Burial of Samuel Whiteley 1778


No. 57 To John Midgley Grave-Maker

The 20th. Day of First Month 1778

MAKE a Grave on or before the next Fifth Day, in Friends Burying-Ground, at or near Rishworth and therein lay the Body of Samuel Whiteley Junr. of Dyson Lane in the Parish of Parish of Halifax in the County of York, Shalton? Maker aged about Twenty Eight ys. who died the Nineteenth Day of the First Month, called January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight

Sim? Dyson

The Body above mentioned was buried the Twenty second Day of the First Month, called January 1778

Witness John Midgley his X Mark Grave-Maker.

A true Copy, Isaac Whitelock

Register to Brighouse Monthey Meeting


Source: Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837
Source: National Archives; RG 6 Piece 1163: Monthly Meeting of Brighouse & Piece 0897: Quarterly Meeting of Yorkshire