Ann White

1774 - 1821

Ann was born in Priestcliffe around the end of summer 1774^(1)(20), the daughter of Thomas and Mary, and baptised at Taddington on 9th October ⁽¹⁾. She had two older sisters - Elizabeth and Alice ⁽²⁾. Two years later her sister Sarah was born ⁽³⁾, followed by Mary two years after that ⁽⁴⁾, and Grace in early 1780 ⁽⁵⁾. Later that year Mary, Grace and Elizabeth all died within a few days of each other⁽⁶⁾⁽⁸⁾, but the cause is unknown. Her youngest sister, also called Elizabeth (although she was actually baptised as Betty), was born in 1781 ⁽⁹⁾.

Her mother died in February 1783 ⁽¹⁰⁾, and her father promptly remarried Ellen Twigg from Winster ¹¹⁾, and Ann's only brother, Thomas, was born in October of the following year ⁽¹²⁾. However her stepmother died within a couple of months of Thomas's birth ⁽¹³⁾, and Thomas himself died a month after that ⁽¹⁴⁾.

Ann married George Oldfield of Taddington on 2nd April 1793 ⁽¹⁵⁾, and their first child, Mary, was born later that year ⁽¹⁶⁾. They had two more daughters, Elizabeth in 1797 ⁽¹⁷⁾, and Ann in 1802 ⁽¹⁸⁾, before their only son, Thomas, was born in 1804 ⁽¹⁹⁾.

Ann died, aged 46, in July 1821 ⁽²⁰⁾. Her husband survived her by just over a year ⁽²¹⁾.

• Mary was born in Priestcliffe in 1793. In 1814 she married Reginald Dicken of Flagg, where they set up home. They had (at least) 2 children - George and Ann. By the 1850s George was a farmer in Taddington,and his parents were living with him. Reginald died in 1857, and Mary in 1871.
• Elizabeth has her own page.
• Ann was born in Priestcliffe in 1802. Nothing more is known of her.
• Thomas was born in 1804 in Priestcliffe. Nothing is known of his early life, but by 1841 he was living with his sister Elizabeth in Flagg, and lead mining with her husband. In 1850 he married Charlotte Forest. They didn't have any children, but spent the rest of their lives in Flagg. Thomas died in 1879.

1. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
   [October 1774] ..^th Baptiz'd Ann Daughter of Thomas & Mary White of Prestcliff
   Start of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 9th October..
2. See her father's page
3. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
   [May 12 1776] Baptized Sarah Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White of Prestcliffe
4. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
   [1778] March 17 Baptiz'd Mary Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White of Prestcliffe
5. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
   [January 1780] 18^th Baptiz'd Grace Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White of Prestcliffe
6. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
   [1780] July 11^th Buried Mary and Grace Daughters of Thomas & Mary White of Prestcliffe
7. N/A
8. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
   [1780] July 14^th Buried Elizabeth Daughter of Tho^s & Mary White aforesaid
9. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
   [1781] June 3^rd Baptiz'd Betty Daughter of Thomas & Mary White of Prestcliffe
10. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
    [Feby 1783] 9^th Buried Mary the wife of Thomas White of Prestcliffe
11. Parish Register of All Saints, Bakewell, includes the entry:
    Tho^s White of Presscliff of this Parish and
    Ellen Twigg of Winster were
    Married in this Church by License
    this tenth Day of July in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
    and Eighty three By me [B.....] Walthall
    

    The Marriage was solemnized between Us	Thos White
    	Ellen   X   Twigg   her mark

    In the Presence of	Wm White
    	Wm Makinson

12. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
    [November 1784] ..7 Baptiz'd Tomas of Tho^s & Ellen White of Prestcliffe Start of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 24th November, but it looks like it ends in a 7 to me.
13. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
    [December 1784] Buried Ellen the wife of Thomas White of Prestcliffe
    Start of line cannot be read on microfilm. Transcript by Val Neal gives date as 7th December.
14. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Taddington, includes the entry:
    [January 1785] 23^rd Buried Tomas an infant of Tho^s White of Prestcliffe
15. Marriage entry in Parish register of St Michael's, Taddington reads:
    George Oldfield of this parish
    of Bakewell & Anne White of the said Parish
    Married in this Day by Banns
    this 2^nd Day of April in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred
    and Ninety three By me John Coxon Curate
    This Marriage was solemnized between Us George Oldfield, Ann White
    In the Presence of James Holme, Susanna Oldfield
16. Parish Register of St Michael's, Taddington includes the entry:
    [1793] Novemb^rh 24 Baptized Mary Daughter of Geo & Ann Oldfield Priestcliffe
17. Baptism entry from parish register of St Michael's, Taddington reads:
    [1797 April] 16 - Baptize'd Elizabeth Daughter of George & Ann Oldfield, Priestcliffe
18. Parish Register of St Michael's, Taddington includes the entry:
    [1802] Sept^m 5^th Baptized Ann Daughter of Geo: & Ann Oldfield Priestcliffe
19. Parish Register of St Michael's, Taddington includes the entry:
    [1804] July 16 Baptized Tho^s Oldfield son of Geo & Ann Oldfield of Priestcliffe
20. Burial entry from parish register of St Michael's, Taddington reads:
    

    Name	Abode	When buried	Age
    Ann Oldfield	Priestcliffe	1821 July 29th	46 years

21. Burial entry from parish register of St Michael's, Taddington reads:
    

    Name	Abode	When buried	Age
    George Oldfield	Priest cliffe	1822 Octo 28th	53 years