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He married Jane Oxley from Bradford.
Children:
There is a memorial to Charles and his father in Halifax Parish Church
He was in medical partnership with Dr William Belcombe
He married Mary Norcliffe.
He married Grace [1751-1821].
Child: Charles.
Grace died 25th October 1821 (aged 70).
Charles died 26th August 1826 (aged 75).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 148]
He married Unknown.
Children:
Charles died 2nd July 1829 (aged 50).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 148]
He was a house painter.
He married Mary Standeven [1821-1896].
Children:
In 1883, he (possibly) married Mary Hemingway [18??-1896] in
Halifax.
He was retired [1896].
They are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1896
Children:
Children:
Born in Halifax.
He was
a bookbinder /
a printer [1880].
In [Q1] 1853, he married Elizabeth Taylor in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at Charlestown, Claremount.
Elizabeth died 4th July 1908 (aged 83),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1443]
with her parents
He reported on the condition of the graveyard for the Ranger Report
of 1850
He married Ann [1799-1863].
Children:
They lived at
7 Hanover Street, Halifax [1841].
Ann died 8th May 1863 (aged 64)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4440]
Born in Halifax.
He was named for James Kershaw.
He was
working in a bank in Halifax [before 1837],
a lay preacher for the Wesleyan Missionary Society in India, [shortly
after his marriage in 1837],
a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts in Madras,
ordained a deacon in Madras [1842],
and
ordained a priest in Madras [1845]
He built St Mark's Church, Christianagaram, Udangudi,
Tamilnadu, India, which opened on 26th January 1849.
In the 1850s, he returned to England on account of ill health, and
after recovering, became
curate at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire [around 1858]
and
a vicar of Holy Trinity, Lane End, Buckinghamshire [1865 until his
death]
On 10th August 1837, he married Mary Ann Turner [1811-1873]
from Kirkby, North Yorkshire, at Manchester Cathedral.
Children:
Son of James Kershaw Best.
Born in Madras.
He was
a barrister /
a High Court Judge in Madras /
Chief Justice for Mysore [1895].
He retired in 1903.
In 1868, he married Daphne Harrison [1846-1911]
at Madras Presidency.
Children:
Daphne died in Bangalore, India [11th May 1911].
James William died in Sydney, Australia
He married Unknown.
Children:
Children:
He married (1) Unknown, a daughter of Rev Matthew
Whiteley of Wiltshire.
Children:
He married (2) Mrs Lawrence, the other daughter of Rev
Matthew Whiteley of Wiltshire.
She died at Pontefract 1677.
The family lived at Landimere, Northowram.
Heywood writes that Best had
Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church where an inscription reads
Here lyeth the body of Charles Best,
son of the above John Best, of Landimer,
who departed this life the 3rd day of August 1700
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [9th April 1791]
He married Hannah [1803-1875].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1861] were
granddaughter Clara Harwood [b 1860]
and lodgers
William Flood and family,
and
Frances Smith [b 1801] (cotton weaver).
John died 20th May 1861 (aged 55).
Hannah died 29th August 1875 (aged 72).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3893]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a linen draper's apprentice [1841] /
a linen draper [1851] /
a stay & crinoline manufacturer employing 2 hands [1861].
In [Q4] 1846, he married (1) Asenath Smith [1822-1859] in York.
Children:
Asenath died 20th April 1859 (aged 37)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2004]
with her sister Harriet Smith.
In [Q4] 1859, he married (2) Eliza Wrigglesworth [1829-1876] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was Asenath's sister Harriet
Smith [1814-1855] (milliner).
Eliza died 8th February 1876 (aged 47).
John died 6th January 1879 (aged 57).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 814]
In [Q2] 1843, he married Sarah Ann Cragg [1822-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 178 Hanson Lane, Halifax [1881].
Joseph died Q4 1858.
Living with the widowed Sarah Ann [in 1881] were
daughter Eliza Emma and family
He was a bookkeeper in the Halifax Town Clerk's office [1851].
He married Mary [1801-1854].
Children:
They lived at 1 Cow Green, Halifax [1851].
He married Mary [1801-1854].
Mary died 19th April 1854 (aged 53).
Joseph died 12th October 1858 (aged 66).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3298]
Son of James Kershaw Best.
Born in Madras.
He was educated at Oxford University [1862, 1867].
In 1876, he married Frances Julia (Fanny) Payne [b 1846] in
Bromley.
They had no children.
He died in England
She married (1) William Ryall.
She married (2) Joshua Dawson
Question:
Does anyone know Mary's maiden name?
She married (2) David Hemingway.
Heywood says that she
and died a widow
after her son, Daniel, turned her out of their home
at Mountain.
She went to live with Joseph Croft
In 1681, she married Joseph Priestley.
Heywood says that she had many worthy suitors, and of the marriage,
describes her as
The Northowram Register records
He married Mary.
Children:
Heywood writes
He died without issue
He lived with his aunt at 23 Abbey Street, New Bank, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Steward's Boy
with the Merchant Navy
aboard the ocean liner SS Ceramic (Southampton)
He died 7th December 1942 (aged 16)
when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-515, and sank
west of the Azores
with the loss of 656 of the 657 people aboard.
He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, London [Grave Ref 25],
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He married Alice.
Richard died before 1559.
On 13th November 1558, Alice married (2) John Broadley.
He lived at Landimere, Shelf.
Rev Oliver Heywood stayed with Best when he arrived at Coley.
In 16??, he married (1) Unknown.
Children:
In 16??, he married (2) Martha Wood.
Children:
3 – whom they also named:
He bought the Lower End of Shelf Hall from John Phillip
[1639]
Children:
He was a carpet weaver [1881].
In [Q3] 1873, he married Sarah Nutton in Halifax.
In 1881, they were living with Sarah's parents
He was watchmaker in Halifax.
He died 20th October 1853
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3298]
with his parents
Best, Charles Ref 336-1218
Best, Dr Charles Ref 336-4
Mary was the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Norcliffe
Best, Charles Ref 336-5 Best, Charles Ref 336-6
Best, Charles Ref 336-346
Best, Charles Atkinson Ref 336-3155
Best, George Ref 336-3514
Best, George Ref 336-3205
Best, Henry Wilson Ref 336-533
Elizabeth was the daughter of James Taylor
Best, J. Ref 336-10 Best, James Ref 336-7
Best, James Kershaw Ref 336-2965
Best, James William Ref 336-2966
Daphne born on 5th October 1846 and baptised 15th November
1846, in Madras.
She was the daughter of Mary & Robert Bennett
Best, Jeremy Ref 336-1554 Best, John Ref 336-1209 Best, John Ref 336-3512
Best, John Ref 336-1215
degenerated into licentiousness, drinking excessively, living like an
Epicure, sending every day for 1s 6d in ale and drinking it himself
Here resteth the remains of John Best, of Landimer,
who departed this life the 23rd day of November 1678.
Best, John Ref 336-6600 Best, John Ref 336-3 Best, John Ref 336-9
Hannah was born in Halifax
Best, John Ref 336-8
Asenath was born in Heckmondwike
Eliza was born in Halifax
Best, Joseph Ref 336-1384
Sarah Ann was born in Halifax
Best, Joseph Ref 336-311
Mary was born in Hipperholme
Best, Rev Kershaw Thorpe Ref 336-3206
Best, Martha Ref 336-1210 Best, Mrs Mary Ref 336-1216
had a dog-like appetite which could not be satisfied
in great misery Jan. 30. 1674/5
Best, Mary Ref 336-625
a maid ensnared
Mary Priestley of Westercroft, Widow, went out of Bed from her
daughter, Mary, 19th May 1706, about one o'clock in the morning being
Lord's Day.
Was found May 31 in the River Calder, buried June 1, had bin
melancholy above a year
Best, Michael Ref 336-1211
Best, Michael Ref 336-1217
since the death of brother John, Michael turned to
drinking
Best, Norman Cornthwaite Ref 336-983 
Best, Richard Ref 336-2
Best, Richard Ref 336-614
Best, Thomas Ref 336-3513
Best, Thomas Ref 336-722
Sarah was the daughter of James Nutton
Best, Thomas Edwin Ref 336-310
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The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
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entries on
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for people with the surname Best,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Marriage
1925
Best surname Ref 336-1
Unattached BMDs for Best
Page Ref: MMB194
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