Grewelthorpe
a North Yorkshire Village
Kendray family
Research started by Barbara Bradley in October 2018 after finding information about Thomas Kendray of Grewelthorpe.
Updated Aug 2025
A book has been handed to me containing details of money collected in the village.
One page is as follows:-
1st January 1821.
This contains an Account of all sums of money left to Charitable Uses in the Township of Grewelthorpe in the County of York, specifying the particular lands out of which the same are payable and the periods of there [sic] Receipt and Distribution in each year, and an Account of the poor Persons to whom each Charity is disposed of is kept in an old Book belonging to the Township deposited in a Box in the possession of Thomas Kendray who is employed as Clerk by the Township.
Not a lot of information is available about Thomas.
Thanks to Trevor Kitchen for information about Elizabeth & Francis Kendray. Feb 2019.
Information found in Census returns and Parish Registers.
ALICE KENDRAY [nee Burnistone] Born C. 1793 Grewelthorpe. Died August 1863.In 1825 Married to Thomas. [Ref. 1861 census].
ANNE KENDRAY Born C1843 East Witton. Dau of James & Elizabeth Powell.
BARBARA KENDRAY Born C1823 East Witton. Dau of James & Elizabeth Powell.
EDGAR THOMPSON KENDRAY Born 1886 East Witton. Died 1948 Cleveland. Son of Paul & Susan Eliz. Thompson. Policeman. Retired inspector in 1939.
ELIZABETH KENDRAY. [Nee Kay]. Born C1803. Married to Francis.
ELIZABETH B. KENDRAY. Born C. 1829 Grewelthorpe. Died after 1901. Dau of Thomas & Alice Burnistone Dressmaker in 1861. Married James Thackray in 1878. James was 28 years older than Elizabeth and he died in 1885.
ELIZABETH KENDRAY [nee ?]. Born C1850. Sharow. Widow in 1921. living in Copt Hewick with Sister Hannah.
ELIZABETH KENDRAY Born C1853 East Witton. Granddau of James & Elizabeth Powell.
FRANCES KENDRAY. Born 4 Nov 1838. Kirkgate Leeds. Died Dec 1856. Buried 25 Dec 1856. Dau of Francis & Elizabeth Kay
FRANCIS KENDRAY. Born C.1803 Greenwich. Died 9 May 1861 Grewelthorpe. M.I. Son of Thomas & Marjery. Married Elizabeth Kay from Leeds.[born C1803] on 7 May 1832 at Kirkby. Living Grewelthorpe in 1861 at Carr Brook. Elizabeth died March 1879.
FRANCIS KENDRAY. Bap 23 OCT. 1834. Son of Francis & Elizabeth Kay Died 16 July 1857 Stockton.
FREDERICK THOMAS KENDRAY Born 1879 East Witton. Died 1962 Leeds. Son of Paul & Susan Eliz Thompson. He worked in a clothing factory in 1939 as a final passer. [A passer prepared the finished garments for packaging]. Married Anne Maude in Leeds in 1909.
HERBERT HENDERSON KENDRAY Born 1877 East Witton. Died 1927. Son of Paul & Susan Eliz. Thompson. He was a carter.
JAMES KENDRAY Born C1790 East Witton. Carpenter. Married to Elizabeth Powell from Spofforth in1812.
JAMES KENDRAY Born 1816 East Witton. Died 1917 Leyburn [101 years old]. Married to Frances Exelby in 1845 in Leyburn. He was a joiner.
JAMES KENDRAY. Born C1832 Mickley. Bap. 13 Jan 1833. Died 1899 York. Son of Francis & Elizabeth. Married Mary Ann Pearson. of Knaresborough in Oct. 1860.
JAMES KENDRAY Labourer of Ripon was charged in 1872 with poaching. Found guilty and sent to House of Correction for 6 months hard labour. [Ref. Knaresborough Post ]. Again in 1873 he was fined £20 for poaching.
JANE KENDRAY. Born C1821 Died Nov. 1852. Grewelthorpe. Dau of Thomas & Marjery Kay. After birth of dau Mary. Married Thomas Wells. of Nosterfield 7.11.1850.
LILIAN KENDRAY. Born March 1876. Died May 1951. Australia. Dau of William Thomas & Matilda Lofthouse.
MARJERY KENDRAY. [NEE ?]. Born C1781. Married to Thomas. Buried 14 Feb 1858. Grewelthorpe.
PAUL KENDRAY Born 1814 East Witton. Died 1893 Leyburn. A Carpenter. Married to Jane Watson.
PAUL KENDRAY Born 1847 East Witton. Died 1912. A Carpenter. Son of Paul & Jane Watson. Married Susan Elizabeth Thompson in 1876. in West Tanfield.
THOMAS KENDRAY. Born C. 1799 Thirsk. Buried 23 May 1863.Grewelthorpe. Son of Thomas & Frances Kitchen. Married to Alice Burnistone from Grewelthorpe. Farm Labourer. Alice died 3 months after Thomas.
THOMAS KENDRAY. Born C1776 Thirsk married Marjery Kay. 22 June 1815. Father of Francis. Died 3.2.1853. Living Grewelthorpe in 1841.
WILLIAM KENDRAY Born C1805 Grewelthorpe. In 1871 still living Grewelthorpe. unmarried.
WILLIAM KENDRAY. An Ag. Labourer living with Thomas Kendray & Alice in 1841. Age about 30.
WILLIAM THOMAS KENDRAY. Bap. 18 Dec 1842 Mickley. Died 1888 Ashton under Lyne. Son of Francis & Elizabeth Kay. Married Matilda Lofthouse. of Laverton.[See Lofthouse page] He was a gamewatcher.
Report in Knaresborough Post 1870.
William Kendray of Laverton was charged with assault on Susannah Bolton wife of Charles Bolton of Azerley.
The argument was over a hare which had been caught in a trap. The case was dismissed with no charge.
WILLIAM KENDRAY Born 1848 Bellerby. Died 1894. Son of James & Frances Exelby. Married Elizabeth Horner of Sharow Ripon.
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