Events
Date of Baptism: 14 May 1737.
Place of Baptism: Wigan, Lancashire, England (All Saints).
The baptism is recorded in the bishop's transcripts of the parish registers. It is the only baptism in the FamilySearch index in Lancashire which is of a date which makes a 1756 marriage possible. It is roughly consistent with the age given in Elizabeth's burial record. The baptism record of Elizabeth's daughter Betty Almond gives the mother's parents as "John & Betty Laithwait".
Date of Burial: 31 January 1813.
Place of Burial: Wigan, Lancashire, England (All Saints).
The parish register gives the burial.
Relationships
Father: John Laithwait (1703 - 1757)
Mother: Elizabeth Wigan (died 1755)
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Andrew Livsey (died 1757). Married 14 May 1756 in Wigan.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Spouse: Roger Almond (about 1730 - 1818). Married 19 December 1779 in Wigan.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children (by Roger Almond):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Betty Almond (1781 - 1831) married James Molineux 8 October 1798 in Wigan.
Evidence
Elizabeth Laithwait baptism (from the bishop’s transcripts for May 1737)
14 Elizabeth Dr John Laithwait of Hallgate & Elizabeth
Andrew Livsey - Elizabeth Laithwait marriage (from the Wigan parish register):
Andrew Livsey & Elizabeth Laithwait both of this Town were Married in this Church by Banns this 26:th day Sept:r 1756 b me Thos Edge
This Marriage was Solemniz:d between us
Andrew Livsey
Elizab:th Laithwait her ----- Mark
in the presence of Ger:d Bancks Joshua Throp
Roger Almond - Elizabeth Livsey marriage (from the parish registers of All Saints, Wigan)
Roger Almond & Elizabeth Livssey both of this Town were married in this Church by Banns this 19th Day of Decembr in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy nine, by me, Thos Whitehead.
This marriage was solemnized between us Roger Almond
Elizabeth Livsey ---- Her Mark
In the Presence of Jas. Acton
Ger.d Bancks
(from the Wigan’s bishop’s transcripts, 1779)
Roger Almond & Elizabeth Livsey both of this Town were married by Banns by Mr Whitehead Curate the 19th day
Betty Almond’s burial (from the Wigan parish register, 1813):
Betty Wife of Roger Almond of Millgate [buried] 31 of Jan, [age] 77 years Decay [ceremony performed] by Revd T Pigot
Commentary
Elizabeth is called “Betty Laithwait” in her daughter Betty’s baptism record and “Elizabeth Livsey” in the record of her marriage to Roger Almond. This is easily explained if an Elizabeth Laithwait married in Wigan someone named Livsey who died before 1779, which in fact occurred.
Elizabeth’s parentage:
The 1781 baptism record of Elizabeth’s daughter Betty records Elizabeth’s parents as John and Betty Laithwait.
The 31 January 1813 burial record of “Betty Wife of Roger Almond of Millgate” gives her age as 77.
The only baptism of an Elizabeth Laithwait in the Wigan area in the 1730s was 14 May 1737 (parents John Laithwait and Eizabeth). Taken together, the evidence enables us to be confident that this is the correct baptism.
The eldest child of John and Elizabeth Laithwait was baptized in Wigan 21 November 1725. A John Laithwaite married Elizabeth Wigan 25 August 1724 in Wigan. There is no other reasonable candidate for the marriage of John and Elizabeth in the indexes.
References
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJ7J-WQX : accessed 05 Apr 2014), Elizabth. Laithwait, 14 May 1737; citing Of Hallgate, reference yrs 1736-1754; FHL microfilm 1885673.
Elizabeth Laithwait baptism, Wigan bishop’s transcripts; digital image Ancestry.com (accessed 4 August 2014) citing Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives.
Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks
Wigan Anglican Parish Registers. Wigan Archives Services, Wigan, England; digital images Ancestry.com (accessed October 30 2014).