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Joseph Baxendale                                 1785-1872 Joseph was born on 28 September 1785, the son of Josiah Baxendale and Mabella Salisbury, at Lancaster, Lancashire. Baxendale was educated at Lancaster but left in 1804 for Preston, and afterwards London, where in 1806 he was with Samuel Croughton, wholesale linen draper, of 33 St Paul's Churchyard, the agent for Bannister, Hall & Co., calico-printers of Preston. In 1809 Baxendale returned to Lancashire and became a one-fifth partner in Bannister Hall with Charles Swainson, his cousin through the Salisbury family. In 1817, he and two other partners bought a controlling interest in the firm of Pickfords and Co., Movers. Baxendale transformed the firm from a family-run canal carrier into a national enterprise. During the next twenty years Baxendale's energetic and far-sighted management turned the firm's fortunes to great prosperity and expanded it to become the largest carrying business in the United Kingdom. Mary Birley                                            1789-1862 Mary was born about 1789, the daughter of Richard Birley and Alice Hornby, at Blackburn, Lancashire. Her father was a wealthy cotton mill owner and co-founder of the firm of Birley, Cardwell & Co., cotton spinners of Blackburn, Lancashire. I have identified the following children.

	Joseph Hornby	Born 1 Dec 1817		Lancashire	Married Elizabeth Mary Brockedon
	Alice	Born 4 Jan 1819		Lancashire	Married Charles William Holland
	Mabella	Born 4 Jul 1820		Lancashire	Married Hugh Birley
	Lloyd	Born 17 Feb 1822		Lancashire	Married Ellen Turner
	Richard Birley	Born 10 Oct 1823		Lancashire	Married Caroline Anne Darroch, Gertrude Chichester
	Jane Birley	Born 31 Aug 1825		Middlesex	Married Robert Jackson Butler
	Salisbury	Born 16 Mar 1827		Middlesex	Married Edith Marian Jones

Birth of Parents

Joseph Baxendale

b: 28 Sep 1785  c: 28 Oct 1785       Saint Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire son of Josiah Baxendale and Mabella Salisbury

Mary Birley

b: abt 1789         Blackburn, Lancashire daughter of Richard Birley and Alice Hornby

Marriage

29 Feb 1816 Joseph Baxendale Mary Birley

Blackburn, Parish Of Walton Le-Dale, Lancashire

Children

Joseph Hornsby Baxendale

b: 1 Dec 1817               Eccles, Lancashire son of Joseph Baxendale and Mary Birley

Alice Baxendale

b: 4 Jan 1819               Eccles, Lancashire daughter of Joseph Baxendale and Mary Birley

Maybella Baxendale

b: 4 Jul 1820               Lancashire daughter of Joseph Baxendale and Mary Birley

Lloyd Baxendale

b: 17 Feb 1822               Eccles, Lancashire son of Joseph Baxendale and Mary Birley

Richard Birley Baxendale

b: 10 Oct 1823               Eccles, Lancashire son of Joseph Baxendale and Mary Birley

Jane Birley Baxendale

b: 31 Aug 1825               Whetstone, Middlesex daughter of Joseph Baxendale and Mary Birley

Salisbury Baxendale

b: 16 Mar 1827               Whetstone, Middlesex son of Joseph Baxendale and Mary Birley

1841 Census	HO107-684	7 June 1841	Regents Park, St Pancras, Middlesex
Park Village			Born in this County?
Joseph Baxendale Mary Joseph Hornsby Alice Maybella Lloyd Margaret Birley Eliza Carawell Hugh H. Birley Plus 7 Servants	Age 55 Age 50 Age 20 Age 20 Age 15 Age 15 Age 30 Age 15 Age 60	Carrier Cotton Spinner	No No No No No No No No No		28 Sep 1785 abt 1789 1 Dec 1817 4 Jan 1819 4 Jul 1820 17 Feb 1822 abt 1810 abt 1825 10 Mar 1778

1851 Census	HO107-1701	31 March 1851	Finchley, Middlesex
Woodside
Joseph Baxendale Mary (Wife) Jane B. Lloyd Richard B. Salisbury Henry Birley (Visitor) Plus 9 Servants	Age 65 Age 61 Age 25 Age 29 Age 27 Age 24 Age 29	Dep. Lieut. & Magistrate Carrier Carrier Law Student Retired Engineer	Lancaster Blackburn Whetstone Eccles Eccles Whetstone Didsbury	Middlesex Lancashire Lancashire Middlesex Lancashire	28 Sep 1785 abt 1789 31 Aug 1825 17 Feb 1822 10 Oct 1823 16 Mar 1827 10 Apr 1821

1861 Census	RG9-790	8 April 1861	Finchley, Middlesex
High Bank, Whetston
Joseph Baxendale Mary (Wife) Jane Birley Robert M.A. Birley (Nephew) Louisa Margaret Birley (Niece) Adelaide Birley (Niece) Arthur Birley (Nephew) Plus 10 Servants	Age 75 Age 71 Age 35 Age 35 Age 32 Age 30 Age 26	Dep. Lieut. Middlesex Incumbant of St Philips India Rubber Mfgr.	Lancaster Blackburn Whetstone Didsbury Didsbury Didsbury Didsbury	Lancashire Middlesex Manchester Manchester Manchester Manchester	28 Sep 1785 abt 1789 31 Aug 1825 1 Nov 1825 3 Oct 1828 21 Oct 1830 25 Apr 1834

Death

Mary (Birley) Baxendale

Died 23 Mar 1862, Age 72,       1862 1Q Pancras 1b 18

The Times, Tuesday, Mar 25, 1862                         Death   On Sunday, the 23d inst., at 16 Park Village West, Regents-park, in her 73d year, Mary, the wife of Joseph Baxendale, Esq.

LONDON   12 Aug 1862                         Probate BAXENDALE, Mary - Letters of Administration (with the Will annexed) of all and singular the Personal estate and effects of Mary Baxendale (Wife of Joseph Baxendale, Esquire), formerly of Darwen Cottage, within Walton-in-the Dale, in the County of Lancaster, but late of Woodside, near Whetstone, in the Parish of Finchley, in the County of MIddlesex, were granted at the Principal Registry, to the said Joseph Baxendale, of Woodside aforesaid, the sole Executor, named in the said Will, he having been first sworn.   Effects under £1,500

1871 Census	RG10-1334	3 April 1871	Finchley, Middlesex
Woodside, Whetstone
Joseph Baxendale (W) Robert J. Butler (SonLaw) Jane B. Butler (Dau) Plus 9 Servants	Age 85 Age 51 Age 45	CEO Pickford & Co. Secretary to Genl Credit & Discount Co	Lancaster Oxford Finchley	Middlesex	28 Sep 1785 abt 1819 31 Aug 1825

Death

Joseph Baxendale

Died 24 Mar 1872, Age 86,       1872 1Q Barnet 3a 106 Burial: 30 Mar 1872, with others of his family in the vault beneath St John's Church

The Times, Wednesday, Mar 27, 1872                   DEATHS   On the 24th inst., at his residence, Woodside, Whetstone, Joseph Baxendale, Esq., aged 86 years. The Times, Saturday, Aug 31, 1872     Page 14, Col. A WHETSTONE (853). - To be LET, upon LEASE, an excellent, detached FAMILY MANSION, known as Woodside-house, the residence of the late Joseph Baxendale, Esq., situate within three minutes walk of a station in Totteridge-lane, on the High Barnet Branch of the Great Northern Railway, and commanding extensive views of the surrounding country.   The interior accommodations comprise 17 bedrooms, six reception rooms, billiard room, ample and convenient domestic offices, etc.   Several lodges and workmen's houses, also extensive stabling and farm buildings.   The pleasure grounds are extensive and tastefully laid out with plantations, lawns, and gravel walks, two acres of lake, with rustic bridges and boat house; several fruit and kitchen gardens, in which are ranges of peaches, grape orchard, rose, and geranium houses, fine vinery, forcing pits, and other useful buildings, together being nearly 15 acres; there are also 13 acres of meadow or pasture land, the total quantity being about 27 acres 3 roods.   Rent £550 per annum, for a term of seven years.   The fixtures, some fitted pier glasses, and other articles will be included in the rent.   For orders to view and to negotiate apply to Messrs. Prickett and Son, auctioneers and surveyors, 62, Chancery lane, W.C.

LONDON   16 May 14872                         Probate BAXENDALE, Joseph, Esq. - The Will with two Codicils, of Joseph Baxendale, late of Woodside, Whetstone, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, who died 24 March 1872, at Woodside, domiciled in England, was proved at the Principal Registry, by Joseph Hornby Baxendale, of Gresham-street, in the City of London, Esquire, Lloyd Baxendale of Gresham-street, Esquire, and Salisbury Baxendale, of Bennington's Ware, in the County of Hertford, Esquire, the Sons, the Executors.   Effects under £700,000 in the United Kingdom.