The Minor Family of Somerset

Joseph, the younger, married Mary, daughter of William Morrell
, of Beckfoot,in the parish of Bingley. Joseph, my brother, wa
s my mother's darling; he could have anything from my mother
; I have heard my uncle Jonathan say to her,"Sister, I wonder w
hat you mean; if you had a rick and a mill you would giveit al
l to your son Joseph: I think you should reserve some for you
r younger children." She would say, "Alas, brother, you know i
f one have one child sickly in the family, one is more tender o
f it than of all the rest that are well." He did not mind his t
rade; he had more mind of husbandry; he was too apt to be draw
n by bad company, being, as I said, of an easy temper (some cal
l it a good nature), but not to intemperance, that I know of. H
e had a mindto have the things about the house neat and in goo
d order. He was born, bred, and died at Goodgreave. I think h
e died in the same room where he was born, and lived to full 7
0 years of age in considerable health. Whosoever knewhim, he w
as much like my mother in person. He had one half of my mother'
sland in Houldsworth, which he sold to my brother Thomas for 16
0 L,. He had asmall farm in Stainland that he left to his son J
ohn.
Heywood's Register p 76. Joseph Priestley of Goodgreaves, abov
e Sowerby, buried Dec 26, aged 72