Margaret Clitherall

Events

Date of Baptism: 9 February 1678/9.

Place of Baptism: Rainsford Chapel, Lancashire.

The baptism is recorded in the parish register.

Date of Burial: 19 June 1720.

Place of Burial: Ormskirk, Lancashire.

The burial is recorded in the parish register.

Relationships

Father: John Clitherall.

Margaret’s baptism record names her father.

Mother: uncertain.

Spouse: Peter Swift. Married 17 April 1705 in Rainford.

The marriage is recorded in the bishop’s transcripts of the parish register.

Children:

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

Elizabeth Swift (baptized 5 May 1706 in Ormskirk).

Robert Swift (buried 7 October 1726 in Ormskirk). Robert was possibly baptized in 1707.

Lionel Swift (baptized 16 July 1710 in Ormskirk) married Alice Hewgrave 4 May 1735 in Warmington.

William Swift (baptized 14 March 1713/4 in Ormskirk - buried 31 May 1721 in Ormskirk).

James Swift (baptized 20 January 1716/7 in Ormskirk - buried 9 May 1717 in Ormskirk).

Henry Swift (baptized 11 May 1718 in Ormskirk) married Elizabeth Webster 30 June 1740 in Ormskirk.

Evidence

Baptism (Prescot St Mary parish register):

Christenings, by Mr Bradshaw preacher at Rainsford chappell, non conformist

1678

Margaret, daughter of John Clitherall junior. Febr. -- 9

Marriage (Bishop’s Transcripts, Rainford):

Peter Swif of the p[ar]ish of Ormskirk & Margaret Clitherall of Rainford in the Parish of Prescott were married at Rainford Aprill 17.^o 1705.

Burial (Ormskirk parish registers):

June 1720

19 Margaret wife of Peter Swift of Skelmersdale.

References

Ormskirk parish registers. Digital images on Ancestry.com [accessed 24 September 2016].

Bishop’s Transcripts, Rainford. Digital images on Ancestry.com [accessed 24 September 2016].

Prescot, Lancashire: St Mary parish registers. Digital images at Ancestry.com [accessed 24 September 2016].