Brock Family History

Joseph Reader

1742 – 1820

Joseph Reader was baptised on 18 April 1742 at Whitgift, son of Robert Reader and Mary Hooten. He married Ryall Bayliffe on 20 March 1765. Joseph was buried on 8 January 1820.

A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
Baptism
April 18th 1742, Whitgift, Yorkshire
Marriage
March 20th 1765 to Ryall Bayliffe in Blacktoft
Burial
January 8th, 1820 Hotham aged 77 years
Parents
Robert Reader and Mary Hooten
Siblings
Dorety Reader baptised April 11th 1725, Whitgift Ann Reader baptised December 18th 1726, Whitgift Robert Reader baptised June 28th 1730, Whitgift Mary Reader baptised April 16th 1732 Whitgift died March 25th 1741 Sarah Reader baptised September 5th 1734, Whitgift Eleanor Reader baptised March 14th 171739, Whitgift Joseph Reade r baptised April 4th 1742 Whitgift Thomas Reader baptised January 1745 Whitgift
Children
Mary Reader baptised March 30th 1765 Blacktoft Robert Reader baptised July 3rd 1768, Blacktoft Sally Reader baptised January 10th 1773, Eastrington Anne Reader baptised October 10th 1780, Hotham George Reader baptised May 11th 1784, Hotham
1765
Marries in Blacktoft "Joseph Reader and Ryall Bayliffe both of this parish were married by banns "
1767
Joseph's brother Robert marries Grace Brigham and moves to Virginia USA as does his sister Eleanor who had married Stephen Clark. Eleanor's daughter in law (Nancy Riley Clarke) wrote a diary in which she recorded that her brother- "Joseph Reader was a farmer and was a pious Methodist"
1780 & 1784
The baptisms for Anne Reader and George Reader state that Joseph Reader, father was the son of Robert Reader of Eastrington by Ryall his wife, daughter of Joseph Bayliff of Howden
1820
Joseph Reader dies aged 77. He was living in Hotham Carrs.
1821
Ryal Reader dies on the 17th May. Born in 1750, she was aged 71 years
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook

Family

Marriages

Children

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Life

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1742

Baptised

18 April 1742 at Whitgift

April 18th 1742, Whitgift, Yorkshire— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1765

Married Ryall Bayliffe

20 March 1765 at Blacktoft

March 20th 1765 to Ryall Bayliffe in Blacktoft— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1767

In 1767

1767

Joseph's brother Robert marries Grace Brigham and moves to Virginia USA as does his sister Eleanor who had married Stephen Clark. Eleanor's daughter in law (Nancy Riley Clarke) wrote a diary in which she recorded that her brother- "Joseph Reader was a farmer and was a pious Methodist"— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1780

In 1780

1780

The baptisms for Anne Reader and George Reader state that Joseph Reader, father was the son of Robert Reader of Eastrington by Ryall his wife, daughter of Joseph Bayliff of Howden— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1820

In 1820

1820

Joseph Reader dies aged 77. He was living in Hotham Carrs.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1820

Buried

8 January 1820

January 8th, 1820 Hotham aged 77 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1821

In 1821

1821

Ryal Reader dies on the 17th May. Born in 1750, she was aged 71 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.