William Sellers Cowton was born 19th July 1900 at Seamer,
the first son of Mark & Ada Cowton.

Sadly, William’s mother Ada died when he was very young.
His father, Mark Cowton, married Helen (Nellie) Chapman, and William gained a half - brother (Mark).

On the 29th April 1922 William Sellars Cowton married Dorothy Simpson at Scarborough Register Office.
Bill and Dolly lived at High Killerby farm in 1927.
Bill worked as a foreman at a farm in Barnsley until around 1930-31, when they moved to Coteshead farm at Sawdon. Four years later they moved to The Old Mill Cottage in West Ayton.