HALLINGTON TOWNSHIP.
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SOULSBY OF HALLINGTON
Ralph Soulsby of Chollerton ; buried 12th Dec., 1725^) ; = Ann ... ; buried 21st June, 1727 (¿) ; administration
administration to widow, 9th May, 1726 (^). to Christopher, her son, 7th March, 1727/8 (^).
Christopher Soulsby of Chollerton ; will
dated 10th Sept., 1733 ; gives Carraw to
eldest son Ralph with great silver punch-
bowl and great silver tankard ; to second
son Christopher his farm at Gunnerton
and ^800 ; to son John house at Hexham
and ^800 ; proved at York, 1734/5 (^)-
Martha, daughter of Archibald Reed of
Bellingham and sister of John Reed
of Chipchase ; married 23rd Nov.,
1721 (b) ; marriage settlement, 16th .
Nov., 1721 ; died at Stamfordham,
25th Nov., 1779, aged 87 (d) ; buried
at Chipchase, 28th Nov., 1779 (S)(c).
Dorothy ; married 16th Sept.,
1707 (¿) [? John] Kelly of
Whorlton, upon whose issue
the estates were settled in
1721, in default of issue to
the marriage of Christopher
Soulsby.
Ralph Soulsby of Hal-
lington, baptised 17th
Nov., 1723 (¿) ; ad-
ministration granted
at York, 28th Jan.,
1771, to Mary, his
widow, and on 3rd
Oct., 1774, to Alice,
his daughter, wife of
Thomas Heath (g) ;
buried 28th July,
1769 (/).
Mary, daughter of John Fenwick
of Stanton and half-sister of
William Fenwick of By well ;
born at Stanton ; baptised
20th Sept., 1731 ; marriage
settlement, 18th and 19th
Sept., 1751, under which she
took a jointure of ^200 per
annum, charged on Carraw
and Reed’s Close; died at Mor-
peth ; buried 19th Sept., 1771
(e) ; administration granted at
York, 29th Aug, 1772, to
William Fenwick (g).*
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Christopher Soulsby of Sand-
hill, Newcastle, baptised
16th Feb., 1726 (¿) ; heir
to his uncle John Reed of
Chipchase, and assumed
the name of Reed ; mar-
ried Sarah, eldest daugh-
ter of Francis Blake of
Twizel; will dated 28th
Dec., 1779 (*)•
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From whom the Reeds
of Chipchase.
John Soulsby of New-
castle, mercer, bap-
tised 15 th Sept.,
1729 O) ; died
3rd Nov., buried
at Chipchase 7th
Nov., 1793 (//),
aged 64 (¿) (c) ;
will dated 28th Dec.,
1779 > proved at
York, 1793 O).
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Ann, baptised 27th June, 1725 (¿) ; married at Gateshead,
28th May, 1753, Richard Bateman.
Martha, baptised 26th Sept., 1731 (¿) ; named in father’s will.
Christopher Soulsby of Halling-
ton, only son, was aged 17 in
1772 ; attained the age of 21
in 1775 ; sheriff of Newcastle,
17S3 ; died 22nd Jan., 1814 ;
buried 29th Jan., 1814, aged
59 0).
Julia Elizabeth, daughter of John
Hudson of Bessingby, Yorkshire,
and niece to Sir John Trevelyan,
bart. ; marriage settlement, 17th
and iSth Jan., 1783 ; married at
Netherwitton, 20th Jan., 1783 ;
died at Bessingby, near Bridling-
ton, 13th May, 1829 (d).
Alice ; was aged 19 in 1772 ; married 22nd
Sept., 1772, Thomas Heath, one of the
common council of Newcastle, and of the
Hawkwell family. v],
Mary, born at Stanton ; was aged 14 in
1772 ; married Christopher Wilkinson of
Newcastle, and died in Northumberland
Street, Newcastle, May, 1829 (d). ■]/
Christopher Thomas Soulsby of Hallington, baptised 14th July, 1794 ;
in 1814 advertised for sale Hallington demesne and Carraw ; living
10th April, 1834, late of Hallington and then of Bessingby (/").
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Walter Raleigh Soulsby, twin with Chris-
topher ; baptised 14th July, 1794 (*) ;
in 1813 lieut. 2nd Dragoon Guards.
1692, 22nd Sept. Probate of will of Christopher Soulsby of Hexham, granted to Robert Soulsby, the sole
executor (g). 1697/8, 9th Feb. Dorothy, widow of Christopher Soulsby, buried at St. John Lee (a).
‘ Basil Harrington Soulsby, only son of Christopher Percy Soulsby of Bessingby, New Zealand ; of Corpus
Christi college, Oxon. ; matriculated 19th Oct., 1883, aged 18 ; B.A. 18S7/ Forster, Alumni Oxonienses.
(tf) Hexham Register.
(Ji) Chollerton Register.
00 M.I. Chipchase chapel.
* Cf. page 192.
(d) Local papers.
(<r) St. John Lee Register.
(/) Chester hope Abstract.
(¿) Raine, Test. El/or.
Soulsby's estate was advertised to be sold bv auction in 1825, and was
then described as the hall and a farm of 330 acres. It was purchased bv
Leonard Wilson of Newcastle and Newbiggin, and was sold in 1862 by his