Marriage record for Thomas Halliwell and Betty Marsh in the Bolton parish register.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
THOMAS HALLIWELL AND
BETTY MARSH
Thomas Halliwell of Haulgh married Betty or Elizabeth Marsh 26
December 1759 in St. Peter's, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire,
England.
Betty was christened 24 February 1740 in St. Peter's, the
daughter of James Marsh and Jane Haslam. Betty died and was buried
28 November 1775 in Deane.
Thomas then married Catherine Pollits, a widow, on 11 January
1778. The marriage record shows Thomas as a widower, and they are
both of the parish. Catherine was Catherine Openshaw, who married
James Pollet, a weaver, on 12 January 1770 in Bolton. She had a
son, Richard, christened 7 May 1773 in St. Peter, Bolton. James
died and was buried 3 May 1776 in Bolton. At the time of her
marriage to Thomas she was a young widow with a five year-old son.
Thomas died and was buried 8 December 1806 in St. Peter, Bolton.
Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children:
1. Mary, christened 17 June 1763 in St. Peter's, Bolton
le Moors.
2. Joseph, christened 13 April 1766 in St. Peter's.
3. Thomas, christened 25 December 1768 in St. Peter's.
*4. Alice, christened 28 April 1771 in St. Peter's;
married John Haslam 15 October 1794 in St. Peter's.
Baptism record for Alice Halliwell in Bolton: "Alice D
of Thomas & Elizabeth Halliwell of Haulgh 28"
5. Elizabeth, christened 24 April 1774 in St. Peter's.
Thomas and Catherine had the following children:
1. Ellin, christened 7 June 1778 in St. Peter's.
2. James, christened 3 July 1785 in St. Peter's.
3. Ellen, christened 2 March 1788 in St. Peter's.
SOURCE: IGI; St. Peter's parish register; Deane parish
register; www.ancestry.co.uk.
ANCESTRY OF THOMAS HALLIWELL
There are several possible christening records for our Thomas
Halliwell:
Records on familysearch.org suggest that Thomas of
1735 died young, and was the child of William Halliwell and Maria
Bomber, as was Thomas of 1740. That leaves Thomas of 1740, and
Thomas of 1731 as possibilities.
Research in Deane parish records show that another Thomas
Halliwell of Rumworth had children children christened at the same
time as our Thomas Halliwell. This is probably Thomas of 1731, and
son of James Halliwell of Rumworth. That makes Thomas Halliwell of
1740, son of William Halliwell and Maria Bomber, the most likely
possibility for our Thomas Halliwell. Our Thomas married Betty
Marsh in Bolton. Betty was born in 1740, making both Thomas and
Betty nineteen years old at the time of their marriage.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
WILLIAM HALLIWELL AND
MARIA BOMBER
William Halliwell was christened 21 February 1713 in Deane, the
son of Robert Halliwell and Elizabeth Shaw. William married Maria
Bomber 4 September 1733 in Deane, Lancashire.
Maria or Mary was christened 1 March 1713 in Deane, the daughter
of Jana Bomber of Over Hulton. Mary died and was buried 10 March
1759 in the parish of Deane. The parish register shows the burial
of "Mary, wife of William Halliwell of Great Bolton".
William "of Great Bolton" died and was buried 9 December
1789 in Deane.
William and Mary had the following children:
1. Jana, christened 28 March 1734 in Deane, of Over
Hulton.
2. Thomas, christened 8 March 1735 in Deane, of Over
Hulton.
3. Giles, christened 20 November 1736 in Deane, of Over
Hulton.
4. Martha, christened 7 April 1739 in Deane.
*5. Thomas, christened 11 April 1740 in Deane, of
Westhoughton, married 1) Betty Marsh 26 December 1759 in Bolton,
2) Catherine Pollits 11 January 1778 in Deane.
6. William, christened 19 June 1743 in Deane, of
Westhoughton; buried 8 September 1744 in Deane.
7. Betty, christened 2 August 1748 in Deane, of Great
Bolton.
8. Esther, christened 4 October 1748 in Deane, of Great
Bolton.
9. Mary, christened 10 September 1751 in Deane, of Great
Bolton.
10. Ellen, christened 21 September 1755 in Deane, of Great
Bolton; buried 8 April 1757 in Deane.
SOURCES: Deane parish register; familysearch.org; St. Peter,
Bolton parish register; ancestry.co.uk.
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
ROBERT HALLIWELL AND
ELIZABETH SHAW
Robert Halliwell was christened 29 October 1671 in Deane, the son
of Ralph and Elizabeth Halliwell. Robert Halliwell "of Rumworth"
married Elizabeth Shaw 1 April 1703 in Deane.
Elizabeth was born in about 1678 of Deane, and is likely the
daughter of Thomas Shaw of Westhoughton, the only Shaw family
having children christened in Deane in this time period.
Elizabeth "of Rumworth" died and was buried 17 November
1729 in Deane.
1729 - That year was a year of unusually high mortality in Deane.
The article Dying in Droves discusses this phenomenon: "We
also know that across England the harvest of 1728 was a poor
one, which may well have caused food shortages in the Bolton
locality. Finally we have contemporary reports from several
parts of the country of unusual levels of various infections,
with doctors in 1729 noting outbreaks of 'suffocating cough',
catarrh, 'inflammatory fevers' (any of which might be the result
of flu), whooping cough, chicken pox and smallpox. And there's
one further bit of evidence from the Deane parish register.
Alongside some of the monthly lists of burials in these years
there are marginal notes written by the vicar, James Rothwell.
Against June 1729 he wrote:'Most of these dyed of agues,
pluraisy, etc, tho a fever came ye first.' Agues meant chills
and sweats, 'pluraisy' an inflammation of the lungs. Could this
be influenza? In another note the vicar wrote that:' ... in some
respects ye disorder resembled ye Plague and continued amongst
us above two years.'" (Dying in Droves: History Mysteries and
Parish Records)
Robert and Elizabeth had the following children:
1. Eleanor, christened 2 May 1704 in Deane; married Adam
Howarth; died 18 June 1768.
2. Anna, christened 18 April 1706 in Deane.
3. Mary, christened 8 May 1708 in Deane; buried 11 May
1708 in Deane.
4. Mary, christened 4 August 1709 in Deane.
5. Arthur, christened 21 October 1711 in Deane.
*6. William, christened 21 February 1713 in Deane; married
Mary Bomber 4 September 1733 in Deane; buried 9 December 1789 in
Deane.
7. Martha, christened 1 July 1716 in Deane; married Thomas
Ridgway.
8. Joseph, christened 5 December 1720 in Deane.
SOURCES: Deane parish register; ancestry.co.uk: Dying in
Droves: History Mysteries and Parish Records,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/htd_history/evidence/hist_mysteries_and_recs_04.shtml.
Ralph Halliwell was born in about 1633 of Deane, most likely the
son of Arthur Halliwell and Elline Seddon. Ralph married
Elizabeth. Elizabeth died and was buried 12 April 1686 in Deane.
Ralph died and was buried 23 November 1689 in Deane.
Ralph and Elizabeth had the following children:
1. Arthur, christened 22 March 1656 in Deane.
2. Ralph, christened 1 January 1659 in Deane; married Jane
Rothwell 18 April 1682 in Deane; buried 30 April 1728 in Deane.
3. Ellen, christened 22 February 1661 in Deane.
4. Thomas, christened 7 January 1664 in Deane.
5. Giles, christened 19 May 1667 in Deane.
6. John, christened 17 June 1669 in Deane.
*7. Robert, christened 29 October 1671 in Deane; married
Elizabeth Shaw 1 April 1703 in Deane.
8. Jacob, christened 22 February 1674 in Deane.
9. Elizabeth, christened 14 April 1676 in Deane.
10. Infant child of Ralph Halliwell, gender not stated, buried 16
October 1678 in Deane. This may be Elizabeth or another child.
11. Anna, christened 4 February 1682 in Deane.
SOURCES: Deane parish register; ancestry.co.uk.
