On the 12th May 1792 John was married at Hunmanby to Christiana Marshall, (born c.1771).

They had four children, all baptised at Hunmanby:-

William

born 28th November 1793

Ann

born 26th February 1797

William

born 1st September 1799 (presumably the first William died)

John

baptised 8th May 1802

Christiana died in 1804 aged just 33yrs old and was buried at Hunmanby on the 28th October of that year.

On the 23rd November 1805 John was married at Hunmanby, to Ann Reed (born c.1783 at Hunmanby).

They had five children, all born at Hunmanby:-

Mary

baptised 19th October 1806. (she was probably the mother of a daughter, Mary, baptised at Hunmanby 7.11.1831 and she may also have been married at Hunmanby 25.12.1832 to Robert Bilton)

Elizabeth

baptised 15th June 1809.

Thomas

baptised 16th June 1815.

John

baptised 17th August 1817.

Reed

baptised 4th June 1819.

In 1841, John's wife Ann was the keeper of a lodging house in Stonegate, as she was in 1851 when she was a widow.

Also living with her in 1841 was daughter Elizabeth (b 1809) whose married name was Scrivener, and she had a daughter, Harriet who was 9 (c.1832).Elizabeth was also living there in 1851 with Reid (21) b. Hunmanby c.1830; William (7), b.Hunmanby c.1844; and Eliza (2) b.Hunmanby c.1849, but with no record of her husband.