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     Thomas Shaw was born in 1823.¹ He married Ann Truefitt, daughter of Isaac Truefitt and Ann Craddock, on 10 November 1844 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England.^1,2,3

     William Truefitt was born on 16 July 1750.¹ He married Eleanor Burton on 16 December 1782.¹

     Eleanor Burton married William Truefitt on 16 December 1782.¹

     Jane Truefitt was born on 13 April 1786.¹ She was the daughter of William Truefitt and Eleanor Burton.¹ She married Robert Unthank on 22 September 1808 in Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England.^1,2

     Robert Unthank married Jane Truefitt, daughter of William Truefitt and Eleanor Burton, on 22 September 1808 in Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England.^1,2

     Isaac Truefitt was born on 19 November 1788.¹ He was the son of William Truefitt and Eleanor Burton.¹ Isaac died in 1789.¹

     Ann Truefitt was born on 9 October 1790.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Truefitt and Eleanor Burton.¹ She was baptised on 11 October 1790 in Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England.² She married James Ward on 8 December 1811.¹

     James Ward married Ann Truefitt, daughter of William Truefitt and Eleanor Burton, on 8 December 1811.¹

     William Truefitt was baptised on 11 February 1794 in Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England.² He was born on 11 February 1794.^1,2 He was the son of William Truefitt and Eleanor Burton.¹ He married Sarah ... on 2 December 1817 in Armin, Yorkshire, England.^1,3 William died on 28 July 1873 in Wetherby, Yorkshire, England, aged 79 he was an innkeeper, late of Spofforth, formerly of Wetherby.^4,5 The will of William was proved on 19 September 1873 at Wakefield by Mary Triffitt(sic) of Spofforth widow the relict of Edward Triffitt of Leeds who was a shopkeeper and her brother William Hill of Wetherby who was the nephew of William. The estate was valued at under £600.⁵

     Eleanor Truefitt was born on 10 November 1831.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Truefitt and Sarah ...¹ She was baptised on 8 December 1831 in Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England.² She married Paul Wheatley on 10 October 1854 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.²

     William Truefitt was baptised on 29 December 1833 in Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England.² He was born on 29 December 1833 in Runswick Bay, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.^1,3,4 He was the son of William Truefitt and Sarah ...¹ William came from a long seafaring family and at the age of 15 he obeyed the call of the sea, came to Teeside to serve as an apprentice on the sailing collier Harper, owned by Messrs Cochrane and Co. William served on this ship as a cabin boy and rose to Captain.⁴ He married Jane Foster on 16 August 1856 in St Hilda, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.^5,4 When in the march of progress Messrs Cochrane and Co went in for steam-driven vessels, they entrusted the charge of the first to Captain Truefitt. It was the Sixty-Six and beginning its career in 1871 was one of the earliest steamers to ply from Middlesborough. For thirty-four years - in fact until his retirement in 1905, at the age of 72 he served as Captain of that vessel. At the time he gave up his seafaring life he was proud to claim a double record. He was the oldest captain on Lloyd's list, and had the longest period of service as master of one ship.

During his 58 years at sea he enjoyed a remarkable freedom from serious mishap, never shipwrecked, never stranded, never a life lost during the almost countless coastwise and Continental trips which he took as Captain, "never," to use his own words, "so much as a cap lost."⁴ William was listed as the head of the family on the census of 3 April 1881 in Kings Road, Ormesby, Yorkshire, England, William was a Master Mariner living with his wife and nine children.⁶ In the census of 31 March 1901 he was listed as a Master Mariner on board SS Sixty Six which was off Gravesend in Kent. His wife and two daughters lived back in Ormesby.⁷ In the census of 2 April 1911 in 9 Woodlands Terrace, Redcar, Yorkshire, England, he was listed as the father in law of George Edward Usher William was a retired sea captain.⁸ Captain and Mrs Truefitt celebrated 65 years of marriage. Of their ten children, three sons and four daughters survived to see his celebration. They also had 25 grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.⁴ His wife Jane died on 1922 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.⁹ William died in 1926 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.¹⁰

     Elizabeth Truefitt was baptised on 2 May 1836 in Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Truefitt and Sarah ...¹ Elizabeth died on 3 October 1837 aged 1.^1,2

     Mary Jane Weatherill was born about 1827 in Staithes, Yorkshire, England.² She married William Truefitt, son of Isaac Truefitt and Ann Craddock, on 12 September 1846 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England.^1,3 In the census of 30 March 1851 at Staithes, Yorkshire, England, she was listed as the wife of William Truefitt.⁴ In the census of 2 April 1871 in Castlegate, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, she was listed as the wife of William Truefitt.⁵ In the census of 3 April 1881 in 28 South Cliff Terrace, West Street, Hilderthorpe, Yorkshire, England, she was listed as the wife of William Truefitt.⁶

     Catherine Carey was born about 1803.¹ She was the daughter of James Carey and Susanna Turmaine.¹ She married John Seales on 2 October 1832 in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England.¹

     John Griffiths married Maria Frances Carey, daughter of James Carey and Susanna Turmaine, They had several children born in different places in Kent but they finally settled on the Isle of Sheppey.¹

     John Seales married Catherine Carey, daughter of James Carey and Susanna Turmaine, on 2 October 1832 in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England.¹

     Samuel Seales was the son of John Seales and Catherine Carey.¹ James and his cousin Samuel were baptised together.¹

     Susanna Carey was born in 1828 in Canterbury, Kent, England.¹ She was the daughter of James Carey and Susanna Turmaine.¹ Susanna born illigimately to Catherine seems to have been brought up by her grandmother Susanna.¹ She married Joseph Benjamin Gilbert in 1850.¹

     Joseph Benjamin Gilbert married Susanna Carey, daughter of James Carey and Susanna Turmaine, in 1850.¹

     Mary Hatton married George Carey, son of James Carey and Susanna Turmaine, in 1831.¹ George and Mary moved to London. There were no children from the marriage.¹

     Frances F Anderson was born in 1928 in Sunderland, Durham, England.¹ She was the daughter of Henry J Anderson and Elizabeth Ann Greathead.¹

     Alice Lucy Hill was born on 5 May 1889 in Hanley, Staffordshire, England.^2,3 She married John Greathead, son of John Cartwright Greathead and Hannah Nicholls, in 1908 in Wesley Methodist Church, Epworth Street, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.^4,5 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 67 Pycrest Street, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, she was listed as the wife of John Greathead.⁶ In the census of 19 June 1921 in 42 Pyenest Street, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, she was listed as the grandaughter Alice was with her grandmother Eliza Hill aged 78, her husband and daughter. She was working as an electrical switch fettler for Taylor and Tuncliffe Electrical Porcelain manufacturers, Albion works in Longton.⁷ A report was found inn the Reporter of 8 August 1922 saying: Refused Bail for his wife. "You are the most callous man I have ever met," said the Hanley (Eng) magistrate to a man who stubbornly refused for over half an hour to stand bail for his wife. Alice Lucy Greathead had been remanded on a charge of obtaining money "by false pretences when, the husband John Greathead, was called in and asked if he was content to be bound in the sum of £10 as surety for his wife's appearance.
Greathead: It's no use. I am not worth ten shillings!
The Clerk; You prefer her to go to Strangeways Gaol! You are the first man I have come across who refused" to stand by his wife in her time of trouble.
Eventually the .magistrate allowed a conference to take place between the husband and wife in the cells, and on the man's return to court he agreed to stand bail in £10.⁸ On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Alice was listed as living at 44 Coronation Avenue, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, with her husband John. John was a porcelain die fixer and Alice was a café waitress.⁹ Her husband John died on 1954 in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.¹⁰ Alice died in 1959 in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.¹¹

     Doris Elizabeth Greathead was born on 12 June 1914 in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.^1,2 She was the daughter of John Greathead and Alice Lucy Hill.¹ In the census of 19 June 1921 in 42 Pyenest Street, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, she was listed as the daughter Doris was with her parents and great grandmother and some cousins.³ She married William Ernest Benbow in 1934 in St Mark, Shelton, Staffordshire, England.^4,5 Doris died in August 1991 in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, aged 77.⁶

     John Lamb was born in 1765.¹ He was the son of William Lamb and Elizabeth Thompson.¹ John died on 5 January 1834 and was buried on the same day.¹