Margaret (Swift)

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

(probable) Date of Burial: 15 August 1754.

(probable) Place of Burial: North Meols, Lancashire, England (St Cuthbert’s).

Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks gives the burial, citing a microfilm of the bishop’s transcripts.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown Swift.

Perhaps he was the Thomas Swift who married Margaret Wareing 2 July 1728 in Ormskirk and was buried November 1732.

Spouse: William Ball (1676 - about 1744). Probably married 5 May 1734 in Maghull, Lancashire.

Children:

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

William Ball (baptized 13 October 1734 - died 24 August 1814) married Mary Wright 29 March 1758 in Liverpool (St Nicholas’).

John Ball (baptized 12 June 1737).

Evidence

William Ball - Margaret Swift marriage (from Cheshire marriage license bonds and allegations)

Year: 1734

Days of Month: 4. May

Marriage Licence granted to: William Ball

of the parish or Chapelry of: Lydiate

and: Margaret Swift

of the parish or Chapelry: [blank]

To be married in the Church or Chapel of: North Meols. Halsall. Aughton.

Oath made and Bond given by: The same & Laurence Farrar

Before: Mr Atherton

Margret Ball burial (from Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks)

Burial: 15 Aug 1754 St Cuthbert, North Meols, Lancashire, England

Margret Ball -

Abode: South Haws

Source: LDS Film 1068944

References

William Ball - Margaret Swift marriage bond no. 879 (1734) in Cheshire Marriage licence bonds and allegations 1606-1905; digital image on Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 6 April 2014).

Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks