Ellen Leyland

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

There are baptisms in Ashton in Makerfield in 1720 and 1722, which would make her 10 or 12 years older than her husband but are consistent with her youngest child being baptized in 1762.

Date of Burial: 11 May 1805.

Place of Burial: St Thomas, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire.

The burial is recorded in the parish register and bishop’s transcripts. Her husband was buried there on 30 April of the same year.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: David Williamson. Married 6 March 1753 in St Thomas, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire.

The relationship 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.)

Betty Williamson (23 September 1753 - 1829) had relationships with Henry Hasleden and with Thomas Pilling. She married the latter in 1780.

Ellen Williamson (born 15 December 1754)

Martha Williamson (baptized 13 March 1756/7)

Margaret Williamson (baptized 7 September 1760 - buried 13 June 1761)

Margaret Williamson (baptized 15 August 1762 - buried 24 February 1776)

Evidence

(possible) Baptism (St Thomas, Ashton in Makerfield parish register; 1720):

Ellen Base Dau:^r Eliza: Leyland born oct^o 30.^th bapt^d Nov^r the 4^th

(possible) Baptism (Bishop’s transcripts, Winwick; 1720):

Ellen Base Daughter of Elizabeth Leyland Born Octob^r the 30

(possible) Baptism (St Thomas, Ashton in Makerfield parish register; 1722):

Ellen daughter of Sam: Leyland was born 21. and bap.^d 30.^th

[The mother of this Ellen was Ann Chadwick.]

Burial (St Thomas, Ashton in Makerfield parish register; 1805):

Ellen Williamson Buried [May] 11^th

Burial (Bishop’s transcripts, burials in Ashton Chapel; May 1805):

[May] 11 Ellen Williamson

References

Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives. [digital images on ancestry.com, accessed 18 January 2016]

Wigan Anglican Parish Registers. Wigan Archives Services, Wigan, England. [digital images on ancestry.com, accessed 18 January 2016]