Rev. 26 June 1996, Gen. 395

William Greaves (1) was born about 1640. He married Ann Brittlebank. She was born in 1664 in Hathersage, Derbyshire, England. They lived in Hathersage, where all their children were born. This family lived in Hathersage and Bakewell in Derbyshire before moving west to Staffordshire.

It is believed that this family may be related to that of William Greaves of Greenhill, Norton (genealogy 336). (R-1)

Children - Greaves

2. Joseph Greaves, b. 1667.

3. Nathaniel Greaves, b. 1669.

+4. William Greaves, b. 1672, m. Sarah Walshaw, 1697.

5. Thomas Greaves, b. 1675.

6. John Greaves, b. 1677, d. 1689 (Hathersage).

7. Jonas Greaves, b. 1679, d. 1689 (Hathersage).

8. Samuel Greaves, b. 1679.

9. Ann Greaves, b. 1682, d. 1700 (Hathersage).

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GREAVES (1) AND ANN BRITTLEBANK

William Greaves (4) was born in 1672 in Hathersage, Derbyshire. He married Sarah Walshaw in 1697 in Bakewell, Derbyshire. They lived in Bakewell, where all their children were born. (R-1)

Children - Greaves

10. William Greaves, b. 1698.

11. Thomas Greaves, b. 1699.

12. Ann Greaves, b. 1701.

13. Mary Greaves, b. 1705.

14. Sarah Greaves, b. 1706.

15. Elizabeth Greaves, b. 1710.

16. James Greaves, b. 1711, d. 1779 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire). He was a glazier. He moved from Leek to Stoke between 1749 and 1752.

+17. Amos Greaves, b. 1713, m(1) Ann Biddulph, 1734, m(2) Mary ------, c. 1737, d. 1784.

18. Joseph Greaves, b. 1715.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GREAVES (4) AND SARAH WALSHAW

Amos Greaves (17) was born in 1713 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, and died in 1784 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. He moved across the county boundary before he married, presumably looking for work. He was a joiner. He first married Ann Bidulph in 1734 in Horton, Staffordshire. He secondly married Mary ------ about 1737. Upon marrying again, he moved to Norton-in-the-Moors (about 3 miles northeast of Stoke-on-Trent), Staffordshire, in the then rapidly expanding pottery district of England. All their children were born in Norton-in-the-Moors. A further move, to Wolstanton, about 2 miles northwest of Stoke, probably took place about 1762. (R-1)

Children - Greaves

19. John Greaves, bapt. 1738.

20. James Greaves, bapt. 1741, m. Margaret Walker, 1768 (Wolstanton, Staffordshire). He was a joiner, like his father.

21. Mary Greaves, bapt. 1744, m. Thomas Marsh, 1765 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire), d. 1800 (Wolstanton, Staffordshire). Ancestors of the wife of David Pedgley.

22. Sarah Greaves, bapt. 1747, m. John Stanway, 1773 (Wolstanton, Staffordshire).

23. Ann Greaves, b.c. 1750, m. Abraham Brearton, 1772 (Wolstanton, Staffordshire).

24. William Greaves, bapt. 1752, m(1) Ann Barlow, 1772 (Wolstanton, Staffordshire), m(2) Mary Harvey, 1774 (Wolstanton, Staffordshire). He was a potter.

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