Sledges of Stillingfleet and Easby, England
I have managed to research back to the Sledge family living in Stillingfleet during the late 18th and 19th century.
Francis Sledge was born 26 Sep 1780 and died 1831 in Stillingfleet, Yorkshire. He married Sarah Spencer. His father was also called Francis Sledge (about 1743-1820). He married Mary Brown on 2nd November 1776 at All Saints church, North Street, York, Yorkshire, England. There was also a sister called Mary, born 1777, who I believe married Joseph Phillips and had Isabella in 1799.
Francis Sledge (b. 1743) was born either in Stillingfleet or (more likely) in Brompton upon Swale, Easby, Richmond, Yorkshire. His father was called John Sledge who was born in 1715 in Brompton upon Swale and died 28th March 1781. John has a grave in the beautiful churchyard of Easby, overlooked by monastic ruins. He is there with his brother Francis who was born in 1712 and died 14th February 1784.
I am now seeking to go further to Francis and John Sledge's father, who I surmise would have been born around 1685. Interesting that the name Francis and John keeps cropping up time and time again..