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Benjamin Raworth, the Elder and his wife Mary


Proposed Raworth Lineage

Compiled by Judy Griffin, 2007 - email address



George Raworth

George Raworth and Catherine Heathcote are the possible parents of Benjamin, the Elder (1). George and Catherine were married on February 3, 1737 in Chesterfield, a small town in Derbyshire, a few miles south of Sheffield. (2) It is very likely that this is where the Heathcote name comes from (see Heathcote family history). There is a Catherina Heathcote, christened on April 14, 1714 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, whose father was Benjamin Heathcote. (3) Benjamin Raworth (the Elder, below, possible grandson) named a son George and a daughter Catherine. Since we do not know the birth order, it is not possible to determine whether Benjamin, the Elder followed traditional naming patterns. In addition, several descendants of Benjamin, the Elder were given the middle name Heathcote. There is a George Raworth who married a Rachel Oates on April 22, 1728, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. (4) Bakewell is quite near Chesterfield.


Benjamin Raworth, the Elder

Benjamin Raworth, the Elder, apparently first resided in Derbyshire, but eventually lived in Sheffield, where many of his descendants remained. Benjamin’s wife, named Mary in his 1805 will, was possibly the Mary Wetton, age 19 “and upwards”, who married a Benjamin Raworth, age 22, on December 24, 1761 at Annesley, Nottinghamshire, with the consent of their parents. (5) If this is our Benjamin, it would put his birth in circa 1739, hers in circa 1742. This Benjamin was listed in the Parish Register as from Hayter (Heanor, Derbyshire). In the codicil of Benjamin’s son John Raworth’s will, John mentions a John Whetton, the elder. Heanor is near Crich, Mansfield and Sutton in Ashfield, places that appear in the family information below. If this is our Benjamin

In his will, Benjamin listed his children, John, Benjamin, George, Elizabeth, William, Ann, James and Catherine. The actual birth order for John, Benjamin, George and Catherine is unknown. They are listed here in the order named in the will. Although Ann was listed before Elizabeth in the Will, she was born after Elizabeth. John was named as executor, which could indicate he was born first; but George had died when the will was written, so George could have been born first.

The will of Benjamin Raworth, the Elder, Sheffield, bricklayer, was dated October 17, 1805. He gave his son John Raworth of Mansfield, Nottingham, all of his “Leasehold Messuages, Tenements or Dwellinghouses with a Workship” in Charles Street, Sheffield. John was named executor of the will. His wife, Mary Raworth, was given “all my Household Furniture Plate China Linens and Woolens,” and she had the right to occupy the house where they lived. Mary was to receive “Eight Shillings weekly and every Week out of the Rents Issues and Profits of the said Leasehold premises. He gave his son Benjamin twenty-five pounds sterling. He gave the four children of his deceased son George Raworth forty pounds (ten pounds each). He gave his sons William and James and his daughters Ann, Catherine and Elizabeth twenty pounds each. His son William was given all of Benjamin's “working Tools and Implements and all my Scaffolding.” Benjamin signed his will. It was witnessed by Henry T(?)omes, Wm. Barlow, and Edw Trose/Fose(?). The will may have been proved on October 12, 1810, value less than 300 pounds.

It appears that two of Benjamin’s sons were apprenticed in the cutlery trade. (6) John was apprenticed to Thomas Beeley in 1776 and James was apprenticed to a George Hudson in 1800. From the listing, their terms of apprenticeship seem to be seven years. Benjamin’s daughter Catherine married a George Hudson, though it is not known if these George Hudsons are the same man.

The Hallamshire Cutlers controlled the cutlery trade in and around Sheffield, up to the early 1800s. Sheffield was a cutlery town in those days, and the Hallamshire Cutlers had a prominent place in the life and history of the town. The Cutlers’ records mainly relate to the recording of apprenticeships and the granting of the Freedom of the company (allowed the recipient to operate his own cutlery business). (7)


John Raworth

Brother of Benjamin Raworth II

John Raworth (Benjamin1), of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, died between October 1837 and May 1838. He made a codicil to his will in October 1837 and his will appears to have been probated in May of 1838. His wife Elizabeth died in December 1859 or 1869. (15) In John’s will he named his wife Elizabeth, but there are no children listed. He named his brother William and sisters Catherine, Elizabeth and Ann. He also named his deceased brothers, Benjamin and George, and noted that they both had children. Although he named his wife Elizabeth in the will, he may have previously married a Mary Barlow on October 2, 1820 at Cuckney, Nottinghamshire. (16) A Wm. Barlow witnessed Benjamin, the Elder’s Will.

John was a Cutler and made out his will in 1835. (17) He was a member of a benevolent society that met at the Golden Ball, probably a tavern or inn. He owned a dwelling house, a shop, received income from rents, and owned leasehold dwelling houses or tenements in Sheffield. He willed his wife an annuity of twenty-six pounds from rents, to be paid in four equal quarterly installments on Lady Day, Midsummer, Michaelmas and Christmas. If the surplus from the rents during his wife’s life amounted to one hundred pounds, the amount was to be divided equally among his brother, sisters, and children of his deceased brothers (Benjamin and George). After his wife’s death, the executors were to sell his leasehold premises by public auction or private contract and the income from the sale(s) and rents were to go to his brother William, his sisters Catherine, Elizabeth and Ann, and the children of his deceased brothers Benjamin and George. In case his sister Elizabeth died before John’s wife, her share was to go to John’s nephew, Ebenezer (our Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth). John’s will protected the bequests given to his female relatives, stating “that whatever I have given or which may come to or in trust for any females is so by me given for their several own sole and separate use independent and free from the debts or control of any husband which they or any of them now have or hereafter respectively may have . . .” John appointed his nephews Joseph Raworth (the Joseph born 1786) and Benjamin Pierre [sic Pyrah] Raworth as joint executors and willed them his leasehold dwelling houses or tenements from which they were to provide his wife’s annuity and distribute excess rent income to other family members. He did will Joseph and Benjamin Pyrah fifty pounds each. The will was witnessed by George Burton.

In 1837, John made a codicil to his will. In the codicil he willed his wife Elizabeth “for her own absolute use and benefit” his three Stocking Frames. A thirty two gauge frame and a thirty four gauge frame in the “possession and working of John Whetton the elder of Sutton in Ashfield” and a thirty eight gauge frame in the “possession and working of Thomas Lea of Sutton in Ashfield.” The codicil was witnessed by Nathan Cooper, Wm Woodcock and Wm Shipston(?).

The certification by the Surrogate states that the executors of the will were nephews Joseph Raworth of Sheffield, merchant, and Benjamin Pyrah (in the will written Pierre Raworth) of Sheffield, merchant. The value of the goods, chattels and credits did not exceed four hundred and fifty pounds.


Benjamin Raworth

Benjamin Raworth (Benjamin1) died between May 1810, when he made his will, and October 1810 when it appears the will was proved. He was probably born circa 1760s. Benjamin was a silverplater in Sheffield. (18) Benjamin married Sarah Pyrah on November 3, 1785 in Rotherham. (19) Their children were Joseph, Ebenezer Heathcote, Benjamin Pyrah and Matilda Eagle. In 1822, Sarah was listed as a grocer and flour dealer at 19 Charles Street, Sheffield. (20), (21)

Currently, Charles Street starts just south of the city centre (not far from where St. Pauls’s Church used to stand) and runs ESE down the hill towards the Sheaf (which is now culverted and invisible). It terminates at Paternoster Row near the Midland Railway Station. Today, on the corner with Paternoster Row, stands the new (and struggling) National Centre for Popular Music (a ‘visitor attraction’) in an amazing modern building (known by some as ‘the Kettles’). (22) Currently, Meis Restaurant is at 19 Charles Street (2000). (23) There is no surviving residential housing in this street.

In 1822, there was a Charles Lane and a Rowarth’s Yard, both on Charles Street. (24) In the Will of Benjamin’s son, Ebenezer, their freehold property consisted of two houses fronting Charles Street, three houses in the yard behind the above two houses, a house and small stable, and room and chamber in the yard occupied by our Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth as a store. This property, first willed by Benjamin, the Elder to his son John, appears to have remained in the family. Benjamin only received twenty-five pounds in his father’s will, but the children of his son, Ebenezer, ended up with the Charles Street property (John’s will).

In his will, Benjamin gave his wife, Sarah, his entire estate. If she remarried, she was to receive ten pounds yearly for the rest of her life. His daughter, Matildia Eagle Raworth, inherited his “Camp (or Tent), Bed, and furniture, being that which at the present time is in her own use for sleeping in.” The remainder of his estate was to be equally shared between his daughter had his three sons, Joseph, Benjamin Pyrah, and Ebenezer Heathcote. Sarah was to be “allowed the liberty of continuing the present business of shopkeeping” for six months after his death, to “discontinue it at that time, if the profits arising therefrom should not be adequate to the trouble and expense thereof, but if the profits should prove satisfactory to her, that she be then allowed to continue the same, until the time of her death, or intermarriage.” Benjamin's friend, Robert Collyer, of Sheffield, a knife “haft presser, “ and his brother, John Raworth of Mansfield, a culter, were named joint executors. Benjamin signed his will dated May 1, 1810. Witnesses were: Adam Simpson, George Raworth and John Hutton.

The family relationship of the George Raworth who witnessed Benjamin’s will has not been determined. It was written in 1810, so it cannot be his brother who was named as deceased in their fathers’ 1805 will. A John Hutton was a witness to this will. There was a John Hutton who married a Hannah Raworth. (25) It is interesting to note that the first page of the document preceding the wills of Benjamin, the Elder and his son Benjamin’s are almost identical and both are dated 12th October 1810.

In Baines’s Directory of 1822, (30) Benjamin and Joseph Raworth were listed as scissor manufacturers on Charles Street, along with their mother Sarah (grocer). A George Raworth, fork manufacturer, is listed on Smithfield. This could be the George who witnessed Benjamin, the Elder’s will.

The parents of Sarah Pyrah have not been found. It is said there were a large number of Pyrahs in Batley Parish, Yorkshire as early as the mid 1700s. However, Batley is quite far from Rotherham, where Sarah married.


Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth

Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth (Benjamin2, Benjamin1) was christened on June 3, 1792 at Sheffield Cathedral (31) and died on August 11, 1858 in Sheffield, England. His son, our Joseph, stated that Ebenezer was buried in Cemetery Church in Sheffield. We have not been able to locate the actual name of this cemetery; there was no Cemetery Church in Sheffield. Ebenezer married Sarah Wing before 1820 when their son Joseph was born (Joseph’s biography). Their known children were our Joseph (possibly Joseph James) and Ebenezer Robert.

Sarah was the daughter of Samuel and Betty Wing. The IGI lists a Sarah Wing christened on April 21, 1798 at Sheffield Cathedral, father Samuel Wing, mother Betty. (32) According to her son Joseph’s biography, she was born in 1799, and died in 1824. There is patron submitted information stating that Samuel Wing married Betty Brook on February 7, 1785 at Sheffield Cathedral. (33) Another source states that the wife of Ebenezer was Elizabeth, daughter of _?_ Wing. (34)

After Sarah’s death, Ebenezer married Elizabeth Boaler on January 10, 1831 in Cuckney, Nottingham. (35) Elizabeth may have died before 1858, she is not named in Ebenezer’s will. Their daughter was Matilda Boaler Raworth. An Emmaline Matilda Raworth married Joel Walker in 1859. This is probably the Matilda in the family bible record, Matilda Boalen Walker, who died July 31, 1863 at age 28, born circa 1835.

George Boaler, the elder, residing at Barlborough, Derbyshire, conveyed a settlement by lease and release to his son, George, and Benjamin Pyrah Raworth, trustees for Elizabeth Raworth, wife of Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth, grocer and daughter of George Boaler the elder. (36) The deed, dated September 20 and 21, 1838, was for two messuages with a bake house in Red Croft, six messuages in Red Croft adjoining Trippett Lane and four newly erected messuages in Red Croft. These for the specified uses, in trust for Elizabeth Raworth and her heirs. In 1839, Elizabeth Raworth, of Charles St., Sheffield, a gentle woman, held an insurance policy covering her houses in Trippett Lane. (37) She paid her annual premium again in 1840. In 1847 George Boaler and Benjamin Pyrah Raworth, trustees under the will of George Boaler, the elder, deceased, with Elizabeth Raworth, conveyed to the Trustees, two messuages in Red Croft, five messuages in Red Croft adjoining Trippett Lane, seven messuages in Red Croft adjoining Trippett Lane and four newly erected in Red Croft for £1440. (38) Elizabeth was described as late of Sheffield, now of Barlborough, Derbyshire.

Ebenezer was a grocer and apparently doing well financially for the times. He resided and operated a grocery business on Charles St. in Sheffield, 49 Charles Street in 1829. (39) Ebenezer and his second wife were enumerated in the 1841 Sheffield Census at Suffolk Lane. Listed were: Ebeneza Raworth, age 45; Elizabeth Raworth, age 45; and Matilda Raworth, age 7. In an 1841 city directory, Ebenezer was listed as a grocer and tea dealer at 46 Charles St. (40) In addition, he had buildings and property in what may have been called Raworth’s Yard. These may have been residences and/or businesses. Charles Street is located in the middle of Sheffield, near the St. Peter and Paul Church where so many of the Raworth family were christened and married, and where Ebenezer and Sarah are probably buried. This Charles St. property appears to have been passed down from Benjamin, the Elder. Ebenezer had enough income to send his son Joseph to Moorgate Academy in Rotherham.

Evidently Ebenezer was an official in the Patriotic Building Association that was established May 14, 1836. He was a trustee for this association with a Benjamin Jones, butcher, named in the 1839 and 1844 mortgage transactions for leasehold premises in Pinfold Street, Sheffield. (41) In the 1841 city directory, Benjamin Jones was listed as a butcher at 36 Charles St. This organization may have served the public by providing mortgages and/or erecting buildings and homes.

In his will, dated January 5, 1857, Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth, a yeoman, gave his son Ebenezer all his “ freehold property consisting of two houses fronting to Charles Street in Sheffield aforesaid now in the occupation of Joseph Turner and William Naylor also three houses in the yard behind the above two houses occupied by James Daniels George Ayres and Charles Metcalf also a big? House and small stable as now occupied by George Hodgkinson and or? Room and chamber in the yard occupied by the aforesaid Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth as a Store” He also gave his son Ebenezer all of his “household furniture plate books linnen with all money securities for money whatever or wheresoever the same may be found at the time of my decease.” His daughter, Matilda Boaler Raworth, was to receive “all goods and chattels she may have in her possession at the time of my death, and that she the said Matilda Boaler Raworth is hereby not required to give an answer to any question that may be put to her relating to what she may have.” His son, Joseph, was not named in the will. Joseph was in America when Ebenezer died. Ebenezer signed his will. Witnesses were Joseph Lockwood, Charles Favell, and William Goodlad.

There are only three known children, certainly there must have been more:


Joseph Raworth

Descendants of Joseph Raworth



Joseph Raworth (Ebenezer Heathcote3, Benjamin2, Benjamin1) was born on December 20, 1820 in Sheffield, England and died on May 23, 1913 in Saline County, Nebraska at age 92. He married Alice Tomlinson on August 16, 1850 in Mason County, Illinois, daughter of Richard Tomlinson and Elizabeth Abbott. Alice was born on February 9, 1832 in England, and died on August 24, 1883 in Dorchester, Saline County, Nebraska. The children of Joseph and Alice were Ebenezer Robert, Mary Ann, John William, Emaline Matilda, Elizabeth Alice and Richard Darwin. After Alice died, Joseph married Mary M. Fulwider Beard on August 27, 1890 in Lancaster, Nebraska. (47) She died in 1907, six years before Joseph’s death.

Joseph’s biography, information given when he was about sixty-two, provides valuable information. In England, he first attended the Parish schools in Sheffield and then Moorgate Academy near Rotherham, the place where his grandfather Benjamin married Sarah Pyrah and only six miles from Sheffield. (48) Moorgate Academy was a small establishment, having only seven boarders, a tutor and a servant in 1841. It was probably founded in 1822 by a Stephen Eversfield, whose widow, Sarah, then owned the school; but at least for a period of time it was conducted by James Appleton and perhaps others. The Academy was located in a house on the northern end of Moorgate, near the Cattle Market. (49)

Why he left England is not known, but Joseph stated that he arrived in New Orleans on April 5, 1844 with only a Crown (worth about five shillings) to start his life in America. Because he did not seem to settle immediately in Illinois or any other place, it is unlikely that he came because he already had relatives here. Joseph may have come to the United States on the ship Swanton, the only ship found that came from England and arrived in New Orleans close to the date Joseph gave in his biography. The Swanton sailed from Liverpool on February 11, 1844 and arrived in New Orleans on April 5, 1844, a journey of about eight weeks. On this ship were eighty-one Mormons, headed for Navoou, Illinois. In a check of the microfilm for this ship’s arrival at New Orleans, the ship was found, but no passengers were listed. However, an entry in published passenger lists and a check of the microfilm of the actual passenger list gives a different date and ship for a Joseph Raworth, age 21, grocer, departed from Liverpool, England and arrived on April 1, 1846 on the ship Swatara. (50) He brought with him one chest of clothing. There were only ten passengers, eight of whom were single men, on this 747 92/95 ton ship owned by a Stephen Baldwin of Philadelphia. The ship’s captain was a Henry S. Brown.

Joseph’s biography: “Joseph Raworth, farmer; P.O. Chandlerville; was born in Sheffield, England, Dec. 20, 1820, and is the eldest of two children, born to Ebenezer H. and Sarah (Wing) Raworth, natives of England. Ebenezer H. Raworth was a grocer, died Aug. 11, 1858, aged sixty-six years and was interred at the Cemetery Church, Sheffield, England; his wife, born in 1799, died in 1824. Joseph received his primary education in the parish schools, finishing at Moorgate Academy, near Rotherham, England. In 1844, he came to America, landed in New Orleans the fifth of April that year, engaged in steamboating two years, taught school three months in 1846, went to Scott County, Ills., and began farming, and in 1860 came to this county [Cass]. He has since followed farming in this county, and now has 105 acres here and 320 acres in Nebraska, all of which has been made by his own labors, he having only a crown in his pocket when he landed in New Orleans. He married in Mason County, Ills., in August 1857, Alice Tomlinson a native of England, born in February, 1832. From this union six children have been born: Ebenezer, Mary, John, Emeline (deceased), Elizabeth and Richard D. Mr. Raworth is a Greenbacker; (51) he and his wife are Methodists.” (52)

In 1879, the country was slowly emerging from economic depression, the panic of 1873. In that year the Grant administration decided to redeem the bonds sold to finance the Civil War in specie instead of in the cheap greenbacks they had been purchased with. Most farmers and laborers held their savings in greenbacks and this decision was a blow to their value. The panic which ensued to convert greenbacks into specie drove the value of paper money down to 35 cents on the dollar. On top of this the government decided to suspend the printing of greenbacks. Such an action only added to the devaluation of paper money and the entire decade was featured by lack of confidence and fear for the value of money. Wages dropped 5% in 1873, another 4% in 1874 and 9% in 1875, then more or less stabilized. (53)

Joseph worked on the steamboats on the Mississippi river for two years. He then taught school for three months, afterward farming in Scott County, Illinois (a county just south of Cass County). He was not found in the 1850 census. He purchased land in Mason County, Illinois where he married Alice Tomlinson. They then moved to Cass County, Illinois by 1860 (census). In the 1860 census, there was an additional child listed, a John, female (either gender error or name error), age 8. (54) This child does not appear in any other records found so far and may be a child who died by the 1870 census.

Joseph and Alice resided in Sangamon Valley Township, Cass County when their last child, Richard Darwin Raworth, was born in 1872. They moved a few miles from Dorchester, Nebraska in 1883 and Alice died soon after. In her 1841 letter, daughter Elizabeth Alice said they moved to Nebraska in March and Alice died in August. All of Joseph and Alice’s sons moved to Saline County with them and remained there all of their lives.

Joseph was about sixty-two when he moved to Saline County, Nebraska. Why he moved to Nebraska at this late age is a mystery. Perhaps he had so much land in Nebraska that he needed to move there to manage the properties. In 1872, he had purchased land that James Tomlinson had homesteaded in Saline County, Nebraska for $500.00. However, this is not the same property that he owned at the time of his death. Joseph owned a great deal of land. In about 1882, he owned 105 acres in Cass County, Illinois and 320 acres in Nebraska. At the time of his death, he owned 800 acres of land, 320 acres each in Saline and Dundy Counties, Nebraska and 160 acres in Sherman County, Kansas. He had evidently sold his land in Illinois (or gave it to daughter Elizabeth Alice).

From the probate records of his children, it appears that he gave them much of his Nebraska property. He also gave land, possibly the land in Sherman County, Kansas, to his daughter Elizabeth Alice (letter below). When he was eighty-nine, his son John W. and daughter Mary O’Leary and her sons Lloyd and William were living with him (1910 census). He had taken Mary and her children in when she was evidently left penniless after her husband’s death.

Joseph was active in the community. He was the director of the district school board in 1890 and treasurer in 1902 when he signed a teacher contract for one Laura Harris. Laura was paid $28 a month, for three months. (Pathfinder Library document). His son Ebenezer Robert was director for ten years between 1891 and 1913 and Richard D. was treasurer from 1910-1921. Joseph contributed the sum of $50.00 to the Endowment Fund for York College, York, Nebraska in 1908.

Letter from Joseph Raworth to his daughter Elizabeth Alice:

Obituary of Joseph Raworth: “Joseph Rayworth was born in Sheffield, England, December 20, 1820, and died at his home east of Dorchester, May 23, 1913, aged 92 years, 5 months and 3 days. In 1844, he came to America, landing in New Orleans. In 1860 he went to Mason county, Illinois and began farming. In 1883 he move to Nebraska, where he has since resided. He was married to Miss Alice Tomlinson in August 1850, to the union was born six children: Ebenezer, Mary, John, Emeline, Elizabeth and Richard D., all of who survive him except Emeline, who died in infancy. His wife died August 23, 1883. In 1890 he was married to Margaret Fulwide, who died in 1907. He was a member of the United Brethern church. Funeral services were held at the residence Sunday afternoon and interment was in the Riverside cemetery at Crete”. Dorchester Star, 29 May 1913, p. 2 Note: The United Brethern church was in Pleasant Hill. A Card of Thanks was also published on the same page and signed by Ebenezer Rayworth, Mary O’Leary, John Rayworth, Elizabeth Hutchinson and Richard Rayworth.

Probate Record of Joseph Raworth. The record states that he did not leave a will and that he died on May 23, 1913 in Dorchester, Saline County, Nebraska. Individuals listed were Ebenezer R. Raworth, age 60, of Dorchester, Nebraska, son; Mary A. O’Leary, age 58, of Dorchester, Nebraska, daughter; John W. Raworth, age 56, of Dorchester, Nebraska; Elizabeth A. Hutchinson, age 50, of Otterville Illinois; and Richard D. Raworth, age 41, of Dorchester, Nebraska, son. Ebenezer R. Raworth and Mary O’Leary are listed as petitioners. There is a claim on the estate for $50.00 for an Endowment Fund for York College, York, Nebraska. The record states that there were the following receipts:

Probate of Alice Raworth, August 12, 1914 (died 1883). The record stated that there was no money or personal property. Probably this is the probate filed after her husband’s death in 1913 when the land she owned jointly with Joseph was probated. Listed the following heirs:

There is an entry for an Alice Tomlinson, christened on February 5, 1832 at St Mary-The-Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, whose parent were Richard Tomlinson and Betty. (55) In the Raworth family bible record, she was listed as born February 9, 1832. It may be that this date and place are correct, especially since the family information stating that Alice was born in London was given by others after her death. Joseph, her husband, said she was born in 1832, but did not give the place. This date is also the same as the birth date estimated from her age given in the immigrant passenger list. A James Tomlinson is listed in the bible record (the only Tomlinson) and Joseph purchased land from a James Tomlinson. He is probably the brother of Alice. It is probable that this James Tomlinson is the person who homesteaded in Saline County, Nebraska and sold this piece of land to Joseph Raworth in 1872. By 1872 he had returned to Illinois, perhaps due to illness, since a James Tomlinson died in nearby Mason County in 1873.


Benjamin Pyrah Raworth

Brother of Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth

Benjamin Pyrah Raworth (Benjamin2, Benjamin1) was born in 1788 and christened on July 27, 1788 at Sheffield Cathedral, St. Peter and St. Paul. He married Sarah Smith on April 17, 1816 in Sheffield. (70) Benjamin was described as ‘of this parish, and Sarah was of ‘Ditto, spinster.’ The marriage was after Banns. The witnesses were John Wooley (or Weatley), and George Allsop (71) Sarah’s father was George Smith, a cutler and silverplater in Sheffield. (72) Benjamin and Sarah’s children were Benjamin Joseph and George Smith. Benjamin Pyrah served an apprenticeship (1808), at about age 20. By 1817 he was a coach and railway spring maker at 30 Button Lane. (73) In the 1829 directory Benjamin and his brother Joseph were listed under Brass Founders, Crimping Machine Makers, Brass Founders, Merchants Factors and Manufacturers, Scissor Manufacturers at Arundel Street. (74) In 1852 he was listed as a manufacturer of patent axletree, coach ironmongery, railway spring, copying machine, &c. with his business at Eldon Street. (75) Benjamin’s brother, Joseph and his son, were in the same business at 62 Arundel Street. In 1852 Benjamin was living on Shrewsbury Road, his brother Joseph at Knowle House. Benjamin (age 72) and Sarah (age 71) were found in the 1861 census, both stated they were born in Sheffield. (76) Benjamin died in 1867, age 78. (77)


John Raworth

There is a John Raworth who resided in Mason County, Illinois. He was born about 1804 in England (too early to be a son of Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth), died in 1873 and is buried in Fairview cemetery, Mason County, Illinois (bible record). Since he was listed in the family bible record, it is quite likely that he was related to Joseph Raworth. The land record for the purchase of 40 acres in Mason County, Illinois in 1864 by a John Raworth is the same property described in John’s will. (89) In the 1850 Mason County, Illinois census, John Raworth, age 45, and wife Mary, age 44, both born in England were listed with their adopted son, Fred Moffat [Morfoot], age 16, born in Illinois. John and Mary were again listed with Fred in the Mason County census in 1860 and 1870. John owned personal property valued at $620 and land valued at $640. By 1870 he owned land valued at $2,500 and personal property of $700. He owned 120 acres by the time of his death. His wife, Mary, was listed as unable to read or write. She signed her will and documents related to her husband’s will with an X (her mark). Both of their wills were probated in Mason County, Illinois and stated that they resided in Lynchburg, but no burial/cemetery record has been found.

John Raworth named a Clara Holms, who was living in Sheffield, in his 1872 will. He willed his estate to his wife and stated that after her death (which occurred in 1877), Clara was to share equally with a Mary Batty in any personal property remaining (not his land etc.). What, if any, the relationship was to these two women, is unknown. His wife died in 1877 and left her personal property to their adopted son, Frederick Morfoot. It is interesting that this adopted son, Frederick Morfoot, married this Clara Holmes in 1875, not long after his father’s death. Frederick was appointed executor of his mother’s estate, which he declined. Frederick and Clara soon moved to Iowa where she died and Frederick re-married in 1887.

John’s probate file is interesting because it includes an inventory of his property, illustrative of the household effects of a family in this time period. The family owned warming and cooking stoves, a washing machine, a clock, two tables, twelve chairs, an arm chair, two stands, three bedsteads, three feather beds, six pillows and three bolsters, eight quilts, six sheets, a mirror, a tea tray, a box and lounge, a box and cupboard, a cupboard, crockery and glassware, tinware, a large kettle and jars and jugs. The total value of these and his farm implements, harvested crops and cattle was slightly more than $700. His land was valued at $2,160.


Endnotes

1 Audrey Town, “Benj etc,” email, January 2, 2002. I am sure this is Benj who married Mary Wetton, Annesley, 24 Dec 1761. He is described in the PR as of Hayter (Heator, Derbys). I do believe he is the son of George and Catherine, mentioned earlier. I have found refs to bapts of some of the children - Eliz 17 Sept 1775, Worksop, Wm 14 Mar 1779 Sheff St Peter, Ann 24 Sept 1780 St Peter, James 24 Aug 1785 St Peter. Evidently son John, Mansfield, died 1838 and left a Will.

2 Audrey Town, “Raworth,” email February 23, 2000. I have found something of interest on the IGI. 3 February, 1737 George Raworth married Catherine Heathcote, Chesterfield. This is a small town in Derbys. a few miles south of Sheffield. I think it is very likely that this is where the Heathcote name comes from and is part of your direct line. More evidence needed.

3 IGI Individual Record FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0 British Isles. Catherina Heathcoat, christening April 14, 1714, Chesterfield, Derby, England, father Benjamin Heathcoat. Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. Source Information: Batch No.: C035863, Dates: 1665 - 1804, Source Call No.: 0422195, Type: film, Printout Call No.: 6904968. Batch No.: C035863 Dates: 1804 – 1810 Source Call No.: 0422196 Type: film.

4 IGI Individual Record, FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 British Isles. George Raworth, Spouse: Rachel Oates, Marriage: 22 APR 1728 Bakewell, Derby, England. Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. Source Information: Batch No.: M049632 Dates: 1614 - 1770 Source Call No.: 1041679 Type: Film Printout Call No.: 6900058 Type: Film.

5 Mary Wetton, female, spouse Benjamin Raworth, marriage December 24, 1761 at Annesley, Nottingham, England. IGI, Individual Record FamilySearch, International Genealogical Index v5.0 British Isles. Bishop’s transcripts, 1605-1867, Church of England, Parish Church of Annesley, Batch No. M045261, Dates 1755 - 1812, Source Call No. 0503471. Microfilm of original records at the Nottinghamshire Record Office, Nottingham. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966. Online at www.familysearch.org, accessed January 2004. Phillimore’s Parish Register transcripts of Annesley also gives Dec. 24, 1761, Benjamin Raworth of the parish of Heanor, Derby and Mary Wetton. Phillimore’s Parish Registers, 26 volumes published by Phillimore and Co. in the late 1800s and early 1900s and transcribed direct from the registers in each of the churches. This entry is probably from “Nottinghamshire Parish Registers - Marriages”

6 Eric Youle, “Re: Sheffield & Cemetery Church (Raworth),” email March 21, 1999. Raworth section of the Hallamshire Culters records: Raworth James, son of Benjamin, bricklyr.: to Hudson George. k.; 7(?). 1800. Raworth John, son of Benjamin, bricklayer; to Beeley Thomas, sr., c.; 7, 1776, F. 1791. F may stand for date apprentice was free.

7 “Re: Sheffield & Cemetery Church (Raworth)” Information sent on 21 March 1999 from Eric Youle.

8 Audrey Town, “Benj etc,” email January 2, 2002. I have found refs to bapts of some of the children - Eliz 17 Sept 1775, Worksop, dau of Benjamin and Mary Raworth.

9 Audrey Town, “Benj etc,” email January 2, 2002. I have found refs to bapts of some of the children - Wm 14 Mar 1779 Sheff St Peter.

10 Raworth Pedigree, Sheffield City Archives. The pedigree as no sources for the information. Copy provided by Chris Raworth.

11 Audrey Town, “Benj etc,” email January 2, 2002. I have found refs to bapts of some of the children - Ann 24 Sept 1780 St Peter.

12 It is unknown how common the surname Naylor may have been in the area, but an Ann Raworth, baptized September 24, 1780, at Sheffield, St. Peter, married Samuel Naylor (from her brother John’s will). Family History Library, Vital Records Index has an Ann Raworth married to Samuel NAILOR, 28 September 1807, recorded in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottingham, England. These records with surnames in our lineage were also found in the Pentrich (Derbyshire), Pentrich Marriage Strays: Edward Naylor, farmer m. Anne Rawworth, Alfreton, March 19, 1775; William Naylor m. Easter Walker, Henaor, March 10, 1788; George Raworth m. Francis Naylor, Morton, March 13, 1807. Genealogy-Links, PO Box 6417, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NOTTS. NG17 2WB. England, Database Copyright 2001-2003, Genealogy-Links & Helen Wilson. Online at www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/pentrich.mstrays.ms.html. Site does not give source.

13 Audrey Town, “Benj etc,” email January 2, 2002. I have found refs to bapts of some of the children - Eliz 17 Sept 1775, Worksop, Wm 14 Mar 1779 Sheff St Peter, Ann 24 Sept 1780 St Peter, James 24 Aug 1785 St Peter.

14 IGI Individual Record, FamilySearchT International Genealogical Index v5.0, British Isles, Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. Batch No.: M007758, Dates: 1789 - 1802, Source Call No.: 0919419, Type: Film, Printout Call No.: 6909645, Type: Film.

15 Raworth Pedigree, Sheffield City Archives. The pedigree as no sources for the information. Copy provided by Chris Raworth.

16 IGI Individual Record, FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 British Isles. John Raworth, Spouse: Mary Barlow, Marriage: 02 OCT 1820 Cuckney, Nottingham, England. Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. Source Information: Batch No.: M047291 Dates: 1813 - 1837 Source Call No.: 0504090 Type: Film.

17 Copy from the Central Records Office, Nottinghamshire, in files of this compiler.

18 Eric Youle, “Re: Sheffield & Cemetery Church (Raworth),” email March 21, 1999. Raworth section of the Hallamshire Culters records: Raworth Benjamin Pyrah, son of Benjamin, silverplater; to Linfit Francis, sc.; 7, 1808.

19 Beryl Bass, “Raworth,” email March 21, 1999. Lookup from the IGI. Benjamin married Sarah Pyrah 03 Nov 1785 Rotherham. Sarah (Wing) Raworth was not found - I looked for her under both Raworth and Wing.

20 Eric Youle, “Re: Sheffield & Cemetery Church (Raworth),” email March 21, 1999. From the 1822 Bain’s Directory. Raworth, Sarah, grocer & flour dealer, 19 Charles St. (will of Benjamin’s son, Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth, states that the store was on Charles St.)

21 Transcript of the entry of “professions and trades” for Sheffield in Baines’s Directory of 1822, online at www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Sheffield/Sheffield22Dry.html. Raworth Benjamin and Joseph, scissor mfrs. Charles st.; Raworth Sarah, grocer & flour dealer, Charles st.; Raworth Geo. fork mfr. Smithfield; Thompson Rbt. file manufacturer, 1, Raworth’s yd. Charles st. Streets in 1821: Charles lane, back of Charles street; Charles street, Union street; Rowarth’s yard, Charles street

22 Hugh Waterhouse, “Re: [WRY] Sheffield Street map,” email March 12, 2000. He also added, here’s a picture of the National Centre for Popular Music: www.arcaid.co.uk/sample/unusual-buildings/9053-20.html. Charles St is at the left edge of the picture. In the distance you can see the town hall with the green ‘cupola’ at the top of the tower, and, to the right the spire of St Marie’s Catholic Cathedral (I think).

23 Joseph G Court, email March 12, 2000. Meis Restaurant, 19 Charles Street, Sheffield, S1 2HS. This is the current details as obtained from www.royalmail.co.uk/paf (the Royal Mail is the British letter deliver provider). The last line of entry is the Postcode, this is somewhat like the AmericanZip code, it serves to pinpoint an address. If you go to uk8.multimap.com/map/places.cgi enter S1 2HS and select GB Postcodes you will get a map of the area plus details of any local web sites.

24 Baines’s Directory of 1822.

25 IGI Individual Record, FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 British Isles. Hannah Raworth, Spouse: George Hutton, Marriage: 19 OCT 1783 Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. Source Information: Batch No.: M007757 Dates: 1774 - 1789 Source Call No.: 0919326 Type: Film Printout Call No.: 6909645 Type: Film. Also Audrey Town.

26 Beryl Bass, “Raworth,” email March 21, 1999. Lookup from the IGI: Joseph, son of Benjamin and Sarah, christened on 29 Sept 1786 Sheffield Cathedral St. Peter & St. Paul (the Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul).

27 Raworth Pedigree, Sheffield City Archives. The pedigree as no sources for the information. Copy provided by Chris Raworth, 35 Worton Rd., Middle Barton, Oxon OX7 7EE, October 24, 2003.

28 Free BMD, Rootsweb. Ecclesall Brierlow was a district of Sheffield where Woodhead Road and Kenwood Road were situated.

29 Eric Youle, “Re: Sheffield & Cemetery Church (Raworth),” email March 16, 1999. Raworth, Josh, age 75, Yorkshire, born Sheffield, 116F 3500; Raworth, Marie, age 68, Yorkshire, born Sheffield, 116F 3500.

30 Transcript of the entry of “professions and trades” for Sheffield in Baines’s Directory of 1822, online at www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Sheffield/Sheffield22Dry.html. Raworth Benjamin and Joseph, scissor mfrs., Charles st.; Raworth Sarah, grocer & flour dealer, Charles st.; Raworth Geo. fork mfr. Smithfield.

31 FamilySearch, International Genealogical Index, North America IGI Record. Accessed online March 31,1999. Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth, Christened 3 Jun 1792 Sheffield, Cathedral Saint Peter, Yorkshire, England. Father Benjamin Raworth, mother not listed. Batch number: J007758. Beryl Bass, “Raworth,” email message from <buttercup@dccnet.com>, to this compiler, sent March 21, 1999. Lookup from the IGI. Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth son of Benjamin and Sarah, christened 03 June 1792, Sheffield, Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul.

32 Sarah Wing may be this person, found on the FamilySearch, International Genealogical Index, North America IGI Record, accessed 03 April 1999. Sarah Wing, christened 21 Apr 1798 Sheffield, Cathedral Saint Peter, Yorkshire, England. Father Samuel Wing, mother not named. Source Information: Batch number: K150551, Dates 1794-1798, Source Call No. 0919419, Bishop’s transcripts, 1608-1828, Church of England. Parish Church of Sheffield. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976. When the IGI was checked on October 31, 2003, the mother’s name, Betty, was present in the entry.

33 Samuel Wing, Spouse Betty Brook, Marriage 07 FEB 1785, Sheffield Cathedral, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Source Information: Batch Number 7119614, Sheet 63, Source Call No. 1235322, Patron sheets, 1969-1991, Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970-1991. There is also this entry for a Samuel Wing in London: Samuel Wing, Spouse Elizabeth Kilvington, Marriage 31 MAY 1787, Saint Clement Danes, Westminster, London, England. Parish registers, 1558-1948, Church of England. St. Clement Danes (Westminster, Middlesex). Microfilm of original records in the Westminster City Library. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968-1987

34 Raworth Pedigree, Sheffield City Archives. The pedigree as no sources for the information. Copy provided by Chris Raworth.

35 FamilySearch, International Genealogical Index, North America IGI Record. Accessed online March 31,1999. Ebenezer Heathcote Raworth, Spouse Elizabeth Boaler, Marriage 10 Jan 1831 Cuckney, Nottingham, England. Source Information: Batch number: M047291.

36 Deeds to lands in Trippett Lane and Red Croft (4043). Archives of the Sheffield Town Trustees, Catalogue Ref. TT, Sheffield Archives. Online at A2A (Access to Archives), www.a2a.org.uk, accessed January 2005. File - Settlement by lease and release - ref. TT/71/31-32 - date: 20 and 21 Sep 1838.

37 Archives of the Sheffield Town Trustees, Catalogue Ref. TT, Sheffield Archives. Online at A2A (Access to Archives), www.a2a.org.uk, accessed January 2005. File - Sun Fire Office Insurance papers - ref. TT/71/33 - date: 1839-40 and n.d. Items: Policy of Elizabeth Raworth, of Charles St., Sheffield, gentle woman, covering her houses in Trippett Lane - ref. TT/71/33a - date: 9 Jul 1839; Receipt from Elizabeth Raworth for annual premium - ref. TT/71/33b - date: 22 Jun 1840.

38 Deeds to lands in Trippett Lane and Red Croft (4043). Archives of the Sheffield Town Trustees, Catalogue Ref. TT, Sheffield Archives. Online at A2A (Access to Archives), www.a2a.org.uk, accessed January 2005. File - Conveyance - ref. TT/71/35 - date: 14 Sep 1847.

39 Shopkeepers & Dealers in Groceries & Sundries. Raworth Ebenezer, 49 Charles street. Transcript of the entry of “professions and trades” for Sheffield in Pigot’s Directory of 1829. www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Sheffield/Sheffield29Dry.html, accessed 2004.

40 Re: [SHEFF] Patriotic Building Association, email to ENG-SHEFFIELD <ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> mailing list, January 12, 2005. White’s 1841 Sheffield Directory: RAWORTH, Ebenezer Heathcote, grocer and tea dealer, 46 Charles Street; JONES, Benjamin, butcher, 36 Charles Street; house, 41 Arundel Lane.

41 Deeds relating to land in Pinfold St., Sheffield, leased out by the Trustees in 1809, and surrendered to them in 1853, (4116). Archives of the Sheffield Town Trustees, Catalogue Ref. TT, Sheffield Archives. Online at A2A (Access to Archives), www.a2a.org.uk, accessed January 2005. File - Mortgage - ref. TT/136/6 - date: 21 Jun 1839; File - Redemption of the mortgage - ref. TT/136/7 - date: 29 Nov 1844.

42 Raworth Pedigree, Sheffield City Archives. The pedigree has no sources for the information. Copy provided by Chris Raworth.

43 1871 census index for Sheffield, GenUKI, www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Census/Sheffield1871/SheffieldCensus_R-Roa.html. Surname, Fore Name; Age; Registration district, Sub District; Piece number RG10/; Folio Number. Raworth?, Ebenezer R; age 47; Ecclesall Bierlow, Nether Hallam; 4665; 84. Raworth?, Hannah; age 46; Ecclesall Bierlow, Nether Hallam; 4665; 84. Raworth?, Ebenezer H; age 16; Ecclesall Bierlow, Nether Hallam; 4665; 84

44 Free BMD, Rootsweb.

45 FHL. Hannah Raworth household. 1881 Census, York, England. Hannah Raworth, age 55, York, Nether Hallam, 2 Upper Hanover St.; born Sheffield, York; widow. Listed with Hannah is E. H. Raworth, son, age 26, born Sheffield, unmarried, Coal Merchant.

46 Letter from Ethelyn & Arthur, Dorchester, Nebraska 2 September 1956. Letter copied from the original owned by Morris Dabbs, all abbreviations etc. are probably mine. Ethelyn was a daughter of Richard D. Raworth. “List copied from dad’s mothers little bible [Alice Tomlinson]. Fairview cemetery must be in Mason Co. IL I wonder if the book of Grandpa’s history of IL would have any record of these other Raworths. Bill O’Leary told me at one time Guy (?) has that book. Ethelyn’s dad died 1955.”

47 FamilySearch® International Genealogical Index™ North America IGI Record, accessed March 1999.

Joseph Raworth, Spouse Mary M. Beard, Marriage: 27 Aug 1890, Lancaster, Nebraska. Film Number 1903719. Daily News (Lincoln, NE), August 27, 1915, p. 6. August 27, 1900. Licenses to wed were issued by the county court to Joseph Raworth, 69, Crete and Mary M. Fulwider, 63, of Bird City, Kas.

48 Alan Longbottom, “Rotherham Moorgate/Moor Gate Academy,” email March 17, 2000. My wife has a database of West Yorkshire Schools which she has been producing for the Local Studies Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. References to Moorgate Academy are as follows. 1822-26 Stephen Eversfield - he was followed by his widow, 1826-1845 Sarah Eversfield. There were also two other persons associated with schools in Moorgate but which were not described as Moorgate Academy: 1848-1849 Thomas Riley; 1852-1854 James Barton. Earlier also in Moorgate had been 1828-1830 Jonathan Appleton. All the schools were advertisers in the local newspapers usually in January and July when new school terms were about to begin.

49 Anthony P. Munford to Ms. J. Griffin, March 28, 2000. Munford included information from 1822 and 1837 directories and the 1841 census. Alan Longbotton, “Rotherham Moorgate/Moor Gate Academy,” March 17, 2000. My wife has a database of West Yorkshire Schools which she has been producing for the Local Studies Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. References to Moorgate Academy are as follows. 1822-26 Stephen Eversfield - he was followed by his widow; 1826-1845 Sarah Eversfield. There were also two other persons associated with schools in Moorgate but which were not described as Moorgate Academy: 1848-1849 Thomas Riley, 1852-1854 James Barton. Earlier also in Moorgate had been 1828-1830 Jonathan Appleton. All the schools were advertisers in the local newspapers usually in January and July when new school terms were about to begin.

50 Joseph Raworth. Arrival Date: Apr 1, 1846. Age: 21. Gender: M. Port of Departure: Liverpool. Place of Origin: England. Ship Name: Swatara. Family Number: 67758. National Archives Series Number: M259-25. Port of Arrival: New Orleans. Ancestry.com, accessed December 2003. Ancestry’s data set was taken from the National Archives Microfilm Series M259, rolls 1 through 33 (“Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1820-1902").

51 A Greenbacker: Green Back party was a national political organization favoring unlimited use of paper currency. The Greenbacker platform demanded all bank currency be withdrawn from circulation and henceforth no currency should be circulated except government greenbacks “based on faith and resources of the nations (which meant fiat money) and gold and silver should be used to pay interest and principal on government bonds. Party held national convention in 1876 and placed Peter Cooper in the field. It polled 82,000 votes but secured no electoral votes and then lost its identity. From World Book Encyclopedia.

52 William Henry Perrin, Ed., History of Cass County, Illinois, Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882.

53 Stuart Thayer, “Mudshows and Railers,” pp. 3-4.m.FONT>

54 Joseph Raworth household. 1860 Illinois Federal Census, Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois; Roll: M653_160; Page: 170. Dwelling 1192, family 1192.

55 FamilySearch, International Genealogical Index, accessed October 31, 2003. The source is probably Parish registers, 1568-1900 [source not listed for this entry], Church of England, St. Mary-the-Virgin Church (Blackburn), Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987. Alice Tomlinson, Christening 05 FEB 1832, St Mary-The-Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Father Richard Tomlinson, mother Betty. Batch No. C017057. [Note: listed in the batch file are a ton of births for female Ainsworths 1830-1833 born same place.]

56 FamilySearch, International Genealogical Index, North America. Ebenezer R. Raworth, Spouse Eliza M. Ferrell, Marriage 8 Jun 1876, Mason, Illinois. Batch number M533761.

57 Atlas of Saline County Nebraska, Mason City, Iowa: Anderson Publishing Co., 1918.

58 United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, Saline County, Nebraska; Roll: 1711769.

59 United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, Frontier County, Nebraska; Roll: 1711528.

60 United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, Saline County, Nebraska; Roll: 1711769.

61 Warren (PA) Evening Times, July 17, 1918, p. 8. American War Losses [casualty lists,etc.] Wounded Severely. Ollis Guy Raworth, Dorchester, Neb.

62 Joseph James Raworth entry. Hodson/Seifert Project, Updated April 2003, Erik Hodson, ID No. I4085. Online at Ancestry.com, accessed January 2004.

63 Marriage index, Frontier County, Nebraska. Online at www.rootsweb.com/~nefronti/bt.html. Bride: Thomas, Marian Hetty Green; Groom: Raworth, Joseph James; date 16 Oct 1919; Book 4, page 505.

64 Joseph J. Raworth household. 1930 Nebraska Federal Census, Curtis city (Curtis precinct, West ward), Frontier County, Nebraska; Roll T626_1280; page 3A; Enumeration District 3, Ord Avenue, dwelling 63, family 67.

65 FamilySearch, International Genealogical Index, North America. George D. Olary, Spouse Nancy Howarth, Marriage 21 Jan 1866 Mason, Illinois. Batch No. M533761. George D. Oleary, Spouse, Mary Ann Rayworth, Marriage 23 Jun 1875, Cass, Illinois. Film Number: M524666. George D. O’Leary, Spouse Mary Ann Raworth, Marriage 23 Jun 1875, Cass, Illinois. Batch number 8635331, Sheet: 56.

66 Atlas of Saline County Nebraska, Mason City, Iowa: Anderson Publishing Co., 1918. John W. Raworth houshold. 1920 Nebraska Federal Census, Dorchester Precinct, Saline County, Nebraska; Roll T625_999 Page: 5B; ED 131; dwelling 118, family 118. Ancestry.com, accessed January 2004. Raworth, John W.; age 42(?); single; born Illinois; parents born England; occupation farmer; owned farm, no mortgage.

67 James D. Hungate household. 1930 Nebraska Federal Census, Dorchester Village, Dorchester Precinct, Saline County, Nebraska; Roll: T626_1291; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 8. Ancestry.com, accessed January 2004. Rayworth [sic Raworth], Richard; roomer; male; white; age 58; widower; age at first marriage 22 years; born Illinois; parents born England; occupation none.

68 Richard D. Raworth household. 1920 Nebraska Federal Census, Dorchester Precinct, Saline County, Nebraska; Roll T625_999; page 5B; ED 131; dwelling 119, family 119. Ancestry.com, accessed January 2004.

69 www.rootsweb.com/~nesaline/dortcem2.htm. Raworth Nora, Lot No. 660, born 1875, died 1923. Raworth Richard, Lot No. 660, no stone.

70 Beryl Bass, “Raworth,” email March 21, 1999. Lookup from the IGI. Benjamin Pyrah Raworth son of Benjamin chr 27 July 1788 Sheff Cath St Pete. Benjamin Pyrah Raworth married Sarah Smith 17 April 1816 Sheffield.

71 In the first witnesses signature, if it’s ‘WOOLEY’ then part of the first ‘o’ is missing, making it look like an ‘e’, and the second looks like an ‘a’. If it’s ‘WEATLEY’ the ‘t’ has not been crossed. The Sheffield Archives reference for this is PR(M)87 page 44 entry 175.

72 Raworth Pedigree, Sheffield City Archives. The pedigree as no sources for the information. Copy provided by Chris Raworth.

73 Trades and Professions from the 1817 Directory of Sheffield, pp. 926-927, online at www.wishful-thinking.freeserve.co.uk/Sheffield1817.html. Coach & Railway Spring Makers, Raworth Benj. P., 30 Button ln [Lane]

74 Raworth Benjamin and Joseph, Arundel street (listed under all of these titles). Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" for Sheffield in Pigot's Directory of 1829. www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Sheffield/Sheffield29Dry.html, accessed 2004.

75 Eric Youle, “Re: Sheffield & Cemetery Church (Raworth),” email March 21, 1999. 1852 Trade Directory: Raworth, Benj. Pyrah, patent axletree, coach ironmongery, railway spring, copying machine, &c. mfr. Washington Works, Eldon st; h 1 Shrewsbury road; Raworth Joseph and Co. patent axletree, coach spring, &c. mfr. 62 Arundel street; h Knowle House, East bank, Park; Raworth, Robert, block tin, regulus, and nickel agent, 62 Arundel street; h Knowle House.

76 Eric Youle, “Re: Sheffield & Cemetery Church (Raworth),” email March 16, 1999. 1861 census index. Raworth, Benjn Pyrah, age 72, YKS, born Sheffield, 91B 3469; Raworth, Sarah, age 71, born Sheffield, 91B 3469.

77 Recorded at Ecclesall, Benjamin Pyrah Raworth died q1 1867. Information provided by Chris Raworth, Oxon.

78 Benjamin Joseph Raworth Marriage Entry, General Register Office, England. Copy provided by Chris Raworth. The entry, a copy of a register of Marriages in the Registration District of Frome, reads: 1845. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Frome, _?_, in the County of Somerset. No. 317, 1845 March 26th, Benjamin Joseph Raworth Epenetes Walker, of full age, residence (Benjamin) Sheffield, residence (Epenetes) Frome, Merchant (Benjamin), Benjamin’s father Benjamin Pyrah Raworth a merchant, Epenetes’ father Thomas Harrison Walker a Wesleyan Minister. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by Licence by me, Wm(?) DuSanbay/Saubay Curate. This marriage was solemnized between us, Benjamin Joseph Raworth, Epenetes Walker, in the presence of us, Thomas H. Walker, B. P. Raworth.

79 Lee, Norman & Stubbs, Peter C. The History of Dorman Smith, 1878-1972, Newman Neame, 1972, p. 15.

80 Deaths, Dec 1893, Raworth, Epenetes, age 75, Ormskirk District, Vol.8b, page 607. Rootsweb Free BMD, accessed October 2003

81 Mary Pocock household. 1881 British census, 31 Part St, North Meols, Lancashire, England. Family History Library Film No. 1341897, Public Records Office Reference RG11, Piece/Folio 3751/10, page 13. Online at www.familysearch.org, accessed November 2003.

82 John S. Raworth obituary. Engineering, March 30, 1917, p. 308. Copy from Chris Raworth.

83 1891 Census, Administrative County of London, Civil Parish Streatham _?_, Parliamentary Borough or Division Wandsworth(?), Ecclestastical Parish or District, Christ Church. Stamped Page 23, Stamped 103. Ancestry.com, accessed October 2003.

84 “Inspec,” Institution of Electrical Engineers, Centenary Website, www.iee.org/publish/inspec/100years/raworth.cfm?PrintVersion=true, Accessed October 2003

85 Information from Chris Raworth.

86 Free BMD (Rootsweb) has Benjamin Alfred Raworth born circa June 1849, Chesterfield District.

87 1891 Census, Administrative County of London, Civil Parish Streatham _?_, Parliamentary Borough or Division Wandsworth(?), Ecclestastical Parish or District, Christ Church. Stamped Page 18. 4 Telford Avenue. Ancestry.com, accessed October 2003.

88 Beryl Bass, “Raworth,” email March 21, 1999. Lookup from the IGI: George Smith Raworth, son Benjamin Pyrah Raworth and Sarah Smith, chr 15 Dec 1824 Sheffield, Brunswick and Park Chapel Norfolk St Wesleyan. Note: they changed religions?

89 Illinois Land Sales, Record No. 586405. Purchaser John Raworth, date December 6, 1864, 40.28 acres, 75 cents per acre, type of sale Wetlands, township 19N, range 11W, meridian 3.



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