John Brereton 
Birth Notes
Aged 14 in 1841, Harthill (with grandparents)
Aged 24 in 1851. Servant as Castle Inn
Aged 42 in 1871
The Brereton book has John born in 1827, so the oldest of the children, but census records indicate otherwise.
Death Notes
Probate:
BRERETON John of Higher Hall Isycoed Wrexham Denbighshire farmer died 9 May 1896. Probate St Asaph 17 July to Edward Brereton farmer Effects £1295 3s
According to the chapel records, John was buried Brown Knowl chapel in 1896, aged 69. This is the same cemetery (but different grave) as where his parents are buried.
General Notes
No christening record. John (14) living with Mary and William in 1841, but Mary would be too old for John to be her child, and census divide indicates of another family. Now believed to be the John, the son of Thomas and Martha.
John and brother William emigrated to Port Philip, Victoria, Australia in Aug 1852 on the "Lady Head", and their other brothers arrived in 1858. There is a shipping record for a John Brereton in 1852 and in 1856 the electoral roll has a record for John Brereton and William Brereton in Kyneton Boroughs, Malsbury.
John Brereton of Australia was reported in the Chester Chronical (14 July 1866) attending the Festival of Broxton, where two large waterproof tents were erected next to the Roal Oak Inn at Broxton..
John returned to Wales, living with his brother Edward in 1891. John Brereton of Is-y-Coed died 8-May-1896, aged 69, leaving his estate of £1,295 to his younger brother Edward Brereton farmer.
John was a member of the Wrexham Workhouse board of Guardians, and proposed giving older inmates 1oz of Tobacco each week.
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Connections & Relationships
Relationship Notes
John returned to Wales, living with his brother Edward in 1891. John Brereton of Is-y-Coed died 8-May-1896, aged 69, leaving his estate of £1,295 to Edward Brereton farmer.
John funded Edward Brereton.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1685 in Nantwich d.18 Jan 1722 in Tarporley
- b.Jun 1711 in Nantwich d.Jun 1752 in Nantwich
- b.1689 in Nantwich d.1767 in Wybunbury
- b.Mar 1742 in Nantwich d.22 Jun 1818 in Overton
- b.~ 1681 in Cheshire d.1733 in Nantwich
- b.1716 in Cheshire d.16 Sep 1785
- b.~ 1685 d.Dec 1752 in Smallwood
- b.Apr 1775 in Peckforton d.17 Oct 1866 in Tattenhall
- b.1695 at St. Boniface (Bunbury) d.04 May 1744 at St. Boniface (Bunbury)
- b.Aug 1721 in Chester d.May 1787 in Beeston
- b.1696 at St. Boniface (Bunbury) d.19 Jun 1768 at St. Boniface (Bunbury)
- b.~ 1749 at St. Boniface (Bunbury) d.01 Jan 1794 in Harthill
- b.~ 1690
- b.Apr 1710 in Wardle/Wardleworth d.Aug 1788 in Beeston
- b.1687
- b.19 Jul 1803 in Harthill d.20 May 1872 in Chester
- b.Oct 1704 in Cuddington by Malpas d.15 Feb 1773
- b.Feb 1739 in Cuddington by Malpas d.May 1819 in Broxton
- b.~ 1705 in Overton
- b.1767 in Barnhill d.19 Dec 1834 in Harthill
- b.1745 in Malpas d.Oct 1825 in Broxton
- b.1827 in Harthill d.08 May 1896 in Is-y-Coed
- b.1771 in Cuddington
- b.1806 in Hargrave d.Sep 1879 in Chester
- b.1772 in Newton (Lancs)
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1 1871 UK Census
2 Individual - David Gill
3 National Probate Records
4 1891 UK Census
5 1841 UK Census
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2 Individual - David Gill
3 National Probate Records
4 1891 UK Census
5 1841 UK Census
Further source/citation:
Individual - Katrina Wallwood
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