The Burnyeat Families of Whitehaven and District
by
Nev.Ramsden
The 4th Generation of Burnyeats
The Fourth Generation
14. William MOSSOP, son of William MOSSOP and Hannah BURNYEAT, was baptised on 1 August 1824 in St.Bees.
15. Thomas MOSSOP, son of William MOSSOP and Hannah BURNYEAT, was baptised on 25 January 1829 in St.Bees.
16. Hannah METCALF, daughter of Thomas METCALF and Ann BURNYEAT, was born in 1813 in Whitehaven.
17. Esther METCALF, daughter of Thomas METCALF and Ann BURNYEAT, was born in 1819 in Whitehaven.
18. Ann METCALF, daughter of Thomas METCALF and Ann BURNYEAT, was born in 1821 in Whitehaven. She was baptised on 3 August 1821 in St.James, Whitehaven.
19. Hannah METCALF, daughter of Thomas METCALF and Ann BURNYEAT, was born in 1824 in Whitehaven. She was baptised on 29 December 1824 in St.James.
20. Mary BURNYEAT, daughter of John BURNYEAT and Elizabeth DALZIEL, was born in 1814 in Whitehaven.
21. John BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Elizabeth DALZIEL, was born in 1816 in Whitehaven. He was a Butcher. He married Margaret ROBINSON on 8 April 1837 in Lorton. He died in 1853 in Whitehaven.
Margaret ROBINSON was born on 25 August 1812 in Isell. She was baptised on 20 September 1812 in Isell. She married Abel SPEDDING in 1855 in Whitehaven. She and John BURNYEAT had the following children:
+32: John BURNYEAT (1837-1878)
+33: Elizabeth BURNYEAT (1842- )
+34: Daniel BURNYEAT (1844-1900)
+35: Esther BURNYEAT (1846- )
22. William BURNYEAT, son of John BURNYEAT and Elizabeth DALZIEL, was born in 1819 in Whitehaven. He was baptised on 22 February 1819 in Holy Trinity, Whitehaven.
He was first a Butcher then a Ships Chandler & then a Ship Owner. He was the 'Head of the Burnyeat Business Companies in both Whitehaven & Liverpool'. He married Sarah UDALL in 1850 in Whitehaven. He died on 23 Januay1894 at Millgrove in Whitehaven and was buried on the 25 January 1894 at St.Bartholomew’s church in Roby, Hyton, Lancs.
In 1881 William & family were living in Huyton, Lancs at the time of the Census.
"Foundation of the Ship Store Business, 1861" - taken from the Mariners Market by L.T.C. Rolt, a private publication by Burnyeat Ltd., 1961; also - A Shipbuilders Story by Hugh Braithwaite, a private publication by Burnyeat Ltd., 1986.
William Burnyeat's enterprise and initiative were such that his general butchery business soon outgrew the old shop which he had inherited in Georges Market. By an announcement in the local press in December 1851 he informed his customers that he was about to open new and more spacious premises at 23 King Street, Whitehaven.
Here, at the outset, the general butchery business was carried on as before, but the effect of William Burnyeat's shipping activities was that the shipping trade claimed an ever larger proportion of his growing business. Every new ship in which he took a financial share meant a new customer. This led almost inevitably to William Burnyeat's decision in 1861, to concentrate exclusively upon the ship store trade. The shop in King Street was extended and adapted expressly for this purpose, these first ship store premises being still referred to by some of the older generation in Whitehaven as Burnyeat's Buildings.
King Street was then, and still is, the principal street of Whitehaven, and here was the frontage of the new buildings. This frontage has now become a clothier's shop, but behind it there still stands the large slaughter house, its roof supported by iron columns. Behind this again, and backing on to Chapel Street, were stores and three curious little buildings, were reached by a stairway with an iron balustrade, which look like a row of terrace houses in miniature. Derelict now and soon destined, to be demolished, these are still known as 'the captains' flats
Built by William Burnyeat for the convenience of visiting masters, they represent an enterprising method of attracting and retaining custom. The amenities William Burnyeat provided for his customers along with this accommodation are not recorded!
William Burnyeat at first made his home at 7 Chapel Street, a house which stood nearly opposite the entrance to Georges Market and close to his new buildings. This house has now gone and a furniture warehouse occupies the site, but it once had an enormous cellar with stone or slate slabs and shelves which would undoubtedly have been used for curing bacon and for salting down beef or pork for the shipping trade.
The event which is said to have directly led him to seek an opening in Liverpool was the decision of Thomas and Jonathan Brocklebank to close down their Whitehaven shipyard and transfer all their interests to Liverpool. This was in 1865, and in the following year the name of Burnyeat appears in the list of Liverpool ship store dealers for the first time. It was through the agency of his cousin, Tom Dazell, that William Burnyeat accomplished this. He was Living with part of his family in Huyton in Lancs. for the 1881 census. Is it possible this family was living in Dublin at the time of the 1871 census ?
William Burnyeat – his obituary
The Late Mr.William Burnyeat Whitehaven News 29 January 1894
We regret to record the death of Mr.W. Burnyeat of Ewan Villa, Huyton, near Liverpool. Mr. Burnyeat was a native of Whitehaven, and was originally intended for the medical profession, but he never qualified. He became a most successful man of business, and traded in Whitehaven in Whitehaven for many years on a large scale, with a great shipping connection. He also entered into agriculture, farming at Greenbanks, Crofts, and the Meadows. An arbitration case that turned on the termination his occupation of Greenbank farm was noted in the agricultural world as one of the first cases illustrating the operation of the recent legislation for the purpose of securing to tenants compensation for un-exhausted improvements; and it it was remarkable for the unsatisfactory ending, that the arbitrator awarded less compensation than Lord Lonsdale, the landlord, had actually offered to pay.
Mr.Burnyeat was a large ship owner, and he was also extensively connected with the Salter and Eskett Park Mining Company, the New Parkside Mining Company, the Ehen Mining Company and others. He was one of the directors of the first Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company, took great interest in its affairsand rendered it valuable assistance. He built the house now occupied by Mr.Helder, in Victoria Terrace, Corkickle, and resided there up to the time he left Whitehaven for Liverpool, some 17 or 18 years ago.
At Liverpool he founded the business of Burnyeat & Dalzell, ship owners and furnishers. He was connected with the Lietty Shenkin and Abergorkie Collieries, in South Wales. While at Whitehaven he was for some years a Trustee of the Town & Harbour; but took no conspicuous part in political affairs, whether local or imperial. As a Trustee he was more of a worker than a talker. Mr.Burnyeat had been in declining health for some time. He came over to Millgrove, the residence of his eldest son, about Christmas time. He was then seriously ill – more so than he he at that time realised. He has since been attended there by Dr.Joseph Dickson, of Whitehaven. He died there on Tuesday. Born on the 28th January 1819, he would have been 75 years of age if he had lived till next Sunday.
Mr.Burnyeat was held in high personal esteem by all that new him. His unostentatious and sterling character was in keeping with the sagacity and industry which throughout his long arduous career he had devoted to the important undertakings with the conduct of which he was connected. He was one of the best business men Whitehaven has produced, and at the same time of a kindly and amiable disposition. His services were not unfrequently called upon in the affairs of others, and they were always freely given, without parade, and with the thoroughness and integrity which characterised him in all things.
The remains of the deceased will leave Bransty station, Whitehaven, by the 06.50 train, for the internment today at Roby Church near Hayton.
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In her book ‘Whitehaven in the Great War’ - Ruth Mansergh says – “William Burnyeat left the bulk of his estate, gross value £13,834, to the family ......”
William Burnyeat built at least two ships whom he named after members of his family – the Emily & Sarah Burnyeat
The Emily Burnyeat, built at Gowan’s Yard Berwick, was a wooden brigantine of 128 tones which with her consort barque, Sarah Burnyeat, piled a steady trade for over 30 years. It was lost by collision with the ship Wiscombe Park, of Liverpool, on May 7, 1904.
Sarah UDALL, daughter of William UDALL ( - ), was born in 1821 in Whitehaven. She was baptised on 30 September 1821 in St.James. She died in April 1884 at Roby, Huyton, Lancs. She and William BURNYEAT had the following children:
+36: William BURNYEAT (1850-1921)
+37: John BURNYEAT (1852-1914)
+38: Mary Elizabeth BURNYEAT (1853-1854)
+39: Alfred Dalzell BURNYEAT (1855-1881)
+40: Miles Edward BURNYEAT (1857-1930)
+41: Sarah Jane BURNYEAT (1859- )
+42: Emily BURNYEAT (1860- )
+43: Thomas Butler BURNYEAT (1853- )
+44: Mary S. BURNYEAT (1858- )
23. Esther BURNYEAT, daughter of John BURNYEAT and Elizabeth DALZIEL, was born in 1821 in Whitehaven. She died in 1825 in Whitehaven. She was buried on 26 November 1825 in St.James.
24. Jane BURNYEAT, daughter of John BURNYEAT and Elizabeth DALZIEL, was born in 1826 in Whitehaven. She married Jonathon PORTER in 1849 in Whitehaven R.D.. She died in March 1851 in Whiitehaven RD..
The marriage given is a tentative attribution.
25. Esther BURNYEAT, daughter of John BURNYEAT and Elizabeth DALZIEL, was born in 1827 in Whitehaven. She married John DALZELL in 1844 in Whitehaven R.D.. She died in 1882 in Whiitehaven RD..
John DALZELL, son of Thomas DALZELL (c. 1800- ) and Jane JACKSON ( - ), was born in 1823 in Rowrah. He was baptised on 10 August 1823 in Lamplugh. He died in 1883 in Whitehaven R.D.. He and Esther BURNYEAT had the following children:
+45 Tom DALZELL (1846- )
+46 Elizabeth DALZELL (1848- )
+47 Jane DALZELL (1849- )
26. Jane BURNYEAT, daughter of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Christian TODD, was born in 1812 in Whitehaven. She was baptised on 27 July 1812 in St.James.
27. Ruth BURNYEAT, daughter of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Christian TODD, was born in 1814 in Whitehaven. She was baptised on 20 March 1814 in St.James.
28. William BURNYEAT, son of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Christian TODD, was born in 1816 in Whitehaven. He was born in 1816 in Whitehaven. He was baptised on 22 December 1816 in St.James. He was a Joiner. He married Mary LANCASTER on 6 December 1836 in Hensingham. He died in May 1899 in St.Bees.
In his Will he mentions that he is a retired Joiner, his wife Mary, his son John, his grandson Joseph William Burnyeat, his friends John Sewell farmer of St.Bees & Solomon Hinde watchmaker of Whitehaven his trustees and in the Codecil his son Thomas and his children resident in Barrow in Furness - dated 07.09.1898
SHOCKING DISCOVERY AT ST. BEES
“A peculiarly sad occurrence has been reported to the police at St. Bees, which has caused considerable sensation in the neighbourhood, an old man and his wife both been found lying on the kitchen floor of their house quite dead. The table in the kitchen was found upset and resting on the body of the old woman, and a chair and other furniture in the kitchen were also knocked over. The circumstances at first sight appeared to suggest foul play, but the inquiries made by Superintendant Kelly and the Constable stationed at St. Bees have cleared up the matter, and they are quite satisfied that the unfortunate old couple came through their death by natural causes. The deceased are WILLIAM BURNYEAT, supposed to be aged 82, and his wife MARY BURNYEAT aged 86. They lived by themselves in a pretty little cottage in Main Street. St. Bees, and were in comfortable circumstances, the house they lived in and an adjoining house, being their own. Some six years ago, Mrs. BURNYEAT, who was then very feeble, fell downstairs and her injuries were such that ever since she has been more or less a cripple, only being able to go about by holding on to the table, chairs and other furniture, and her husband was subject to paralytic fits. DR. I'ANSON of Whitehaven having attended him. On Friday, MRS. TYSON, their next door neighbour, heard them in their bedroom and they seemed to be getting up. Some time afterwards, nobody having seen or heard anything further from this old couple, MRS. TYSON sent her servant girl, named STEPHENSON to inquire after them. The girl, after having been unable to gain admittance at BURNYEAT'S door, looked through the window and saw the old man lying on the floor. She returned and told Mrs. TYSON what she had seen. The BURNYEATS have two grown up sons living at St. Bees, one of whom is a joiner, and MRS. TYSON sent word to the latter what her servant had seen. MR. BURNYEAT JR., and the Constable, afterwards arrived at the cottage of the old couple, and an entrance having been effected, some furniture was found upset at the back of the door, the table was thrown over, also a chair upset, and underneath the table the body of MRS. BURNYEAT was found, and close to her was also the dead body of her husband. The theory is that the old man, as was his custom, had gone downstairs to light the fire, and while he was about to do so was struck down by a paralytic fit, and his wife, hearing him fall, had made her way downstairs knocked over the chair and other furniture, crept along the edge of the table towards her husband to try and raise him up, and in the effort had pulled the table over on to herself and had died from shock....”
Inquest to follow - Whitehaven News 20 May 1899
Mary LANCASTER was born in 1814 in Hensingham. She was baptised on 17 July 1814 in Hensingham. She died in May 1899 in St.Bees. She and William BURNYEAT had the following children:
+48: William BURNYEAT (1843-1909)
+49: Jonathon BURNYEAT (1845-1881)
+50: Philip BURNYEAT (1848-1882)
+51: Daniel BURNYEAT (1849- )
+52: John BURNYEAT (1850-1853)
+53: Thomas BURNYEAT (1851- )
+54: Joseph BURNYEAT (c. 1850- )
29. Jonathon BURNYEAT, son of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Christian TODD, was born in 1820 in Whitehaven. He was baptised on 27 March 1820 in St.James. He was a Butcher. He married Elizabeth BUTLER in 1846 in Whitehaven.
Elizabeth BUTLER was born in 1823 in Beckermet. She and Jonathon BURNYEAT had the following children:
+55: Margaret Agnes BURNYEAT (1851- )
30. Elizabeth BURNYEAT, daughter of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Christian TODD, was born in 1824 in Whitehaven. She was baptised on 1 September 1824 in St.James.
31. John BURNYEAT, son of Jonathon BURNYEAT and Christian TODD, was born in 1825 in Whitehaven. He was baptised on 19 November 1825 in St.James.