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John Crook

John was born in May 1777 in Tonge-with-Haulgh and his baptism took place on May 11th, 1777 at St. Peter's (Bolton).¹

Birth Notes
- Name:    John Crook
  Event Type:    Baptism
  Baptism Date:    11 May 1777
  Baptism Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Parish as it Appears:    Bolton Church
  Father:    John Crook
  Mother:    Rachael Crook
  Reference Number:    L243/1/2/1
  Archive Roll:    854
  
  Abode: Tong (no occupation)

John's father was John Crook and his mother was Rachel Kay. His paternal grandparents were John Crook and Margaret Sharples; his maternal grandparents were William Kay and Elizabeth Shaw. He had three brothers and three sisters, named Thomas, John, James, Alice, Alice and Mary. He had a half-sister named Ann. He died after 1841 in Little Bolton. His burial was at St. Peter's (Bolton).²

Death Notes
- The following is an age match for John, but it is also likely John was still alive in 1841 and a neighbour of his son Jacob.
  
  Name:    John Crook
  Age:    55
  Birth Date:    abt 1776
  Burial Date:    2 Jun 1831
  Burial Place:    Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
  Reference Number:    GB127.L243/1/5/6

General Notes
- There is another John Crooke of Manchester born 1777, the son of Thomas Crook, and another, the son of Richard and Betty.
  
  John and Rachel were in Tonge 1767-1769 when the children were baptised.
  
  In 1806, Wife Ann probably died. There are no Bolton births after Jacob and Martha in 1803-05, so John may have remarried. It could be they moved (there are births of Mary and Robert in 1811-12 at Middleton, but that family is John Crook and Ann Howard, who married at Middleton in 1810).
  
  In 1831, John (Jno) Crook was recorded in Duncan Street.
  
  In 1841, John, 68 was living in Duncan Street. His son Jacob (and wife Jane) were a few doors away. Both were cotton weavers.
  
  Another John (65) & Mary (57) were at Harwood in 1841, so we have the wrong John or this is another closly related (as the Crook family are farmers, and come from Harwood).

Occupation Details
- From after 1841 John's occupation was Cotton Weaver in Bolton.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Crook
  - b.~  1650 in Little Bolton d.22 Dec 1696 in Bolton
  
  Samuel Crook
  - b.Apr 1676 in Little Bolton d.1741 in Bolton
  
  Esther Thornley
  - b.1646 in Bolton d.1691 in Bolton
  
  Jonathan Crook
  - b.~  1698 in Darcy Lever d.Mar 1755 in Bolton
  
  John Crook
  - b.31 May 1719 in Darcy Lever d.Jun 1769 in Bolton
  
  Alice Lomax
  - b.~  1698 in Darcy Lever d.15 Sep 1784 in Turton
  
  John Crook
  - b.Mar 1739 in Darcy Lever d.Dec 1820 in Bolton
  
  Margaret Sharples
  - b.~  1718 d.Jan 1760 in Darcy Lever
  
  John Crook
  - b.May 1777 in Tonge-with-Haulgh d.>  1841 in Little Bolton
  
  William Kay
  - b.01 Feb 1717 in Bury
  
  Rachel Kay
  - b.25 Sep 1744 in Tottington d.1791 in Turton
  
  Elizabeth Shaw
  - b.13 Jan 1718 in Bury

Personal Timeline

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¹ Manchester CoE BMB (1541-1812)
² Manchester CoE Deaths & Burials
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