Robert Staveley is the son of Robert Staveley (born:1637) and Elizabeth Staveley nee Moone (born: 1640). He was born on the 31st March 1673 in the tiny village of Millington, near Pocklington. This small village with a population of just 120 people and 30 homes would actually seem to have been home to more than one local Robert Staveley.

The first Robert Staveley was born in 1678 and married to an Alice but we also have a Robert Staveley born in 1682 who married an Elizabeth Jefferson. Our own Robert Staveley was born and baptized in the village of Millington but the family would move to Kirkburn.

Peter Staveley one of the main researchers of Staveley ancestry looked into this in some detail a few years ago. The Hearth tax was a local tax invented by Charles II to raise revenue. It was based on the number of fireplaces your house had. A bit like the equally hated Window tax of 1696. It shows us that there was only one Staveley household in Millington in 1672. This is recorded as a Robert Staveley with one fireplace. It would seem to be that of our Robert Staveley and his father.

Robert Staveley marries Frances nee Harrison on the 1st March 1702 at Kirkburn. The next year they have a daughter Ann. The family would live in Kirkburn for the next 40 years. Sadly Ann dies on the 20th April 1706 at the age of three. In the same year on July 10th their son John is born at North Dalton ( just 3.5 miles away )

Now back in Kirkburn their daughter Elizabeth is born on the 9th May 1709, followed by Ann on the 5th February 1711. Richard is born on the 4th October 1711 and Isaac in 1715. Finally we see the birth of William on the 20th August 1719.

Richard, John and Isaac all survive and get married. You can see their details on the family tree. Robert Staveley is buried at Tibthorpe on February 15th 1753. Frances Staveley dies two years later in 1755.

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