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The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
In 1881, after his mother had married William Richard Walforn, Albert Lewis was listed as Albert L. Walforn.
Born in Copley [16th October 1877].
Baptised at St Stephen's Church, Copley [2nd January 1878].
In [Q1] 1905, he married Lucy Annie Elizabeth McCready [1885-1959] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
He enlisted in the Army Service Corps [29th December 1902],
and he was stationer ed Amesbury, Wiltshire [1908].
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the 612th Mechanical Transport Company
Royal Army Service Corps.
He died in the Lord Derby War Hospital in Ripon [3rd February 1920] (aged 42).
He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Copley
[E 122].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on Copley War Memorial.
Lucy died 16th June 1959 (aged 74).
She was buried at St Stephen's Church, Copley
[D 360]
with Mr & Mrs Frank Walforn and Arthur Walforn
Edwards [b Amesbury 12th August 1910]
Partner in B. Edwards & Sons [1905]
Born in Warley.
He was
a groom (domestic) [1881] /
a groom of King Cross, Halifax [1885] /
a groom, domestic servant [1891] /
a domestic coachman [1901] /
a brewer's drayman [1911].
In 1885, he married (1) Martha Stevenson Holding [1862-1900] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Martha died in 1900 (aged 37).
In 1902, he married (2) Mary Emma Pickles [1870-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] were Alfred's parents
Son of Elizabeth & Albert Edwards of Bala, Ontario.
He married Audrey Alexandria.
They lived in Bala.
During World War I,
he enlisted [1941], and served with the 8th Army, then
he served as a Corporal
with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division Signals
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals.
He was killed in action [25th April 1945] (aged 28).
He was awarded the Military Medal.
He was buried at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery
[VI C 13].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He moved to Huddersfield and became a tailor.
In 1738, he married Immeon Heywood in Huddersfield.
Children:
Midgley man who did much work for the church and the community.
He died 30th June 1987.
Gardens in his memory stand on the site of the former Midgley Co-operative Hall.
His son, Malcolm, is a music professor at the University of
Calgary in Canada.
Fourth and youngest son of Sir Henry Edwards.
Born in Halifax.
He was
Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding /
a Major in the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry
In 1874, he married Eleanor Louisa [1853-1911].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them in 1901 was their nephew Roger Greville Hazlerigg.
Edwards was the last of the family to live at Pye Nest House, Halifax
On 20th August 1767, he married (1) Mary Taylor [1???-1784].
Children:
On 30th October 1785, he married (2) Hannah Thompson.
Children:
Benjamin and Mary were buried at Halifax Parish Church
He became a stone mason and quarry owner at Stainland and at White Rock Quarry, Sowood.
In 1799, he married (1) Sarah (Salley) Taylor [17??-1807] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
In 1809, he married (2) Ann (Nancy) Hellewell [1787-1864] in Huddersfield.
Children:
He established B. Edwards & Sons.
On 7th September 1836, he married (1) Susannah Stansfield
[18??-18??].
On 23rd August 1840, he married (2) Rhoda Lindley [1822-1867].
Children:
In 1868, he married Mary Ann [1830-1878] from Thornton.
Children:
He was
a stone mason and gracer of Stainland /
a musician, playing the organ and composing music.
He married Grace Stott [1852-1910].
Children:
In 1882, he emigrated to Pittsburgh, USA with his nephew Eli Edwards.
He kept a diary of his voyage across the Atlantic.
His wife and children followed later.
He died of lung disease associated with working with stone
He drowned in the River Waveney, Suffolk
Son of Stephen L. Jastrzębski.
Born in Halifax.
He was born Bogdan Edward Jastrzębski and changed his
surname to Edwards.
He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and went on to become
heavily involved in medical services in Halifax and Brighouse
Honorary founder member of the Halifax Art Society
On 8th
November 1836, he married Catherine Waterhouse at Halifax Parish
Church.
They both died of fever after a few days illness, Catherine on
17th September 1842 and Charles on 19th September 1842, whilst
in Strathpeffer, Scotland.
They are buried in the churchyard of Contin Parish Church.
The church is on an island; the only other building on the island is
the manse.
The epitaph on their memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
Third son of Sir Henry Edwards.
He was a Colonel in the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
He was at
Ashday Hall, Southowram [1874, 1881],
Wicklesham,
Farringdon,
and
Lambourn Place, Berkshire.
On 10th October 1871, he married Beatrix Hippisley
at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London.
Born in Halifax.
She married Major Samuel Waterhouse
In March 1860, she had a blanket club which loaned blankets to
the poor.
After her husband's death [1881], she continued to live with her
daughter Catherine Grace at Well Head,
Halifax [1881, 1891].
She died at 6 Esplanade, Scarborough [27th January 1901].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £26,982 14/6d.
Probate was granted to
her daughter Catherine Grace
and
Charles Grove Edwards esquire
He is a professor in Denver, Colorado
Son of John Edwards.
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [11th November 1677].
On 2nd November 1699, he married (1) Sara Robinson [1675-1747] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
On 25th November 1748, he married (2) Sara Aspinal [17??-1769]
In 1844, she married Courtney Kenny Clarke.
He was the widower of Frances Esther Walker
Courtney Kenny died At Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin [2nd December 1873] (aged 70)
Delia died at Old Well Head [Easter Day 1892]
On 20th June 1900, she married William Henry Boger from St
Willon, Fowey and The Gardens, Lambourn, Berkshire
Son of James Edwards.
In 1882, he emigrated to the USA with his uncle, Benjamin Edwards.
Like his uncle and others in the family, he was a mason.
Eli first settled in Monte Vista, Colorado, USA where he formed a
partnership with another English mason, James S. Campbell.
The partnership designed and built several buildings including
the Monte Vista Episcopal Church,
the Presbyterian Church,
and
the Blanca Hotel.
In the summer of 1887, the two went to Denver, Colorado, USA, to
assist in the stone construction of that city.
Some of their buildings in Colorado are on the US National
Historic Register.
Eli died in Denver, Colorado.
Baptised 23rd May 1764 in Sowerby Bridge.
She married Law Atkinson
She died aged 17.
She is buried in a communal grave Luddenden Dean Wesleyan Chapel Graveyard
She married William Huntriss.
She was buried 14th July 1887
In 1879, she married William Richard Walforn.
In 1881, her son was listed as Albert L. Walforn
Born in Brandsby / Scarborough [2nd March 1877].
He was educated at Harrow & the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He never married.
He lived at Warberry Court, Torquay.
He was a Captain
with the 1st Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He served with the
Tirah Expedition
on the Indian frontier [1897-1898].
At the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Expeditionary Force.
He served as a Captain
with the 1st Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [20th September 1914] (aged 37)
whilst leading his company near Troyon, at the
First Battle of the Aisne.
He is remembered on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France
Born in Skircoat Green.
In 1883, he, his mother and his sister Louise
followed Benjamin to America.
He was a photographer with his own photographic business.
He lived in Huntingdon, PA.
He died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
He was an ancestor of Mary Louise Louden, the microbiologist who
discovered that life could exist in boiling water
Born in Stainland.
He was
a stone merchant (employer) [1901] /
partner in B. Edwards & Sons [1905]
On 4th April 1888, he married Annie Raper [1864-1935] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Fred died 11th March 1907.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £80.
Probate was granted to his widow Annie.
Annie died in St Luke's Hospital, Halifax [17th March 1935].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £203 7/3d.
Probate was granted to
Ernest Raper (stationmaster)
Son of Major Arthur Hancock Edwards.
Born at Ashgrove, Elland.
He was
educated at Eton & New College Oxford /
captain of Oppidans at Eton /
a double rowing blue /
a director of Edwards & Rawson Limited.
During World War I,
he served as a 2nd Lieutenant
with the 3rd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action on the Somme [7th July 1916].
A full congregation attended a memorial service conducted by Canon Ivens at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge [Sunday
16th July 1916] when Canon Ivens
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France,
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
Halifax attorney.
He was at 10 Lord Street, Halifax [1829, 1834].
In February 1839, he was elected a Trustee of Boocock's Charity.
On 28th December 1822, he married Eliza Smith from London.
They lived at Lightcliffe [where he died 13th February 1861]
He was
an agricultural labourer [1861] /
a cart driver [1871] /
a carter (coal to factory) [1881] /
a carter [1891] /
a carter (on farm) [1901] /
a state pensioner (general labourer) [1911].
In [Q4] 1857, he married Harriet Payne [1839-1914]
in Newport Pagnell.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was visitor Thomas Payne [b
Deddington, Oxfordshire 1851] (general labourer) .
Living with them [in 1891, 1901] was granddaughter Harriet [b
1890].
Living with them [in 1911] was granddaughter Harriet Edwards
[b 1890] (machinist)
Members of the family were buried at St Stephen's Church, Copley
He was
a horseman for brewery [1911] /
a driver for William Bromwich & Son Limited, coal merchant.
He lived at 24 Nichol Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [9th May 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He is 52_17.
He went to France [30th August 1916].
He was wounded in the chest [25th April 1917].
He died of his wounds at No.41 Casualty Clearing Station [27th April 1917] (aged 23).
He was buried at the Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France [II M 12].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross
She never married.
She died in Oxford.
She was buried at Holy Trinity Church
and, after his 2-year term of office, it was decided that future
mayors would only serve for one year.
His wife, Mrs Eliza Edwards, was a member of Brighouse Borough
Council [1958]
See
West Yorkshire Railway Company
Born in Halifax.
Solicitor.
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at 46 Canonbury Park South, Middlesex [1884].
Henry died 4th July 1884.
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £7,366 15/-.
His will was proved by his children
Third son of Henry Lees Edwards.
Born at Pye Nest.
He became a wealthy landowner – probably the largest landowner in the
district – and a local magistrate.
See
Underbank, Sowerby Bridge,
Buzzer & Whistle Nuisance [1873],
Canal Mills, Sowerby Bridge,
Freemasons' Hall,
Halifax Church Institute and
Sowerby Bridge Waterworks
Born in Halifax.
He was a student of civil engineering [1901].
He left Pye Nest House to live at Lambourn Place, Berkshire.
He took with him much of the family jewellery and silver which had
thitherto been stored in the strong room at Canal Mills, Sowerby Bridge.
Pye Nest House fell into disrepair after he left.
In August 1911, The Times announced that a marriage had been
arranged with Maria Gladys Lee-Warner of London.
In October 1911, there was an announcement that the marriage would
not take place.
He never married.
He died Berkshire
He married (1) Margarita Ethlyn [18??-1932].
In 1935, he married (2) Daphne Marjorie Hilda Birt.
Children:
Oldest son of Sir Henry Edwards.
He was educated at Harrow.
He lived at
Pyenest House.
He was a Lieutenant in the Second West Yorkshire Yeoman Cavalry.
He was appointed County Magistrate [1869].
In June 1872, he married (1) Agnes Harcourt Clark.
The marriage was dissolved in 1886.
On 29th September 1887, he married (2) Laura Selina Clark at
Iver Parish Church, Buckinghamshire.
Children:
He was a partner in John Edwards & Sons.
He was a director of the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Bank.
On 10th May 1804, he married Lea Priestley.
Children:
He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
Curate at Illingworth [1913-1919].
He wrote a series of articles in the Illingworth Parish
Magazine about Illingworth Church.
He left to become Vicar of Langcliffe-with-Stainforth
He lived at 49 Emscote Grove, Halifax [1905]
He avoided execution and died at the Halifax Workhouse.
The Halifax Historical Almanack [1810] writes that he was ...
He was a very expert and active member of the gang; and was deep in
the mysteries of clipping, cutting, coining and britting light
gold
In 1784, he opened a large bookshop Edwards & Sons in Pall
Mall, London.
In 1785, he was granted a patent for the production of
transparent vellum.
He was known for out-bidding the King for the illuminated Bedford
Missal.
He followed Napoleon's army into Italy, buying from them books
and manuscripts which they had looted from palaces and monasteries.
He lived at Harrow on the Hill.
He left instructions for his coffin to be made from the shelves of
his library.
There is a memorial to him in Harrow Church
where he is described as:
He was an ancestor of Sir Oswald Mosley, the English politician and
Fascist
In 1851, he married Sarah Ann Lindley [1831-1899] at Elland.
Children:
Son of Thomas Edwards
He married Hannah Aspinall [1836-1913].
Children:
Born in Halifax.
In 1901, his mother was dead and he was living with
his Holding grandparents at Peterborough.
He was
a telegraphic messenger at Halifax Post Office /
an apprentice at King Cross Electric Laundry [1911] /
a reservist.
During World War I,
he was called-up [August 1914], and
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 1st Battalion
with the Scots Guards.
He was wounded twice.
He died of shrapnel wounds to the head [13th March 1917] (aged 21).
He was buried at the Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France [IV C 11]
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born in Highfield by Huddersfield.
On 6th December 1818, he married (1) Hannah Helliwell
[1800-1833].
Children:
On 21st April 1834, he married (2) Alice Shaw [1805-1838] in
Halifax.
Children:
Alice died 6th August 1838 (aged 33).
On 27th November 1843, he married (3) Martha Haywood
[1800-1871] in Elland.
Martha died 5th April 1871, (aged 71).
Job died 27th March 1877 (aged 80)
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland.
There is a transcription of the epitaph [number 5] at Stainland in Alan Shaw's CD Monumental Inscriptions in the Ripponden Area
He was a tailor, like his father.
He married Mary.
They had no children.
He was a tailor, like his father.
In 1773, he married Hannah Scarr.
Children:
about 11 – including
In 1664, he married (1) Anna.
Children:
In 1679, he married (2) Mary Atkinson [1651-1???].
Children:
William Edwards and John Edwards are descended from the
children of his second marriage.
See
Thomas Edwards
Children:
Son of David Edwards.
Between 1730 and 1735, he bought Northowram Hall from William Wood.
He was a first cousin of William Edwards of Edwards of Halifax, booksellers.
He married Mrs Mary Hargreaves [1712-1749] from Craven. [13th
October 1743]
Children:
Mary died at Northowram Hall [9th November 1749].
John died in Lisbon [9th December 1793] and was buried in the
British cemetery there.
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.
See
Eli Dyson and
Northowram Hall bath house
He was a hand weaver at Halifax and Stainland.
On 6th May 1759, he married Elizabeth (Betty) Sutcliffe at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
Originally from Birmingham.
Son of John Edwards.
Born 6th February 1737.
A friend of Joshua Hudson.
He was a merchant.
He came to work for the Lees family at Lower Willow Hall Mills, Halifax.
He set up a cotton-spinning business as John Edwards and
worked from Pye Nest, House.
On 15th July 1762, he married Elizabeth Lees.
Children:
In November 1769, he attended the enquiry which had been
called by the Marquis of Rockingham to discuss the problem
of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.
In 1771, he built Pyenest House on land which he bought from
Japhet Lister.
He was one of the subscribers to the Leeds Infirmary [1782 and 1792].
Around 1812, his 2 sons joined him to establish John Edwards & Sons.
Elizabeth died suddenly 19th August 1803.
John died 14th July 1823.
He also lived in Lisbon.
He never married.
It is said that
He died in Lisbon [16th March 1819].
His will refers to the estate as Northowram Hall and the property
was then owned by William Moore.
On 6th October 1810,
Alexander Turner
and
James King
borrowed £7,000 for 1 year from
Edwards.
The loan was secured as a mortgage against land and property owned by
the pair; much of this was at Blackshawhead.
By 1824, the loan had not been paid back, and
Thomas Fournis Dyson, Edwards's beneficiary, was pressing for payment.
When Turner's daughter Mary, wife of
Rev James Armytage Rhodes, inherited the estate, she insisted that her husband pay the debt
on her behalf.
Rev Rhodes paid back the loan in full – plus interest – out of
his own pocket, on the condition that all documentation relating to
the matter be destroyed.
His will of 1813 left legacies to his
nephews Thomas Fournis Dyson and John Dyson,
and
nieces, Nanny and Maria Dyson – should they remain
unmarried.
The epitaph on his memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.
See
Harriet Dyson
Like his father and brother, he was a tailor.
He remained in Huddersfield.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married
Elizabeth (Betty) Vause [1758-1832].
Children:
He was a partner with his brother James at their bookshop
in London.
During the French Revolution, he went to France to buy books.
It is said, that he was executed as an aristocrat on the guillotine
there
Son of John Edwards.
He was a mason of Stainland.
On 8th June 1783, he married Mary (Barrand) Baron [1757-1841] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
John and Mary are mentioned in the Memorials at Providence Chapel, Stainland
On 18th October 1802, he married Sarah Ramsden [1778-1856].
Children:
He was a mason of Stainland.
On 28th July 1811, he married (1) Mary (Malley) Draper [1793-1847]
Children:
Around 1850, he married (2) Rebecca [1792-18??] from Elland.
Rebecca had a daughter, Sarah [1813-18??] from a
previous marriage
Sarah married John Norcliffe
Halifax attorney.
He was articled to his father.
He married (1) Unknown.
Children:
He married (2) Sarah Elizabeth Appleyard from Warley.
Children:
The family lived at
Curate at Todmorden [1846-1864].
Educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge.
He was Usher at Heath Grammar School [1861]
He was a Lieutenant
with the 4th Battalion
Rifle Brigade,
and the
23rd Battalion
London Regiment.
During World War II,
he served with the Australian Forces and died on active service.
He was unmarried
He married Anne Elizabeth Waterhouse at Halifax Parish Church.
He married Anne Elizabeth Waterhouse at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
John died 27th December 1835 (aged 31).
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].
In 1835, he was one of the subscribers to the Halifax Dispensary, giving 1 guinea
Printer and compositor at The Cross, Stainland [1895].
In 1878, he married (1) Sarah Ann [1852-1893] at Stainland.
Children:
In 1893, he married (2) Maria Clarke [1851-1908] from
Manchester at Stainland.
He was buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1898
See
John Bottomley
On 30th August 1697, he married Ann Westrop [1670-1748].
Children:
He married Sarah [1744-1813].
Children:
He was one of the subscribers to the Leeds Infirmary [1782].
He died at Northowram Hall
[10th June 1808] and was buried 15th June 1808.
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
Born in Stainland.
He was
educated at Rishworth School [1841] /
head master of St Mary's School, Mill Bank for many years [until around 1890] /
a committee member of the Sowerby Bridge Flour Society /
Chairman and committee member of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society Limited /
Secretary and member of the Foresters.
He owned much property in Sowerby Bridge – including houses in West Street and Terrace Street –
and had shares in
the Chapel Field Mill Company,
the Ripponden Commercial Company,
the Ryburn Mill Company,
and
the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited
He married Betty (Bessie) Fitton [1825-1898].
She was also a schoolteacher
Children:
Joseph lived – and died – at 25a The Hollins, Triangle.
He left an estate of £2,068 7/1d.
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones
He was a stone mason.
In [Q2] 1866, he married (1) Emma Speight in Halifax.
Children:
In 1873, he married (2) Emma Paton [1847-1926].
Children:
On 30th July 1884, he and a friend, H. Priestley, fell into a
quarry at Stainland
Joseph was found dead, and Priestley was unconscious
Fourth and youngest son of Henry Lees Edwards.
Born in Halifax.
He was
a South American merchant [1861] /
a Captain in the Second West Yorkshire Yeoman Cavalry /
Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding /
Lord of the Manor of Oxenhope.
On 16th January 1844, he married his cousin, Margaret Jane
Norris.
Children:
The family lived at
He built Castle Carr [1860s].
He was killed on 20th August 1868 – along with his eldest son,
Priestley August – when the Irish Mail train crashed at
Abergele as he was returning from a weekend shooting party.
He was so badly injured that he could only be identified from a bunch
of keys.
They and 31 other victims were buried near the scene of the accident.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £140,000.
The will was proved by the oaths of
Sir Henry Edwards, Samuel Waterhouse, and Frederick William Cronhelm
Lucy was born in Woolwich [12th May 1885]
Martha, of Hollings Lane, Warley, was born in Whittlesea,
Cambridgeshire, the daughter of James Holding, labourer.
He had family living in Hipperholme & in Illingworth
Eleanor Louisa was the daughter of Colonel Joseph Walker Pease [1820-1882] of Hesslewood, Yorkshire, a former MP for Hull
Grace came from Stainland
Beatrix was the daughter of Henry Hippisley
Courtney Kenny came from Whitechurch, County Dublin, and lived
at Haugh End [1844]
Some sources gives her dates as: 16th March 1767 – 13th March 1836
Annie was born in Hauxwell, Yorkshire
in his sermon on Self-sacrifice, referred in eulogistic terms
to Second-Lieutenant Edwards, Captain Ernest Edward Sykes and Lieutenant Noel Hadwen, all
of whom had recently died
Harriet came from Deddington, Oxfordshire
Margarita Ethlyn was the daughter of John Brindaham King
Kalri of Panama
Agnes Harcourt was the daughter of Edward Rawson Clark
Laura Selina was the second daughter of John Capes
Clark of Bridgefoot House, Iver, Buckinghamshire
Lea was the daughter of Joseph Priestley
... the last of the notorious gang of coiners who resided in the
upper portion of this parish in 1767, 1768 and 1769.
He would have been hanged at March Assizes in 1770, along with David Hartley, alias King David, and James Oldfield had he been
tried.
one of the most eminent Collectors and Booksellers in Europe
- some of whom continued the family business.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel Lees
... on the shortest day of the year, he would have all the children
in the immediate neighbourhood arrange themselves in order and march
through the grounds, and afterwards assemble in front of the Hall.
He would stand over the front entrance and throw the pennies down
singly, and was delighted to see the youngsters scramble for them:
and as each one succeeded in getting a coin, he or she was ordered to
stand aside, and so on until all had been served
Mary came from Sowood
Betty was the
daughter of Mary & William Fitton
of Sowerby.
Emma was the daughter of James Speight
in the dark of night
Margaret Jane was the daughter of James Edward Norris
In 1851, he bought the Lower Wat Ing estate at Norland.