A quiet life ?

The Kildwick Parish records are full of interesting information and strange entries.
Here are some that record the progress of a woman from the cradle to her grave, 35 years later. There's nothing particularly remarkable about her life, except her name. Whisper it - quietly.

Baptism - 14th January 1702
Silence, Daughter of Thomas Blakey and Maria Teal of Silsden Moor

Marriage - 14th September 1728
John Davy of Kildwick Grange, Husbandman, & Silence Blakey of Silsden Moor, Spinst., both of this Parish, were married by Banns by me John Topham, Vicar

Baptism - 7th April 1729
Thomas, Son of John & Silence Davy of Silsden Moor, Husbandman

Baptism - 9th September 1731
Mary, Daughter of John & Silence Davy of Kildwick, Labourer

Baptism - 18th August 1734
John, Son of John & Silence Davy of Silsden Moor. Labourer

Burial - December 9th 1737
Silence, Wife of John Davy of Kildwick Grange, Labourer

Posted 30/3/2019