Joshua FRETWELL

  General Notes:

Joshua was baptised in Silkstone by John Coulson, Protestant Dissenting Minister of Ossett Green Congregational Chapel. Joshua became a weaver by trade. He died of Consumption (Tuberculosis), his son Henry was present and registered the death.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 19 Apr 1789, Silkstone, Yorkshire, England.

• Marriage: Linen Weaver, Hoylandswaine, Yorkshire, 30 May 1814, Silkstone with Stainborough, All Saints, Yorkshire, England. Benjamin Fretrwell was a witness - therefore likely brother.

• Death, 1 Jun 1839, Lanes, Tanyard, Cawthorne, Yorkshire, England.

• Burial, 5 Jun 1839, Silkstone with Stainborough, All Saints, Yorkshire, England.

Joshua married Elizabeth THORNTON, daughter of Robert THORNTON and Unknown, on 30 May 1814 in Silkstone with Stainborough, All Saints, Yorkshire, England. (Elizabeth THORNTON was born about 1795 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, died in 1867 in Cawthorne, Yorkshire, England and was buried on 28 Mar 1867 in Silkstone with Stainborough, All Saints, Yorkshire, England.)