John Burnikell (Barnacle)

1781 - 1845  (63 years)

• Name	John Burnikell (Barnacle)
  	1817. James Gibbs was indicted for stealing on the 28th of May, one watch value 2L, one pelisse value 1L, one waistcoat value 10s, one handkerchief value 2s, and one pair of stockings value 1s, the goods of John Burnikell. John Burnikell: I belong to a Newcastle ship. The prisoner was also on board the ship. We arrived in the river in May and moored near the Tower on the Middlesex side of the river. I missed my things on the 28th of May. My watch was on my bed's head, and the other articles in my chest - the prisoner could get at it. Suspecting him, I got an officer and he was taken two days afterwards. I went directly, and saw my watch in Wright's window. He is a pawnbroker. The prisoner had been on board nine or ten months. Edward Green: I am an officer. On the 28th of May Burnikell described the prisoner to me - on the 30th I found him at the George in St Ann's Lane, Westminster, and found the duplicate of the watch pledged at Wright's in his pocket. He was in bed; he got up. The prosecutor claimed the clothes which he had got on. - He confessed they were his. James Courtney: I live with Mr Wright, who is a pawnbroker, and lives in Tothill St, Westminster. On the 28th of May I took the watch in pledge from the prisoner for 1L. Property produced and sworn to. Confined three months. Guilty. Aged 19. 1st Middlesex Jury, before J Valliant, Esq. The 1841 census shows the following result for Tyne Street, All Saints, Newcastle: John Burnikell, 60, mariner, not b Northumberland. Marg. Spotswood, 60, not b Northumberland.
  Born	4 Nov 1781	Staithes, Yorkshire, England.   [1]
  Christened	6 Nov 1781	St. Hilda's Church, Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	Tyne Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England   [2]
  1841 Census Living in the Household John Burnikell Male 60 1781 Mariner Mary Spotswood Female 60 1781 Who is Mary Spotswood. Has his wife died and he is living with her sister, it being illegal at the time, to marry the sister of your deceased wife?
  Died	23 Apr 1845	North Shore, Newcastle upon Tyne, England   [3, 4]
  	"At North Shore, on the 23rd inst, aged 66, Mr John Burnikell." Newcastle Courant - 25 April 1845
  Person ID	I736	Our Ancestral Heritage | Descendants of Thomas Andrew & Jane Corner
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Burnikle (Barnacle), (Master Mariner),   b. Abt.1754, Staithes, Yorkshire, England. ,   d. Aft.1795  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Mary Andrew,   b. Abt.1755, Staithes, Yorkshire, England.
  Married	11 Jan 1781	St. Hilda's Church, Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Spotswood
  Married	21 Apr 1806	St John's Church, Westgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Co. Durham, England   [5]
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Nov 1781 - Staithes, Yorkshire, England. Christened - 6 Nov 1781 - St. Hilda's Church, Hinderwell, Yorkshire, England Married - 21 Apr 1806 - St John's Church, Westgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Co. Durham, England Died - 23 Apr 1845 - North Shore, Newcastle upon Tyne, England  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S103] Yorkshire Baptisms. First name(s) John Last name Barnacle Birth year 1781 Birth date 04 Nov 1781 Baptism year 1781 Baptism date 06 Nov 1781 Baptism place Hinderwell Denomination Anglican Father's first name(s) Thos Father's last name - Mother's first name(s) Mary County Yorkshire (North Riding) Country England Archive North Yorkshire County Record Office Record set Yorkshire Baptisms817 Burial place Parish Church Of Hinderwell, York, England Place Parish Church of Hinderwell County Yorkshire Country England Record set England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991 [S7] 1841 Census - England & Wales. Archive reference HO107 Piece number 846 Book number 2 Folio number 7 Page number 6 Record set 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census [S17] BMD - Death Index England & Wales. BURNIKELL, JOHN AGE 66 GRO Reference: 1845 J Quarter in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE UNION Volume 25 Page 208 [S23] Newspaper Notices & Reports. "At North Shore, on the 23rd inst, aged 66, Mr John Burnikell." Newcastle Courant - 25 April 1845 [S102] England Marriages 1538-1973. First name(s) Margaret Last name Spotswood Name note - Marriage year 1806 Marriage date 21 Apr 1806 Marriage place Newcastle upon Tyne Spouse's first name(s) John Spouse's last name Burnikell Spouse's age - County Northumberland Country England Record set England Marriages 1538-1973 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Marriages