Rev. 8 Feb. 2011, Gen. 981

DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT GRAVES AND MARGARET HALL OF THORNE, YORKSHIRE & CROWLE, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND

GENERATION 1

Robert Graves (1) was born about 1705 (possibly 28 Feb. 1702 in Belchford, Lincolnshire). He married Margaret Hall on 20 April 1726 in Thorne, Yorkshire, England. She was born about 1705. (R‑1)

Children - Graves

+2. Jane Graves, b. 16 June 1739, m. William Masterman, 18 Oct. 1759.

GENERATION 2

CHILDREN OF ROBERT GRAVES (1) AND MARGARET HALL

Jane Graves (2) was born 16 June 1739 in Crowle, Lincolnshire. She married William Masterman, son of Henry Masterman and Deborah Fentiman, on 18 Oct. 1759 in Thorne, Yorkshire. He was born 24 Nov. 1735 in Thorne, Yorkshire. It is not known where the name Mortimer for his son came from. (R‑1)

Children - Masterman

+3. William Masterman/Mortimer, b. 25 Nov. 1778, m. Elizabeth Moxon, 17 Dec. 1799.

GENERATION 3

CHILDREN OF JANE GRAVES (2) AND WILLIAM MASTERMAN

William Masterman/Mortimer (3) was born 25 Nov. 1778 in Thorne, Yorkshire. He married Elizabeth Moxon on 17 Dec. 1799 in Thorne. She was born in 1775 and died in Oct. 1853, both in Thorne, Yorkshire. All their children were born in Thorne. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

4. William Mortimer, b. 1800.

+5. Elizabeth Mortimer, b. 1802, m. Thomas Gambles, Oct. 1838.

+6. Samuel Mortimer, b. 15 April 1804, m. Rachel ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. Dec. 1883.

7. John Mortimer, b. 1806.

+8. Richard Mortimer, b. 1806, m. Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. Jan. 1868.

9. Thomas Mortimer, b. 1810.

+10. James Mortimer, b. 6 Sept. 1812, m. Mary Ann Barley, 25 June 1835, d. 1854.

11. Amelia Mortimer, b. 1 Feb. 1815, d. 1827 (Thorne, Yorkshire).

12. Mary Mortimer, b. 1817.

GENERATION 4

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM MORTIMER (3) AND ELIZABETH MOXON

Elizabeth Mortimer (5) was born in 1802 in Thorne, Yorkshire. She married Thomas Gambles in Oct. 1838 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. He was born in 1815 in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. (R‑1)

Children - Gambles

13. Elizabeth Gambles, b. 1840 (Thorne, Yorkshire).

Samuel Mortimer (6) was born 15 April 1804 and died in Dec. 1883, both in Thorne, Yorkshire. He married Rachel ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born in 1800 in Epworth, Lincolnshire. All their children were born in Thorne, Yorkshire. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

14. Eliza Mortimer, b. 1826.

15. Amelia Mortimer, b. 1828.

16. Elizabeth Mortimer, b. 1830.

17. Harriot Mortimer, b. 1832.

18. Mary Mortimer, b. 1838.

19. Samuel Mortimer, b. 1846.

Richard Mortimer (8) was born in 1806 and died in Jan. 1868, both in Thorne, Yorkshire. He married Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born in 1803 in Thorne, Yorkshire. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

20. William Mortimer, b. 1845 (Thorne, Yorkshire).

James Mortimer (10) was born 6 Sept. 1812 and died in 1854, both in Thorne, Yorkshire. He married Mary Ann Barley, daughter of Thomas Barley and Sarah Cawkwell, on 25 June 1835 in Thorne, Yorkshire. She was born in 1816 and died 18 Nov. 1887, both in Thorne, Yorkshire. All their children were born in Thorne, Yorkshire. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

+21. Sarah E. Mortimer, b.c. 1838, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

22. Bessie Mortimer, b.c. 1840, m. Charles Glew, April 1866 (Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire), d. Dec. 1866 (Thorne, Yorkshire).

+23. Amelia Mortimer, b.c. 1841, m. Joseph Chessman, 18 Aug. 1861, d. 26 Sept. 1887.

24. Mary Ann Mortimer, b.c. 1844, m. William Mullins, 1863 (Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire), d. 1868 (Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire). He was b.c. 1846 in Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

25. Hannah Mortimer, b.c. 1846.

26. James Mortimer, b.c. 1847, m. Elizabeth Edwards Putt, 1871 (Hull, Yorkshire). She was b.c. 1848 in Ramsgate, Kent, and d. 1904 in Sutcoates, Yorkshire.

+27. Richard Mortimer, b.c. 1849, m. Emma Curtis, July 1879, d. April 1889.

+28. Thomas Mortimer, b.c. 1851, m. Sarah Ann Slater, 1876.

+29. William Mortimer, b.c. 1851, m. Elizabeth Cawkwell, 1874.

30. Emma Mortimer, b.c. 1853, m. Henry Christopher Richmond, 1877 (Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire). He was b.c. 1853 in Thorne, Yorkshire, and d. 1903 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

GENERATION 5

CHILDREN OF JAMES MORTIMER (10) AND MARY A. BARLEY

Sarah E. Mortimer (21) was born about 1838 in Thorne, Yorkshire. She married ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He was born about 1837 in Thorne. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

31. Thomas Mortimer, b.c. 1862 (Thorne, Yorkshire).

Amelia Mortimer (23) was born about 1841 and died 26 Sept. 1887, both in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. She married Joseph Chessman, son of John Barlow and Mary Chessman, on 18 Aug. 1861 in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He was born 31 July 1836 in Darton, Yorkshire, and died 4 Nov. 1896 in Thorne, Yorkshire. All their children were born in Thorne, Yorkshire, except for Alice, James and Mary, who were born in Burton on Stather, Lincolnshire. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

+32. Ruth Mortimer, b. June 1860, m. Joseph Sanderson, Jan. 1891, d. June 1894.

Children - Chessman

33. George Chessman, b. July 1862, m. Eliza Hannah, 1890 (Calstor, Lincs.), d. Oct. 1924 (Nottingham, Notts.). She was b.c. 1861 in Grimsby, Lincs., dau. of James Hannah and Hannah Warrs.

+34. Alice Ann Chessman, b.c. 1865, m. Robert Lee, 1885, d. Oct. 1908.

35. James Chessman, b. March 1866, m. Hannah Abbott, 1890 (Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire), d. April 1935 (Sculcoates, Yorkshire). Whe was b.c. 1866 in Thorne, and d. 20 June 1891 in Middlesborough, Yorkshire, dau. of Thomas Troy Abbott and Elizabeth Burgess.

36. Mary A. Chessman, b. Jan. 1870, d. 6 Nov. 1874 (Thorne, Yorkshire).

+37. Richard Mortimer Chessman, b.c. 1872, m. Ellen Wrigley, 1900, d. 28 April 1937.

+38. Joseph Chessman, b.c. 1875, m. Frances Annie Rothery, Jan. 1903, d. Oct. 1949.

+39. Robert Grace Chessman, b. July 1876, d. Jan. 1946 (Goole, Yorkshire).

40. William Chessman, b. Dec. 1878, m. Elizabeth Rice, April 1910 (South Shields, Durham), d. 8 June 1917 (Flanders, France). She was b.c. 1883 in Middlesborough, Yorkshire.

41. David Chessman, b. Dec. 1886, d. 21 July 1887 (Thorne, Yorkshire).

Richard Mortimer (27) was born about 1849 in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and died in April 1889 in Doncaster, Yorkshire. He married Emma Curtis in July 1879 in Doncaster, Yorkshire. She was born about 1851 in Conisbrough, Yorkshire. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

42. Hilda Amelia Mortimer, b.c. 1875 (Conisbrough, Yorkshire).

Thomas Mortimer (28) was born about 1851 in Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire. He married Sarah Ann Slater in 1876 in Thorne. She was born about 1852 in Epworth, Lincolnshire. Both their children were born in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

43. Christopher Mortimer, b.c. 1882.

44. George Thomas Mortimer, b.c. 1886.

William Mortimer (29) was born about 1851 in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He married Elizabeth Cawkwell in 1874 in Thorne. She was born about 1843 in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. All their children were born in Thorne. (R‑1)

Children - Mortimer

45. James William Mortimer, b.c. 1876.

46. Elizabeth Mortimer, b.c. 1879.

47. William Mortimer, b.c. 1882.

48. Samuel Mortimer, b.c. 1885.

GENERATION 6

CHILDREN OF AMELIA MORTIMER (23) AND JOSEPH CHESSMAN

Ruth Mortimer (32) was born in June 1860 and died in June 1894, both in Thorne, Yorkshire. She married Joseph Sanderson in Jan. 1891 in Thorne. He was born about 1855 in Thorne, Yorkshire. All their children were born in Thorne. (R‑1)

Children - Sanderson

49. John Percy Sanderson, b.c. 1880.

50. Kate Sanderson, b.c. 1885.

51. Adelaide Sanderson, b.c. 1889.

Alice Ann Chessman (34) was born about 1865 in Burton on Strather, Lincolnshire, and died in Oct. 1908 in Thorne, Yorkshire. She married Robert Lee in 1885 in Thorne. He was born about 1861 in Rawcliffe, Yorkshire. All their children were born in Thorne, Yorkshire. (R‑1)

Children - Lee

52. Emily Lee, b.c. 1888.

53. Arthur Lee, b.c. 1890.

54. Edith Lee, b.c. 1892.

55. Henry Lee, b.c. 1894.

56. Alice Mary Lee, b.c. 1900.

57. Ruth Amelia Lee, b. 16 Oct. 1903, m. Henry Wade, d. May 2001 (Doncaster, Yorkshire). He was b.c. 1899 in Thorne.

58. Tom Lee, b.c. 1906.

Richard Mortimer Chessman (37) was born about 1872 in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and died 28 April 1937 in War Memorial Hospital, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. He married Ellen Wrigley in 1900 in Doncaster, Yorkshire. She was born about 1877 in Mexborough, Lincolnshire. (R‑1)

Children - Chessman

59. Harold Mortimer Chessman, b. Oct. 1901 (Althorpe, Lincolnshire), m. Blanche M. Castle, d. April 1962 (Huddersfield, Yorkshire). She was b. 28 Dec. 1903 in Huddersfield, Yorks., and d. July 1977 in Granthem, Lincs.

60. George Chessman, b. 6 June 1910 (Keadby, Lincolnshire), d. Oct. 1986 (Scunthorpe and Barton-Upon-Humber, Lincolnshire).

61. Hedley Chessman, b. 6 June 1910 (Keadby, Lincolnshire), d. July 1982 (Worcester, Worcestershire).

Joseph Chessman (38) was born about 1875 in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and died in Oct. 1949 in Don Valley, Yorkshire. He married Frances Annie Rothery in Jan. 1903 in Thorne. She was born 24 Sept. 1881 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and died in July 1972 in Doncaster, Yorkshire. All their children were born in Thorne, Yorkshire. (R‑1)

Children - Chessman.

62. Alice Chessman, b.c. 1904.

63. Elizabeth Chessman, b.c. 1906.

64. Christopher Chessman, b.c. 1908.

Robert Grace Chessman (39) was born in July 1876 in Thorne, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and died in Jan. 1946 in Goole, Yorkshire. He married Eva E. Smith in Jan. 1899 in Thorne. She was born about 1878 in Thorne. (R‑1)

Children - Chessman

65. Herbert William Chessman, b. June 1900 (Sculcoates, Yorkshire).

66. Robert Henry Chessman, b. 6 Jan. 1905 (Thorne, Yorkshire), d. July 1982 (Goole, Yorkshire).

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