Sons record says he was son of George of Yarm. Gent. Book Keeper of
Skipton.
Source=Susan Merryweather.
Shown as John MERRIWEATHER
Sons record says he was son of George of Yarm. Gent.
Book Keeper of Skipton
This is possibly the one mentioned in Skipton Baine's Directory 1822,
Auctioneers and Appraisers Merryweather John, Caroline St.
Inscription on Grave stone (removed in so called clean up of the
Churchyard) Parish Church, Skipton, Yorkshire, England, John Merryweather
of Skipton, died September the 21st 1832, aged 61.
From Local History on Embsay John was owner of a Mill, he lost the mill
cer 1796 due to Bankruptcy
Source:- Mark Andrew
The following E-mail From Mark Andrew Raises some points as to wether
this is the same John M or another as the Mar Date is seven years
different.
In the Library today I was doing a search through the volumes of the
Thoresby Society, the main Leeds Historical Society.
I found the following on John MERRYWEATHER of Skipton which is good
confirmation on a number of points.
1.Vol. with extracts from The Leeds Intelligencer 1792
no 1955 . Monday February 27th 1792
" On Monday was married, Mr John Merryweather, of Burley near Otley, to
Miss WATSON . And on Tuesday , Mr Wm WHITAKER of this town, to Miss
Nancy Watson, both daughters of Mr Rowland Watson, Attorney of Kighley. "
Of course we have the marriage listed but it does confirm John being of
Burley.
It will be interesting if the Whitakers are the same family who were in
Partnership with George Merryweather at Burley.
2. In another Vol on the same Newspaper there is an article dealing with
the history of the paper and its politics 1822-33
It says it was a bitter period of rivalry between the paper, which
supported the Tory cause, and The Leeds Mercury, the Whigs.
The Mercury was run by Edward Baines. They had printed an attack on Watts
the Editor of the Intelligencer and there was a court case at the Spring
Assizes 1824.
The article reads
" It was not Baines himself who had written the offensive remarks, but
John Merryweather, auctioneer of Skipton and the Mercury's agent there "
I have a book on the history of The Yorkshire Post which mentions the
case but not John M, it ended against Baines but with damages of only 1
shilling. !
I will attempt to read the reports in the files and maybe there will be
other information on John and his work in Skipton for the Mercury.
There is also in another Volume " Leeds Workhouse under the old Poor Law
1726-1834 "!
a report of the visit in 1805 to " Mr Merryweather's Factory in Otley "
where some 9 Leeds children were apprenticed .
This reports that the deputation of 3 churchwardens, two overseers and
one trustee were
" unanimous of opinion that placing them under the care of Mr
Merryweather it would be doing them a greater kindness than placing them
with individuals in the town "

Inscription on Grave stone (removed in so called clean up of the
Churchyard) Parish Church, Skipton, Yorkshire, England and Frances
Merryweather Relict of the above (John) died 6 September 1834 aged 66.
Other place of Mar given as Skipton, Yorkshire, England.
From Mark Andrew May 2004
Last year I was in correspondence with author and historian Chris Aspin
of Rossendale and have recently purchased his book 'The Water Spinners '
on pp 39 he writes "Rowland Watson, who ran mills in Keighley, saw two
links forged on successive days. On February.27' 1792, [ ? ] his daughter
Frances married John Merryweather, a merchant, who took up cotton
spinning at Embsay, near
Skipton; and on the following day, Nancy Watson married William Whitaker,
son of John Whitaker, head of one of the largest firms in Leeds. Some
fifteen months later, Whitaker's youngest daughter Mary married John
Merryweather's brother George, a partner in tqe large Greenholme Mill at
Burley-in- Wharfedale. "
Now this ties up with other information, the Skipton Grave of John for
example, which shows his parents as George and Susanna [ SUGGET ]
Chris also says
Baynes appears to have let the mill to John Merryweather, a Gargrave
merchant, whose brother George was a partner in the large cotton mill at
Burley-in- Wharfedale. Merryweather became bankrupt in 1796, and in May
of the following year the "new erected cotton mill" with two storeys
above the ground floor came on the market. It was said to be about twenty
yards long, ten and a half yards wide "within the walls" and to have "two
very good waterwheels". There was "a. constant supply of water with a
fall of between 4° and 5° feet. William Baynes would give further
particulars: .
I do feel you are wrong to place George, brother of John, as having
parents Thomas & Ann [ CUMMIN ] as it does seem that they were the sons
of George of Yarm
I have added this note to our site.
The Merryweather family of Yarm were Merchants and Shippers of Salt from
Northumberland [ Northumberland Archives ]
Also friend and supporters of John Wesley who stayed with them at Yarm a
number of times. They gave the site for the historic Methodist Chapel at
Yarm after holding services in their own home.

Died aged 1 month, Buried East side of Church Porch - Skipton Parish
Church[Source_Susan_Merryweather.FTW]
Died aged 1 month
Buried East side of Church Porch - Skipton Parish Church

Died of fever, Buried between Great & Little Doors at Skipton Church.
Source_Susan_Merryweather