Cheshire, England

Broughs of Cheshire, England

Many Brough-related families have lived in Cheshire over the past five hundred years. Here is a list of the descendants of one of these Brough families, who lived in Macclesfield, Cheshire:

John Brough, b.abt.1700, a Yeoman of Wildboar Clough, Macclesfield Forrest

Married: Mary, abt.1726, of Macclesfield Forrest

Edmund Brough, chr. 1729, St. Michael's, Macclesfield

Married: Sarah Ridway, 1750, St. Michael's, Macclesfield

John Brough, chr. 1754, St. Michael's, Macclesfield

Married: Alice Mills, 1795, Prestbury, Cheshire

Samuel Brough, chr.1796, Christ Church, Macclesfield

Married: Elizabeth Hill, 1819, Prestbury, Cheshire

Thomas Brough, b.1830-1835, of Macclesfield

Married: Hannah Berry, 1864, Prestbury, Cheshire

Samuel Brough, b.1876,, Macclesfield

Married: Margaret Kathleen Shaw, 1897, St. Peter's, Macclesfield

Samuel Brough, b.1898, Macclesfield

Married: Elsie Martin, 1920, Yorkshire

Brough's of St. Stephen's, Macclesfield Forest, Cheshire, England

In December 2019, Mark J. Brough of Bristol, England, visited St. Stephen's church in Macclesfield Forest, Cheshire, and took the following pictures of a large Brough plaque inside the church and two Brough gravestones in the churchyard.