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Joshua Brereton

Joshua was born in 1820 in Overton.¹ Joshua's father was Thomas Bruerton and his mother was Ann Vickers. His paternal grandparents were William Brereton and Mary Ledsham. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Thomas, George, Abraham, Richard, Sarah, Ann, Mary, Hannah and Jane. He was the seventh oldest of the ten children. He had a half-sister named Elizabeth.

General Notes
- Joshua was a criminal. He got an aquital in 1840, but then sentanced to 10 years in 1842 for burglary.
  
  In 1841, Jacob was not with the family.
  
  In 1851, Joshua (30, brother-in-law) was living with her married sister Ann Hurst and family and other siblings at Hartshead, Ashton-under-Lyne.
  
  In 1870, Joshua got another 7 years for "Larceny after a prior conviction for felony"
  
  It should be noted thee was another Joshua Brereton, baptised in Manchester in 1820, son of James and Ann, so it may be a case of miss-identity.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Jonathan (John) Brereton ^*
  - b.Oct 1663 in Acton by Nantwich d.May 1701 in Wybunbury
  
  Sandford Brereton
  - b.1685 in Nantwich d.18 Jan 1722 in Tarporley
  
  Mary Sandford ^*
  - b.1660 in Nantwich d.Nov 1692 in Wybunbury
  
  Sandford Brereton
  - b.Jun 1711 in Nantwich d.Jun 1752 in Nantwich
  
  John Turner
  
  Lydia Turner
  - b.1689 in Nantwich d.1767 in Wybunbury
  
  Esther Comberbach
  
  William Brereton
  - b.Mar 1742 in Bunbury d.22 Jun 1818 in Overton
  
  William Dale
  
  Benjamin Dale
  - b.~  1681 in Cheshire d.1733 in Nantwich
  
  Sarah Dale
  
  Elizabeth Dale
  - b.1716 in Cheshire d.16 Sep 1785
  
  Elizabeth Horton
  - b.~  1685 d.Dec 1752 in Smallwood
  
  Thomas Bruerton
  - b.1779 in Harthill d.Sep 1859 in Stalybridge
  
  Benjamin Richard Ledsham
  - b.1695 in Bunbury d.04 May 1744 in Bunbury
  
  Richard Ledsham
  - b.Aug 1721 in Chester d.May 1787 in Beeston
  
  Mary Sellers
  - b.1696 in Bunbury d.19 Jun 1768 in Bunbury
  
  Mary Ledsham
  - b.~  1749 in Bunbury d.01 Jan 1794 in Bunbury
  
  Richard Lucas
  - b.~  1690
  
  Ann Lucas
  - b.Apr 1710 in Wardle/Wardleworth d.Aug 1788 in Beeston
  
  Elizabeth Chancelour
  - b.1687
  
  Joshua Brereton
  - b.1820 in Overton
  
  Ann Vickers
  - b.1783 in Harthill d.Sep 1840 in Ashton-under-Lyne
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

¹ 1851 UK Census