Ellen EMMOTT (b. abt 1768; of Sutton-in-Craven, Kildwick, WRY)
Ellen EMMOTT (also known as Eleanor) married John STOW in Kildwick, WRY in 1786, and was described as a minor of Sutton-in-Craven in the parish of Kildwick. She died in 1844, aged 76, which would put her birth in around 1768. However, I haven’t found any trace of this or of who her parents might be.
My latest line of enquiry concerns a John CROSLEY, who witnessed the marriage in 1786, since a comparison of signatures suggests he might be the John Crosley who married a Mary Emmott in 1782; could Mary and Ellen have been sisters? Mary appears to have been the illegitimate daughter of Hannah Emmott (bapt. 1758), but so far I haven’t found anything definite to connect her to Ellen.
I’ve also found the following marriages in an index to the Kildwick PRs - could one or both relate to Hannah, mother of Mary (and possibly of Ellen)?
27 Apr 1769 Thomas PIGHELS widower of Crossmoor, Weaver and Ann EMMOTT spinster of Sutton
10 Aug 1789 John LILLY widower of Bingley, Woolcomber and Hannah PIGHELS widow of Silsden
Any ideas, anyone?