TYSONS of WASDALE HEAD, MARYPORT and LIVERPOOL

 There have been Tyson families at Wasdale head since the very first records that are available for our inspection - 1547.

I have been studying the families of Wasdale & Eskdale for a great many years and the Census returns are sometimes helpful in resolving problems; as well as creating more. The Census returns for 1841, 1851 and 1861 were a puzzle in that there were no Tyson entries, where had they gone? The 1871 & 1881 census shows the common name of Thomas Tyson and his wife Mary Ann farming at Row Head and taking in mountain climbers as payable guests. The puzzle here is that Thomas’s birth place is given as Maryport and Mary Ann’s as Caldbeck. This raised the question - who was he? Why was he, a foreigner with a local name, making a first appearance in this small community at the age of 37 years?

This stayed a puzzle until the first of two clues appeared to allow it to be unravelled.

The background to this story is that Rowhead farm has been in the possession of one Tyson family for generations. They did not, however, purchase the freehold in the 1750-60’s with the opportunity of enfranchisement and this was true of all the farmers in Wasdale Head.

Whilst the Ritsons could be found at Rowfoot in Census years 1841 to 1881, the Tysons were not at Rowhead. There were Ritsons in 1841 and 1851, Elliots in 1861 and then Tysons from Maryport in 1871. Who were these Tysons?

So the puzzle rested until a clue came from Margaret Russell, “did you know that a William Tyson held Rowhead in 1842”. As there was no William Tyson resident in the Wasdale valley in 1841 it appeared that ownership had passed from the valley. This raised the Maryport connection - but without proof. Sometime later whilst reading the Musgrave of Wasdale Hall estate papers at Carlisle Record Office I found the sale of Rowhead farm in 1899 by a Thomas Tyson of Liverpool to John Musgrave of Wasdale Hall. Included was an abstract of the title connecting him with Thomas Tyson of Netherwasdale who died in February 1842, then, through his nephew William Tyson the eldest son of the testator’s late brother Edward Tyson and then his wife Ann, who died in November 1859, to their children Thomas, John, Sarah and Edward. This was all very interesting - but who were they?

Here was a William Tyson in 1842, so now was the time to test the Maryport connection. Checking Mannex & Whellan 1847 gives a William Tyson painter, plumber & glazier of King St.Maryport. Parson & White 1829, shows Edward Tyson at the same address, it looked promising. Checking the 1851 Census revealed William & Ann Tyson living in King St. along with their children Thomas(16), John(11), Sarah(9) and Edward(7), the same children given in the title to Rowhead farm.

Further investigations of the Parish Register led to the Family Tree given above.

Therefore the demise of the Tyson family associated with Rowhead for well over two hundred years can be described as follows. Sometime between 1830 & 1840 Thomas and Hannah Tyson left Rowhead for Brow Foot in Netherwasdale, no doubt leasing the farm to John and Mary Ritson who married in 1838 and had their first child at Rowhead in 1840. Edward, the brother of Thomas Tyson had left Wasdale and eventually set up business in Maryport and it was his grandson Thomas who benefited under his grandfather’s will. Thomas did return to the farm for 1871-81 but in common with many Cumbrians migrated to Liverpool and it was from there that the farm passed to the Musgrave family.

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First Generation

1. John TYSON, son of Thomas TYSON (1707-1780) and Mary FRYER (1702- ), was born on 15 December 1734 in Wasdalehead. He married Jane ROBINSON on 19 December 1756 in Gosforth, Cumb. He died on 13 September 1773 in Wasdalehead.

Jane ROBINSON was born in 1732. She died on 4 December 1771 in Wasdalehead. She and John TYSON had the following children:

+2. Elizabeth TYSON (1758-1833)

+3. Thomas TYSON (1760-1842)

+4. Isabel TYSON (1762-1837)

+5. Joseph TYSON (1764- )

+6. Jane TYSON (1767- )

+7. John TYSON (1767-1836)

+8. Edward TYSON (1770-1834)

 Second Generation

2. Elizabeth TYSON, daughter of John TYSON and Jane ROBINSON, was born on 5 March 1758 in Wasdalehead. She died on 14 February 1833 in Row Head, Wasdalehead.

3. Thomas TYSON, son of John TYSON and Jane ROBINSON, was born on 27 February 1760 in Wasdalehead. In 1783 he was resident in Wasdalehead. He married Hannah VICCARS on 17 August 1783 in Eskdale, Cumb. He died on 10 February 1842 in Netherwasdale. He was buried on 13 February 1842 in Netherwasdale.

Hannah VICCARS was born on 20 December 1760 in Eskdale. She died on 1 March 1851 in Netherwasdale. She and Thomas TYSON had the following children:

+9. Jane TYSON (1783-1792)

 4. Isabel TYSON, daughter of John TYSON and Jane ROBINSON, was born on 7 March 1762 in Wasdalehead. She married John COCKBAIN on 10 October 1789 in Cleator. She died on 7 November 1837 in Whitehaven.

Buried at Cleator.

John COCKBAIN and Isabel TYSON had the following children:

+10. John COCKBAIN (1790- )

+11. Nancy COCKBAIN (1793- )

+12. Jane COCKBAIN (1796- )

+13. Ruth COCKBAIN (1799- )

+14. Tyson COCKBAIN (1803- )

 5. Joseph TYSON, son of John TYSON and Jane ROBINSON, was born on 18 November 1764 in Wasdalehead.

6. Jane TYSON, daughter of John TYSON and Jane ROBINSON, was born on 21 October 1767 in Wasdalehead. She married George PAPE on 30 November 1788 in Crosscanonby.

George PAPE and Jane TYSON had the following children:

+15. Thomas PAPE ( - )

+16. Betsy PAPE ( - )

 7. John TYSON, son of John TYSON and Jane ROBINSON, was born on 21 October 1767. He died in 1836.

8. Edward TYSON, son of John TYSON and Jane ROBINSON, was born on 6 October 1770 in Wasdalehead. He married Sarah SCOTT on 22 June 1794. He died in 1834 in Maryport, Cumb.

Sarah SCOTT was born in 1770. She died in 1833. She and Edward TYSON had the following children:

+17. William TYSON (1797-1851)

+18. Jane TYSON (1805- )

+19. Edward TYSON (1806- )

+20. John TYSON (1809- )

+21. Sarah TYSON (1812- )

 Third Generation

9. Jane TYSON, daughter of Thomas TYSON and Hannah VICCARS, was born on 2 December 1783 in Wasdalehead. She died on 14 June 1792 in Wasdalehead. She was buried on 17 June 1792 in Eskdale.

10. John COCKBAIN, son of John COCKBAIN and Isabel TYSON, was born on 6 September 1790 in St.Bees.

11. Nancy COCKBAIN, daughter of John COCKBAIN and Isabel TYSON, was born on 12 October 1793 in St.Bees.

12. Jane COCKBAIN, daughter of John COCKBAIN and Isabel TYSON, was born on 4 September 1796 in St.Bees.

13. Ruth COCKBAIN, daughter of John COCKBAIN and Isabel TYSON, was born on 9 November 1799 in St.Bees.

14. Tyson COCKBAIN, son of John COCKBAIN and Isabel TYSON, was born on 1 June 1803 in St.Bees.

15. Thomas PAPE was the son of George PAPE and Jane TYSON.

16. Betsy PAPE was the daughter of George PAPE and Jane TYSON.

17. William TYSON, son of Edward TYSON and Sarah SCOTT, was born in 1797 in Maryport, Cumb. He married Ann ROBINSON on 3 August 1828 in Crosscanonby. In 1830 he was resident in Maryport. He died in 1851 in Maryport.

Ann ROBINSON was born in 1793 in Scotland. She died in 1859. She and William TYSON had the following children:

+22. Jane TYSON (1831-1832)

+23. Thomas TYSON (1833-aft1900)

+24. Edward TYSON (1835-1837)

+25. William TYSON (1837-1840)

+26. John TYSON (1839-1874)

+27. Sarah TYSON (1840- )

+28. Hannah TYSON (1842-1844)

+29. Edward William TYSON (1843- )

 18. Jane TYSON, daughter of Edward TYSON and Sarah SCOTT, was born in 1805 in Maryport.

19. Edward TYSON, son of Edward TYSON and Sarah SCOTT, was born in 1806 in Maryport.

Isabella Birkett SCAIFE
was born in 1815 in Liverpool, Lanc. She and Edward TYSON had the following children:

+30. Edward Thomas TYSON (1848-1923)

+31. Thomas Scaife TYSON (1850- )

 20. John TYSON, son of Edward TYSON and Sarah SCOTT, was born in 1809.

21. Sarah TYSON, daughter of Edward TYSON and Sarah SCOTT, was born in 1812 in Maryport.

Fourth Generation

22. Jane TYSON, daughter of William TYSON and Ann ROBINSON, was born in 1831 in Maryport, Cumb. She died in 1832 in Maryport.

23. Thomas TYSON, son of William TYSON and Ann ROBINSON, was born in 1833 in Maryport. He married Mary Ann WILLIAMSON in 1864 in Maryport. In 1881 he was resident in Row Head, Wasdalehead. He died after 1900 in Liverpool, Lanc.

Mary Ann WILLIAMSON, daughter of John WILLIAMSON ( - ) and Isabella UNKNOWN ( - ), was born on 4 January 1829 in Caldbeck, Cumb.

24. Edward TYSON, son of William TYSON and Ann ROBINSON, was born in 1835 in Maryport. He died in 1837 in Maryport.

25. William TYSON, son of William TYSON and Ann ROBINSON, was born in 1837 in Maryport. He died in 1840 in Maryport.

26. John TYSON, son of William TYSON and Ann ROBINSON, was born in 1839. He married Mary MILLER on 18 June 1863 in Crosscannonby. He died on 27 March 1874 in Maryport.

Mary MILLER was born in 1845.

27. Sarah TYSON, daughter of William TYSON and Ann ROBINSON, was born in 1840.

28. Hannah TYSON, daughter of William TYSON and Ann ROBINSON, was born in 1842 in Maryport. She died in 1844 in Maryport.

29. Edward William TYSON, son of William TYSON and Ann ROBINSON, was born in 1843 in Maryport.

30. Edward Thomas TYSON, son of Edward TYSON and Isabella Birkett SCAIFE, was born in 1848 in Maryport. In 1881 he was resident in 13 Fleming Square, Maryport. He died in 1923.

31. Thomas Scaife TYSON, son of Edward TYSON and Isabella Birkett SCAIFE, was born in 1850 in Maryport.