William Greenhough (bef. 1762 - bef. 1813)

Born before 28 Feb 1762 in Brodsworth, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Trout — married 31 May 1784 in Arksey, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Scholey) Greenhough — married 3 May 1803 in Arksey, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 25 Feb 1813 at about age 50 in Almholme, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

William Greenhough was born in Yorkshire, England.

William Greenhough was born in 1762. He was the son of Benjamin Greenhough and his wife Elizabeth, presumably Elizabeth Steel. He was baptised 28 Feb 1762 in Brodsworth, Yorkshire. ^[1]

In 1784 William (Greenhoff) married Elizabeth Trout in Arksey^{[2] [3]} by whom he had six children, Jane, Hannah, Benjamin. Mary, Elizabeth, and William.

Elizabeth died in 1800. William remarried Elizabeth Bean, a widow (nee Scholey) on 3 May 1803 at Arksey, Yorkshire. Witnesses are Robert Trout, Sarah Dobson and Ann Bean.^[4][5] They had four children John, Sarah, Ann and George.

He died in 1813, age 55 and was buried 25 Feb 1813 in Almholme, a small village about 2km North of Arksey. ^[6]

DNA

DNA matches between 'Moss' and at least ten other 'Greenhough' probable descendant names (Johnson, Steel, Trout, Bean, Furniss, Miller, Simpson, Arnold, Young, Cameron) in the range 11-34 c.M have been found (ref.'Ancestry').

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPBB-TM4 : 11 February 2018, William Greenhough, 28 Feb 1762); citing BRODSWORTH,YORK,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 844,559.
2. ↑ Marriage to Elizabeth Trout 31 Aug 1784: Parish register copy in possession of Peter Cameron original source unknown
3. ↑ England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 October 2019)
4. ↑ Marriage to Elizabeth Bean 03 May 1803: Parish register copy in possession of Peter Cameron original source unknown
5. ↑ Yorkshire Marriages. Doncaster Archives, Archive reference P14-1-B1 Page 82 (www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 16 October 2019)
6. ↑ Burial source: Doncaster Archives, Yorkshire Burials P14-1-C2 via FindMyPast. (Family Search also appear to have this record but for some reason it is not available at this time (17 March 2018).

accessible baptism record

• Yorkshire, West Riding : Brodsworth : St Michael : Transcript : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817bc58e93790eca3c7ffdb : viewed 19 Feb 2022) baptism William Greenhough 28 Feb 1762

Acknowledgement

• This biography was updated by a member of the England Project in October 2019 in memory of our colleague Peter Cameron who passed away the previous month.