Rebecca (Ridgway) Arrowsmith (abt. 1739 - 1814)

Descendants

Died Apr 1814 at about age 75 in Tytherington, Prestbury, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Rebecca's first marriage ended quickly and she was able to find a second husband after a few years.

• 1762: First marriage – Charles Stokes aged 22 bachelor weaver of the parish married Rebecca Ridgway aged 22 spinster of this parish by licence on 12 Jul 1762 at Cheadle^[1].
• 1763: Death of first husband – Charles Stokes linen weaver of Cheadle Heath was buried on 24 May 1763 at Cheadle, Cheshire^[2][3].
• 1766: Second Marriage – William Arrowsmith in Tytherington of this parish [Prestbury], a husbandman and Rebecca Stokes of the same parish, a widow, were married in this church by banns this seventeenth day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty six by me Thomas Jennings, curate, in the presence of Samuel Lawton and John Ridgway^[4].
• 1814: Rebecca Arrowsmith of Tytherington aged 76 was buried on 10 Apr 1814 at Prestbury^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f737033199%2f1
2. ↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHNV-CZT : 3 December 2014), Charles Stokes, 24 May 1763, Burial; citing item 1, Cheadle, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,427.
3. ↑ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fd%2f742226186%2f1
4. ↑ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fm%2f770104473%2f1
5. ↑ http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbprs%2fd%2f742475138%2f1