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24 August 2008
Francis Shutt
c1691
PR's
for St Mary's Church, Whorlton, Durham show the marriage of Francis Shute and
Jennet Carruthers on the 23rd of April 1715/16.
Francis and Jennet had at least 8 children -
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Margaret
c1717. PR's for Whorlton St Mary's show the baptism on 27th January 1717 of
Margaret, daughter of Francis Shute. |
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Ellinor
1718-1723. PR's for Whorlton, St Mary's, Durham show the baptism of Ellinor,
daughter of Francis Shute on the 21st of ? 1718.
NBI shows burial of Eleanor Shute at Whorlton on 29 Aug 1723. |
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John
1720.PR's for St Mary's Whorlton, Durham show the baptism of John Shute, son
of Francis on 3 Jan 1720. |
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Eleanor
1724 (my 6x Great Grandmother) Click for more. |
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Jane
1725. |
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Ann
1729. |
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Frances
1730-1732. NBI shows the burial at St Mary's Whorlton of Frances Shutt on 24th
Nov 1732. PR's show the burial of Frances, daughter of Francis and Jennet
Shutt on the 24th of November 1732. |
Francis died in 1729.
A
written entry in the Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Whorlton reads-
16 - John Shutt - This family occurs in the year 1627. There have been 21
baptisms and ? burials of this name. No regular pedigree can be extracted from
the register books. Francis Shutt ( who died in the year 1729) married 1716 his
servant Jennet Carruthers a Scotchwoman + by her had 4 or 5 daughters, to whom
he left his property. John Jackson farmed at Sledwi.. married Eleanor one of the
daughters and by her had 12 children. Mr Carruthers the brother of the above
Jennet left by will £7000 amongst J Jacksons 9 sons - which they squandered away
in a few years after they had received it. Eleanor - the widow of J Jackson
married secondly her servant George Dawson and by him had a son, with whom she
now lives at Ovington. She is now a widow and blind and supported by the
hospital charity for blind persons. The Shutt estate has belonged to Sheldon
Craddock Esq. for some years.
Durham
Record Office holds the following document -
Ref
No. D/CG 12/2
20 May 1730
Probate of the will of Francis Shutt of Whorlton, yeoman, (dated 6 November
1729) giving all income from his property to his wife for the maintenance of his
children until they reach majority with provision in case of her remarriage,
otherwise devising his real estate to any son to be born of his marriage in
remainder to his daughters as tenants in common
(parchment, 2 membranes, English and Latin, damaged)
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