91_Rowbotham_Records
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PP_91	That Martha Rowbotham (91) was the mother of Nancy Frost (45)
PP_182	That John Rowbotham (182) was the father of Martha Rowbotham (91)
Records	The Records
M_1754	1754-10-20 Marriage in Stockport, Cheshire (FamilySearch)			John (182)
	John Rowbotham & Martha Rowbotham			Martha (183)
B_1757	1757-10-09 Baptism in Didsbury, Lancashire (FamilySearch)			John (182)
	Dinah Rowbotham d. John (d. 1781)
	1760-03-09 Baptism in Didsbury, Lancashire (FamilySearch)			John (182)
	Betty Rowbotham d. John (d. 1765)
B_1762	1762-01-10 Baptism in Didsbury, Lancashire (FamilySearch)			John (182)	1762
	Martha Rowbotham d. John			Martha (91)
	1764-06-10 Baptism in Didsbury, Lancashire (FamilySearch)			John (182)
	Ellen Rowbotham d. John
	1771-04-14 Baptism in Didsbury, Lancashire (FamilySearch)			John (182)
	Daniel Rowbotham s. John
	1773-05-23 Baptism in Didsbury, Lancashire (FamilySearch)			John (182)
	William Rowbotham s. John
D_1781	1781-02-12 Burial in Didsbury, Lancashire (FamilySearch; Ancestry.co.uk, Manchester CoE BMD 1541-1812)			Martha (91)	1781
	Dinah d. Martha Rowbotham of Withington
B_1781	1781-09-16 Baptism in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire (FamilySearch; Ancestry.co.uk, Manchester CoE BMD 1541-1812)			Martha (91)	1781
	Dinah d. Martha Rowbotham of Withington
D_1785	1785-06-17 Burial in Didsbury, Lancashire (FamilySearch; Ancestry.co.uk, Manchester CoE BMD 1541-1812)			Martha (91)	1785
	Dinah d. Martha Rowbotham of Withington
M_1786	1786-02-28 Marriage in Ashton-on-Mersey (FindMyPast, Chester Parish Registers of Marriages 1538-1910)			Martha (91)	1786
	John Watson of the parish of Manchester Cotton Spinner and Martha Rowbotham of this parish Spinster were married in this church by banns this twenty eighth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six by me ? Mayor, vicar
	This marriage was solemnized between us                Jn Watson
	Martha Rowbotham
	In the presence of     George Frost
	Thomas Holland
W_1800	1800-11-22 Will (Cheshire RO)		1800	Martha (91)
	Testator: John Watson, innkeeper, Macclesfield, Cheshire
	Executors: John Howard and John Chandley
	Trustees: John Howard and John Chandley
	Date: 3 October 1799, proved 22 November 1800
	Witnesses: Willm Cartwright, Wm Henshaw, M. Wadsworth, Att. Macclesfield
	Will: - £5 to natural son John Lees
	- rest to wife Martha
	proved under £300
M_1801L	1801-02-03 Marriage License in the Parish of Prestbury (CHRO, Copy, 2003)			David (90)	1801
	The third Day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and one			Martha (91)
	On which Day appeared personally David Frost, yeoman of Macclesfield, in the Parish of Prestbury in the County and Diocese of Chester and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists, alledged and made Oath as follows, that he is of the Age of Twenty One Years and upwards, and a Widower and intends to marry Martha Watson of Macclesfield in the Parish of Prestbury in the County and Diocese of Chester aged Twenty One Years and upwards, and a Widow not knowing or believing any lawful Let, or Impediment, by reason of any Præcontract, entered into before the Twenty-fifth Day of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Four, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other Cause whatsoever, to hinder the said intended Marriage; And  he prayed a Licence to solemnize the said Marriage in the Parish Church of Prestbury aforesaid. In which said parish of Prestbury the said David Frost further made Oath, that the said Martha Watson hath had her usual abode for the space of Four Weeks last past.
	David Frost
	The same Day the said David Frost
	was sworn before me L. Heaphy Surrogate
M_1801	1801-02-04 Marriage in Prestbury, Cheshire (Ancestry.co.uk)			David (90)	1801
	David Frost of Manchester of this parish widower and Martha Watson of the same place widow were married in this church by Licence the fourth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and one by me Tho. Monkhouse curate			Martha (91)
	This marriage was solemnized between us                David Frost
	Martha Watson
	In the presence of     John Howard
	M? Wadsworth    John Chandley
W_1812	1812-09-04 Will (Cheshire RO)		1812	Martha (91)
	Testator: James Daniels, Macclesfield, Cheshire, innkeeper
	Executrix: wife Martha
	Date: 4 November 1811, proved 4 September 1812
	Witnesses: M. Norberry Atty Macclesfield, Richard Shuttlebotham Cheesefactor Macclesfield
	Will: - £20 to niece Dinah Staytham
	- rest to wife Martha
W_1826	1826 Will (Cheshire RO)		1826	Family (91)
	Testator: Edward Cope, Macclesfield, yeoman
	Executors: son Enos Cope, son-in-law Francis Chapman, William Johnson, Wine Merchant of Macclesfield
	Date: 4 January 1826, proved 25 February 1826
	Witnesses: William Hyde, John Hammersley, Peter Browned
	Will: - £500 to daughter Elizabeth wife of Francis Chapman, Butcher of Macclesfield out of 500 year lease to 10 dwellings in Sutton leased to William Johnson, Wine Merchant of Macclesfield
	- rest of lease of 999 years to 10 dwellings in Sutton to son Enos Cope
D_1844	1844-11-19 Death in the Sub-district of Ardwick in the County of Lancaster,			Martha (91)	1844
	Registration District: Chorlton (GRO, Copy, 2005)
	Where and when died:               Nineteenth November 1844 Rusholme
	Name and surname:                   Martha Cope
	Sex:                                            Female
	Age:                                           83 years
	Occupation:                               Widow of the late Enos Cope
	Cause of death:                          Decay of nature
	Signature, description, and
	residence of informant:           Thos Frost, Son in law, present at death, Rusholme
	When registered:                        Twentieth November 1844
	Signature of registrar:                John Watkinson Registrar
W_1844	1844 Will			Martha (91)	1844
	Will of Martha Cope signed giving Gorton Hall as her address
	For details of the will of Martha Cope see this Affadavit.		Affadavit
	© C. R. Watts 2020 revised 13.12.2024
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