Richard Stuttard was a weaver at the time of his first marriage. He is known to have lived at Barley (1767) in the parish of Newchurch-in-Pendle, and his wife’s home of Watermeetings (1768), and the Pasture (1771), in the parish of Colne. His burial, with his wife, at the Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel suggests that he shared his parents’ and siblings’ religious commitment to the Inghamites.
Events
Date of Baptism: 22 July 1742.
Place of Baptism: Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire (St. Mary).
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 16 June 1780 or 25 August 1780.
Place of Burial: Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel, Fence in Pendle, Lancashire.
Richard and his father, also named Richard, were buried within a couple of months of each other. It is not known which burial was for which person. The burials can be identified as of this family with some confidence, as the senior Richard Stuttard and his children were Inghamites.
Relationships
Father: Richard Stuttard (died 1780).
Mother: Elizabeth Driver (died 1776).
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Alice Hargreaves (died 1775). Married 1 August 1767 in Newchurch-in-Pendle (St. Mary).
The marriage is recorded in the parish registers.
Spouse: Nancy, the widow of someone named Dixon. Married 1 August 1776 in Newchurch-in-Pendle (St. Mary).
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children (by Alice Hargreaves):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
James Stuttard (baptized 5 June 1768 in Colne - buried 24 June 1796 in Blackburn) married Isabel Spencer 22 July 1790 in Whalley, Lancashire (St Mary and All Saints).
Betty Stuttard (baptized 7 April 1771 in Colne).
Evidence
Baptism from the parish registers of St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle:
1742
Richard the Son of Richard Stuttard Baptized July the 22d
Marriage from the parish registers of St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle:
Banns of Marriage between Rich.d. Stuttard of Barley (Weaver) & Alice Hargreaves of Watermeetings in the Chapelry of Colne (spinster) were pub.d Ap.l 19.th 26.th & May 3.d
Richard Stuttard of the Chapelry of New Church Weaver and Alice Hargreaves of the Chapelry of Colne were Married in this Chapel by Banns this twelfth Day of May in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty seven by me W: Burton Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us
Richard Stuttard
Alice her + mark Hargreaves
In the Presence of
W Scott
Thomas Stuttard
Baptisms from the parish registers of St Bartholomew, Colne:
1768 June
5th. James Son of Richard & Allice Stuttard of Watermeetings.
1771 April
7th Betty Daugr of Richard & Alice Stuttard of the Pasture.
Marriage from the parish registers of St Mary, Newchurch in Pendle:
Banns of Marriage between Richard Stuttard of the Chapelry of New Church in Pendle (widower) and Nancy Dixon of the same Chapelry (widow) were Married in this Chapel by License. Wm Hewertson Surrogate. this first Day of August in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy six by me W: Burton Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us
Richard Stuttard
Nancy Dickson
In the Presence of
William Varley
Jno Stuttard
from the Lancashire Archives catalogue:
Recognizance
8 April 1777
Recognizance for John Moore and Richard Stuttard, both of Barley Booth, yeoman, to answer a Bill of Indictment for not repairing the King's Highway in Barley Booth
Sureties: Thomas Oddie of Barley Booth and Richard Stuttart
Burials the Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel, taken from Lancashire Online Parish Clerks:
Burial: 16 Jun 1780 Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel, Fence in Pendle, Lancashire, England
Richd. Stuttard -
Register: Burials 1750 - 1837, Page 17
Source: Original Register
Burial: 25 Aug 1780 Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel, Fence in Pendle, Lancashire, England
Richd. Stuttard -
Register: Burials 1750 - 1837, Page 17
Source: Original Register
Commentary
Richard’s parentage
Richard was married in Newchurch-in-Pendle in 1767. There are three baptisms of a Richard Stuttard in Lancashire indexes in the relevant period, but only one was of a child who did not die in infancy: on 22 July 1742 in Newchurch-in-Pendle (father Richard Stuttard).
Richard had eight children baptized at Newchurch-in-Pendle between 1732 and 1751. One of them was named Driver Stuttard. The Newchurch-in-Pendle register records the marriage in 1730 of Richard Stuttard and Elizabeth Driver.
There is additional evidence that Richard Stuttard and Elizabeth Driver were the parents of the Richard of this page.
The registers of Wheatley Lane Inghamite Chapel record the burial in 1775 of Richard’s wife Alice. The Inghamites were a relatively small sect of Methodism. Besides Alice, the Wheatley Lane chapel records the burials of the Richard Stuttard of this page himself, the elder Richard Stuttard and his wife Elizabeth, and most of Richard and Elizabeth’s children (at least seven of the eight),as well as many other relatives.
The evidence that Richard’s parents were Richard Stuttard and Elizabeth Driver is very good.
References
Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives. [Digital images at Ancestry.com accessed 19 January 2016.]
Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. URL: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ (accessed 27 March 2014).