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| Hudson Locations in the 1700's and 1800's, North Yorkshire, UK |
Our Hudson ancestors were from Newton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire. Newton-le-Willows is about 1/2 mile from its parish church at Patrick Brompton. According to the parish church records, Andrew Hudson was baptised there in 1727, and buried there in 1780. His children Henry, Edward, Andrew and Susannah were also baptised there.
The parish church, at Patrick Brompton. Largely Victorian (1864), with surviving portions estimated to date from the 1300's. Numerous Hudson's are buried in the churchyard:
Stokesley
Andrew's wife Susannah and their son Henry are buried in Stokesley. Susannah died over 30 years after Andrew, we expect she was in Stokesley because her daughter Susannah was living there. Also according to his tombstone Henry had been a long-time resident of Little Busby, which is 3 miles to the south of Stokesley.
Most of the tombstones in the parish churchyard are in terrible condition. We were very lucky that this one was in such good shape. The inscription says:
In memory of Susanna the wife of Andrew Hudson who departed this life the 5th of March 1812 age 79 years. Also Henry Hudson late of Stockton many years a resident at Little Busby in Yorkshire departed this life February 15 1838 age 72 years. He was a kind husband and an [illegible] father.
Linthorpe
We don't know how Henry Hudson wound up owning a farm at Linthorpe and living in Stockton as a gentleman, but we can speculate! On 12th May 1798 a Henry Hudson married an Ann Smith at Stokesley. There are no children to this marriage. On 15th Sept 1816 Ann Hudson of Busby died and was buried two days later, aged 68, suggesting a birth year of 1748. Possibly our Henry Hudson, age 34 in 1798, married Ann Smith when she was age 50, and acquired the Linthorpe farm from her.
When Henry made his will in 1835 Linthorpe was a small village on the outskirts of the equally unimportant town of Middlesbrough. By 1865 Middlesbrough had grown tremendously, primarily as a result of the discovery of iron ore and the creation of a iron-and-steelmaking industry that made it a local centerpiece of the Industrial Revolution. Land values skyrocketed, and the farm held in trust for Henry's descendants increased in value significantly.
From 1864 through 1876 Henry's daughter Ann and her husband Joseph Outhred sold parcels of this land to Middlesbrough. The first sale was used to create Albert Park.
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| Albert Park, Middlesbrough. Created on land sold in 1864 by Ann Hudson Outhred. |
Finally, in 1876, Ann sold land another 15 acres to the newly formed Middlesbrough Poor Union, for the purpose of creating the Middlesbrough Workhouse for the poor. This proposed sale set off the 1875 lawsuit Clark vs. Outhred, proving the Hudson family history as written by John (Juan) Hudson perhaps 70 years later in Argentina.
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| 1878 Plan of the Middlesbrough Poor Workhouse, now demolished. |
