The Stables Families of Harewood
The Harewood Stables line is one of only two Yorkshire branches of the family that are known to have descendents living today. They were wealthy yeomen and farmers with considerable land holdings throughout the County.
A great deal is known about some of the Harewood Stableses, in particular William Stables who was born in 1705 and is immortalised in a novel written by his grand-daughter's husband. You can read a summary of his life and find the entire text of the novel here.
Over the course of the early part of the 19th century, William Stables of Kirkby Overblow conducted a significant study of the genealogy of the Harewood branch of the Stables Family, collecting together an incredible amount of information that he entitled The Notices of the Stables Family. This document, which extends to over 130 pages, can be viewed here.
The earliest confirmed ancestors, William Stables and his wife, Agnes, were known to have leased lands at Hederick, in Harewood. His son, John Stables and his wife, Margaret, were known to have held lands in Harewood and may have also lived at Wentworth in the parish of Wath-Upon-Dearne. It is believed that their son Anthony may have gone to live in Wath and found some of the earliest Stables lines there. You can read more about them here. Some of the descendants of John and Margaret emigrated to the United States and you can visit the website of this branch of the family here.
The Earliest Records - 1500s to 1700
Stephen Stable of Huby, b. before 1515, d. 1592 Harewood (a wheelwright)
+ Jennet Mynning of Huby, b. 1515, d. 1616 HarewoodRichard Stable (An adult in 1574)
William Stable of Hetherick, b. circa 1534, d. 1575 Harewood
+ Agnes
├── John Stable of Hetherick, b. circa 1564 Harewood, d. 1636 Harewood
│ + Margaret Smith, b. 1576 Doncaster, m. 1600 Wath-Upon-Dearne
│ ├── Un-named Stables, d. 1599 Wath
│ ├── Isabell Stables, b. 1601 Wath
│ │ + Richard Eelom, b. 1599 Wath, m. 1629 Wath
│ │ └── {They had nine children between 1631 and 1641, all baptised
│ │ in Wath.}
│ ├── Stephen Stables, b. circa 1603 Harewood, d. 1636/7 Harewood (a butcher)
│ │ + ?, b. circa 1607 Harewood
│ │ ├── William Stables, b. 1629 Harewood
│ │ └── John Stables, b. 1632 Harewood
│ ├── William Stables, d. 1635 Harewood (died intestate)
│ │ + Frances (re-married 1635 in Harewood to Thomas Bywater)
│ │ ├── James Stables, b.1621 Harewood, d. 1693
│ │ │ + Grace Hardiste, b. 1623, d. 1683
│ │ │ ├── Frances Stables, b. 1647 Harewood
│ │ │ │ + George Harrison, m. 1674 Bardsey
│ │ │ │ + Thomas Harrison, m. 1684 Harewood
│ │ │ ├── Rebecca Stables, b. 1650 Harewood
│ │ │ ├── Grace Stables, b. 1653 Harewood
│ │ │ │ + Joshua Suttell, m. 1685 Harewood
│ │ │ ├── William Stables, b. 1655 Harewood
│ │ │ ├── James Stables, b. 1655 Harewood
│ │ │ ├── Sarah Stables
│ │ │ ├── Mary Stables, b. 1660 Harewood
│ │ │ │ + John Clough of Eccup, m. 1689 Adel
│ │ │ ├── Hannah Stables, b. 1661 Harewood
│ │ │ │ + John Ellis, m. 1695 Harewood
│ │ │ ├── Anne Stables
│ │ │ │ + John Gudgeon, m. 1682 Harewood
│ │ │ ├── John Stables, b. 1664 Harewood
│ │ │ │ + Elizabeth Dade
│ │ │ │ ├── James Stables, b. 1696 Harewood
│ │ │ │ ├── John Stables, b. 1697 Harewood
│ │ │ │ ├── Grace Stables, b. 1701 Harewood
│ │ │ │ ├── Ann Stables, b. 1705 Harewood
│ │ │ │ └── William Stables, b. 1707 Harewood
│ │ │ └── Elizabeth Stables, b. 1669 Harewood
│ │ │ + Matthew Mallere, m. 1691
│ │ ├── Ann Stables, b. 1626 Harewood
│ │ ├── Margaret Stables, b. 1632 Harewood, d. 1635 Darfield
│ │ └── Elizabeth Stables, b. 1636 Darfield
│ └── Anthony Stables
├── James Stable of Harewood
│ + Agnes Scatchard of Adel, m. 1597 York
├── Roger Stable
│ + Dorothy
│ └── John Stables, b. 1600 Harewood
├── Elizabeth Stable
│ + Edward Cooke, m. 1621 Harewood
└── Margaret Stable