Hi Lesley, I am still on the Robinson trail. I was asking for more info on Samuel Robinson to George and Ann 11 Dec 1825 listed as at Sunderland Street Wesleyan. I have now found this on FMP but the image is a page from Prestbury PR. All other info as per index and as George was a silk weaver I have now crossed him off my list. I wonder of you could look at the two baptism images from FMP for Sutton Wesleyan. Something is not right here, what do you think? kind regards Chris Bowden On 21/05/2014 20:35, Lesley Baxendale wrote: > Hi again Chris, > > Image attached. You are right - illegitimate, no father given. > > There is also a baptism in Sandbach for a George Robinson in 1815. > Father John. Would that one be any use to you? > > Regards > > Lesley > > On 21/05/2014 17:42, Chris Bowden wrote: >> Hi Lesley, >> thank you so much for the images, yes the "Ann Robinson Baptism date >> 03 Dec 1823 Baptism year 1823 Father's first name George Father's last >> name Robinson Mother's first name Hannah Mother's last name Robinson >> Place SANDBACH" Is definately a child of my George and Hannah and this >> is the one who on the census states her birthplace as Macclesfield. >> After this event there are no more found references to George and Hannah >> until the baptism of their son Thomas at Manchester in 1834. I am >> therefore unable to find what happened to them in between. It is >> ultimately my quest to find the marriage and maiden name of Hannah. >> There is one other strange reference to George and Hannah at Sandbach >> and several sources point to the baptism of George to George and Hannah >> in 30 March 1813. >> My recollection of this register entry differs and I am sure the >> register does not show any named father and in the occupation column it >> appears to read illegit. >> Do you have access to the original image? >> many thanks >> Chris Bowden >> On 21/05/2014 17:19, Lesley Baxendale wrote: >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> Yes there are loads of chapels in and around Macclesfield. The mill >>> workers were very militant at one point, especially after Charles >>> Wesley visited. He founded the chapel on Sunderland Street. >>> >>> However, many of these chapels didn't appear until the 1830's along >>> with many of the churches, so St Michael, Christ Church and St Peter, >>> Prestbury are your best bet for earlier years. St Peter was the >>> mother church so a lot happened there or is listed in it's records as >>> being carried out in one of the attached chapelrys. >>> >>> St Georges (technically Sutton township, but actually near Macc town >>> centre) was built in 1822 as an independent chapel but only lasted 6 >>> years on it's own before becoming a chapelry to St Peters. It closed >>> in 1997, but apparently all the records are at Cheshire Record Office, >>> which infers that they will be on FMP. I've never spotted anyone >>> baptised there when I've been searching though. >>> >>> Non conformists are a difficult group to track down in Macclesfield, >>> there were so many of them and many of the records haven't survived. >>> >>> I had another look on FMP - nothing so far in Macc, but I found an Ann >>> in Sandbach in 1823, father George, a shoemaker. - I've attached the >>> image. There are two Ann Robinson's on the page, this is the second: >>> >>> >>> First name ANN >>> Last name ROBINSON >>> Gender Female >>> Birth year 1823 >>> Baptism date 03 Dec 1823 >>> Baptism year 1823 >>> Father's first name George >>> Father's last name Robinson >>> Mother's first name Hannah >>> Mother's last name Robinson >>> Place SANDBACH >>> City Or Town Sandbach >>> County Cheshire >>> Country England >>> Record set Diocese of Chester parish registers of baptisms >>> c1538-1910 >>> Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records >>> Record collection Births & baptisms >>> Collections from Great Britain >>> >>> Cheshire Archives and Local Studies >>> >>> Transcriptions © Family Search >>> >>> Didn't manage to find a Hannah born about 1826 though. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> Lesley >>> >>> >>> >>> On 21/05/2014 13:55, Chris Bowden wrote: >>>> Hi Lesley, I have checked out from the Cheshire PR Project and >>>> found at >>>> Macclesfield Thomas Barker Robinson, Elizabeth Barker Robinson and >>>> Mary >>>> Ann Robinson all were children of Thomas and Hannah Robinson so >>>> have now >>>> been eliminated from my search. However I did not find the two >>>> daughters >>>> of George Robinson the shoemaker (Ann c1824 and Hannah 1826) on the PR >>>> database. I assume there must be many more Churches and Chapels in the >>>> Macclesfield which are not covered by the project. >>>> regards >>>> Chris Bowden >> >>