1667 - Thomas

Thomas s/o Lorance Fairclough Baptism: 15 Sep 1667 St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland. He was born on 10 Sep 1667 in the village of Orrall.

He was only 17 when he married Ruth Waring in Wigan, on May 4, 1684. If the christening date below is correct, she was five months pregnant.

Subsequent records show that Thomas Fairclough and his son Thomas Jr were both weavers.

Both of their names appear in the list of Upholland residents pledging their allegiance to William of Orange in 1696 (pp 89-90 of attached). This Lancaster Oath was deemed necessary after a serious plot to restore the exiled Stuarts was discovered in Las=ncaster the year before.

1724 burial - Thomas Fairclough de Orrell Sen' Weav'

CHILDREN:

• Oliver s/o Thomas Tairclough chrs19 SEP 1684 - Orrel, Upholland,Lancashire,England (IGI)
• Thomas s/o Thomas Fairclough chrs 5 Jun 1685 - Orrel, Upholland, Lancashire, England (IGI)
• Margaret d/o Thomas Fairclough buried 13 MAY 1689 - Orrel,Upholland,Lancashire,England (IGI)
• John s/o Thomas Fairclough buried 25 MAR 1690 - Orrel,Upholland,Lancashire,England
• John s/o Thomas Fairclough (Fartlough) christened 30 Aug 1691 St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland, Lancashire, England Abode: Orrall
• Thomas s/o Tihomas Fairflough - Baptism: 12 May 1695 St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland, Lancashire, Abode: Orrall - Would have been 23 when he married Ellin Lucus in Upholland, 6 Nov 1718. 1727 burial Ellin w. of Tho' Fairclough de Orrell Weav' ...
• Edward s/o Thomas Fairclough, Upholland, 21 Jun 1696
• Elijan s/p Thomas Fairclough, Upholland, 13 Jan 1712
• Jane d. of Thomas Fairclough of Orrell Taylor, Upholland, 25 Mar 1715