Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

John Lonsdale, of Masham[1]

Male Abt 1701 - 1784  (~ 82 years)

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  • Name John Lonsdale 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt Oct 1701 
    Baptism 19 Oct 1701  Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Death 1784  Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1 May 1784  St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2021 

    Father John Lonsdale, of Masham
              b. Between 1670 and 1680  
              d. 18 Feb 1703, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Mother Margaret Beckwith
              b. Abt Feb 1680 
    Marriage 13 Nov 1698  St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5

    Wife Mary Beckwith
              b. Abt Aug 1703  
              d. 1739 (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Children 
     1. Rev. John Lonsdale
              b. Abt Feb 1738  
              d. 10 Jul 1807, Newmillerdam, Wakefield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years)
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      John Lonsdale was born c. October 1701, and baptised on the 19th of that month at Masham in Yorkshire North Riding. He was the son of John Lonsdale and Margaret Beckwith.

      Career
      John is described as 'gentleman' in The History of Masham1.

      Family Life
      John married Mary Beckwith, the daughter of William Beckwith of Lambhill, just outside Masham. They had:
      1. John, bapt. 1738, later vicar of Darfield in Yorkshire West Riding, who married Elizabeth Steer
      2. Mary, who died 22 June 1740, just a year after her mother
      3. (Possibly)Elizabeth, bapt. 1700 and buried 4 Feb 1716 in Masham


      Death
      John died aged 82 in April 1784 and was buried at St Mary in Masham on the 1th of May that year.

      Footnotes
      [1] The History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire, John Fisher, London (1865); Lonsdale of Masham, p306-307


  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 19 Oct 1701 - Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1784 - Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1 May 1784 - St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0329] John Fisher, History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire, The, (London, 1865), Lonsdale of Masham; Pages 306-307.

    2. [S0322] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Baptisms, (findmypast.co.uk), 19 Oct 1701, John Lonsdayle; Masham, North Yorkshire; PR/MAS 1/1 page 48.

    3. [S0071] FindMyPast, National Burial Index for England & Wales, (findmypast.co.uk), 1 May 1784, John Lonsdale; St Mary, Masham, Yorkshire North Riding.

    4. [S0332] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Burials, (findmypast.co.uk), 1 May 1784, John Lonsdale; Masham, Yorkshire West Riding, PR/MAS 1/5.

    5. [S0217] FreeREG, (freereg.org.uk), Lonsdale / Beckwith; Masham, Yorkshire North Riding; https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581844b6e93790eb7f7bbd29/margaret-beckwith-john-lonsdale-marriage-yorkshire-north-riding-masham-1698-11-13?locale=en.