Mary (Dennis) Hardbattle (abt. 1752)

Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Birth about 1752 in Holderness ; 1.2 Marriage 1774 Burton Pidsea 1.3 Two Children 1774-1777 2 Sources

Biography

Birth about 1752 in Holderness ;

Mary Dennis was probably born about 1752 in the area of Holderness around Burton Pidsea, as she married and had a daughter in that village in 1774.

Marriage 1774 Burton Pidsea

Mary Dennis married John Hardbattle from Lund in 1774 in the village of Burton Pidsea in south central Holderness, about 5 miles east of Preston which was itself at that time at least four miles east of Hull. ^[1]

Two Children 1774-1777

John Hardbattle baptises a daughter Ann Hardbattle in Burton Pidsea. ^[2] The calendar had changed before this date: It was entirely accepted by 1774 that February was the second month and May the fifth month with the sole exception of the British Treasury where the year still begins about 5th April to this day (2021 UK).

So Ann was born over 2 months before her parents married. This was not extraordinary, and certainly John having an acknowledged daughter to someone else so close before his marriage to Mary Dennis would be much more strange.

John baptises a son also called John in 1777 in Humbleton Parish, only two miles to the north, where he is living in he smaller village of Danthorpe.

Hardbattle is a very rare name. At this time it was found almost entirely in the area of East Yorkshire north of Beverley : So John is a forerunner coming to Holderness and we can be reasonably sure that in the 1770s there is not yet a second such John Hardbattle in this little area.

Sources

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1. ↑

   Burton Pidsea Marriage Register : 12 May 1774 :

   John Hardbattle marries Mary Dennis

2. ↑

   Burton Pidsea General Register Baptism : Feb 1774 :

   Ann daughter of John Hardbattle

The only real evidence we have for Mary (Dennis) Hardbattle at present is her marriage and subsequent life.