Ephraim Garthwaite (1647 - 1719)

Born 22 Aug 1647 in Barkston, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Rejoyce (Hausted) Garthwaite — married 28 Apr 1684 in Harston, Leicestershire, England

Died 24 Aug 1719 at age 72 in Ropsley, Lincolnshire, England

Biography

Ephraim Garthwaite was born in Barkston, Lincolnshire, England.

Ephraim Garthwaite was the son of Ephraim Garthwaite (1600-1652) and Dorothy Ashton. He was baptized at Barkston Lincolnshire on 22 Aug 1647.^[1][2]

Ephaim was educated at Grantham Grammar School, also known as the King's School in Grantham, Lincolnshire, where he may have been a classmate of Isaac Newton who studied there from 1655-1659.^[3] In 1664, at age 16, he matriculated Christ's College, Cambridge, where he earned a B.A. in 1667 and an M.A. in 1671.

Ephraim Garthwaite was ordained as a deacon on 20 Sept 1668 and as a priest on 24 Sept 1671.^[4] He held the following positions:

• Curate : Honington, Lincolnshire (25/09/1671)^[4]
• Preacher : Harston, Leicestershire (27/02/1672)^[4]
• Rector : Harston, Leicestershire, on presentation of King Charles II (27/02/1672 - 03/12/1719)^{[5] [4]}
• Vicar : Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, on presentation of the Earl of Rutland (07/03/1681 - 29/09/1692)^[6][7][4]
• Rector : Ropsley, Lincolnshire, on presentation of the Earl of Rutland (19/02/1692 - 19/09/1719)^{[8][1] [4]}

According to Zara Anishanslin, "As a vicar he received a salary, and as a rector, rather than a salary, he was entitled to receive tithes from those parishes, including income from “glebe lands,” areas set aside to generate income for the clergy that were often rented out to farmers. He was given a rectory house in which to live. As this was a house that transferred to his successor with his death, his daughters were required to move from their home when he died.”^[9]

Ephraim married Rejoyce Hausted on 28 Apr 1684 in Harston, Leicestershire.^[10] They had three daughters: Mary Garthwaite, Anna Maria Garthwaite, and Dorothy Garthwaite. Mary Garthwaite first married Reverend Thomas Johnson, rector of Spofforth in Yorkshire, on 18 April 1710 in Ropsley Lincolnshire.^[11] After the death of her first husband, Mary married his successor as rector of Spofforth, Reverend Robert Dannye, on 12 Apr 1714 also in Ropsley.^{[12] [9]}She died in 1762 and was buried in Christchurch Cemetery in Spitalfields, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London.^[13] The second daughter Anna Maria Garthwaite was baptized on 14 Mar 1688/89 in Harston).^[14] Perhaps the most famous member of the family, Anna Maria Garthwaite became a famous textile designer in Spitalfields London. She never married. Anna Maria died in 1763 and was also buried in Christchurch Cemetery in Spitalfields where she and Mary had lived since about 1730.^[15] Like Mary, the youngest daughter Dorothy married a clergyman, Reverend Edward Bacon of Grantham, in 1724.^[9][16]

Rev Ephraim Garthwaite died on 24 August 1719 having been Rector of Hareston 48 years and of Ropsley 28 years.^[1] He was buried in Ropsley, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire.^[17] His will was proved on 5 Oct 1719.^[1][18]

Transcription of Ephraim Garthwaite's will

Research Notes

• NB Find a Grave has a different death date than other sources. Family Search and Findmypast are likely to be more reliable.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Maddison, Arthur Roland, Lincolnshire Pedigrees, London : Mithcell & Hughes 1902, vol 51, pp 388-394, Internet Archive (accessed 16 Oct 2022)
2. ↑ Lincolnshire Baptisms on Findmypast.com. Entry for Ephraim Garthwaite. https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FLINCS%2FBAP%2F00061756 (accessed)
3. ↑ White, Michael (1997). "Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer." Fourth Estate Limited. ISBN 978-1-85702-416-6, p. 22. Cited in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton (accessed 20 Feb 2023)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Clergy of the Church of England Database. https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp (accessed 22 Feb 2023)
5. ↑ "The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester", vol. 2 part 1, p. 216. https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti0002nich_f1m7/page/216/mode/2up?q=%22ephraim+garthwaite%22 (accessed 20 Feb 2023)
6. ↑ "The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester", vol 2, part 1, p. 221. https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti0002nich_f1m7/page/n221/mode/2up?q=%22ephraim+garthwaite%22 (accessed 20 Feb 2023)
7. ↑ "Bibliotheca topographica Britannica", vol 8, p. 1094. https://archive.org/details/bibliothecatopog08newy/page/1094/mode/2up?q=%22ephraim+garthwaite%22 (accessed 20 Feb 2023)
8. ↑ "Alumni cantabrigienses." Cambridge UP, pt. 1, vol. 2, p. 198. https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol2univiala/page/198/mode/2up?q=Garthwaite (accessed 20 Feb 2023)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} "Portrait of a Woman in Silk" by Zara Anishanslin. https://archive.org/details/portraitofwomani0000anis/page/30/mode/2up?q=Anna+Maria+Garthwaite (accessed 21 Feb 2023)
10. ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP44-7M6H : 6 June 2018), Ephraim Garthwaite and Mrs Rejoyce Hausted, 28 Apr 1684; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Marriage, Harston, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page, citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK. (accessed 20 Feb 2023).
11. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVJF-13F : 13 March 2020), Mary Garthwaite in entry for Thomas Johnson, 1710 (accessed 20 Feb 2023)
12. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVJF-13R : 13 March 2020), Mary Johnson in entry for Robert Dannye, 1714. (accessed 20 Feb 2023)
13. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZVW-W6D7 : 11 July 2022), Miss Mary Dannye, 1763 (accessed 22 Feb 2023).
14. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPWY-ZJF : 4 February 2023), Eph Garthwaite in entry for Anna Maria Garthwaite, 1688.
15. ↑ "Portrait of a Woman in Silk" by Zara Anishanslin. https://archive.org/details/portraitofwomani0000anis/page/26/mode/2up?q=Anna+Maria+Garthwaite (accessed 21 Feb 2023). Other sources listed on Anna Maria's profile.
16. ↑ "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRT-B8CN : 4 August 2022), Edw Bacon and Dorothy Garthwaite, 19 May 1724; citing Marriage, 19 May 1724, Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England, Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln; FHL microfilm (accessed 21 Feb 2023)
17. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8RC-D6B : 19 February 2023), Ephraim Garthwaite, 1719. (accessed 20 Feb 2023)
18. ↑ England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991. Entry for Ephraim Garthwaite. https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_265677926 (accessed 22 Feb 2023)

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140744992/ephraim-garthwaite: accessed 22 February 2023), memorial page for Rev Ephraim Garthwaite (Aug 1647–24 Aug 1719), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140744992, citing St. Peter's Churchyard, Ropsley, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England.

Acknowledgments

This profile has been improved by a member of the England Project's Orphan Trail.