30 Oct 2007

WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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ARKWRIGHT and family.

Sir Richard Arkwright, 1732-1792

Sir Richard Arkwright 1732-1792

A great deal has been written elsewhere about Richard ARKWRIGHT, a man who changed the world more than most great statesmen. Born in Lancashire in 1732, youngest of 13 children, he came to Cromford in 1771 to build a water-powered cotton-spinning mill, and introduced the factory system to England and the world. Knighted in 1786, he died at 60, immensely rich and his family married into the landed aristocracy. His mills were copied worldwide, England became the first true Industrial Society, and Arkwright England's first Industrial knight.

Below are some paintings of Richard and his family, and an outline of the ARKWRIGHT family tree. More about Sir Richard Arkwright at:

Sir Richard Arkwright 1732-1792
Painted by Brown 1790
Susannah Hurt 1761-1835
Painted by Wright 1788
Willersley Castle, Cromford, built as
his family home by Sir Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright jun.1755-1843
Painted by ?
?
Painted by ?
Robert 1783-1859, Richard 1781-1832
Peter 1784-1866, by Wright 1791
Elizabeth 1780-1838, Charles 1786-1850
John 1785-1858, by Wright 1791
Mary 1757-1827, Richard 1755-1843
Mary 1788-1803, by Wright 1790
Elizabeth Arkwright 1780-1838

ARKWRIGHT Tree

    

     |                                                                  |               |
     |                                                                  |               |
    1647                                                               1648            1651
    William                                                            Nicholas 1671   Elizabeth
    ARKWRIGHT-------v---------?                                        HURT------v-----LOWE
    1710            |                                                  1711      |     1714
                    |                                                            |
 |---------|----|---|---|------|                                                 |
 |         |    |       |      |                                                 |
1683      1685 1689    1691    ?                                                 |
Elizabeth Mary Richard Thomas John                                               |
                       1753                                                      |
                        |                                                        |
                        |                      |                                 |              |
                        |                      |                                 |              |
                       1691                   1693                              1678           1680
                       Thomas       1717      Ellen                             Charles 1709   Catherine
                       ARKWRIGHT------v-------HODGEKINSON                       HURT------v----ROSELL
                       1753           |       1778                              1763      |    1756
                                      |                                                   |
                                      |                                                   |
                 |-----|----|----|----|----|-------|-----|                                |
                 |     |    |    |         |       |     |                                |
                1718  1720 1723 1724      1724    1727  1732                              |
                Ellen Ann  Mary Elizabeth William Janet Richard                           |
                           1793 1800      1774          1792                              |
                                                         |                                |
                                      |                  |                     |          |              |
                                      |                  |                     |          |              |
                                     1734               1732                  1732       1722           1720
                                     Patience 1755      Sir Richard    1761   Margaret   Francis  1751  Mary
                                     HOLT-------v-------ARKWRIGHT--------v----BIGGENS    HURT------v----GELL   
                                     1756       |       1792             |    1811       1783      |    1801
                                                |                        |                         |
                                                |                   |----|----|-----|              |
                                                |                   |         |     |              |
                                               1755                1762      1764   1761           |
                                               Richard             Susannah  Ellen  Anne           |
                                                |                  1835      (inf)  (inf)          |
                                |               |                   |                              |
                                |               |                   |                              |
                               1757            1755                1762                           1758
                               Mary     1780   Richard             Susannah           1780        Charles
                               SIMPSON----v----ARKWRIGHT           ARKWRIGHT------------v---------HURT
                               1827       |    1843                1835                 |         1834
                                          |                                             |
 |---------|-------|------|-----|----|----|--|----|------|----|-------|                 |
 |         |       |      |     |    |       |    |      |    |       |                 |
1780      1781    1783   1784  1785 1786    1788 1791   1793 1796    1798               |
Elizabeth Richard Robert Peter John Charles Mary Joseph Anne Frances Harriet            |
1838      1832    1859   1866  1858 1850    1803 1864   1844 1866    1815               |
                                                                                        |
                      |-------|------|-------|----|----|--------|----|--------|------|--|----|
                      |       |      |       |    |    |        |    |        |      |       |
                     1782    1783   1785    1786 1788 1789     1790 1793     1795   1797    1799
                     Charles Mary   Richard Mary Fred Margaret John Susannah Edward Frances John
                             Anne    |      Anne Nicholas      Octavius      Nicholas       Francis
                                     |      1872                                            Thomas
                                     |
                                     |               |
                                    1785             |
                                    Richard         1781
                                    Stephen  1808   Caroline
                                    HURT-------v----SHUTTLEWORTH
                                    1851       |    1827
                                               |
                    |--------|------|-------|--|------|
                    |        |      |       |         |
                   1813     1815   1817    1820      1823
                   Margaret Robert Richard Georgiana Philip
                    |
 |                  |
 |                  |
1803               1813
Nathan     1838    Margaret
HUBBERSTY----v-----HURT
1881         |     1845
             |
             |
 |-------|---|---|------|-----|----|
 |       |       |      |     |    |
1839    1840           1842  1843 1845
Richard Charles Nathan Henry Mary Margaret


NOTES
1803 Nathan HUBBERSTY: see Census for: 1841, 1851 and 1881
1820 Georgiana HURT: see Census for: 1871

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