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John Wainman was born in 1749 in Cantley, Yorkshire, England to Richard Wainman and Hannah. His siblings include: Richard (1733-unknown), Mary (1736-1787), John (1736-unknown), Elizabeth (1737-1737), Hannah (1741-unknown), Ann (1744-1770), Martha (1747-unknown), William (1752-unknown), and Dorothy (1757-1757). He was baptized on October 8, 1749.

1774: John married Eleanor Sewell in Doncaster, Yorkshire on December 15, 1774 at the age of 25 by R. Crochley, Vicar. The witnesses to their marriage were James Smith and John Thomas.

1777: Their first child, John Wainman is born. John lives from 1777-1842. He marries a woman named Ann Pymm and they live their life in Yorkshire. The 1841 British Census records him at the age of 63 as a farmer. He dies in December of 1842.




Typical 18th Century Yorkshire Family farm house

 1780: John and Eleanor's second child, Charles does not live a year and is buried on May 16, 1780. It is noted that John Wainman is a farmer in the burial record.

1780: William Wainman, a silk stocking maker, is born to the couple. He lives a long life (1780-1853). He marries Ruth Knowles and has a total of seven children: William (1804-1876), Harriet (1806-unknown), James (1806-1813), Catherine (1811-unknown), Mary (1817-unknown), Eliza (1819-1883), and Sarah (1822-1898).

1783: James Wainman is born to John and Eleanor. He is baptized on November 3, 1783. It is unknown what becomes of James.

1785: The couple has their last child, Mary in 1785. She is baptized in Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire on October 21, 1785. The next time she appears in the record in on May 11, 1804 when she marries James Staniforth in Rotherham, Yorkshire. It is possible that she was captured in the 1851 Census. She is listed as the head of the house at 842 Union St. in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. She has a lodger living with her. It is absolutely plausible that her husband has died by this point and she has to let rooms to make ends meet. It is not known when she died.

1837: The last we can find of the Yorkshire farmer, John, is his death record. He died in September 1837 at the age of 88.