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Male John Brereton (Broughton) Click to view John Brereton in the family tree View timeline for this person's branch of the family tree

John was born in 1782 in Peckforton and his baptism took place on June 23rd, 1782 at St. Boniface (Bunbury).1 2  John's father was William Brereton and his mother was Mary Ledsham.  His paternal grandparents were Sandford Brereton and Elizabeth Dale; his maternal grandparents were Richard Ledsham and Ann Lucas. He had seven brothers and a sister, named Richard, William, George, Thomas, James, Samuel, Abraham and Mary.  He was the fourth youngest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 81 on December 23rd, 1863 in Staffordshire.3 




John's first family with Margaret Colley


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‌John and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony on January 31st, 1804 in Wrenbury.1   They had a son and a daughter, named John and Ellen.


John's second family with Sarah (Hannah) Harraman

‌John and Hannah were married in a religious ceremony on October 8th, 1820 in Stowe.7  They had two sons and two daughters, named William, Samuel, Sarah and Mary.

1 Cheshire CoE BMD (1696-1923)
2 Cheshire Parish Records (1538-2000)
3 National Probate Records
4 1861 UK Census
5 Lancashire CoE BMB 1538-1812
6 Staffordshire CoE Parish Records (1538-1839)
7 FamilySearch.org
8 1851 UK Census
9 England & Wales Christening Index (1530-1906)
10 England & Wales BMD Index (pre 1984)
11 1841 UK Census
12 FreeBMD.org.uk



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