"Hull Packet" newspaper, Fri. 28th Jan 1859:
ACCIDENT - On Monday the 17th inst., Mr. Philip Burnett of Cloughton Ripleys,
having mounted a young horse for the first time, rode it about the farm-yard,
when proving very tractable and gentle, he thought he would venture to ride it
a short distance from home to a place where he had to go that day on business.
No sooner had he got out of the yard than the spirited animal commenced
prancing and rearing up on its hind feet, fell backwards on Mr. Burnett,
crushing and flesh-rendering his leg, besides sustaining other injuries which
are likely to confine him to his room for some time.
1861 census: RG9/3620, folio 73, p7
Ripleys, Cloughton
Philip BURNETT, head, unm, 31, farmer of 265 acres, Cloughton
Anndosist, unm, 29, Cloughton
Christiana dosist, unm, 19,do
Hannahdosist, unm, 20,do
Jane MATIMESserv, unm, 23, house servant, Iburndale
Thomas WALLERsev, 17, carter, Sandsend
George MILNESserv, 15, do , Lythe
//
Philip married Sarah ALLANSON in 1862. Sarah was from Little Town, a hamlet
in the township
of Liversedge, and parish
of Birstall in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The marriage was registered in the
Dewsbury district.
Philip & Sarah had seven children, four of whom suffered various degrees
of deafness. Daughter Grace Ann was deaf and dumb from birth, daughter Sarah
Elizabeth was deaf, daughter Alice Maud was slightly deaf and son Philip was
very deaf. The high occurrence of deafness strongly implies that it was
inherited.
[Information from Kate ILSLEY, a descendant of Philip & Sarah, March 2009]
1871 census: RG10/4818, folio 133, p3
Ripleys Farm, Cloughton
Philip BURNETT, Head, 41, farmer of 365 acres employing 4 men & 2 boys,
Scalby
Sarah do
wife, 45, Littletown [sic] Yks
Grace A. do dau, 8, Cloughton
Mary J. do
dau, 6, do
Sarah E. do
dau, 4, do
Hannah do dau, 2, do
Christiana do dau, 5m do
Hannah do sis, 30, unm, farm assistant,
Cloughton
Plus eight "farm servants"
//
Some time before 1881 Philip moved from the farm at Cloughton to another
farm at Langton. During 1880 it was reported in the "Hull Packet"
newspaper [16 Jan 1880] that there had been an outbreak of swine fever at the
farm, five pigs having been "attacked".
1881 census: RG11/4810, folio 70, p22
Langton Village, Yorks
Philip BURNETT, Head, 51, Farmer Of 410 Acres Emp 6 Lab & 3 Boys, Scalby
Sarah BURNETT, wife, 45, Liversedge
Grace A. BURNETT, dau, 18, Scalby
Mary J. BURNETT, dau, 16, do
Hannah BURNETT, dau, 12, scholar, Scalby
Christiana BURNETT, dau, 10, dodo
Alice M. BURNETT, dau, 7,scholar, do
Philip BURNETT, son, 6, dodo
Kitty BURNETT, sis, 30, unm, do [sister Christiana BURNETT]
Henry HALDER, neph, 12, scholar, Lockton[son of sister Mary HALDER]
Plus five "farm servants"
//
1891 census: RG12/3972, folio 59, p18
Birdsall
Philip BURNETT, head, 61, farmer, born Cloughton
Sarah do wife, 56, born Littletown
Grace A. do dau, 28, born Cloughton
Hannah do
dau, 22, born Cloughton
Christiana do dau, 20, born Cloughton
Philip do son, 16, born Cloughton
Plus four "servants"
//
Kate ILSLEY provided the following 'anecdotal' information:
"When the men (father & son) came in from the farmlands, the
women/girls of the family waited on them hand and foot - warming their
slippers, removing their boots etc. The women positively 'slaved' in the home,
cleaning and cooking. They not only 'spring cleaned' their home ... but 'back
end' cleaned in autumn as well. The daughters did not find life at home
rewarding"
Philip made a sworn affidavit on 22 Sep 1898 concerning a property known as
Goathland House Farm in Goathland. The document explains in detail how he and
three other relatives had become entitled to the "moiety" [half
share] of the farm in Goathland. The affidavit is just one part of a very
complex deed concerning the sale of the property, in 1898.
Philip's wife Sarah died in 1900.
1901 census: RG13/4538, folio 48, p1
Picksharpe farm, Birdsall
Philip BURNETT, head, 71, wid, farmer, Cloughton
Grace do dau, 38, unm, Cloughton
Christina do dau, 30, unm, Cloughton
Philip do son, 26, unm, farmer, Cloughton
Christiana do sis, 60, unm, living on own means,
Cloughton
Plus six servants/farm workers
//
Philip left a will, dated 1 Dec 1911, proved at York 28 May 1913, naming his
son Philip, son-in-law James Morgan BARRETT and friend William SCOBY as joint
executors. Son Philip and daughters Christiana and Grace Ann BURNETT were
specifically named as main beneficiaries - the rest of the estate being divided
equally between Philip Snr's other children. The total value of the estate was
£2,888 (equivalent to about £125,000 in 1998)
Philip's daughters, Sarah Elizabeth and Alice Maud, married brothers James
and Charles BARRETT respectively. The BARRETT brothers were partners and joint
owners of a laundry business in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
1881 census [RG11/4810, folio 70, p22]: living with her parents on their
farm at Langton village, Yorks. Age 16, birthplace Scalby.
1891 census: RG12/1570, folio 30, p12
South Lynn, Norfolk
Recorded as "principal of a ladies school". Sister Sarah was also
recorded as "principal of a ladies school" and sister Alice as a
"teacher". It is highly likely, though not certain, that all three
sisters were at the same school.
Mary married a Methodist Minister named William GOOD. They had four
children: Evaleen, Margery, Dorothy and Burnett [known as Burnie]
Son Burnie was killed during the Ist World War.
[information from Johanna COTTER]
Kate ILSLEY, a descendant of William & Mary Jane GOOD, provided the
following information:
"Mary Jane BURNETT married William GOOD on 29 Aug 1893 at the Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, Malton, Yorks (witnesses Sarah Elizabeth BURNETT, James ROGERS,
William SCOBY and Philip BURNETT). They had four children:
Evaleen Mary (20 Oct 1894 - 23 Dec 1964) "Eve" married William Harry
ALDRICH and had two children.
Marjory A (1896 - ? ) she married Harry BELLWOOD and had two children.
William Burnett (1898 - 15 May 1917) "Burnie" was Killed in Action in
the Great War. He was not married nor had children.
Dorothy (ca Oct 1900 - 2003) she married Frank HARRISON and had one child.
William GOOD was a Wesleyan Minister from Ireland. He died on 16 Feb 1902 in
Willington, Durham.
He got pnemonia after working himself too tired and visiting parishioners in
bad weather during an epidemic of scarlet fever. When William died, he left
Mary Jane a penniless widow with four children between 2 and 7 years old. She
rented a house and got it quite cheap because it was said to be
"haunted". She also took in boarders
1901 census - with husband and family - Margate Street, Swaffham, Norfolk
ca. 1917 - address: 23 Highfield, Scarborough
In about 1932, she was very ill and expected to die. She had a septic forearm
and had to have all the pus and muck scraped out in an effort to prevent the
infection spreading. She recovered (chiefly by sheer willpower) - there were no
antibiotics. It permanently damaged the tendons in her hand and she could never
straighten her arm completely again."
1927: a beneficiary of her sister Hannah's will under her married name Mary
Jane GOOD.
GRO Index of Births: BURNETT, Alice Maud, Jun 1873, Scarborough,
9d 316
Alice Maud was slightly deaf.
1881 census: RG11/4810, folio 70, p22
With parents & siblings in Langton - see notes for father Philip BURNETT
1891 census: RG12/1570, folio 30, p12
South Lynn, Norfolk
Recorded as a teacher at a ladies school in Norfolk,
age 17, birthplace Cloughton, Yorkshire. Also
at the school were Mary BURNETT, age 26, born Cloughton, and Sarah BURNETT, age
24, born Cloughton, both described as "principal of ladies school".
These were obviously Alice's
older sisters Mary Jane and Sarah Elizabeth.
Alice Maud married Charles Golding BARRETT in 1894
1901 census: RG13/1887, folio 12, p16
Pleasant House, Gaywood, Norfolk
Charles G BARRETT, head, 34, master dyer & laundryman, Haslemere Sussex
Alice M do wife, 28, Cloughton, Yorks
Harold C do son, 4, Gaywood
Elsie R do dau, 2, do
Kathleen M do dau, 8m, do
James M do brother, 32, single, master dyer &
laundryman, Norwich
Amy M BLENCH, serv, 16, general domestic servant, Kings Lynn
//
Alice had
eight children with her husband Charles BARRETT
1927: a beneficiary of her sister Hannah's will under her married name Alice
Maud BARRETT. Sister Sarah Elizabeth married her brother-in-law, James Morgan
BARRETT, one of the executors of the will.