no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Hugh Gaskell (abt. 1730 - bef. 1792)

Hugh Gaskell
Born about in Lancashire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died before before about age 62 in Wigan, Lancashire, Englandmap
Problems/Questions
Profile last modified | Created 15 Jan 2025
This page has been accessed 14 times.
The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

Contents

Biography

Hugh Gaskell was born around 1730, possibly in Lancashire, England. He was born in 1733 or earlier, being 21 or older when he married. He had brothers Nathan Gaskell and Peter Gaskell, and brothers-in-law John Irving and John Jackson.

Hugh married Hannah Rylands on 5 Mar 1764 at St Elphin's Church in Warrington, Lancashire, by licence. Hugh was a yeoman and linen weaver of Upholland in the parish of Wigan, Hannah was of the local parish. Both were 21 or older, and neither had been married before. The witnesses were Mary Johnson and Peter Gaskell. Ann Glover, spinster of Ormskirk, co-signed the bond. [1] [2]

Their daughter Mary was born in about 1769.

Their daughter Catherine was born in about 1770 in Lancashire.

Hannah wife of Hugh Gaskell of Wigan, linen tradesman, died in 1771, and was buried on 1 Nov 1771 at St Thomas' Church in Upholland, Lancashire. [3]

In July 1775, Hugh registered the use of a new chapel in Chapel Lane as a Protestant dissenters' meeting house. He was a checkmaker of Wigan. [4]

Hugh married Jane Irving on 19 Aug 1775 at the church of St Peter and St Paul in Ormskirk, Lancashire, by licence. Hugh was a widowed gentleman of Wigan, Jane was a spinster of Ormskirk. Both were 21 or older. The witnesses were Thomas Barton junior, Jane Ollerhead and Elizabeth Irving. Thomas Barton junior (gentleman of Wigan) co-signed the bond. [5] [6]

In March 1776, Hugh was involved in a legal case against John Lea (weaver of Rainford) for theft of linen yarn. [7]

Hugh and Jane's daughter Jane was born in about 1778 in Wigan, Lancashire. The FamilySearch tree has her birth date as 10 Mar 1778, but without a source, so it may be incorrect.

Their daughter Ann was born in about 1780 in Lancashire. According to the FamilySearch tree, she was born on 12 Sep 1779.

Their son William was born in about 1782; according to the FamilySearch tree, he was born on 25 Aug 1782.

Their son Hugh was born in about 1785 in Lancashire. According to the FamilySearch tree, he was born on 26 Feb 1784 at Old Ince Hall.

Hugh Gaskell, linen tradesman of Wigan, died in 1792, and was buried on 28 Nov 1792 at the church of St Thomas the Martyr in Up Holland, Lancashire. [8] [9]

Research Notes

Probate Summary

Will made 20 Nov 1786

Trustees: brother Peter Gaskell, brother-in-law John Irving

All his real estate to be sold & the money put into the trust

Legacies after payment of his debts & funeral/probate expenses:

  • £25 each to his daughters Mary & Catherine, left to them by their grandfather Peter Rylands & in his possession
  • £100 to his wife Jane for her own use
  • £1200 to be invested, and from the interest, £50 a year to be paid to his wife Jane during her lifetime in lieu of dower &c
  • £30 apiece to his four youngest children Jane, Ann, William & Hugh
  • £5 apiece to his trustees/executors for their trouble
  • the rest to be divided equally among all his children (Mary, Catherine, Jane, Ann, William & Hugh, and any born later)

Witnessed by John Fogg, Wm Roper & Jas Baron

Codicil added 25 Nov 1792, adding his brother Nathan Gaskell and brother-in-law John Jackson as additional executors, and the instructions altered as follows: the executors were now to delay the sale of his real estate as long as deemed expedient, carrying on his trade & business, and use the income from his business for the benefit of all his children. On winding up the business, or giving it to one or both of his sons, rather than investing £1200 to generate £50 a year for his wife, enough capital was to be invested to give his wife £60 a year.

Witnesses to codicil: Jas Baron, John Vause, John Danson

Proved 18 Feb 1793; Peter Gaskell, John Irving, Nathan Gaskell & John Jackson appointed executors

Effects valued at upwards of £5000

Brother-in-law John Rylands

Hugh's son William by his second wife appears to have had a close connection with John Rylands of Warrington (manufacturer), who both witnessed William's will and was one of two men who knew William's signature well enough to be willing to swear it was his, when he died leaving a will with only one witness signature instead of the two required. Presumably this John was the brother-in-law John Rylands mentioned in Hugh's will.

Sources

  1. Marriage (1): listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk - Hugh Gaskell & Hannah Rylands. Register: Marriages 1759 - 1770, Page 84, Entry 3. Source: LDS Film 1562957
  2. Marriage (1) bond: "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F188-H6J : Thu May 23 15:49:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Hugh Gaskell and Hannah Rylands, 01 Mar 1764.
  3. Spouse (1)'s Burial: "England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD8-3LNK : Fri Mar 08 23:35:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Hannah and Hugh Gaskell, 01 Nov 1771.
  4. Lancashire Archives Catalogue - Document reference: QSP/2037/11
    Wigan. Certificate of Hugh Gaskell of Wigan, checkmaker, of use of a new chapel in Chapel Lane as a Protestant dissenters' meeting house
    Date: 17 Jul 1775
  5. Marriage (2): listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk - Hugh Gaskell & Jane Irving. Register: Marriages 1754 - 1784, Page 281, Entry 1132. Source: LDS Film 1849664
  6. Marriage (2) bond: "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1ZK-QL8 : Thu May 23 15:50:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Hugh Gaskell and Jane Irving, 18 Aug 1775.
  7. Lancashire Archives Catalogue - Document reference: QSB/1/1776/Oct/pt6/57
    Recognizance for Hugh Gaskell of Wigan, checkmaker, to prefer a Bill or Bills of Indictment against John Lea, late of Rainford, weaver, for stealing a quantity of linen yarn
    Date: 16 Mar 1776
  8. Burial: listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk - Hugh Gaskell. Register: Burials 1790 - 1812, Page 3, Entry 49. Source: LDS Film 1657546
  9. Probate: Hugh Gaskell checkmaker of Wigan proved 18 Feb 1793.
    FHL Film # 4426726 - Diocese of Chester - Wills Proved 1793 "A-G", images 539-546




Is Hugh your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA
No known carriers of Hugh's DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.


Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.

G  >  Gaskell  >  Hugh Gaskell

Categories: Estimated Birth Date