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Lineage of Percy Land (1885-1950)

Lineage of Percy Land born Toronto, Canada 1885, the son of Law Land and Elizabeth Sykes.

John Land
Birth: Born no later than 1746, place unknown, parents unknown.
Marriage: Wife, place and date unknown.
Son:

    Charles Land, the son of John Land, was baptized in All Saints Parish in Wakefield January 1, 1767.
    Marriage: Charles Land married Elizabeth Dunford on December 25, 1787 in All Saints Parish Wakefield. Charles and Elizabeth moved to Leeds.
    Son:
      Charles Lewis Land, the son of Charles Land, was baptized in the Leeds Parish church on September 3, 1797.
      Marriage: Charles Lewis Land married Anne Dinsdell in Birstall Parish on February 25, 1816.
      Son:
        John Land, the son of Charles Lewis Land and Ann Land, was born on May 5, 1818 and baptized in the Queen Street Chapel, Leeds on July 12, 1818. John Land moved to Batley in Batley parish.
        Marriage: John Land married twice. His second wife was Lydia Law who he married on November 7, 1857 in the Birstall Parish Church.
        Son:
          Law Land, the son of John Land and Lydia Law was born on December 29, 1858.
          Marriage: Law Land married Elizabeth Sykes on April 25, 1880 in Batley. Law and Elizabeth immigrated to Toronto Canada circa 1881. They subsequently immigrated to the United States where they ultimately settled in Smithtown, Long Island.
          Son:
            Percy Land, the son of Law Land and Elizabeth Sykes, was born in Toronto, Canada on June 8, 1885
            Marriage: Percy Land married Meta Petermann on January 18, 1908 in Smithtown, Long Island.
              Edgar (Bud) Land, the son of Percy Land and Meta Petermann was born in Smithtown, Long Island, on October 8, 1915.
              Marriage: Edgar Land married Agnes Goehle in New York City on February 15, 1942.
              Daughter:
                Marguerite (Maggie) Land, born October 22, 1944 in New York City.


Occupations

Percy Land was a builder and contractor. His father, Law Land (b. 1858), was a carpenter. Law's father, John Land (b. 1818), was a cloth drawer as was his father, Charles Lewis Land (b 1797). The occupations of Charles's father, Charles Land (b. 1767), and grandfather, John, are not known.

John's brother, James (b. 1826), was a salesman and bookkeeper.

Johns sons:

  1. John (1841) cloth finisher
  2. Samuel (1843), tailor
  3. William (1847), tailor, cloth finisher
  4. Charles Lewis Land (1842), dyer and cleaner, insurance agent
  5. James Dunford Land 1855), bookbinder and stationer, fancy draper
  6. Law (1858), carpenter
  7. Harry (1867), cloth weaver
  8. Walter (1873), cloth weaver, mill worker

Faith

Some records were found in the Church of England and some were found in Non-conformist congregations.


Literacy

John Land was literate enough to sign his name at the times of his marriages and the births of his children. His first wife, Mary Dyson, signed with her mark, indicating that she could not write. His second wife, Lydia Law, was literate enough to sign her name at the time of her marriage and the births of several of her children.


The Name Land

According to the Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames by Charles Bradsley, 1967, Land (also spelt "Lund") means "at the land". It is a place name for one who lived by the land or open wood. Variations are Landman and Lowndes.

Because it is a place name there were most likely more that one origin of the name.

A brief survey of Lands on the LDS IGI indicates:

  • In the early records the name was also spelled, Lande, Lands, Landes, and possibly de la Land, DeLand and Dalland
  • The highest concentration of Lands in the earliest records were in London by 1564 and Devon by 1578
  • There was a sprinkling of Lands in: Worcester by 1543, Hertford by 1544, Stafford by 1553, Berkshire by 1554, Kent by 1559, Sussex by 1559, Lincoln by 1562, Warwick by 1563, Buckingham by 1565, Bedford by 1577, Gloucester by 1578, Cornwall by 1587, Essex by 1587, Suffolk by 1587, Lancashire by 1590, Somerset by 1590, Norfolk by 1591, Oxfordshire by 1592, Cambridge by 1595, Surrey by 1598 Leicester by 1619, and Hampshire by 1639

At the National Genealogical Society's Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, May 31-June 3, 2000, George Redmonds, a speaker at the conference and an expert on Yorkshire names, told me in a personal conversation, that the name Land is "not a Yorkshire name". By this he meant, that although the records for the name in Yorkshire go back to at least to 1580, the name did not originate in Yorkshire. When surnames were being established, the Lands were living somewhere else. It must be kept in mind that new Lands arriving from another county may have entered the Yorkshire population at any time.

The first record I can find for the Lands in Yorkshire are in the West Riding parishes of Wragby and Acworth and in the North Riding parish of Bagby.

  • Bagby is about 40 miles north of Leeds. The parish records start in 1556. The records for the Lands in Bagby start in 1593.

  • Wragby abuts Wakefield to the southeast and is listed as having records from 1538 to 1965. The Lands show up in the parish in 1571.

  • Ackworth is the next parish southeast of Wragby and is listed as having records from 1558 to 1957. The Lands show up in the records in 1606. Some of the Lands from Ackworth parish were clothiers who moved to Horbury Parish. I believe (but have not worked it out completely) that this was the Land branch that ended up in Wakefield.

The Lands next show up in the West Riding parishes of Horbury and Dewsbury.

  • The town of Horbury was in the township and parish of Wakefield but had a separate parish register from 1598 to 1968. The family of William Land, who was first listed in Ackworth, moved to Horbury.
  • Dewsbury abuts Wakefield on the west and is listed as having records from 1538 to 1847. The Lands show up in Dewsbury in 1623
The first Lands that are definite ancestors of Law Land were connected with All Saints parish in Wakefield Parish in the early 1700s. The records for All Saints Wakefield (the Cathedral parish) start in 1613. Wakefield parish was comprised the Chapelries of Horbury and Stanley, the town of Wakefield and the townships of "Alverthorpe with Thorn" and Wrenthorpe.


The Land Ancestors in England and The Places They Lived

All of the records for my known Land ancestors in England were found in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the following towns:

  • Wakefield
  • Leeds
  • Birstall
  • Batley
Charles Land, the son of John Land, was baptized in All Saints Parish in Wakefield January 1, 1767. He married Elizabeth Dunford on December 25, 1787 in All Saints Parish Wakefield. Charles and Elizabeth subsequently moved to Leeds.

Charles Lewis Land, the son of Charles Land, was baptized in the Leeds Parish church on September 3, 1797. He married Anne Dinsdell in Birstall Parish on February 25, 1816. They lived in Leeds.

John Land, the son of Charles Lewis Land and Ann Land, was born on May 5, 1818 and baptized in the Queen Street Chapel, Leeds on July 12, 1818. John Land moved to Batley in Batley parish. John Land married twice. His first wife was Mary Dyson. Samuel, one of the sons of of John Land and Mary Dyson, immigrated to Philadelphia, Pa circa 1871. After the death of Mary Dyson, John Land married Lydia Law on November 7, 1857 in the Leeds Parish Church. Samuel was married to Lydia Law's sister, Mary Ann Law.

Law Land, the son of John Land and Lydia Law was born on December 29, 1858. He married Elizabeth Sykes on April 25, 1880 in Batley. Law and Elizabeth immigrated to Toronto Canada circa 1881. They subsequently immigrated to the United States where they ultimately settled in Smithtown, Long Island.

Lydia Law Land, the widow of John Land , step mother of Samuel Land and sister of Mary Ann Law Land, immigrated to Philadelphia with her children in 1882 .

Census in England indicated the following numbers of Lands in Batley Parish:

  • 1841 census, 21 Lands families
  • 1851 census, 23 Land families
  • 1861 census, ?? Land families
  • 1871 census, ?? Land families
  • 1881 census, 4 Land families where the head of household or an older child was born in Batley


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