The Whitby 1 Line

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The Story of the Whitby 1 Line

John Farndale married Alce Peckock in 1661 in Whitby. He had four children. His descendants were sailors, carpenters, and seamstresses of Whitby. His grandson John sailed with James Cook on colliers around the Yorkshire coast, and his grandson Giles was pressganged into the Royal Navy and died at sea in the Caribbean.

The genealogical chart showing the Whitby 1 Line

John Farndale 1636 Married Alice Peckock and Margarita Herd The first of the Whitby Farndales Whitby FAR00087

Margarita Farndale 6 September 1674 Whitby FAR00110

George Farndale 21 August 1676 to 20 December 1740 Whitby, Skelton FAR00113

Thomas Farndale 15 October 1683 to 25 February 1747 Married Sarah Perkins A carpenter of Whitby Whitby FAR00118

Henry Farndale 6 October 1689 Married Dinah Whitby, Kirby Misperton FAR00120

Alice Farndell 14 April 1702 Kirby Misperton FAR00128

John Farndale 22 May 1709 to 28 March 1790 Married Hannah Christian A sailor on colliers who sailed with Captain Cook Whitby FAR00136 See Whitby 2 Line for his family

Francis Farndale 30 September 1711 Married Margaret Spark and Margaret Gray A carpenter like his father, of Whitby, who had two families and quadruplets by his second marriage Whitby FAR00135

Giles Farndale 18 October 1713 to 9 May 1741 A press ganged sailor in the Caribbean, who served on HMS Experiment Whitby and the Caribbean FAR00137

Thomas Farndale 20 May 1716 Whitby FAR00138

Sarah Farndale 11 March 1738 Whitby FAR00151

Giles Farndale 13 July 1740 Whitby FAR00154

Francis Farndale 13 July 1743 Whitby FAR00158

Spark Farndale 18 August 1745 Whitby FAR00160

Thomas Farndale 13 September 1747 Presumably died young given second Thomas Whitby FAR00161

Thomas Farndale 1751 to 23 March 1834 Married Jane Calvert Whitby Carpenter of Whitby FAR00182

Mary Farndale 3 September 1759 to early 1843 Whitby, Guisborough Triplet and Spinster of Guisborough FAR00179

Christian Farndale 3 September 1759 Whitby Triplet FAR00180

Frances Farndale 3 September 1759 Whitby Triplet who lived in Whitby, had three children out of wedlock and then married Then married Robert Heselton in 1791 FAR00181

Francis Farndale 5 February 1786 to 14 January 1789 Died aged 3 Whitby FAR00206

William Farndale 22 November 1787 to 7 April 1790 Died aged 2 Whitby FAR00209

Margaret Farndale 7 April 1790 Inhabitant of Flowergate, Whitby in her 50s Whitby (Flowergate) FAR00216

Phillis Farndale 24 September 1792 to 1792 Died at birth or thereabouts Loftus FAR00220

Mary Farndale 13 May 1793 Seamstress of Whitby Whitby (Flowergate) FAR00221

Thomas Farndale 13 May 1793 to December 1794 Died at age of one and so his second brother also called Thomas Whitby FAR00226

Thomas Farndale 8 July 1796 to 21 December 1832 Whitby FAR00231

Elizabeth Farndale 7 April 1798 Married James Husband Carpenter’s daughter of Skelton, whose husband was called Mr Husband Whitby, Skelton FAR00235 The Husband Family

William Farndale 13 May 1786 to 1786 Died at birth FAR00207

Francis Farndale? Or this could be the son of Thomas Farndale FAR00182 2 May 1789 FAR00206

Margaret Farndale 16 July 1789 Died aged 1 FAR00213

Chronology of the Whitby 1 Line

About 1636	John Farndale was born.
19 November 1991	John Farndale married Alce Peckock at Whitby.
6 September 1674	Margarita Farndale, daughter of Johannis Farndale of Whitby, was baptised at Whitby.
21 August 1676	George Farndale, son of John Farndale of Whitby, was baptised at Whitby.
15 October 1683	Thomas Farndale, son of John and Alice Farndale was baptised at St Mary the Virgin in Whitby.
6 October 1689	Henry Farndale, son of John Farndale, was baptised at Whitby.
11 January 1707	Thomas Farndale married Sarah Perkins at Sneaton (5km south of Whitby).
22 May 1709	John Farndale, son of Thomas and Sarah Farndale, was baptised at Whitby.
30 September 1711	Francis Farndale, son of Thomas and Sarah Farndale, was baptised at Whitby.
2 April 1712	Giles Farndale was buried at St Mary’s Whitby. By this time, Thomas Farndale Senior was a carpenter in Whitby. Lewis Carrol stayed in Whitby on many occasions. It is thought he drew his inspiration for his poem ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ from the nearby village of Sandsend.
18 October 1713	Giles Farndale Junior, son of Thomas and Sarah Farndale, was baptised at Whitby.
20 May 1716	Thomas Farndale Junior, son of Thomas and Sarah Farndale, was baptised at Whitby.
30 May 1736	John Farndale married Hannah Christian at Whitby Parish Church. John sailed on colliers including with Captain Cook – they had a family of five and John Farndale is Founder of the Whitby 2 Line.
11 March 1738	Sarah Farndale, daughter of Francis and Margaret (nee Spark) Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Was she born just before they got married? Francis Farndale was a carpenter, like his father.
28 May 1738	Francis Farndale married Margaret Spark at Whitby Paris Church.
29 June 1740	Giles Farndale served in the Royal Navy. It seems very likely that he was press-ganged at Whitby, probably in 1740 when he would have been 27 years old. The Muster Book for HMS Experiment, a brig with a compliment of 130, shows Giles Farndell as No 101 Able Seaman, impressed on 29 Jun 1740. He is present at every muster until 9 May 1741 when he is marked ‘DD’ (Discharged Dead). No circumstances are recorded which probably means that he died of sickness on 9 May 1741. The ‘Experiment’ was commissioned under Captain Hughes at Deptford between Mar and Jun 1740. On 29 Jun 1740 the ‘Experiment’ was at The Nore, where Giles Farndell (or Farndale; he is listed under both names in different Muster Books), came on complement. From there she sailed for Port Royal, Jamaica (see below) where she arrived on 15 Sep 1740. From there until June 1741 the ship was either in Port Royal, at sea, or in Cartagena.
20 December 1740	A George Farndale of Girwick was buried at Skelton – this may have been George, son of John.
13 July 1740	Giles Farndale, son of Francis and Margaret (nee Spark) Farndale, was baptised in Whitby.
9 May 1741	Giles Farndale, deceased of Port Whitby, mariner, died on board HMS ‘Experiment.’ His Will read ‘Know all men that we Thomas Farndale of Whitby in the County of York, carpenter, Robert Easton of Whitby aforesaid Master Mariner and Edward Brand of Whitby aforesaid Mariner………£31…….dated 25 Jan 1741/2. The condition of this obligation is that the above bound Thomas Farndale, father, next of kin and administrator of all goods, chattels and credits of Giles Farndale, late of the Parish of Whitby, in the Diocese of York, Mariner deceased, who died at sea in His Majesty’s service belonging to HMS Experiment. Signed Thomas Farndalle HMS Experiment in 1757
31 July 1743	Francis Farndale Junior, son of Francis and Margaret (nee Spark) Farndale, was baptised in Whitby.
18 August 1745	Spark Farndale, son of Francis and Margaret (nee Spark) Farndale, was baptised in Whitby.
25 February 1747	Thomas Farndale Senior was buried at St Mary, Whitby.
13 September 1747	Thomas Farndale, son of Francis and Margaret (nee Spark) Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Probably died young. Maybe his mother Margaret died in this childbirth as Thomas married again in 1750.
4 November 1750	Francis Farndale Senior married Margaret Gray.
1751	Thomas Farndale, son of Francis and Margaret Farndale, was born in Whitby.
21 November 1751 to 7 January 1752	John Farndill sailed on the Three Brothers. This voyage was probably to Norway. On this voyage his captain was Richard Ellerton, with James Cook as mate. The Three Brothers was engaged as a transport conveying British troops from the Netherlands at the end of the War of Austrian Succession. Later she was used for trade in the Baltic. In 1750 her captain was John Walker. Cook served in the Freelove, the Three Brothers and the Mary before sailing in the Friendship. All the ships were owned by the Walker Brothers who were engaged in the coal trade. About the type of vessel Beaglehole says: ' the broad bottomed blunt bowed Whitby Collier was no sprite of the sea: she was a 'cat built' vessel or simply a 'cat'. The 'cat' was defined by the Dictionary of the Marine (William Faulkner, 1789) as "a ship employed in the coal trade, formed from the Norwegian model. It is distinguished by a narrow stern, projecting quarters, a deep waist, and by having no ornamental figure on the prow ... generally built remarkably strong , and carrying from four to six hundred tons".'
30 March 1752 to 12 May 1753	John Farndill, Seaman, 45 years old, Whitby, served seven months 12 days, 30 March 1752 to 12 May 1753. Paid 8/4d muster dues. Prior to this he sailed with Robert Easton of London, but the name of ship is not given. No ship of James Peacock appears in Whitby records, but the name Peacock appears often as crew member in the muster rolls. In fact there was a Captain Peacock still living in Whitby in 1984.
10 November 1753	John Farndale was a seaman named in a list of 42 of the crew of ‘The Friendship of Whitby’ when James Cook was Mate. John would be about 42 years old in 1753.
3 September 1759	The birth of triplets to Francis and Margaret Farndale: Mary Farndale, daughter of Francis and Margaret Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Christian Farndale, son of Francis and Margaret Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Frances Farndale, daughter of Francis and Margaret Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Francis had three children out of marriage who died young or at birth. She married Robert Heselton in Whitby on 26 July 1791.
1768 – 1771	James Cook’s first voyage.
6 September 1772	Francis Farndale Senior, a carpenter, was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Whitby.
1772 – 1775	James Cook’s second voyage.
1776 – 1779	James Cook’s third voyage.
22 April 1776	Hampshire Chronicle, Ship News. Sailed from Portsmouth … Friendship, Farndale, for Whitehaven. This record appears to show John Farndale registering the out-sailing from Portsmouth, bound for Whitehaven in Cumbria.
26 March 1782	Hannah Farndale, wife of John Farndale, mariner, was buried at Whitby.
22 February 1785	Thomas Farndale of 1759 married Jane Calvert at Whitby.
5 February 1786	Francis Farndale, son of Thomas and Jane Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Francis died aged 3.
22 November 1787	William Farndale, son of Thomas and Jane Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. William died aged 2.
28 March 1790	John Farndale, sailor, aged 79, was buried at St Mary’s, Whitby.
7 April 1790	Margaret Farndale, daughter of Thomas and Jane Farndale, was baptised in Whitby.
24 September 1792	Phillis Farndale, daughter of Thomas and Jane Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Probably died at birth.
13 May 1793	Mary Farndale, daughter of Thomas and Jane Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Thomas Farndale, son of Thomas and Jane Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Presumably died at birth.
8 July 1796	Thomas Farndale, son of Thomas and Jane Farndale, was baptised in Whitby.
7 April 1798	Elizabeth Farndale, daughter of Thomas and Jane Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Elizabeth married James Husband in Skelton in 1819.
21 December 1832	Thomas Farndale of 1796 was buried in Whitby, aged 35.
23 March 1834	Thomas Farndale of 1759 was buried at St Mary’s, Whitby.
1841	Margaret Farndale was living in Flowergate, Whitby, aged 50 and unmarried.
1843	Mary Farndale born 1759 died in the Guisborough area.
1851	Mary Farndale was a seamstress in Flowergate, Whitby, aged 62, unmarried.