Pedigree of Westby of Ravenfield

Westby of Ravenfield

Frances Westby c.Ravenfield 27 12 1598, buried Ravenfield 31 12 1598

Elizabeth Westby, daughter of Thomas was buried Ravenfield 02 08 1635.

Ann Westby, wife of Thomas was buried Ravenfield 31 08 1635

Sarah Westby m.Ravenfield 23 01 1636 to William Spencer

George Westby buried Ravenfield 20 04 1640

Children of Thomas Westby: christened Ravenfield

Sarah c.27 06 1645
Barbara c.07 03 1647
John c.13 11 1650 buried 15 10 1659

Buried at Ravenfield on 02 02 1652 Frances, Wife of George Westby.

Children of George Westby: christened Ravenfield

Elizabeth c.29 03 1666 b.20 03 1665
Sarah c.22 12 1667 b.13 12 1667
Henry 16 05 1668 buried 23 05 1669
Thomas 30 04 1671

Barbara(Nee Hatfield) Wife of Thomas Westby buried Ravenfield 25 02 1657

Sarah Westby Wife of ? buried Ravenfield Nov 1667

Sarah Westby daughter of George Westby buried Ravenfield 11 05 1673

John Westby Son of George Westby buried Ravenfield 14 05 1673

George Westby buried Ravenfield 02 02 1685

Elizabeth Westby buried Ravenfield 15 11 1687

George Wardall c. Ravenfield 03 02 1695 b.25 01 1695 son of Thomas Westby

Thomas Westby c.Ravenfield 22 02 1696 son of Thomas

Elizabeth Westby c.Ravenfield 19 12 1697 daughter of Thomas Westby, buried same day

Margaret Westby buried Ravenfield 10 02 1698 Wife of Thomas Westby Esquire

Edward Westby c.Ravenfield 25 12 1698 son of Thomas Westby

Benedicta Westby buried Ravenfield 25 03 1702 Relict of George Westby Esquire

Mary Anne Westby c.Ravenfield 25 01 1725 daughter of George Wardell, buried 27 07 1726

Bridget Mary Westby c.Ravenfield 02 03 1726 daughter of George Wardell, buried 28 03 1726

Anne Westby buried Ravenfield 27 05 1729 Wife of Thomas Esquire

Westby of Ravenfield

Source:Visitation of Yorkshire, Sir.William Dugdale, A.D. 1665 and 1666

Elizabeth Westby m. Edward Gill 18 JUL 1638 Rotherham

Note: A Henry Westby was the father of John and Henry Gill and grandfather of Mrs. Elizabeth Bagshawe, née Gill.

Will of Henry Westby of Carrhouse

April 10, 1656. Henry Westby of Carrhouse in Gresbrooke(Greasbrough), in the parish of Rotherham, gent:
To beloved daughter, Elizabeth Gill all household goods.
To nephew Thomas Westby of Raufield (Ravenfield) 50pounds.
To his son George, 20 pounds.
To nephew George Westby of Gilwhaite(Gilthwaite) my best horse or gelding.
To son in law Richard Taylor 10 pounds
To son in law Thomas Taylor 20s for a ring
To William Taylor of Ware 10 pounds, and I forgive what he owes me.
To cousin Mary Richmond 10 pounds and either of her children 5pounds
To Joseph Strey 10 pounds and 5 pounds towards binding his apprentice.
I forgive Joseph Wilson all the money he owes me.
To John Wilson, my nephew and his children 20 pounds To cousin Elizabeth Spencer 10 pounds
To Martha, wife of Edward Rawson, 5 pounds for her own use not her husband's.
To Francis Hawley 5 pounds and to his sister 20s.
To servant Thomas Westby 5 pounds, and 10 pounds which his father owes me
To grandchild John Gill best gelding or mare
To grandchildren Ruith and Elizabeth Gill 600 pounds out of lands I bought of John Frechville, esq. of Staveley, Derbyshire. Remainder to Henry Gill, grandson
5 pounds per annum out of lands lately purchased in Gresbrooke for an assistant preaching minister in Rotherham and 50s. per annum to a preaching minister at the chapel in Gresbrooke.
Son in law Edward Gill , executor

Anna, daughter of George and Benedicta, married a Cotton , on 27 March 1683.

Elizabeth Parkin and the Ravenfield Estate

Elizabeth Parkin was the grandaughter of Thomas Parkin, a member of an old Hallamshire family based at Mortomley who had long been involved in the metal trades. He had built a cementation furnace at Balm Green, on the western edge of the town, by 1716. His descendant and heiress, Elizabeth Parkin, retired to Ravenfield Park. Thomas Parkin who died aged 85 in Sheffield. He had three sons: Thomas who died before his father, William a London Merchant and John, who lived in Bristol - the father of Elizabeth.

In 1749 she purchased the Westby estate at Ravenfield where she lived, until her death on the 9th May, 1766. The estate went to her cousin Walter Oborne, Esq., with the remainder to her cousin Matthew Worgan of Wolley in Somerset. On their decease, without issue, the estate went to William-Parkin Bosville, descended of a brother of her great-grandfather Jasper Bosville.

William-Parkin Bosville died without issue when the estate passed to his brother the Rev. Thomas Bosville.

Notes re John Hatfeild of Hatfeild, esquire, and Frances, his wife, daughter of Thomas Westby. Source: Sheffield Archives: Vernon-Wentworth MunimentsReference: VWM/369, 27 Oct 1690

John Hatfeild of Hatfeild, esquire, and Frances, his wife, administratrix of the goods and chattels of Thomas Westby late of Fursby, deceased, to Thomas Wainwright of Sandall Magna, yeoman. A judgment of £2,520 (and costs) which Thomas Westby obtained in 1656 against Francis Rockley together with half the capital messuage called Rockley Hall with appurtenances, occupied by George Auden, Edward Snowden and William Tingle in Worsbrough, named closes occupied by George Auden in Worsbrough and Stainbrough, Friertayle Wood occupied by Edward Snowden, Robert Froggett and William Tingle, Old Parke Wood occupied by William Ashmore, several closes (named) occupied by Thomas Wood and Thomas Saunderson, a close and Smithy Wood occupied by William Irish, an iron furnace called Rockley Furnace and a close occupied by Dennis Hayford, gentleman, a messuage with named closes occupied by William Irish, a messuage and named closes occupied by Joseph Shawe, a messuage and named closes occupied by James Burnley, named closes occupied by Thomas Heesome, a messuage and named closes occupied by Thomas Wood and Anne Wood, a messuage and named closes occupied by Thomas Wildsmith, a close occupied by Anthony Robinson, a cottage and close occupied by Elizabeth Hawksworth, a water corn mill called Lewden Mill and a close occupied by James Burnley, named closes occupied by Joseph Shaw and James Ownsworth, a messuage and close occupied by William Ashmore and William Guest, half a messuage and half a close occupied by Michael Crookes, two closes occupied by Robert Tottington and several named closes occupied by Toby Holland, all in Worsbrough. The deed recites that the above property of Francis Rockley was valued by a jury at £150 p.a. and delivered to John and Francis Hatfeild at that price until Francis Rockley had discharged his debt. For the consideration named in a mortgage deed of even date.

»See also Westby of Guilthwaite