Joseph
Stell
Born before in Keighley, Yorkshire, England
Son of Michael Stell
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Alice (Taylor) Stell
— married
1 Jan 1733 in Yorkshire, England
[children unknown]
Died about
after about age 57
in York Castle, York, Yorkshire, England
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Biography
Joseph Stell was born in Yorkshire, England.
This Joseph Stell was hung as a "coiner" (counterfeiter) in 1768, therefore, he couldn't have died in 1797 in South Carolina.
Downfall of Stell From Revival to Regency: A History of Keighley and Haworth, 1740-1820 by M. L. Baumber, Pub 1983. http://www.valendale.co.uk/stell.html
Baptism
- Birth: Keighly
- Date: 06 AUG 1710
- Place: Keighley, Yorkshire, England
[1]
Name Joseph Stell
Gender Male
Christening Date 06 Aug 1710
Christening Place KEIGHLEY,YORK,ENGLAND
Father's Name Michaell Stell
Birth 1705 per Emery Francis.
Marriage
- Joseph Stell and Alice Taylor.
- Date: January 1, 1733/1734
- Place
- Saxton in Elmet[2]
Death
- Death:
- Date: 6 August 1768
- Place: Hung at York Castle, York Yorkshire, England[3] His death was reported in the Leeds Intelligencer 9 August 1768: "Mr Joseph Stell, who was found guilty at the last Assizes at York of counterfeiting the gold coin of the Kingdom, was executed on Saturday night last, about six o'clock, pursuant to his sentence."[4]
Research Notes
Joseph's marriage is in the register at Keighley St Andrew.[5][6] There is a problem with England Marriages where marriages of other parishes have been indexed to Saxton in Elmet which only has a few marriages yearly. Link to Saxton register, no marriages 1733/1734.[7]
M Baumber in "Revival to Regency" states that Joseph's son John was born about a year after the marriage, presumably the baptism 18 March 1734/1735.[8] He also says that John was running the new mill in 1763, when a deed was executed between father and son to guarantee Joseph's credit. John backed out of this guarantee in 1766 and it was transferred to a John Colville. He quotes deeds AY 572/378 and BG 371/512, then held at the Registry of Deeds, Wakefield.[9] This doesn't seem to agree with the son attached here who was married in America in 1762.
Sources
- ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 database, FamilySearch, Joseph Stell, 06 Aug 1710; citing KEIGHLEY,YORK,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 599,997.
- ↑ England Marriages, 1538–1973 database, FamilySearch, Joseph Stell and Alice Taylor, 01 Jan 1733; citing Saxton In Elmet,York,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 844,559.
- ↑ The Yorkshire coiners, 1767-1783 Author(s): Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1855-1925; Lister, John, 1847-; Russell, J. Lawson. Publisher: Halifax, Eng., F. King & sons 1906. Page: 11.
- ↑ Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 09 August 1768, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000236/17680809/014/0003
- ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11123506:2256 Direct link: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29764380?h=e18604
- ↑ England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850, Joseph Stell, Alice Taylor, 1733, Keighley. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F753974485%2F1
- ↑ Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29769003?h=a0bdb3
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP66-1Q5 : 20 March 2020), John Stell, 1735.
- ↑ West Yorkshire Archives https://www.wyjs.org.uk/archive-service/registry-of-deeds-and-family-and-local-history
- Knaresborough Quarter Sessions 6 October 1767 - Joseph was found guilty of beating his female apprentice and fined 3s 4d. Yorkshire, England, Quarter Session Records, 1637-1914 https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29763870?h=24f722
- Purchase of land from brother-in-law James Taylor: WYC:1525/1/4/6/3/27 Calderdale, West Yorkshire Archive Service Title Agreement for sale Description 1 James Taylor of Halifax, tallow chandler, 2 Joseph Stell of Keighley, chapman, Consideration: £1000, Property: messuage in Southowram with nine closes (named), and messuage in Corn Market in Halifax Date 27 Nov 1753 https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/
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Categories: Counterfeiters | England, Death by Hanging
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But you might be interested in this, these are some of Birdie Bell's letters. I thougth her married name was Lauria or similar. https://familysearch.org/patron/v2/TH-904-50306-1029-77/dist.pdf?ctx=ArtCtxPublic&session=USYSCE466EE7E11B49E9D233550FA648A53D_idses-prod02.a.fsglobal.net
I would rule out Jeremiah Skell for the time being, as (going on Birdie's file as the guide line) the name isn't in the line up of children of John and Jane.
John Stell b. abt 1725 Kneighley??? Not Keighly? Appologies. d. abt 1799 Edgefield Dist South Carolina. Jane Jolly, no data.
John Stell b. 18 Feb 1743/44 d. 27 Dec 1800 near Effington, GA. He would have been old enough for our RW, and for pension, given a land draw in Georgia. Altho that was too early for the land draws.