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William Brereton Jnr

Taken on April 16th, 1775 in Peckforton and sourced from Certificate - Baptism.

1775 William Brereton

This picture was taken on April 16th, 1775 in Peckforton and sourced from Certificate - Baptism.

William was born in April 1775 in Barnhill and his christening took place on April 16th, 1775 in Bunbury.¹²

Birth Notes
- Field Name    Field Value
  KEYCODE    BUNBC03001003.10209
  PADVER    bunbC1003.1
  PARISH_CODE    BUNB
  TAGGED    0
  DATED    1775-04-16
  FORENAME    WILLIAM
  SEX    M
  FATHER_FORENAME    WILLIAM
  SURNAME    BRERETON
  RESIDENCE    PECK
  
  William Bruerton
  Event(s):
  Birth: About 1775   Peckforten, Cheshire, England
  (Birth: About 1775   Of Barthill, Cheshire, England)
  Marriages:
  Spouse: Mary Tomlinson
  Marriage: 20 JUL 1800   Malpas, Cheshire, England
  
  Note: Barthill is near to Harthill
  
  1861 Census record also records birthplace as Peckforton
  Aged 92 when died, so makes his birth 1774, not 1775.

William'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, George, Thomas, John, James, Samuel, Abraham and Mary. He was the third oldest of the nine children. He died at the age of 91 on October 17th, 1866 in Tattenhall. His burial was in October 1866 at Brown Knowl (Methodist).³⁴

Death Notes
- Cheshire Death indexes for the years: 1866
  BRERETON William 92 Tattenhall Cheshire West TAT/9/19
  
  Deaths Dec 1866 (>99%)
  Brereton William 92 Gt Boughton 8a 231
  
  The Brereton book and headstone records "William died in 1866 and was buried at Brown Knowl, aged 92 years".
  
  To the memory of Hannah
  Wife of William Brereton
  of Hartfill, Who Died
  Aug 4th 1851 Aged 50 Years
  SACRED
  also to the memory of
  the above William Brereton
  who died October 17th 1866
  aged 92 years.

General Notes
- William is one of my 16 Great Great Great Great (5x) Grandfathers. William Jnr was a farmer, like his father William before him.
  
  In 1839, After William was Widowed, (1834) he maried Hannah Warburton at the Malpas Parish Church.
  
  In 1834 William Brereton was Church Warden of Harthill, and signed the page with Mary's burial on it. Probably this is William before he and the family became Methodists.
  
  In 1841, William and Hannah (60 & 40), were farming at Harthill. They had William (30), Samuel (3mo) and John Brereton (14)
  
  Thomas Brereton, son of William Lea and Jane was living in Harthill in 1841, a neighbour of William and Martha in 1841
  
  In 1851 William (75) is married to Hannah (49) and farming 90 acres at Woodend Farm, Harthill. His son samuel (aged 10) was with them as well as Anne and Elizabeth Warburton (servants, 21 & 13), probably nieces of his young wife Hannah. William was 66 and Hannah 40 when son Samuel was born.
  
  By 1851 it is probable he (and almost certainly his son William) was attending Brown Knowl Chapel, as William and Mary's infant son John Brerton was the first of this Brereton family to be buried there in 1851, aged only 4.
  
  He was reported (in the newspaper) to have sold up and retired from farming, "The Dark Lane Farm, Broxton" in 1858 (aged 84), but was still recorded as a farmer on the 1861 census.
  
  In 1861, William (86, Wid) is farming 100 acres at Woodend Farm with his son Thomas and Martha (56 & 53).
  
  In 1866. William died, aged 92, and was buried at Brown Knowl (Methodist) with his second wife Hannah.

Occupation Details
- From before 1839 William's occupation was Farmer full time in agriculture in Harthill. He died in 1866 while still employed there.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Marriage cert (with Hannah) and 1841, 1851, 1861 census show William as a farmer.
      
      1851 census records William as farmer of 90 acres. 1 labourer employed.
      
      1861 census has William a farmer of 100 Ares at Woodend Fam, Harthill.
      
      William recorded as a farmer on Georges marriage certificate of 1869 (after his death)
  From 1857 his occupation was Farmer in agriculture in Broxton.
  - Occupation Notes
    - John, Thomas and William of Dark Lane (3 borthers) are all recorded as farmers at Broxton, and also William (father) who was at Woodend farm, Broxton

Occupancy & Contact Details
- William lived in Harthill for two years from before 1839 to after 1841.⁵
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - William was Libing at Harthill in 1839, when he married Hannah.
      Home of William (60) and Hannah (40), and their family.
  He lived in Woodend Farm from 1851.⁶
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - William and Hannah were at Woodend Farm, Harthill
  He lived in Woodend Farm from 1861.⁷
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - William Brereton (Head, aged 86) was living at Woodend Farm, Harthill in 1861 with his extended family.
  He lived in Woodend Farm from 1861.⁷
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - William Brereton (Head, aged 86) was living at Woodend Farm, Harthill in 1861 with his extended family.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- William lived with Thomas Brereton.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Thomas (20) with grandparents William and Hannah in 1841
      
      Living together at Woodend Farm, Harthill in 1861 after Mary's death
  He was a neighbour of Richard Brereton.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Richard was a neighbour of William Brereton at Harthill in 1840 (both on the same census page).
  He lived with Samuel Brereton.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Samuel (3 mo) and his assumed father William (30) were living with William and Hannah at Harthill (farm).

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Richard Brereton ^*
  - b.1635 R Hurleston d.May 1677 in Acton by Nantwich
  
  Jonathan (John) Brereton
  - b.Oct 1663 in Acton by Nantwich d.May 1701 in Wybunbury
  
  Elizabeth Kendricke ^*
  - b.~  1635 in Acton by Nantwich d.1724
  
  Sandford Brereton
  - b.1685 in Nantwich d.18 Jan 1722 in Tarporley
  
  Dudley Sandford ^*
  - b.1632 in Nantwich d.Aug 1689 in Nantwich
  
  Mary Sandford
  - b.1660 in Nantwich d.Nov 1692 in Wybunbury
  
  Mary (Maria) Hassall ^*
  - b.1639 in Wybunbury d.Oct 1668 in Acton by Nantwich
  
  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
  
  William Brereton Jnr
  - b.Apr 1775 in Barnhill d.17 Oct 1866 in Tattenhall
  
  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
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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¹ Cheshire Parish Records (1538-2000)
² FamilySearch.org
³ Headstone - Willian & Hannah Brereton
⁴ BMD-Cheshire
⁵ 1841 UK Census
⁶ 1851 UK Census
⁷ 1861 UK Census

William Brereton Jnr

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Occupancy & Contact Details

Social & Emotional Relationships

Ancestor Pedigree Chart

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