John Eccleston

Events

Date of Baptism: 11 April 1700.

Place of Baptism: Prescot, Lancashire.

The baptism is recorded in the parish register.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: William Eccleston.

Mother: unknown.

John’s father is named in his baptism record.

Spouse: Joanah. Buried 18 September 1727 in Prescot, Lancashire.

The name is recorded in the baptism and burial records given below.

Spouse: Margaret. Married 7 October 1730 in Warrington, Lancashire.

The marriage is recorded in the bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers. Margaret was the widow of someone surnamed Smith. She had a daughter Ann Smith baptized 19 April 1730 in Burtonwood (after her first husband's death). Ann was buried 28 December 1730 in Warrington (mother's abode Burtonwood).

Children:

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

Alice Eccleston (baptized 7 January 1721/2 in Burtonwood)

Margaret Eccleston (baptized 22 March 1723/4 in Prescot, Lancashire - buried 29 June 1726 in Prescot)

Ann Eccleston (baptized 6 May 1726/7 in Prescot)

William Eccleston (baptized 17 October 1731 in St Helens, Lancashire - buried 24 August 1742 in Warrington)

John Eccleston (baptized 20 January 1733/4 in Burtonwood - died about 1760) married Margaret Dawson 21 October 1753 in Warrington.

Margaret Eccleston (baptized 29 August 1736 in Burtonwood) married Moses Shaw 13 May 1756 in Warrington.

Isaac Eccleston (born 26 June 1739; baptized 18 July 1739 in Winwick, Lancashire - buried 20 May 1793 in Prescot, St Helens, Lancashire) married Ann Naylor 4 April 1763 in Winwick, Lancashire.

Evidence

from the Prescot (St Mary the Virgin) parish register (as abstracted by Lancashire Online Parish Clerks):

11 April 1700

Baptism: John son of William Eccleston of Prescott.

from the Burtonwood (St Michael) parish register (as abstracted by Lancashire Online Parish Clerks):

7 January 1721/2

Baptism: Alice daughter of John Eccleston of Prescott

from the Prescot (St Mary the Virgin) parish register (as abstracted by Lancashire Online Parish Clerks):

22 March 1723/4

Baptism: Margritt daughter of John Eccleston of Prescott, slater, and his wife Joney.

29 June 1726

Burial: Margrett daughter of John Eccleston of Prescott, slater, and his wife Joney.

6 May 1726/7

Baptism: Ann daughter of John Eccleston of Prescot, slater, and his wife Joney.

18 September 1727

Burial: Joanah Eccleston wife of John Eccleston of Prescott, slater

from the bishop’s transcripts of the Warrington parish register:

October 1730

John Eccleston Slater & Margret Smith Widow both of Burtonwood by Banns, married by J: Hickeiler 7.^th

from the Chapel of St Helens register:

[Baptisms, October 1731]

17 William Son of John Eccleston of Burtonwood Slater baptized

from the Burtonwood (St Michael) parish register, (as abstracted by Lancashire Online Parish Clerks):

20 January 1733/4

Baptism: John son of John and Margaret Eccleston

29 August 1736

Baptism: Margaret daughter of John and Margaret Eccleston, plaisterer

from the Winwick parish register (St Oswalds):

[1739]

July

18 Isaac son of John Evilstone of Neuton born June 26 baptiz'd July 18.

from the bishop’s transcripts of the Warrington parish register:

August 1742 [Burials]

24. William Son of John Eccleston Labourer & Margt his Wife

from the Newton-le-Willows parish register (St Peter)

Christenings for the year 1756

Thomas son of John & Jane Eccleson Born May 3 Bap May 23

Commentary

I am not sure how the 1756 baptism from Newton-le-Willows fits in. It could be a from a third marriage of the John of this page. It could also be a sign that the construction on this page is incorrect, and that the Isaac baptized in Winwick was a son of John and Jane, who were a different couple from the parents of the other children on this page.

References

Bishop’s Transcripts for the parish registers of Warrington, Lancashire. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 23 May 2020.

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks.

Parish registers for Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 22 May 2020.

Parish registers for Winwick, Lancashire. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 22 May 2020.

Registers of the Chapel of St Helens, Lancashire. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 22 May 2020.