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The Story of the Whitby 4 Line

John Farndale was a carpenter who probably saw service in the Royal Navy. He married Dinah Boyes and they had a son who became a master mariner, and six daughters.

The son was John Christopher Farndale the Elder who was therefore probably the great grandson of John Farndale (FAR00136) who sailed colliers with James Cook out of Whitby. It is likely John Christopher Farndale was the grandson of Robert Farndale, also a master mariner, and later buried in the churchyard of Dracula fame at Whitby.

John Christopher Farndale the Elder was a painter when he married Ann Ling in 1825 and until the birth of his third son in 1830. But by 1836, he was a master mariner of Whitby, captaining a coal brig called the William and Nancy with cargos of coal largely between Whitby and the north east and Wisbech in Cambridgeshire and the southeast. See also the merchant adventures of John Christopher Farndale Senior.

Of his family of five, John’s eldest son, William Farndale (FAR00289) also became a master mariner and continued to captain the William and Nancy. See also the merchant adventures of William Farndale. The third son, John Christopher Farndale the Younger (FAR00308) captained other ships. See also the merchant adventures of John Christopher Farndale Junior. They all lived lives of adventure, perils at sea, and travel. His second son, Thomas Farndale was a ship’s broker’s clerk who died aged only 31. His daughter, Mary Farndale, was a straw bonnet maker and married a master mariner in Whitby. His fifth child, James Farndale, died an infant. This was a family of mariners at the heart of the maritime coal industry in the mid Victorian era. The second generation ventured widely around the North Sea (often called the German sea at the time) and the Baltic and further south. But John died young, at the age of only 35.

The earliest record of coal being transported in Whitby ships was in 1392 when coal was taken to Whitby Abbey from Newcastle to fire the Abbott’s warming house. The shipbuilders of Whitby built vessels for the whaling industry for years and in the nineteenth century, as the whaling industry faded out, coal replaced whales as the main industry. Many colliers were built in Whitby. Coal was mined north of Whitby in Newcastle and Sunderland particularly and the folk of Whitby built ships to provide transport. Whitby colliers supplied vast quantities of coal to London and followed routes along the east coast and shipped to many towns along the way.

The genealogical chart showing the Whitby 4 Line

						The Whitby 3 Line
	Could he have been a son of Robert Farndale (FAR00169), master mariner of Whitby, given the continued nautical history of this family. See Whitby 2 Line.					William Farndale 13 July 1743 to 27 April 1777 Married Elizabeth Barry Master mariner of Whitby Whitby, Brotton, Skelton FAR00157
						John Farndale 1773 to 5 July 1833 Married Dinah Boyes Carpenter and possible service in the navy Loftus, Whitby FAR00198
	Ann Farndale 15 April 1800 to March 1873 Possibly a widow and dressmaker Loftus, Brotton, possibly Lythe, Guisborough FAR00241		John Christopher Farndale 3 January 1802 to 5 February 1837 Married Ann Ling A painter, farmer and then master mariner in Whitby who died aged 35 Whitby FAR00244		Hannah Farndale 29 February 1804 to 19 August 1883 Married Edward Hunt Joiner's wife Whitby FAR00247 The Hunt Family		Jane Farndale 9 December 1806 to 21 February 1882 Married Nicholas Rippon Carpenter’s daughter who married in Middlesbrough Middlesbrough, Whitby, Stockton FAR00251 The Rippon Family		Dinah Farndale 19 March 1814 to 31 December 1887 Married Robert Stamp, but no children Carpenter’s daughter and carpenter’s wife She died a quite wealthy widow, a shareholder Whitby, Stockton FAR00256	Mary Ann Farndale 6 October 1817 to 2 May 1819 Carpenter’s daughter of Whitby who died aged 1 Whitby FAR00261	Elizabeth Farndale 6 November 1825 to 9 June 1841 Whitby, lived with sister Jane Rippon at Stockton FAR00290
William Farndale 17 November 1825 to 6 March 1887 Married Ann Brown Master mariner of Whitby, whose wife was a lodge house keeper Whitby FAR00289		Thomas Farndale 3 March 1828 to 1 June 1859 Ship’s broker’s clerk Whitby FAR00300		John Christopher Farndale 18 October 1830 to 23 February 1868 Married Christiana Ainslie on 3 July 1857 and then Jane Barnett Telford on 21 December 1861 A master mariner of Whitby who moved to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Died at sea in the Bay of Biscay Whitby, Wisbech FAR00308		Mary Farndale 24 December 1832 Straw bonnet maker and mariner’s wife of Whitby Married John Chambers on 10 December 1852 Whitby, Scarborough FAR00320		James Farndale 24 October 1836 to 28 March 1837 Died an infant Whitby FAR00336
John Thomas Farndale 15 June 1854 to March 1930 Bank manager with Barclays Bank Whitby, Knaresborough FAR00405	Jane Farndale 26 September 1856 to 23 January 1938 Lived ‘on her own means’ with her brother John Whitby, York FAR00422	Maria J Farndale (Maria J Lennard) William’s Niece 1867 Adopted? Whitby (Ruswarp), Middlesborough FAR00485		Fanny Amelia Rose Farndale 1863 to ? She was still alive 1868 when her father died Wisbech FAR00457	Tom Christopher Farndale 20 March 1865 to ? Living with his grandfather, John Henry Telford in 1871 Wisbech FAR00467	Eva Jennie Farndale 29 December 1866 to ? Lived as a boarder with another family by age 4 Wisbech FAR00480	The Chambers Family (Her daughter, Sarah Ann Chambers)

Chronology of the Whitby 4 Line

About 1773	John Farndale was born.
23 April 1799	John Farndale married Dinah Boyes in Loftus.
15 April 1800	Ann Farndale, daughter of John and Dinah Farndale, was baptised in Loftus.
3 January 1802	John Christopher Farndale, son of John and Dinah Farndale, was baptised in Loftus.
29 February 1804	Hannah Farndale, daughter of John and Dinah Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Hannah Farndale married Edward Hunt, a joiner, in Whitby in 1829. They had five children. She died in West Hartlepool in 1883. John Farndale was a carpenter in Whitby.
9 December 1806	Jane Farndale, daughter of John and Dinah Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Jane Farndale married Nicholas Rippon in 1835 in Middlesbrough. Nicholas was a sailor in Stockton on Tees and later Master Mariner and they had two daughters. She was buried at Holy Trinity, Stockton on Tees in 1882.
19 March 1814	Dinah Farndale, daughter of John and Dinah Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. Dinah married Robert Stamp in 1834. Robert became a ship’s carpenter and later a master shipwright in West Hartlepool. Dinah Farndale died relatively wealthy in Hartlepool in 1888.
6 October 1817	Mary Ann Farndale, daughter of John and Dinah Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. She died in Whitby aged 1. John Farndale was a carpenter of Bagdale, Whitby.
24 February 1825	John Christopher Farndale, a painter, married Ann Ling in Whitby.
6 November 1825	Elizabeth Farndale, daughter of John and Dinah Farndale, was baptised in Whitby. She died in 1841 and was buried in Whitby.
11 November 1825	William Farndale, son of John Christopher and Ann Farndale, was born in Whitby. John Christopher Farndale was a painter.
18 August 1826	From this date there are regular newspaper records of John Christopher Farndale as captain of the William and Nancy, a coal brig, sailing between Whitby and the northeast and Wisbech in Cambridgeshire and the south east. Copies of the newspaper articles themselves can be found at the Merchant Adventures of John Christopher Farndale Senior. On 18 August 1826, John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy arriving in Wisbech.
23 August 1826	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy in Wisbech.
6 October 1826	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy in Wisbech.
29 February 1828	Thomas Farndale, son of John Christopher and Ann Farndale, was born in Whitby.
10 October 1828	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy in Wisbech.
5 September 1828	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy arriving in Wisbech with coals.
6 September 1828	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy in Wisbech.
19 June 1829	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy in Wisbech.
19 September 1829	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy in Wisbech.
13 February 1830	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy arriving in Whitby, from Stockton.
18 October 1830	John Christopher Farndale Junior, son of John Christopher and Ann Farndale, was born in Whitby.
26 September 1832	Mary Ann Farndale, daughter of John Christopher and Ann Farndale, was born in Whitby.
5 July 1833	John Farndale aged 60 was buried at St Mary’s, Whitby.
14 June 1833	At Yarmouth, The William and Nancy, of Whitby, slipped anchor and chain, lost stern boat, and received other damage, off the North Foreland on Tuesday.
24 August 1833	John Christopher Farndale captained the Felicity arriving in Lancaster from Archangel. So he appears to have been engaged to travel to the west coat and captain a different ship.
24 March 1835	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy arriving in Deal from Newcastle.
28 March 1835	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy arriving in Dover (originating from South Shields).
6 June 1835	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy arriving in Deal from Stockton.
14 July 1835	John Christopher Farndale captained the William and Nancy arriving in Deal from Stockton.
24 October 1836	James Farndale, son of John Christopher and Ann Farndale, was born in Whitby. James died an infant in 1837 and was buried at St Mary’s, Whitby. By this time John Christopher Farndale Senior was described as a farmer and Master Mariner, formerly a painter, of Cragg, Whitby. The Cragg is an area along the waterfront on the River Esk in Whitby.
1 February 1837	John Christopher Farndale Senior, aged 35, died in Whitby and was buried at St Mary’s, Whitby on 5 February 1837.
1837	1837 Poor Law Valuation of Whitby - Occupier: Dinah Farndale - Owner: George Taylor - Description: Chamber and garret - Rateable value £2.0
1841	Dinah Farndale, Royal Hospital Chelsea, returns of payment of Army and other pensions 1842-1883. Widowhood. Did John undertake military service at some point? British Mariners, Trinity House Calendars 1787 to 1854. Dinah Farndale, the widow of John, at the age of 62 (born 1779). Petition in 1841. Could John Farndale have been engaged in the navy, perhaps as a ship’s carpenter? Did she struggle after he died, and so petitioned for a pension for his military service in 1841. Dinah Farndale, age 55, independently living at Tate Hill, Whitby born in Yorkshire. Ann Farndale, John Christopher Farndale’s widow, was living at Whitby Cray.
28 February 1845	The younger John Christopher Farndale appeared to have got into some trouble, as an apprentice mariner. On 19 February 1845 in the justice room at Whitby, four sea apprentices, including John Christopher Farndale were charged with absenting themselves from the ship the Great Britain. The script tells us that the charge was clearly proved by the master, and the lads failing to show any justifiable cause for their misconduct, were committed to Northallerton for one month’s hard labour. The judge said “We hope this punishment will bring the young delinquents a sense of duty, ad act as a warning to others. It is notorious that the vessels in Whitby, particularly the owner of the Great Britain, have suffered considerably the incorrigible conduct of their apprentices, and Mr Tindale is, in our opinion, worthy of praise for thus stepping forward to put a check to such proceedings.” The maritime adventures of John Christopher Farndale Junior, including his travels across the North Sea and Baltic, can be found at the Merchant Adventures of John Christopher Farndale Junior, where the original newspaper articles can also be seen.
	Of another port town at the time: When we got into the street (which was strange enough to me), and smelt the fish, and pitch, and oakham, and tar, and saw the sailors walking about, and the carts jingling up and down over the stones, I felt that I had done so busy a place an injustice; and said as much to Peggotty, who heard my expressions of delight with great complacency, and told me it was well known (I suppose to those who had the good fortune to be Bloaters) that Yarmouth was, upon the whole, the finest place in the Universe. The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield The Younger by Charles Dickens, 1850
16 May 1849	By 1849, his brother William Farndale was the captain and master of the ship his father had previously captained, the William and Nancy, arriving in Hartlepool from London. The maritime adventures of William Farndale, including his travels across the North Sea and Baltic, can be found at the Merchant Adventures of William Farndale, where the original newspaper articles can also be seen.
29 August 1849	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from Romney.
1 October 1849	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from Hartlepool.
6 November 1849	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from London arriving in West Hartlepool.
4 December 1849	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy off Bridlington. On 2 December the weather was excessively thick with rain, with wind blowing from the south in the early part of the day, blowing a perfect gale. At daylight a brig appeared to the southward, which, unable to reach harbour, was run on the shore about half a mile south of the town and proved to be the William and Mary, captained by William Farndale, of Whitby. The crew were saved. An article two weeks later confirmed that the William and Nancy which had run ashore and hove off the beach, came into the harbour with apparently little damage.
7 March 1850	By Spring 1850, William Fardale was again the captain of the (presumably now mended) William and Nancy, arriving from London.
31 May 1850	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from Hythe arriving in West Hartlepool.
1 June 1850	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy arrived in West Hartlepool with more troubles – it had lost an anchor and 30 fathoms of chain and with the windlass broken. The windlass is a horizontal cylinder rotated by a crank to move heavy weights on a ship.
6 August 1850	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from London arriving in Middlesbrough.
20 September 1850	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from Middlesbrough arriving in New Romney.
18 November 1850	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from Whitby arriving in West Hartlepool.
28 July 1851	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from London arriving in Great Yarmouth at 3pm.
17 September 1851	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from Dover arriving in West Hartlepool.
9 December 1851	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy from Dieppe arriving in West Hartlepool.
1851	Dinah Farndale, age 70, born Hinderwell, living at Stockton living with Nicholas Ripon and Jane Ripon (Dinah’s daughter) and Ann Ripon. Dinah Stamp (her other daughter) was a visitor to the property on census day. Ann Farndale, John Christopher Farndale’s widow, was living at St Anne’s, Snaith, Whitby. Thomas Farndale, aged 23, was a shipbroker’s clerk and Mary Farndale was a shawl and bonnet maker, and they were also living there. Mary Farndale was a straw bonnet maker in St Anne’s, Snaith, Whitby.
20 May 1852	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in Great Yarmouth.
16 July 1852	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in Deal.
14 August 1852	Fashionable arrivals in Whitby (Yorkshire Gazette)
21 August 1852	(Yorkshire Gazette)
18 September 1852	(Yorkshire Gazette)
25 September 1852	(Yorkshire Gazette)
6 September 1852	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in Deal. She initially passed from west to north and later proceeded northwards.
10 December 1852	Mary Farndale married John Chambers, a mariner, at St Mary the Virgin, Whitby.
13 January 1853	The third brother John Christopher Farndale now appears on the scene as the captain of the collier brig, the John Stewart.
9 May 1853	William Farndale continued to captain the William and Nancy of Whitby then arriving in Deal.
5 July 1853	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in Great Yarmouth.
7 July 1853	William Farndale, 27 and a master mariner, married Ann Brown in Whitby. (Yorkshire Gazette, 9 July 1853)
25 August 1853	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby leaving Deal for Dover. It was moderately cloudy.
20 February 1854	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in Lowestoft. It was one of a large number of ships that put in for stress of weather. There was a strong north westerly wind with snow squalls and it was very cold. The harbour company’s tugs were engaged for most of the day in assisting vessels with loss of anchors and other damage.
21 March 1854	From his new captaincy of the John Stuart (probably spelt the John Stewart)(see above), John Christopher Farndale Junior was found to owe William Griffin, a seaman on that vessel, the sum of 2l 9s.
25 March 1854	In February 1854 John Christopher Farndale was captain of the John Stewart again, arriving in Hamburg:
15 June 1854	John Farndale, son of William and Ann Farndale, was born in Ruswarp, just to the southwest of Whitby.
23 June 1854	William Farndale continued to captain the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in Hull.
20 July 1854	There was a Mrs Farndale keeping a lodge at West Terrace, Whitby. This was probably Ann Farndale, wife of William Farndale, the Master Mariner, who was a lodge house keeper.
22 August 1854	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving at Deal.
31 August 1854	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in West Hartlepool from Folkstone.
11 September 1854	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in West Hartlepool from Folkstone.
30 September 1854	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy arriving in Whitby from Folkstone.
23 October 1854	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby arriving in Great Yarmouth.
17 March 1855	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby and sailed from Lowestoft.
19 June 1856	Jane Farndale, daughter of William and Ann Farndale, was born in Ruswarp.
18 November 1856	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy, and suffered severe damage in a storm off Lowestoft. He put in to that port through stress of weather and had lost the main mast. The report talks about the William and Mary being ‘fouled’ by the brig Ruby, off Pakefield. It may be that the Ruby somehow struck the William and Mary in the storm. She later arrived in Norwich from the storm.
1 December 1856	While brother William Farndale cotinued to captain the William and Nancy, John Chrtsiopher Farndale was now captain of the Caspian of Whitby and sailed from Nyhamn (a harbour in Norway between Kristiansand and Oslo on its sourthern shore). So John Christopher was ow capaining different vessels and travelling more widely across the North Sea.
4 December 1856	John Christopher Farndale as captain of the Caspian of Whitby, had travelled from Nyhamn and arrived at Aldeburgh.
6 December 1856	John Christopher Farndale as captain of the Caspian of Whitby, had travelled from Nyhamn and arrived in London.
22 December 1856	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy of Whitby and sailed from Lowestoft, after repairing. Presumably this followed to storm of mid November.
23 April 1857	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy and arrived in Whitby from Abbeville in France.
3 July 1857	John Christopher Farndale Junior, Master Mariner of Whitby, married Christiana Ainslie in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. John Christopher Farndale was a merchant seaman and appears to have ended up in Cambridgeshire. John Farndale, listed in merchant seamen 1835 to 1857 – Number of Register Ticket: 58.949 – Farndale, John Christopher, Whitby. The merchant navy seamen listed by central government during this period to monitor a potential reserve of sailors for the Royal Navy. These are volumes from the National Archives Record series BT112 to BT120.
27 July 1857	There were more problems for William Farndale with the William and Nancy as she pulled into Ramsgate on route from Sunderland to Deal, with the loss of the fore and main top mast, assisted by a fishing smack.
22 August 1857	And there was trouble for John Christopher Farndale Junior too, as captain of the Marmion. He was travelling from Newcastle for Abo and pout into Gothenburg in Sweden with damage, having been struck by lightning.
16 October 1857	And there was more trouble for John Farndale and the Marmion, two months later when he lost his ship and cargo off Osel. The stores were saved. Osel (now called Sarrremaa) is an island at the mouth of the Bay of Riga, off modern day Estonia. (For interest, in 1719 Russia won a naval victory against Sweden in the Great Northern War at the island.)
14 November 1857	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy and travelled to Boulogne in France with 44 chs of coals.
26 November 1857	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy and arrived in Boulogne in France from South Shields.
3 July 1858	(Whitby Gazette)
11 February 1859	William Farndale captained the William and Nancy and in Warkworth ‘coastwise’, in ballast. Presumably the coal cargo had been discharged and the vessel was ballasted. Warkworth is in Northumberland.
10 May 1859	Christiana Farndale, wife of John Christopher Farndale Junior, died in Whitby. He later married Jane Telford in Cambridgeshire in 1861. (Whitby Gazette. 14 May 1859)
28 May 1859	Thomas Farndale of West Terrace, died in Whitby, aged 31. (Whitby Gazette, 4 June 1859)
19 November 1859	In the elections for Whitby, caused by the death of Robert Stephenson, the Steam Engineer, William Farndale voted for the Conservative candidate, Thomas Chapman.
22 March 1860	John Christopher Farndale Junior was captain of the Ada travelling from Hamburg.
21 July 1860	John Christopher Farndale Junior was captain of the Ada travelling from Narva, which arrived at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Narva is in modern day Estonia, so John Farndale seems to have been sailing regularly to the Baltic states and Russia delivering coal at this time. Could it have been about this time that John Christopher met Jane Telford of Wisbech, who he later married?
17 August 1860	John Christopher Farndale Junior was captain of the Ada travelling from Cronsadt with 109 chs of coal for Lotinga & Co. There was a Lotinga family in Newcastle at the time, who were part of the Jewish community. Lotinga & Co appear to have been shipping brokers based in Newcastle.
30 August 1860	John Christopher Farndale Junior was captain of the Ada travelling from Helsingborg via Elsinore to St Petersburg, Russia.
13 September 1860	John Christopher Farndale Junior was captain of the Ada travelling from South Shields to Cronstadt.
27 September 1860	John Christopher Farndale Junior was captain of the Ada and arrived in Wyburg.
3 November 1860	Meanwhile William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived at Warkworth from Abbeville. Abbeville is in France not far from Le Treport, but has a canal to the sea. Warkworth is in Northumberland near Alnmouth.
1861	Ann Farndale living on her own in Brotton, aged 58, a dress maker. She is shown born at Lythe, not Brotton, but this could be consistent with her Whitby origins. William Farndale was a master mariner living in Ruswarp, Whitby.
13 January 1861	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and arrived in Hartlepool from Dunkirk.
4 February 1861	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived at Amble from St Valery. Another report show the vessel was carrying 125 tones of coals from Harrison, Carr & Co.
26 June 1861	Blyth, June 26 - Mr Farndale, of the schooner William and Nancy, of Whitby, from Deal, last night, or nearly this morning, passed a quantity of German yeast, picked up one basket; several pieces of bulwarks were floating about at the place; Tynemouth Castle bearing SW by S, distant about 5 miles.
6 July 1861	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and arrived with ‘deals’ (this may be a typo for coal) in Wisbech from Narva.
10 August 1861	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and travelled from South Shields to Petersburg.
7 November 1861	There was yet more trouble for William Farndale and the William and Nancy travelling from Newcastle to Abbeville as she had to put in at Calais on 2 November 1861 with her bulwarks caried away, having experienced very severe weather. The bulwark is the extension of the side of the ship above the level of the weather deck.
7 April 1861	John Christopher Farndale Junior was Master of the Ship, The Ada.
21 December 1861	John Christopher Farndale Junior married Jane Barnett Telford in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Two generations had now been travelling regularly to Wisbech and John’s first wife was also from Wisbech. After this marriage, their children were born there. So this family then became settled in Cambridgeshire.
31 January 1862	John Christopher Farndale and the Ada were listed amongst the Colliers that arrived on 31 January at Gravesend.
4 March 1862	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and left West Hartlepool for Hamburg.
10 March 1862	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived at Shields from Abbeville.
30 March 1862	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived at St Valery from Newcastle.
4 April 1862	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada of Whitby arrived in Hamburg.
19 April 1862	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and arrived at Newcastle from Cronstadt.
14 May 1862	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada from Newcastle to Cronstadt.
1 June 1862	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and arrived at Cronsdtadt.
19 July 1862	Whitby Gazette, 19 July 1862 The List of Visitors:
20 July 1862	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and arrived at Elsinore having travelled from Riga bound for Dover.
9 August 1862	The Kentish Gazette of 19 August 1862 reported the proceedings of the Dover Police Court on Friday before Mayor EF Astley Esq and L Stride Esq. ASSAULT ON THE HIGH SEAS Benjaim Burvill, a mariner, was charged on a summons with having, on the 9^th inst, assaulted Edward Sneller, another seafaring man, on board a British Ship called the Ada, on the high seas near the South Foreland. Mr Fox appeared as attorney for the defendant, and at his request the witnesses in the case were ordered out of Court. Edward Sneller stated that he lived at East cliff and was a boatman. On Saturday evening last, about half past six or seven o’clock, he boarded the brig Ada off South Foreland. He asked the captain if he were bound for Dover with a cargo for Mr Fennis. The captain answered ‘No’ and asked if witness were a ‘branch pilot’. Witness said he was not, whereupon Burvill stepped forward and assured the captain that he was a branch pilot. On hearing this, he said to the captain, “He is no more a branch pilot than I am,” when Burvill instantly raised his fist and gave witness a blow, which he received at the back of the left ear, and which sent him reeling. He told Burvill he should summon him to court for striking him on board a ship on the high seas, and that he should subpoena the captain as a witness. Cross examined, Did not have a few words with Burvill – I never spoke to him. I got to the vessel first, but the captain gave charge of the vessel to noone until Burvill declared that he was a branch pilot, and ordered the jack to be hauled down. Burvill took charge of the ship after I left it. Mr Fox: What made you leave the ship? Witness: Is that a fair question to ask, gentlemen? – Mr Fox: Yes, you must answer it please – Witness: I left the ship because I was not a branch pilot – Mr Fox: Then I ask you, if you left the ship knowing you were not a branch pilot, what made you go on board the vessel? – Witness: Why, there is a large class of men like myself who do go aboard ships, and if a captain wants a man to assist him into the harbour he is at liberty to have his services. Mr Fox: Then it was not necessary for you to be a branch pilot to take the vessel into harbour? Witness: No – Mr Fox: When you found defendant in charge of the ship you thought it your business to tell the captain that he was not a branch pilot? – Witness: Defendant was not in charge of the ship; he assumed the authority. When this blow was struck he was leaning against the rail doing nothing. There was a jack flying when I saw the vessel. It was taken dow after Burvill ordered the captain to haul it down. To the Court: The jack was flying at the fore-top-gallant-mast head. Mr Fox: I suppose you wanted to be employed instead of Burvill; that was the fact of the matter. – Witness: The fact of it is, that I wanted to earn an honest livelihood like any other man. – Mr Fox: Will you swear that he struck you? Is it not the truth that he gave you a little bit of a push? – Witness: He struck me sir. I felt it for three days afterwards, and was unable to eat any food on that side. J C Farndale, the master of the ship Ada, said that on Thursday moring the complainant and defendant boarded his ship. He believed the former was first on deck. He asked him if he was for Dover. Witness made no reply, but walked to the lee side of the deck. Defendant then came alongside, and as he had more the look of a pilot, and came in a better class of boat (complainant’s havng much the appearance of a leisure boat) witness responded to his inquiry whether he was bound for Dover, by returning an affrmative answer. After that he asked Burvill if he were a branch pilot, and he told him ‘yes’, and as they were crossing to the starboard side of the deck he followed up the question with another, namely, if he could order the jack to be hauled down, which he also answered satisfactorily. Upon hearing that complainant said, “This man is no more a branch pilot than I am,” and then followed the asault. As a reason for his peculiarity in utting the questions he did, the witness explained that he had been warned that there was a parcel of hovellers, who palmed themselves off as branch pilots with a view to getting handsomely paid for taking vessels into port. Mr Fox (to the witness): When this conversation took place about the jack, and Burvill ordered it to be hauled down, you considered that he was engaged? Witness: I considered that he was a branch pilot, and that the other man was not. - Mr Fox: You considered he was in charge of the vessel? Yes after the jack was hauled down. Mr Fox said he was perfectly satisfied from the evidence of Sneller and the captain that an assualt had been committted. It appeared from the latter’s statement however, that he regularly engaged the defendant to pilot his vessel into port, who no doubt was very much annoyed at the attempt made by the complainant to take bread out of his mouth. They all knew that there was not too much for boatmen to do in this neighbourhood, and perhaps they were not quite so amiable one towards aother as they might be. He hoped, therefore, under all the circumstaces, that the magistrates would feel the justice of the case met by passing a lenient sentence. The Bench adjudged defendant to pay a fine of 10s and costs. A shorter version also printed in the Dover Express under the headline ‘Unlicensed Pilots’. This article included a slightly more understandable summary of the position taken for the defence at the end: “Mr Fox did not deny the assult, but submitted that Sneller had offered Burvill provocation,and that under the circumstancs the smallest penalty might be considered sufficient. The Magistrates however, thought the defendant quite unjustified in what he had done, and fined him 10s and 12s costs. The money was paid.”
22 August 1862	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived at West Hartlepool from Deal.
11 October 1862	Mrs Farndale continued to be listed in the Whitby Gazette List of Visitors at West Terrace.
5 February 1862	A Report in the London Evening Standard: Whitby, Dec 3 – The trwo vessels reported yestredya at anchor in Whitby Roads are still riding; they have not had any communication with the shore, the sea being too heavy on the bar to venture out. The one reported yesterday as being the Ada Farndall (sic) is now said to be the Wandererer, from Wyburg to Wisbech.
22 November 1862	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and arrived at Elsinore from Wyburg bound for London.
12 December 1862	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and ‘entered inwards’, with reference to the customs house, via Wyburg and the Surrey Canal. Their brokers were Northcote.
1863	Fanny Amelia Rose Farndale, daughter of John Christopher and Jane Farndale, was born in Wisbech. Fanny probably died young.
28 January 1863	John Christopher Farndale captained the Ada and arrived at Dieppe from Shields.
24 February 1863	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived at Dunkirk from Newcastle.
24 March 1863	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived at Sandwich from Abbeville.
3 August 1863	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived at West Hartlepool from Deal.
11 September 1863	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief arriving at Elsinore from Newcastle bound for St Petersburg, Russia.
4 October 1863	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief and left Sheilds headed for Wyburg.
1864	Dinah Farndale died in Hartlepool.
26 April 1864	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief arriving at Elsinore from Dantzic bound for Wisbeach [sic].
2 May 1864	William Farndale and the William and Nancy sailed from Ramsgate bound for Hartlepool.
11 May 1864	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief arriving at Wisbech from Danzig. The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal of 14 May 1864 suggests Highland Chief, Farndale arrived at Wisbech with wood from Grimsby. Perhaps she delivered coal to Danzig and called in at Grimsby on the return voyage to pick up wood to deliver to Wisbech.
7 October 1864	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief arrived in Cronstadt from Shields.
26 October 1864	William Farndale, captain of the brig, the William and Nancy, and travellng from Broadstairs to Whitby and ‘in ballast’, suffered a mainstay broken.
4 December 1864	William Farndale and the William and Nancy put into to Dover have sailed from Shields en route to Abbeville.
7 December 1864	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief arrived in Wisbech carrying wood from Wyburg.
18 January 1865	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief arrived in Wisbech carrying coals from Sunderland.Perhaps he knew his first child was due to be born, so arraged his voyages into Wisbech during these months.
15 February 1865	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief arrived in Wisbech carrying coals from Sunderland.
20 March 1865	Tom Christopher Farndale, son of John Christopher and Jane Farndale, was born in Wisbech. Tom was living with his grandfather, John Henry Telford, by 1871. (Whitby Gazette, 1 April 1865)
15 February 1865	John Christopher Farndale captained the Highland Chief arrived in Wisbech carrying coals from Sunderland.
14 May 1865	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived in West Hartlepool from Folkestone.
9 June 1865	John Christopher Farndale captained the Great Northern arriving at Middlesbrough from London.
24 June 1865	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived in Hartlepool from Deal.
24 August 1865	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arriving at Hartlepool from Deal.
28 August 1865	John Christopher Farndale captained the Great Northern arriving at Tonning from Alloa.
23 October 1865	John Christopher Farndale captained the Great Northern arriving at Middlesbrough from London.
1 November 1865	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arriving at Sandwich from Hartlepool.
11 December 1865	Was it John Chistopher Farndale who captained the Medusa from Hartlepool ‘cleared inwards’ for Tonning and cleared out 15^th for England? It couldn’t have been William Farndale as he was captaining the William and Nancy on 13 December, though John Christoper was captaining the Great Northern on 19 December?
13 December 1865	William Farndale and the William and Nancy arrived in Sandwich from Hartlepool.
17 December 1865	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arriving at Sandwich from Hartlepool.
19 December 1865	John Christopher Farndale captained the Great Northern arriving at Middlesbrough from London.
5 January 1866	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arriving at Sandwich from Middlesbrough.
23 January 1866	John Chistopher Farndale who captained the Medusa from Portsmouth heading for Bordeaux.
31 January 1866	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arriving at Lowestoft from London for Middlesbrough.
3 March 1866	John Chistopher Farndale who captained the Medusa from Bordeaux to Penarth and on March sailed to London.
15 March 1866	John Chistopher Farndale who captained the Medusa from London to Sunderland in fine weather in a light SW wind.
June 1866	There is a record of shipwrecks from Whitby which shows that the William and Nancy later floundered off Dimlington in June 1866. Dinlington is off the Holderness coast, near Hill, south of Withensea.
25 June 1866	John Chistopher Farndale who captained the Medusa entered inwards with reference to the Customs House from Dantsic, on the East Lane Tier, broker: Young.
21 July 1866	The Isle of Ely Gazette. Wisbech – Quick Passages. The screw steamer Cambridgeshire, Captain Huet, has just made the passage from Shields to Cronstandt, laden with coals, in five days and eighteen hours. The screw steamer, Medusa, Captain Farndale,, also lade with coals left Shields at the same time, and arrived at Cronsdadt ten minutes after the Cambridgeshire. Both of the above named steamers are the property of Richard Young esq MP. (Cambrdge Independent Press, 21 July 1866)
27 July 1866	Chistopher Farndale who captained the Medusa enetered inwards with reference to the Customs House from Constadt, broker: Young.
2 August 1866	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arriving at Hartlepool from Deal
14 September 1866	The Norfolk Mr Young has recently added a large screw steamer of the above name to his fleet of Baltic traders, and it commenced its voyage, under Captain Farndale, a few days ago. A screw steamer is an old term for a steamship, powered by a steam engine, using one or ore propellors (also referred to as’screws’ for propulsion, also referred to an an iron ship. These new vessels started to be used after Thomas Clyde applied Jon Ericsson’s screw propellor to steam vessels in the USA.
2 October 1866	John Christopher Farndale captained the Norfolk arriving from Dantzig. (Hull and Easternm Counties Herald, 4 October 1866)
20 October 1866	Yorkshire Gazette on 20 October 1866. The article relates to the annual soiree of a Whitby Institute in St Hilda’s Hall on the preceding Wednesday. About 250 members attended. The Marquis of Normanby awarded prizes to members of the drawing class who had distinguished themselves by their diligence and proficiency. He awarded a box of water colours as second prize to J Farndale. This could have been an award to John Farndale, son of William Farndale, who would have been 12 at the time, but it seems to have been an assembly of adults ot children. It could have been John Christpher’s wife, Jane Farndale who he had married in 1861. She was generally living in Wisbech, but perhaps this waass when her children were born. Perhaps she divided her time between Wisbech and Whitby, and perhaps she was a keen amateur artist when in Whitby.
5 November 1866	John Christopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk arrived in Dantzig from Dublin.
9 November 1866	John Christopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk arrived in Elsinore from Dantzig.
10 November 1866	The Isle of Ely Gazette. The Knife. On the evening of the 26^th ult, Mr Young’s screw steamer, Norfolk, sailed from Amsterdam to Dantzic, and had proceeded but a short distance on the passage when one of the sailors, named Allison Brown, of Sunderland, refused to go on deck, and on the steward, a very respectable man named Bridgman, going below and telling him he would be made to turn out, Brown stabbed him in a savage manner in the back, and Captain Farndale had to put back to Amsterdam, where Bridgman received every possible attention from the doctors, while Brown was attended by HM British Consul, who considerately sent him to the durace vile until the return of the steamer to Amsterdam, when the case will be gne into, and Brown receive the punishment he so richly deserves. (‘durance vile’ is an old term usually for a long prison sentence)
17 December 1866	John Christopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk entered inwards from Dantzig on the East Leg Tier, broker: Young.
27 November 1866	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arriving at Lowestoft from Deal.
29 December 1866	Eva Jennie Farndale, daughter of John Christopher and Jane Farndale, was born in Wisbech. Eva was living with the Nixon family in Wisbech by 1971. (Whitby Gazette, 5 January 1867)
9 January 1867	John Chistopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk arrived in Elsinore from the North Sea headed for the Baltic.
9 February 1867	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arriving at Hartlepool from Arboath
12 February 1867	John Christopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk arrived in Cardiff from Cadiz.
11 March 1867	John Christopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk arrived in Gravesend from Danzig.
6 April 1867	John Christopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk arrived in Dantzig from Cardiff
4 June 1867	John Christopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk arrived in Elsinore from England headed for the Baltic.
5 June 1867	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Medusa arriving at Sunderland from Cronstadt
3 September 1867	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan left Deal heading north.
17 October 1867	William Farndale (or someone else?) captained the Ythan arrived at West Hartlepool from Deal.
3 November 1867	John Christopher Farndale who captained the Norfolk from South Shields arrived Constadt and is loading for London.
1 January 1868	The Norfolk captained by John Farndale, was discharging its 725 ton cargo at Victoria Dock (Tdl Basin, SS)
20 January 1868	William Farndale was captain of the Day Star, arriving in Portsmouth for Llanelly.
17 January 1868	The Norfolk, Farndale from Shields to Barcelona, put into Portland Roads on Friday.
20 January 1868	The Norfolk (s), Farndale, from Shields for Barcelona, left Portland on the 20^th
22 January 1868	John Christopher Farndale Junior died on or about 22 January 1868 in the Bay of Biscay off Ushant in France. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, 8 February 1868: NANTES – Feb 7: Advices from Roscoff, dated Feb 5, state that the master of the Aigion, arrived at that port, reported having seen a large steamer founder Jan 22, during a heavy gale, in the neighbourhood of Ushant. Some papers, which are supposed to have belonged to the Norfolk (s), Farndale, from Newcasle for Barcelona, have been picked up near Plouescat, and a lifebouy, marked “Norfolk”, has been picked up at sea by some Roscoff boats. Lloyd’s List, 8 February 1868: NANTES – 7^th Feb: Advices from Roscoff, dated 5^th Feb, state that the master of the Aigion, arrived at that port, reported having seen a large steamer founder 22^nd Jan, during a heavy gale, in the neighbourhood of Ushant. The authorities had received on the 4^th, some ship’s papers found in a dressing table, hermetically closed, picked up on the coast at Plouescat the previous week. They were much inured by damp and illegible in many places, but they were supposed to have belonged to the Norfolk (ss), Farndale, from Newcastle to Barcelona. A lifebouy, marked “Norfolk”, has been found at sea by some Roscoff boatmen. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 12 February 1868 The Late Gales Loss of Life and Shipping There can now be no doubt of the total loss of the steamer Norfolk, of Wisbech, Capt Farndale, from Newcastle for Barcelona, some papers and a life buoy having been picked up on the French coast, and nothing having been heard of the vessel or her crew. The crew of the Poltarstjernan, of Hangesund, from Abo to Hull, are missing. … The brig Jane and Margaret from Sunderland to London, laden with coal, struck on Sizewell bank on Saturday, and came off, but immediately sank in deep water, her topsail being just visible. The crew got off in the vessel’s boat and landed at Thorp, having saved nothing but the clothese they had on. … Whitby Gazette, 15 February 1868: SUPPOSED LOSS OF A STEAMER – Grave doubts are entertained for the safety of the screw steamer Norfolk, from Newcastle for Barcelona. The Norfolk was commanded by Mr John Farndale, of this town. Mr John Chambers and Mr Watson Leck, all belonging Whitby, were also on board. She left Newcastle with a cargo of coals, and was last heard of in Portland Roads. Some papers, which are supposed to have belonged to her, have been picked up near Plouescat, and a life bouy marked “Norfolk” has been picked up at sea by some Roscoff boats, and she is ow long overdue. Norwich Mercury 19 February 1868: Loss of the Norfolk Intelligence has been received at Wisbech of the loss of the fine steamship Norfolk, and all her crew, cocisting of eighteen persons. The Norfolk (which was launched about two years since, was o her voyage from Newcastle to Barcelona, laden with coals, and the telegram was received from Nantes Feb 7^th, was as follows: “Advices frm Roscoff, dated Feb 5^th, stated that the master of Aigion arrived at that port, reported havng seen a large steamer founder January 22^nd, during a heavy gale, from the neighbourhood of Ushuat. Some papers which were supposed to have belonged to the Nofolk (s), Ferndale [sic], from Newcastle to Barcaelona, have been picked up near Lpousecat, and a life buoy, marked orfolk, has been picked up at sea by some Roscoff boats.” The names of the crew so far as can be ascertained, were as follows. Capt John C Farndale, 37, of Wisbech, had been seenteen years master and was much respected, has left a widow and three children. Wm H B Telford, 22, second officer. He had passed his examination on the 8^th of Jauary, with great credit, and obtained the certificate at Sunderland only three days before he went on board. He was educated as Wisbech Grammar School and son of Mr JH Telford, of Wisbech. John Chambers, 38, third officer, married Capt Farndale’s sister, and has left a widow and one child at Sunderland. This was his first voyage in the Norfolk and only a few months ago he was wrekced, and was four days on board the wreck, off Yarmouth. Watson Lake, 25, was also a relative of Captain Farndale. His mothe is living at Whitby, and she has lost her husband and five sons at sea. William Donaby, about 25, boatswain, has left a sister in Wisbech. George Wenn, seaman. George Cox, 18, son of Capt John Cox, of Robert Lowe (s) and Qheen Street, Wisbech, apprentice. Samuel Grdigman, 21, seaman, his paents reside in the Leverngton Road, Wisbech. John Stevenson, chief engneer; and Eight others whose names are at preset unknown. The Norfolk was the property of Richard Young, Esq, MP, and was insured. Norfolk News, 22 February 1868: THE STEAM SHIP NORFOLK The captain of this ill fated vessel, which foundered off the Spanish coast on the 22^nd January, was Mr J C Farndale,, of this town. He had been seventeen years master, and was much respected. He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his loss. His brother in law WHB Tetford, 22, of Wisbech, was second officer … [similar report to above] The Laborough from Sunderland, for Genoa, has been wrecked off the Island of Sark, one of the Channel Islands, and Captain Billett and crew drowned. Captain Billet was formelry in command of the Great Northern until that ship was lost. It is a singular fact that Captain Billett was a great fried of the late Captain Farndale, and was doned during the same storm, and only a few miles distant from his friend. Essex Standard LOSS OF THE NORFOLK SCREW STEAMER The following is a list of the crew of the screw steamer Norfolk, of Wisbech, lost upon the French coast in the storms of a few days ago. She was laden with coals from the Tyne for Barcelona, and her crew signed articles at the South Shields shipping office: Master John C Farndale, 50 years of age, be;loing to Whitby, but residing at 14 New Parade, Wisbech … The will of John Christopher Farndale was proved on 15 April 1868 after his death, at Wisbech.
	“No”, replied Emily, shaking her head, “I’m afraid of the sea.” “Afraid, I said, with a becoming air of boldness, and looking very big at the mighty ocean. “I an’t!” “Ah! But it’s cruel,” said Emily. “I have seen it very cruel to some of our men. I have seen it tear a boat as big as our house all to pieces.” The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield The Younger by Charles Dickens, 1850
27 January 1868	William Farndale captained the Ythan arrived at Whitby from Lowestoft.
11 March 1868	William Farndale captained the Ythan arrived at Blyth from Whitby.
28 March 1868	Serious Damage to the Ythan of Blyth. The Ythan, Farndale, of Blyth, for Deal, put into Ramsgate on Thursday, having been in collision with the brig Doune Castle, carrying away rigging, mainsail, bulwarks, and receiving other damage.
30 April 1868	William Farndale captained the Charles Adams and was cleared at Rotterdam for Ipswich.
25 August 1868	The Ythan, Farndale, for Shields, put in to Ramsgate on Sunday with loss of anchor and chain.
1869	The Lloyds Captains Register listed William Farndale, born 1825, as a Master Mariner.
26 February 1869	The Ythan, Farndale, saved from Blyth for Deal.
31 May 1869	The Ythan, Farndale, was off Deal on Friday, running to leeward for shelter.
23 June 1869	The Ythan, Farndale, from Deal for Shields was in South Lowestoft Roads, windbound, on Monday.
29 September 1869	The Ythan, Farndale, from Shields to Deal.
4 February 1870	The Medusa (s), Farndale, arrived in Sunderland from Portsmouth
2 April 1870	The Ythan schooner, of Deal, Farndale, passed Broadstairs from Sandwich, heading north.
6 July 1870	The Ythan, Farndale, came down at Deal and proceeded for Shields, WSW, fresh, fine.
31 December 1870	The Whitby Gazette, 22 January 1870, reported the case against a Mr Rigg for unlawfully damaging the road in Fairhead Lane on 21 December 1869. In that case John Farndale gave evidence. This may have been John Farndale born 1854 (the son of William the collier captain, who later became a bank manager, but at the time was living with his sister in Whitby. He gave evidence that he was in Mr Bolton’s service and since his death had been in the service of his representatives. He had used nothing else but this kind of shoe, and a check chain. It would not be safe to come down Fairhead lane with anything else. He had not seen any other kind of shoe used. He would not come down without a brake. He never had a show or check chain break.
17 September 1870	(Whitby Gazette, 17 September 1870)
15 July 1871	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from West Hartlepool for Deal Beach.
9 September 1871	(Whitby Gazette)
6 October 1871	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from West Hartlepool for Deal.
26 June 1872	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Sunderland for Deal.
14 September 1872	(Whitby Gazette)
24 October 1872	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Shields for Deal.
31 January 1873	Could this have been William Farndale on a trans Atlantic voyage? LIVERPOOL – Jan 31. The China, Farndale, arrived here from New Orleans, experienced very severe weather the whole of the passage. Jan 27, between Tuskar and Bardsey, passed through an immense quantity of pine logs, deals and bulwarks, the latter painted blue and whte, all fresh; was compelled to keep a double watch, the logs being so large and very dangerous to shipping at night.
3 February 1873	Ann Farndale, widow of John Christopher Farndale Senior, was buried in Brotton.
27 March 1873	Ann Farndale was buried in Guisborough.
24 May 1873	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Shields for Dymchurch.
26 November 1873	The Ythan, Farndale, arrived in Whitby from Hartlepool.
14 December 1873	The Ythan, Farndale, arrived in Whitby from Hartlepool. On 13 December The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Hartlepool for Whitby.
5 March 1874	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Whitby for Shields.
25 March 1874	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Shields for Dover.
16 March 1875	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Hartlepool for Deal Beach with coals.
19 December 1875	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Whitby for Hartlepool.
5 July 1876	The Ythan, Farndale, arrived in Hartlepool from Whitby.
11 July 1876	The Ythan, Farndale, sailed from Hartlepool for Folkestone with coals.
27 October 1876	The Ythan, Farndale, was off Deal heading from the north to New Romney.
18 September 1876	The Ythan, Farndale, arrived in Whitby from Folkestone.
9 December 1876	THE APPOINTMENT OF HARBOUR MASTER. The special business before the monthly meeting of the Trustees of the Piers and Harbour, on Wednesday last, was the appointment of a harbour master in the place of Mr William Tose, deceased. … It was resolved that Mr Robert Gibson, master mariner, be appointed to the office … The following is a list of the candidates … Wm Farndale … By now William Farndale was 51, so clearly looking for a less stressful life than one on the high seas.
23 November 1877	The Late John Christopher Farndale’s widow, Jane, later remarried a barrister in New York: (Bury and Norwich Post, 18 December 1877)
22 June 1878	Whitby Gazette: (Worcestershire Chronicle, 22 June 1878) (Edinburgh Evening News, 19 June 1878)
24 January 1880	John Christopher Farndale’s widow and orphaned daughter: (Whitby Gazette)
5 November 1883	The Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail reported a collision off Cromer of the steamer Farndale of Shields with a schooner, laden with coals, called the Romola. Could this ship have been named after the Farndale brothers?
2 May 1885	Aberdeen Free Press: LOCAL SCHOONER SUNK A Lloyd’s telegram states that the schooner Ythan, from Hartlepool to Folkestone with coal, was run into and sunk on Wednesday off the Humber by the steamer Frances, from Stavanger. The crew were sved. The Frances proceeded to the Tyne apparently undamaged. The Maritime Directory gives two schooners named Ythan – the one registered at Aberdeen, built at Garmouth in 1876, of 86 tons, and owned by Mr Alexader Mitchell, Newburgh; and the other registered at Deal, built at Aberdeen, iin 1837, of 76 tons, and owned by Mr William Fandale, Whitby. From Lloyd’s telegram it is impossible to say which vessel is the one that has been sunk. So William Farndale was owner of the Ythan by this time.
27 March 1886	A meeting regarding the West cliff estate attended by a Mr Farndale: (Whitby Gazette)
1887	William Farndale died in Whitby.
17 January 1890	By 1890, John Farndale was manager of the Thirsk Branch of the York Union Bank: (Whitby Gazette, 17 January 1890) Brother John Farndale was a free mason (treasurer): (York Herald, 12 December 1891) (Yorkshire Gazette, 14 February 1891) (Miss Farndale was presumably his sister Jane who lived with him) He was also a member of the naturalists’ society of Thirsk: (York Herald, 24 January 1891) And he was involved with the church: (Richmond & Ripon Chronicle, 4 April 1891)
1903	Mary Farndale died in Scarborough.

It is of interest to conclude this tale of Farndale mariners, that there was also a ship called the Farndale:

(English Lakes Visitor, 17 October 1891)

As well as HMS Farndale during the Second World War.