CHRONOLOGY 1700-1799
1701 Mary Oversby (1701–1771) born. Parents: John Oversby (1672–1730) and Elizabeth (1678–1772) Died 21 Aug 1771
1703 (24 Jul) Margaret Willan (1703-1781), born in Dent, Yorkshire, England. Parents: John Willan (1669–1740) and Cecily Capstack (1682–1730) Died 14 Apr 1781.
1715 George Hodgeson (1621-1715), The Dent Vampire, was buried in the corner of Dent Churchyard.
1723 (20 Apr) George Oversby (1698-1776) married Margaret Willan (1703-1781) in Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1730 (23 Jan) Cecily Capstack (1682–1730) died in West Yorkshire, England
1730 (6 Jun) John Oversby (1672–1730) died in Dent, Yorkshire, England
1734 John Dawson (1734 – 1820) born at Raygill, a farm in Garsdale.
1744 (27 Apr) Alice Oversby (1744–1803) baptised in Dent, York, England.
1746 (1 Jun) Thomas Oversby (1746-1823), born in Dent, Yorkshire, England to George Oversby and Margaret Willan. Thomas Oversby married Sarah Hutton and had 6 children. Died 30 Mar 1823 in Baxtongill, Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1746 (1 Jun) Thomas Oversby baptism at Dent, York, England. Father: George Oversby.
1748 (13 Apr) Joseph Bramah (1748 – 1814), English inventor and locksmith. born Stainborough Lane Farm, Stainborough, Barnsley Yorkshire. Died 9 Dec 1814.
1749 (8 Jul) Miles Mason married Elisabeth Oversby in Lancashire, England
1749 (8 Jul) Mason, Miles, 22, husb. & Elizabeth Oversby, 22, Biggerside, both Dent 8 July 1749
1749 (9 Jul) Elizabeth Oversby (1728–) married Miles Mason (1731–1810) in Garsdale, Yorkshire, England.
1759 (1 Dec) John Oversby (1726–1785) married Elizabeth Mason (1727–1793) Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1760 (28 Sep) George Oversby (1739-1824) married Jennet Mason (1737-1789).
1760 (4 Oct) George Oversby (1739–1824) married Jennet Mason (1740-1789) in Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1760-1909 Dent Marble was quarried and polished in Dentdale between 1760 and 1909. Both the viaducts that carry the Settle-Carlisle line over the dale are constructed from Dent Marble. The opening of the railway afforded the opportunity to export the marble out of the dale for the first time. The stone is not actually marble, it is a highly polished form of Black Limestone.
1761 (19 Jul) George Oversby baptised at Dent, York, England. Father John Oversby Mother Elizabeth.
1763 (10 Nov) Margaret Oversby baptised at Dent, York, England Father John Oversby. Mother Elizabeth.
1764 (19 May) Margaret Oversby (1741–1817) married Christopher Swinbank in Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1765 (9 Feb) Margaret Oversby baptised in Dent, York, England. Father: George Oversby. Mother: Jennet
1766 (6 Jul) Barbara Oversby baptised at Dent, York, England. Father: John Oversby. Mother: Elizabeth
1767 (31 Jan) Alice Oversby (1744–1803) married Richard Fawcett (1742–1796) at St Andrews Church Dent, York, England.
1767 (5 Jul) Elizabeth Mason (1767–) born in Dent, Yorkshire, England. Parents: Elizabeth Oversby (1728–) and Miles Mason (1731–1810)
1768 (7 Jul) Thomas Oversby (1746–1823) married Sarah Hutton (1739-) in Dent, York, England. (? 17 Jul 1768)
1768 (17 Jul) Thomas Oversby married Sarah Hutton in Dent, York, England (? 7 Jul 1768)
1769 (31 Dec) John Oversby (1769–1849) born in Dent, Yorkshire, England. Parents: John Oversby (1726–1785) and Elizabeth Mason (1727–1793) Died 7 Aug 1849.
1771 (9 Mar) Rebecca Fawcett (1771–1849) baptised in Dent, York, England
1771 (22 Jun) Mary Oversby baptised in Dent, York, England England. Father: Thos. Oversby. Mother: Sarah. Death Date: 21 Aug 1771.
1771 (21 Aug) Mary Oversby died.
1771 Oliver Oversby (1771 – 1851), born. Died 5 Mar 1851.
1772 Mary Stainton Oversby (1772 – 1882), born. Died 20 Jan 1882.
1772 Elizabeth Mason (1678–1772) died in Dent, West Riding of Yorkshire.
1773 (28 Mar) Elizabeth Oversby baptised in Dent, York, England. Father: John Oversby. Mother: Elizabeth
1774 (11 Dec) Thomas Oversby baptised Dent, York, England. Father: George Oversby. Mother: Jennet
1774 John Albinson (1774-1854) Surveyor and Antiquary, born
1776 (23 Jan) George Oversby (1698–1776), died in Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1776 (23 Jan) George Oversby buried.
1776 (12 Aug) Mary Dover (1776–1844) born in Appleby, Westmorland, England. Died 7 May 1844.
1777 (19 Jan) Thomas Oversby baptised at Dent, York, England. Father: John Oversby Mother: Elizabeth. Death Date: 31 Jul 1779
1777 (18 Apr) John Oversby baptised at Dent, York, England.
1777 (4 Nov) John Oversby died. Father: George Oversby. Mother: Jennet
1778 (5 Jul) Mary Oversby baptised at Dent, York, England. Death Date 11 Mar 1780 Father George Oversby Mother Jennet
1779 (31 Jul) Thomas Oversby (1699–1779) died in Gawthrop, Yorkshire, England.
1779 (31 Jul) Thomas Oversby buried at Dent, York, England. Father: John Oversby. Mother Elizabeth. Baptism :19 Jan 1777 Dent, York, England.
1780 (11 Mar) Mary Oversby died.
1780 (11 Mar) Mary Oversby buried at Dent, York, England. Father: George Oversby
1780 (25 Jun) James Hornby baptised Cockerham Lancashire, England. Father: Thomas Hornby.
1781 (15 Mar) Hunt family, solicitors of Stratford-upon-Avon. Description: Draft appointment by Sarah Pitt the elder, S/A, spinster, Thomas Shaylor, Oversby, Arrow, gent., Matthew Pearce, Alveston, yeoman, George Frankton, S/A, joiner and Thomas George, Binton, mason, of Robert Pardoe, Lincolns Inn, gent. as their attorney to receive dividends under the Bankruptcy Commission of Thomas Woods, S/A, linen draper. Finding No DR42/455 Date 15 March 1781 Status open Level file
1781 (14 Apr) Margaret Willan (1703-1781), died in Hewthwaite, Dent, Yorkshire, England
Banns: St Wilfrid, Melling in Lonsdale, Lancashire, England George Oversby -this parisht Margaret Mason - the parish of Dent Banns Read: 13 May 1781, 2nd: 20 May 1781, 3rd: 27 May 1781. Notes: [Banns and a Marriage, for different persons appear in the same entry] Register: Marriages 1754 - 1787, Page 77, Entry 406
1781 (27 May) George Oversby married Margaret Masen at Melling (Near Hornby), Lancashire, England. (AO query: Banns?)
1781 (4 Jun) George Oversby married Margaret Mason at Dent Yorkshire England
1781 (18 Jun) George Oversby married Margaret Mason in Melling Lancashire
1781 Edward Oversby (1781–1859) born in Dent, Yorkshire. Parents: George Oversby (1761–1859) and Margaret Mason (1761–) Died 12 Jan 1859.
1784 (25 Jul) Edward Oversby baptised at Dent, York, England Father: George Oversby. Mother: Margaret
1785 (22 Apr) John Oversby buried in Sedbergh, Dent, York, England.
1785 (15 Nov) George Oversby (1761–) married Margaret Adamthwaite in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England.
1786 (27 Aug) John Oversby baptism at Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England. Father: George Oversby and Mother: Margaret Adamthwaite
1787 (14 Jul) Margaret Oversby married William Allen in Sedbergh, Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1787 William Oversby born in Dent, W Yorkshire, England.
1790 (18 Apr) Jane Oversby (1790–1811) born in Dent, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. Parents: George Oversby (1761–1859) and Margaret Mason (1761–) Died 17 May 1811.
1790 (18 Apr) Jane Oversby baptised at Dent, York, England. Father: George Oversby. Mother: Margaret.
1790 (20 Dec) George Oversby married Ann Willan at Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1790 Occupier: Geo Oversby. Residence: Dent, Yorkshire, England. Division: Ewcross. Owner Name: Dr Fothergill. £1 – 4 - 4.
1790 Occupier: Thomas Oversby. Residence: Dent Yorkshire, England. Owner
1790 Margaret Oversby (born Lindsey), born in Low Ground, Dent, England.
1791 (8 May) Rebecca Fawcett (1771–1849) married Joseph Farrer (1761–1843) at Gray Rigg, Kendal, Westmorland, England
1791 (11 Jun) William Sommervale married Alice Oversby at St Michael the Archangel, Whittington, Lancashire, England. Marriage: 11 Jun 1791 St Michael the Archangel, Whittington, Lancashire, England. William Sommervale - (X), of Sellat Hall in this Parish. Alice Oversby - (X), of Sellat Hall in this Parish. Witness: Jane Willan; William Houghton. Married by Banns by: G Theobald Curate. Register: Marriages 1755 - 1812, Page 29, Entry 80.
1792 (27 Oct) Barbara Oversby (1766–1829) married John Bainbridge (1769–1817) at Dent, Yorkshire, England.
1792 The Lancaster Canal is a ‘contour’ canal that rises only 23m over its entire length of 92km. The rise is concentrated in a single flight of eight locks at Tewitfield, near the boundaries of Lancashire and Cumbria. The canal was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1792. It was to run from Kendal in Cumbria to Westhoughton near Wigan outside Manchester, providing a transport route for Lancashire coal to the north and for agricultural produce south to the major city centres in the centre of the country. (>1797) (>1819)
1793 (16 Jan) Elizabeth Oversby buried at Sedbergh, Dent, York, England
1793 (8 Feb) Thomas Bainbridge baptised in Dent, York, England Father: John Bainbridge. Mother: Barbara.
1793 (29 Dec) Oliver Oversby baptised at Sedbergh, Dent, York, England. Father: George Oversby. Mother: Margaret.
1794 (17 Aug) John Bainbridge baptised at Dent, York, England Father John Bainbridge. Mother Barbara.
1796 (12 Jun) Dorothy Oversby baptised in Dent, York, England. Father: George Oversby and Mother: Margaret.
1796 (15 Aug) Thomas Oversby married Sarah Hodgson at Holy Trinity, Bolton Le Sands, Lancashire England. Marriage: 15 Aug 1796 Holy Trinity, Bolton Le Sands, Lancashire, England. Thomas Oversby - (X), Husbandman Of this Parish. Sarah Hodgson - (X), Spinster Of this Parish. Witness: Thomas Bush; Elizabeth Sanson. Banns Read: 31 July, 2nd: 7, 3rd: 14 Aug 1796. Married by Publication of Banns by:Jas.Taylor Curate. Register: Marriages 1754 - 1812, Page 67, Entry 267.
1797 (19 Feb) Jenny Oversby baptised at Holy Trinity, Bolton le Sands, Lancashire, England. Baptism: 19 Feb 1797 Holy Trinity, Bolton le Sands, Lancashire, England. Jenny Oversby - Daughter of Thomas Oversby & Sarah [formerly Hodgson]], his wife. Abode: N Kellet. Occupation: Husbandman Register: Baptisms 1737 - 1812, Page 82, Entry 4.
1797 (25 Mar) Jane Brockbank born Father: Samuel Brockbank. Mother: Betty Brockbank. Christening Date: 7 May 1797
1797 (26 Mar) George Bainbridge (1797–1887) baptised in Dent, Yorkshire, England. Parents: John Bainbridge (1769–1829) and Barbara Oversby (1766–1829)
1797 (7 May) Jane Brockbank christened at Heversham, Westmorland, England Birth Date: 25 Mar 1797
1797 The Lancaster Canal was constructed in two sections. Preston to Tewitfield was completed in 1797, including the aqueduct over the River Lune and the tramway over the River Ribble. (>1819)
1798 (23 Mar) Elizth Oversby baptised in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England. Father: George Oversby. Mother: Margaret Adamthwaite
1798 (13 Nov) Mary Oversby married Richard Parrington (1777- ) at Sedbergh, Dent, York, England.
1798 (25 Dec) Richard Oversby baptised at Sedbergh, Dent, York, England. Father: William Oversby. Mother: Margaret
1799 (3 Feb) Edward Oversby baptised at Holy Trinity, Bolton le Sands, Lancashire, England. Baptism: 3 Feb 1799 Holy Trinity, Bolton le Sands, Lancashire, England. Edward Oversby - Son of Thos Oversby & Sarah [formerly Hodgson]], his wife. Abode: N Kellet Occupation: husbandman Notes: [married 12 Nov 1821 - Jane MOORBY] Register: Baptisms 1737 - 1812, Page 86, Entry 7
1799 (7 Jul) John Oversby (1769-1849) married Mary Dover (1776–1844) at Saint Michael's Church, Appleby, Westmorland, England.
1799 (7 Jul) John Oversby, single, of Kirkby Thore, married Mary Dover, single, at Appleby St Michael.
1799 (15 Sep) Richard Oversby baptised at Sedbergh, Dent, York, England. Father: George Oversby. Mother: Margaret
1799 (11 Oct) George Oversby born.
Father: Oliver Oversby Mother: Mary. Baptism Date: 10 Nov 1799 Sedbergh, York, England
1799 (10 Nov) George Oversby baptised in Sedbergh, York, England. Birth 11 Oct 1799. Father: Oliver Oversby Mother: Mary.