BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1827 - 1855 (28 years)

Generation: 1

Benjamin Worfolk was born in 1827 in Knottingley (son of William Worfolk and Mary Denton); died on 19 Apr 1855 in Knottingley; was buried in 1855 in Ropewalk Methodist Burial Ground, Knottingley.

Benjamin married Mary Ann Green on 10 Jun 1852 in Christ Church, East Knottingley. Mary (daughter of William Green and Mary Asquith) was born in 1828 in Knottingley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Emily Worfolk was born on 9 Nov 1854 in Knottingley.

Generation: 2

William Worfolk was born on 12 Dec 1787 in Knottingley (son of Benjamin Worfolk and Sarah Sutcliffe); died on 30 Mar 1855 in Knottingley; was buried in Knottingley Wesleyan Chapel.

William married Mary Denton on 21 Jul 1810 in Featherstone. Mary was born in 1789 in Featherstone. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Denton was born in 1789 in Featherstone.

Children:

Martha Worfolk was born on 28 Nov 1810 in Featherstone.
Mary Worfolk was born on 10 Nov 1813 in Brotherton.
William Worfolk was born on 2 Nov 1815 in Brotherton; died on 31 Jul 1886 in Leeds Infirmary; was buried on 4 Aug 1886 in Knottingley Wesleyan Chapel.
Sarah Worfolk was born on 1 Aug 1818 in Brotherton.
Walter Worfolk was born in 1821 in Brotherton.
John Denton Worfolk was born in 1823 in Wakefield; died on 8 Feb 1891 in York County Hospital.
1. Benjamin Worfolk was born in 1827 in Knottingley; died on 19 Apr 1855 in Knottingley; was buried in 1855 in Ropewalk Methodist Burial Ground, Knottingley.
Thomas Worfolk was born in 1830 in Knottingley.

Generation: 3

4. Benjamin Worfolk was born in 1767 in Methley, nr Castleford; died in 1842 in Knottingley.
Benjamin married Sarah Sutcliffe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5.
Sarah Sutcliffe
Children:

2. William Worfolk was born on 12 Dec 1787 in Knottingley; died on 30 Mar 1855 in Knottingley; was buried in Knottingley Wesleyan Chapel.