Grewelthorpe

Burniston Family

The surname Burniston.

On February 21st 1592 An(n), daughter of Rogeri Burniston, was christened in Ripon, and on March 11th 1594 Wilfryde Burnystone, an infant, was christened there also. The marriage of Margaret Burniston and Robert Bransby took place in Ripley on September 23rd 1627. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Dorithea Burnistone, (christening), which was dated February 17th 1583, Ripon, Yorkshire, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st, “Good Queen Bess”, 1558 – 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to “develop” often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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The following information gives details of the Burniston family from Grewelthorpe and the surrounding area. People in Grewelthorpe used the church at Kirkby Malzeard before they had a church of their own in 1846.

Kris Burrill is keen to hear from anyone with information about Elizabeth Burniston born in Grewelthorpe 1699.

ALICE BURNISTON. Bap. 27.1.1765 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Thomas of Grewelthorpe.
ALICIA BURNESTON Bap 1610 Ripon Cathedral. Dau of Radulphi.
ANNE BURNISTON. Bap. 18.3.1656 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Leonard & Elizabeth.
ANNE BURNISTON. Born 1689 Grewelthorpe. Dau of Leonard & Sarah Clarkson.
ANN BURNISTON [nee Bradley] Born C 1765. Died 3 March 1831. Buried Masham churchyard. Wife of Joseph. Married 1789.
ARTHUR BURNISTON. Born 1881 Harrogate. Son of James.Possibly Married Janet from Scotland in C1910. Living in Harrogate in 1911. he was a chauffeur. He enlisted in Royal Army Medic Corps in 1901 age 20. He had a cross tattooed on his left forearm and a mole on his cheek. He was 5ft 7”. Fresh complexion grey eyes auburn hair. He served in South Africa for almost 1 year. Discharged in 1902.
ARTHUR BURNISTON Born 2 March 1903. Selby. Living Nidderdale in 1939. Tennant farmer. Married to Kathleen Hilda. Died 1984.
BETTY BURNISTON Married in Kirkby Malzeard on 15 May 1790 to Ralph Wainwright.
CHARLES BURNISTON. Born C1842 Kirkby. In 1911 he was a widowed pedlar living in Harrogate.
CHRISTOPHER SMURTHWAITE BURNISTON Bap June 1795 Grewelthorpe. Died of smallpox in Leeds in 1798. Son of George.
DORETHY BURNISTON 1671 named as daughter of George [linen weaver] & Ann of Dallowgill.
EDITH BURNISTON Born C1891 Leeds. Dressmaker. dau of Sarah [taxi cab prop].
ELIZABETH BURNISTON. Of Grewelthorpe. Married John Bayne. of Grewelthorpe on 1.5.1698.
ELIZABETH BURNISTON. Of Grewelthorpe Married John Watson. of Grewelthorpe on 11.4.1700.
ELIZABETH BURNISTON. Bap. 4.11.1699 Kirkby Malzeard. Died 31.12.1784. Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Leonard & Sarah Clarkson. of Grewelthorpe. Married John Burrill. in 1718 North Leighton. Had 9 children. See Burrill page.
ELIZABETH BURNISTON. Born C. 1737. Lived Grewelthorpe. Buried 19.3.1818.
ELIZABETH [BETTY] BURNISTON. Born 1801. Buried 1.11.1814 Grewelthorpe. age 13.
ELIZABETH BURNISTON Born 1812 Pannal. Died 1877 Knaresboro. Dau of Thomas & Eliz. Sugden. Married to William Stott of Knaresborough in 1837. He was a boot maker. [1871].
ELSIE BURNISTON Born C1897 Harrogate. Died 1967. Dau of James [grocer] & Sarah [taxi cab prop]. Married Wilfred Clayton in 1924. He was a cashier at the Co-op in Harrogate. in 1939.
ETHEL BURNISTON Born C1895 Harrogate. Dau of Sarah [taxi cab prop]. in 1911 a drapers apprentice.
FLORENCE BURNISTON Born C1889 Knaresborough. Dau of Sarah {Taxi cab prop].
FRANCIS BURNISTON. Yeoman of Grewelthorpe. Made his will 11.12.1643. Will proved 14.1.1644.
In 1671 Francis Burniston was named as the eldest son of George the linen weaver & Ann. of Dallowgill.
GABRIEL BURNISTON. Shoemaker of Grewelthorpe. Made his will 1.8.1677. Will proved 2.11.1677.
GABRIELL BURNISTON. Bap. 26.2.1654 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of William & Elizabeth of Grewelthorpe.
GEORGE BURISTON Will made 1671 in Dallowgill. r Married to Ann, Linen weaver.
GEORGE BURNISTON. Born C.1754. Buried 8.2.1837. Lived Grewelthorpe.
GEORGE BURNISTON. Bap. 4.1.1767 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of George of Grewelthorpe.
GEORGE BURNISTON Born C1811 Knaresborough. A log breaker living Waterside Knaresbro. with his Irish wife Olivia.
HELEN BURNISTON. Born C1850 Kirby Overblow. Dau of Richard. Servant in Knaresborough in 1871. In 1897. Was injured working on a carding machine in Bridge Mill Knaresborough. She caught her finger in the machine. [not certain if this is the same Helen].
JAMES BURNISTON Of Harrogate married Sarah Barker of Leeds in Aug. 1887.
JANE BURNISTON. Bap. 20.1.1765 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of George of Grewelthorpe.
JANE BURNISTON Born C1834 Harrogate. Died July 1897. Knaresborough. Dau of Thomas & Jane Smithers. Married in 1868 to Bartholomew Gill of Ripon. A farmer from South Stainley.
JANET BURNISTONE 1639. Lived Kirkby Malzeard. She was put on trial for removing a skull from the churchyard. She wanted to use it as a charm to help someone sleep. She was admonished and made to return the skull to the churchyard.
JENNITT BURNISTON 1631 Pateley Bridge. Married William Pullan.
JOANE BURNISTON. Bap. 21.6.1655 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Richard & Anne of Grewelthorpe.
JOHN BURNESTON 1749 Married Sarah Loupe in Ripon Cathedral.
JOHN BURNISTON. Bap. 6.3.1773 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Thomas of Grewelthorpe.
JOSEPH BURNISTON Born C 1735? Died 7 July 1800 lived Fearby. Buried Masham churchyard. Husband of Ann Bradley. Married 1789.
JOSEPH BURNISTON. Married in 1770 in Masham to Isabel Edon.
LEONARD BURNISTON. Of Grewelthorpe. Will proved 10.9.1600.
LEONARD BURNISTON. Of Grewelthorpe. Will proved 14.4.1617.
LEONARD BURNISTON. Husbandman of Grewelthorpe. Made his will 20.5.1667. Will proved 30.5.1667.
LEONARD BURNISTON. Bap.6.10.1653 Grewelthorpe. Died 1778. Son of Leonard & Anne of Grewelthorpe. Married Sarah Clarkson. Had 5 children.
MARGARET BURNISTON Born 1663 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Leonard & Elizabeth.
MARY BURNISTON. Bap. 9.12.1694 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Leonard & Sarah Clarkson of Grewelthorpe.
MARY BURNISTON. Born C1828 Ripley Yorkshire. In 1911 living with 2 children a widow.
NORMAN FITZGEORGE BURNISTON. Born C1854 Knaresborough. Died 1911. Son of George & Olivia. Married in 1877 to Ann Beal of Stamford Bridge. In 1901 a cloth finisher in Horsforth.
RICHARD BURNISTON. Yeoman of Grewelthorpe. Made his will 16.7.1641. Will proved 15.12.1641.
RICHARD BURNISTON. Bap. 4.5.1690. Buried 23.7.1695 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Leonard & Sarah Clarkson. of Grewelthorpe.
RICHARD BURNISTON. Yeoman of Grewelthorpe. Made his will 25.4.1712. Will proved 7.5.1712.
RICHARD BURNISTON 1671 named as the 2nd son of George [linen weaver] & Ann of Dallowgill.
RICHARD BURNESTON Bap 1718 Ripon Cathedral. Son of Richard.
SARAH BURNISTON. Bap. 22.8.1686 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Leonard & Sarah Clarkson. of Grewelthorpe.
SARAH BURNISTON Born C1864 Staveley. In 1911 a widow. a taxi cab proprietor. in Harrogate.
SARAH BURNESTON 1897 Living Barefoot street Ripon.
THOMAS BURNESTON 1616 married Margaret Poplewell in Ripon Cathedral.
THOMAS BURNISTON [Junior]. Of Grewelthorpe married Alice Barker. of West Lea on 25.4.1753.
THOMAS BURNISTON. Owned land mentioned in Grewelthorpe enclosure award 1782. 20perch at Town Waste, Low Moor. and 2acres,2roods,4 perch at Low Moor. Nutwith.
THOMAS BURNISTON Born 1778 Kirkby. Married to Elizabeth Sugden. Pannal 1800.
THOMAS BURNISTON. Bap. 9.5.1790 Kirkby Malzeard. Illeg. son of Betty.
TOMISEN BURNISTON In 1671 named as sister of George the linen weaver of Dallowgill.
WILLIAM BURNISTON. Yeoman of Grewelthorpe. Made his will 13.12.1660. Died 1662.
FEMALE BURNISTON [Nee |?]. Wife of Leonard of Grewelthorpe. Buried 10.4.1705 Kirkby Malzeard. It is possible that this is Sarah Clarkson.

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