j.9 Rebecca WORTLEY, geb. 28/05/1798

j.9.  Rebecca, geb. 28/05/1798, Masboro, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Engeland, ged. 24/06/1798, oorl. 1859, Sheffield, Yorkshire x 15/12/1823, Rotherham met George HEPWORTH, geb. 1797, oorl.  1868, s.v. George Hepworth en Elizabeth France.

Rebecca was die dogter van Paul Wortley en Sarah Hobson.

Rebecca Wortley. 1798 dooprekord

WORTLEY, Rebecca (Spinster, age ~, ~, residing at Parish of Rotherham).  Married George HEPWORTH, on December 15, 1823, by ~ (Banns) at Parish Church, Rotherham.  Father's name is ~ (~).

There is an interesting story in my mother’s family about these people -supposedly George Hepworth was a stable boy who ran away with Rebecca Wortley, the daughter of a well to do family connected to the Montague Wortleys who were apparently quite famous and connected to the present day Earl of Warncliffe. (Cilla Taylor – Familysearch)

Kinders:

k.1.  Sarah HEPWORTH, geb. 1826 ​​

k.2.  William Wortley HEPWORTH, geb. 1830, oorl. 1893 ​​

k.3.  John HEPWORTH, geb. 1833 ​​

k.4.  Elizabeth HEPWORTH, geb. 1836​​

k.5.  Mary Ann HEPWORTH, geb. 1842