1773
Born
May 1773
Thomas Cockill May l6th 1773, Hemingbrough (Parish Records)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Thomas Caukill
1773 – 1849
Thomas Caukill was born in 1773, son of Thomas Coakhill and Martha Kirk. He married Dinah Cousans on 24 May 1808. Thomas died on 22 January 1849.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Birth
- Thomas Cockill May l6th 1773, Hemingbrough (Parish Records)
- Marriage
- May 24th, 1808 to Dinah Cousans in Hemingbrough (Parish Records)
- Death
- January 22nd (25th PRO) 1849, Cliffe aged 75 years. (M.I. Hemingbrough)
- Parents
- Thomas Coakhill and Martha Kirk
- Siblings
- Anne Cockhill baptised May 19th 1771 Hemingbrough Thomas Cockil l baptised May 16th 1773 Hemingbrough Mary Cockill baptised July 24th 1775, Hemingbrough Dinah Cockill baptised September 27th 1779 Hemingbrough Sarah Coakhill baptised July 4th 1784 Hemingbrough William Coakhill baptised February 10th 1788, Hemingbrough John Coakhill baptised March 6th 1791, Hemingbrough
- Children
- Mary Ann Caukill baptised July 8th 1811 Hemingbrough Martha Caukill baptised February 7th 1813 Hemingbrough (n. v.) Lydia Caukill baptised September 10th 1815, Hemingbrough (n.v.) Thomas Caukill baptised June 26th 1818, Hemingbrough died May 1819 Sarah Caukill , baptised April 9th 1820, Hemingbrough Thomas Caukill, baptised October 3rd 1823 Hemingbrough (n. v.) William Caukill, baptised March 25th 1826 Hemingbrough Hannah Caukill, baptised November l6th 1828, Hemingbrough
- 1808
- Marries Dinah Cousans from Wistow, Yorkshire in Hemingbrough Thomas Caukill of this parish, farmer, a bachelor, and Dinah Cousins of the parish of Wistow, a spinster were married in this church by licence this 24th day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and eight. Both Thomas and Sarah signed their names Licence details stated that Dinah was aged 20, born 1788, Wistow and Thomas Cokell (sic) was 54 This age for Thomas has, based on baptism, census and death records, been mistranscribed. He was probably 34 at the time.
- 1811
- At the time of Mary Ann's baptism Thomas and Dinah were living in Osgodby
- 1819
- Death of son Thomas aged 11 months
- 1823
- In the Baines's Directory of 1823 under Cliffe cum Lund Gentry etc. Thomas Caukill, Yeoman
- 1841c
- Living in Cliffe, Hemingbrough Thomas Caukill aged 65, born 1776, Yorkshire Dinah Caukill aged 50, born 1791 Yorkshire Thomas Caukill aged 17 born 1824 Yorkshire William Caukill aged 14, born 1827 Yorkshire Hannah Caukill aged 10 born 1831 Yorkshire Occupation: Farmer Immediate neighbours: Robert and Sarah Ardington
- 1849
- Thomas dies aged 75 years
- 1851c
- Living in Cliffe (indexed as Cankill) Dinah Caukill (sic) Head, Widow aged 63, born 1788, Wistow Thomas Caukill, Son, aged 27, born 1824, Hemingbrough William Caukill, Son, aged 24, born 1827 Hemingbrough Ann Hare, aged 12,born 1839, Riccall, Servant George Hare, Lodger aged 77, born 1774, Riccall, Blacksmith Occupation: Farmer of 40 acres
- 1861c
- Living in Cliffe cum Lund Dinah Caukill, Head, Widow, aged 74 born Weston (sic) 1787 Thomas Caukill, Son, aged 35 born 1824, Hemingbrough William Caukill, Son, aged 37 born 1826, Hemingbrough William Coates, Servant aged 20 born 1841, Heminbro', Ploughman Occupation: Farmer occupies 34 acres
- 1865
- Death of Dinah in Cliffe aged 87 years Memorial Inscription in St Mary 's Churchyard, Hemingbrough: 'In memory of Thomas Caukill of Cliffe who died January 22nd 1849 aged 75 years. Also Dinah, wife of the above named who died May 18th 1865 aged 87years. Also John brother of the above named who died May 11th 1859 aged 68 years'
- 1881c
- Thomas and William remained unmarried, farming the land at Cliffe (1881 census)
- 1897
- Thomas Caukill died on the 28th July 1897 aged 73 years (MI Hemingbrough)
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook
Family
Marriage
Children
Life
Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1808
Married Dinah Cousans
4 May 1808
May 4th 1808 to Thomas Caukill in Hemingbrough (Parish Records)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1811
In 1811
1811
At the time of Mary Ann's baptism Thomas and Dinah were living in Osgodby— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1819
In 1819
1819
Death of son Thomas aged 11 months— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1823
In 1823
1823
In the Baines's Directory of 1823 under Cliffe cum Lund Gentry etc. Thomas Caukill, Yeoman— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1841
Census · 1841
1841
Living in Cliffe, Hemingbrough Thomas Caukill aged 65, born 1776, Yorkshire Dinah Caukill aged 50, born 1791 Yorkshire Thomas Caukill aged 17 born 1824 Yorkshire William Caukill aged 14, born 1827 Yorkshire Hannah Caukill aged 10 born 1831 Yorkshire Occupation: Farmer Immediate neighbours: Robert and Sarah Ardington
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1849
In 1849
1849
Thomas dies aged 75 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1849
In 1849
1849
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1849
Died
22 January 1849
January 22nd (25th PRO) 1849, Cliffe aged 75 years. (M.I. Hemingbrough)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1851
Census · 1851
1851
Living in Cliffe (indexed as Cankill) Dinah Caukill (sic) Head, Widow aged 63, born 1788, Wistow Thomas Caukill, Son, aged 27, born 1824, Hemingbrough William Caukill, Son, aged 24, born 1827 Hemingbrough Ann Hare, aged 12,born 1839, Riccall, Servant George Hare, Lodger aged 77, born 1774, Riccall, Blacksmith Occupation: Farmer of 40 acres
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1861
Census · 1861
1861
Living in Cliffe cum Lund Dinah Caukill, Head, Widow, aged 74 born Weston (sic) 1787 Thomas Caukill, Son, aged 35 born 1824, Hemingbrough William Caukill, Son, aged 37 born 1826, Hemingbrough William Coates, Servant aged 20 born 1841, Heminbro', Ploughman Occupation: Farmer occupies 34 acres— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1865
In 1865
1865
Death of Dinah in Cliffe aged 87 years Memorial Inscription in St Mary 's Churchyard, Hemingbrough: 'In memory of Thomas Caukill of Cliffe who died
January 22nd 1849 aged 75 years. Also Dinah, wife of the above named who died
May 18th 1865 aged 87years. Also John brother of the above named who died
May 11th 1859 aged 68 years'
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1881
Census · 1881
1881
Thomas and William remained unmarried, farming the land at Cliffe (1881 census)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1897
In 1897
1897
Thomas Caukill died on the 28th July 1897 aged 73 years (MI Hemingbrough)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.