Keighley, Yorkshire
Staveleys are present in the Keighley parish registers at least as early as 1643:
Baptisms
| 1643 | Oct 1 | Bapt | Mary daught of James Staveley bapt. |
| 1649 | Apr 21 | Bapt | Agnes daught of James Staveley was bapt. |
| 1652 | Oct 3 | Bapt | Susan daught of James Staveley was bapt. |
| 1660 | Jul 15 | Bapt | William son of William Staveley bapt. |
| 1686 | May 30 | Bapt | William son of William Staveley bapt. |
| 1693 | Dec 6 | Bapt | John son of Will:Staveley |
| 1717 | Oct 20 | Bapt | Bastard. William son of Mary Staveley bapt. |
Marriages
| 1656 | (No Date) | Marr | William Staveley and Mary MORE both of the pish of Kighley by the certyffiecate of George Denbigh Register of the pish of Kighley made it appeare that their intencon of Mariage had bene thre tymes published in the pish Church of Kighley and present [blank] day of [blank] 1656 by their Joyneinge of hands and pnounceinge the words appoynted by the late Act for Marriages testyfied theire consent to Marriage whereupon they weare in presents of [bland] declared by me to be thenceforth husband and wife |
| 1678 | Feb 6 | Marr | John Taylor and Grace Stavely were married |
Burials
| 1650 | Jan 5 | Bur | James Staveley sister buryed |
| 1652 | Feb 20 | Bur | Mary Staveley was buryed |
| 1672 | Feb 4 | Bur | Ann the base child of Mary Staveley was buried |
| 1672 | Feb 27 | Bur | A Bastard. John the base child of Mary Staveley was buried |
| 1678 | Apr 28 | Bur | William Staveley was buryed |
| 1689 | Aug 2 | Bur | John son of William Staveley buryed |
| 1697 | May 9 | Bur | Joshua ye son of John and Grace Staveley buried |
| 1709 | Jun 25 | Bur | William Stavely buried |
| 1717 | Mar 19 | Bur | Grace Staveley buried |
| 1724/5 | Jan 17 | Bur | Poor. Grace Staveley Spster poor buried |
| 1724/5 | Feb 25 | Bur | Poor. William son of Mary Staveley poor buried |
The following family is that of George Staveley and Mary KNOWLES of Askrigg, Yorkshire. In 1841 this family is found in Askrigg, but by 1851 they are residing in Keighley as follows:
1851: Fell Lane, Keighley, Yorkshire, England
| George STAVELEY | Head | M | Male | 41 | Askrigg, Yorkshire, England | Wool Comber |
| Mary STAVELEY | Wife | M | Female | 44 | Abbotside, Yorkshire, England | Wool Comber |
| Miles STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 21 | Abbotside, Yorkshire, England | Wool Comber |
| Ann STAVELEY | Daur | U | Female | 19 | Askrigg, Yorkshire, England | Worsted Factory Hand |
| Anthony STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 16 | Askrigg, Yorkshire, England | Worsted Factory Hand |
| George STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 13 | Askrigg, Yorkshire, England | Worsted Factory Hand |
| Elijah STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 11 | Askerigg, Yorkshire, England | Worsted Factory Hand |
| Mathias STAVELEY | Son | U | Male | 9 | Askerigg, Yorkshire, England | Worsted Factory Hand |
| Mary STAVELEY | Daur | U | Female | 7 | Gale, Yorkshire, England | At Home |
| Jemima STAVELEY | Daur | U | Female | 5 | Morton, Yorkshire, England | At Home |
| Margaret STAVELEY | Daur | U | Female | 11 Mo | Morton, Yorkshire, England | Scholar |
In 1861 the family is found staying in the THORNTON household in Coundon, Durham.