John's forebears (continued):

Thomas Stephenson

A miller, born in 1800, who died about 1835. On 8th June 1827 at St Paul's Church, Liverpool he married ...

Elizabeth Hoult

Born 24th February 1801 in West Derby, Liverpool; died 14th October 1870 at 25 Albany Road, Old Swan, Liverpool. She and Thomas had 3 boys: James (1828), William (who died in infancy) (1830) and William Henry (1834). Her first marriage had been to John Pearce. When Thomas Stephenson died, she married John Spencer on 28th November 1836, and had 3 more children by him: Ann (1837), John (1838) and William (1842).

Thomas Smith

A gardener, born 23rd February 1792 at Rainford, Lancashire. On 4th July 1814 at St James' Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool he married ...

Mary Fazackerley

Born 12th August 1796 in West Derby, Liverpool. They had 12 children: Elizabeth Susannah (1814), Thomas (1816), Mary (1818), Susannah (1820), William (1822), Margaret (1824), Ann (1827), Peter (1828), John (1830), Ann (1832), Jane (1834) and Catherine (1838).

James Battersby

A rope maker, christened on 7th June 1811 at Lathom Chapel, Lathom, Lancashire, the illegitimate son of Martha Battersby; died 6th April 1898 at 15 Goschen Street, Old Swan, Liverpool. On 19th February 1832 at St Nicholas' Church, Liverpool he married ...

Sarah Gregory

Christened on 20th January 1811 at Ormskirk Parish Church, Lancashire; died in 1881 at Old Swan, West Derby. They had 10 children: John (1834), James (1836), Mary (1837), Martha (1839), James (1842), Mary (1844), Henry (1847), William (1850), Henry (1852) and Thomas (1856).

Samuel Pollock

A baker born about 1829 in County Armagh, Ireland; died 11th March 1874 at 8 Hurst Street, Old Swan, Liverpool. On 14th March 1851, in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, he married ... ...

Ann Steenson

Born about 1832 in County Armagh, Ireland. They had 8 children: Andrew (1852), Annabella (1854), Mary Jane (1856), Samuel (1859), Samuel (1861), Susannah (1866), Charlotte (1869) and Elizabeth (1874).

Charles Naylor

A woollen weaver, born on 9th February 1807 in Holbeck, Leeds; died 1881 at Austonley West Yorkshire. On 14th January 1838 at Almondbury Parish Church, West Yorkshire he married ...

Sarah Bradbury

Christened 28th December 1818 at Lane Independent Chapel, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire; died 1898 at Austonley, West Yorkshire. They had 5 children: John (1840), Elizabeth (1843), James (1845), Lot (1853) and Sarah Ann (1856).

Henry Hirst

A carpenter and joiner, christened 21st July 1820 in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire; died 3rd September 1900 in Holmbridge, West Yorkshire. On 24th September 1843 at Kirkburton Parish Church, West Yorkshire he married ...

Ann Hoyle

Born in 1825 in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire; died 25th August 1896 in Holmbridge, West Yorkshire. They had 6 children: David (1844), John (1847), Sarah Elizabeth (1852), Martha Ann (1854), Martin H. (1860) and Mary Hannah (1866).

John Webster

A waiter born in 1812 in Childwall, Lancashire. On 17th May 1852 at St George's Church, Liverpool he married ...

Susan Porteus Maitland Shaw

Christened 27th June 1820 at Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; died 1893 at Wavertree, Liverpool. They had 6 children: Charles (1853), William (1855), John (1857), James (1858), Richard (1860) and David (1863).

John Ratcliffe

A shoemaker, christened 4th June 1809 at Farnworth Parish Church, Lancashire; died in 1889 at Much Woolton, Lancashire. On 31st December 1843 at St Peter's Church, Liverpool he married ...

Ellen Howard

Christened 27th March 1825 at St Peter's Church, Liverpool; died in 1877 at Much Woolton, Lancashire. They had 10 children: Sarah (1844), Daniel Dennett (1846), Elizabeth (1848), Ann (1850), James (1852), Catherine (1854), Ellen (1857), Joseph (1859), Thomas (1862) and Eleanor (1864).

John's 3 x great-grandparents' generation

James Hoult

Born about 1778. On 28th December 1799 at St James's Church, Liverpool he married ...

Ann Woods

Christened 20th August 1780 at St Nicholas' Church, Liverpool. They had 9 children: Elizabeth (1801), Edith (1803), James (1806), William (1809), Catherine (1810), Thomas (1812), John (1814), Ann (1815) and Henry (1817).

Thomas Smith

Christened 13th January 1750 in Rainford, Lancashire. On 23rd August 1773 at St Mary's Church, Prescot, Lancashire, he married ...

Catharine Winstanley

Christened 17th September 1752 at St Peter's Church, Liverpool. They had 11 children: Peggy (1774), Betty (1775), Peter Thomas (1777), Betty (1780), Margaret (1782), Mary (1784), John (1787), John (1788), Thomas (1792), Catherine (1794) and Anne (1796).

William Fazackerley

Born 3rd February 1769 at West Derby, Lancashire. His first marriage in 1790 was to Nancy Rycroft. On 27th October 1795 at St James's Church, Liverpool he married ...

Elizabeth Lorison

Born about 1770 in West Derby, Lancashire. Their daughter was Mary (1796).

Edward Bootle-Wilbraham

Born 7th March 1771 at Lathom House, Lancashire; died 3rd April 1853 at Lathom House as Baron Skelmersdale. Martha Battersby said that he was the father of James Battersby.

Martha Battersby

Possibly born about 1786. She was a housemaid at Lathom House when she became pregnant with her son, James (1811). She told him on her deathbed that Edward Bootle-Wilbraham was his father.

John Gregory

Christened 21st October 1781 at Ormskirk Parish Church, Lancashire. About 1797 he married ...

Mary ?

Born about 1780. They had 8 children: Margaret (1797), Nanny (1798), John (1803), Elizabeth (1809), Sarah (1811), Thomas (1813), Alice (1815) and Peter (1820).

John Naylor

A cloth miller christened 6th October 1780 in Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire. On 25th December 1799 at St Peter's Church, Leeds he married ...

Sarah Hall

Christened 21st October 1781 at St Peter's Church, Leeds, Yorkshire. They had 6 children: Mary (1800), John (1803), William (1805), Charles (1807), Thomas (1811) and Ann (1816).

Lot Bradbury

A clothier born in 1778 in Saddleworth, West Yorkshire; died 1855. About 1804 he married ...

Susannah ?

Born about 1780. They had 7 children: Betty (1805), Thomas (1806), Joseph (1807), Mary (1808), Daniel (1810), John (1813) and Sarah (1818).

John Hirst

A joiner christened 2nd June 1793 at Almondbury Parish Church, Yorkshire; died 25th August 1847 at Hinchliffe Mill, Austonley, West Yorkshire. On 3rd November 1817 at Kirkburton Parish Church he married ...

Sarah Earnshaw

Christened 9th November 1794 at Almondbury Parish Church, Yorkshire; died at Hinchliffe Mill, Austonley in 1868. They had 7 children: Elizabeth (1819), John (1819), Henry (1820), Elliott (1823), Hannah (1825), Alfred (1829) and Eliza Ann (1839).

Martin Hoyle

Born 11th November 1796 at Bottoms, Thong, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire; died 1876. His first marriage in 1817 was to Sarah Swallow with whom he had 1 son, Abel, born in 1817. On 24th June 1825 at Kirkburton Parish Church he married ...

Sarah Ellis

Born 1796; died 1871. They had 5 children: Ann (1825), Maria (1828), Eli (1828), Martin (1831) and Joshua (1833).

William Webster

Born about 1775. On 27th November 1796 he married ...

Ellen Dodd

Born about 1775. They had 7 children: Susannah (1797), William (1799), Ellen (1801), Thomas (1807), Mary (1810), John (1812) and Mary (1815).

William Shaw

A coachman born about 1800 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. On 31st August 1816 at Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland he married ...

Margaret Thomson

Born in 1800 at Crossmichael, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. They had 6 children: James (1817), Susan Porteus Maitland (1819), John (1827), William (1828), James (1829) and David (1830).

Joseph Ratcliffe

Born in 1779 at Bold, Lancashire. On 6th November 1802 at Childwall Parish Church he married ...

Sarah Dennett

Christened 9th January 1783 at St Nicholas' Church, Liverpool. They had 7 children: James (1803), Betty (1805), Catherine (1805), Samuel (1807), John (1809), Thomas (1811) and Joseph (1812).

Thomas Howard

Born on 26th April 1796. On 31st December 1816 at St Nicholas' Church, Liverpool he married ...

Ann Graham

Christened 7th December 1800 at St Mary's Church, West Derby, Liverpool. Their daughter was Ellen (1823).

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