Richard
Alderton
Born about in Norfolk, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Amey Unknown
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Unknown) Alderton
— married
23 Nov 1731 in Threxton Norfolk England
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Alderton and John Alderton
Died
at about age 46
in Great Cressingham, Norfolk, England
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jan 2018
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Biography
Richard Alderton married Hannah Whiteman on November 23, 1731 in the record he is shown as Of Great Cressingham which only proves he was living there.[1] Richard died at Great Cressingham, Norfolk and was buried at St. Michael, Great Cressingham on June 9, 1746.[2]
Sources
- ↑ FR Threxton Parish Register County Norfolk Place Threxton Church name All Saints Marriage date 23 Nov 1731 Groom forename Richard Groom surname ALDERTON Groom parish Great Cressingham Groom condition Widower Bride forename Hannah Bride surname WHITEMAN Bride parish Threxton Bride condition Single woman Transcribed by David Matthews File line number 2 Cited on: https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581840c2e93790eb7f74687a/hannah-whiteman-richard-alderton-marriage-norfolk-threxton-1731-11-23?locale=en
- ↑ FR Parish Register St. Michael Great Cressingham County Norfolk Place Great Cressingham Church name St Michael Register type Unspecified Burial date 9 Jun 1746 Burial person forename Richard Burial person surname ALDERTON Transcribed by Maureen Tokely File line number 360 Cited on: https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818857ce93790ec75462e77/richard-alderton-burial-norfolk-great-cressingham-1746-06-09?locale=en
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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~0.39%
Christine (Hills) Frost
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Mary (Eames) Anderson :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Jane Menere :
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I have been researching the Alderton's of Great Cressingham since 2000 and have always believed that Robert and John were brothers, I found it hard to show them together as I had never found a couple in Great Cressingham to match as parents and with no birth records anywhere for either of them it made it difficult to show them as brothers. I have now found plenty of evidence to show it, although circumstantial, I believe its good enough to be accepted so should be on the tree. The absence of baptism records for Robert and John can be explained. Not every baptism was recorded, also some records from the period have been destroyed or damaged and therefore unreadable. We now know that Richard Alderton was first married to Amey and again there are no marriage records for this but Amey is shown at burial as wife of Richard. Richard is then found married to Hannah Whiteman a widow (so maiden name not yet known) in Threxton a nearby village, the main reason for getting married out of your own town in those days was when the woman was pregnant, after the marriage we know that Richard and Hannah returned to Great Cressingham as in 1734, Richard is shown in the Norfolk Poll Books. It could be that both Robert and John were born away from Great Cressingham, or perhaps they just did not baptise them. Many men moved about in those days going to the village or town that had the work avaiable but many of them returned to their home town and we know that Richard and Hannah were both buried in Great Cressingham. So we only had one set of parents called Alderton in Great Cressingham from the 1730s to the time Robert and John were married and it is therefore highly probable if not almost certain that Richard and Hannah were the parents. Amey died in 1727 which means she could not have been the mother of Robert and John. So after many years it is now time to accept that Robert and John the only two living in Great Cressingham apart from Richard and Hannah at the time were brothers. It is these two brothers that continue the Alderton line and there were no other Alderton's apart from them in Great Cressingham at the time. Now where was Richard born, where was he married to Amey and what was Hannah's maiden name?