FAMILY HISTORY: NORRIS

THE MARRIAGE OF HUGH & ANN NORRIS:

 

GROOM:
Name: Hugh Norris
Father: Thomas Norris, deceased
Mother: Margaret Whiteley
Birthdate: c. 1719
Birthplace: Croston, Lancashire, England

 

BRIDE:
Name: Ann Molyneux
Father:
Mother:
Birthdate: c. 1722
Birthplace:

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 10 October 1762
Place: St. Michael & All Angels Parish Church (C of E)
Location: Croston, Lancashire, England
Priest: George Chamberlain, Curate
Witnesses: Robert Norris & Peter Rutter

 

ANN'S ILLEGITIMATE CHILD:
James Molyneux Born: c. 1753 His Family

 

THEIR THREE CHILDREN:
Peggy Norris Born: 14 Sep 1763 (infant)
Thomas Norris Born: 17 Jan 1765 His Life
John Norris Born: 25 Dec 1767 His Family

 

DEATHS:
Peggy Norris [7 wks] Buried: 7 Nov 1763
Hugh Norris [N/R] Buried: 28 Apr 1776
Ann Norris (Mrs) [81 yrs] Died: 2 May 1803
John Norris [62 yrs] Died: 12 Jan 1830
Thomas Norris [87 yrs] Died: 15 Mar 1852

 

NOTES:
1: Some researchers believe that Ann Molyneux was a widow when she married Hugh Norris and that her son was therefore legitimate but she is described in the marriage register as a spinster and I can find no record of an earlier marriage or the baptism of James Molyneux.
2: If my suspicions are correct, Hugh and Ann would have been in their 40s when they married and this may be the reason that they had only three children.
3: Hugh's age is not recorded in the burial registers at St Michael's Church in Croston so it is difficult to calculate his year of birth. The burial records also fail to record exactly where he was buried but I suspect that he was buried under the floor of the church - as was his wife several years later.
4: The above information is taken from Baptism, Marriage and Burial records held at the Lancashire Record Office in Preston, and from the monument inscriptions at Croston Parish Church.

 

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