Westby of Guilthwaite
Source:Visitation of Yorkshire, Sir.William Dugdale, A.D. 1665 and 1666
George WESTBY, 1590 of Ravenfield m. Frances BOROUGHS of Guilthwaite their daughter Sarah (1619-1669) married William SPENCER.
Frances Saxton, daughter of George Westby of Gilthwaite married Henry Saxton : Edward Mansel, Vicar of Ecclesfield, who died in 1695, was her second husband.
Here lieth
interred the body of Mary
second daughter of George Westby
of Gilfit alias Gilthwaite gent
who departed this life and
was buried the 4th of April
In the Year of Our Lord 1679
Being the
26th yeare of her age.
George Westby, son of George Westby (d.1751) of Howarth Grange and Guilthwaite Hall, a captain in the Dragoon Guards, born 1740 died June 1790 inherited the estate of Howarth from his great aunt Dorcas Westby, who was married to John Laughton of Howarth.
It is recorded that Thomas Westby of Haworth married Jane Beckwith, daughter of William Beckwith of Thurcroft. The archives hold details in a document dated 1758, which state Jane Westby,(nee Hatfield), 2nd wife and widow of Thomas Westby of Haworth.
See also Westby of Ravenfield
See also Stringer
Westby of Braithwell and Wickersley Offsite Link
William SPENCER of Attercliffe and Bramley Grange Offsite Link