- Born: Cir 1778, Wortley, West Yorkshire, England 22008,22020,22021
- Christened: 1 Jan 1779, St Bartholomew, Armley, West Yorkshire, England 22022
- Marriage (1): Isabella Bateson on 15 Dec 1802 in St Peter, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 22004
- Died: 27 May 1851, Beeston, West Yorkshire, England aged about 73 22020
- Buried: 30 May 1851, St John The Evangelist, Wortley De Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 22020
General Notes:
Living with son Joseph in 1851
John Davis provided the following:
I have been looking at the newspapers and in particular the Leeds Mercury.
As a result I am now fairly sure that the Joseph Bateson, cloth manufacturer, father of my great great great grandmother Charlotte Augusta Bateson and husband of Isabella Bateson is not the son of Joseph Bateson but of John B and Hannah Upton - as IGI manages to discover from his death/ burial record -- although there seems to be no christening record... See Mike's notes to http://www.oswild.org/hobnob/family/john/john-bateson2.html
Basically it seems clear that Joseph went into partnership with his elder brother John - they appear together in 1841 census with John as 'Cloth-Manufacturer' and Joseph as 'Book Keeper'.
And John's obituary describes his death [28/3/1850] as: 'at Leeds, aged 84, Mr JB, late of the firm of J and J Bateson, of Wortley'.
From the trial it seems there were four Bateson brothers in the cloth business in Wortley in the early 19th cent. Charlotte Augusta's father Joseph was in business with his elder brother John, and the other two
brothers James and Matthew were also in business together. James was the only one who emerged from the stock market crash of 1825 resonably successfully. He lived at Highfield House with his first wife Ann/ Nancy Lupton and then with his second wife Hannah Walker. Hannah was living at one of the houses on the property -- Nan Tan - in 1861 with a single domestic servant.
From the 1827 court-case it seems John and Joseph had business interests as far afield as South america - typical of the [Stockmarket] Panic of 1825 - which led to them being made bankrupt in 1827. In 1815 all four brothers Matthew, James and Messrs John and Joseph (the latter collectively), gave money for the relief of soldiers wounded at Waterloo, about £5 each.
Matthew died in 1822 leaving £50 - for the Leeds General Infirmary.
Joseph advertized to rent out his house:
Leeds Mercury 15/2/1823
Lot 8. 'Also part of the House lately occupied by Mr Matthew Bateson of Wortley deceased, consisting of Four rooms on the Ground floor, a spacious garden in front, with or without a Warehouse, Stable, and Land near the Premises, which renders it a desirable Situation for a Country Residence, being within Two Miles of Leeds.'
According to the long account of the trial reported in The Leeds Mercury Saturday, August 18, 1827: 'Down to the year 1825, the Batesons were men of substance and of high character for stability and integrity'
But then Joseph got into business with an allegedly dodgy character, George Wilkinson 'a smart London tradesman, who came down to Leeds, got introduced to Joseph Bateson, a simple, rustic, honest Yorkshire manufacturer, and persuaded him that he would make the fortune of his son Samuel. He pretended to be worth£7000, though, according to his own statement this day, he was only worth £2000, and, acccording to every probability, he was not worth 2,000 pence.
Poor Joseph was taken in...' It all went horribly wrong after the Panic of 1825 and Joseph and John who seems to have been quite oblivious to what was going on -- were made bankrupt. The question at issue in the trial was whether, knowing they were going bankrupt, they cheated their creditors by removing property and making sure their relatives were paid first, principally James B [of Highfield House alias Belle Vue and Upper Mill, later 'Batesons Mill'] to whom they owed a lot of money and the sisters of James Lister, Joseph's nephew. Anyway the newspaper report of the trial is very vivid - it includes references to Joseph being arrested several times presumably by creditors. From his cross-examination: 'Had never been arrested before last June or July. Can't swear how often he was arrested. Can't swear he was not arrested ten or seventeen times. Thinks not seventeen times.'
He must have got back on his feet. As I mentioned Joseph was living with John as his bookkeeper in 1841 and on the death certificate of his wife Isabella in 1845 at 65 years, he is described as a 'gentleman'. In the announcement of the marriage of his daughter Eliza to Samuel Green Beverley he is Esq. On his own death certificate he is described as 'cloth manufacturer'.
Noted events in his life were:
Occupation: Bookkeeper, clothier, cloth manufacturer. 22008,22009,22010,22011,22012,22021,23426,23427,23428,23429
Registered Christening, 1 Jan 1779, St Peter, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. 22022
UK Census, 1841, Leeds West, West Yorkshire, England. 23430
UK Census, 1851, Beeston, West Yorkshire, England. 22021
Registered Burial, 30 May 1851, St John The Evangelist, Wortley De Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. 22020
Joseph married Isabella Bateson, daughter of Thomas Bateson and Mary Stead, on 15 Dec 1802 in St Peter, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.22004 (Isabella Bateson was born in 1780 in Farnley, West Yorkshire, England 22007,22008,22018,22019, christened on 30 Apr 1780 in Farnley, West Yorkshire, England,22005 died on 24 May 1845 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 22006,22007,22018,22019 and was buried on 28 May 1845 in St John The Evangelist, Wortley De Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 22007,22019.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
Registered Marriage, 15 Dec 1802, St Peter, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. 22004
Marriage Notes:
Joseph was a widower when he married Isabella. He had previously married Grace Walker in 1799. Hannah Bateson was the daughter from this marriage.
John Bateson and Mary Bateson signed the Register as witnesses.
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