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Scholey & Schooley A VERIFIABLE POTTED HISTORY
Although the name can be found much farther back in time it is CURRENTLY only possible to trace continuous lines on either side of the Atlantic as far back as the 1500s
Names prior to that include:
Ricardus de Scoleio �Manuscripts Year 1198, The Norman People�
Richard Scholey of Co Yorks. Registered at Oxford University 1379
Johannes de Scoley PT Yorks 1379
By the 1500s the family were firmly established in both Lincolnshire and in Yorkshire and in 1441 a William Scolaye of Horncastle Lincolnshire had expressed in his will a desire to be interred in the Chantry of Hemsworth Church. Yorkshire
At this point the American Schooleys should be recalling that one of the original migrants to America Robert Scholey (Schooley) was born in Hemsworth
The Scholeys and Hemsworth Church were firmly connected, Hunters History of South Yorkshire lists the Rectors of Hemsworth and gives John Scolaye as being the Church Patron and on 24th May 1506 he became Incumbent of the Chantry of St Thomas of Hemsworth
This John Scolaye should be regarded as GENERATION 1 of what follows, the chances are that nearly everyone out there fits in somewhere on or closely linked to the line which follows
John had 3 children: William, John and Richard GENERATION 2
Little is known of William other than that his birth was in the early 1500�s
Richard married a woman called Alys and a son Henrye was born in 1543 but died 1546, their next son was born in 1547, he too was called Henrye. A daughter Alyce was born in 1550 but she died in 1554
John junior first appears on any records in 1535, this is in reference to his marriage his wife is unknown
GENERATION 3
John junior and wife had 5 children:
Elizabeth born 1535 Alys date unknown William date unknown Thomas who later married Johanne Margaret born and died in 1541
GENERATION 4
Thomas & Johanne had 5 children
Alice, she married William Ward, they had 2 children Margaret born 1603 and William born 1602, in 1627 he married Elizabeth Williamson
Elizabeth & John twins born in 1575
Thomas born 1584 died 1635, he had a daughter Elizabeth who married a Nicholas Rudd
Anne who apparently also married William Ward (I cant explain it, just report it) John who had been born in 1575 as a twin to Elizabeth married Judith Pickering; they lived for some time in the nearby (to Hemsworth) village of Sandal Magna
They had 5 sons
GENERATION 5
Robert Scholey died 1614
John Scholey born 6th March 1604
Richard Scholey born 1605
Jennet died 1611 there may have been another son also called Jennet (the records are confusing)
Geoffrey born 1607 died 1626
Of the above sons John Scholey who was born on 6th March 1604 died in 1667 he was married to Ursula Huscroft in Ackworth on 22nd Feb 1630 they had 5 children
GENERATION 6
Alice Scholaye (note the slipping back in spelling) born 1634 married Francis Sharpe in 1654
Helen & Mary (twins again) Mary died before 1634
John born 24th August 1642
Mary born 1643 who married Robert Cluffe in 1663
Sarah born 1649 who married William Rudd (the son of Nicholas Rudd and Elizabeth Scholaye)
GENERATION 8
John Scholey born 24th August 1642 in Ackworth married an unknown woman and had 4 children
Elizabeth born 1658
Titomas born 1660, he married Jane Harrison in 1683
Philip born 1666
John born 1670, he married Sarah Cooper in 1695
GENERATION 9
Philip born in 1666 married Martha in 1687 their children were:
Philip D.O.B. unknown
John born 1687 married Martha
William born 1688 died before 1697
Mary born 1693
Anne born 1695
William born 1697
GENERATION 9
William the youngest of the last generation married Mary Wilson in 1719, they lived in Pontefract. Yorkshire
They had 2 children
Abigail born at a date prior to 1743 as in that year she married Robert Hibbett
William born 1719
GENERATION 10
William born 1719 had 8 children
John born 1740
William born 1742
Thomas born 1744 died before 1759
Sarah born 1746
Nathaniel born 1750
Robert born 1757
Mary born 1758
Thomas born 1759
GENERATION 11
Nathaniel born 1750 in Pontefract married Sarah in Pontefract on 16th October 1775
Their children were:
Joseph born 1773
Nathaniel born 25th Feb 1781 in Normanton Yorkshire
Sarah born 5th March 1783 in Normanton
John born 17th May 1785
Mary born 30th June 1788 in Normanton
Thomas born 5th April 1790 in Normanton
William born 22nd November 1792 in Eastrington
GENERATION 12 A
Nathaniel born 25th Feb. 1781 married Elizabeth Denton In 1822 Nathaniel ( known as Nat ) ran the �Nags Head � Inn in Ropergate Pontefract
Their children were
John
Robert
William
Jane
George born 8th June 1810
GENERATION 12 B
John born 1785 died 1859 at the age of 74 he married Elizabeth Cuttle John and Elizabeth had 10 children
Ann who married William Wrigglesworth
Joseph
Richard born 1809 who married Juliana
Sarah born 1811
Elizabeth born 1812
John born 1816 who married Sarah Wilkinson
Margaret and William (twins again) born 1817
Thomas born 1823
Nathaniel born 1826 died 1859 who married Mary Wilson Waites
GENERATION 12C
Thomas born in Normanton 5th April 1790 married Hannah
Their children were:
John
Thomas
Richard
Sarah
Elizabeth
Margaret
William who married a Mary
Hannah
Henry
John GENERATION 12 D
William who had been born 22 Nov 1792 married Hannah Cuttle who lived 1791 to 1858, she was probably the sister of Elizabeth Cuttle who had married his brother John. Together they lived at Huntwick Grange
Their children were:
John born 1820
Thomas born 1822
Richard born 1823
Sarah born 1824
Margaret born 1826
William born 1827
Hannah born 1829
Henry 1834
(I must comment that the list of children in the last two families set alarm bells ringing, I checked, the information came from a Family Bible and it is backed up, by registration details so unless there is concrete proof it is incorrect I feel we should accept it)
GENERATION 13A
George born 8th June 1810 (Son of Nathaniel Generation 12A) died on 3rd April 1895 at Rose Cottage Barnsley) He was married to Maria who had been born in Hulme, York in 1815, He was a Master Tailor in Pontefract and later a Publican, in 1881 he was living at 36 Huddersfield Road, Barnsley
He and Maria had 1 son George who was born 16th January 1845
GENERATION 13B
Joseph (Son of John, GENERATION 12B) had 3 children
Margaret Elizabeth
John
Mary Ann
GENERATION 13C
Elizabeth (dau of John Generation 12B) Married Thomas Waites (For those who followed the early discovery of the Hemsworth and Ackworth connection in the original Scholey site this makes Elizabeth the Great Grandmother of Reg Waites the Family Historian who has given us so much of this information and who sadly has now left us having reached well into his nineties
They had 1 son John Waites who lived at THE OLD HALL, Ackworth (To see a photo of The Old Hall see the original Scholey site, it is where Nevison the Highwayman hid for a while)
GENERATION 13D
Thomas Scholey born 1823 (Generation 12B) married Ann Denton, they had 2 daughters
Sarah
Mary who married Walter Field
GENERATION 13E
Richard born 1809 (Generation 12B) married to Juliana had 3 children
Elizabeth
George
Charles
GENERATION 13F John (Generation 12C) Married to Ann; this is the Scholey who challenged the British Champion Pugilist and M.P, John Gulley to a fight after they had imbued a little too much alcohol (for the full story see the relevant link)
John and Ann had 5 children
John
Robert
George
William
Jane
GENERATION 13G
Thomas (Generation 12D) born at Huntwick Grange married to Martha he was a Postmaster and Sanitary Inspector, they lived at Ryhill, York
They had 2 daughters
Ada born 1863 a Post Office Telegraph Clerk
Eleanor born 1866 a Post Office Telegraph Clerk
GENERATION 14A
George (Generation 13A) 1845 � 1870 married to Sarah Porter
One child for certain but as she married either earlier or later to John Gaunt it is unclear which of the others were Scholeys or Gaunts (My Great Grandfather was always reluctant to discuss his family)
Arthur born 13th March 1868
Walter born 1860
John
George
Tom
By 1881 Sarah (Arthur�s widow was living with Arthur and a female lodger at John Street 6 Court 4, Barnsley and is recorded as being a peddler. I know some of Arthur�s brothers were slaters living for a while in Leeds)
GENERATION 14B
John (Generation 13B) married to Sarah
Children:
John
Raymond
Ellen
Joseph
GENERATION 14C
John Waites born 1840 (Generation 13 C) married to Mary Ann Jackson 1867
1 Son
William Jackson Waites
GENERATION 14D
Sarah (Generation 13D) married to Walter Allen 1 daughter:
Mary Allen
GENERATION 15A
John (believed to be Scholey see Generation 14A) 4 sons
Charles
Henry
Walter
Arthur
GENERATION 15B
George believed to be Scholey might be Gaunt (Generation 14A) 5 children
William
Alfred
Henry
Mary
Ann GENERATION 15C
Walter a slater generation 14A
2 daughters:
Gladys
Martha
GENERATION 15D
Arthur (Generation 14A) worked in the Iron foundry lived a while in Leeds before returning to Barnsley married to Ann Crossland who was both deaf and blind , He was born 13th March 1868 and died in 1946 , they had one son
William Scholey born in Barnsley 26th September 1888 died 13th December 1975 married to Gladys Maud Jackson, they lived 75 later renumbered 83 Dodworth road Barnsley, and he was a schoolteacher. William and Gladys were my grandparents
Generation 15E
William Jackson Waites (Generation 14C) married Catherine Rogers, they lived at The Old Hall Ackworth, and they had one son
Reg Waites born 1908 Family Historian without whom little of what we have done on this site would have been possible
Here are some of my favorite websites:
Home Page (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scholey/scholey.htm )