Robert Large (bef. 1797 - 1839)

Born before 15 Oct 1797 in Bunbury, Cheshire, England

Husband of Martha (Lewis) Hughes — married 30 Aug 1826 (to 26 Jul 1839) in Bunbury, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1839 after age 41 in Bunbury, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Large Name Meaning

• English and French: nickname (literal or ironic) meaning ‘generous’, from Middle English, Old French large ‘generous’, ‘free’ (Latin largus ‘abundant’). The English word came to acquire its modern sense only gradually during the Middle Ages; it is used to mean ‘ample in quantity’ in the 13th century, and the sense ‘broad’ first occurs in the 14th. This use is probably too late for the surname to have originated as a nickname for a fat man.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

Possible parents from Ancestry.com trees:

Father Thomas Large (1776-1872)
Mother Mary (1777-)

Father Thomas Large (1753-1828)
Mother Martha Evans (1759-)

Records

England, Cheshire Parish Registers:

• Name Robert Large
• Event Type Christening
• Event Date 15 Oct 1797
• Event Place , Bunbury, Cheshire, England
• Gender Male
• Father's Name Thomas Large
• Mother's Name /

Record of marriage:

• First name(s) ROBERT
• Last name LARGE
• Birth year 1805
• Marriage year 1826
• Marriage date 29 Aug 1826
• Parish Chester
• Spouse's first name MARTHA
• Spouse's last name LEWIS
• Bride's age 19
• Bride's father's name Joseph Lewis
• Groom's age 21
• Place CHESTER
• County Cheshire
• Country England
• Record set Cheshire Marriage licence bonds and allegations 1606-1905
• Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
• Subcategory Marriages & divorces
• Collections from Great Britain

Cheshire Land Tax:

• Record set Cheshire Land Tax Assessments 1786-1832
• First name(s) Robert
• Last name Large
• Year 1830
• Town Bunbury
• Country England
• Residence Bunbury, Cheshire, England
• Proprietor or occupier Occupier
• Category Census, land & surveys
• Subcategory Land & estates
• Collections from Great Britain
• Family Search

Record of death:

• Name Robert Large
• Event Type Death
• Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
• Registration Year 1839
• Registration District Great Boughton
• County Cheshire
• Event Place Great Boughton, Cheshire, England
• Volume 19
• Page 54
• Line Number 34

GRO Record of Death:

• Name: LARGE, ROBERT
• Date of Death 26 July 1839
• Cause of Death Consumption
• Location of Death Broxton
• Age at Death (in years): 40
• Occupation Farmer
• Present at Death Richard Lewis, of Broxton
• GRO Reference: 1839 S Quarter in GREAT BOUGHTON Volume 19 Page 54
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Record of burial:

• Name Robert Large
• Event Type Burial
• Event Date 02 Aug 1839
• Event Place Bunbury, Cheshire, England
• Gender Male
• Age 40

Sources

• "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3VR-MJV : 24 December 2014), Robert Large, 15 Oct 1797, Christening; citing item 4 p 114, , Bunbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,093,505.

• "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHN8-54M : 3 December 2014), Robert Large, 15 Oct 1797, Christening; citing , Bunbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,425.

• Record of baptism from findmypast.co.uk

• Record of baptism from findmypast.co.uk

• "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHCH-B5Z : accessed 1 December 2015), Robert Large and Martha Lewis, 30 Aug 1826, Marriage; citing item 2 p 98, Bunbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,425.

• "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ26-HMY : accessed 1 December 2015), Robert Large and Martha Lewis, 30 Aug 1826, Marriage; citing item 3 p 97, , Bunbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,093,575.

• "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBRV-L9L : accessed 1 December 2015), Robert Large, 29 Aug 1826; citing Chester, Cheshire, England, item 2, Cheshire Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,894,494.

• Record of marriage from findmypast.co.uk

• Record of marriage from findmypast.co.uk

• Record of marriage from findmypast.co.uk

• "England, Cheshire, Land Tax Assessments, 1778-1832," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP7P-RPN : 12 December 2014), Robert Large, 1830; citing Bunbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,546,456.

• Record of Cheshire Land Tax from findmypast.co.uk

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N6Z-65D : accessed 10 February 2016), Robert Large, 1839; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Great Boughton, Cheshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4VZ-N29 : accessed 10 February 2016), Robert Large, 02 Aug 1839, Burial; citing item 1 p 232, Bunbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,426.

• "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F353-6JX : accessed 10 February 2016), Robert Large, 02 Aug 1839, Burial; citing item 3 p 232, , Bunbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,093,576.

• "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4VZ-N29 : 3 December 2014), Robert Large, 02 Aug 1839, Burial; citing item 1 p 232, Bunbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,426.

• Record of burial Aug 2 1839 from Cheshire Parish Register Project