WILLIAM NICHOLSON

bp: 24 Feb 1788, Watton, East Yorkshire
Parents: Craven & Mary Nicholson (nee Wilkinson): m. 19 May 1779, Great Driffield, E/Yks

* 1787: The first cricket match played at Lord’s
* 1789: The Fall of the Bastille marks the beginning of the French Revolution

occ: Son of farmer
d: ?

Known Siblings: (all baptised Watton)
* John (1781)

* Catherine (1783-1791)

* Craven (1784)

* Ann & Christopher (twins) (1785)
* Lydon (1789-1789);

* Elijah (1790)

m: 30 April 1822, St John & St Martin

(The Minster), Beverley, E/Yks

* 1830: Death of George IV (previously

The Prince Regent). Succeeded by his

brother, William IV


Sp: JANE WALKER

bp: 23 Feb 1796,

St John & St Martin, Beverley
Parents: William & Margaret Walker

(nee Peck) - m. 30 Nov. 1795, St Mary

& St Nicholas, Beverley

d/br: 25 Feb 1844, Hutton Cranswick. Age 48

* 1798: The Irish Rebellion suppressed, persuading Wm. Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the need for the union of Gt. Britain & Ireland

Known Siblings: (all baptised in Beverley)
* Dinah (1804); Penelope (1808); Ulysses (1810);
Michael-Angelo (bp. 1816); Xenophon (1819)

Known children: (all b/bapt Beverley and Hutton Cranswick, E/Yks)
* Mary Ann (1822)
* William (1824 & 1825)
* Peter Wilkinson (1827)
* Jane Elizabeth NICHOLSON (bp. 17 May 1833, Hutton Cranswick)
* Elijah (1835)
* Craven (1839)