6 MEMOIR OF DR. DALTON, AND 



Greenrigg to be divided equally between Jonathan and John 

 Dalton and their cousin, George Bewley. The estate was 

 small and in a mountainous district, so that when sold in 

 1817 or 18, it brought only £750.* 



I shall give in a note the names of his aunts the Green- 

 ups and their families, as their children the cousins of Dr. 

 Dalton were most affectionately looked on by him during 

 his whole life, as well as kindly and liberally remembered in 

 his will.f 



Jonathan Dalton, the grandfather, joined the Society of 

 Friends, and the family continued with that body, a circum- 

 stance that no doubt in a considerable degree influenced the 

 habits and character of Dr. Dalton. 



Joseph Dalton and Deborah Greenup had three children, 

 Jonathan, John, and Mary. The sons were taught mathe- 

 matics, partly we are told, by the father, but they were also 

 sent to Mr. Fletcher, the teacher of the school belonging to 

 the Society of Friends. Eaglesfield was early connected with 

 this society, and is said to have first built a meeting house 

 for that body. In Mr. Fletcher's school John remained until 

 twelve years of age, and during that time he must have 

 made great progress, as we find him immediately beginning 

 to teach. He always spoke with great admiration of Mr. 

 Fletcher, who lived until Dalton himself was advanced in life. 

 Indeed we have no reason to think that even in that small 



• Mr. Bewley's Letter, 

 f Eldest daughter of Greenup family married to Samuel Bristo ; many de- 

 Bcendents, particularly Rachel and Margaret Lickbarrow, of Kendal, to whom 

 Dalton left legacies. (There was a third, Isabella, living at Dalton's death.) 

 Second daughter married to Thomas Bewley, whose only son was George 

 Bewley, of Woodhall, who formerly had the school in Kendal. The grandson, 

 Thomas Bewley, of Bassenthwaite, to whose letter I am indebted for a history 

 of the whole family, has daughters married to Mr. Abbatt, of Liverpool, and 

 Mr. Benson, of Preston, who went in the funeral procession as nearest of kin to 

 Dalton, and who by his will received legacies. The fifth married to Mr. 

 Dickinson, whose descendent's letter I have quoted. The sixth married in the 

 north of Scotland; whilst the seventh is mentioned in the text. 



