My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.
The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]
John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...
The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]
John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...
A Farm Journal continues :~
4 - 16 Fine day S.A. & baby Ann & self to Nott[ingha]m found Mother A[rmitage] not so well we lodged at Aunt Lucy's
5 - 17 Fine self with others off to Lincoln Q[uarterly] M[eeting] - not a large meeting tho very satisfactory testimony to Catherine Hopkins deceased read & referred to Committee a good deal of instructive communication from divers individuals - Self off by 1.15 train & home in even[in]g - weigh[e]d SH cheese for G R Baker of Thirsk 12 cwt 65/- & rem[ainde]r of dairy in spring
6 - 18 Fine day cheese off Rob[er]t Bramwell here bo[ugh]t red barren or cast cow £9 - 5 sturks £4 each heifer & bullock £12 Sold Strawberry cow Redfern 11£ & Grindy £12
7 - 19 Fine day fin[ishe]d turnips took 4 tups away - ewes all together 100 with 1 tup thieves in 3 lots - 10 sturks to go to S. Davy's give cake to teach em - to eat it - fine weather for time of year - Chas plough[in]g Crags ley turf Jesse O Intake ley
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2 - 21 Very wet day self to B[akewe]ll market bo[ugh]t calving cow £10 15/- a confirmed kicker - a March calver for Jesse £9 15/- sent home - self off aft[ernoo]n to Nott[ingha]m to fetch my dear wife & babe
3 - 22 Fine day S.A. & I went to see Mother A[rmitage] - she was very low but cheerful & appeared quite desirous to be gone to a better country where sorrows are unknown & after blessing us & desiring us to endeavour to do right & to train our children in a proper manner we took our last farewell of her - reached home safely aft[ernoo]n 10 calves were taken down to B[akewe]ll in morn[in]g for co[usi]n H[enr]y B[owman] to go in morn[in]g by rails also 10 sturks went to S. Davy's of Warsop - cow home from Swans - calver cost £18
4 - 23 Fine Mrs. Slack & Mrs. Milland here [can't make out next few words] & allot[tin]g the dole
5 - 24 Showery got a truck of grains in broke & ground cake at Cales
6 - 25 Fine aft[ernoo]n showery morn[in]g - Mother Armitage died at about 6 oclock this morning aged 79 - her birthday -
7 - 26 Showery
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2 - 28 Snowed all day 6 in[ches] deep next morn[in]g
3 - 29 Winterly - got stock in at Cales & thrashed
4 - 30 Fine day S.A. & I to Nott[ingha]m
5 - 31 Fine day at Nott[ingha]m the Funeral day of dear Mother A[rmitage] conducted very nicely - Edward Everett spoke at the grave side Friar Lane burying ground & in meeting Eliz[abe]th Hopkins Eliza Southall [?] S. Knott C.Barnard suplic[ate]d* S.A. & baby stay at Aunt Lucy's self home in even[in]g as far as Ashford - all night walked up in morn[in]g frost & gr[oun]d cov[ere]d snow - 2 cows to Jos Kirkam & Jesse's cow up £17 - Bakewell cow Flower cast calf
* I'm not totally convinced the word is 'supplicated' ~ it appears to be written 'suplic' with a little 'd' behind and above the 'c'.
