Dearnley/Dearnaley/Dearnaly + +
These pages are an attempt at listing all the known Dearnley+ family lines & 'currently orphaned' individuals.
We are slowly piecing the jigsaw together & any help is most welcome.
Occasionally we have made some assumptions - these are shown are shown in the accompanying notes.
Mark Dearnley, Janet Davies & Ian Goddard
We are slowly piecing the jigsaw together & any help is most welcome.
Occasionally we have made some assumptions - these are shown are shown in the accompanying notes.
Mark Dearnley, Janet Davies & Ian Goddard
photo courtesy of Ian Goddard
Holmfirth Local History Group
Netherhouse, Upperthong
The first "Ds" that we have recorded in Nether House were William Dearnaley & family
who were recorded there in the 1841 census.
The Dearnleys: the principal sources in the different centuries
| century | sources | dates | examples | TMG # | comments |
| 14th | Subsidy of 1332 Manor Court Records Property deeds Grants, quitclaims and fines Patent Rolls |
1332 1335 1344 1382 1397 |
Roger de Dearnley (I) ditto ditto Henry Dernelegh Geoffrey Dearnley |
15291 14585 9914 |
Earliest Dearnley reference to date. The only known outlaw in the family. Earliest written reference to a Dearnley father-son relationship. |
| 15th | Court cases | 1444 | Margaret Dearnley | 9916 | The first recorded inheritance dispute. |
| 16th | Manorial rolls Court proceedings Wills Parish records |
1504 1504 1537 1566 |
William Dernelegh (I) Roger Dernely (VI) John Dernylye (II) - |
14566 26228 14914 - |
First of many records re Dearnley property in Holme, Yorkshire. See also 1444 and 1580 court cases. Earliest Dearnley will. Marriage in Ecclesfield: first parish record for a Dearnley? |
| 17th | Parish records Wills Hearth Tax |
1620 1651 1662-70 |
Anna Dernellee William Dearneley (IV) John Dearnely (V) |
14441 3023 3025 |
First Glossop parish record for a Dearnley. William IV is in the largest of the current family trees. John's "3 hearth" property was the largest property in Padfield. |
| 18th | Parish records Wills Land Tax |
- 1743 1798 |
- James Dearneley Amos Dearnaley |
- 3306 132 |
- One of the large number of Dearnleys in the Holme Valley. Missing baptism records - where was Amos born? |
| 19th | Civil registration of bmds Censuses Personal documents Memorial inscriptions |
from 1837 from 1841 1848 1860s |
- - Ralph Dearnaley Samuel Dearnaley |
- - 14165 5053 |
Printed baptism registers were introduced circa 1812 - Log of voyage from England to America. Memorial plaque for Samuel & Mary and 8 children at Woodhead. |
| 20th | Civil registration of bmds Censuses The 1939 Register |
from 1837 up to 1921* 1939 |
FamilySearch; UK BDM Search; FreeBMD & others. |
Help needed
There are quite a number of (temporary) orphans - see http://familytree.dearnley.com/reports/orphans.htm
Help in sorting these out would be most welcome !
Name origins
Some researchers have suggested that the surname Dearnley(+) evolved from Darnley
It seems likely that the opposite is true.
"Darnley" in Renfrewshire, Scotland was originally "Derneley".
see: Caledonia, or an Account, Historical and Topographic, of North Britain, Volume 3, By George Chalmers (Published 1824)
"Sir John Stewart of Derneley, the eldest son of Sir Alan died before January 1369"
"Alexander Stewart succeeded to the estates of Derneley before 1371".(Google Books)
A Wikipedia source notes: "The Stewarts of Darnley were descended from Sir John Stewart of Bonkill, the second son
of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland. Their name is derived from Derneley, a barony in Eastwood parish,
Renfrewshire one & a half miles east of Barrhead, present day Darnley, within the city of Glasgow." (Wikipedia)
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley - the second husband of Mary Queen of Scots was one of the family of Stewart of Darnley/Derneley.
Perhaps the family name originated from the small Dearnley hamlet near Rochdale, Lancashire ( 53.638012, -2.116782 ).
Roger Dernely was the plaintiff in a lawsuit (1504-1515) regarding "Detention of deeds relating to lands in Dearnley, Lancashire".
A Dearnley Mill was situated there in the 19th century.
The earliest Dearnleys found in the 14th century.
The Dearnleys seem to have had a series of legal problems. A Henry de Dearnley being declared an outlaw in 1372 and a later (1580) attempt to regain the Dearnley property from the Whiteheads also failed.
After the 1444 case the family seems to disappear from Rochdale and is next heard of in Glossop, Derbyshire. As far as I can make out two main branches of the family were established in the late C15th at the latest and both were in Glossop by the mid to late C16th and the great majority of later Dearnleys and Dearnley descendants such as myself can be traced back to Glossop.
The move from Rochdale was perhaps forced on the family by the loss of the property in 1444. As one of the Glossop families was the one which persisted with the claim against the Whiteheads a close connection with the 1444 defendant seems likely. Another scenario, however, is that it was Henry who was forced out of Rochdale in 1400.
- Ian Goddard
- more details on the Early Dearnleys page.
After the 1444 case the family seems to disappear from Rochdale and is next heard of in Glossop, Derbyshire. As far as I can make out two main branches of the family were established in the late C15th at the latest and both were in Glossop by the mid to late C16th and the great majority of later Dearnleys and Dearnley descendants such as myself can be traced back to Glossop.
The move from Rochdale was perhaps forced on the family by the loss of the property in 1444. As one of the Glossop families was the one which persisted with the claim against the Whiteheads a close connection with the 1444 defendant seems likely. Another scenario, however, is that it was Henry who was forced out of Rochdale in 1400.
- Ian Goddard
- more details on the Early Dearnleys page.
Ralph Dearnaley's 1848 log of the voyage from England to America
".... I cannot describe to you the wet dirty crowded miserable holds of the ship. I expect scores falling victims to desease and death before we reach New York. We have 500 on board chiefly Irish...." "....The sight of land brought most of them pasengers out of there holds. The sun broke out and about 12 o'clock we get a pilot and a steam tug. We was about 26 miles from New York. It was the most beautiful sight ever I saw, the coast and the buildings is past my describing..... "
Many thanks to the Buckmaster family for the full fascinating log, which can be found on Ralph's page.
Many thanks to the Buckmaster family for the full fascinating log, which can be found on Ralph's page.
Having trouble finding your Dearnaley / Dearnley +?
As there as so many name variations in the database, it can be tough to search.
Try searching for a known spouses name. If you still have no luck - email me with your known details & I'll try to find your branch.
This site is a work in progress from Janet Davies, Marie Ball, Ann Dearnaley, Harriet Garfitt, Ian Goddard, Mark Dearnley and many other contributors.
A special thanks to Eric Dearnley, Martin E. Dearnley & Russ Preston - without their generosity in sharing data, this index would never have begun.
- MED
A special thanks to Eric Dearnley, Martin E. Dearnley & Russ Preston - without their generosity in sharing data, this index would never have begun.
- MED