Duncan writes as follows on the Little Even and main Barkisland families of Gledhills:

My ancestor is Janet Gledhill who was married in 1573 to Thomas Hanson of Rastrick.  Janet's father was John Gledhill, who owned land in Little Even, Barkisland.  The Little Even family appears to be an offshoot of the main Barkisland branch of the Gledhills.  I am not sure where the original split from the line occurred, but the two families re-merge, because the grandmother of Thomas Hanson who married Janet Gledhill was Margery Gledhill of the other family.

Little Even is, or rather was, on the western side of Barkisland, east of the main Halifax to Ripponden road, opposite Kebroyd. 

I've actually found Little Even. Despite its proximity to a busy road, it has to be one of the most secluded places I've seen. Its surrounded by trees and at the end of a hardly used dirt track. There was once a branch railway line passing below it but that is long gone. The current house and out-buildings date back only 120 years, and they are called Little Haven. The origin of the name is apparently Little Heaven.

The (patchy) pedigree below is taken from an article by J.H. Priestley which appeared in the 1940 Halifax Antiquarian Society transactions, and seems to be the only information on the Little Even branch in print.  The article was based on contemporary deeds, as opposed to a pre-existing pedigree and so is, I think, fairly reliable.  I have added, in brackets, the latest date at which the person concerned was mentioned in deeds.  Priestley's 1940 article on the family says that it is certain that it and the main Barkisland Gledhill family have the same roots.

Generation No. 1

1. ROBERT¹ GLEDHILL¹ died in Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.¹.

Children of ROBERT GLEDHILL are:

2. i. JOHN² GLEDHILL, b. Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.; d. Aft. 1488, Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.
ii. ROBERT GLEDHILL.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² GLEDHILL (ROBERT¹)¹ was born in Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.¹, and died Aft. 1488 in Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.¹. He married ISABELLA MYLNER¹, daughter of THOMAS MYLNER.

Child of JOHN GLEDHILL and ISABELLA MYLNER is:

3. i. JOHN³ GLEDHILL, b. Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.; d. Aft. 1511, Little Even, Barkisland, Hx..

Generation No. 3

3. JOHN³ GLEDHILL (JOHN², ROBERT¹)¹ was born in Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.¹, and died Aft. 1511 in Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.¹.

                                        Children of JOHN GLEDHILL are:

4. i. JOHN⁴ GLEDHILL, b. Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.; d. November 30, 1579, Rastrick. Buried Elland St. Marys.
ii. JAMES GLEDHILL.
iii. RICHARD GLEDHILL.
iv. JOANNA GLEDHILL.

4. JOHN⁴ GLEDHILL (JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹)² was born in Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.³, and died November 30, 1579 in Rastrick. Buried Elland St. Marys⁴. He married AGNES BOTHRODE⁵, daughter of RICHARD BOTHRODE.

Child of JOHN GLEDHILL and AGNES BOTHRODE is:

5. i. JOHN⁵ GLEDHILL, d. Little Even, Barkisland, Hx..

Generation No. 5

5. JOHN⁵ GLEDHILL (JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹)⁶ died in Little Even, Barkisland, Hx.⁷. He married ELIZABETH FIRTH⁸, daughter of JOHN FIRTH and ELIZABETH.

Children of JOHN GLEDHILL and ELIZABETH FIRTH are:

6. i. JANET⁶ GLEDHILL, b. Abt. 1550, Barkisland,Hx.; d. 1597, Elland Hx. Bur Elland St. Marys.
7. ii. JOHN GLEDHILL.
iii. LAWRENCE GLEDHILL.

6. JANET⁶ GLEDHILL (JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹)⁹ was born Abt. 1550 in Barkisland,Hx.¹⁰, and died 1597 in Elland Hx. Bur Elland St. Marys¹¹. She married THOMAS HANSON¹² September 08, 1573 in Elland St. Marys¹³, son of JOHN HANSON and AGNES SAVILE. He was born Abt. 1550¹⁴, and died 1592 in Rastrick Hall, Rastrick. Bur. Elland St.Marys¹⁵.

                                        (Janet Gledhill is Duncan Mitchell's ancestor)

Children of JANET GLEDHILL and THOMAS HANSON are:

i. ROGER⁷ HANSON, b. 1575; d. 1598.
ii. ELIZABETH HANSON, b. November 24, 1577; d. Abt. 1578.
iii. ELIZABETH HANSON, b. September 21, 1579.
iv. JOHN HANSON, b. January 01, 1579/80; d. March 03, 1580/81.
v. JUDITH HANSON, b. June 25, 1581.
vi. THOMAS HANSON, b. March 31, 1583; d. Abt. 1584.
vii. THOMAS HANSON, b. December 05, 1585, Rastrick Hall, Rastrick. Bap. Elland St.Marys¹⁶; d. Abt. 1649, Rastrick Hall, Rastrick.¹⁷; m. MARTHA NAYLOR¹⁷, May 16, 1615, Birstall St.Peters¹⁸.
viii. JOSEPH HANSON, b. March 26, 1586.
ix. ROBERT HANSON, b. February 02, 1589/90; d. 1635.

7. JOHN⁶ GLEDHILL (JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², ROBERT¹)

Children of JOHN GLEDHILL are:

i. ELIZABETH⁷ GLEDHILL, b. January 01, 1568/69.
ii. JOHN GLEDHILL, b. March 12, 1574/75.

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