1. Catherine. Catherine (b. 1772, d. Oct 28, 1847) married George Teebay on June 23, 1806. Apparently a number of well known priests had in the past come from the Teebay Family. George and Catherine appear to have had 3 children: Robert (b. Oct 7, 1808), James (b. Jan 10, 1810), and Richard (b. May 16, 1812, d. 1885).
Son James married a Mary Clarkson and had 8 children, but at least 4 died in infancy (three of them in the same year, 1847 ... which is also the year Catherine died). The four surviving children were Catherine (b. 1840), George (b, 1849), John (b. 1851), Jane (b. 1853).
In the course of research on this line a number of interesting points came up. First, in the 1841 census there was a 15 year old Helen Hubberstey living with Catherine and her son Richard (apparently as a servant). So far I have not found out who Helen Hubberstey is the child of. Second, Catherine passes away in Fernyhalgh, site of the other cluster of Hubbersteys, even though she originally was from Samlesbury. Third, George, the son of James and Mary, may have been the parish priest of St. Gregory's in Weld Bank in the late 1890's and early 1900's.
Finally, for some reason as yet unknown, the name "Catherine" becomes very common from this point on. Many Hubberstey families name their first daughter Catherine. One can but wonder whether it is this Catherine that is the reason behind this, and if so, what kind of person must she have been to generate this respect.
2. Richard b, 1788, 3. Edmund b, 1782, and 4. John, 1774 were all farmers that appear not to have married. For a while Richard lived with Edmund at Cuckoo Hall, Dilworth, Ribchester, and then later he lived with John at Hubberstey Fold, Balderstone (with Sowerbutts living next door on both sides). By 1861 he was living with Mary Grimbaldeston and her family at Hubberstey Fold. Mary was the daughter of James Hubberstey and Anna Swarbrick (see James below).
It appears that one night in 1846 Richard and Edmund had a bit of a problem at Cuckoo Hall.
MURDEROUS OUTRAGE AND EXTRAORDINARY DEFENCE.—In the township of Dilworth, some eight or ten miles from Preston, there is a house known by the name of Cuckoo Hall, which is occupied by two brothers, Richard and Edmund Hubbersty, the only other inmate being a housekeeper. During the night, at twelve o'clock, Richard Hubbersty was awoke from sleep by the barking of the dog, (whose watchfulness had been excited by the sudden bursting open of the house door and the entrance of three strange men,) and he at once went down stairs, when he was instantly savagely set upon by three ruffians. Being a powerful man, he returned the blows dealt to himself with good interest to his assailants, but was compelled afterwards to call out for the assistance of his brother, and he was promptly with him to take a willing and active part in the murderous struggle. The two brothers continued the battle for more than half an hour. The two gallant defenders succeeded in expelling by force the three miscreants from the house, and closing the door upon them. But the men renewed the attack, and again forced the door, and gained admission into the house; death -dealing blows were commenced, and continued till the worn-out strength of the Hubberstys compelled them to express their readiness to give up all the money they possessed, or any other property that might be demanded. These terms were, however, for some time disregarded, and the brutal punishment was continued until the three robbers became satisfied that no risk or danger could possibly result from their showing forbearance; and then only was it that they consented to allow their exhausted victims to show them up stairs, there to surrender whatever money they might be possessed of, the whole amount being under 51.5. James: I have been unable to confirm a marriage for James, though from other evidence it is quite possible that he did marry. What follows is so far only speculation.
One clue, is that as mentioned above, Richard ended up with Mary Grimbaldeston and her family living with him at Hubberstey Fold and Mary was the daughter of a James Hubberstey and Anne Swarbrick. The point to try to confirm is whether or not we are talking about the same "James Hubberstey".
If for a moment we assume that we are, then we have James marrying Anne Swarbrick and having three children ... Mary (b. 1823 marries John Grimbaldeston in1853), Robert (b. 1820 marries Ann Barton), and Helen (b. 1821). If this is the case, then our mystery "Helen Hubberstey" living with Catherine above may be James' and Anne's daughter. In addition, at the time of the census Catherine was living in Fulwood, which is where Helen was born.
Should there turn out to be some more support for this idea I will add in more information on Robert and Ann as they did have a number of children.
Update: This now looks confirmed - that James married Anne Swarbrick. This branch of the line is profiled in more detail - HERE
6. William: William married Deborah Whittle in 1822. They had three children (Mary 1825, Robert 1827 and James 1828). Robert did not marry and Mary's husband (Harry Eaton Blackledge) died not long after marrying Mary so there were no children.
Son James though did marry Ann Lever. They had 9 children but at least 4 died in infancy. The surviving children were William (b. 1860, married Mary Rose Cooke), Selina (b. 1863, married Anthony Livesey), Mary(b. 1874, married James Balderstone), Annie (b. 1873 married Robert Holden in 1901), and Robert (b 1876, married Ester Hannah Worsley). From a post on Ancestry.co.uk we also know that some of Annie's decedents made it to Australia.
Now the latest census data we have is for 1901. At that time William and Mary were living at Sorbrose House (the original Hubberstey residence going back to Robert and Mary Culcheth) with their two daughters. Meanwhile Robert was living at Tan Pit Farm in Fullwood with his parents. Once he married Esther we know their first 4 children were born in Alston, but that their 5th child (in 1919) was born in Walton-le-dale (on the registration). (This area includes Samlesbury, so it is possible that by then they had moved back to the Samlesbury area and perhaps Sorbrose House.) This is likely the line that connects to current Hubbersteys in Samlesbury.
7. Robert: Robert married Cicely Fazackerly in Brindle July 7, 1805. They had many children, but it seems as if many did not survive infancy. For example, the baptismal records from Ribchester (from 1805-1816) show 3 children being bapitized Robert and 2 being baptized William, with the William that did survive being born even later still. The records show the earlier children being baptized in Ribchester (born in Osbaldeston) with the later children being born in Brindle, indicating that the family moved around 1818 or so.By the 1851 census the family was living at Great Radburn, Brindle. Cicely, now widowed, lived with her children Robert (?), Catherine (b. 1810), Cicely (b. 1826), William (b. 1819, d. 1874) and James (b. 1824). Another son, Thomas (b. 1822) was at Ampleforth where he was listed as a general professor. On a later census he is described as Professor of Languages. Thomas is believed to be Thomas Cyprian Hubbersty, who died in Melbourne, 1865. Another daughter, Mary b.1809, may have married John Adamson at Brindle on June 5, 1833.
Son William married Cicely Worden in 1858. They had 5 children, with 2 not surviving infancy. Only son James (b. 1861) married. He married Sara Booth Woods.
Son James married Anne Thurgood in London in 1920. They had a daughter Diana who married a Norman King around 1947 and emigrated to Australia. Son Robert married Margaret Waterhouse. They had one child, Peter. Peter's children are living Hubbersteys, thereby bringing this link to the present. There is a very interesting article on-line about Robert Hubberstey, written by his grandson. The link to the article is here, and below is a small snippet.
Robert Hubberstey at the age of 26 with his younger brother James aged just 17 joined up on the same day in 1914 as part of the "first hundred thousand" volunteers after the start of the war. By this time both their parents were dead, their father in 1900 and their mother in 1909.
The other children of Cicely and Robert do not appear to have married although there are some question marks.
The first question mark is James. After the 1851 census there is no record of his whereabouts.
The second question mark is a possible son, John (b.1819). Although there is no birth record that I can find, we do have a John Hubberstey, born in Brindle, marrying Alice Lucas. They had a number of children with one of them, Catherine (b.1846) listed in the 1961 census at the home of Robert in Brindle as a niece. This of course implies that John was Robert's brother.
By the 1861 census John and Alice in addition to daughter Catherine also had daughters Ann (b.1842) and sons Robert (b.1850), James (1855), John (1856), and William (1858). By 1881 I can find no record of Robert or John, but James was living as a servant (and listed as a nephew) with Catherine, by then 71 and William still lived with his parents.
In 1881 William married Isabella Sandwell and by the 1901 census they had 2 children, Eleanor and Alice. Brother James was also living with them.
Also in the 1881 census we have a John Hubberstey, born Cottam, born 1856ish, living with a Robert Adamson and his wife Mary. John is listed as a cousin of Robert Adamson. With a little digging it appears that Robert was the son of John Adamson and Mary Hubberstey (married 1833), and that Mary was a daughter of Robert and Cicely (born 1809).
It appears that John married as in the 1891 census he is listed as married to Jossie from Scotland. But that is the last entry I can find for him or Jossie.
8. Thomas (see next post)
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