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     John Greathead was born in 1757.¹ He was the son of John Greathead and Mary Rainsden. He was baptized on 27 January 1757 in Richmond, Yorkshire, England.² He married ... ....

     Henry Francis Greathead was born on 27 January 1757.¹ He was the son of John Greathead and Mary Rainsden. He married Catherine Wood, daughter of John Wood, on 25 March 1786 in St Hildas, South Shields, Durham, England.^1,2,4 Henry built the first purpose-built lifeboat in 1789. By 1804 he had made thirty more and did much to propagate lifeboat use.¹ In the Hull Packet of 11 September 1804 it is reported that Henry received from the King of Prussia a very elegant gold chain and medal, accompanied with a letter from that Monarch stating his high sense of value of his invention of the lifeboat. A lifeboat was sent some time ago by Mr Greathead to Swinemunde by order of the King of Prussia.⁵ He died in 1818. He was buried on 21 November 1818 in East London, London, England.^1,6

     Catherine Wood was the daughter of John Wood. She married Henry Francis Greathead, son of John Greathead and Mary Rainsden, on 25 March 1786 in St Hildas, South Shields, Durham, England.^1,2,3 She died about 1814.¹ She was buried on 12 March 1814 in East London, London, England.¹

     George Greathead was baptized on 9 May 1763 in St Hildas Church, South Shields, Durham, England.¹ He was born on 9 May 1763.¹ He was the son of John Greathead and Mary Rainsden.

     Catherine Ann/e Greathead was born in 1777.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Francis Greathead and Catherine Wood. She was baptized in October 1777 in South Shields, Durham, England.^1,2 She died on 13 April 1795.¹ She was buried in St Hildas Church, South Shields, Durham, England, There is a plaque in the church to her memory dying at eighteen years old.¹

     Henry Greathead was born in 1788.¹ He was the son of Henry Francis Greathead and Catherine Wood. He was baptized in December 1788 in South Shields, Durham, England.² He died before March 1790.¹

     Henry Greathead was born in 1790.¹ He was the son of Henry Francis Greathead and Catherine Wood. He was baptized on 15 March 1790 in South Shields, Durham, England.² He married Jane Margaret Elliot on 23 March 1816 in St Dunstans, Stepney, London, England, 1st wife.¹ He married ... ... 2nd wife.¹ He died on 21 September 1824.¹ He was buried in Crofton on Tees, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Jane Margaret Elliot married Henry Greathead, son of Henry Francis Greathead and Catherine Wood, on 23 March 1816 in St Dunstans, Stepney, London, England, 1st wife.¹

     William Grey Pearson married Mary Ann Greathead, daughter of Henry Francis Greathead and Catherine Wood, on 11 September 1810 in St Paul, Jarrow, Durham, England, No known children.^1,2,3

     Thomas Wooler was the Editor of "The Black Dwarf", a London weekly pubication at 2 Sura Street, Bishopsgate. He also wrote in Wooler's British Gazette. George Edmonds was an inhabitant of Birmingham and Proprietor and Publisher of the weekly paper entitled Edmonds Weekly Recorder. A paper notorious of its Revolutionary principles. Charles Maddocks was a Pawnbroker of Birmingham. William Greathead Lewis was a schoolmaster at Coventry of the lowest description and later became the Propietor and Editor of the inflammatory weekly publication entitled "Lewis's Coventry Recorder" for which he was under Prosecution by information supplied to the Attorney General.

There was a meeting on New Hall Hill in Birmingham on Monday 12 July 1819. Cartwright, Edmonds and Lewis rode to the meeting in a carriage drawn by two horses preceeded by two flags on which was inscribed Major Cartwrights the Bil of Rights and on the reverse The Soverienty of the People. The other flag was inscribed Sir Charles Wolseley and no Corn Law and on the reverse Thomas Jonathan Wooler and the liberty of the Prefs.

A warrent from the Sherriff of Warwick summoned them to appear on Saturday 29 July 1820.¹ At the Warwickshire Spring Assizes on 3 August 1820 William appeared with George Edmonds, Charles Maddocks, Major John Cartwright and Thomas Jonathan Wooler. William Greathead Lewis, the late proprietor of the Coventry Recorder, was taken into custody by the principal tipstaff of the Court of King's Bench, in consequence of another criminal information filed against him by his Majesty's Attorey General. He was at the house of Major Cartwright, in company with Mr Wooler, at the time the officer arrested him. Mr Lewis was accompanied by Major Cartwright and Mr Wooler to the house of Chief Justice Abbot, and tendered themselves as his bail, which being accepted, Mr Lewis was set at liberty. Wooler and Lewis defended themselves against the charges of unlawfully and maliciously devising and intending to encite discontenet and disaffectin in the minds of 20,000 leige subjects of the KIng and unlawfully causing a change in the Commons House of Parliament.^2,1
William Greathead Lewis died in 1842 in Clerkenwell, London, England.³

     Charles Hibbert Greathead was the son of Henry Francis Greathead and Catherine Wood. He married Margaret Jane ... on 26 August 1826 in St Dunstans, Stepney, London, England, Margaret was a widow at time of her marriage to Charles Hibbert.¹

     Margaret Jane ... married Charles Hibbert Greathead, son of Henry Francis Greathead and Catherine Wood, on 26 August 1826 in St Dunstans, Stepney, London, England, Margaret was a widow at time of her marriage to Charles Hibbert.¹

     Charles Greathead was born in the North East and left to live in London when young.¹ He was the son of Henry Greathead and ... .... He married ... ....¹ He died aged 36 years.¹

     ... ... married Charles Greathead, son of Henry Greathead and ... ....¹

     E Greathead was the daughter of Charles Greathead and ... .... She married ... Smith.

     ... Smith married E Greathead, daughter of Charles Greathead and ... ....

     John Elliot Greathead was born on 24 June 1828.¹ He was the son of Charles Hibbert Greathead and Margaret Jane .... He was baptized on 24 July 1828 in St Botolphs, Aldgate, London, England.¹ He married Eliza C Bannister.

     Eliza C Bannister was born in 1826.¹ She married John Elliot Greathead, son of Charles Hibbert Greathead and Margaret Jane ....

     Mary Margaret Emily Greathead was born in 1870.¹ She was the daughter of John Elliot Greathead and Eliza C Bannister. She married Thomas Ely in 1893 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.^1,2 In the census of 31 March 1901 in 21 West Parade Mews, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, she was listed as the wife of Thomas Ely.³ She died in 1956 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.^1,4

     Thomas Ely was born in 1870 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.^1,2 Dr Thomas Ely moved to Belfast and then Scarborough.¹ He married Mary Margaret Emily Greathead, daughter of John Elliot Greathead and Eliza C Bannister, in 1893 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.^1,3 Thomas was listed as head of household in the census of 31 March 1901 in 21 West Parade Mews, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Thomas was a Master of Music living with his family.⁴

     John Wilson Greathead was born in 1859.¹ He was the son of John Elliot Greathead and Eliza C Bannister.

     Charles Hibbert Greathead was the son of John Elliot Greathead and Eliza C Bannister.