The Ashworth, Bond, Beck and Wilson Families
Research commenced in 2001 on the Ashworth family on the basis of the following information from previous research on
the Caffrey family:
Elizabeth Ashworth married Thomas Edward Caffrey 1 on 20 November 1915 in
St Alban’s Roman Catholic Church, Blackburn, Lancashire. According to her
marriage certificate she was born in 1893/4 and her father was Richard
Ashworth, who was dead by the time of her marriage; no occupation was stated
for him. In 1915 she was of Blackburn. (Photo right of Elizabeth Ashworth
[married name Caffrey] taken in 1976).
There was some doubt about Elizabeth’s paternity and the aim was to find out
more about her mother, possibly named Helen Bond.
Elizabeth was thought to have died between 1980 and 1990, the place being
unknown.
During the course of research information came to light that the marriage registers of St Alban’s Roman
Catholic Church were being transcribed by the Lancashire Family History Society. Elizabeth’s mother’s
name is (unusually) given. This provided the important new information that her mother was Margaret
Alice Ashworth.
The quarterly birth indexes were searched for an Elizabeth Bond or Ashworth birth in Lancashire between 1892 and 1895;
the list in each case was however too long to examine all the possibilities. There were two Elizabeth Ashworth births in the
Blackburn registration district in 1893: one had previously been obtained; the other was Elizabeth Mary Ashworth
(December quarter 1893) and when in previous research this had been checked on the father’s name being Richard, the
result had been negative. There were no Elizabeth Bond births in Blackburn and so the Bond name was abandoned at this
point.
A search was then made in civil registration records for the death of a Richard Ashworth, of an age to father a child, in 1892
and 1893. There was only one aged between 20 and 55: a chemist of 39 who fell from a window while temporarily insane,
in South Shore in the Blackpool sub-district:
Death
Registration District Fylde
Sub-district of Blackpool
County of Lancaster
25 Jul 1893 at Station Terrace, Lytham Road, South Shore U[rban] S[anitary] D[istrict]
Richard Ashworth 39 years Chemist
Cause:
Effusion of Blood on the surface of the Brain caused by getting through
an upstairs window and falling on the footway below whilst temporially [sic] insane
Certified: John Parker, Deputy Coroner for Lancashire
Inquest held 26 July 1893
This was not of apparent relevance, but there are so few details on death certificates at this date that it was difficult to be
conclusive. One of the birth registrations for Elizabeth Ashworth had also been in the Fylde registration district (these areas
were quite large) and so a check on the father’s name being Richard was requested, but the result was again negative.
Elizabeth’s death (as Elizabeth Caffrey) was now searched for, from 1975 to 1990; the only Elizabeth Caffrey shown died in
Preston in December 1983, but the date of birth was 17 May 1897. The birth of Elizabeth Ashworth on 17 May 1897 was
then searched for; there were three possibilities registered in the June quarter of 1897 but all failed the check on the father’s
name being Richard. There were no Elizabeth Ashworth births registered in the September quarter of 1897 (searched in case
of late registration). Perhaps Elizabeth died after 1990; this possibility was not investigated at this point.
The 1901 census2 was then tried, and fortunately, now that Elizabeth’s mother’s name was known to be Margaret Alice, this
enabled Elizabeth to be located as a seven-year-old living with her mother at 285 Audley Range, Blackburn (St Thomas’s
parish):
1
These were the maternal grandparents of Michael Gregory
Decennial census returns were instituted in England, Scotland and Wales in 1801, with personal returns given
from 1841 onwards; from 1851 onwards the precise age and birthplace is given for each member of the
household. The latest return currently open to public inspection is that of 1901, which is indexed online.
2
1
Census 31 March 1901
Public Record Office Ref: RG 13 3913 fol 90 page 21
Parish of St Thomas, Blackburn
285 Audley Range
Margaret A Ashworth
Richard
“
Elizabeth “
Mary Jane “
George S Ormerod
Head
Son
Daur
Daur
Boarder
Wid
Occupation
Housekeeper
37
9
7
7mo
32
S
Cotton Worker
Where born
Lancs Blackburn
do Accrington
do Blackpool
do Blackburn
do Burnley
Margaret A. Ashworth was a widow and housekeeper of 37 born in Blackburn; as well as Elizabeth, who was born in
Blackpool, she had a son Richard (aged 9, born Accrington) and a daughter Mary Jane aged 7 months, born in Blackburn
(and a boarder, George S Ormerod, aged 32, born in Burnley, a cotton weaver). This of course would mean (assuming all
the children were legitimate) that Richard Ashworth senior had died within the last 16 months or so; but given the family
tradition of her father’s death shortly before Elizabeth's birth, this did cause a reconsideration of the unfortunate chemist
who leaped from a window in Blackpool in July 1893, and the Elizabeth Ashworth born in the Fylde district in the March
quarter of the following year (but not with a father Richard). Therefore the Fylde birth certificate was ordered to see
whether the mother was Margaret Alice. The certificate proved to be very interesting:
Birth
Registration District Fylde
Sub-district of Blackpool
County of Lancaster
18 Mar 1894
Elizabeth [dau of] Montague Le Gendre Ashworth Licensed Victualler (retired) and
Margaret Alice Ashworth formerly Bond [of] 7 Caroline Street, Blackpool
It would seem that this time there can be no doubt of the certificate’s relevance; and the previous difficulties in identifying it
were now explained. Elizabeth’s mother Margaret Alice had the maiden name of Bond – a name already thought to have
been connected with Elizabeth’s mother - but her father was Montague Le Gendre Ashworth, not Richard. However, just
nine months earlier, a chemist named Richard Ashworth – the name given by Elizabeth as her father’s name when she
married – had committed suicide in Blackpool. Were the two events connected? – or was Elizabeth simply mistaken about
the name of her father? She certainly had a brother named Richard. Obtaining a copy of the Coroner’s Inquest may perhaps
yield an additional clue as to the circumstances surrounding his death. There may even be newspaper reports as it occurred
in unusual circumstances
A Montague Ashworth was then found in the index to the 1881 census 3:
Census 3 April 1881 (Index only)
Public Record Office Ref: RG 11 4143 fol 36 page 24
105 Dale Street, Accrington, Lancashire
Occupation
Contractor & Builders
[sic]
Richard Ashworth
Head
M
45
Elizabeth Ashworth
Wife
M
44
James Ashworth
Son
U
22
Stone Mason
Montague Le Gau [sic]
Ashworth
Son
11
Scholar
Where born
Accrington,
Lancashire
Accrington,
Lancashire
Accrington,
Lancashire
Accrington,
Lancashire
Interestingly, Montague’s father was called Richard. This result too was puzzling; if this Montague was the father of
Elizabeth Ashworth, he was born in 1869/70, so it seems a little curious that he should be described as retired in 1894.
The online IGI was searched for the marriage of Montague and Margaret Alice and the following was found:
International Genealogical Index (online)
Marriage at St Peter, Accrington, Lancashire
3
Indexed by the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints, online and in CD-ROM format (1999-2002)
2
3 July 1890
Montague Le Gendre Ashworth and Margaret Alice Bond
At this point, the first stage of research came to a halt. Were it not for the fact that Elizabeth (née Ashworth) Caffrey’s
mother was named in the church registers when she married – which is by no means standard practice – her birth would
probably remain a mystery. Thanks to this clue, it has now been possible to establish the record of her birth, and that her
father was Montague Le Gendre Ashworth, not Richard Ashworth; since he died when she was a young child4, and both her
brother and her grandfather were called Richard, it is perhaps understandable that she was mistaken about her father’s name,
distinctive as it was. Another possibility is that Montague used the name Richard informally.
Further research was clearly necessary and this should begin by obtaining the marriage certificate for Montague and
Margaret Alice Ashworth; it should also be possible to look for the birth certificates of Richard (1891/2) and Mary Jane
(1900) Ashworth; and for the death of Montague Le Gendre Ashworth in about 1900.
From oral family history, there is a rumour that Montague le Gendre Ashworth died 11 months before Elizabeth’s birth.
This could be checked using the BMD Index. Another possibility is that Margaret’s mother was called Helen Bond, and that
she came from Cumbria. This could be verified, or otherwise, by relevant searches.
There was an Administration of the estate of Montague le Gendre Ashworth, which Michael Gregory had a copy of in the
1980’s, but this has been lost. A copy could be obtained from records. His ‘early retirement’ could be explained in that he
was a successful businessman (according to oral family tradition), leaving several houses (which he may have inherited from
his father) in Accrington, as well as a Public House (explaining his trade, given in the marriage as ‘Licensed Victualler’).
Also, if he had died before Elizabeth’s conception, then Elizabeth’s mother may well have deliberately made a false entry on
her daughter’s birth registration.
Next, a search was made of the 1891 Census using the online version at www.ancestry.co.uk. Montague le Gendre and
Margaret Alice were found living at 80, Dale Street in the “Langs Arms” Public House:
1891 Census
80 Dale Street (The Langs Arms)
Accrington
Montague le Gendre Ashworth
Margaret A Ashworth
Joshua Hoyle
Mary A A Thread
Occupation
Hd M 21 Licensed Victualler
W M 26
Wid’r M 72 Coachman
S 33 Servant spinster
Where born
Accrington
Blackburn
Rossendale
Blackburn
Given the family story of Montague’s possible death at an early age the BMD index was checked using the service
1837online.com. His death was found registered in the April Quarter 1893:
Death
Montague le Gendre Ashworth aged 23 Haslingden vol 8e p116
This further adds to the mystery of Elizabeth Ashworth’s birth, as it appears that he would have probably died before her
conception. Montague’s death certificate should be obtained to verify this.
In passing, it was noted that a Margaret Alice Ashworth was married in Haslingden in June 1902 (Vol 8e, page 286). A
James Henry Whittles was married and registered on the same page in Haslingden. It may be worth obtaining the marriage
certificate to ascertain if this is the same Margaret Alice who became remarried.
Further research on the Ashworth family was undertaken, and was extended to the Bond and Beck families and the results of
this are detailed later in this report.
By 1901, Margaret A. Ashworth had moved to Blackburn where she was living as a 37 year-old widow with her three
children including a seven month-old daughter called Mary Jane. This was very surprising given the entry that had been
found in the FreeBMD for the death of Montague in 1893. He was aged 23.
In 1881, Montague was living in Dale Street, Accrington as the 11 year-old son of Richard and Elizabeth Ashworth. Both of
these parents had been born in Accrington in about 1836. A copy of the marriage certificate of Montague and Margaret
Ashworth was obtained, principally to learn the name of the father of the bride:
4
In fact, later research has shown that he died before Elizabeth was born and indeed, before she could have
been conceived through him.
3
Marriage
September 1890, Haslingden, Vol 8e, p.189
3 July 1890
St Peter’s Church, Accrington, Lancashire
Montague le Gendre Ashworth, aged 20, bachelor and barman of 80, Dale Street, Accrington, son of Richard
Ashworth, publican
and
Margaret Alice Bond, 25 years, a spinster, of 82, Dale Street, Accrington, daughter of William Bond, weaver,
deceased
Witnesses: Arthur Beagham and Emma Duckworth
The National Birth Indexes were searched for 1869/70 and the reference to Montague le Gendre Ashworth was found (Jun
1870 Haslingden 8e 174). He was born on 12th April 1870 at 10 Percy Street, New Accrington. His parents were recorded as
Richard Ashworth, a stone mason, and Elizabeth Ashworth formerly Pilkington. The birth was registered by the father on
23rd April following.
The death of Montague le Gendre Ashworth (Jun 1893 Haslingden 8e 116) shows that he was aged 23 when he died on 19 th
April 1893 at Langs Arms Hotel, Dale Street, Accrington. He was a licensed victualler who died of Alcoholism Syncope.
The death was recorded by his cousin, George Hoyle, who lived at 16 Crossland Street, Accrington. This was very
peculiar. Since his daughter, Elizabeth, Michael Gregory’s grandmother, was born on 18th March 1894, eleven months after
the death of her “genealogical father”. He could not have been her “genetic father”! Clearly, Margaret Alice had a liaison
with another man to produce her daughter.
Following his death, power to administer his estate was granted to his widow in 1893:
Montague le Gendre Ashworth of “Langs Arms” Hotel, Grant Street, Accrington, Lancashire innkeeper died 19
April 1893. Admon Lancaster 15 June to Margaret Alice Ashworth widow
Effects £2032-11s-6d
A copy was made of this document. It adds little additional information. Interestingly, one of the sureties was George Hoyle
of 16 Crossland Street, Accrington. This was the informant of his death and was described as his cousin.
In the same year of 1893, an administration was also granted on the estate of a Richard Ashworth of Blackpool. This was
checked to see if he could be related to Michael Gregory’s Ashworth ancestors.
Richard Ashworth of Station Road, Lytham Rod, South Shore, Blackpool Lancashire, chemist died 25 July
1893. Admon London 18 October to Fanny Ashworth widow Effects £999-10s
This is clearly the man whose death certificate had been obtained previously. He had fallen out of a window when he was
aged 39. It was possible that he was a relation to Montague le Gendre. He would have been born in 1853/4. This man was
located in the index to the 1881 census and his household was copied (RG11/4021, folio 49, page 16). He was living at 161
Bury New Road, Cheetham, Manchester. He was then a 27 year-old unmarried chemist, who had been born in Spotland,
Lancashire. He was living with his two brothers, William H, aged 25, and Herbert, aged 23, both natives of Cowpe Bury,
Lancashire. It now seemed unlikely that Richard was connected to the family of Montague le Gendre and his father, also
called Richard Ashworth, from Accrington.
The record of the will of Richard Ashworth, Montague’s father, was found in the index for 1890:
13 Aug 1890
Admon (with will) of Personal Effects of Richard Ashworth late of 2 Grant Street Accrington in the County of
Lancaster Innkeeper a widower who died 24 June 1890 at 2 Grant Street was granted at Lancaster to James
Ashworth of 36 Adelaide Street Accrington stone mason the son and one of the next of kin.
Personal Effects £96-0s-11d
Admin (with will) left unadministered. Property issued October 1892
Admon (with will) of unadminsitered property issued July 1893
Further entries were found in the indexes for 1892 and 1893:
1892
Admon (with will) Lancaster 31 October to Montague le Gendre Ashworth innkeeper Effects £3252-10s-7d
Former Grant August 1890
Further Grant July 1893
1893
Admon (with will) Lancaster 31 July 1893 to Margaret Alice Ashworth widow
Effects £240-0s-1d
4
Former Grants August 1890 & October 1892
It seems clear that the eldest son, James, did not deal with his father’s estate despite applying for such power in 1890. His
other son, Montague, then took on that responsibility but died shortly afterwards. It was left to his widow, Margaret Alice, to
deal with the estate of her husband and her late father-in-law.
A copy of the will and the second grant of 1892 were obtained. It shows that Richard made his will on 2 nd June 1890. He
appointed his wife, Elizabeth, as his Executrix. She was left his estate in Dale Street, Wheat Street, Wood Street, Stanley
Street and Clarendon Street. He wished that she should live in his public house called The Langs Arms Hotel. When
Elizabeth died, the pub should pass to his son, Montague. Other bequests went to his son, James.
The death registration of Elizabeth Ashworth was found:
Jun 1890
Elizabeth Ashworth
53
Haslingden
8e
109
She clearly died before her husband. It was this that caused Montague to inherit The Langs Arms. It seems that he drank the
profits and died three years later!
The national birth indexes were searched for the entry relating to the birth of Mary Jane Ashworth, who was 7 months-old in
1901. She would have been born in late 1900. In the indexes from the beginning of 1900 to the June quarter of 1901, there
were only:
Sep 1900
Mar 1901
Mary Jane Ashworth
Mary Jane Ashworth
Haslingden
Birkenhead
8e
8a
110
466
A copy was made of the first entry even though it was not registered in Blackburn as stated in the census. She was born on
2nd August 1900 at 12 Vale Street, Bacup. She was the daughter of Frederick Ashworth and Sarah Ashworth formerly
Garrard. The father was a weaver. This did not appear to be the child found in the 1901 enumeration. The daughter of
Margaret Alice does not seem to have been recorded under the surname of Ashworth.
An entry had been noted in FreeBMD for a possible remarriage of Margaret Alice Ashworth in the Haslingden district in the
June quarter of 1902 (8e 286). A copy was obtained.
This Margaret Alice Ashworth proved to be a 27 year-old spinster. She was the daughter of Abraham Ashworth. This was
clearly not a second marriage for Michael Gregory’s great-grandmother.
The indexes to the 1881 and 1901 censuses were searched for George Hoyle, the cousin of Montague Le Gendre Ashworth.
In 1901, George Henry was found living at 18 Percy Street, an address associated with the Ashworth family. He was then a
55 year-old widower and joiner carp(enter) who had been born at Accrington. He was a boarder in the house of Alice
Barnes, aged 47, a spinster also of Accrington (RG13/3856, folio 159, page 28).
Twenty years earlier in 1881, George Henry Hoyle was again living with members of the Barnes family. They were at 18
Black Abbey Street, Accrington (RG11/4141, folio 83, page 20). George was a 35 year-old widower and joiner. He lived
with Catherine Barnes, aged 58, a widow, and Alice Barnes, her daughter, aged 27, a spinster. Also in the household was
John Haworth, aged 63.
The family of Richard and Elizabeth Ashworth was located in the 1871 census returns of Lancashire using the recently
produced county-wide index. They were living at 10 Percy Street, New Accrington (RG10/4143, folio 109, page 30).
Richard was a 35 year-old master mason who employed three men. He had been born in Accrington. His wife, Elizabeth,
was aged 33. Surprisingly, the couple had only two children, James aged 12 and Montague Le G(endre), aged only 11
months. There was a large gap between the births of the two boys.
Living nearby, at No. 16 Percy Street, was a family headed by Henry Ashworth, aged 46, a labourer. He had a wife, Alice,
and two children. Could Henry have been a brother to Richard?
Based on the age of their eldest son, it seemed that Richard Ashworth and Elizabeth Pilkington had married shortly before
1859. On searching the quarterly indexes for the last three volumes of 1858, the required entry was located (Jun 1858
Blackburn 8e 328) and a copy was made.
On 23rd May 1858, this couple married at Blackburn Parish Church. Richard Ashworth was a 23 year-old bachelor and
mason of Brunswick Street. He was unable, for some reason, to supply or record the name of his own father. Perhaps he was
illegitimate? Elizabeth Pilkington, was a 20 year-old spinster of King Street, the daughter of George Pilkington, a labourer.
The ceremony was witnessed by Enos Hindle and Elizabeth Moss.
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The 1851 census returns of the Accrington Sub-District of the Haslingden Registration District (HO 107 2250) have been
indexed by surname. A total of 24 households were found which included people called Ashworth. All were examined
looking for Richard Ashworth, aged about 16. All four households including those called Richard Ashworth were copied
(folios 316, 354, 457 & 554). Of these, only one teenager was of the right age. This was the Richard Ashworth, aged 15, a
labourer, who was living at Blackburn Road, Old Accrington. Probably significantly, he was the nephew of John Ashworth,
a stone mason, aged 55, who had been in Huncoate, Lancashire. Was he being taught his future trade by his uncle? John’s
wife was Elizabeth, aged 54, a native of Sold or Sole in Yorkshire.
A Richard Ashworth, a 43 year-old stone mason, was living at Milnshaw, Old Accrington in 1851. Could this have been the
father of Richard junior? He had a wife called Betty and three children, Robert aged 16, a stone mason, Sarah 14 and
Elizabeth 9. It is just possible that Richard was born between Robert and Sarah.
At this point, no further research was conducted into the origins of the Ashworth family due to the doubt over the identity of
the father of Elizabeth Ashworth. Concentration switched to the Bond family.
As research into the Ashworth family had indicated, the maternal great-grandmother of Michael Peter Gregory was
Margaret Alice Bond. She had married Montague Le Gendre Ashworth, a licensed victualler, on 3 rd July 1890, at St Peter’s
Church, Accrington, Lancashire. She was the daughter of William Bond, a weaver, who was dead by the date of his
daughter’s wedding. There was a family story that Margaret’s mother was called Helen, who came from Cumbria.
According to the 1891 and 1901 censuses, Margaret Alice had been born in Blackburn about 1863-1865. Hence, the national
birth indexes were searched for a reference to her. From 1863 to 1866, two candidates were noted:
Jun 1865
Jun 1866
Margaret Bond
Margaret Alice Bond
Blackburn
Haslingden
8e
8e
304
147
Although only one birth of a Margaret Alice Bond was found, she was not registered in the Blackburn district but in
Haslingden. A copy was produced. Surprisingly, this child was the daughter of Thomas Bond, a cotton power loom weaver,
and his wife Catherine Bond formerly Gregson. She was born in Accrington on 15 th March 1866. This girl’s father had the
wrong Christian name according to her marriage certificate. The other entry was checked for a father called William and the
copy was issued. This Margaret Bond was born on 25th February 1865 at 36 Fisher Street, Blackburn. She was the daughter
of William Bond, an outdoor labourer, and Margaret Bond formerly Beck. The mother recorded her daughter’s birth on 28 th
April following. She was unable to sign her name and made her mark. Was this the required entry? Her mother was not
called Helen and the father was not a weaver. If this was her, then she seems to have assumed her second Christian name
later in life. Was it a confirmation name?
The index to the 1881 census shows no Margaret A Bond aged about 15 living in Blackburn. The only two girls with this
name, aged 14 and 16, lived elsewhere in Lancashire and had fathers with different Christian names. A Margaret Bond, then
aged 16, was living in Blackburn (RG11/4187, folio 112, page 50). Her entry was copied.
Margaret Bond, a cotton weaver, was living with her mother, Margaret, a housekeeper, who was aged 57 and a widow, She
had been born in Penrith, Cumberland. Also in the house was her brother, William, aged 18, a cotton weaver, who had also
been born in Blackburn. Was it more than coincidence that the mother of Margaret (Alice) Bond believed that she had been
born in Cumberland?
Since Margaret Bond junior had been born at 36 Fisher Street in 1865, was her family living there in 1861 or 1871 when
censuses were taken?
In 1871, 36 Fisher Street (RG10/4178, folio 97, page 17) was occupied by people called Chatburn and Astley. Ten years
earlier, however, that address was the home of the Bond family (RG9/3100, folio 74, page 28). The return was copied.
William Bond was a 37 year-old outdoor labourer who had been born in Clitheroe, Lancashire. His wife, Margaret, was then
aged 38. She was clearly unsure of her geography since she recorded her place of birth as Penrith, Scotland. Living with the
parents were their five children, Mary aged 16, Charles 13, Thomas 11, Jane 7 and William who was just 9 months of age.
The youngest four had been born in Blackburn. The great-grandmother of Michael Gregory was not born until four years
later.
From the 1861 census, it seemed that William and Margaret had married about 1844. Indeed, when the index for the
December quarter of 1844 was searched the required entry was immediately found.
The union of William Bond and Margaret Beck took place on 7 th December 1844 in the Chapelry of Clitheroe, Lancashire.
Both were of Clitheroe, William being a labourer. Both were “minors” being under the age of consent. William’s father was
David Bond, a labourer. Margaret was the daughter of Miles Beck, also a labourer. The ceremony took place in the presence
of Thomas Beck, perhaps the brother of the bride, and Alice Slater.
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The 1851 census returns of Clitheroe (HO1 07 2255/6) are indexed by surname. Only seven households including people
called Bond were recorded. All were on 2256. Interestingly, one family, that on folio 241, page 60, in Salford, included both
the surnames of Bond and Beck. The head, Thomas Beck was a 27 year-old “card stripper cotton” was from Appleby,
Westmoreland. He was living with his brother, Matthew, aged 19, also from Appleby, and his married sister, Margaret
Bond, aged 24, from Penrith, Cumberland. Margaret was the wife of William Bond, an agricultural labourer, who had been
born in Clitheroe. This couple had three children, Mary aged 6, Charles aged 3 and Thomas who was 6 months old. All three
had been born in Clitheroe. Living nearby at Giles Row, Salford, Clitheroe (HO 107 2256, folio 235, page 49) was a family
headed by David Bond, aged 58, an agricultural labourer from Newton, Yorkshire. He had a wife called Ellen, who was 53,
a bread baker, from Waddington, Yorkshire. Their daughter, Maria, who was 16, a native of Clitheroe, still lived at home.
Also in residence was their granddaughter, Esther, whose surname is very strangely recorded. She was 10 years of age in
1851.
The International Genealogical Index shows a marriage of David Bond and Ellen Read at Waddington in Yorkshire on 10 th
February 1814. This was the home parish of the mother of William Bond.
The baptismal section includes many entries for children of this couple. Some are taken from the Mormon’s filming and
abstraction process. Others have been submitted by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and are the
results of their own research work. Consequently, some are only estimates of dates of birth. The offspring of David and
Ellen Bond:
28 May 1815
13 Apr 1817
2 May 1819
1821
18 Nov 1821
25 Apr 1824
1826
1826
20 May 1827
1829
23 May 1830
19 May 1833
1835
6 Sep 1835
17 Dec 1837
1838
1840
24 May 1840
Mary Bond
Betty Bond
Elin Bond
Elizabeth Bond
John Bond
William Bond
John Bond
William Bond
Isabella Bond
Ellen Bond
Ellen Bond
Susannah Bond
Maria Bond
Maria Bond
Wilson Bond
Wilson Bond
David Bond
Thomas Bond
bapt
bapt
bapt
born
bapt
bapt
born
born
bapt
born
bapt
bapt
born
bapt
bapt
born
born
bapt
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Clitheroe
Slaidburn
Waddington
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
The entries which record only approximate years of birth seem to be less reliable that those entries where there are exact
dates and places of baptism. William Bond, Michael Gregory’s ancestor, was the only child to be christened in his mother’s
parish church at Waddington in Yorkshire. The first three children were recorded in the register of the Newton in Slaidburn
Independent Chapel in Yorkshire. These records are available for research at The Family Records Centre, Islington
(RG4/2659). These entries were checked in the register and add dates of birth for the children:
Mary
Betty
Elin
7 May 1815
14 Mar 1817
5 Apr 1819
The IGI also suggests that David Wilson Bond was baptised in The Newton in Slaidburn Independent Chapel on 5 th April
1791 as the son of John Bond and Mary Wilson. The parents had married in Slaidburn parish church on 13 th September
1790. The baptismal entry was copied from the records (RG4/2659). It shows that the parents were of Newton and that
David was born on 28th February.
The IGI includes many other children of John and Mary Bond after David Wilson in 1791:
30 Mar 1793
29 Jan 1795
12 Mar 1796
22 Apr 1799
25 Dec 1799
28 Aug 1801
29 Nov 1801
24 Dec 1803
15 Sep 1805
25 Apr 1807
Ellin Bond
John Bond
Janet Bond
William Bond
Mary Bond
Alice Bond
Thomas Bond
Charles Bond
Nanny Bond
Jenny Bond
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Newton in Slaidburn Independent
Slaidburn
7
Once again, the registers of the Newton Independent Chapel provide dates of birth for those offspring who were baptised in
the non-conformist chapel:
Elin
John
Janet
William
Thomas
Charles
Nanny
28 Jan 1793
25 Dec 1794
2 Feb 1796
25 Mar 1798
2 Oct
1801
13 Nov 1803
9 Aug 1805
The Church of England Parish Registers of Slaidburn, Yorkshire, have been transcribed, indexed and published in two
volumes from 1600 to 1837 for baptisms and marriages and to 1852 for burials. These are available for research in The
Library of The Society of Genealogists in London (YK/R289A&B).
The four baptisms for Michael Gregory’s family were extracted:
25 Dec 1799
28 Aug 1801
25 Apr 1807
18 Nov 1821
Mary dau of Jno Bond of Slaidburn & Mary
Alice dau of John Bond of Slaidburn & Mary
Jenny dau of John Bond of Slaidburn & Mary
John son of David & Ellen Bond, Newton, labourer
The entry for the marriage of John and Mary Bond was copied. It shows that John was a sawyer.
All entries for those with the surname of Bond were extracted from the burial records from 1771 to 1852. This produced:
16 Aug 1771
1 Jan 1776
3 Jan 1776
19 Aug 1777
14 Apr 1780
28 Apr 1780
2 May 1782
8 Jul 1783
28 Dec 1783
13 Feb 1784
28 Jun 1786
7 Nov 1788
19 Jun 1791
5 May 1794
13 Oct 1794
12 Jan 1795
22 Mar 1795
13 Nov 1798
22 Oct 1799
31 Jan 1800
29 Apr 1804
15 Dec 1805
22 Mar 1806
25 Apr 1807
19 Jul 1807
26 Apr 1811
25 Jul 1811
17 Jun 1812
24 Jan 1813
29 Jun 1813
28 Aug 1813
3 Mar 1814
9 Feb 1815
26 Feb 1816
27 Oct 1816
15 Mar 1818
23 Sep 1819
1 Aug 1821
Dorothy Bond dau of Robert
Thos Bond
Ann wife of Robert Bond
James Bond, poor
Ann wife of Thos Bond
Thomas Bond
Richard son of Margaret Bond, spurious
Jane wife of John Bond
Ann Bond, widow
Ann Bond, widow
James son of Jno Bond [carpenter]
Jane Bond, spinster
Ann wife of Thomas Bond
Wm son of John Bond, husbandman
David Bond
Mary Bond, spinster, poor
Ellen dau of Jno Bond
Jno Bond
74
Jno son of Jane Bond, spurious
infant
Jane dau of Jno Bond, poor
22
Mary wife of John Bond
58
Anthony Bond
63
Jane [Jennet] Bond, widow
77
Mary wife of John Bond
37
Jenny dau of John Bond & Mary
his wife
infant
David son of Jenny, spurious
3
Molly wife of John Bond
39
Betty Bond widow
75
Thomas Bond
72
Alice Bond
33
Alice Bond
infant
Joseph Bond
4
John Bond
20
John Bond
74
Jane Bond
68
William Bond
19
John Bond
49
Ellen Bond
2
Newton
Foulscales [Newton]
Newton
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Newton
Slaidburn
Newton
Newton
Slaidburn
Newton
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Newton
Easington
Newton
Newton
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Newton
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Copy House
Newton
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Newton
Newton
Slaidburn
Newton
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Newton
Newton
Newton
8
10 Feb 1822
30 Mar 1822
23 Oct 1823
15 Sep 1824
26 Nov 1826
13 May 1828
13 Mar 1832
11 Jul 1832
15 Jul 1832
9 Jun 1837
7 Dec 1837
14 Apr 1838
1 Dec 1840
28 Jun 1843
11 Aug 1844
4 Jan 1850
16 Jun 1851
10 Jul 1852
Catherine Bond
George Bond
Mary Bond
Sarah Bond
Jemima Bond
Peter Bond
John Bond
Edmund Bond
Ellen Bond
George Bond
Hannah Bond
Ellen Bond
George Bond
Henry Bond
David Bond
John Bond
Elizabeth Bond
Frances Bond
1
12
2
36
82
51
86
84
infant
5
3
80
14
infant
infant
46
25
infant
Newton
Hod(d)erbank
Clithero
Clithero
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Newton
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Chalburn
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
The Hole House
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Of these entries, a number are relevant to Michael Gregory’s ancestry. Some of the infants and teenagers were the offspring
of John and Mary and of David and Ellen.
It seems that Mary, the wife of John, was buried in 1807 when she was only 37. This suggests that she was born in 1769/70
and would have been 20 when she married in 1790. John may have been the man who was buried in 1819. He was then aged
49 and would also have been born about 1770. A number of the other entries may be the burials of the ancestors of David
and John.
The baptismal registers were searched from 1755 to 1775 looking for any John Bond, especially about 1769/70. This
revealed four candidates:
29 Sep 1765
6 Nov 1768
15 Jul 1771
17 Apr 1774
John son of Margt Bond of Slaidburn, spurious
John son of John Bond of Newton
John & Dorothy son and daughter of Robert Bond of Newton
John son of John Bond of Slaidburn
Had any of these died as an infant?
The burial indexes were searched from 1765 to 1770. No burials of any of the John Bonds were found. It should be noted
that Dorothy, the sister of the John who was christened in 1771 was buried in the following month. It seems that her brother
survived.
The marriage records show that Robert Bond, a husbandman, married Anne Dobson, spinster, in Slaidburn church on 8 th
April 1771, just three months before the baptisms of the two children in July. The witnesses were John Battersby and
Thomas Bond. Was Thomas the brother or the father of the groom? Was this the marriage of the parents of John and
Dorothy?
The name of Robert does not appear the children or grandchildren of John and Mary Bond. Does this suggest that the child
christened in 1771 was not Michael Gregory’s forebear? Did the name of David, given to their son and Michael Gregory’s
ancestor, come from a previous generation? Alternatively, was the John, son of John, who was baptised in 1768, Michael
Gregory’s ancestor?
The baptismal and marriage sections of the earlier records were examined using the name index. All entries for David and
Robert Bond from 1700 to 1770 were extracted finding:
Baptisms
16 Nov 1718
26 Jul 1730
20 Aug 1758
7 Oct 1765
4 Sep 1766
Robertus f(ilius) Thomae Bond de Harding agr:
Robertus f(ilius) Thomae Bond de Mostwhaid
David son of John Bond of Newton
Robert son of Thos Bond of Woodhouse
Robert son of John Bond of Slaidburn
Marriages
4 Feb 1704/5
22 Jul 1708
Robert Bond & Alicia Wildman
Robertus Bond & Maria Bond
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13 Dec 1752
13 Aug 1769
Robert Bond & Martha Cawson by licence
Robert Bond & Ann Ellat witnesses: John Bond & John Wilkinson
As can be seen, the name of Robert Bond was frequently found in the records of Slaidburn. Two other possible marriages of
the parents of John and Dorothy occurred in 1752 and 1769. Could David Bond, baptised in 1758, have been the brother of
the John Bond who was christened in 1768? If so, was John Bond of Newton, where the family lived later, the ancestor of
Michael Gregory? Further research will be necessary to answer these intriguing questions.
In 2010, attention turned again to the Beck family which had been identified as ancestors from research on the Bond line.
Margaret Bond was born on 25th February 1865 at 36 Fisher Street, Blackburn. It was recorded that her mother was
Margaret Bond formerly Beck. According to the censuses of 1851, 1861 and 1881, Margaret came from Penrith in
Cumberland. She was born between 1823 and 1827. From her marriage certificate, she was the daughter of Miles Beck, a
labourer. One of the witnesses was Thomas Beck. Was this her brother?
The International Genealogical Index records includes a number of children of Miles and Sarah Beck:
14 Oct 1821
27 Jul 1823
30 Jan 1825
24 Jan 1827
30 Jan 1828
20 Feb 1829
23 Mar 1831
29 Jun 1832
Jane Beck
Thomas Beck
Margaret Beck
Isabella Beck
John Beck
Miles Beck
Matthew Beck
Isabella Beck
St Lawrence Appleby
“
Kirkby Lonsdale
St Lawrence Appleby
“
“
“
“
Westmorland
“
“
“
“
“
“
“
Surprisingly, the baptism of Margaret, daughter of Miles and Sarah, took place at Kirby Lonsdale in the very south of
Westmorland, right at the opposite side of that county from Penrith, which is just the other side of the northern border into
the county of Cumberland. Why did Margaret believe that she had been born in Penrith? Her date of baptism agrees fairly
well with the age recorded in the censuses. There can, however, be no doubt that this is the baptism of Michael Gregory’s
ancestress since, in 1851, she was living with her two brothers who recorded their places of birth as Appleby, Westmorland.
They had been born in 1823/4 and 1831/2 respectively. These ages fit exactly with the dates of baptism found for Thomas
and Matthew Beck in the IGI. It must surely have been Thomas who witnessed his sister’s marriage in 1844.
The parish records of Penrith St Andrew in Cumberland were searched from 1816 to 1828. The surname of Beck did not
occur. Neither does it appear in the records of the Ebenezer Independent Chapel, the Rowcliffe Lane Presbyterian Chapel,
the Sandgate Wesleyan Chapel, all in Penrith, and the Cumberland Quaker Digests. It seems that Margaret was mistaken
about her place of birth.
The index to the 1851 census returns of Penrith (HO 107 2425) does not include Miles and Sarah Beck or any of their
children. The equivalent index to the whole of the East and West Ward Registration Districts, which include Appleby, HO
107 2439 & 2440, does not record Miles and Sarah Beck. Where had they gone? Had they died?
The baptismal entry for Margaret Beck was copied from the parish records of Kirby Lonsdale. This shows that she was
baptised on 30th January 1825. Her father was a weaver and she was born or they were living in The Workhouse at the time.
The bishop’s transcripts of the Parish of Appleby St Lawrence add additional information about Miles and Sarah at the time
of each of the baptisms. In 1821, Miles was a chaice driver and in 1823, he was a labourer. In both years, he lived in
Appleby. From 1827 to 1831, the family lived in Scattergate and Miles was a labourer, except at the baptism of his son,
Miles, in 1829 when he was described as a husbandman. Their place of residence in 1832 was recorded as Bolton.
Miles Beck married Sarah Birbeck at Appleby St Lawrence on 1st November 1820. The full entry, copied from the register,
shows that both were single and married after the calling of banns. The ceremony was witnessed by Jno Pennington and Wm
Lamb. Both bride and groom could write their own names.
The burial records of Appleby were searched from 1832 to 1850. This revealed:
7 Feb 1828
18 May 1829
7 Aug 1829
22 Apr 1833
John Beck
Isabella Beck
Miles Beck
Sarah Beck
Scattergate
Scattergate
Scattergate
Brough
1 day
3 years
5 months
38
Three children of Miles and Sarah died as very young infants. Sarah herself died in 1833 at the age of only 38. She would
have been born in 1794/5.
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Miles Beck was not baptised at Appleby between 1790 and 1805. His future wife, Sarah Birbeck, was christened there on 6th
December 1795 as the daughter of Thomas and Margaret. It seems that Margaret Beck, the wife of William Bond, was
named after her own grandmother.
The national death indexes were searched from their inception, 1 st July 1837, to the June quarter of 1851 when the census
was taken. No death of Miles Beck was recorded anywhere in England or Wales! What had become of him? He was not
living near his daughter in the area of Clitheroe, Lancashire, in 1851 according to the census index to that area.
The IGI shows only one good candidate for Miles Beck. He was christened at Kendal, Westmorland, on 19 th October 1783.
He was the son of Thomas and Alice. Thomas was used by Miles for one of his sons. He did not name a daughter as Alice.
However, Margaret Beck, Michael Gregory’s ancestress, did add the name of Alice after her birth was registered. If the
baptism in 1783 is that of her grandfather, he was 37 when he married.
In order to obtain further details about the family, additional searches were conducted, primarily using online census
databases. The following records were found:
1841 Census
David Bond
Ellen Bond
Ellen Bond
Elizabeth Bond
John Bond
William Bond
Maria Bond
Hd
D
W
D
S
S
D
Age
45
12
45
20
15
15
6
This is clearly the same family, as the coincidence of names and approximate ages is too similar for chance. There are some
age discrepancies, but this is not uncommon in the nineteenth century census returns.
1851 Census
171 Giles Row, Salford, Clitheroe
David Bond
Ellen Bond
Maria Bond
Hd
W
D
M
M
58
53
16
Ag Labourer
Breadmaker
York’s, Newton
Waddington
Clitheroe
27
19
27
24
6
6 mon
Card stripper cotton
Cotton stripper operator
Agricultural labourer
Appleby
Appleby
Clitheroe
Cumberland
Clitheroe
Clitheroe
29
27
8
Cotton spinner
Loom cotton weaver
Appleby
York’s
Blackburn
Blackburn
Blackburn
1851 Census
210, Salford, Clitheroe
Thomas Beck
Matthew Beck
William Bond
Margaret Bond
Mary Bond
Charles Bond
Hd
M
Bro
U
Br in Law M
Sister
M
Niece
Nephew
1861 Census
190 Salford, Clitheroe
Matthew Beck
Maria Beck
Sarah Jane
Mary Elizabeth
William Miles
Hd
W
D
D
s
M
M
8 Mon
1861 Census
47 ?
Blackburn, Trinity Ward
Ellen Bond
Charley Wilkinson
Maria Wilkinson
Ellen Wilkinson
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Mot in Law
Head
W
D
D
Widow
M
M
64
26
25
4
2
Shuttle maker
Manchester
Clitheroe
Blackburn
Blackburn
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The BMD Index was searched for the marriage of Maria Bond to Charles Wilkinson. This was recorded in the 1854
September quarter, Blackburn District.
1881 Census
20 Clerkhill Street, Blackburn
Margaret Bond
Margaret Bond
William Bond
Jane Wolstenholme
Margaret Wolstenholme
Thomas Wolstenhome
Born
ca 1824
ca 1865
ca 1863
ca 1854
ca 1877
ca 1879
H
D
S
D
Grand D
Grand S
Penrith, Cumberland
Blackburn, Lanc’s
Blackburn, Lanc’s
Whalley, Lanc’s
Blackburn, Lanc’s
Blackburn, Lanc’s
Jane was referred to in the Census and married. Her husband was not at home. An entry was found in the BMD Index for
the marriage of Jane Bond and Robert Wolstenholme in 1873 June Quarter in the District of Blackburn.
1891 Census
18 Skiddaw Street, Blackburn
Margaret Bond
Jane Wolstenholme
Margaret Wolstenholme
Thomas Wolstenholme
H
W
D
S
M
M
67
36
15
9 (?)
Rover in cotton mill
Cotton weaver
Cotton weaver
Penrith
Billington, Blackburn
Blackburn
Blackburn
In 1891, Miles Beck, the ancestor of Michael Gregory, was living in the Kirby Lonsdale workhouse. He was earning a
living as a chaise driver. He was living in Bolton in 1832. Clearly, he and his family lived through some times of severe
hardship.
In January 2009, the census of England and Wales was made available online. A search was made for Michael Gregory’s
great grandmother, Margaret Alice Ashworth. She was found living at 3, Brierley Street, Clayton, with her three children
including Michael Gregory’s grandmother, Elizabeth Ashworth, who was aged 17, single and working as a cotton spinner.
George Sutcliffe Ormerod was still residing with Margaret. Mary Jane Ormerod aged 10 was living with them, and
described as Margaret’s daughter. It is assumed that George and Margaret had been in a long term relationship, and given
the doubt on Elizabeth’s paternity, it must be speculated whether George might be the natural father.
1911 Census
3 Brierley Street, Blackburn
Name
Margaret Alice Ashworth
Richard Ashworth
H
son
Age
46
19
Elizabeth Ashworth
George Sutcliffe Ormerod
Mary Jane Ormerod
dau
17
Boarder 42
Dau
10
Marr
Wid
S
S
Marr
S
Occupation
Cotton weaver
Textile fitter’s
Apprentice
Cotton spinner
Cotton worker
School
Place born
Blackburn
Accrington
Blackpool
Burnley
Blackburn
The entry for George’s marital status appeared to have widower crossed out and Marr inserted. It was noted that Margaret
had given birth to six children, but that three of them had died. The 1911 census was completed and signed by the head of
the household, and Margaret’s signature is reproduced below.
A further trance of research began on the Bond family in early 2010. This yielded very little further information on this line,
which is now closed for further research.
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John Bond and Mary Wilson were married at Slaidburn, Yorkshire, on the 13 th September 1790, when John was described
as a sawyer. The couple baptised 11 children at churches in Slaidburn between that date and 1807. Your ancestor was the
oldest of these, David Wilson Bond, who was baptised on the 5 th April 1791 at Newton in Slaidburn Independent Chapel.
Since this family was last investigated, it has become possible to search for births, marriages and deaths in fully cumulative
indexes. It was therefore possible to find that the death of David Wilson Bond was registered in the Jun quarter of 1852 at
Clitheroe (8e 158).
The burials of Slaidburn had already been searched from 1765-1852. There were a great many people called Bond living
there and the burial register suggested that there were at least two couples called John and Mary:
29 Apr 1804
25 Apr 1807
25 Jul 1811
Mary wife of John Bond
Mary wife of John Bond
Molly wife of John Bond
58
37
39
Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Newton
The woman who died in 1804 would have been too old to be Mary Wilson. The burial in 1807 was a likely candidate,
particularly as it took place on the same day as the baptism of the couple’s youngest child. It is probable that Mary died in
childbirth. She would therefore have been born about 1769/70.
If John was about the same age as his wife, the most likely burial for him was on the 23 rd September 1819, when he was
aged 49. The Slaidburn baptismal register had also been searched for a possible entry for John. Unfortunately, as many as
four children called John Bond had been baptised there between 1755 and 1775. These were:
29 Sep 1765
6 Nov 1768
15 Jul 1771
17 Apr 1774
John son of Margt Bond of Slaidburn, spurious
John son of John Bond of Newton
John & Dorothy son and daughter of Robert Bond of Newton
John son of John Bond of Slaidburn
None had been buried as infants, nor indeed had any been buried there up to 1852, apart from the man in 1819.
There is a submitted entry on the IGI relating to the illegitimate child of Margaret who was baptised in 1765. This entry
states that John’s wife was called Molly. As can be seen, Molly Bond, wife of John, was buried at Slaidburn on the 25 th July
1811, aged 39. She was of Newton.
If it is assumed this information is correct, we are still left with three Johns baptised at about the correct time, with the child
of Robert being the best candidate for a man whose burial would make him the same age as his wife.
The IGI also records that a John Bond married Mary Bank at Slaidburn on the 11th June 1793. This man may have been
another one of the three children baptised above.
The Origins website has an index of all wills and administrations in the Prerogative and Exchequer Courts of York 17311858. A search was made to see if there were any testators called Bond who were from Slaidburn or Newton. There were
none in Newton, but the following were said to be of Slaidburn:
Jun 1735
Feb 1736
May 1832
Robert Bond
James Bond
John Bond
Exchequer
Exchequer
Exchequer
will
will
will
Vol/folio
84/53
84/204
185/346
LDS film
0099704
0099704
0099805
The Society of Genealogists also holds an index to wills of people in West Craven deanery, which covers the parish of
Slaidburn, proved at York from Nov 1688 to Feb 1858 (YK/LOC/68466). This index revealed two further testators called
Bond in Slaidburn:
Apr 1728
May 1730
John Bond
George Bond
0099698/9
0099700
John Bond who was buried in 1819 did not appear to have made a will which was proved at York.
Films of the registered copies of these wills could then be consulted at the LDS Family History Library. It was possible to
find all of the above wills, apart from the document relating to the estate of George Bond which was said to have been
proved in May 1730. The volume relating to that year should be on LDS film 0099700 but, on examining this film, it was
found that the entries for each month were filmed out of order and it was not possible to find any will for George Bond with
the rest of those for the month of May.
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It was also possible to find entries on the IGI which confirmed some of the relationships mentioned in these four documents.
John Bond of Westwood, Slaidburn, wrote his will on the 15th February 1727/8. He was survived by his wife, Thomasin,
whom he named as sole executor. He also had children called Thomas, William, Joshua, Mary Hooson, the wife of Willim
(sic), and Agnes. He had two granddaughters, Alice and Thomasin Bond, both aged under 21. The will was proved at York
in April 1728.
The IGI contains the marriage of Maria Bond and Guilielmus Howson at Slaidburn on the 28 th September 1727. The
testator, John Bond, married Thomasin Biggins there on the 15th April 1686. Baptisms of their children were found as
follows:
17 Apr 1687
28 Aug 1692
11 Feb 1694/5
16 Nov 1700
6 Sep 1702
Thomas son of John Bond
Thomas son of John Bond
Willms son of John Bond
Maria daughter of John Bond
Anna daughter of John Bond
No baptism was found for Joshua.
Robert Bond was a husbandman who lived at Batrix (now Beatrix) in Slaidburn when he made his will on the 25 th February
1732/3. His wife was called Mary and he also named a granddaughter, Ann Simpson, the daughter of Elizabeth Simpson.
The executor was Thomas Simpson. The will was witnessed by Leonard Read, James Sympson and James Turner and
probate was granted on the 26th June 1735.
The IGI has only one possible marriage for this couple: Robertus Bond and Maria Bond at Slaidburn on the 22 nd July 1705.
However, the only baptism there of any Elizabeth Bond, daughter of Robert, was on the 3 rd January 1697/8. Anna Simpson
was baptised as the daughter of Thomas on the 13th February 1732/3. There was no marriage found at Slaidburn for
Elizabeth Bond and Thomas Simpson.
Two submitted IGI entries give further information which seems in part to be confirmed by what we know about Robert
Bond. One states that he was born on the 4th October 1663 at Burholme, Slaidburn, and was of Batrix when he was buried
there on the 14th May 1735. His wife was named as Maria. The second entry gives his baptism on the 22 nd April 1694, also
at Slaidburn and mentions his will, written on the 26th June 1735.
James Bond, joyner of Slaidburn, wrote his will on the 18th September 1735. His wife was called Mary and he had only one
son, John, and two unmarried daughters. They were Ellen and Grace and were both under 21 at that time. John was named
the sole executor and the witnesses were Richard Wilkinson, William King and John Hartley. Probate was granted on the 2nd
February 1736/7.
The IGI does not contain any marriage of James Bond to Mary at Slaidburn. His children were baptised as follows:
1 Aug 1713
6 Mar 1715/6
15 Feb 1719/20
25 Oct 1724
Helena daughter of Jacobi Bond
Joannes son of Jacobi Bond
Gracia daughter of Jacobi
Helena daughter of Jacobi Bond
John Bond’s will was written on the 7th October 1831. He was a carpenter of Slaidburn. He named four sons: Henry, who
was also his executor, Paul, John and Peter, who was already dead. Peter’s widow was Sarah and they had seven children:
John, the oldest, Peter, Mary, Maria, Frances, Bella and Hannah. The will was witnessed by Isaac Wilton, Christopher
Dobson and John Dobson and proved on 25th May 1832.
John Bond did not name his wife and the IGI has two possible marriages for him at Slaidburn before the baptism of their
first child:
25 Jun 1761
20 Jan 1764
John Bond & Grace Parker
John Bond & Jane Bleazard
There was a possible burial for Jane on the 8th July 1783. John’s possible children were baptised as follows:
6 Nov 1768
17 Apr 1774
1 Sep 1776
21 Feb 1779
27 Jun 1784
John son of John Bond of Newton
John son of John Bond of Slaidburn
Peter son of John Bond
Paul son of John Bond
Henry son of John Bond
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John could therefore have been the father of Michael Gregory’s ancestor but if he was, it is still unclear which baptism
relates to the surviving son of this testator.
Peter Bond married Sarah Bacon at Slaidburn on the 13th August 1802 and Peter’s burial took place there on the 13th May
1828 when he was aged 51. The burial of John, the father, appeared in the parish register on the 13 th March 1832. He was
86.
The Society of Genealogists’ Library contains two books entitled Slaidburn & Bowland Wills and Administrations, Vol. 1
(1531-1838) & Vol. 2 (1520-1844) (YK/L 240A&B).
References to all those with the surname Bond were extracted for the years 1700-1844, using the name indexes.
John Bond was the appraiser of an inventory taken in 1708.
In 1719, Ralph Rawsthorne left ten shillings to his servant, Elizabeth Bond.
Ann Guy’s will of 1730 included in the inventory a surrender of £25 naming a John Bond. In the will, Ann left the interest
due on this debt, a mortgage, to her sister, Jane Hodgson.
The 1764 will of Robert Parker of Slaidburn, Wood House, mentioned a daughter, Grace, the wife of John Bond. This must
surely be the couple who married in 1761. The SoG library also has a copy of the Slaidburn & Bowland Will Index 13891688 (YK/L241), which includes several people called Bond.
The monumental inscriptions of St. Andrew, Slaidburn, have been recorded by the Lancashire Family History & Heraldry
Society (SoG LA/MI/68457/1-2). Apart from two 20th century memorials, the only Bond inscription is a rather lengthy one
commemorating Henry Bond of Slaidburn who died on the 25th May 1863, in his 80th year. This appears to relate to the son
of John whose will was proved in 1832. The inscription also names his wife, Elizabeth, and eight children.
Although there is a considerable amount of documentation available relating to the Bonds of Slaidburn, several of whom
were earning a living as carpenters, nothing has so far come to light which confirms the parentage of John Bond who
married Mary Wilson in 1807.
Further research into the Wilson family was carried out in 2010.
John Bond and Mary Wilson were married at Slaidburn, Yorkshire, on the 13 th September 1790. A copy of the marriage was
made from the bishop’s transcripts of Slaidburn, available on film at the LDS Family History Library (0919158). The entry
states that Mary Wilson was a spinster of Slaidburn. Mary Bond was buried at Slaidburn on the 25th April 1807, the same
day as the baptism of her youngest child. She was 37 years-old and would therefore have been born in about 1769/70.
The baptisms of Slaidburn are said to be included in the I.G.I., extracted from LDS film 0098540, which includes both the
bishop’s transcripts and a parish register transcription. No Mary Wilson was baptised at Slaidburn in the years 1765 to 1775.
Other Wilson baptisms were extracted as:
12 Feb 1769
6 Jan 1771
28 Mar 1773
25 Dec 1775
Ellen
William
Hannah
Chrisr
d/o Ann Wilson
s/o Chrisr Wilson
d/o Chrisr Wilson
s/o Chrisr Wilson
Microfilm 0098540 was searched for these dates, in case the relevant event had been omitted from the I.G.I. extraction. No
further Wilson baptisms were found. Additional information recorded on the above entries stated that Ann, the mother of
Ellen, was of Battrix and Christopher Wilson was of Dugdals or Dugdales.
Phillimore’s Atlas & Index of Parish Registers (C.R. Humphery-Smith, 2003) shows that the following parishes bordered on
Slaidburn at the time of Mary’s birth:
covered by:
Yorks:
Waddington
Clapham
Giggleswick
Tosside
Bolton by Bowland
Grindleton
Whitewell
IGI
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
BVRI
N
N
N
N
N
Y (BTs)
N
15
Lancs:
Whalley
Clitheroe
Mitton
Ribchester
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
The BVRI includes no baptism of any Mary Wilson for any of the above parishes for the years 1765-1775.
The IGI has the following baptisms for the same period:
13 Apr 1760
26 Apr 1772
Mary
Mary
d/o William Wilson
d/o Charles Wilson
Clapham
Bolton by Bowland
Neither of these two appeared to marry in their native parish, both of which should be covered by the I.G.I. for marriages.
Only two parishes are not covered by either the IGI or BVRI. Of these, Whitewell has no parish registers available to search
at either the LDS or SoG libraries in London. The parish registers of Mitton are available to search in the form of a modern
indexed transcript at the SoG (YK/R339B). Two girls called Mary Wilson were baptised there from 1765 to 1778:
16 Aug 1767
5 Jul 1778
Mary
Mary
d/o William Wilson
d/o Richard Wilson
labourer of Chaigeley
labourer of Chaigeley
However, it appears that neither of these children survived into adulthood, as the following burials were found in the same
volume:
16 Oct 1785
15 Feb 1792
Mary
Mary
d/o William & Ann Willson farmer, Bailey
d/o Richard & Ellen Willson husbandman, Aighton
It was also possible to search the burials of Clapham (SoG film 576) where no burial was found there for any Mary Wilson
from the date of her baptism in 1760 to the end of 1790.
The burials of Bolton by Bowland were similarly searched (SoG YK/R30) and again no Mary Wilson was buried from the
date of her baptism in 1772 to 1790. The woman who married John Bond could therefore have been baptised either at
Clapham in 1760 or at Bolton by Bowland in 1772, although it was felt that the Clapham baptism was too early to be a good
candidate.
The website BMDRegisters (www.thegenealogist.co.uk) includes many births and baptisms taken from nonconformist
church registers deposited at The National Archives. This site was also searched for a child born 1765-1775 in the relevant
areas of Lancashire or Yorkshire. No further candidates were found using this source.
Bolton by Bowland is in the Archdeaconry of York. Testators from this parish would probably have had their wills proved
either in the Archdeaconry, Prerogative or Exchequer Courts of York, all of which are indexed for the years 1731-1858 on
the Origins website. Charles Wilson did not appear to have made a will which was proved by any of those courts.
The baptisms of nine other children of Charles Wilson appear on the IGI and there is also a submitted entry for his marriage
to Ellen Howgill on the 6th February 1759. Whilst attempting to verify these entries in the printed transcript (SoG
YK/R29&30), the following baptism was noted:
11 Sep 1803
Ellen
d/o Willm Bridge, cotton printer & Mary, late Wilson (born 10 Aug)
Later baptisms of the children of this couple state that William Bridge was of Sawley. No marriage of this couple appears in
the Bolton by Bowland registers up to 1803. However, there is a submitted entry on the IGI which suggests that the marriage
took place at Bolton in July 1802. Another, more reliable, extracted entry states that the marriage took place on the 6th
December 1802 at Waddington. It was now clear that Michael Gregory’s ancestress was not the child baptised at Bolton by
Boland in 1772.
With no further baptisms available for consideration, attention turned again to probate material. The Society of
Genealogists’ Library volumes entitled Slaidburn & Bowland Wills and Administrations, Vol. 1 (1531-1838) & Vol. 2
(1520-1844) (YK/L 240A&B) were searched for any reference to Wilson in the relevant parishes from 1700 onwards.
In the 1747 will of Ellen Hartley, a widow of New Close, Slaidburn, bequests of 20 shillings each were made to Elizabeth,
Mary and Margaret, the daughters of Thomas Wilson.
William Dixson, in his will of 1708, left 5 shillings to Ellinge, his younger daughter and the wife of Wlm. Willson.
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The index to West Craven Deanery wills proved at York (SoG YK/LOC/68466/1-5) was searched for any Wilson of
Slaidburn:
Feb 1796 Robert Wilson
Mar 1836 William Wilson
Mar 1851 William Wilson
Slemrow, Slaidburn
Slaidburn
Brockthorne, Slaidburn
will
adm
adm
Copies of these three documents were obtained from the films held at the London LDS Family History Library.
Robert Wilson of Slemrow, in the parish of Slaidburn, wrote his will on the 18th January 1796. He had property at
Tarnbrooke, Overwyersdale and made bequests to his two sisters: Ann, the wife of Thomas Laycock of Newton and
Elizabeth, the wife of John Smith of Slemrow. Robert named his brother-in-law, John Smith, as executor. The will was
witnessed by Jno Parker of Whitewell, Arthur Townson of Storth(?) and Matthew Dawson of Lower House, Bashal Eaves.
Probate was granted at York in February 1796. No wife or children were mentioned in this will, so it is likely that Robert
Wilson was unmarried.
Administration of the estate of William Wilson of Slaidburn was granted at York on the 28th March 1836, to two brothers of
the deceased, John and Stephen Wilson. Those also entitled, but not appearing in person, were named as Thomas Wilson,
Jane Whincup widow, Gilbert Wilson and Catherine, the wife of Thomas Wilson. These beneficiaries all appear to be
siblings, rather than children so again, it appears that this testator had no wife or children.
The final document copied was the administration of William Wilson, a carpenter of Brockthorn in Slaidburn. The grant was
issued to William’s widow, Ann Wilson, on the 31 st March 1851 at York.
None of this probate material provides any further clue as to the parentage of Mary Wilson who married John Bond.
The monumental inscriptions of Slaidburn have been recorded and are available on microfiche at the Society of
Genealogists’ library (LA/MI/68457/1-2). The earliest mention of any Wilson was one who died in 1855.
At this stage, further research into the Wilson lines appears likely to be unproductive.
Attention returned however to the Beck family in 2010 to ascertain if any further lines might be productive. Previous
research had extended the Beck family back to Miles Beck who married Sarah Birbeck at St Lawrence, Appleby, on the 1 st
November 1820. The couple had baptised eight children before the early death of Sarah in 1833. The family had clearly
lived through some hard times and the address given at the baptism of their daughter Margaret in 1825 was the Workhouse
in Kirkby Lonsdale. It was not known what had become of Miles after the death of his wife. It had not been possible to find
the family in any census and no death had been found for Miles from the start of civil registration in 1837 up to the census in
1851.
It was also known that he had not been baptised at Appleby, the home parish of his wife, between 1790 and 1805, assuming
that they were approximately the same age. Indeed, the IGI contained only one good baptism of a child called Miles Beck at
that time. This was the son of Thomas and Alice, who was baptised at Kendal on 19th October 1783. Miles had used the
name Thomas for his own first son. It was therefore considered that the family of Thomas and Alice merited further
investigation.
This couple was found to have married at Kendal in 1778 and baptised seven children there. An examination of the parish
registers of Kendal and its chapelries enabled this family to be extended back a further two generations to the probable
marriage of John Beck and Margaret Dobson at Kirkby Lonsdale in 1695. Several generations of this family left wills which
were proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Richmond. The relevant documents were copied and were found to contain much
genealogical information. The family appeared to be surprisingly affluent, considering Miles’s subsequent hardship.
The will of Thomas Beck of Kendal was proved in 1819 and, as expected, he named his wife, Alice and five children.
Disturbingly, he did not name his son, Miles. The burial registers of Kendal were then examined for the years following the
baptism of Miles in 1783 and it was found that he had in fact died as an infant. His burial was recorded as:
19 Sep 1784
Myles son of Thomas and Alice Beck of Highgate, age 1
Following this disappointing discovery, a further search was made for alternative baptisms on the IGI, this time extending
the search to cover counties adjoining Westmorland, for the years 1780 to 1800. The baptisms of only two children called
Miles Beck were included in the IGI for the whole of England during this period. One was the son of Thomas and Alice and
the other was the child of Jonathan and Jane Beck, baptised at Tatham Fell, Lancashire, on the 8 th April 1800. A search of
the relevant batch (P005281) suggested that Jonathan and Jane did not baptise any other children at Tatham Fell, a parish in
the north of the county and very close to its borders with both West Yorkshire and Westmorland.
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It would clearly be helpful to make further attempts to find the death or burial of Miles Beck, as this would give his age and
therefore a better idea of when we would expect him to have been baptised. He may have died between the baptism of his
last child in 1832 and the beginning of civil registration in 1837. It was also possible that he had survived long enough to
appear on the earlier censuses. Searching all the censuses has become very much easier than it was when this family was last
investigated.
It was possible to find three males called Miles Beck enumerated on the 1841 census. The oldest was a 35 year-old in
Penrith (HO107/174/4, fol. 13, p. 22). This man was working as a male servant in the household of James Percival, a
publican. He had not been born in the same county. No other people called Beck were present. As ages of adults were
usually “rounded-down” in this census, it was entirely possible that this man was the child baptised at Tatham Fells in 1800.
This man’s death should certainly appear in the national death indexes. Again, searching the indexes of civil registration had
become considerably easier since they have all been cumulatively indexed and made available on the Ancestry and
FreeBMD websites. The first male called Miles Beck to appear in the death indexes is in the June quarter of 1861 (East
Ward 10b 378). No others are listed before the inclusion of ages in the indexes from 1866. After that time, there are no
candidates old enough to be the man we were seeking. There were three males named Myles Beck in the indexes, one of
which died before the inclusion of ages. These three were all registered at West Derby, part of Liverpool. A copy of the
1861 death certificate was ordered.
Miles Beck died on the 30th April 1861 at the Workhouse in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland. He was described as an
agricultural labourer and the cause of his death was natural decay. Significantly, he was aged 61. Surely, this was the man
baptised in 1800. If Miles had survived until 1861, it should also be possible to find him on the census of 1851 and even
1861, when evidence of his parish of birth would be included. Searching the 1851 census, it was possible to find Miles
Beck, aged 51, living as head of the household at Mill Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale (HO107/2441, fol. 527, p. 25). He was
described as a pauper and fish tackle maker who had been born at Tatham. Also living there was a wife, Bella, aged 50. She
had been born at Milburn, Westmorland. Three children were at home: William, an apprentice currier aged 13; Jonathan, a
12 year-old errand boy and Joseph, aged 10 and still at school. The children had all been born in Clitheroe.
The marriage of Miles Beck and Bella Leech is included in the IGI. They married on the 5th October 1833 at Sedburgh, a
parish in the far north-west of the West Riding of Yorkshire on the border with Westmorland. The bishop’s transcripts for
Sedbergh are held on film at the LDS Family History Library in London (0207578). The marriage of Miles and Bella was
located and copied. The couple married after the calling of banns and the ceremony was witnessed by Thos Beck and Nanny
Lupton. Bella was a spinster and Miles was a widower. This man was surely the widower of Sarah Birbeck, who had died in
April of the same year.
In 1841, Isabella Beck was found living at Whalley (HO107/507/3, fol. 50, p. 20). Her age was 40, which may have been
rounded-down. She had “not been born in the county (Lancashire)”. With her were Jane Beck, aged 20; Margaret Beck, 15
and Matthew Beck, 12, who were probably the children of Miles and Sarah. Also present were Alice, aged 6; William, aged
3 and Jonathan, who was just a year old. These last three were presumably her own children. Only William and Jonathan
had been born in Lancashire.
Neither Miles nor Isabella could be found in 1861. No-one called Beck was enumerated in Kirkby Stephen Workhouse,
where Miles died three weeks later. Joseph Beck, the youngest son, appears to have been working as a servant in the
household of William Farrer, a farmer, at Knipe Hall, Lowther (RG9/3962, fol. 121, p. 15, not copied). Joseph was then 19
and had been born at “Clidro”, Lancashire.
The IGI includes marriages for two of Miles Beck’s children. John Beck married Mariah Walker at St Mary, Clitheroe, on
the 24th July 1852 and Jonathan married Jane Walker at Kirkby Lonsdale on the 25th December 1862. The entries state that
the father of both grooms was Miles Beck.
No death was registered for any Bella Beck between 1851 and 1861. No Isabella Beck died in East Ward, which includes
Appleby, Kirkby Stephen and Orton, in that period. The following deaths of females called Isabella Beck were registered in
other districts covered by volume 10b:
Dec 1852
Sep 1857
Dec 1857
Jun 1858
Whitehaven
Whitehaven
Cockermouth
Kendal
10b 338
10b 311
10b 299
10b 367
Kendal registration district includes Kirkby Lonsdale.
Having established what became of Miles Beck after the death of his first wife, attention returned to the search for his
origins.
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Searching the IGI for any other children, apart from Miles, baptised to a couple called Jonathan and Jane Beck between the
years 1780 and 1820, gave the following results from parish register extracted entries, as well as several for the same family
submitted by LDS patrons:
23 Apr 1780
18 Dec 1781
2 Jul 1786
1 Jun 1788
16 Oct 1791
30 Apr 1797
30 Apr 1797
30 Apr 1797
Jonathan Beck
John Beck
Robert Beck
Alice Beck
Thomas Beck
Bella Beck
Jenny Beck
Aggy Beck
born 9 Mar 1780
born 28 Oct 1781
All these baptisms took place at Middleton, a parish in the south of Westmorland, which had previously been a chapelry of
Kirkby Lonsdale. The submitted entries stated that Jane’s maiden name was Davis. There is also a submitted entry on the
I.G.I. for the marriage of Jonathan Beck and Jane Davis at Middleton on the 15th September 1777.
The Society of Genealogists holds a copy of a transcription of the register of Middleton-in-Lonsdale, covering the years
1670-1812 for baptisms, marriages and burials (WE/R20). This volume was used to verify the baptisms of Miles’s older
siblings which were found on the I.G.I. The entries in this printed transcript did not contain any further information about
the family. Using the index, the following additional entries were extracted:
Baptisms
21 Jul 1745
Marriages
22 Oct 1736
9 Aug 1747
15 Sep 1777
Burials
22 Aug 1755
Isabel d of John Beck of Barbon
John Beck and Elizabeth Casson, both of Casterton
William Beck and Mary Tiffin, both of Mansergh
Jonathan Beck and Jane Davies, both of the Chapelry
wits: Wm Atkinson, John Beck
Agnes Beck
The bishop’s transcripts of Middleton are on film at the LDS London Family History Library (mf 0097399). A copy was
made of the entry for the marriage of Jonathan Beck and Jane Davis. The date was recorded as the 13th September, not the
15th as shown in the I.G.I.. This entry appears to suggest that the marriage took place after the publication of banns.
The bishop’s transcripts for Tatham Fell are on film at the LDS Family History Library (1068753). A copy was made of the
entry relating to the baptism of Miles Beck on the 8th April 1800. The baptism is recorded as having taken place at Tatham
Chapel. The parish registers for Tatham Fell have been transcribed by the Lancashire Parish Register Society for the years
1745-1837 (SoG LA/R78). According to the index, the baptism of Miles is the only entry for the surname Beck. This
register contains the additional information that the family was of Crossdale Grains and that the baptism was performed
privately. A similar entry is also included in the register of Tatham church, whose registers are included in the same LPRS
volume. No Miles Beck was buried at Tatham up to 1837, according to the index, so we can be fairly sure that this child did
not die as an infant or young child.
The parish registers of Tatham have also been filmed by the LDS Church (1849661), including burials 1800-1860. There
were no burials for anyone called Beck during that period. Although Jonathan and Jane had what appears to have been their
last child baptised there, neither was buried in that parish. On the same film, both baptisms and burials were searched for the
years 1737-61, for any baptism of Jonathan, assuming that he would have married when he was between the ages of 16 and
40. No Beck entries were found.
Jonathan Beck was not baptised at Tatham or Middleton. Other nearby parishes where his family might have lived were
Kirkby Lonsdale and Killington. Killington is said to be covered by the I.G.I. for baptisms for the years 1689-1873.
Film of the registers of Kirkby Lonsdale and its chapelries are held at the LDS Family History Library, London (14716631471665). Baptisms and marriages at the main parish church are covered from 1538-1901 and burials for 1538-1910. All
events were searched for the years 1741-1770.
Baptisms
17 Apr 1743
12 Jul 1752
6 May 1770
Thomas son of John & Elizabeth Beck of Castleton
Jonathan son of Jonathan Beck of Underknols
Firbank Chapel
James son of James & Isabel Beck of Newbiggin Hutton Roof Chapel
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Burials
10 May 1758
John Beck of New Hutton in Kendale parish drownd in Lune
A copy was made of the baptism of Jonathan Beck in 1752.
Burials were then searched from 1770-1851, again hoping to find Jonathan and Jane Beck.
2 Jul 1780
86
18 Apr 1790
1 Feb 1792
10 Nov 1792
11 Oct 1796
17 Nov 1796
4 Jun 1798
21 Feb 1802
2 Dec 1802
died 30 Novr
9 Nov 1816
23 Apr 1824
6 Jan 1837
10 Sep 1838
5 Feb 1839
Isabel Beck
17 Mar 1842
Ann Beck
Middleton
Mary d/o John & Agnes Beck
Barbon Beckfoot
Bella d/o Willm Beck
Biggins
Isabel wife of John Beck
Biggin
William s/o William & Elizabeth Beck Biggins
William s/o John Beck
Biggins
Robert, s/o Jonathan Beck
K Lonsdale
William Beck
Middleton
Anne Beck singlewoman
Middleton
66
Thomas Beck
Mary Beck
William Beck
Jonathan Beck
Ann Beck
86
30
inft
infant
25
55
infant
84
82
Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkby Lonsdale
(workhouse)
Kirkby Lonsdale
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Jonathan and Jane Beck were not buried at Kirkby Lonsdale.
Searching the wills database on the Origins website, no-one called Jonathan Beck made a will which was proved at York
between 1731 and 1858.
Neither the IGI nor the BVRI contains any marriage of Jonathan Beck between 1743 and 1753. Extending the search back a
further ten years, there were two marriages in London and also the following:
16 May 1741
Jonathan Beck & Alice Gelart
Kendal
This marriage has not been investigated further at this stage. There is also a baptism on the I.G.I. for a Jonathan Beck, son
of Jonathan, on the 12th July 1713 at Kendal. This is the only baptism for anyone of this name for the county of
Westmorland during the years 1700-1740. The only other Jonathan Beck in the north-west of England is a baptism at
Dalston, Cumberland on the 30th March 1704. This child was the son of Jo. Beck.
Date of Report: 18 July 2010
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Sources Consulted
Civil Registration
General Register Office, London
Search for death of Richard Ashworth 1892-3
Search for birth of Elizabeth Bond 1893/4
Search for birth of Elizabeth Ashworth 1893/4 Blackburn area
Search for death of Elizabeth Caffrey 1975-90
Search for birth of Elizabeth Ashworth 17 May 1897
Birth of Elizabeth Ashworth 1894 Fylde RD
Search for the birth of Montague le Gendre Ashworth, June 1870, Haslingden, Vol 8e, Page 174
Marriage of Montague le Gendre Ashworth and Margaret Alice Bond, September 1890, Vol 8e, Page 189
Death of Montague le Gendre Ashworth, June 1893, Haslingden, Vol 8e, Page 116
Search for the birth of Mary Jane Ashworth, BMD Indexes, 1900-01
Marriage of Richard Ashworth and Elizabeth Pilkington, June 1858, Blackburn, Vol 8e, page 328
Search for the birth of Margaret Alice Bond, National Birth Index, 1863-66
Marriage Index, marriage of William Bond, 1844
BMD Index 1837-51 for the death of Miles Beck (unsuccessful)
Marriage Index of Maria Bond and Charles Wilkinson, 1854
Marriage of Jane Bond and Robert Wolstenholme, 1873
Census Returns
The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office), London
1911 Census online version
Index to 1891 Census (online) 80, Dale Street, Accrington
Index to 1901 Census (online)
1901 Census 285 Audley Range, Blackburn St Thomas
Index to 1881 Census (LDS Church, online)
Index to 1881 Census, Bury New Road, Cheetham, Manchester
Index to 1881 Census, search for George Hoyle
Index to 1991 Census, search for George Hoyle
1871 Census County Index Lancashire, search for Richard and Elizabeth Ashworth
1851 Census returns of Accrington sub-district of the Haslingden Registration District, search for Ashworth references
1861 Census, search for Margaret Bond
1881 Census, search for Margaret Bond
1891 Census, search for Margaret Bond
1851 Census of Clitheroe, search for Bond references
Index to 1851 Census Returns, Penrith, search for Miles and Sarah Beck
1841 Census, search for Ellen Bond
Miscellaneous
International Genealogical Index (online)
www.ancestry.co.uk (online index to the BMD)
www.1837online.com (online index to the BMD)
FreeBMD Index of Births, June 1902, search (unsuccessful) for Mary Jane Ashworth, daughter of Margaret Ashworth (nee
Bond)
Parish Records of St Andrews, Cumberland, 1816-28
Records of Ebenezer Independent Chapel, 1816-28
Records of Rowcliffe Lane Presbyterian Chapel, 1816-28
Records of Sandgate Wesleyan Church, 1816-28
Records of Cumberland Quaker Digests, 1816-28
Parish Records of Kirkby Lonsdale, 31 January 1825, baptism of Margaret Beck
Bishops Transcripts of Appleby St Lawrence, search for Miles and Sarah Beck
Burial records of Appleby 1832-50, search for Beck references
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Pedigree Chart of the Ashworth, Bond, Beck
and Wilson Families, Ancestors of Michael Gregory
John BOND
b. ca 1770
Sawyer (1790)
Charles BOND
b. 24 Dec 1803
Nanny BOND
b. 9 Aug 1805
Mary BOND
b. 25 Dec 1799
Jenny BOND
Bap. 25 Apr 1807
Alice BOND
b. 28 Aug 1801
Thomas BOND
b. 2 Oct 1801
William BOND
b. 25 Mar 1798
=
David Wilson BOND =
b.ca1793-95
(Newton, Yorks)
Agricultural Labourer
(1851)
Living at Giles Row
Salford, Clitheroe (1851)
Elin BOND
b. 28 Jan 1793
John BOND
b. 25 Dec 1794
Janet BOND
b. 12 Mar 1796
George PILKINGTON
b. ca 1810
=
[---?---]
Richard ASHWORTH
b. ca 1836 (10 Percy St
Accrington)
Master Mason, Brunswick
St, Accrington (1858)
Son of Richard Ashworth
And Betty
=
Elizabeth PILKINGTON
b. ca 1838
m. 23 May 1858
(Blackburn)
d. June 1890
(Haslingden)
Living at King St
Blackburn (1858)
Mary WILSON
b. ca 1770
m. 13 Sep 1790
Slaidburn Parish Church
d. 1807 (Slaidburn)
=
Margaret [---?---]
b. ca 1774
See below for BECK line
Ellen READ
b.1795-98 (Waddington)
m. 10 Feb 1814
(Waddington,
York’s)
Bread maker (1851)
Cumbria (1825)
Living Blackburn
(1861) a widow
Miles BECK
=
b. ca 1790
Weaver living
at the workhouse
Kirkby Lonsdale
Labourer (1823)
Living in Appleby
(1821-23)
Living in Bolton
(1832)
Sarah BIRBECK
b. ca 1794/95
m. 1 Nov 1820
(Appleby St Lawrence)
d. 27 Apr 1833 (Brough)
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Eliz BOND
William BOND =
b. 20 May 1821 b. 25 Apr 1824
(Clitheroe)
(Waddington)
Mary BOND
d. bef 1890
b. 7 May 1815
Outdoor labourer
BETTY BOND (1835)
b. 14 Mar 1817 Living at 36
Elin BOND
Fisher St
b. 5 Apr 1819
Blackburn (1861)
Maria BOND
John BOND
b. 6 Sep 1835
b. 18 Nov 1821
Isabella BOND Ellen BOND
b. 1827
b. 23 May 1829
Susannah BOND Wilson BOND
b. 19 May 1833
b. 17 Dec 1837
David BOND
Thomas BOND
b. 1840
b. 24 May 1840
Charles WILKINSON =
m.1854 (Blackburn)
Ellen
b.1857 (Blackburn
Elizabeth
b.1859 (Blackburn)
James
ASHWORTH
b. ca 1859
Stonemason
Living at home
(1881)
Thomas BIRBECK
b. ca 1770
Montague le Gendre ASHWORTH
=
b. 12 Apr 1870 (10, Percy St Accrington)
d. 19 Apr 1893 (Langs Arms, Dale St,
Accrington)
Living at 101 Dale St, Accrington (1881)
Living at 80 Dale St, Accrington (1891)
Thomas Edward CAFFREY
b. 15 July 1891 (Livesey, Blackburn)
=
Margaret Alice BOND
b. 25 Feb 1865 (36 Fisher St, Blackburn)
m. 3 July 1890 (St Peter’s Church, Accrington)
Widowed housekeeper of 285 Audley Range,
Blackburn (1901)
Cotton Weaver, living with mother in
Blackburn (1881)
Living at 3, Brierley
Blackburn (1911)
Elizabeth ASHWORTH
b. 18 Mar 1894
(7, Caroline St., Blackpool)
m. 20 November 1915 (St Alban’s RC
Church, Blackburn)
Cotton Ring Spinner (1915)
Living at 40, John St., Blackburn (1915)
See CAFFREY Pedigree5
Malcolm Peter GREGORY
b. 26 February 1935 (Hayfield,
Manchester)
See GREGORY Pedigree6
And Genealogy Chart No 1
=
Margaret BECK
bap. 30 Jan 1825
m. 17 December 1844
(Clitheroe)
Living at 20
Clerkenhill St.,
Blackburn (1881)
Living at 18 Skiddaw
St., Blackburn (1891)
John BECK
Thomas BECK
Bap. 7 Feb 1828 b. 1824
d. 8 Feb 1828
Miles BECK
bap. 7 Aug 1829
Isabella BECK
b. 18 May 1829
d. ca 1832
Maria = Matthew BECK
b. ca 1832
Sarah Jane
b.1853 (Blackburn)
Mary Elizabeth
William BECK
b. 1860 (Blackburn)
Mary BOND Charles BOND
Thomas BOND
b. 1845
b. 1848
b. 1850
(Clitheroe)
(Clitheroe)
(Clitheroe)
Jane BOND = Robt Wolstenholme William BOND
b. 1854
b. 1863
(Billington,
(Blackburn)
Blackburn)
Cotton weaver (1881)
m.1873
Richard ASHWORTH
b. 1891 (Accrington)
Mary Jane ASHWORTH
b. ca 1901
Thomas Wolstenholme
b. ca 1879 (Blackburn)
Margaret
b. ca 1877 (Blackburn)
Bernadette CAFFREY
b. 13 April 1934 (Blackburn)
m. 21 July 1936 (St Peter’s Church, Blackburn)
d. ca 1999
Michael Peter GREGORY
b. 25 June 1957
See: Gregory, M.P., (2004), “The Caffrey Family of Blackburn and Roscommon, Ireland”, Personal Family
History Report and Genealogy Chart No 2.
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See: Gregory, M.P., (2004), “The Gregory Family of Nottinghamshire”, Personal Family History Report.
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