Thurston Briggs Fish (1792 - 1866)

Born 26 Feb 1792 in Hoddlesden, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Jepson) Fish — married 23 Sep 1817 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1866 at about age 73 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Thurston was born in 1792, the son of James Fish and Peggy Briggs. In 1817, when he was 25 years old, he married Ann Jepson at St Marys Church in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The marriage record indicates that he was a weaver by trade and that neither he nor Ann had been previously married. Witnesses to the marriage were Samuel Jepson and William Maudsley.

Sources

• Baptism: "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977:" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQP3-7RJ : 11 December 2014), Thurston Briggs Fish, 13 Apr 1792, Baptism; citing p. 8, Blackburn, Lancashire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
• Marriage: "Bishop's Transcripts of St. Mary's Church of Blackburn, Lancashire [England], 1606-1854": Thurston Briggs Fish and Ann Jepson; 23 September 1817 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D439-7P2 FamilySearch (Image 187 of 999)
• Death: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915" Thurston B Fish,74 :Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec :Death Registration Place: Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom :Death Date: Dec 1866. Also:"Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014" Thurston Briggs Fish: Burial :Death Date abt 1867 :Burial or Cremation Date: 2 Jan 1867:Lancashire, England

Census Records

• Census 1841 Edward Street, Over Darwen

Thurston Fish 45

Ann Fish 40

James Fish 20

George Fish 20

Elizabeth Fish 15

Margart Fish 15

Thomas Fish 15

Mary Fish 15

Lettice Fish 13

John Fish 11

Benjamin Fish 10

Rachel Fish 4

• Census 1851 George Street, Over Darwen

Thurston Fish 59 Head Lab road

Ann Fish 53 Wife

Elizabeth Fish 29 Power Loom Weaver

Margaret Fish 27

Thos B Fish 27

John K Fish 27 [John Knowles Fish]

Benjamin Fish 20

Rachel Fish 14

• Census 1861 3 Higher Church Street, Over Darwen

Thurston Briggs Fish Head 69 1792 Newsagent Hoddlesden Lancashire

Ann Fish Wife 63 1798 Over Darwen Lancashire England

Margret Fish Daughter 37 1824 Single Over Darwen Lancashire England

Lettice Becket Stepdaughter 33 1828 Married Over Darwen

Rachel Fish Daughter 24 1837 Single Over Darwen

Christopher James Becket Grandson 9 1852 Over Darwen

Research Notes

In 'Darwen and its people' by J.G. Shaw (1889) p.126: " The foremost figure of the group [of Fish's] is 'Little Tot' otherwise called 'Blackburn Times'. ... His father was James Fish, of Darwen, who married a daughter of Thurston Briggs, of Blacksnape, one of the original four brothers who stand at the head of the Briggs family. She died and left her husband with two children - Mary, who married John Duxbury of Hoddlesden, and 'Little Tot'. James married again and had another son called Ben, who would have been my age if he had lived until today. 'Little Tot' married Ann, daughter of George Jepson, and had a very large family. Altogether I should think he had more than a dozen children, but I can only reckon up four who are living now - Thomas, John, Benjamin and Margaret. Tom and Maggie are twins. They were born in September 1823. The latter is the second wife of Richard Kershaw, of Hob Lane, Edgeworth. Kershaw's first wife was Mary, another of Little Tot's daughters, who was formerly one of my singers."