THE CUMBERLAND FAMILIES of area around Bentham in Yorkshire

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These notes were collected in hurried visits to record offices and libraries, or 
acquired from other researchers or on-line sources.  If you use information from these 
notes you are strongly recommended to check the information against original sources.

1538    Richard Cumberland mar St Wolframs Grantham Mary Taylor.
1577    Thomas Cumberland of Bentham will.
1578    James Cumberland of Bentham will.
1598    Thomas Cumberland of Bentham will.
1599    William Cumberland of Bentham? action.
1606    John Cumberland of Over Bentham will.
1607    Agnes Cumberland of Bentham will.
1615    John Cumberland mar Tatham Elizabeth Percival.
1631    Elizabeth Cumberland of Stonygate will.
1636    James Cumberland mar Tatham Elizabeth Dowbiggen.
1636    William Cumberland of Over Bentham will.
1649    James Cumberland of Over Bentham will.
1649    John Cumberland of Over Bentham will.
1664    William Cumberland of Bristoe Over Bentham inventory.
1670    William Cumberland of Lower Bentham in Sufferings of Quakers.
1683    William Cumberland and James Parker commited to York castle after they had been 
	summoned before several justices and cited to appear at several 
	sessions in Sufferings of Quakers.
1686    Agnes Cumberland mar 4.7 Bentham John Parker.
1710    John Cumberland will mentions son Robert Cumberland.
1710    William Cumberland of Over Bentham admin to widow Janet Cumberland.
1718    John Cumberland the elder of Foldgill Upper Bentham will mentions son 
	Robert Cumberland, dau Elizabeth wife of John Johnson of Aws?, son John Cumberland, 
	wife Elizabeth Cumberland, granddau Ellen Cumberland.
1720c   John Cumberland born c1720 (one of 7 children) married ? Reid of 
	Brookborough Fermanagh and had 7 children including James Cumberland born 1760.
1760    James Cumberland born 1760 died 1859 (son of John Cumberland born c1720) mar 
	Mary McNabb born 1773 died 1833 and had children Anne Cumberland born 1800 died 
	1853, Bessie Cumberland, John Cumberland born 1811 died 1899, James Cumberland 
	born 1816 died 1899, Mary Anne Cumberland born 1817 died 1873, Jane Cumberland, 
	and William Cumberland born 1821 died 1859.  James Cumberland leased land in 
	Favour Royal Clogher Tyrone from Moutsey family. James Cumberland emigrated to 
	Canada in 1840, buried family bible before his death to prevehnt it from falling 
	into heathen hands.
1778    Elizabeth Cumberland mar Bentham Thomas Guy of Scaleber.
1778    Jennet Guy bap Bentham dau of Thomas Guy the younger of Scaleber (son 
	of Thomas Guy by Jennet his wife dau of Robert Parker) and Elizabeth his 
	wife (dau of Richard Cumberland blacksmith of Over Bentham and Anne his 
	wife).
1784    William Tennant hatter mar by licence Ingleton Mary Bannister in Caton 
	witnesses Robert Cumberland and John Parker.
1821    William Cumberland born 1821 died 1859 son of James Cumberland born 1760, 
	killed in accident hauling timber to build farmhouse still held by his family.

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