The Alderson Family


Adam Alderson

Father: Christopher Alderson

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Ann Alderson

Baptised: 24 September 1698, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson

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Christopher Alderson

Birth: in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

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Buried: 25 April 1701 in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

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Christopher Alderson

Father: Christopher Alderson

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Christopher Alderson

Birth: 1728, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Baptised: 14 December 1728, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: John Alderson

Mother: Mary (Spence) Alderson

Death: 21 December 1810, in Homerton, Hackney, Middlesex, England

Buried: 31 December 1810, in St. John at Hackney, Middlesex, England

Notes: Christopher Alderson was evidently a merchant of some wealth, for he owned property in Askrigg and Aysgarth, Yorkshire; Hackney and Hendon in Middlesex;  and Totteridge in Hertfordshire. He gave money for the erection and endowment of the Dale Grange Almshouses, situated about one mile from his home town of Askrigg, in 1807. His house at Homerton in the parish of Hackney was a school in 1920 when Constance Spry was working there and is described as a "dignified Georgian mansion with portico and tree-lined drive, relic of the days when Homerton was a smart suburb and wealthy merchants built their homes there."

There is a memorial to Christopher in the church at Askrigg which reads as follows:
"His honour as a commercial man is unsullied, his behaviour in social life was intelligent, affable and engaging.  To his piety as a Christian, the Almshouses erected at Grange bear an evincing proof.  As a token of regard for so benevolent a man, this monument was erected by his nephew C A ALDERSON of Woodhall Park in the year of 1819."

Christopher's will, dated 24th July 1810, was proved on 12th January 1811 and the principal beneficiaries were his great-nephew Christopher Alderson Harker and his great-niece Sarah Harker, and his great-nephew Christopher Alderson Lloyd and his great-nieces Kitty, Margaret and Emma Lloyd, children of his niece Kitty Alderson Stow by her late husband William Lloyd.

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Christopher Alderson

Baptised: 8 February 1813, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson (Lloyd) Alderson

Mother: Mary (Metcalfe) Alderson

Notes: In 1848, following the death of his father, a private Act of the House of Lords was required to deal with shares of the estate owned by two of Christopher Alderson Alderson children who were mentally ill:
Private Act (Printed), 11 & 12 Victoria I, c. 19 (1848)
An Act for vesting the Two undivided Sixth Shares of Christopher Alderson a Lunatic, and Mary Alderson Spinster, a Person of unsound Mind, as Two of the Six Children of Christopher Alderson Alderson deceased, in certain Freehold Estates in the Counties of Middlesex, Hertford, and York, in Trustees in whom the other Four undivided Sixth Shares are now vested, upon trust for Sale.
Presumably this refers to this Christopher Alderson, the "lunatic".

Census:
1851: Ballafield, Askrigg, Yorkshire. Christopher, a lodger is noted as "deaf and dumb".

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Henry Alderson

Baptised: 11 March 1823, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson (Lloyd) Alderson

Mother: Mary (Metcalfe) Alderson

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Jane Alderson

Baptised: 9 June 1745, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Miles Alderson

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Jane Metcalfe (Alderson) Humble

Birth: 1813/14, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Baptised: 11 January 1814, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson (Lloyd) Alderson

Mother: Mary (Metcalfe) Alderson

Married: William John Humble on 24 July 1849, in Warden, Northumberland, England

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1881: 5 Rodney Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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John Alderson

Baptised: 6 July 1693, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson

Married: Mary Spence on 2 May 1721, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

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Occupation: Hosier, Householder and Husbandman

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John Alderson

Baptised: 6 May 1824, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson (Lloyd) Alderson

Mother: Mary (Metcalfe) Alderson

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Kitty (Alderson) Lever

Father: John Alderson

Mother: Mary (Spence) Alderson

Married: _____ Lever.

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Notes: A paragraph in a letter from a Mr Christopher Alderson Calvert, written in the 19th Century, mentions two sisters of Christopher Alderson, Kitty Lever and Sally Wilson, from which we conclude the marriage, combined with other references in Christopher's will to the grandchildren of  this Kitty (Alderson) Lever, such as Emma Lloyd, and the marriage of  Wiliam Lloyd and Kathy Lever, which support this Kitty Alderson married a Lever hypothesis.

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Margaret Alderson

Baptised: 15 February 1691

Father: Christopher Alderson

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Margaret Alderson

Baptised: 17 March 1721, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: John Alderson

Mother: Mary (Spence) Alderson

Notes: The IGI baptism extracts, usually pretty accurate, has the baptism as 17 March 1721, a couple of months before the marriage of John Alderson and Mary Spence. Claire Freestone records the baptism as 17 March 1722.

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Mary Alderson

Baptised: 4 August 1733, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: John Alderson

Mother: Mary (Spence) Alderson

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Mary Alderson

Birth: 1820, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Baptised: 11 September 1820, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson (Lloyd) Alderson

Mother: Mary (Metcalfe) Alderson

Notes: In 1848, following the death of his father, a private Act of the House of Lords was required to deal with shares of the estate owned by two of Christopher Alderson Alderson children who were mentally ill:
Private Act (Printed), 11 & 12 Victoria I, c. 19 (1848)
An Act for vesting the Two undivided Sixth Shares of Christopher Alderson a Lunatic, and Mary Alderson Spinster, a Person of unsound Mind, as Two of the Six Children of Christopher Alderson Alderson deceased, in certain Freehold Estates in the Counties of Middlesex, Hertford, and York, in Trustees in whom the other Four undivided Sixth Shares are now vested, upon trust for Sale.
Presumably this refers to this Mary Alderson, the "Person of unsound Mind". Mary is listed as a "Ward in Chancery" in the 1881 census. This was a legal guardianship, technically to the Lord Chancellor who is the highest judicial authority in Britain and "the general guardian of infants, lunatics, idiots, etc."

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1881: St Matthews Ter, Leyburn, Yorkshire

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Michael Alderson

Baptised: 1 January 1682, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson

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Miles Alderson

Baptised: 23 March 1701, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson

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Sarah (Alderson) Wilson

Baptised: 17 March 1724

Father: John Alderson

Mother: Mary (Spence) Alderson

Married: _____ Wilson

Notes: A paragraph in a letter from a Mr Christopher Alderson Calvert, written in the 19th Century, mentions two sisters of Christopher Alderson, Kitty Lever and Sally Wilson, from which we conclude the marriage.

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Sarah Alderson

Baptised: 13 December 1821, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson (Lloyd) Alderson

Mother: Mary (Metcalfe) Alderson

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William Alderson

Baptised: 15 January 1688, in Askrigg, Yorkshire, England

Father: Christopher Alderson

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