Joseph Twigg was a Spirit Merchant and later listed as a woolen merchant both of these classifications lowered his statis the rest of the family was listed as Land holders and not tradesman
He did however leave a large estate to his brother in keep for his daughter.
I have several letters were Elleanor asked for money her uncle Joseph sent it to her in small amounts spread over many years
These letters are interesting in that Eleanor mailed the letters to her uncle Joseph, he turned the letters a half turn and wrote the answer right accros her letter so we actuly have her letter and the answer all in one.
his marriage to elizabeth ward list him as bachelor,his legal guardian being George Lawton,Clerk
marriage by license with consent listed in snaith marriage record
will of joseph twigg of saith in county of york,wine merchany made 16 sep 1809 I give all my personal estate to my brother william twigg of scurf hall. to my housekeeper FRANCES DURHAM ten pounds.
continue in trust with intertestfor my daughter ELEANOR, to be paid to her at twenty one. in interum to be used for her maintanence,education and benefit in such manor as my trustees shall think proper.
if my daughter dies before attaining of age the principal shall be in trust for the children of my sister
MARY WOOD wife of robert wood of CARLTON,in the city of york gentleman as well those children she now hath by her first husband DAVID MORRITT deceased as well as those by her .
husband robert wood in equal shares.
i appoint my brother guardian of my daughter,i give my brother all such real estate as i am now vested in me upon trust.signed joseph twigg witness jn Bingley,j Rowntree, j.b.Bingley prov may 1810
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1775 - 1809 (34 years)
