Samuel Deacon (bef. 1793 - 1870)

Born before 10 Mar 1793 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Monks) Deacon — married 19 Mar 1820 in St. Mary, Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1870 after age 76 in Douglas, Isle of Man

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Biography

Samuel Deacon was a cotton and yarn merchant in Manchester. He operated a warehouse at No.4 Half Moon Court in Manchester, which was damaged by fire in October 1840.^[1] He and his family lived in Chorlton-In-Medlock, a suburb of the city.
By 1851, he was retired and living with his family in Wales,^[2] where his wife of thirty seven years died in 1857 in Wrexham.^[3] By 1861 he had relocated to the Isle of Man with his five unmarried daughters.^[4]
He died January 3, 1870 on Isle of Man and his will was probate on April 12 of that year, spinster daughters Elizabeth Ann Deacon and Mary Jane Deacon, both of Villa Bella Vista, Victoria-road, Douglas, Isle of Man, executrixes.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Preston Chronicle, Saturday October 24, 1840, pg.2.
2. ↑ 1851 Wales Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2501; Folio: 253; Page: 9; GSU roll: 104266-104267, Household schedule number: 29, Flintshire, Leadbrook Major, District 8.
3. ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915, 1857, Apr-May-Jun, Registration district: Wrexham, Inferred County: Denbighshire, Volume: 11b, Page: 233.
4. ↑ 1861 Isle of Man Census, Class: RG9; Piece: 4422; Folio: 89; Page: 27; GSU roll: 543280, Household schedule number: 118.
5. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.; Wills, 1870, D, De, pg. 99.

See also:

• Manchester, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1573-1812, Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, St Mary, St Denys and St George, Archive Roll: 754.

• Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930, Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Reference Number: L160/1/4/9, Item Number: 4, Archive Roll: 593.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWWV-VS8 : accessed 31 July 2015), Samuel Deacon in entry for Frances Deacon, 20 Apr 1835; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 223,716.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQGJ-Z79 : accessed 31 July 2015), Samuel Deacon in entry for Clarinda Deacon, 30 Jun 1839; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 223,716.

• "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3LG-58Z : accessed 31 July 2015), Samuel Deacon in entry for Thomas Howard Kidd and Frances Deacon, 06 Jan 1864, Marriage; citing item 14 p 20, , Lower Whitley, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,105,692.