Rebecca (Battle) Lister (abt. 1770 - abt. 1817)

Born about 22 Sep 1770 in Welton, Yorkshire, England

Wife of Jeremy Lister — married 2 Aug 1788 in Welton, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Rebecca was born about 1770. ^[1]

In 1788 she married Jeremy Lister.^[2]

They had six children:

John (born and died 1789), died as an infant

Ensign Samuel (16 June 1793 – 19 June 1813) died at Fermoy

John (3 February 1795 – 24 January 1810)

Jeremy (27 September 1801 – 7 February 1802)

Anne Lister (12 September 1791 – 22 September 1840), inherited Shibden Hall and wrote an extensive diary, of her daily life, travels and lesbian romances

Marian (13 October 1798 – 6 August 1882)

She passed away about 1817. Her will can be viewed on ancestry.com^[3].

The family pedigree records the death date as 13 November, 1817 ^[4]. Anne records her as being ill earlier in the month with no entry for the 13th. There is a rather lengthy entry on the 12th ^[5] recounting a letter from Jeremy Lister (father) to Marian Lister (sister) dated 11th November:

"“I am happy to tell you Mr Inman thought my mother a little better this morning – He thought her in great danger yesterday – but she had a little rest last night , and he thought the fever not so great and the other symptoms better – She slumbers a great deal today, or perhaps more better asleep and awake, tho’ perfectly collected – Mr In- Inman has changed her medicine today, and I hope I shall be able to give a more favourable account tomorrow ---- P.S. Post Script Mr Inman has just been (1/4 past 4) and thinks my mother no worse but better. She is still however very ill – When I came down to dinner I told my father how much I was shocked and surprised at this account; as Marian’s letter of Saturday to my Aunt had not at all led me to believe my mother in any danger. It appears she was seized soon after she got into bed in the night of yesterday week (Tuesday 4) with such difficulty of breathing – She said she thought she was going to die – After she recovered a little she had so violent a pain in her right side, it seemed as if knives were running into her – Mr I- Inman was called in, and she had a blister on it the next day, but she was all over in such acute pain, she hardly knew which part was the worst – She was also so troubled with phlegm from the violence of the cold she had got and was altogether so ill, that when my father asked Mr I-’s Inman opinion, he said she might be choked at any moment and he would not answer for her life for an hour – still, however, for fear of alarming, my father suffered, nay in fact desired, Marian to write such a letter as did not alarm me at all – “thought she looked a little better in the face” on Sunday and arrived here on Monday morning – I told him, that, in such a case, he ought not to have been so afraid of alarming – what an additional shock it would have been to me if anything had happened – and that – she might indeed have felt herself neglected being left at such a time, and having a child here who never went over to see her – I said much would depend on Marian’s letter whether I did not myself set off by tomorrow’s Mail, but that, at any rate, he ought to go there – To all this he answered not a word – but as soon as he had drank his wine (according to his determination before dinner) went to Northgate – Mrs Steel (Marian’s old nurse) happened to be staying in the house at the time my mother was taken ill and is now with her which is a great comfort– (the above part of my journal written on a slate soon after my father went to Northgate and written in this book during supper) what follows written also during supper –"

Nothing is mentioned in the Journals until the 22nd but there are notes in the Index: 13 November, 1817: "Funeral of my uncle Joseph - Journey to Market Weighton, and the Afflicting sequel." 15 November, 1817: "Conversation about my poor mother" 17 November, 1817: "Funeral Arrangements." 19 November, 1817: "Miss Inman called. mentioned my mothers taking brandy and water" 20 November, 1817: "Funeral of my Mother" 21 November, 1817: "uncomfortable way of living"^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Rebecca Battle Gender: Female Baptism Date: 22 Sep 1770 Baptism Place: Welton With Melton,York,England Father: William Battle Mother: Rebecca FHL Film Number: 991075
2. ↑ Name: Jeremy Lister Gender: Male Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1788 Marriage Place: Welton With Melton,York,England Spouse: Rebecca Battle FHL Film Number: 991075
3. ↑ Name: Rebecca Lister Probate Date: 5 Sep 1818 Residence: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
4. ↑ Memorials of an Ancient House (1913)
5. ↑ https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CC00001%2f7%2f9%2f6%2f1%2f53
6. ↑ https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CC00001%2f7%2f9%2f6%2f1%2f80

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