Rodger Eccleston (born 1806)
Rodger lived in Windle, Lancashire, working as an engineer, which probably meant that his job was to keep the pumps (engines) running in a mine.
Events
Date of Birth: 1 October 1806.
The date is given by Roger’s baptism record.
Date of Baptism: 12 October 1806.
Place of Baptism: Prescot (St Helens), Lancashire, England.
The baptism is given in the parish register.
Date of Death: 1845
Place of Death: Prescot registration district.
The GRO death registration index gives his age at death as 39.
Relationships
Father: Roger Eccleston (1775 - 1849)
Roger’s father is named in his baptism record.
Mother: Anne Williamson (about 1771 - 1847)
Anne is named in her marriage record.
Spouse: Ann Mary Swift (about 1808 - 1874). Married 12 December 1824 in Rainford, Lancashire.
The register gives the marriage. The couple apparently had already had a Catholic marriage on 6 December 1824 at St Mary Lowe House, in St Helens, Lancashire.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. I believe the family was Catholic and that at least some of the children were baptized at St Mary, Lowe House, St Helens, but I haven't been able to check the registers yet.)
William Eccleston (born about 1825 in Windle, Lancashire).
Thomas Eccleston (born about 1828).
Elizabeth Eccleston (born about 1830 in Eccleston - died 15 January 1885 in Southport, Lancashire) married (1) Thomas Molineux 22 April 1852 in North Meols, Lancashire; married (2) William Molineux 6 October 1858 in Liverpool.
Ellen Eccleston (born about 1833) married Thomas Marsh 7 August 1864 in Salford, Lancashire.
Isaac Eccleston (born about 1835) married Mary Lawrenson 29 October 1854 in Prescot (St Mary the Virgin).
Henry Eccleston (born about 1836) married Sarah Mather 3 July 1858 in Prescot (St Mary the Virgin).
Samuel Eccleston (born about 1838 - died 1909) married Emily Allen in 1862.
Annie Mary Agnes Eccleston (born about 1841 in Windle) married Edwin Grasmere Davy.
Thomas Eccleston (born 5 October 1843 in Windle) married Laura Lumbey 17 October 1864 in Farnworth (near Prescot), Lancashire (St Wilfrid’s).
Roger Eccleston (born about 1846 in Windle) married (1) Mary Lumbey 29 August 1864 in Farnworth (near Prescot); married (2) Sarah Williams in 3 November 1872 in Withington.
Evidence
Roger’s baptism (Prescot St Helen’s, 1806)
Roger Son of Roger Eccleston Engineer of Windle born October 1 baptized Octr. 12.
Rodger Eccleston - Anne Swift marriage (Rainford, 1824)
Roger Eccleston of this Parish Engineer, Bachelor and Ann Swift of this Parish Spinster were married in this Chapel by Banns with Consent of [blank] this twelfth Day of December in the Year One thousand eight hundred and Twenty four By me William Ellam Minister
This Marriage was solemnized between us Rodger Eccleston Anne Swift’s [A] Mark
In the Presence of James Walker’s [t] Mark Robert Lawton
1841 census (Eccleston)
Rodger Eccleston, 35, Engineer, Y [“Y” means born in Lancashire.]
Ann [Eccleston], 35, Y
William [Eccleston], 15, Y
Thomas [Eccleston], 13, Y
Elizabeth [Eccleston], 10, Y
Isice [Eccleston], 6, Y
Henry [Eccleston], 5, Y
//Samuel [Eccleston], 3, Y
References
Roger Eccleston baptism, Prescot, St Helens parish register (12 October 1806); digital image on Ancestry.com (accessed 7 April 2014), citing Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives.
Rodger Eccleston - Anne Swift marriage, register of the Chapelry of Rainford, Lancashire, page 103, no. 307; digital image Ancestry.com (accessed 7 April 2014), citing Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives.
Rodger Eccleston household, 1841 census of England. Lancashire, Prescot, Prescot, Prescot, piece 516, book 6, folio 5, page 2, in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841; digital image Ancestry.com (accessed 7 April 2014).