POTTER FAMILY HISTORY CONTENTS::
I am researching these NAMES :-
DRYDEN- - POTTER- - WHITAKER- - WHEWALL- - BETTON

PLACES where my ancestors came from:-

DINGWALL - my home town


DARLINGTON - John Dryden
YORK - all the Potter family
ADDINGHAM - all the Whitaker family
BARNSLEY - Potter Dryden Whitaker and Whewall - Betton
families all came from here

IRONBRIDGE - AUDLEY - CHESTERTON - WOLSTANTON Whewall - Betton
Updated 10 Jan 2004

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Brompton by Northallerton
John Dryden ( born 1798 in Darlington according to the 1841 Census [or possibly in Yorkshire 1841 census ] ) married Martha Bosten ( born 1802 in Brompton ) on 15 Jun 1822 in Brompton.
Their children were William ( b1822 ), James (b1824), John (b1826), Anne (b1828), Thomas (b1831), George (b1833), Mary (b1835), Barnabus (b1837), Charles (b1838) (Charles married Mary E Ashton - see link below ) and Christopher (b1843). Most of this family moved to Barnsley probably 1843-1851.
Barnsley
Thomas Dryden born 1831 in Brompton by Northallerton married Ann Brooks in Silkstone Church, near Barnsley on 19 Jan 1852. He was a miner.
Their children were Martha born 1853, George born 1856, Elizabeth born 1859, John born 1866, Frances 1877 and Robert born 1880.
George married Jane Joy from Knaresborough.
Their children were Martha born 1877, George 1879, Thomas 1880 , Lily , Lizzie and Florence.
Lily who was my Grandmother married James Henry Potter
Their son Thomas Henry Potter was also a miner. Four generations of miners in Barnsley.
Up until the 1881 Census, every Dryden in Barnsley had descended from John and Martha.

CLICK HERE to view the DRYDEN Family Tree 1 of 3
CLICK HERE to view the DRYDEN Family Tree 2 of 3
CLICK HERE to view the DRYDEN Family Tree 3 of 3
CLICK HERE to view the story of THOMAS DRYDEN's death in World War One on 8th November 1918

CLICK HERE For a link to Peter Knowle's website which has information about the ASHTONS who originated in Hyde, Cheshire and lived in Barnsley

I'm looking for any relatives or information. I cannot trace John Dryden in the Parish register for Kirk Merrington. Can you help?

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POTTER
York
The Potters came from the slums of York. they are difficult to trace because of the size of the City and the unindexed Census.
William Potter was a blacksmith married 3 Mar 1833 to Mary Foster in St LawrenceYork.
Their children were Mary Ann (b1833) and John Potter (b1834) an engine fitter, whitesmith and farmer!
John Potter married 25 May 1856 to Alice Taylor (b1836)
John's children were William (b1857), Elizabeth (b1860), Mary A (b1862), James Potter ( b1863), George (b1867), Louisa (b1869), Joseph (b1871), Sarah (b1873), John (b1875), Thomas (b1880)
James Potter was a glassblower married 25 Dec 1884 to Annie Kettlewell of Acomb
James'schildren were Annie, James Henry Potter, Alice b1886, William b1884, Tizzie, George, Amy, Mary, Ethel, Louisa b1900 and possibly Belsa?
They lived in Walmgate, York but moved to Barnsley around 1900.
Barnsley
James Henry Potter was a miner married Lily Dryden lived in Grace Street, Barnsley
Their children were Ruby b1920 Thomas Henry b1921 a coal miner, Renee and Ronald
Thomas Henry Potter married 1946 Doreen Whitaker
Their son is Geoff Potter b 1950 26 Feb - this is me !!! I live in Dingwall near Inverness

CLICK HERE to view the POTTER Family Tree

Do you know any more or can recommend any sources ?

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WHITAKER
Addingham, Yorkshire
All my Whitaker ancestors came from Addingham. Addingham is full of many Whitaker families.

Joseph Whitaker (b c. 1773) a weaver of Moorside married 1800 Sarah Smith
Their children were William b 1801, Joseph b 1803, Mary b 1805, Ann b 1809, David b 1811, and Elizabeth b 1813
David Whitaker was a weaver married 1830 Hannah Brown
Their children were Sarah b1831, John b1832, Elizabeth b1838, Margaret b1841, Thomas b1842, Jane b1846, Robert b1848, David b1850, William b1853
Robert was a fancy weaver he married Ellen Selby
Their children were Margaret b1870, Thomas b1873, Robert b1874 a silk mill worker, Charlotte b1877, Hannah b1880
Robert Whitaker married Martha Taylor from Chorley
Robert and Martha's children were Wilfred, Walter b1899 served in the Northumberland Fusiliers he was born Addingham, Edward b1903 in Barnsley, Mary b1907, Arthur, and Robert b1908
Barnsley
Walter Whitaker married Florence Betton b1901
Their children were Walter b1920, Doreen b1923, Elijah b1922, Mabel b1930, William, Pauline b1940
Doreen Whitaker married 1946 Thomas Henry Potter
these are my parents

Robert and Martha are buried in Pensilva, Cornwall.

CLICK HERE to view the WHITAKER Family Tree

Can you give any further information ?

CLICK HERE For a link to Nic Wilson's website which has information back to 1635 about the WHITAKERs who originated in Keighley

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WHEWALL - BETTON
My information is sketchy ( but is getting better thanks to information from J Davies) and is mainly based on a newspaper report from the Barnsley Chronicle about George who died in a mining accident in 1935
Ironbridge, Salop and Wolstanton Staffordshire
James Betton, who was born in Ironbridge, Salop in 1798, married Elizabeth Gibson
According to the IGI they were married in Wolstanton on 4 Nov 1822
They had 6 children who were born in Audley and afterwards Chesterton and Wolstanton :-
Thomas born 1823, John born 1825, James born 1828, George born 1830, Martha born 1833 and Enoch born 1836
Their third child,James Betton, a miner, married Caroline Handley from Tunstall.
Their son, George James Betton was born 15th March 1869, in London Road Chesterton,
near Wolstanton, near Newcastle under Lyme
George James Betton married 1893 Mabel Elizabeth Whewall.
This information is from the BDM register for Wolstanton in Staffordshire.
Their children were George Betton Whewall b1893 d1936, Elsie, Jim, Florence Betton b1901
George Betton Whewall married Emma Palmer their children were Ernest, Winnie, May, Joyce, James
George Betton Whewall was killed in a mining explosion at North Gawber coal mine 13th Sep 1935.
Florence Betton married Walter Whitaker
See the Whitaker family