(1) John (VIII.)

(2) James, born 31st October, 1746,21 resided in the parish of Allhallows the Great, London, and had also a residence at Walton-on-Thames; he died December, 1792,23 will dated 12th November, proved P.C.C. 22nd December, 1792, leaving

issue:

(a) James, born at Walton, 2nd February; baptised 18th August, 1786.23

(a) Harriot, born at Deptford, Kent, 10th October, 1779; married 18th January, 1796,23 James Jackson, of Little Eppleton, Co. Durham, and died 14th August, 1833, leaving issue.

(3) William, born 23rd September; buried 1st December, 1746.21

(1) Mary, baptised 21st September, 1728;21 married 15th March, 1753,21 John Nicholson, of Bishop Wearmouth Panns, and had issue. She died 5th June, 1814, aged 86.

(2) Elizabeth, born 20th June, 1730; died 3rd November, 1749.21

(3) Jane, born 17th December, 1731;24 married first, 22nd August, 1754,24 settlement dated that year, Lambton Stonehouse, of Stockton, sailmaker, probate of whose will is dated 18th May, 1761. She re-married George Browne, of Darlington, and died September, 1818.25

21. Bishopwearmouth Parish Registers. 23. Jackson Family Papers. 24. Bishopwearmouth Parish Registers. 25. Collection of Mr. Reginald Peacock.

(1) John Stonehouse, born 27th July, 1757, afterwards of Manchester. (1) Elizabeth, born 26th May, 1755; married (settlement dated 1778) Ralph Hodgson, of Darlington.

(2) Penelope, died young.

(Ex information Mr. Reginald Peacock).

(4) Penelope Laurence, born 15th May;26 baptised 22nd May, 1734;24 married 23rd June, 1757, Philip Jackson, of Leyton, Co. Essex.27

Mr. Goodchild died 27th February, 1750-1. His widow died at Pallion, 16th December, 1792.

VIII. John Goodchild, of Pallion.

Baptised 23rd June, 1736;28 married first 7th August, 1766,29 Mary (born 26th July 1743; died 1769), daughter of John Nesham, of Houghton-le-Spring, and had issue :—

(1) John (IX.)

(1) Mary, born 12th December, 1768;28 married at Gretna Green, Tuesday, 13th April, 1802, 30 Matthew Fairless, of Ninebanks, Co. Northumberland, and of Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham; by post-nuptial settlement, dated 25th August, 1802,31 her portion of £3,000 was settled in consideration of their marriage recently solemnised. Mr. Fairless was Consul for Hanover and the Netherlands at Sunderland, and resided in Fawcett Street until about 1828, when he removed to Newcastle, where he died 24th April, 1839,31 aged 65; his widow died 21st November, 1860.31 They had issue :

(a) Mary Goodchild, died unmarried at Jesmond, 26th April, 1887, aged 82.31

24. Bishopwearmouth Parish Registers. 26. Family Papers.

27. Register of St. George the Martyr, Queen Square, London. They were married by her uncle, the Rev. John Laurence, the witnesses being John Hall, and the Rev. William Stukeley (numerous references to the family will be found in the diary of the latter gentleman, published by the Surtees Society). Miss Goodchild is described as of Bethnal Green, spinster, in the Register, ex information Rev. E. C. Bedford, present rector.

28. Bishopwearmouth Parish Registers. 29. Houghton Parish Registers. 30. Newcastle Advertiser, 17th April, 1802. 31. New County History of Northumberland, IV., p. 120, and Family Papers.

* A second Christian name (very unusual at this period) was given to her in memory of the Rev. John Laurence, her grandfather, who died two years before her birth. It appears supra that Mr. Goodchild's second son by his first marriage had similarly a second Christian name.

(b) Jane, wife of John Easton, of Pelaw House,

died at Ripon, without issue.31

(c) Elizabeth Catherine, died unm. at Jesmond, 26th January, 1891, aged 82.31

Mr. Goodchild married secondly, Monday, 5th January, 1801,32 at Bow Church, Durham, Elizabeth, widow of George Mowbray, of Ford Hall, and fifth daughter of Anthony Wilkinson, J.P., of Crossgate, which lady died 30th January, 1828.

This gentleman, who was a considerable ship and quarryowner, was one of the founders of the Dispensary in Sunderland; he also presented the old Font, which was made of Pallion marble, to Bishopwearmouth Church. In 179, he purchased Ford Hall, together with the Newhall Farm, from his stepson, George Mowbray, Esq., for £14,500, and he erected the new Hall at Pallion, called "High Pallion," as a residence for his son John. The father and son were stiled respectively "of Low Pallion" and "of High Pallion."34

Mr. Goodchild was one of the partners in the Wear Bank, founded circa 1800, which suspended payment 1st July, 1815,34 when his extensive estates were sold to enable him to meet the demands of his numerous creditors. He afterwards resided at Durham, where he died 23rd August, 1819.*

31. New County History of Northumberland, IV., p. 120, and Family Papers. 32. Newcastle Advertiser, Saturday, 10th January, 1801.

34.

"A History of Banks, Bankers, and Banking," by Maberly Phillips, PP. 274-277.

*"Died in the City of Durham, on the 23rd instant, John Goodchild, Esq., late of Pallion, in the County of Durham, aged 83 years and 2 months; a gentleman whose ancestors have been classed for nearly 300 years amongst the most respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood in which he lived; and whose honourable mind, tranquil happy life, and uniformly cheerful, peaceable, unassuming disposition, for nearly 80 years, endeared him to a most extensive circle of friends and acquaintance. Having been thus admired and beloved in prosperity, he was no less revered and respected by all ranks in society during the adversity of the last 4 years of his life; an adversity produced by the virtue and goodness of his heart. Unacquainted with iniquity, he feared no evil, and gave unlimited confidence to specious villainy. As he lived, he died, in peace with all mankind, leaving an example behind him of the instability of human affairs." -Newcastle Courant, Saturday, 28th August, 1819.

IX. John Goodchild, of Pallion.

Born 9th May, 1767;36 married 20th May, 1790,37 his cousin, Elizabeth, fourth daughter of John Nesham, of Houghton-leSpring, and had issue :

(1) John, born 1795; died in Queen Street, Bishopwearmouth, 24th December, 1851.38

(2) James, born 1805; died at Monkwearmouth, 12th October, 1831.39

(3) Laurence, born Ist December, 1813. Author of "Hoel: a Cambrian Tale," "The Rebel's Wooing," "Warkworth," "The Lamiæ: a Tale of the Roman Conquest," etc.; he died 21st March, 1881,40 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

(1) Elizabeth, born 1791; died unm.

(2) Margaret, born 1793; married 26th October, 1811, Joseph Simpson,41 J.P., of Rock Lodge, afterwards of Whitburn West House, Mayor of Sunderland, 1838-9, and had issue:

(a) Charles, born 13th October, 1812; of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law; married 5th October, 1837, Matilda Gertrude, daughter of George Rooke, of Williamfield, near Edinburgh; died without issue. (b) John Eyres, born 24th March, 1816; of Trinity College, Cambridge; died unmarried.

(c) George Augustus Frederick, born 11th April, 1821, Officer, Commissariat Department; died unmarried.

(d) Thomas Burne, born 6th September, 1829, Clerk in Holy Orders, Vicar of Bassenth

36. Bishopwearmouth Parish Registers. 37. Newcastle Advertiser, Saturday, 22nd May, 1790. 38. Newcastle Chronicle, 2nd January, 1852. 39. Newcastle Courant, 15th October, 1831. 40. Sunderland Library Circular, July, 1900. 41. Burke's "Landed Gentry," 1853, p. 1237, and Family Papers.