Details of the Theakston families living in the Grewelthorpe area which includes Masham.
The Theakston name is well known in the Masham area because of their association with the brewing industry.
Details taken from Parish registers, census returns and other sources. It is always wise to check results with the original source yourself if at all possible, No guarantee is given here for accuracy, this is just a guide.
Research started Nov 2021.
ALICE THEAKSTON Buried 5 May 1702 Masham.
ALICE JOSEPHINE MAY THEAKSTON Born 1906 Harrogate. Dau of John Wm [joiner] & Annie.
ANN THEAKSTON Bap. 3 Aug 1704 Fearby. Dau of Robert.
ANN THEAKSTON of Healey Buried Jan 5 1740. Masham.
ANN THEAKSTON Bap 2 April 1769 Masham. Dau of Thomas & Mary of Wathermarsk. Married in 1796 to William Glew. Farmer.EAKSTON* Married Newel Procter at Ripon cathedral in October 1749.
ANN THEAKSTON 1847 Masham. Dau of Thomas. Married George Kendall Druggist in Masham.
ANN THEAKSTON Born C1840 Masham. Dau of Robert [brewer] & Eleanor Wood
ANN THEAKSTON Bap Sept 1814 Masham. Dau of Thomas & Mary of Wathermarsk.
ANNIE THEAKSTON [NEE?]. Born 7 Aug 1873. Earswick. Died 1942. Married in 1897 to John [joiner]. In 1939 living Crab Lane Harrogate.
ANNIE THEAKSTON Born 1862 Masham. Died 1940 London. Dau of John & Margaret Eliz. Pewes.
CHRISTIANA THEAKSTONE Married on 27 March 1819 in Ripon Cathedral to John Berry of Huddersfield.
CHRISTOPHER THEAKSTON Married Mary Bossey on 10 June 1752. at West Tanfield.
DAVID THEAKSTON Bap 27 Nov 1714. Buried 24 Jan 1715 at Masham. Son of Robert of Healey.
DORA THEAKSTON Born C1886 Masham. Died 1954 in S.Rhodesia. Unmarried. Dau of Thomas [brewer] & Dorothy Walburn. In 1927 she was a private secretary and travelled to Guyana.
Dora Theakston
DOROTHY THEAKSTON Married Richard Horner of Ripon at the Cathedral 0n 23 Nov. 1749.
EDWIN THEAKSTON Born C1880 Masham. Son of Thomas [brewer] & Dora. Married Irene Harrison North of Field Head Stanley. Dau of Arthur North. Dora Theakston was a witness.
ELIZABETH THEAKSTON Buried 23 Jan 1717 at Masham.
ELIZABETH THEAKSTON Born C1803 Masham. Dau of Robert [brewer] & Eleanor. Wood
ELIZABETH THEAKSTON Born 1808 Masham. Dau of Thomas & Mary Lightfoot.
ELIZABETH THEAKSTON Born 1865 Masham. Dau of John & Margaret Eliz. Pewes
ELEANOR THEAKSTON Buried 23 Jan 1716 at Masham. Dau of Robert of Healey.
ELEANOR THEAKSTON Born C 1843 Masham. Dau of Robert [brewer] & Eleanor. Wood
ELEANOR THEAKSTON Born C1882 Masham. Dau of Thomas [brewer] & Dorothy Walburn. In 1910 she married Robert Bailey. In 1911 they lived in Ireland.
Eleanor Theakston.
FRANCIS THEAKSTON Born C1889 Masham. Son of Thomas [brewer] & Dorothy Walburn.
GUINEVERE WALBURN THEAKSTON Born July 1907 London. Died 1987 Cheshire. Dau of Thomas Walburn & Mary Sutcliffe.
HANNAH THEAKSTON Born Feb 1788 Ripon. Dau of Mathias & Elizabeth Pickersgill Married ? Wheatley.
HENRY THEAKSTON Born 1828. Leeds. Son of William Mathias & Ann Lowley. Married in 1849 to Elizabeth Kelley. He was a cordwainer.
ISABEL THEAKSTON Bap. 16 Nov 1701. Dau of Robert of Fearby.
JOHN THEAKSTON Buried 22 Oct.1704 Masham.
JOHN THEAKSTON Born C1816. Son of William & Elizabeth Easton. Married Sarah. She died in 1904.
JOHN THEAKSTON Born C1835 Masham. Died 1881. Son of Robert [brewer] & Eleanor. Wood Married Margaret Elizabeth Pease.
JOHN ROBERT THEAKSTON Born 1843 Azerley. Son of Thomas & Margaret Lambert.
JOHN ROBERT THEAKSTON Born 1867 Masham. Died 1923 Hull. Son of John & Margaret Eliz. Pewes. Married to Florence Ann Hunt. of York.
JOHN WILLIAM THEAKSTON Born 22 May 1876. Pannal. Joiner Carpenter married to Annie. Living Harrogate in 1939.
JOHN HUNT THEAKSTON Born Sept 1905 York. Died 1958 France. Son of John Robert & Florence Hunt. Married Elsie. He was a grocer in Hammersmith in 1939. Elsie was a toilet goods dealer.
JOHN HERBERT THEAKSTON Born 1928 Died 1973. Son of John Hunt & Elsie.
JOSEPH THEAKSTON Born 1818 Masham. Son of Thomas & Mary Lightfoot.
JOSEPH THEAKSTON Born C1853 Belpay. Married to Mary Helen. Farmer.
MARGARET PEASE THEAKSTON Born 1864 Masham. Died 1877 Leyburn. Dau of John & Margaret Eliz. Pewes.
MARTHA THEAKSTON Born C1848 Masham. Died 1938. Dau of Robert [brewer] & Eleanor. Wood
MATHIAS THEAKSTON Born Oct 1742 Ripon. Died Jan 1814. Son of Thomas [1699-1793]. Married Elizabeth Pickersgill of Ripon.
MARY THEAKSTON of Crab House Masham Buried 11 Aug 1743 Masham.
MARY THEAKSTON OF Crab House, Masham. Buried Nov. 7th 1765.
MARY THEAKSTON Born 17 July 1814 . Died 15 Dec 1889. Dau of Thomas & Mary Lightfoot.
MARY MARIA. THEAKSTON Born C.1829 Ripon. Died Oct 1865. Ripon. Dau of Michael [publican] & Hannah. She was a barmaid in 1861.
MARY THEAKSTON Born C1837 Masham. Died 1897. Dau of Robert [brewer] & Eleanor. Wood
MARY ELEANOR THEAKSTON Born July 1861 Masham. Died March 1953 London. Dau of John & Margaret Eliz. Pease.
MICHAEL THEAKSTON Born C1787 Ripon. Landlord of The Crown , Low Skellgate, Ripon in 1861. Married to Hannah Simpson of Bedale.
OLIVE MAY THEAKSTON Born C1894 Whixley. Dau of Joseph & May Helen. Sister of Richard Hry. In 1911 she was studying domestic science.
REUBEN THEAKSTON Born C.1844. Coventry. Grandson of Michael [publican] & Hannah. Possibly son of Mary M. [not proved]. He was an app. joiner in 1861.
RICHARD THEAKSTON Born 1845 Azerley. Son of Thomas & Margaret Lambert.
RICHARD HENRY [Houfe} THEAKSTON Born 15 Feb 1888. Whixley. Died 1968. Son of Joseph & May Helen . Married in 1936 to Mary Evelyn Poskitt[b.1895]. He was a farmer in Nidderdale.
RICHARD NORTH THEAKSTON Born 1913 Masham. Died 1993. Son of Edwin & Irene Harrison North.
ROBERT THEAKSTON Born c1802 Masham. Died 1875. Son of Thomas & Mary Lightfoot. Maltster & Brewer. Married to Eleanor Wood. in 1832.
ROBERT THEAKSTON Born C1846 Masham. Died 1919. Son of Robert [brewer] & Eleanor. Wood In 1871 he was a brewer.
ROBERT JULIUS THEAKSTON Born C1870. Schoolmaster in Ripon. Enlisted in 1914 in Royal West Surrey Regt. He was a widower. He was 5ft 6”. Blue eyes. Grey hair. Scars on left shoulder & back.
ROBERT THEAKSTON Born C1877 Masham. Died 1954. Son of Thomas & Dora. Married to Alice Marjorie Tattersall In 1939 living Bellfield Masham. He was a special constable during war. Director of the brewery.
Bellfield House Masham.
ROBERT FRANCIS THEAKSTON Born 1923 Masham. Died 1968. Married to Jane Hawley Boyle born in Canada.
Robert Francis Theakston & Jane Hawley Boyle.
ROSABEL THEAKSTON Born C1844 Leeds. Died 1915. dau of John & Sarah. Married Thomas Brears Corn Factor of York. She was a widow in 1901.
Rosabel Theakston. 1844-1915.
THOMAS THEAKSTON Buried 30 Nov 1729 Masham.
THOMAS THEAKSTON Born 1766. Married to Mary Lightfoot in 1799. Masham.
THOMAS THEAKSTON Born 1812. Died 1860. Married Margaret Lambert.
THOMAS THEAKSTON Born 1839 Masham. Died 1919. Son of Robert [brewer] & Eleanor. Wood In 1871 he was a brewer. In 1881 living Bellfield Masham. Married to Dorothy Walburn [Dora].
THOMAS RICHARD THEAKSTON Born Jan 1869 High Manes Masham. Lived India. Died Switzerland 1905. Son of John & Margaret Eliz. Pease.
THOMAS WALBURN THEAKSTON Born C1878 Masham. Son of Thomas & Dora. Married Mary Sutcliffe of Halifax. in 1906. Edwin Theakston was a witness.
THOMAS CARTER THEAKSTON Born July 1904 Masham. Died 1986 Masham. Son of Robert & Alice M.Tattersall.
WILLIAM THEAKSTON Married on 5 June 1750 at Bedale to widow Grace Sparrow.
WILLIAM THEKSTON Born 1787 Ripon. Married to Elizabeth Easton.
WILLIAM SIMPSON THEAKSTON Born 1815 Ripon. Died 1870 Skipton. Son of Michael [publican] & Hannah Simpson. Married Sarah Marsh of London in 1852. They were master & Matron of Skipton Union workhouse in 1861.
WILLIAM MATHIAS THEAKSTON Born 1798 Ripon. Died 1858 Ripon. Son of Mathias & Elizabeth Pickersgill. Married Ann Lowley in 1824, He was a cordwainer. For 27 years he had been clerk of Ripon Cathedral. He had been a chorister and Parish Clerk for many years. He had a pleasant manner and cheerful disposition.
William Mathias Theakston. 1798-1858.
WILLIAM THEAKSTON Born C1827 Pannal. Son of Elizabeth of Staffordshire [ref. 1861C]. Farmer married to Sarah of Pudsey.