'Rawdon02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Rawdon of Halifax, Briggs of Halifax

                               
Christopher Rawdon of Bilborough, Yorkshire
m. Sarah Harrison
1. Christopher Rawdon of Halifax, later of York
  m. Abigail Hodgson (dau of John Hodgson of Bradford)
  A. Christopher Rawdon of Halifax & Todmorden (bpt 03.04.1753)
  m. Sophia James of Bristol
  i. Christopher Rawdon of Underbank
  m. (10.0821) Charlotte Briggs (dau of Rawdon Briggs of Halifax) @1@ below
  ii. James Rawdon (b 02.01.1782)
  m. Matilda Sage @2@ just below
  iii. Sophia Rawdon
  m. _ Voase of Hull
  iv.+ other issue - Joshua (b 22.02.1785, a 1822), Amelia (b 1788, d unm)
  B. William Rawdon of Fulford (b c1764, d 10.11.1805, 3rd son)
i.+ issue - John, daughter
  C. Sarah Rawdon
  m. _ Sage of London & Colchester
  i. Matilda Sage
m. James Rawdon @2@ just above
  D.+ other issue - John Hodgson of York (bpt 13.07.1759, a 1820, d unm), Alicia (a 1823, d unm?)
2. Faith Rawdon
  m. John Rhodes of Halifax
3. Mary Rawdon
m. William Briggs (or possibly John Briggs of Hull who d 19.03.1782?)
  A. Rawdon Briggs of Halifax (d 15.04.1835)
  m1. Anne Currer (d 02.08.1802)
  i. Rawdon Briggs 'of Savile Green' of Halifax (a 1832, MP) had issue
  m. Matilda Greenwood (b c1800, d 16.11.1832, dau of John Greenwood of Keighley)
  ii. William Briggs
  m. _ Robinson (dau of John Briggs Robinson, cousin)
  iii. Henry Briggs
  m. (06.1824) Marianna Milnes (dau of _ Milnes of FLocktoin)
  iv. Anne Briggs
  m. (1820) Thomas Wolrich Stansfield of Leeds
  v. Charlotte Briggs
  m. Christopher Rawdon @1@ above
  vi. Ellen Briggs (d unm)
  m2. Mary Allen (dau of James Allen, relict of John Fletcher, niece of the Bishop of Ely)
  vii. Mary Briggs
  m. Alfred Jerard Robinson of Rothley Grange
  B. Christopher Briggs of Hull
  C. daughter
  m. _ Robinson of Hull
  D. daughter
  m. _ Levitt of Hull
  E. daughter
  m. George Lee of Hull (cleric)
4. Elizabeth Rawdon
  m. _ Topham

Main source(s): FMG (vol 1, MS38, 'Hodgson-Rawdon', p89+), FMG (vol 1, MS131, 'Rawdon-Briggs', p296+)
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