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     She was listed in the census woollen rag picker. Hannah Day was born in 1822. She was the daughter of John Day and Sarah Blakeley. Hannah Day was baptized on 26 May 1822 at Batley.
In the census of 7 April 1861 she was listed as the daughter of John Day at Bank Foot, Batley.¹

     Jane Day was born in 1824. She is the daughter of John Day and Sarah Blakeley. Jane Day was baptized on 11 July 1824 at Parish Church, Batley.¹
She was listed in the census of 6 June 1841 a Female servant.²

     Elizabeth Day was born in 1827. She was the daughter of John Day and Sarah Blakeley. Elizabeth Day was baptized on 16 September 1827 at Parish Church, Batley.¹
In the census of 6 June 1841 she was listed as a rag picker the daughter of John Day at Havercroft, Batley.²
Elizabeth Day married Timothy Kitson, son of George Kitson, in 1849.³
In the census of 30 March 1851 she was listed as the daughter of John Day at J Ward's Hill, Batley.⁴

     Sarah Day was born in 1830. She was the daughter of John Day and Sarah Blakeley. Sarah Day was baptized on 25 July 1830 at Batley.
In the census of 6 June 1841 she was listed as the daughter of John Day at Havercroft, Batley.¹

     John Wilson was born on 19 September 1806 at Batley. He was the son of Daniel Wilson and Letitia Fox. John Wilson was baptized on 9 November 1806.¹
He married Martha Sheard, daughter of George Sheard and Ann Greenwood, on 13 June 1828 at Batley.¹
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the head of household at Havercroft, Batley, as a shoemaker.²
In the census of 30 March 1851 he was listed as the head of household at Havercroft, Batley, as a shoemaker.³
In the census of 7 April 1861 he was listed as the head of household at Quarry, Batley, as a shoe maker (Master).⁴

     Joseph Jubb was born on 2 July 1784 at Soothill.¹ He was the son of John Jubb.
Joseph Jubb married Letitia Talbot, daughter of Joseph Talbot and Hannah Blakeley, on 18 September 1806 at Batley Witnesses William Blakeley, Thomas Webster.²
Joseph Jubb is thought to have, perhaps deviously, acquired the secret of the new machines being developed for use by Law and Parr, but not patented.³
He witnessed the marriage of Sarah Newsome and George Ineson on 21 October 1813 at Batley.² In 1818 Joseph Jubb is said to have united with John Fox, Phineas Fox, John Burnley and George Newsome , the latter formerly in the partnership with Benjamin Law and others from which Law withdrew in 1808.⁴


Hick Lane Mill
Joseph Jubb was one of those mentioned in the fourth part of a deed of 1823 as in occupation of "that large and commodious scribbling and fulling mill lately erected" -------this on a piece of land near Rouse Mill , and mentioning appurtenances and rights to draw water from Wooler Beck to work a steam engine or engines.

His first wife having died in 1831, Joseph Jubb married Mary Senior on 19 April 1832 at Wakefield They were married by licence as Joseph Jubb of Batley and Mary Senior of the parish of Wakefield. Witnesses were Benjamin Spedding and Jane Senior.^5,6
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the head of household as a woollen manufacturer aged 55.⁷
In the census of 30 March 1851 he was listed as the head of household at Havercroft, Batley, as a manufacturer, firm of 3 employing 80 men 30 women, 50 boys and girls, firm of (?) employing 52 men 70 boys and girls, firm of 6 employing 25 men and 3 boys.⁸

New Ing Mill
By 1860 Joseph Jubb and his sons were in possession of New Ing Mills, previously a partnership with others, which they were to develop with further buildings in the 1860s.

In the census of 7 April 1861 he was listed as the head of household at Commercial Street, Batley, as a woollen cloth manufacturer employing 201 men, 176 women and 52 boys.⁹
He died on 24 January 1867 at Batley aged 82.¹⁰

He was recorded on a tablet inside the Parish Church:-
"Sacred to the Memory of Joseph Jubb Esq. of Batley Born July 2nd 1784 Died January 24th 1867. As a prominent and useful citizen in the various relations of society He was greatly respected and esteemed in Life and deeply regretted in Death. This tablet is created by his family as a Tribute of devoted affection."¹¹

     John Jubb was born in 1807. He was the son of Joseph Jubb and Letitia Talbot. John Jubb was baptized on 17 September 1807 at Batley.¹
He married Mary Akeroyd, daughter of John Akeroyd and Jane Grimshaw Spedding, on 29 May 1831 at Batley.¹
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the head of household at Providence Place, Batley, as a Rag Merchant.²
In the census of 30 March 1851 he was listed as the head of household at Providence St, Batley, as a Rag wool merchant employing 2 men and 17 girls.³
In 1853 John Jubb was chairman of Batley's Board of Health.
He was listed as the head of household in the 7 April 1861 census at Lamplands, Batley, as an Importer and manufacturer of rag wool.⁴

Between 1868 and 1869 John Jubb was first Mayor of Batley.
In 1869 John Jubb was gave a donation for the Poor of Batley, recorded by Michael Sheard from a tablet in the Town Hall:-

The sum of One Hundred Pounds was invested in the Borough fund by Alderman John Jubb of Lamplands, in Batley, Esquire, J. P., the first Mayor of the Borough of Batley, on the seventh day of May, 1869, being in the first year of his Mayoralty. The money has since been Transferred and invested in the names of the undermentioned Trustees, on Mortgage of the Rates, authorised to be levied by the Batley Waterworks Act, at the Interest of Five pounds per centum per annum: and such Interest is to be distributed amongst the Poor of Batley, annually on Christmas day, in accordance with the written Declaration of the Donor. Trustees,
Alderman Samuel Jubb, Esq.
Councillor Eli Ibberson
Mr William James Richardson Fox.
Mr John Joseph Jubb.
It is the Donor's wish that when the number of Trustees is reduced to Two, There shall be two additional Trustees elected by the Batley Town Council. The Mayor of Batley to be always a Trustee ex-officio in addition to the four appointed or elected Trustees, and ther be always some member or members of the Donor's family or connections (if any such can be found) in the Trust.⁵


It was at about this time that he established the firm of John Jubb & son; Phoenix Mills, Batley.
In the census of 2 April 1871 he was listed as the head of household at Lamplands House, Batley, as a J.P., Alderman and Shoddy Manufacturer employing (no. unclear) men and 8 women.⁶

He married Mary FitzGeorge on 24 June 1876 at Batley.¹
The Village Bard
John Jubb was also something of a Poet, and published a book of verse, "The Village Bard" Many of the verses in this were written as Sunday School hymns, but some comment on issues of the times. One, addressed to his father, concerns their anxieties about the arrival of a ship, the "Caroline Theresa" in Hull, from which they are expecting to unload goods, for shipping arrangements were part of trade. Others, early works if written when this was an issue, address the Corn Laws, which by prohibiting the import of foreign corn unless domestically produced corn reached a price of 80 shillings per quarter, benefitted agricultural interests, but not those of manufacturing districts.
Here workers had to spend much of their income on food, with less for manufactured goods, while European grain producers, without the benefit of exports to Britain, had less to spend on importing British goods.

Another was "Lines written on the Town of Batley"which is a source of information on the changes in Batley in his time and how they were perceived. This can be read by clicking on the text image here.

In the census of 3 April 1881 he was listed as the head of household at Lamplands House, Batley, as a Merchant. Also present are niece Elizabeth Hepworth aged 27, two servants and a visitor, Ellen Law aged 30.⁷

Isaac Binns has a reference to John Jubb's career, since he was sitting in on proceedings some years after John's retirement from the Council :-

"when certain subscribers presented Mr John Jubb, J.P., with a life-size portrait of himself - which Mr. Jubb at once presented to the town. During that meeting Mr. Jubb referred to the growth of the town, and also his long connection with it. Neartly every position in which a gentleman can do duty to the ratepayers has been filled by Mr. Jubb, and his memory goes back to the old Commissioners of Highways. At that time the yearly meetings , if not all the meetings of the local authority were held at the"Church Steps," otherwise the "Fleece Inn," in "Stocks Lane." Johnny Wharton was the surveyor, and collector of rates and poor rates; and in those days eloquent Snowdens and fighting Fox's were not known in local Parliamentary life. But the "Jubbses" were: for Mr. Jubb was a member then and when the Local Board was formed he was so prominent a member that he was made into the first chairman. That he took an active interest in local matters afteerwards is proved by his receiving the honour of being elected in 1868 to the civic chair - and filling the position of our first mayor.⁸
He died on 20 March 1888.

     Joseph Jubb was born on 23 October 1809. He was the son of Joseph Jubb and Letitia Talbot. Joseph Jubb was baptized on 24 December 1809 at Batley.

He witnessed the marriage of John Fox and Mary Sheard on 14 February 1831 at Batley.¹
Joseph Jubb married Hannah Colbeck, daughter of William Colbeck and Elizabeth Richardson, on 12 June 1831 at Batley witnesses were Joseph Chadwick and Wm Newsome.¹

Isaac Colbeck, his nephew, was said to have been apprenticed to Joseph Jubb.²
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the head of household at Spa Hill, Batley, as a woollen manufacturer.³
In 1841 he was a trustee for the will of his friend and brother-in-law James Sheard.
In the census of 30 March 1851 he was listed as the head of household at N side Commercial St, Havercroft, Batley, as a Woollen manufacturer, Partner of 4 employing 60 men, 8 women, 52 boys and 20 girls, and partner of 6 employing 35(?) men and for self 36 men 18 women. Living with him are his wife's nieces, Helen Sheard and Sarah Sheard, the former her sister Ann's daughter by her husband James Sheard, the latter born to Ann a few years after James's death.⁴
In the census of 7 April 1861 he was listed as the head of household at Branch House, New Road side, Batley, Woollen manufacturer employing 125(?) hands.⁵
In the census of 2 April 1871 he was listed as the head of household at Branch House, Bradford Road, Batley, Woollen manufacturer employing 200 hands and keeping one domestic servant. He now has another niece, Elizabeth G Sheard, aged 7,(b London, Sussex) living with him, probably actually Elizabeth G Stocker.⁶
In the census of 3 April 1881 he was listed as the head of household at Branch House, Bradford Rd., Batley, as a Woollen Manufacturer,
now with his Stocker great nephews and nieces staying.⁷
Joseph Jubb died on 12 August 1882 at Branch House, Batley,
; aged 72.⁸ He was buried on 14 August 1882 at The cemetery, Batley.

     Rachel Jubb was born on 4 December 1811. She was the daughter of Joseph Jubb and Letitia Talbot. Rachel Jubb was baptized on 25 December 1811 at Batley.¹

She first married David Fox, son of John Fox and Martha Richardson, on 27 December 1830 at Batley; Witnesses Phineas Fox, Josh Chadwick.¹ In the census of 6 June 1841 Rachel Fox was listed at Spa Hill, Batley, as wife of David Fox.²
In the census of 30 March 1851 she was listed as the head of household at Havercroft, Batley, as a widow aged 39, a rag dealer employing 5 girls.³
Widowed since 1846 Rachel Jubb married Robert Shackleton, son of Richard Shackleton and Ann (?), in 1855.⁴
In the census of 7 April 1861 Rachel Shackleton was listed at Up Lane, Batley, as wife of Robert Shackleton.⁵
In the census of 2 April 1871 Rachel Shackleton was listed at Hanover Street, Batley, as wife of Robert Shackleton.⁶
In the census of 3 April 1881 she was listed as the head of household at Bridge House, Rutland Road, Batley, as a widow aged 69, an annuitant. In fact this census lists her grandchildren as sons and daughter, but this must be a mistake, they are the three youngest children of her daughter Martha Jane who had married Edwin Wilson, and who was at the time away in Southport with other family members.⁷
Rachel Jubb died on 17 July 1888; aged 77 years.⁸

     Hannah Jubb was born in 1814. She was the daughter of Joseph Jubb and Letitia Talbot. Hannah Jubb was baptized on 22 May 1814 at Batley.
She married Matthew Parker, son of Elizabeth Parker, on 25 May 1837 at Batley witnesses Joseph Parker, Joseph Jubb.¹
In the census of 6 June 1841 Hannah Parker was listed at Silver St, Batley, as wife of Matthew Parker.²
In the census of 30 March 1851 she was listed as the head of household at Havercroft, N Side Commercial St, Batley, as a rag dealer employing 6 girls.³
Hannah Parker married George Wrigley, son of Benjamin Wrigley, in 1857 her first husband Matthew Parker having died ten years earlier.⁴
In the census of 7 April 1861 Hannah Wrigley was listed at Billy Well Lane, Batley, as wife of George Wrigley.⁵
In the census of 2 April 1871 Hannah Wrigley was listed at Wellington St, Batley, as wife of George Wrigley.⁶
In the census of 3 April 1881 Hannah Wrigley was listed at Burnley Mill Yard, Batley, as wife of George Wrigley.⁷

     William Jubb was born in 1816. He was the son of Joseph Jubb and Letitia Talbot. William Jubb was baptized on 28 July 1816 at Batley.¹
He died on 16 April 1827.² He was buried on 19 April 1827 at Batley ; aged 10.¹

     George Jubb was born in 1819. He was the son of Joseph Jubb and Letitia Talbot. George Jubb was baptized on 30 May 1819 at Batley.¹
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the son of Joseph Jubb.²
George Jubb married Rachel Field in 1851 at Bradford.³
In the census of 30 March 1851 he was listed as as a manufacturer the son of Joseph Jubb at Havercroft, Batley.⁴
In the census of 7 April 1861 he was listed as the head of household at Lamplands, Batley, as a woollen manufacturer.⁵
In the census of 2 April 1871 he was listed as the head of household at Swiss Cottage, Lamplands, Batley, as a woollen manufacturer.⁶
In the census of 3 April 1881 he was listed as the head of household at Lamplands, Swiss House, Batley, as a wool manufacturer employing 250 hands.⁷
George Jubb died on 2 June 1888 at Swiss House. He was buried on 6 June 1888 at The Cemetery, Batley, following a service at St. Thomas's Church.⁸

     Samuel Jubb was born in 1821. He was the son of Joseph Jubb and Letitia Talbot. Samuel Jubb was baptized on 13 May 1821 at Batley.
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the son of Joseph Jubb.¹
Samuel Jubb married Frances Jane Knowles, daughter of Joseph Knowles and Mary Goodall, on 1 June 1848 at Batley.^2,3
In the census of 30 March 1851 he was listed as the head of household at Cross Bank House, Batley, as a Cloth manufacturer, Firm of 3 employing 60 men, 25 women, 50 boys and girls.⁴

In 1856 Samuel Jubb was one of the first members of Batley chamber of Commerce, founded in that year.⁵
In 1860 Samuel Jubb was the author of:-
"History of the Shoddy Trade"
He deplores the lack of a written history of Batley save for one which he acknowledges in a footnote, and so gives some picture himself. He draws attention to facilities which make Batley suited to the woollen industry, its proximity to several local markets, and its ample supply of water. Whist acknowledging that the beck is not a substantial stream, he comments that Batley had the benefit of underground water which could readily be pumped for dyeing and bleaching. He gives an account of how wool was prepared for spinning in earlier days, and conveys a scene of domestic industry with, "probably, the father engaged in tumming and carding, the son weaving, and others of the family warping the web and winding the bobbins" a picture reminiscent of Daniel Defoe's description of the scene around Halifax in the seventeen-twenties.
He tells of improved machinery and the introduction of steam power, and gives us an account of the Old Mill founded by a Company of clothiers in 1897.
The first use of Shoddy he dates to 1813, and says the presumption is in favour of it first being produced by  Benjamin Law.^6,7 A vague comment which aroused some indignation when spotted later by Law's grandson Edwin. He tells us something of rag machines, and how the trade developed, with figures giving an indication of the enormous scale to which it had grown, and the types of cloth in which it was used, and production methods.

In the census of 7 April 1861 he was listed as the head of household at Up Lane, Batley, as a Woollen Cloth Manufacturer.⁸
Samuel Jubb was elected Mayor of Batley on 9 November 1870.
In the census of 2 April 1871 he was listed as the head of household at Woodfield House, Batley, as Alderman, Mayor, and Woollen Manufacturer. This entry says he is married but Frances is not present, and is recorded as dying the following year.⁹
In 1873 Samuel Jubb married Mary Eliza A Knowles, daughter of Joseph Knowles and Mary Goodall.¹⁰
In the census of 3 April 1881 he was listed as the head of household at Lamplands, Woodfield House, Batley, as a woollen manufacturer.¹¹
Samuel Jubb died in June 1894 at Woodfield, Lamplands, Batley.

     Letitia Jubb was born in 1823. She was the daughter of Joseph Jubb and Letitia Talbot. Letitia Jubb was baptized on 24 August 1823 at Batley.
In the census of 6 June 1841 she was listed as the daughter of Joseph Jubb.¹
Letitia Jubb married John Thomas Marriott on 1 November 1847.
In the census of 30 March 1851 Letitia Marriott was listed at Havercroft, Batley, as wife of John Thomas Marriott.²
In the census of 2 April 1871 Letitia Marriott was listed at Healey, Batley, as wife of John Thomas Marriott.³

     Mary Talbot was born on 29 June 1810. She was the daughter of James Talbot and Mary Sunderland. Mary Talbot was baptized on 17 September 1810 at Batley.¹
She married Christopher Stubley, son of Nathaniel Stubley and Frances Heaton, on 31 May 1830 at Batley.¹
In the census of 6 June 1841 Mary Stubley was listed at Havercroft Lane End, Batley, as wife of Christopher Stubley.²

     John Colbeck was born on 18 October 1811 at Batley. He was the son of John Colbeck and Martha Gill. John Colbeck was baptized on 25 December 1811 at Batley.
He married Mary Blakeley, daughter of David Blakeley and Mary Bentley, on 3 August 1835.¹
John Colbeck died in 1839. He was buried on 28 November 1839 at Batley ; aged 28.¹

     John Colbeck was born on 20 April 1786. He was the son of John Colbeck and Grace Beaumont. John Colbeck was baptized on 28 May 1786 at Batley.
He married Martha Gill, daughter of Thomas Gill, on 20 December 1807 at Batley.¹
He was listed in the census of 6 June 1841 at Havercroft, Batley, as a woollen spinner.²
John Colbeck died in December 1862 at age 76. He was buried on 8 December 1862 at Batley.¹

     Martha Gill was the daughter of Thomas Gill. Martha Gill married John Colbeck, son of John Colbeck and Grace Beaumont, on 20 December 1807 at Batley.¹

     Benjamin Parr was born on 9 March 1810. He was the son of Benjamin Parr and Elizabeth Sheard. Benjamin Parr was baptized on 25 April 1810 at Batley.¹
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the son of Elizabeth Parr at Howley Mill, Morley.²
On 16 May 1843a partnership between Benjamin Parr and George Parr as clothiers at Howley Low Mill was dissolved by mutual consent.³
Benjamin Parr married Sarah Ann Archer on 14 July 1844 at Rehoboth Chapel, Morley.⁴
In the census of 30 March 1851 he was listed as the head of household at Howley, Morley, as a wool carder.⁵
In the census of 7 April 1861 he was listed as the head of household at Howley Mill, Morley, Wool cloth manufacturer.⁶
In the census of 2 April 1871 he was listed as the head of household at Howley Low Mill, Morley, as a woollen manufacturer.⁷
Benjamin Parr It was probably this Benjamin who is described by Theodore Taylor as using a waterwheel at Howley Park to drive a set of woollen cards and a "horse" (a spinning machine) in the 1860s.

     David Parr was born in 1803. He was the son of Benjamin Parr and Elizabeth Sheard. David Parr was baptized on 13 February 1803 at Batley.¹
He died in 1805. He was buried on 21 October 1805 ; as son of Benjamin Parr.¹

     Joseph Parr was born on 1 March 1808. He was the son of Benjamin Parr and Elizabeth Sheard. Joseph Parr was baptized on 10 April 1808 at Batley.¹

     Mary Ann Parr was born on 16 April 1804. She was the daughter of Benjamin Parr and Elizabeth Sheard. Mary Ann Parr was baptized on 9 May 1804 at Batley.¹
She married Richard Marsland on 19 September 1826 at Batley witnesses Samuel Parr and
Abraham Webster.¹

     Samuel Parr was born on 12 March 1801. He was the son of Benjamin Parr and Elizabeth Sheard. Samuel Parr was baptized on 12 April 1801 at Batley.
He married Martha Cowling, daughter of Abraham Cowling and Martha Chappel, on 3 March 1828 at Batley.¹
To Samuel Parr and George Parr rather than their father Benjamin is sometimes attributed in later accounts the development of mungo, processed from more firmly woven cloths than the softer ones more readily made into shoddy.
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the head of household at Upper Batley as a rag dealer.²
In the census of 30 March 1851 he was listed as the head of household at Upper Batley as a clothier.³
In the census of 7 April 1861 he was listed as the head of household at Up Lane, Batley, as a rag merchant, wool.⁴

     Elizabeth Parr was born in 1820. She was the daughter of Benjamin Parr and Elizabeth Sheard. Elizabeth Parr was baptized on 19 September 1820 at Batley.¹

     George Parr was born in 1813. He was the son of Benjamin Parr and Elizabeth Sheard. George Parr was baptized on 18 April 1813 at Batley.¹
To George Parr and Samuel Parr rather than their father Benjamin is sometimes attributed in later accounts the development of mungo, processed from more firmly woven cloths than the softer ones more readily made into shoddy.
George Parr married Martha Dixon on 25 December 1836 at Birstall.²
In the census of 6 June 1841 he was listed as the head of household at Upper Batley as a wool Manufacturer.³
On 16 May 1843a partnership between George Parr and Benjamin Parr as clothiers at Howley Low Mill was dissolved by mutual consent.⁴
In later censuses George Parr appears to have split with his wife Martha, and is living with Jean (?).
In the census of 1851 he was listed as the head of household at 13 Johnston St, Leith, Midlothian, as a rag merchant.