William Pullan ( ABT 1743 - 1822 )

Born: ABT 1743 at Baildon, Yorkshire
Source: Baptism + Age at Death

Wife: Ann
Married:

Children

Died: 1822 at Baildon, Yorkshire
Source: Burial


Notes


20/11/1743 Probable Baptism

30/10/1769 Possible Marriage to Elizabeth Thornton

11/3/1770 Possible Baptism or of Son, William

15/7/1771 Baptism of Possible Daughter, Mary

2/1/1774 Baptism of Possible Son, John

26/7/1776 Burial of Possible Son, John

28/8/1776 Burial of Possible Wife, Elizabeth

31/8/1788 Possible Marriage to Ann Smith

25/1/1789 Baptism of Daughter, Betty

25/3/1821 Probable Burial of Wife

2/9/1822 Probable Burial

I believe the most likely scenario would be that, after Elizabeth Pullan, probable wife of William b.1743, died in 1776, he eventually remarried to Ann Smith in 1788 (obviously because she was expecting), and Betty was the child of this 2nd marriage. The Ann baptised in 1748 would already be 40 by then, which would explain why they had no other children apart from Betty. There appears to be no other marriage of a William Pull*n to an Ann, which would result in the 1821 burial of Ann Pullan, 73, Wife of William Pullan of Browgate, who from his own death age appears to be William b.1743.

Alternatively, his son William b.1770 was Betty's father - perhaps a bit young to be marrying at 18, but Betty was born only 5 months later, so maybe forced to marry by parents. The only Ann Smiths baptised at Otley of anything like a suitable age to be marrying William b.1770 were baptised in 1764 and 1765. I cannot find a suitable Baildon burial of an Ann Pull*n, to match this sort of age.
Source: SB



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