Robert Redhead (1745)

Born 1745 in Rothbury, Northumberland, England

Ancestors

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Biography

Robert Redhead was born in Northumberland, England.

Robert was christened on 1745/02/09 at Rothbury.^[1]His father Gabriel Redhead was conveyed lands at Thirston from Barbara Tomlin, widow, of West Thirston in 1736. These lands Gabriel bequethed in his will of 1767/01/26 to Robert, then of Amble. The lands eventually became the property of The Duke of Northumberland.^[2]

Research Notes

• County Durham Archives take ‘Redhead’ as their default spelling/variation. There are a number of recorded variations which continue past 1600: Readhead, Readheade, Readhed, Readheed, Redhed, Reedhead, Reedheade. ^[3]Redhead-290 09:13, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBC6-FYM : 20 March 2020), Gabriel Readhead in entry for Robert Readhead, 1745.
2. ↑ "A history of Northumberland", issued under the direction of the Northumberland county history committee. (p.325).[1] (accessed 2020/07/23).
3. ↑ "Spelling Variations/Deviants:Durham: Redhead 1500-1600”,[2].