1680
Baptised
14 March 1680 at Stainforth
March 14th 1680, Stainforth, Hatfield— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Robert Reader
1680 – 1786
Robert Reader was baptised on 14 March 1680 at Stainforth, son of Robert Reader and Sarah Foster. He married Mary Hooten on 8 July 1724. Robert was buried in 1786.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Baptism
- March 14th 1680, Stainforth, Hatfield
- Marriage
- July 8th 1724 to Mary Hooten in Whitgift
- Burial
- 1786 in Hotham aged 96 years/105 years
- Parents
- Robert Reader and Sarah Foster
- Siblings
- Susannah Reader baptised June 3rd 1677, Hatfield Robert Reader baptised March 14th 1680, Hatfield Mary Reader baptised July 23rd 1682, Hatfield* Grace Reader baptised November 27th 1684, Hatfield William Reader Thomas Reader Elizabeth Reader Sarah Reader
- Children
- 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 Thomas Reader baptised December 31st 1736, burial January 2nd 1737, Whitgifi Eleanor Reader baptised March 14th 1739, Whitgifi Joseph Reader baptised April 4th 1742 Whitgift Thomas Reader baptised January 6th 1745 Whitgift
- 1708
- Robert sells land inherited from his father as does his brother William They had inherited the land on the proviso that they provide certain payments (dowries) to their younger siblings as they reached 21 or were married. Information from the Manorial Court Rolls of Hatfield (Leeds Archives DB205)
- 1708
- Robert moves to Whitgift to find new land.
- 1724
- Marries Mary Hooten in Whitgift
- 1737
- The burial of son Thomas records Robert as living in Reedness.
- 1741
- Death of daughter Mary aged 9 years
- 1745-1759
- Moves across the River Ouse to Blacktoft where in 1759 his wife Mary dies. Burial "Mary, wife of Robert Reader of Blacktoft, February 15th"
- 1765
- A Churchwarden in Blacktoft
- 1768-73
- Son Robert and daughter Eleanor move to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA "Eleanor's brother Robert lived with his father until he was thirty years old and acted as clerk for his father as he was a great farmer. He got married and left, his father much displeased. Robert wished to go to America and wished his father to give him his portion which his father refused to do. He went to the bank where his father's deposits were and drew one hundred pounds and left England. When his father found out he said "Ah! Bob is a cunning dog". His father lived to be 105 years old" The Diary of Nancy Riley Clark
- 1780
- Living in Eastrington (baptism records, Hotham, for Ann and George Reader- children of Joseph) Eleanor's sister Dolly (Dorothy) and Nannie (Ann) were old maids and owned a millener's shop in Town. After Dollie's sudden death, Nannie was left alone. She fell in love with a youth under age. He was also keen to marry her, but he was too young. The law was against him unless the lady would take him behind her on horseback and ride to the priest's and he would be bound by law to marry them. This she did and was married and did well. The Diary of Nancy Riley Clarke
- 1786
- Living in Hotham (with son Joseph?) where he dies aged 96 years (burial record) or 105 as indicated by the diary and the baptism record. *Robert's daughter Mary married a mariner named Joseph Howard of Thorne. Their son became a rich merchant and was granted a coat of arms in 1773 in Hull.
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1708
In 1708
1708
Robert sells land inherited from his father as does his brother William They had inherited the land on the proviso that they provide certain payments (dowries) to their younger siblings as they reached 21 or were married. Information from the Manorial Court Rolls of Hatfield (Leeds Archives DB205)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1708
In 1708
1708
Robert moves to Whitgift to find new land.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1724
Married Mary Hooten
8 July 1724 at Whitgift
July 8th 1724 to Mary Hooten in Whitgift— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1737
In 1737
1737
The burial of son Thomas records Robert as living in Reedness.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1741
In 1741
1741
Death of daughter Mary aged 9 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1745
In 1745
1745
Moves across the River Ouse to Blacktoft where in 1759 his wife Mary dies. Burial "Mary, wife of Robert Reader of Blacktoft, February 15th"— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1765
In 1765
1765
A Churchwarden in Blacktoft— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1768
In 1768
1768
Son Robert and daughter Eleanor move to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA "Eleanor's brother Robert lived with his father until he was thirty years old and acted as clerk for his father as he was a great farmer. He got married and left, his father much displeased. Robert wished to go to America and wished his father to give him his portion which his father refused to do. He went to the bank where his father's deposits were and drew one hundred pounds and left England. When his father found out he said "Ah! Bob is a cunning dog". His father lived to be 105 years old" The Diary of Nancy Riley Clark
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1780
In 1780
1780
Living in Eastrington (baptism records, Hotham, for Ann and George Reader- children of Joseph) Eleanor's sister Dolly (Dorothy) and Nannie (Ann) were old maids and owned a millener's shop in Town. After Dollie's sudden death, Nannie was left alone. She fell in love with a youth under age. He was also keen to marry her, but he was too young. The law was against him unless the lady would take him behind her on horseback and ride to the priest's and he would be bound by law to marry them. This she did and was married and did well. The Diary of Nancy Riley Clarke
— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1786
Buried
1786
1786 in Hotham aged 96 years/105 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1786
In 1786
1786
Living in Hotham (with son Joseph?) where he dies aged 96 years (burial record) or 105 as indicated by the diary and the baptism record. *Robert's daughter Mary married a mariner named Joseph Howard of Thorne. Their son became a rich merchant and was granted a coat of arms in 1773 in Hull.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.