Events
Date of Birth: about 1756.
Place of Birth: unknown (probably Standish Wood, Lancashire).
James’s 1837 burial record gives his age as 83, which would put his birth closer to about 1754, but the 1756 baptism is the only reasonable candidate which appears in indexes (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks) in the Wigan area in the time period, and it would not be unusual in this time period for an age at death for an 81 year old to be recorded a couple of years too high.
Date of Baptism: 8 January 1756.
Place of Birth: Wigan, Lancashire (All Saints).
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 26 February 1837.
Place of Burial: Wigan, Lancashire (All Saints).
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: John Molineux.
Mother: Mary Leland.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Alice Baneford. Married 22 August 1775 at All Saints, Wigan.
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. All children were baptized at Wigan, All Saints).
John Molineux (baptized 10 December 1775).
James Molineux (baptized 1 January 1778 - buried 30 June 1834 in Wigan) married Betty Almond 8 October 1798 in Wigan, All Saints.
William Molineux (born 31 January 1780 - buried 12 November 1781 in Wigan).
William Molineux (born 8 February 1782 - buried 13 February 1797 in Wigan).
Daniel Molineux (born 5 September 1784 - buried 27 July 1789 in Wigan).
Thomas Molineux (born 18 July 1787).
Isaac Molineux (born 14 June 1789 - died 1852 in Leigh, Lancashire) married (1) Margaret Hague 1 January 1811 in Leigh (St Mary the Virgin); married (2) Betty Williamson 16 April 1827 in Leigh.
Alice Molineux (born 2 October 1791).
Dan Molineux (born 10 April 1795 - buried 17 November 1796 in Wigan).
Christopher Molineux (born 21 December 1797 - buried 11 November 1798 in Wigan).
Evidence
James’s baptism (Wigan All Saints, January 1756):
8 James Son John & Mary Mollineux of Standish Wood
James’s marriage (Wigan All Saints, August 1775):
James Mollineux of Ince & Alice Baneford of this Town were married in this Church by Ban[n]s this 22.d day of August 1775 by J. Ellis
This marriage was solemniz:d between us James Mollineux his Mark Alice Baneford her Mark in the presence of Gor:d Bancks WWhiteouse
Baptisms of James’s children (Wigan All Saints):
December 1775:
10 John Son James and Alice Mollineux of Scholes
January 1778:
1 James Son James & Alice Mollineux of Aspull
1780:
Infant’s Name and Seniority: Will:m third Son
Father’s Name, Abode and Profession: Jam:s Mollineux of Scholes Crofter
Mother’s Name and Descent: & Alice D:r of John & Marg.t Baneford
Born: 31:st Jan:ry
Baptized: 20 Feb:ry
1782:
Infant’s Name and Seniority: Will:m fourth Son
Father’s Name, Abode and Profession: James Mollineux of Scholes Crofter
Mother’s Name and Descent: & Alice D:r of John & Marg:t Baneford
Born: 8th Feb:
Baptized: 10th March
1784:
Infant’s Name and Seniority: Daniel fifth Son
Father’s Name, Abode and Profession: James Mollineux of [blank] Crofter
Mother’s Name and Descent: & Alice Dau.r of John & Marg.t Rainford
Born: 5th Sep.r
Baptized: 3.d October
1787:
Infant’s Name and Seniority: Thomas Sixth Son
Father’s Name, Abode and Profession: James Molineux of Scoles Crofter
Mother’s Name and Descent: Alice Dau.r John & Marg.t Baneford
Born: 18th July
Baptized: 5th August
1789:
Infant’s Name and Seniority: Isaac Seventh Son
Father’s Name, Abode and Profession: James Molineux of Scoles Crofter
Mother’s Name and Descent: & Alice Dau.r John & Margaret Baneford
Born: June 1st
Baptized: July 12th
1791:
Infant’s Name and Seniority: Alice first Daur:
Father’s Name, Abode and Profession: of James Mollineux of Scoles Weaver
Mother’s Name and Descent: & Alice Daughter of John & Margaret Bainford
Born: 2 of Oct:r
Baptized: 22 of October
1795:
Infant’s Name and Seniority: Dan eight Son of
Father’s Name, Abode and Profession: James Molineux of Scoles Bleacher
Mother’s Name and Descent: & Alice Dau.r of John & Margaret Bainford
Born: 10th of April
Baptized: 2d of May
1798:
Infant’s Name and Seniority: Christopher ninth Son of
Father’s Name, Abode and Profession: James Molineux of Scoles Whitster
Mother’s Name and Descent: & Alice his Wife Dau.r of John & Peggy Banford.
Born: 21st of December
Baptized: 20th of February
from the Lancashire Archives catalogue:
Wigan. 10 April 1770.
Order of filiation and maintenance of bastard son of James Molyneux of Pemberton, weaver, and Jane Parkinson, singlewoman.
Wigan. 28 February 1775.
Order of filiation and maintenance of bastard daughter of James Molyneux of Aspull, labourer, and Dorothy Fairclough, singlewoman.
Pemberton. 11 March 1784.
Order of filiation and maintenance of Alice, bastard daughter Alice of James Molyneux of Wigan, weaver, and Alice Waite, singlewoman.
[The 1811 will of James Molineux of Ince, yeoman, mentions his natural daughter Jane Fairclough and no other children.]
Burials of those of James’s children who died young (Wigan All Saints):
1781:
Christian Name: William
Surname: Mollineux
Abode, Profession, and Descent: Son of James Mollineux of Scoles Crofter
When, and where buried: 12:th Novemb.r
Age: one years
Disease: pox
1789:
Christian Name: Daniel Pauper
Surname: Mollineux
Abode, Profession, and Descent: Son of James Mollineux of Scoles, Crofter
When, and where buried: 27th July
Age: 5 years
Disease: Convul.s
1796:
Christian Name: Daniel
Surname: Molineux
Abode, Profession, and Descent: Son of James Molineux of Scoles, Weaver
When, and where buried: 17th of November
Age: 2 Years
Disease: Weakness
1797:
Christian Name: William
Surname: Molineux
Abode, Profession, and Descent: Son of James Molineux of Scoles, Weaver
When, and where buried: 13th of February
Age: 15 years
Disease: Kill’d
1798:
Christian Name: Christopher
Surname: Molineux
Abode, Profession, and Descent: Son of James Mollineux of Scoles, Whitster
When, and where buried: 11th of November
Age: 10 Months
Disease: Small Pox
James’s burial (Wigan All Saints, 1837):
Name: James Molineux
Abode: Chapellane
When Buried: 26 Feby
Age: 83 years Decay
By whom the Ceremony was performed: H.O. Neill.
Commentary
James’s parentage:
James 26 February 1837 burial record gives his age as 83, and his abode as “Chapellane”. The only James Molineux baptized in the 1750s in the Wigan area was baptized 8 January 1756 in Wigan, the son of John and Mary Mollineux of Standishwood. The date is close enough for a burial in this time period, as the age at death given for an old person was often a couple of years too high.
There is other evidence that this baptism record is the correct one. John and Mary had a son William baptized 24 January 1761. This William was buried 18 January 1826 in Wigan (aged 66, abode Chapel Lane). The abode of Chapel Lane for both burials, and the lack of other baptisms in Wigan at dates implied by the ages at death, strongly suggest that the James and William who were of Chapel Lane at their burial were the two sons of John and Mary Molineux baptized in Wigan in 1756 and 1761.
John and Mary Molineux’s first child was baptized in Wigan 15 February 1742/3 (abode Pemberton). A John Mollineux of Pemberton married Mary Laland of Pemberton 21 September 1742 in Wigan.
References
Wigan Anglican Parish Registers. Wigan Archives Services, Wigan, England; digital images Ancestry.com (accessed December 1, 2017).