Carpenter of Whitby who perhaps undertook military service in the navy, perhaps as a ship’s carpenter.

 

John and Dinah Farndale
1773 to 5 July 1833 (buried)

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1773

 

John Farndale was born in or about 1773. Say 24 at the time of his marriage, then he was born in about 1773. As he died aged 60 in 1833, he was born 1773. There are baptism records for John Farndale of Loftus and Brotton, born 1772 (FAR000196), but this is someone different to this John Farndale of Whitby.

 

He could have been a son of Robert Farndale (FAR00169), master mariner of Whitby, given the continued nautical history of this family. See Whitby 2 Line. It seems more likely that he was the son of William Farndale (FAR00157) who was a master mariner sailing coliers along the east coast and with some similarity in the ship he captained to John Christoper. See the Whitby 3 Line which then traces back to the Kilton 1 Line.

 

1799

 

John Farndale and Dinah Boyes, both of Loftus Parish were married by licence, at Loftus, on 23 April 1799 (Loftus PR & IGI).

John and Dinah Farndale may have been the parents of:

 

·         Ann Farndale, born 15 April 1800 (FAR00241).

·         John Christopher Farndale, born 3 January 1802, who became a Master Mariner himself (FAR00244).

·         Hannah Farndale, born 29 February 1804 (FAR00247).

·         Jane Farndale, born 9 December 1806 (FAR00251).

·         Dinah Farndale, born 19 March 1814 (FAR00256). Dinah was certainly this family – see 1851 census below.

·         Mary Ann Farndale, born 6 October 1817 (FAR00261).

·         Elizabeth Farndale, born 6 November 1825 (FAR00290).

 

(Bit it also possible the above (or some of them) were the children of Robert and Hannah Farndale (FAR00169).

1833

 

John Farndale died aged 60 at Whitby, and was buried at St Mary, Whitby on 5 July 1833.

 

Dinah his wife was therefore widowed in 1833.

 

1837

 

1837 Poor Law Valuation of Whitby recorded: Occupier: Dinah Farndale; Owner: George Taylor ; Description: Chamber and garret; Rateable value £2.0


The 1837 valuation of Whitby is a list of every property in the township of Whitby in the year 1837, that is 2,435 houses, tenements, shops, offices and other places. The valuation includes the occupier of the property, its owner, a description and its rateable value. The record therefore shows the type of house Dinah was living in.

In 1834, the New Poor Law came into operation in England and Wales. As part of this, parishes were grouped into Poor Law Unions. These were administered locally by a Board of Guardians, elected by each parish or township, and answerable to a central Poor Law Commission, based in London.

Those families who could not fend for themselves were either given money or food to sustain themselves (known as out-relief) or were taken into a Union Workhouse. The workhouse was segregated by sex and the inmates were expected to perform laborious tasks in return for their food and lodging, so this was an option that the poor avoided whenever possible.

The funds to pay for the relief of the poor were collected from the population of the township or parish, according to the value of the property they occupied. The value of each property, or more particularly, the rent it would fetch if rented for a year, was assessed. The local Board of Guardians would decide how much they needed in each year and each householder was liable for a proportion of this, depending on the annual rateable value of the property.


In 1837, the Board of Guardians for the Whitby Union came to the conclusion that the rateable values that they had been using prior to that date was out of date. They requested permission from the Poor Law Commission to conduct a new valuation. When this was granted, in order to record the annual rateable value of each property, the Board of Guardians appointed a valuer. He wrote a list of properties with their owners, occupiers and their rateable values, presumably by walking around the town and interviewing people. This list was published by a local printer so that people could check that their rateable value was correct and also that no-one else was being charged too low a rate. A copy of the list was sent to the Poor Law Commission.

The original record is at The National Archives at Kew, in reference MH12/14656.

 

1841

 

Dinah Farndale, Royal Hospital Chelsea, returns of payment of Army and other pensions 1842-1883. Widowhood.  Did John undertake military service at some point?

 

British Mariners, Trinity House Calendars 1787 to 1854. Dinah Farndale, the widow of John, at the age of 62 (born 1779). Petition in 1841.

 

Could John Farndale have been engaged in the navy, perhaps as a ship’s carpenter?

 

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Did she petition for a pension for his military service, in 1841?

 

The Census of 1841 listed Dinah Farndale, aged 55, independently living at Tate Hill, Whitby born in Yorkshire.

 

1851

The Census 1851 listed Dinah Farndale, aged 70, born Hinderwell, living at Stockton living with Nicholas Ripon and Jane Ripon (Dinahs daughter) and Ann Ripon. Dinah Stamp (her other daughter) was a visitor to the property on census day.

 

1864

 

Dinah Farndale died at Hartlepool in 1864.