John HARDAKER

1759 - 1831  (71 years)

• Name	John HARDAKER
  Birth	19 Feb 1759	Rodley, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	John Hardaker son of John and Sarah Hardaker of Rodley in the township of Calverley born the 19th day of the 2'd mo 1759.
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Feb 1831	Rodley, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  	He left a will - details below.
  Burial	10 Feb 1831	Rawdon, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  	Quaker burial: Buried at or near Rawdon, John Hardaker of Rodley, aged about 72 years.
  Person ID	I189	Hardaker One-name Study
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John HARDAKER,   b. 28 May 1726, Calverley, Yorkshire, England d. 24 May 1799, Rodley, Yorkshire, England (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah COOPER,   b. Abt 1726   d. 12 Feb 1788, Rodley, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	11 May 1757	Bradford, Yorkshire, England   [5, 6]
  	He was a husbanman. Quaker record gives fornames of parents of groom and bride.
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel FURNESS,   b. Abt 1778, Darley, Yorkshire, England d. 22 Jan 1862, Idle, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1815	Leeds St Peter, Yorkshire, England   [7]
  	Married by licence. He said to be 40 and she 30. In fact, I think he was 56 and she was about 37.
  Children	1. John HARDAKER,   b. 29 Jan 1819, Bramley, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Mar 1891, Thackley, Yorkshire, England (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 May 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Feb 1759 - Rodley, Yorkshire, England Marriage - 17 Oct 1815 - Leeds St Peter, Yorkshire, England Death - 7 Feb 1831 - Rodley, Yorkshire, England Burial - 10 Feb 1831 - Rawdon, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Eight Day Longcase Clock by Hardaker of Rodley An eight-day Longcase Clock by Hardaker of Rodley, near Leeds. Oak case crossbanded with mahogany. Early 19th century. One of a number of clocks made by John Hardaker (1819-1891) to be found from time to time offered for sale on the Internet.

  
  

  Histories

  Research on The Furness Family of Hampsthwaite Rachel Furness who married John Hardaker, the maker of the locally famous ‘Salem’ grandfather clocks, reported in various censuses that she was born in Darley, which is a village in Hampsthwaite parish in the (then) West Riding of Yorkshire.

  
  

• Notes

  Famous clockmaker who accumulated considerable wealth. His Salem clocks may be found in many houses round about (Cudworth, p. 463). On 19 Sep 1784 at Rawdon Friends Meeting House the Minute Book records on page 286 that a 'A certificate from Brighouse Monthly Meeting on behalf of John Hardaker Jr. setting forth his clearing of Debts of Marriage, engagements and orderly Conduct was received here and read and is returned to the Monthly Meeting to be put on the file'. MEMORIAL OF AN INDENTURE OF DEMISE Volume CU Page 160 Number 192 CARTER to BEANLAND Registered at Wakefield 26 Jan 1787 near three in the afternoon An Indenture of Demise bearing date the eleventh day of October in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six made between George CARTER of Farsley in the Parish of Calverley and County of York Clothier of the one part and John BEANLAND now or late of Stanningley in the Township of Bramley in the Parish of Leeds in the County of York Yeoman of the other part. Of and concerningall that messuage or dwellinghouse one barn one cottage thereto adjoining situate and being in Farsley aforesaid and now in the possession of James SMITH his assignees or assigns and one close of arable land, meadow or pasture ground lying in the Township of Farsley aforesaid and occupied with the said messuage and called or commonly known by the name of the Heck Close otherwise Broad Close containing by estimation two acres (be the same more or less) and also in the tenure or occupation of the said James SMITH or his assigns. Together with all the hereditaments and appurtenances to the said tenements and premises belonging or in anywise appertaining. Which said Indenture as to its due execution by the said George CARTER is attested by John HARDAKER Senr. of Rodley in the Parish of Calverley and County of York Clothier and John HARDAKER of Rodley in the Parish and County aforesaid Clockmaker. Signed and sealed George CARTER in our presence John HARDAKER, Senr. (Affirmed) John HARDAKER His will mentions: Wife Rachel (alive), son John (alive), brother Robert (deceased), two of Robert's children - Ralph and Esther (Armistead), and two brother-in-laws - William Parker [married wife Rachel's sister Jane] and William Furniss (Furness) [wife Rachel's brother].

  
  

• Sources

  [S456] IGI 7107731. [S181] Brian Clayton. [S227] England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 (Reliability: 2). Piece 1342: Monthly Meeting of Knaresborough: Rawden Preparative (1669-1837, 1669-1836) [S227] England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 (Reliability: 0). Piece 0915: Quarterly Meeting of Yorkshire: Burials (1730-1833) [S96] IGI 7414201. [S385] RG6 / Piece 1121 /. [S83] IGI M071931.