BURNETT of Otley
Three men, named Gabriel, John and Thomas BURNETT were living in Otley in 1579. John BURNETT of Otley died and left a will, dated 1 Oct 1579, in which he named Gabriel and Thomas as beneficiaries and identified them as his brothers. All were adults. It is not known how long the brothers had lived in Otley and their parents have not been identified. It is possible that they were born in Otley, but it is equally possible that they were born elsewhere and that their father moved his family to Otley when they were young. The Lay Subsidy Roll for the Wapentake of Skyrack, in 1545 does list a Roger BURNETT at Otley, who paid one penny tax on goods worth £1, but there is no evidence to link Roger with the three brothers, Gabriel, John and Thomas.
It appears
that two of the brothers, Gabriel and John, did not have any surviving children
but Thomas did and he was the 'root' ancestor for this particular family
tree. Four generations of his descendants
lived in Otley but other descendants had moved away and had established side
branches, particularly in
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