Mary Howarth
Mary was born in May 1739 in
Lower Darwen and her baptism took place on May 27th, 1739 at
St. Mary-the-Virgin (Blackburn).
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Birth Notes
Name: Mary Howarth
Baptism Date: 27 May 1739
Parish: Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Father's name: Edmund Howarth
Register Type: Bishops Transcripts
Reference Number: Drb/2/6a
Ann and Mary, daughters of Edmund Howarth of Lower Darwen were baptised on the same day. However, they were not twins. Mary's father Edmumd was a weaver, and the Ann was daughter of Edmund, a husbandman.
Mary's father was
Edmund Howarth and her mother was
Margaret Wigglesworth. Her paternal grandparents were
John Howarth and
Ann Howard. She had a brother and a sister, named
Edward and
Jane. She was the second oldest of the three children. She had three half-brothers and four half-sisters, named
John,
Thomas,
William,
Ann,
Lawrence,
Alice and
Ann.