David Stansfeld of Leeds

West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 about David Stansfeld Name: David Stansfeld Birth Date: 13 Feb 1755 Baptism Date: Mar 1755 Parish: Halifax, St John the Baptist Father's Name: David Stansfeld

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Stansfeld, David

   [17??-1818] A Leeds merchant. He was

seized of the Manor of Armley in 1791

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Children of David and Sarah

Margaret Peggy Stansfeld 1777 – 1860
Thomas Wolrich Stansfeld 1779 – 1853 Ellen Stansfeld 1780 – 1861 Mary Stansfeld 1782 – 1851 George Stansfeld 1784 – 1834 William Stansfeld 1785 – 1836 Josias Stansfeld 1790 – 1819 James Stansfeld 1792 – 1872 Hatton Hamer Stansfeld 1793 – Henry Stansfeld 1795 – 1829 Hamer Stansfeld 1797 – 1865 Sarah Stansfeld 1797 –

   He married Sarah Wolrich. Children: Thomas Wolrich; George; William; David; Josias; James; Hatton Hamer; Henry [d 1829] of Burley and London; Hamer of Burley House who became a JP for the West Riding; Peggy; Ellen [or Eleanor]; Mary; Sarah

Personality and Interests: The following tribute to his memory appeared in the public obituary which announced his death in November 1818 "Unsullied integrity of conduct, proceedings from guileless purity of heart: benevolence that excluded no creature of God, whether it boasted the human form or not, from its kind and considerate regard: gentleness of spirit, that would not provoke hostility, or immediately disarmed it,: generosity, that was ever quicksited to the virtues: and candour, that always extenuated the failings of others: and, to enown all piety, which, whilst it delighted to offer mercy, never willingly withheld sacrifice, but paid regular attention to the forms of religion at the same time that its spirit was prized above all price: such were the modest and unostentatious, but solid and valuable vitues of thie truelly excellent man. TRIBUTE IN THE PUBLIC OBITUARY Nov 1818