The entries for people & families with the surname Best are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
He married Jane Oxley from Bradford.
Children:
There is a memorial to Charles and his father in Halifax Parish Church
He was a house painter.
He married Mary Standeven [1821-1896].
Children:
In 1883, he (possibly) married Mary Hemingway [18??-1896] in
Halifax.
He was retired [1896].
They are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1896
Children:
Children:
In [Q1] 1853, he married
either Sarah Berry
or Elizabeth Taylor
in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Charlestown / Claremount
Born in Halifax.
He was named for James Kershaw.
He was
working in a bank in Halifax [before 1837],
a lay preacher for the Wesleyan Missionary Society in India, [shortly after his marriage in 1837],
a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in Madras,
ordained a deacon in Madras [1842],
and
ordained a priest in Madras [1845]
He built St Mark's Church, Christianagaram, Udangudi,
Tamilnadu, India, which opened on 26th January 1849.
In the 1850s, he returned to England on account of ill health, and,
after recovering, became
curate at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire [around 1858]
and
a vicar of Holy Trinity, Lane End, Buckinghamshire [1865 until his death]
On 10th August 1837, he married Mary Ann Turner [1811-1873]
from Kirkby, North Yorkshire, at Manchester Cathedral.
Children:
Son of James Kershaw Best.
Born in Madras.
He was
a barrister /
a High Court Judge in Madras /
Chief Justice for Mysore [1895].
He retired in 1903.
In 1868, he married Daphne Harrison [1846-1911] at Madras
Presidency.
Children:
Daphne died in Bangalore, India [11th May 1911].
James William died in Sydney, Australia
He married Unknown.
Children:
Children:
He married (1) Unknown, a daughter of Rev Matthew
Whiteley of Wiltshire.
Children:
He married (2) Mrs Lawrence, the other daughter of Rev
Matthew Whiteley of Wiltshire.
She died at Pontefract 1677.
The family lived at Landimere, Northowram.
Heywood writes that Best had
Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church where an inscription reads
Here lyeth the body of Charles Best,
son of the above John Best, of Landimer,
who departed this life the 3rd day of August 1700
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [9th April 1791]
In [Q2] 1843, he married Sarah Ann Cragg [1822-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 178 Hanson Lane, Halifax [1881].
Joseph died [Q4] 1858.
Living with the widowed Sarah Ann [in 1881] were
daughter Eliza Emma and family
He married Unknown.
Children:
Son of James Kershaw Best.
Born in Madras.
He was
educated at Oxford University [1862, 1867].
In 1876, he married Frances Julia (Fanny) Payne [b 1846] in
Bromley.
They had no children.
He died in England
She married (1) William Ryall.
She married (2) Joshua Dawson
Question:
Does anyone know Mary's maiden name?
She married (2) David Hemingway.
Heywood says that she
and died a widow
after her son, Daniel, turned her out of their home
at Mountain.
She went to live with Joseph Croft
In 1681, she married Joseph Priestley.
Heywood says that she had many worthy suitors, and of the marriage,
describes her as
The Northowram Register records
He married Mary.
Children:
Heywood writes
He died without issue
He lived with his aunt at 23 Abbey Street, New Bank, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Steward's Boy
with the Merchant Navy
aboard the ocean liner SS Ceramic (Southampton)
He died 7th December 1942 (aged 16)
when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-515, and sank
west of the Azores
with the loss of 656 of the 657 people aboard.
He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, London [25],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He married Alice.
Richard died before 1559.
On 13th November 1558, Alice married (2) John Broadley.
He lived at Landimere, Shelf.
Rev Oliver Heywood stayed with Best when he arrived at Coley.
In 16??, he married (1) Unknown.
Children:
In 16??, he married (2) Martha Wood.
Children:
3 – whom they also named:
In 1639, he bought the Lower End of Shelf Hall from John Phillip
Children:
He was a carpet weaver [1881].
In [Q3] 1873, he married Sarah Nutton in Halifax.
In 1881, they were living with Sarah's parents
He was watchmaker in Halifax.
He died 20th October 1853
Daphne born on 5th October 1846 and baptised 15th November
1846, in Madras.
She was the daughter of Mary & Robert Bennett
degenerated into licentiousness, drinking excessively, living like an
Epicure, sending every day for 1s 6d in ale and drinking it himself
Here resteth the remains of John Best, of Landimer,
who departed this life the 23rd day of November 1678.
Sarah Ann was born in Halifax
had a dog-like appetite which could not be satisfied
in great misery Jan. 30. 1674/5
a maid ensnared
Mary Priestley of Westercroft, Widow, went out of Bed from her
daughter, Mary, 19th May 1706, about one o'clock in the morning being
Lord's Day.
Was found May 31 in the River Calder, buried June 1, had bin
melancholy above a year
since the death of brother John, Michael turned to
drinking
Sarah was the daughter of James Nutton
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 20 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Best,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Best:
Marriage
1925
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