Ellen Clarke

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Lyddon and Marshall estimate 1646.

Date of Burial: 13 July 1726.

Place of Burial: Bolton, Lancashire.

The burial is recorded in the parish register.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

A Richard Clarke of Little Lever left a 1670 will, but it was destroyed by dampness before 1880. Richard had 3 hearths in Little Leaver in the 1666 Hearth Tax.

Spouse: James Crompton. Married 4 October 1670 in Bolton, Lancashire.

The marriage is recorded in the parish register.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Katherine Crompton (baptized 21 May 1671 in Bolton)

Ann Crompton (died 1678)

James Crompton (died 1682)

Joshua Crompton (buried 20 October 1743 in Bolton) married Alice Lever 23 April 1700 in Bolton.

Joseph Crompton (buried 4 September 1726 in Bolton) married (1) Mary Crossley 8 June 1703 in Bolton; married (2) Susannah Gregory 3 February 1707/8 in Bolton.

Adam Crompton (born 1683 - buried 23 July 1737 in Bolton) married Alice Heap 7 October 1707 in Bolton.

John Crompton

Ellen Crompton

Evidence

from the parish registers of Bolton-le-Moors (St Peter):

October. 1670.

James Crompton

Ellin Clarke [both] of Little Leaver, were married in Boulton Church 5.

[Burials] July 1726

Ellen Crompton of L. Lever Widow -- 13

References

Lyddon, Denis and Peter A. Marshall. Paper in Bolton: A papermaker’s tale (1975).

Parish registers of Bolton-le-Moors (St Peter). Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 20 May 2020.