Elizabeth Mycock

born 1752


Elizabeth's signature at her marriage in 1782 ⁽¹⁶⁾

Elizabeth was born around the middle of 1752, in Flagg ⁽¹⁾, the fourth child of Solomon and Mary. Her eldest brother Solomon was about 6 years older ⁽²⁾, Mary, her eldest sister was about 3 years her elder ⁽³⁾, and Matthew was about two years older than her ⁽⁴⁾. She was baptised on 19th December 1752 in Chelmorton.

Sometime probably just after her baptism, her brother George was born ⁽⁵⁾. However he must have died within his first couple of years, because by January 1755, her parents were having another son baptised as George ⁽⁶⁾. He was followed by James in 1756 ⁽⁷⁾, Samuel in 1759 ⁽⁸⁾, and Martha in 1760 ⁽⁹⁾. Her eldest sister Mary died in 1762 ⁽¹⁰⁾. This was followed a few months later by the birth of Joseph ⁽¹¹⁾, then Molly in 1764 ⁽¹²⁾, Hannah in 1765 ⁽¹³⁾, and finally Benjamin in 1768 ⁽¹⁴⁾. Her youngest sister Hannah died in 1771 ⁽¹⁵⁾.

Elizabeth married Samuel Allen, the inn-keeper of the Duke of York at Pomeroy ⁽²²⁾, on 31st December 1782 at St John the Baptist's in Chelmorton ⁽¹⁶⁾. Her mother died at around this time in either 1782 or early 1783 ⁽²⁴⁾

Elizabeth and Samuel's first child Sarah was born around October 1783 ⁽¹⁷⁾. Sometime in 1784 Samuel and Elizabeth left the Duke of York ⁽²²⁾, but stayed in Flagg ⁽¹⁸⁾. Their second daughter Mary was born around April 1786 ⁽¹⁸⁾, and then their youngest child Samuel around April 1788 ⁽¹⁹⁾.

Her husband Samuel died in May 1802 ⁽²⁰⁾ and left everything to Elizabeth in his will ⁽²¹⁾. Her father died in March the following year ⁽²⁵⁾. Elizabeth's death has not been traced yet.

• Sarah was born about October 1783 ⁽¹⁷⁾. She was still alive at the time of her father's will in 1802 ⁽²¹⁾, but nothing else is known about her.
• Mary was born about April 1786 ⁽¹⁸⁾. She married William Farmer of Flagg in 1805 ⁽²³⁾, but nothing else is known of her.
• Samuel has his own page

1. Elizabeth's baptism entry in Parish register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
   [1752, 10^ber] 19 Bap^d Elizabeth Daughter of Solomon Mycock of Flagg and Mary his wife.
   However she was probably born quite a while before before her baptism, as her next younger brother George was baptized the following month ⁽⁵⁾.
2. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
   [1746] July 3^rd Bap^d Solomon Son of Solomon Mycock of Flagg & Mary his wife
3. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
   [1749] April 30^th Bap^d Mary Daughter of Solomon Mycock of Flagg & Mary his wife
4. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
   [August 1751] 25^th Bap^d Matthew Son of Solomon Mycock of Flagg & Mary his wife
5. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
   [1753] Jan^ry 14^th Bap^d George Son of Solomon Mycock of Flagg & Mary his wife
6. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
   [1755] Jan^ry 12^th Bap^d Geo^r Son of Solomon Mycock of Flagg & Mary
7. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
   [August 1756] 31^st Bap^d James Son of Solomon Mycock of Flagg & Mary his wife
8. Transcription of all the Mycock entries from Chelmorton parish registers by Ken Mycock shows the baptism of Samuel, son of Solomon and Mary Mycocke of Flagg on 16th March 1759. However I was unable to confirm this in the register. All I could find was a slightly confusing entry from the day after (17th March) which read
   Bap^d Solomon Mycock of Flagg Likewise Edm. Son of Geo Yeoman of Buxton & Alice
   This needs further confirmation, maybe from the Bishop's Transcripts.
9. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
   [1760] 8^ber 25^th Bap^d Martha D^r of Sol Mycock of Flagg & Mary
10. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1762] Feb 5^th Bur^d Mary D^r of Solomon Mycock of Flagg
11. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1762] Jun 30^th Bap^d Joseph Son of Solomon Mycock of Flagg & Mary
12. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1764] April 1 Bap^d Molly D^r of Solomon Mycock of Flagg & Mary
13. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1765] Nov 21^st Bap^d Hannah D^r of Solⁿ Mycock of Flagg & Mary
14. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1768] June 24^th Bap^d Benjⁿ Son of Solomon Mycock of Flagg
15. Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton includes the entry:
    [1771] 8^ber 14^th Bur^d Han^h D^r of Solomon Mycock of Flagg
16. Marriage entry in Parish register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
    Sam^ll Allen of the Parish of Bakewell
    County of Derby & Elizabeth Mycock Spinster were
    Married in this Chapel by Banns
    this thirty first Day of December in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
    and eighty two By me John Coxon Minister
    This marriage was solemnized between Us Samuell Allen; Elizabeth Mycock
    In the Presence of Joseph Burdekin, Matthew Webster
17. Sarah's baptism entry in Parish register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
    [1783, Oct] 29 Bap^d Sary dau of Sam^l Allen of Flagg and his wife Elizabeth
18. Mary's baptism entry in Parish register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
    [1786, Apr] 26 Bap^d Mary dau of Sam^l Allen of Flagg and his wife Elizabeth
19. Samuel was baptised on 13th June 1788. He was 62 years old when he died on 29th April 1850, meaning he was probably born a matter of days before the 29th April 1788.
20. Husband Samuel's burial entry in the parish register of St Leonard's in Monyash reads:
    [1802] May 17 Bur^d Samuel Allen of Flagg
21. Samuel's will (page 1, 2, 3) (ref: B/C/11/Samuel Allen, Flagg, 1804 @ LRO) reads:
    In the name of God Amen, this twelfth
    Day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and two
    I Samuel Allen of Flagg in the Parish of
    Bakewell and County Derby Yeoman being
    Sick and Weakly of Body, but of perfect and sound
    disposing Mind and memory Blessed be God for the
    same And calling to mind the certainty of Death
    and uncertainty of this life I do hereby Nominate
    Constitute and appoint this and no other to be my
    last Will and Testament in manner and form
    following, that is to say, First being penitent
    and sorry for my sins past I give and commit
    my soul unto the Hands of Almighty God who
    gave it and my Body. I commit to the Earth to
    be decently Buried at the Discretion of my
    Executor to be hereinafter mentioned And as
    to my Worldly Estate and Effects Goods and Chattles
    I dispose off and order the same in manner and
    form following, that is to say First I do hereby
    nominate, Constitute and appoint Joseph Burdekin
    of Flagg Hall Yeoman full and sole Executor of this
    my last will and testament unto whom I do
    hereby give all my aforesaid Estate and Effects Goods
    and Chattles upon trust that he shall pay and
    Discharge my Funeral Expences and the Charges
    of the Probate of this my Last Will and Testament
    And also upon a further trust that after my
    Funeral Expenses and the Probate of this my
    last Will and Testament are paid off and
    Discharged as aforesaid that he shall give all
    the Rest, residue and remainder of my Estate
    and Effects both Personal and Real unto my
    Loving Wife Elizabeth Allen for and during
    her natural Life And after her Decease upon
    a further trust, that if any of my said Estate
    or Effects of what kind soever it may be shall
    remain that the same shall be divided in manner
    following, that is to say that he shall give unto my
    Son Samuel Allen Ten Pounds more than his
    two sisters and afterwards to go equal shares
    with his two sisters at all the rest residue and
    remainder of my aforesaid Goods & Chattles
    Estate and Effects of what nature or kind
    soever they may be. In Wintness whereof I the
    said Samuel Allen do utterly abolish and make
    void all former Wills or Bequests by me at
    any time before made.
    Signed Sealed published
    and Declared by the within
    named Samuel Allen the
    Testator to be his last Will        [SIGNATURE] Saml Allen
    and Testament In presence
    of us who have hereunto set
    our Hands as Witnesses
    [SIGNATURE] Joseph Burdekin
    [SIGNATURE] Francis [?Deany?]
    [SIGNATURE] Francis [?Webster?]
    
    [PROBATE]
    Sworn before me
    Richard Chapman
    [?xxxxxx?]
    this [3rd] Day of Jany 1804
    Under 100£
    
22. There is a list of previous innkeepers on the wall in the pub (which is duplicated at http://juliet22.users.btopenworld.com/jsevans.dofyork.html). It shows Samuel Allen was the inn-keeper from 1775 to 1784. As there only appears to have been one Samuel Allen in the area at the time then it must be the same person.
23. Parish register of All Saints' Bakewell records a marriage between William Farmer of Flagg and Mary Allen of Flagg, on 15th April 1805.
    [From Val Neal's transcript of the parish registers of All Saints, Bakewell]
24. There were 2 Mary Mycocks buried within a few months of each other, so it is not possible to say which was Elizabeth's mother. The first burial entry from the Parish register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
    [1782, Apr] 24 Bur^d Mary Mycock      Flagg
    The second entry reads:
    [1783] Jan 12 Bur^d Mary Mycock      Flagg
25. Her father's burial entry from the Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Chelmorton reads:
    [1803] March 31 Bur^d Solomon Mycock of Flagg

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