Mary (Makin) Ashcroft (1785 - aft. 1851)

Born 20 Jul 1785 in Sutton, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Hill — married 30 Dec 1804 in St Mary Church, Prescot, Lancashire, England

Wife of Roger Ashcroft — married 12 Aug 1821 in Rainford, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died after 1851 after age 65 in Sutton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary (Makin) Ashcroft was born in Lancashire, England.

Mary was born on July 20, 1785, in Sutton, Lancashire, England. (Sutton was a township and ecclesiastical parish, in Prescot Parish, Lancashire. The township is entirely within the county borough of Saint Helens). She was the first of at least seven children born to Joseph Makin, a shoemaker, and Jane Mason. She was baptized on July 30, 1785, in Prescot, St Helens, Lancashire. Mary married Joseph Hill on December 30, 1804, in Prescot, Lancashire, England, at Saint Mary Church. The Banns of Marriage had been read on December 16th, 23rd, and 30th. It appears Mary and Joseph had at least three children.

Mary's husband, Joseph, passed away in May of 1821. In August of that same year, Mary remarried. Her new husband was Roger Ashcroft. They were married in Rainford (a Village, township-chapelry, and a sub district of Prescot, about five miles from St Helens). on August 12th. Mary and Roger would have one child, James, in 1825. The date of Mary's death is unknown at this time, but she appears in the 1851 Census of England, as a Widow.

Birth

• July 20, 1785, Sutton, Lancashire, England.
  • Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812: Parish Register, Reference Number Pr 2923/1/2.
  • Prescot, St Helens, Parish Register, Baptisms, 1785: page 52 no. 84.

Baptism

• July 30, 1785, Prescot, St Helens, Lancashire.
  • See above
  • England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975: FHL Film #942.72 K29PR.

Banns

• December 16, 23, 30, 1804, Prescot, Lancashire, England, Saint Mary Church. (Joseph Hill)
  • Lancashire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936: Parish Register.
  • Prescot, Saint Mary, Parish Register, Banns, 1804: No page or entry number.

Marriage

• December 30, 1804, Prescot, Lancashire, England, Saint Mary Church. (Joseph Hill)
  • See above.
  • England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973: FHL Film Number 1657584 Reference ID: yr 1788-1813.

Marriage

• August 12, 1821, Rainford, Lancashire, England. (Roger Ashcroft)
  • England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973: Parish Register, FHL Film #1469032 IT 1-3.
  • Lancashire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1868: Parish Register.
  • Rainford Chapel, Parish Register, Marriages, 1821: page 69 no. 206.

Residence

• Prescot, St Helens, District 26, Lancashire. Age 55. Residing with husband, Roger, sons James (Ashcroft), Joseph, Samuel, and Henry (all Hill).
  • England Census 1841: (Class: HO107; Piece: 516; Book: 8; Civil Parish: Prescot; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 26; Folio: 28; Page: 8; Line: 16; GSU roll: 306903).

• Groves Colliery Row, Sutton, Lancashire. Age 67. "Widow", head of household, with one lodger, Emma Gorrard, age 23, at residence.
  • England Census 1851: (Class: HO107; Piece: 2195; Folio: 186; Page: 48; GSU roll: 87204).

Sources

• Lancashire, Birth and Baptism (Free Ancestry Image)

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBCS-VV9 : 30 December 2014), Mary Makin, 30 Jul 1785; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 942.72 K29PR.

• Lancashire, C of E Marriages and Banns (Free Ancestry Image)

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNQF-8J7 : 10 December 2014), Joseph Hill and Mary Makin, 30 Dec 1804; citing Prescot, Lancashire, England, reference yr 1788-1813; FHL microfilm 1,657,584.

• Lancashire, England, C of E Marriages and Banns (Free Ancestry Image).

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2G-YLL : 30 October 2015), Mary Ashcroft in household of Roger Ashcroft, Prescot, Lancashire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYH-64L : 24 July 2016), Mary Ashcroft, Sutton, Lancashire, England; citing Sutton, Lancashire, England, p. 48, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.