William Wilkinson William Wilkinson and Tamar Howfield, both from Sessay, North Yorkshire, married on 6 Jan 1808 in the parish church. William was a farmer. Tamar Howfield was born c1775 in Sand Hutton, which is about 8 miles north-west of Sessay. Sessay is a small, linear village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles south-east from Thirsk, and 2 miles west from the A19 road close to the East Coast Main Line. A railway station was opened at Sessay by the Great North of England Railway in 1841. It closed in 1958.