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The VARLEY Family
A Local ONS for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Geographical Introduction

Distribution of the family name in 1881 (above) and 2000-2005 data (below)
showing a clear WRY & Lancashire origin.

The true origins of the VARLEY surname are unclear, but may be associated with an abandoned mediaeval village. The nearest known name in the core area of name occurrence is Varley Field, 1km NNE of Horton, Lancashire, close to the border with Yorkshire, as shown on the maps below. "ley" is already an OE name for field. Origins outside of the region are possible since a Thomas de VARLEY is mentioned in Suffolk in 1275 & 1316 (probably a knight of Norman descent - as the name also occurs in France), however a regional name in the north of England is the most likely based on name distribution today. To explain a local concentration in Essex - Verli, a place in Aisne, Picardy, Northern France, from the Gallo-Roman personal name "Virilius", a derivative of "Virilis", male, from "vir", a man, is the likely roots of a Robert de Verli, a French lord, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, who was granted the manor of Salcott, Essex.

Genealogical Introduction

I have collated a local Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire One Name Study (ONS) for this family name covering the period of C18th-C20th. The name is common in Derbyshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire, with many individuals known to have emigrated to account for a wider distribution in former British colonies. For more information on hundreds of unrelated individuals, download this file

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Summary of Known VARLEY Ancestry

I'm seeking ancestry of William VARLEY who married Anne ALLIN in 1760 at Heanor, Derbys: my 6xGGPs. It is possible William had several wives thereafter, including Martha SMITH in 1769, Hannah GOODWIN in 1772, Martha BIRCUMSHIRE/BIRCUMSHAW in 1783 & Hannah ELY in 1793. A second William is also a distinct possibility.

Early children of William VARLEY at Heanor, from his first 4 wives include:

  • Thomas VARLEY (c1761), m. Sarah WYLD/WYLDE in 1786: my 5xGGPs;

  • William VARLEY (1762), m. Catherine MASSEY in 1784. Children:

    • John VARLEY (c1783), m. Jane STARKEY in 1806. Children at Greasley;

      • William VARLEY (1812), m1. Margaret CHAMBERS, m2. Rosa SMITH in 1861. Children of William & Margaret include:

        • William VARLEY (1832), m. Naomi WIDDOWSON. See descendants below;

        • Edmund VARLEY (1835);

        • Mary VARLEY (1835);

        • John VARLEY (1840);

        • Martha VARLEY (1842);

        • Henry VARLEY (1843);

        • Harriott VARLEY (1848);

        • Meshack VARLEY (1850-58);

        • James E. VARLEY (1853);

        • Mary E. or Mary L. VARLEY (1857);

      • Harriet VARLEY (1814);

      • Betty VARLEY (1818), m. Thomas CHAMBERS;

      • Mary VARLEY (1819), m. John CLARKE in 1838;

      • John VARLEY (1822), m. Emily SMITH in 1853;

      • Edmund VARLEY (1824);

    • Joseph VARLEY (1786), m. Mary WAPLINGTON in 1816. Children at Greasley & Ilkeston and then Co. Durham by 1833:

      • Thomas VARLEY (c1817);

      • John VARLEY (1818) - see further notes in Study;

      • William VARLEY (1821);

      • Joseph VARLEY (1823);

      • Sarah VARLEY (c1825);

      • Edmund VARLEY (c1827);

      • Solomon VARLEY (c1829);

      • Shadrack VARLEY (c1833 - Co. Durham);

      • Mary VARLEY (c1835 co. Durham);

      • Ann VARLEY (c1838 co. Durham);

    • Elizabeth VARLEY (1787);

    • Thomas VARLEY (1810);

  • Ann VARLEY (1766 of William & Ann), m. George BIRCUMSHIRE;

  • Mary VARLEY (1769 of William & Ann), m. William EGGLISHAW;

  • Ann VARLEY (1771);

  • Elizabeth VARLEY (1774), m. George WYLDE;

  • William VARLEY (1777);

  • William VARLEY (1778 of William & Ann);

  • Mary VARLEY (1779/80 of William & Hannah);

  • Samuel VARLEY (1780 of William & Hannah);

  • a child (c1782);

  • Thomas VARLEY (1784 of William & Martha);

  • William VARLEY (1788 of William & Martha);

  • Hannah VARLEY (1791 of William & Martha);

Children of William VARLEY & Hannah ELY/ELEY at Heanor include:

  • Luke VARLEY (1794);

  • George VARLEY (1796);

  • Luke VARLEY (1797);

  • Joseph VARLEY (1801), m. Hannah VARLEY or SISON/SISSON in 1819. Eastwood children:

    • John VARLEY (1824);

    • William VARLEY (1830);

 then at Eastwood for:

  • Mary VARLEY (1803);

  • George VARLEY (1804);

  • John VARLEY (1805);

  • Mary VARLEY (1807);

  • John VARLEY (1809), m. ?Hannah BOOTH. Children at Brinsley, Notts:

    • William VARLEY (c1830-37?);

    • Samuel VARLEY (C1836);

    • James VARLEY (c1840);

    • John VARLEY (c1843);

  • Ann VARLEY (1811);

Descendants of William VARLEY (1832) & Naomi WIDDOWSON are:

  • William VARLEY (1857-68);

  • Betsy VARLEY (1859), m. Solomon FERNIE/FERNEY;

  • Henry VARLEY (1860), m. Louisa KITCHEN. Children:

    • George Henry VARLEY (1885);

    • Mabel Evelyn VARLEY (1888);

  • Margaret VARLEY (1868), m. Samuel BLATHERWICK in 1881, probably the father of her illegitimate child Samuel VARLEY (1880);

  • James Edwin VARLEY (1868), m. Julia. Children:

    • Lily VARLEY (1890);

    • James William VARLEY (1891);

  • Lydia VARLEY (1870);

  • William VARLEY (1872), m. Elizabeth BINCH in 1894. Children:

    • Constance Amy Naomi VARLEY (1896), m. John Edward STAPLETON in 1925;

    • Charles Cyril VARLEY (1900), m. Laura MATTHEWS in 1932;

    • John Wilfred VARLEY (1902), m. Ada CLAY. Child:

      • Cecil VARLEY, m. ? Child:

        • Martyn VARLEY;

    • Hubert Edgar VARLEY (1908), m. Winnie LEE;

    • Cecil George VARLEY (1911-31);

  • Eli VARLEY (1874);

The children of Thomas VARLEY & Sarah WYLD include:

  • Mary VARLEY (1787);

  • Joseph VARLEY (1792);

  • Thomas VARLEY (c1795), m. Sarah WILSON in 1815 Greasley: my 4xGGPs. Their children;

    • William VARLEY (1816);

    • Elizabeth VARLEY (1818);

    • Judith and/or Judah VARLEY (1820). Judith m. William MALLABONE/MALEBOND;

    • Fanny VARLEY (1823), m. Thomas WALTON;

    • Thomas (Wilson) VARLEY (c1826),  m. Ann HARRISON: my 3xGGPs. Children:

      • Sarah VARLEY (1848), m. James SHAWCROFT in 1867. 4 children;

      • Mary Ann VARLEY (1850), m. John BRADLEY: my 2xGGPs;

      • Thomas Henry VARLEY (1853), m. Susannah BRADLEY. 16 children;

      • William VARLEY (1855), m. Ann Burnham SLATER in 1876. 6 children, including:

        • William Thomas Slater VARLEY (1877)
          [GenesReunited contact Tessa SLATER-VARLEY];

        • Eliza Ann VARLEY (1879);

        • Elizabeth Esther VARLEY (1880);

        • Louisa VARLEY (1883);

        • Ernest VARLEY (1896);

        • Frances M VARLEY (1900);

      • Joseph VARLEY (1857) a twin, m. Mary Ann PEACH in 1877. 7 children;

      • Fanny VARLEY (1857) a twin;

      • James VARLEY (1860-1909);

      • Elizabeth VARLEY (1862), m. George SHOOTER in 1883. 6 children;

      • Ann VARLEY (1865);

      • Eliza VARLEY (1867), m. Thomas Henry HAYNES in 1888. 2 children;

      • possible others (1838+);

    • Isaac VARLEY (1828), m. Ann;

    • Ann VARLEY (1831), m. ?SHOOTER;

    • Mary VARLEY (1833), m. Angus MACDUFF;

Descendants of Thomas Henry VARLEY & Susannah BRADLEY include:

  • Fanny or Frances Mary VARLEY (1874), m. John Joseph EVISON in 1898;

  • Thomas Henry VARLEY (1877-1925), Ann Elizabeth DENTON aka Annie. Children:

    • Evelyn VARLEY;

    • Thomas (Henry) VARLEY of Greenhill Lane. Children:

      • Derek VARLEY of Mansfield;

    • Vera VARLEY;

    • Winifred VARLEY;

    • Christopher VARLEY. Children:

      • David VARLEY;

  • Ellen VARLEY (1878), m. Henry SHIPMAN in 1900;

  • Alice VARLEY (1880), m. James WRIGHT in 1902. No issue;

  • Henry VARLEY (1881), m. Elizabeth BOOTH in 1904. Children:

    • Lawrence Henry VARLEY (1904-46);

    • Elsie VARLEY (1906), m. David SNELL;

  • James VARLEY (1883), m. Sarah Ann FOGERTY aka Sally. Child:

    • Jack (John) VARLEY (1902), m. Elsie HOWE. Children:

      • Patricia VARLEY;

      • Mary VARLEY;

  • Frank Bradley VARLEY (1885), Sec. of the Notts Miners Assoc. & MP, m. Alicia MAYCOCK in 1907. Children:

    • Rex VARLEY (1908), m1. Margaret RAFORD, m2. Eileen Mary KNOTT, m3. Margaret ROWE. Children from m2:

      • Alan Gerard VARLEY (1944), m. Emma Virginie DANIEL in 1970;

      • Neil Geoffrey VARLEY (1947), m. unknown in 1974. Children in Sunderland:

        • Jonathan Neil VARLEY (1978);

        • Helen Louise VARLEY (1979);

        • Zoe Ruth VARLEY (1983);

    • Eileen VARLEY (1910), m. Gerald BIRCH;

    • Basil Frank VARLEY (1912-2000), m1. Doris Hilda BROWN, m2. Hilda E. S. GRIFFITHS. Children from m1:

      • Helen VARLEY (adopted in 1947);

      • Nigel Geoffrey VARLEY (1949);

      • Robina VARLEY (1952);

      • Ian Manton VARLEY (1956), m. Valerie JACQUES in 1977. East Leake children:

        • Mark VARLEY (1979);

        • Anna Frances VARLEY (1982);

  • Clara Winifred VARLEY (1887-88);

  • John Alfred VARLEY (1889-1942), m. Ada JONES. Child:

    • Rene VARLEY (1925) = Keith HISLOP;

  • Edith VARLEY (1891-1974) = Edgar PARKIN. No issue;

  • Olive VARLEY (1893-1973) = John Charles BARNSLEY;

  • Elsie Winifred VARLEY (1894-95);

  • Joseph Walter VARLEY (1896-1917);

  • Laura Eveline VARLEY (1897), m1. George PLATTS, m2. Richard LEWIS. No issue from either;

  • Clara Winifred VARLEY (1899-99);

  • Winifred VARLEY (1900-00);

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