James Halstead (1651 - bef. 1750)

Born 14 Dec 1651 in Midgly, Middop, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Courtney) Halstead — married 1686 in Midgly, Middop, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 1750 before age 98 in England

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Biography

James Halstead was born on December 14, 1651 James Halstead ...

Baptism of James Halstead son of Edmund Halstead of Blackley 14 December 1651 at Elland, Yorkshire. (register is in Latin, shown as Jacobus).^[1][2]

Death

Place: England

Age: 98-99

He passed away in 1750. ^[3]

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Research Notes

Notes on looking for sources - The Elland baptism is the one used on many trees and is the same date as birth given. Blackley is about 10 miles from Midgley where James is said to be born. Middop is in Lancashire about 30 miles away. It may have been added because the father attached, Edmund Halstead, is said to be baptised in Lancashire and his Familysearch profile says he died in Little Middop, Lancashire.^[4]

Marriage - no marriage found in Yorkshire for 1686 on Ancestry or Find my Past. The date given on many Ancestry trees is 5 October 1686 at Stepney, London, and the source attached is an "England, Select Marriages," entry which gives no surnames only James and Grace (who is a widow).^[5] However the James seems to be a misreading of Thomas, as the original register entry reads "Thomas Fussill of Limehouse, Mariner, & Grace Spurrier, W(idow)" so clearly not this couple.^[6]

There is a possible marriage at Halifax for this James on 22 February 1677/1678, James Halstead and Ann Bolton of Warley.^[7] There may be more as Halstead is a common name in the area.

Marriage 1686 Middop, Yorkshire, England to Grace Courtney (1652–1756)

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Sources

1. ↑ Yorkshire, West Riding : Elland : St Mary the Virgin : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/586b36ccf493fdc9f6708c4e : viewed 26 Oct 2021) baptism Jacobus Halstead 14 Dec 1651
2. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/26270403?h=928e19
3. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Kathy Hays, Monday, February 10, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
4. ↑ Edmund Halstead on FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKJ3-WPR
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/30959190:9852
6. ↑ The marriage registers of St. Dunstan's Stepney, in the County of Middlesex, Colyer, vol 2, page 178, https://archive.org/details/marriageregister02step/page/n367
7. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/26271142?h=c19b51

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