John Millington

1778 John Millington (Chester Holy Trinity)

John was born about 1730 in Shotton.  He died in 1778 in Chester.  He was buried in 1778 in Chester.¹ 

• Death Notes

  John died between 1768 and 1779 if his wife Margaret a widower remarried.  There is no burial record at Hawarden, but there is for John in 1797 of expected age, so widower Margaret may have been another.
  
  Name    John Millington
  Age    67
  Birth Year (Estimated)    1730
  Event Type    Burial
  Event Date    26 Jan 1797
  Event Place    Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
  Page    64
  
  There is a burial record for John Millington at Chester Holy Trinity, 18th May
      
  Cheshire Diocese Of Chester Bishop's Transcripts Burials 1576-1906
  Church:
  Holy Trinity, Cheshire, England
  Year 1778
  Age and parents not given (so probably an adult)

• General Notes

  John and Margaret are common DNA ancestors and my 5x great-grandparents..
  
  26 Dec 1749, John Miilington married Margaret Youd at Shotton, Cheshire.
  
  All their children were baptised at Hawarden.  John was born in 1750, about a month after they married (mother is not named on these early records).
  
  In 1755 and 1757, Thomas and Mary were born and baptised at Hawarden, daughters of John and Margaret.  Then from 1760 to 1768, four daughters Margaret, Rachel, Elizabeth and Ann were all baptised with mother recorded as Margaret and also of abode Shotton.
  
  John died and Margaret was widowed.  There is a 1778 burial at Chester Holy Trinity for John Millington (no age or abode given).  If living at Shotwich (Cheshire), then this would ne a local church (4.5 miles) on the West side of Chester.
  
  6 Oct 1779 Margaret Millington (50, widow) of Hawarden  married Thomas Adams (59, widowed, husbandman) of Little Sanghall, Shotwick, Chester.

Details of John's family with Margaret Youd