupation: Dressmaker, ironmonger (she had an ironmonger's stall in the covered market in Huddersfield).
More About MATTHEWMAN BRADLEY: Occupation: Painter

Children of LAURA GLEDHILL and MATTHEWMAN BRADLEY are:

i. ELLEN4 BRADLEY.
ii. MARTHA BRADLEY, m. NORMAN SHEFFIELD.4.
iii. BLANCHE ELIZA BRADLEY, b. October 21, 1893, Huddersfield; d. December 06, 1968, Huddersfield.

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