Dawson family

Surname Dawson.
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Thomas Daweson, which was dated 1326, in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, Yorkshire, during the reign of King Edward 11nd, 1307 – 1327.
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Details of the DAWSON. family living in and around Grewelthorpe. Information taken from census returns, parish registers etc.
Thanks to Patricia Waller for information about the 17th century Dawsons. She would like to have information on Thomas & Elizabeth Hunt. and their family.


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FEMALE DAWSON. Born 18.7.1741. Dau of Charles b.1711.
ANN DAWSON. Married William Chapman both of Ripon Parish on 27/9/1665.

ANN DAWSON. Buried 3.2.1718. Kirkby Malzeard. Lived in Grewelthorpe.
ANN DAWSON [Nee?]. Died 3.9.1748 Kirkby Malzeard. Wife of Thomas.
ANN DAWSON. Born 25.9.1726 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Thomas.
ANN DAWSON. Born C. 1859 Grewelthorpe. Dau of Richard [Farm Bailiff] & Mary.
ANTHONY DAWSON. Buried 8.11.1687 Kirkby Malzeard. Lived Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.]
CATHERINE DAWSON. Bap. 28.6.1673 Ripon. Dau of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon.
CHARLES DAWSON. Buried 6.2.1696 Kirkby Malzeard. Lived Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.]
CHARLES DAWSON. Buried 8.12.1696 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Thomas. Lived Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.]
CHARLES DAWSON. Born 7.7.1711. Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Hunt.
CHARLES DAWSON. Born 18.7.1736. Son of Charles b.1711.
Christian daughter of Thomas of Bondgate Ripon 6 January 1665
CHRISTIAN DAWSON. Bap. 6.1.1665 Ripon. Dau of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon.
CHRISTOPHER DAWSON. Bap. 14.1.1661 Ripon. Son of John.
CHRISTOPHER DAWSON. Made his will 19.12.1668. He died 1668. Yeoman of Carlsmoor. [Ref. Masham Peculier Wills].
DOROTHY DAWSON. Bap. 2.12.1676 Ripon. Dau of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon.
ELIZABETH DAWSON. Bap. 15.5.1698 Kirkby Malzeard. Twin of Sarah. Dau of Thomas & Elizabeth of Grewelthorpe.
ELIZABETH DAWSON. Died 12.2.1724 Dau of John.
FRANCIS DAWSON. Buried 11.12.1676 Kirkby Malzeard. Lived Grewelthorpe.
GEORGE DAWSON. Born 1558 Azerley. Son of Gilbert & Catherine. Married Margaret Conyers.
GEORGE DAWSON. Bap. 25.7.1675. Buried 31.7.1675 Ripon. Son of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon.
GEORGE DAWSON. Married Judith 13.11.1677. Kirkby Malzeard.
GEORGE DAWSON. Buried 15.12.1672 Kirkby Malzeard. Husband of Judith. Lived Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.]
GEORGE DAWSON. Bap. 26.9.1675 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Charles & Anne. of Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg].
GILBERT DAWSON. Died 28.12.1587 Azerley. Married Catherine Conyers. of Bolton.
GILBERT DAWSON. Made his will 28.9.1644. He lived in Grewelthorpe. [Ref. Masham Peculier Wills]
ISABEL DAWSON [Nee ?]. Died 15.10.1764 Kirkby Malzeard. Wife of Thomas.
ISABEL DAWSON. Born Sept. 1877 Ripon. Dau of Richard [Farm Bailiff] & Mary. Started Grewelthorpe school 5.5.1884. left in 1889.
JAMES DAWSON. Born C. 1853 Ripon. Son of Richard [Farm Bailiff] & Mary. Living Grewelthorpe 1861.
JANE DAWSON. Bap. 12.9.1665 Ripon. Dau of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon. *JANE DAWSON [Nee ?]. Buried 27.8.1692 Kirkby Malzeard. Wife of Richard. Lived Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.] Marriages.
JOHN DAWSON. Bap. 20.12.1659. Ripon. Son of John.
JOHN DAWSON. Married Jane Bradwith. Both of Ripon parish on 10/10/1665
JOHN DAWSON. Married Mary Hobdon. both of Ripon Parish on 16/6/1667.

JOHN DAWSON. Died 11.3.1688. Lived at Brimham, Pateley Bridge.
JOHN DAWSON. Bap. 25.2.1705 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Thomas of Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg].
JOHN DAWSON. Born 14.3.1733. Died 14.3.1734. Son of Charles b.1711.
JOHN DAWSON. Born C. 1847 Ripon. A servant carter in 1861 in Grewelthorpe.
JUDITH DAWSON [nee ?]. Buried 19.8.1657 Kirkby Malzeard Wife of George. Lived Grewelthorpe.[Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.]

LEONARD DAWSON. Bap. 11.7.1674 Ripon. Son of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon.
LEONARD DAWSON. Married Alice Cookson. Both of Ripon Parish on 7/7/1685.
MARGARET DAWSON. Bap. 30.4.1671 Ripon. Dau. of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon.
MARGARET DAWSON. Of Grewelthorpe married Roger Reynard. of Kirkby Malzeard. on 11.9.1688. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.]
MARY DAWSON. Bap. 19.4.1656 Ripon daughter of Robert of Breckamere Hall.
MARY DAWSON. Bap. 17.8.1667 Ripon. Dau of \Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon.
MARY DAWSON. Born 23.9.1750 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Thomas.
MARY DAWSON [Nee ?]. Born C. 1821 Kirkby Malzeard. Wife of Richard the Farm Bailiff. She died before 1881.
MARY DAWSON. Born C. 1851 Ripon. Dau of Richard [Farm Bailiff] & Mary. Lived Grewelthorpe 1861.
RICHARD DAWSON. Born C.1656 Grewelthorpe. Son of George & Judith. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.]
RICHARD DAWSON. Made his will in 1628. He was a yeoman of Grewelthorpe. [Ref. Masham Peculier wills].
RICHARD DAWSON. Buried 2.11.1672 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Charles & Anne. Lived Grewelthorpe.[Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg].
RICHARD DAWSON. Buried 30.6.1693 Kirkby Malzeard. Possibly the husband of Jane. Lived Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.] Made his will and it was proved 13.6.1693. Described as a yeoman of Grewelthorpe. [Ref. Masham Peculier Wills].
RICHARD DAWSON. Born C.1817 Skelton on Ure. Living Grewelthorpe 1871. Kirkby Malzeard 1881. Husband of Mary of Kirkby Malzeard. He was a farm bailiff.
ROBERT DAWSON. Born C. 1863 Grewelthorpe. Son of Richard [Farm Bailiff] & Mary.
SARAH DAWSON. Bap. 27.3.1654 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Richard & Jane. of Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg]
SARAH DAWSON. Bap. 15.5.1698. Twin of Elizabeth. Dau of Thomas & Elizabeth of Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Maleard P.Reg].
SARAH DAWSON. Born 29.3.1739. Dau of Charles b.1711.
STEPHEN DAWSON. Bap. 26.12.1658. Son of Robert of Breckamere Hall, Ripon.
THOMAS DAWSON. Married Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Ripon on 27/7/1660.
THOMAS DAWSON. Bap. 13.11.1663 Ripon. Son of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Ripon.
THOMAS DAWSON. Died 26.2.1745.
THOMAS DAWSON. Bap.27.7.1701 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Thomas of Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Mazeard P Reg.]
THOMAS BRONWELL DAWSON. Born 23.8.1863 Grewelthorpe. Son of Richard [Farm Bailiff] & Mary. Started Grewelthorpe school 22.1.1877 having come from a Dame school. His address was Bramley Grange.
TIMOTHY DAWSON. Born C. 1867 Grewelthorpe. Son of Richard [Farm Bailiff] & Mary. In 1881 he was a stable boy in Masham.
WILLIAM DAWSON. Bap. 11.9.1654 son of Robert Breckamere Hall.
WILLIAM DAWSON. Bap. 12.6.1670 Ripon. Son of Thomas & Anne Nicholson. of Bondgate Green, Ripon.

WILLIAM DAWSON. Lived Azerley. Married to Margaret who died 19.9.1658.
WILLIAM DAWSON. Married Emily ? Hill. Both of Ripon Parish on 16/1/1678.
WILLIAM DAWSON. Buried 30.10.1653 Kirkby Malzeard. Lived Grewelthorpe. [Ref. K.Malzeard P.Reg.]
WILLIAM DAWSON. Lived Azerley Hall in 1822. [Ref. Baines Directory.]


Dawsons of Grewelthorpe listed on the Claro Wapentake Hearth Tax list. Lady Day 1672.
CHRISTOPHER DAWSON.
GEORGE DAWSON.
GRACE DAWSON.
RICHARD DAWSON.
CHARLES DAWSON.
Widow DAWSON.