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Isaiah INMAN
1815 - 1889 (74 years)
Has 11 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
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Name Isaiah INMAN Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 16 Mar 1815 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England 
Baptised 25 Apr 1815 Windsor Lane Congregational Chapel, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Gender Male Hobby / Interest From 1839 to 1889 St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Bell ringer - Approximate date range, based on Isaiah said to have been a bell ringer in Knaresborough for 50 years in his nephew Frederick Inman's obituary in a local paper. A peal board in the ringing chamber at St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough shows "I Inman" ringing the 4th in peal of Grandsire triples. I believe he may have rung one or 2 other peals but I don't have any details (yet).
A peal of triples means that 7 bells were changing places, with the 8th being last to ring each time. In each change all the bells rang, and the order was different each time - 5040 is seven factorial (7!) and so the maximum number of different changes possible with seven bells changing places. All the ringers would ring for the whole time, and without any break.
I took the photo of the peal board when I rang at the church one Sunday morning when staying in Knaresborough for a few days on holiday. In my first peal, rung in Gillingham, Dorset some 116 years after Isaiah's, I also rang the 4th and the method was Grandsire triples. This was not an attempt to imitate my 3xgt uncle - I knew of him but not that he was a ringer - at the time. My first peal was a little quicker, taking 3 hours 8 minute, despite Gillingham's bells being heavier (tenor weight 24-1-12 cwt compared with 18-1-15 in Knaresborough). A time of 3 hours 19 minutes is rather slow by today's standards - maybe it reflects the fittings they had then make the ringing harder work and causing the bells to ring more slowly?
The report of his death also refers to him being a bell ringer, but ringing all the bells on a Wednesday morning would have been unusual, so I guess he may also have chimed a bell for the weekday offices (Morning and Evening Prayer)
Occupation From 1841 to 1889 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Weaver - Recorded as a weaver when he married in 1845, in the censuses and at the account of his death which appeared in the local paper.
(Censuses show weaver 1841, hand loom weaver 1851, linen weaver 1861, linen weaver (journeyman) 1871, linen weaver 1881)
Census6 Jun 1841 Back Street, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England [1] Residence From 6 Jun 1841 to 1845 Back Street, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England - Living in Back Street at the time of the 1841 census and when his son was born there in 1845.
Died 21 Aug 1889 Beech Hill, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Cause: Apoplectic seizure - GRO ref: Inman, Isaiah q3 1889 aged 73 Knaresborough RD 9a 72
Details from death registration (GRO register entry)
Isaiah's death was reported in the York Herald the day after he died, i.e. in the edition for Thursday 22 Aug 1889:
Sudden Death of a Bellringer at Knaresborough
Yesterday morning, Isaiah Inman, 73 years of age, by trade a weaver, was found dead in bed. The deceased was the parish bellringer, and should have been at the church yesterday morning to ring the bells. As he did not put in an appearance at the appointed time his daughter went to his house, and found him dead in bed. Dr. Wiley was called in and saw him after death, and in his (the doctor's) opinion deceased died of paralysis.
The same item also appeared in the Saturday edition (24th Aug) except that the first "yesterday" was replaced by "Wednesday".
I was puzzled by the reference to his daughter, as to the best of my knowledge he only had one child, a son who died in infancy.
The reference seems to be an error, and an article in the Ripon Observer of the 29 August 1889 makes more sense:
[to be transcribed]
The only adult nephew living locally was his brother Philip's second son, Fred. He had a 14 year old daughter, Florrie, so it must have been she who was sent to see if he was up. I am glad it was a neighbour who went in and found Isaiah dead, rather than young Florrie herself.
Coroner’s Inquest 22 Aug 1889 Lord Nelson Inn, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Buried St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England - Have photo of grave - next to Philip & Sarah, with Frederick (nephew) and F's g.son A R Cawood.
A later photo has his name added onto the same gravestone as Philip and Sarah, beneath their son (my gt grandfather) John! My guess is that it was removed from that of Frederick to make more room for Frederick's family.
Siblings3 brothers Half-siblings9 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of John INMAN and Mary GROVES) Patriarch & Matriarch 
John INMAN, [Parents?], b. Abt 1753, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, d. Between 1834 and 1836 (Age ~ 81 years) (Father) 
Ellen HUTCHINSON, b. Abt 1747, d. Dec 1819, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 72 years) (Grandmother) Notes - Living at Kirkgate (Knaresborough) in 1851 with Hannah and 2 nephews, William (age 5) & Frederick (age 2) Lund, both born K;
still at Kirkgate in 1861 & 1881 (with Hannah only in both yrs). - (Research):In the Parish Registers the only baptism for a child of Isaiah's I found was that for William, who died in childhoood. This together with the lack of any sons or daughters with the family in any census means it is therefore puzzling that the report of his death mentions his daughter went to check when he didn't turn up to ring a bell. I have also not found the death of his first wife - it does not appear to have been registered in Knaresborough Reg Dist.
1. It is possible that he had a daughter with her who was looked after by family - maybe grandparents - after he was widowed for the first time and stayed with these relations after he remarried. I believe I have found Isaiah's Hardcastle father in law in 1851, 61 and 1881 - no sign of a granddaughter.
2. Or the paper may have got it wrong and it was not a daughter who found him dead - maybe the wife of one of the nephew's-in-law who was living with him at one time, or his brother's daughter.
Person ID I1512 All | The Inman eighth - ancestors and descendants of Philip Inman and Sarah née Craven Last Modified 20 Jan 2024
Father John INMAN, [Parents?], b. Abt 1753, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. Between 1834 and 1836 (Age ~ 81 years)
Other Partners: Mary GROVES m. 15 Mar 1780Mother Mary SERVANT, b. Abt 1778, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. 6 Jan 1850, Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 72 years) Married 20 Oct 1808 St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England - From PR entry (seen first in RO in Northallerton, now on FMP)
"No 954[*] John Inman of this Parish Widower and Mary Servant of this Parish Spinster
Married in this Church by Banns
this twentieth Day of October in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred
and eight By me M. Mark Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us John Inman + his Mark, Mary Servant + hir Mark
In the Presence of Abraham Nun X his Mark, John Towlard"
Witness John Towlard was probably Parish Clerk, as he was a witness to many marriages at this time.
[*] one of two entries numbered 954!
Family ID F73 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Anna HARDCASTLE, b. 15 Nov 1817, Bilton with Harrogate, Yorkshire, England , d. 28 Feb 1841, Back Street, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age 23 years) Married 26 Nov 1838 St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England - signed by Isaiah and Anna; witnessed by Philip Inman and Sarah Craven (latter made her mark)
Last Modified 14 Jan 2012 Family ID F2496 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Hannah LUND, b. Abt 1816, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. Dec Q 1882, Knaresborough Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 66 years) Married 2 Mar 1845 St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England - marr: Isaiah signed, Hannah made her mark; Philip signed as a
witness
Children 1. William INMAN, b. 28 Sep 1845, Back Street, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. 14 Oct 1845, The Union Workhouse, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age 0 years)Last Modified 23 Nov 2014 Family ID F1188 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Approximate date range, based on Isaiah said to have been a bell ringer in Knaresborough for 50 years in his nephew Frederick Inman's obituary in a local paper. A peal board in the ringing chamber at St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough shows "I Inman" ringing the 4th in peal of Grandsire triples. I believe he may have rung one or 2 other peals but I don't have any details (yet).
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Documents 
The obituary of Frederick Inman
Obituary with account of the funeral and burial
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Sources - [S143] Census - 1841 England, (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : 2010), Knaresborough, folio 21, page 6, Philip Inman; digital images(http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 20 Jul 2013); citing The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) HO 107/1285/14 (Reliability: 4).
see image on Ancestry (sub. needed)
- [S143] Census - 1841 England, (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : 2010), Knaresborough, folio 21, page 6, Philip Inman; digital images(http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 20 Jul 2013); citing The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) HO 107/1285/14 (Reliability: 4).