A Baptist Church in Eccles, Lancashire, 1831-1842

Table 5.  Information from Marriage Registers

Names in Church Register Church[1] Date

 

Signa-
tures[2] 		Groom’s occupation Witnesses[3]
John Barlow[4]  + Louisa Johnson MCC 15/5/31 XX weaver William Constantine X
Thomas Bowker + Bettye Pollitt Eccles 13/12/01      
Thomas Bowker + Elizabeth Lingard MCC 17/2/33 XX labourer Alice Lingard X
James Brittain  + Mary Hughes Eccles 8/2/32 VV    
Roger Brittain  + Elizabeth Bryce MCC 25/1/15 VX hatter -
William Chapman + Martha Hardman Eccles 10/5/29 XX    
John Cookson  + Martha Lea Bolton 1/6/28 XX   -
John Crompton + Alice Fairhurst Bolton 3/6/33 XX   -
James Crompton +  Phoebe Wood MCC 23/2/19 XX weaver John Crompton V
William Henshaw + Elizabeth Penny Eccles 9/12/02      
William Henshaw + Elizabeth Livesey Eccles 13/5/21 XX    
William Henshaw + Elizabeth Edge MCC 20/7/29 XX weaver William G[...] V
John Johnson + Sarah Owen Eccles 17/11/22 VV    
Samuel Lingard + Alice Turner MCC 25/11/32 XX weaver Thomas Bowker X
John Lomax  +
Mary Johnson 		Eccles 9/2/23 XX    
Thomas Lowe +
Ann Knight 		MCC 9/7/16 XX hatter John Beard V
Joseph Adshead V
Isaac Moss +
Ann Turner 		Eccles 14/2/25 VX    
Isaac Moss + Nancy Partington MCC 30/7/03 XX spinner no witnesses
Samuel  Parr  +
Ann Brittain 		Eccles 5/11/32 VX    
Job Parr +
Elizabeth Rogerson		 Eccles[5] 4/6/26 VV    
Andrew Willcock + Isabella Johnson Flixton[6] 7/4/06      

[1] MCC = Manchester College Church (now the Cathedral); Eccles = St Mary’s (parish) church.  Bolton = St Peter’s, Bolton-le-Moors

[2] X = signed with mark, V = signed in writing. The two symbols refer to male and female partners respectively.

[3] Only those which are not obviously church officials.  X = signed with mark, V = signed in writing.

[4] widower

[5] by licence

[6] noted in IGI

© Roderick D. Cannon.