Rev. Laton Eden, Vicor of Hartburn

[Rev.] Layton Eden, Vicar of Hartburn, was born at his mother’s seat, Layton, Durham, England, about 1654, son of Col. John and Catherine (Layton) Eden;[1][2] and died at Hartburn parish, Northumberland, England, 11 December 1735, aged 90.[3][4][5] He married, first, at Brignal, Yorkshire, 16 May 1678, Elizabeth Johnson,[6] daughter of Ralph Johnson, Vicar of Brignal.

He married, second, about 1686, Elizabeth Aynsley, daughter of William and Susan (Gaile) Aynsely of Highlaws, Northumberland. She died 22 May 1709, was buried at Hartburn 24 May 1709. The register read, “Elizabeth, the wife of Mr Laton Edon vicar of Hartburn who died the 22 of this Instant and Buried in the Quire day afforesaid.”[7]

He married, third, at Hartburn, 27 November 1709, Margaret Dove,[8] daughter of Robert and Anne (Ottway) Dove. The register read, “Mr Layton Eden vicar of Hartburn and Mrs Margaret Dove of Highlaws was married with a license.”[9] Margaret Dove was baptized at Tynemouth, 10 May 1687,[10][11] and was buried in St. Andrew’s Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 21 December 1773.[12]

Young Layton attended Brignall in Yorkshire for his secondary education.

On 30 April 1670, at the age of 16, Layton Eden was admitted to Peterhouse, Cambridge University. He matriculated in 1670, and became a scholar that same year. He earned his B.A. in 1673–74, and his M.A. in 1677. He was ordained as a deacon (Durham) on 19 September 1675. Rev. Eden served as Vicar of Hartburn from his appointment on 15 July 1685 to his death in 1735.[13][14][15]

An entry for 20 October 1717 in the diary of Nicholas Bee notes,

“[u]ncle said he would never furnish the new house; if I behaved well he would leave that to me—he thought either this living or Mr. Layton Eden’s would fall to my share—he had a bolt to shoot, which he thought would hitt, he generally did, etc. In the Bishop of Durham’s gift—worth 200l. per annum.”[16]

According to Canon Alder Gofton, the present Rector of Whalton parish, Rev. Eden was a much-loved Vicar and controlled parish life for 50 years.

He was involved in two court cases:[17]

Page 109.—7 Wm. III. C. 12 June. I.D. 19 Sept., at Hartburn. Mich, term. No. 14. Plaintiff: Laton Eden, clerk. Defendants: John Todd, Thos. Mil-burne, Geo. Henderson, Mattw. Arthur.—Vicarage and parish of Hartburne; the several townships, etc., of High Angerton, Low Angerton, Marlish, Highlaws, Corridge, Broomehall, South Middleton, Old Deanham, Fontgreen, New Deanham, and Halls Farm in Hartburne, etc., etc. Metes and bounds. Tithes.

Page 161.—10 Wm. III. C. 23 May. I.D. 10 June, 1698, at Hartburne. Trin. term. No. 3. Plaintiff: Laton Eden, clerk. Defendants: John Todd, Thos. Milbourne, Geo. Henderson.—Parish of Hartburne, and a parcel of Thornton Moore, in the defendants' possession. Metes and bounds Tithes.

In 1714/15, Mr Laton Edon Vicar of Hartburn was tithed 6d, “collected throughout the parish for a loss by fire att Morpeth Abbey for Robt Wilkinson.”

On 29 May 1729, Laton Eden, Vicar of Hartburn, signed his name and put his seal unto his Last Will and Testament:[18]

In the Name of God Amen I Laton Eden of Hartburn in the County of Northumberland Clerk and Vicar of this Vicaridge of Hartburn being att _sent in good Health and Sound and disposing memory (praised be God for the same) do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and fform following (that is to say). First and primary all I give and bequeath my Soul to the Almighty God my Creator, providing through his Infinite mercy, and the intercession of my Redeemer Jesus Christ to be made a partaker of our everlasting Glory, my body to be buryed in the Church of Hartburn, in Such decent manner as to my Executors hereafter named Shall be thought convenient. Item which said all my Children by my former wife have been Provided for, and received their Portions some years ago. I therefore Give to thou oath one Shilling as a Legacy, with an intention that they may not Claim any part of Share of the personall Estate whereof I am now, or when at my decease. I Shall then be ssessed off. Item I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Jane Eden the Summe of one hundred pounds to be paid to her within six months after my decease. Item all the rest and residue of my Estate of what kind or nature soever I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Margaret Eden (Incase She happens to survive and outlive me the said Laton Eden) But incase she happens to dye before me the Said Laton Eden, Then and Such case, I give and bequeath the Said the said unto my daughter Jane Eden: And in case my Said wife does Survive me aforesaid; Then I doe hereby make and appoint her Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament; But if it Shall please God that She dye before me; Then I do hereby unto make and appoint my said Daughter Jane Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and I doe hereby revoke all former wills And do declare this to be my Last Will and Testament. I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal this Thirty first day of May Anno Domi 1729:• Signed Sealed published & ddeclared to be The Last Will & testament of the Said Laton Eden in the presense of

Matthew Whitaker

W Moore

John Robinson

Children by first wife, Elizabeth Johnson:

William Eden, b. say 1678; d. 1741. Eden attended Ryton School for his secondary education. On 7 July 1698, he was admitted pens. (ae. 19) at Peterhouse College (Cambridge University). William was a Scholar in 1698, received his M.A. in 1702 (incorporated from Glasgow, where he was a student for four years). He received his B.A. (Glasgow) in 1697 and his M.A in 1702. William Eden was ordained deacon in Durham, 21 Sept. 1701; and a priest, 19 Sept. 1703. Eden became P.C. of St. Helen, Auckland, from 1703 to 1714, Vicar of Stockton from 1714 to 1715, Rector of Elwick from 1715 to 1741, and Vicar of St. Nicholas, Durham, from 1720 to 1722. Dr. Eden appears on the Buttery R. 15 July 1698. “Mr Eden” was Inceptor in 1702. According to the Graduati William Eden became B.A. in 1697; M.A. in 1702. Will. Eden, Dunelmensis, educated at Ryton, apparently an undergraduate, was admitted to a Cosin Scholarship as above. A William Eden was inst. R. of Elwick, Co. Durham, in 1715, resigning the Vio. of Stockton, to which he was instituted in 1714: his living was vacant by death in 1741. He was, according to Surtees, son of Layton Eden, R. of Hartburn. Surtees iii. 86, 187. Layton (Laton) Eden graduated from Peterhouse in 1673.[19]
Elizabeth Eden, b. say 1680. The diary of Thomas Gyll notes in his entry of Oct. 1766: “[t]he latter end of this month died at Croft, Mrs. [Elizabeth] Smales, widow of my old cousin, Smales of Gilling. She was above 80 years old.”[20] She m. Rev. Francis Smales, rector successively of Wycliffe, Kirkby Stephen and of Brignal. He was b. at Gilling, Yorkshire, ca. 1678, son of Matthew and Anne (Smithson) Smales, and was bur. Brignal 22 May 1730. His will was dated 3 March 1724 at Brignal, and proved 20 Jan. 1751/2 at York. Smales attended Sedbergh for his secondary education. He was admitted to St. John’s College, Cambridge, 11 May 1696, aged 18, B.A., 1699/1700, M.A., 1703. 1696. He became a Fellow from 1702 to 1708, Rector of Kirkby Stephen, Yorkshire, Rector of Wycliffe from 1706 to 17330, and Vicar of Brignal from 1707 to 1730.[21] Children:
Ann Smales, bap. Gilling, Yorkshire, 9 Oct. 171[0].[22] She m. John Fenwick of Morpeth.
Jane Smales, b. Gilling, Yorkshire, 12 Nov. 1715;[23] d. in infancy.
Elizabeth Smales, bap. Gilling, Yorkshire, 13 May 1717.[24]
Rev. Francis Smales, b. Gilling, Yorkshire, 23 Feb. 1718/9.[25] He was bur. 29 Oct. 1786. He m. Mansfield, Yorkshire, in Dec. 1756, Jane Lancaster, dau. of Thomas Lancaster of Kirkby Ravensworth, Yorkshire. Rev. Francis Smales was Vicar of Kirkby Ravensworth. Rev. and Jane Smales had two children: Francis Smales, b. 19 Feb. 1757/8, d. Feb. 1829, solicitor; m. St. Oswald’s, Durham, 4 Sept. 1784, Ann (Radcliffe) Lightbody; and Anne Smales, wife of John Wilson of Thorcroft, Yorkshire.
Hannah Smales, b. Gilling, Yorkshire 5 Sept. 1721;[26] d. in infancy.
Jane Smales, bur. Croft, Yorkshire 4 May 1737.[27]
Children by second wife, Elizabeth Aynsley:

Anne Eden, b. say 1685; m. Hartburn, 29 May 1701, Richard Coke.[28]
Ralph Eden, bap. Hartburn, 11 June 1687;[29] d. Yorkshire. Ralph attended Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, for his secondary education. Like his father, Ralph attended Cambridge University, entering Peterhouse in 1705. On 11 April 1705, he was admitted pens. (ae. 17). He was a scholar in 1705, and matriculated in 1705–6. Ralph Eden was ordained a deacon (York) in June 1718 and a priest in May 1719. He later became P.C. of St. Margaret, Durham, 1722/32; deprived for immorality.[30]
Francis Eden, bap. Hartburn, 27 March 1688.[31]
John Eden, bap. Hartburn, 18 Sept. 1688.[32]
Jane Eden, bap. Hartburn, 9 Aug. 1692.[33]
Layton Eden, bap. Hartburn, 10 Oct. 1695.[34]
Jane Eden, bap. Hartburn, 18 Sept. 1701.[35]
Children by third wife, Margaret Dove, baptized at Hartburn, Northumberland, England:

Jane Eden, bap. 18 Sept. 1710;[36] m. Robert Harle.
Robert Eden, bap. 3 June 1714;[37] bur. Hexham, 7 June 1715.[38]
Margaret Eden, bap. 3 Aug. 1721; bur. Hartburn, 22 Dec. 1722.[39]
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↑ "Eden of West Auckland," Joseph Foster, Pedigrees Recorded at the Visitations of the County Palatine of Durham made by William Flower, Norroy King-of-Arms, in 1575, by Richard St. George, Norroy King-of-Arms, in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norroy King-of-Arms, in 1666 (London: Joseph Foster, 1887), p. 111, found at Archive.org.
↑ "Pedigree of the Eden Family," Rev. Robert Allan Eden, Some Historical Notes on the Eden Family (London: Blades, East & Blades, 1907), found at FamilySearch.
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ John Hodgson, A History of Northumberland, in Three Parts, Part 2, Volume 1, (Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1827), pp. 205, 300: “MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS & TABLETS in the church.—Within the altar rails: “The burial place of the REV. LATON EDEN, late vicar of Hartburn 51 years, ob. 6 of Dec. 1735, æt. 90.” found at Google Books and Google Books.
↑ "Of the Heavens and The Air," John Wallis, The Natural History And Antiquities Of Northhumberland And of So Much of the County of Durham A Lies Between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed; Commonly Called, North Bishoprick. In Two Volumes (London: W. & W. Strahan, 1769), 1: 3, found at Google Books.
↑ England, Yorkshire, Brignall, parish registers (1588-1837), baptisms (1588-1812); marriages, burials (1588-1726), PR/BRG 1/1, 1588-1812 (FHL film 100,611,145).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Manuscript copy of births, marriages, and burials in the parish register of Tynemouth, 1607-1703 (FHL film Item 11, 7,725,406)
↑ Rev. R. H. Couchman, ed., The Parish Registers of Tynemouth. Volume I: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials 1607–1703; volume II: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials 1703–1734 (South Shields, 1911?), found at FamilySearch.
↑ St Andrew's Church. England, Durham Diocese Bishop's Transcripts, 1639-1919 Northumberland Newcastle upon Tyne, St Andrew 1762-1800. Image 24.
↑ Cambridge Alumni Entry for Layton Eden
↑ Thomas Alfred Walker (comp.), Admissions to Peterhouse Or S. Peter's College in the University of Cambridge A Biographical Register; Being an Extract Transcription of the Entries in the College Admission Books from 1615 to 1887, Together with an Abstract of the Entries in the Academic Register from 1887 to October 1, 1911 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912), p. 141, found at Google Books.
↑ John Venn and J. A. Venn (eds.), Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) p. 84, found at Google Books.
↑ The Publications of the Surtees Society, Six North Country Diaries [the Diary of Nicholas Bee] vol. 118 (Durham, 1910), p. 86 [note 89].
↑ F. W. Dendy, "Exchequer Commissions and Depositions Relating to Northumberland," Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Third Series, vol. 4 (Newcastle: Andrew Reid & Co., 1908), pp. 48, 50, found at Archeology Data Service.
↑ Will of Laton EDEN, vicar of Hartburn, clerk, of Hartburn in the County of Northumberland [Hartburn (Northumberland), Northumberland] Date of probate: 10 Nov. 1736; will, 31 May 1729 (DPR/I/1/1736/E1/1-2), found at FamilySearch; will bond, penal sum £600, 10 Nov. 1736 (DPR/I/3/1736/B146), found at FamilySearch.
↑ Thomas Alfred Walker, Admissions to Peterhouse or St. Peter's College in the University of Cambridge (Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, 1912), p. 201.
↑ The Publications of the Surtees Society, Six North Country Diaries [the Diary of Thomas Gyll] 118 (Durham, 1910), pp. 217–218, including fn 210.
↑ Scott-Mayor; H. M. Wood; Sedbergh School Register.
↑ Egbert Claud Hudson, The Parish Register of Gilling, York, 1573-1812 (1942), found at Archive.org.
↑ Egbert Claud Hudson, The Parish Register of Gilling, York, 1573-1812 (1942), found at Archive.org.
↑ Egbert Claud Hudson, The Parish Register of Gilling, York, 1573-1812 (1942), found at Archive.org
↑ Egbert Claud Hudson, The Parish Register of Gilling, York, 1573-1812 (1942), found at Archive.org.
↑ Egbert Claud Hudson, The Parish Register of Gilling, York, 1573-1812 (1942), found at Archive.org.
↑ Egbert Claud Hudson, The Parish Register of Gilling, York, 1573-1812 (1942), found at Archive.org.
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Thomas Alfred Walker, Admissions to Peterhouse or St. Peter's College in the University of Cambridge (Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, 1912), p. 201; Pedigree in Hutchinson, Durham, III; H. M. Wood.
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
↑ Bishop's transcripts for Hexham, Northumberland, England (1740-1836): Baptisms, 1740-1833; Burials, 1740-1833; Marriages, 1740-1832, FHL film 99,093; 7,588,863.
↑ Hartburn parish register transcripts 1678-1812: British B1 High Density film 94993, Item 1 (FHL film 7,904,031).
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