Betsy (Taylor) Watmuff (1787 - 1837)

Born 19 Jun 1787 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

Wife of John Watmuff — married 25 Dec 1807 in Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1837 at age 49 in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Betsy Taylor was born in 1787.

She married John Watmuff on 25 December 1807 in Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, now called Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire.^[1]

J. H. Watmuff in his Journal, says, of her husband John Watmuff; "Married Betsy Taylor of Manchester, on X mas day Decr 25th at the Collegiate Church - there – She was born June 19th 1787 - Died April 19th 1837 at 6.45 pm - after living together 29 years 16 weeks & 3 days" ^[2]

All John and Betsy's children were born in Bourne, the last in 1823, he was about 59, she 36. She died 19th April 1837, exactlty 59 years and 10 months of age. It appears from badly ocr'd British Newspapers she died in Leicestershire. ^[3][4]

Research Notes

British Newspaper Archives have badly ocr'd information
Friday 01 January 1808, Stamford Mercury, Lincolnshire, England, page 3: “On Friday last was married, at the collegiate church in Manchester, Mr. John Watmuff, woolstapler, of Bourn, in this county, to Miss B.Taylor, the former place.”

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
   England, Marriages, 1538-1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 443331
   Ancestry Record 9852 #11906367 (subscription required, accessed 23 April 2023)
   Betsy Taylor marriage to John Watmuff on 25 Dec 1807 in Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
2. ↑ Journals of John Henry Watmuff, Book 21 (Genealogy)
3. ↑ Manchester Times Greater Manchester, England 29 Apr 1837 Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries Joseph Taylor, many years supervisor of Excise in this town. Same [date and place], at Leicester, aged 49 years, Betsey, wife of Mr John Watmuff, and daughter of the above Mr Taylor.
4. ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser Greater Manchester, England 29 Apr 1837 Family Notices: .. Joseph Taylor, many years supervisor excise, in this town. (In the lyth inst., Leicester, aged ? years, Betsy, wife Mr. John Watmuff, and daughter of the above Mr. Joseph Taylor.