Margery Houghton
Events
Date of Baptism: 16 January 1604/5.
Place of Baptism: All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 9 March 1649/50.
Place of Burial: All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: John Houghton.
Margery’s father is named in her baptism record.
Mother: Ellen Marsh.
Ellen is named in her marriage record.
Spouse: James Wigan. Married 7 May 1635.
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.)
Alice Wigan (baptized 3 September 1635 in Wigan - buried 6 March 1649/50 in Wigan). Alice died of the plague.
Anne Wigan (baptized 26 November 1637 in Wigan - buried 19 February 1637/8 in Wigan).
Thomas Wigan (baptized 22 May 1642 in Wigan - buried 9 February 1723/4 in Wigan) married Elizabeth Critchley 1664/5 in Upholland, Lanashire.
Evidence
Marriage of parents (Wigan, All Saints parish register):
February 1603/4
13 John Houghton & Ellin Marsh of Wigan
Baptism (Wigan, All Saints parish register):
January 1604/5
16 Margerie the daughter of John Hawton de Wigan
Marriage (Wigan, All Saints parish register):
May 1635
7. James Wigan & Margery Houghton both of this p[ar]ish
Burial (Wigan, All Saints parish register):
March 1649/50
9. Margery wife of James Wigan de wallgate
References
Wigan Anglican Parish Registers. Wigan Archives Services, Wigan, England; digital images Ancestry.com (accessed 19 January 2016).