John Welbank

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• Note: 1717; Listed in Forfeited Estates Commission: Abstracts of estates of Popish recusants. It seems to be the owner of Felgill Farm and not him, who is a recusant.
• Residence: 1719; "A farm called Felgill Farm in the occupation of John Welbank and Sam Stockdale, in Danby-upon-the-Wiske". Felgill Farm still exists today and is quite close to North Cowton.

John married Elizabeth Martin on 10 Nov 1709 in Danby Wiske, Yorks. Elizabeth was buried on 6 Jun 1736 in Parish Church of Danby-Wiske. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Welbank was born in 1710 in Danby Wiske, Yorks; was christened on 16 Nov 1710.
2. John Welbank was born in 1714 in Danby Wiske, Yorks; was christened on 23 Sep 1714 in Parish Church of Danby-Wiske.

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• Note: Speculative that John Welbank of Felgill Farm was the third son of George Welbank. However Felgill Farm is quite close to North Cowton and other John Welbanks born in North Cowton around this time are recording staying in North Cowton and dying there. Could he go from inheriting £20 from his father, to owning an estate worth £130?
• Note: 1678, St John's College Cambridge; Admissions 1678 John Welbanck, born at North Cowton, Yorkshire, son of George Welbanck, husbandman (agricolae); school, North Allerton (Mr Smelt); admitted sizar for Mr Davison, tutor and surety Mr Wilkinson, 10 Jun, set. 20 Admissions to the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, 1893
• Note: 10 Jun 1678, St john's College, Cambridge; WELBANCK, JOHN Adm sizar (age 20) at St JOHN'S, June 10, 1678. S of George, husbandman. B at North Cowton, Yorks. School, Northallerton. Matric 1678, (No other Johns of this age in North Cowton at the time, but I wonder how rigorous the research was for this volume. Could they have found George's Will in the Yorkshire Archives and matched it to the student's age?)
• Note: 1713; His Will left property to his son John. Inventory worth £130, including some pewter, 4 horses, 19 ewes and a tup and 15 lambs, 18 cattle of various types.
• Residence: 1713, Fellgill Farm, Danby-Wiske

John married Jane. Jane died in 1708; was buried on 29 Mar 1708 in Parish Church of Danby-Wiske. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: North Cowton; Yeoman farmer
• Note: 1668; Will and inventory held at W Yorks Archive Service. In the name of god Amen the eleventh day of November in the year of our lord one thousand six hundred sixty eight I George Welbanck of North Cowton in ... of York being sick and weake in body but of a sound and perfect memory praise be given to god for the same. knowing the uncertaintie. of this life on earth and being desirous to settle things in order doe make this my last will & Testament in manor and forms following that is to say first and principally I commend my soule to Almighty god my Creator assuredly believing that I shall receive full pardon & free remission of my sins and be saved by his precious death & merrits of my beloved saviour and redeemer Christ Jesus & my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried in such decent manner as to my executors hereafter named shall be thought meet & conveinent & as touching such wordly affairs as the lord in mercy hath lent me my will & meaning is the same shall be imployed & bestowed as hereafter by this my will is expressed & also I doe revoke renounce frustrate & for ever make voyde all wills formerly by me made: I doe make this my last will & Testament. I give & bequeath to Christopher Welbanck my eldest sonne all my lands in North ..aforesaid to him and his heires for ever provided always nevertheless my will & meaning is that if it shall please god to call him the said Christopher forth of this world before he is attained to the age of one and Twenty yeares or also that he die without issue then my will & meaning is & I do hereby give & bequeath unto the rest of my sonns hereafter to be named to wit Robert: John: Fortune & their heires & assignes for ever all my lands aforesd to be equally divided amongst them but if it please god that my said eldest sone shall attain to the age of one and Twenty yeares or leave issue then my will & meaning is & I doe hereby give & bequeath unto my second son Robert Welbank five pounds to be paid forth of the lands aforesaid when he shall attain to the age of one & Twenty yeares also I give unto John Welbanck my third sonne Twenty pounds when he shall attain to the age of one & Twenty years to be paid forth of the lands aforesaid. Item: I give unto Fortune Welbanck my fourth sonne Thirty pounds when he shall attaine to the age of one & Twenty years to be paid forth of the lands aforesaid Item my will & meaning is that the bed in the west chamber: the long Table & formes belonging it in the hall: the Table in the parlor & formes belonging it: the Table in the kitchen & the great stone trough be as heirg.. Loomes: Item I give unto Jane Mayor daughter of Mrs Mary Mayor of Andorby Steeple my Clock with appurtenances Item I give unto Katherine Mayor daughter to the fd Mary my Desk Item I give unto Edward Welbanck of North Cowton five shillings & lastly I nominate & appoynte Christopher Welbanck my eldest sonne my sole executor and give him all my goods & chattels movable & immovable to pay my debts & funerall expenses INVENTORY In primis his purse and apparell one Mare and a foalle and a stag? one gelding four haystackes and stack barres In the hall one cubbart four longsettels one Iron range and sund other implementes one pannell chiston one longsetle one iron range in the parlor In the west chamber one square table with cubbart and a long table with for buffit formes one chare One glas case thre candelstirkes one deske one bible one brass pott one paire of tonges and fire shovle one counter and a rainge one standing bedstead one chist and one chaire and one trunell bed some iron guard and some border one bedstead in the East parlor five shelves in the milke hous and a great wood trough one table in Robert Harrisons for ladders and arkes in the stable thre iron forkes one burkitand Chine belonging with all other implements whatsoever in the barn or elswher Debtes ownd to the Testator John Elnad indebted £36 Willam Collody £5 Edward Welbank £1 5/- Richard Colling 10/-

George married Mary Proude on 8 Jun 1650 in St Mary's, South Cowton, Yorkshire, England . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: Parentage; Robert married and began a family around 1614, so could have been born 1580-1590. Several Welbank men in North Cowton are recorded having children around this time, so it's not possible to say who his father was. Richard has son John (Johis) in 1571. Thomas has son John in 1572. Robert has daughter Isabel in 1575. George has a son in 1579. Edward has a son George in 1591.
• Occupation: yeoman
• Note: 13 Jan 1614/5, Richmond; listed as a juryman in the Richmond quarter-sessions ... a Hardraw publican for suffering disorder in his House and drinking in the time of Divine Service &c; a man living at Launes in Askrigg for badging and carrying of butter and cheese without licence &c...