Hello Christine A Richard WHITAKER married Mary SWINDELS of Leek at Gawsworth Parish Church by Licence in 11 Feb 1752 according to the Phillimore Transcript. I have WHIT(T)AKERS in Disley but the furthest I have got back is to Robert who was born c1744 and who died in Disley in 1829. He probably came to Disley from the Torkington area as one of his children is given that address when baptised at Marple church. Incidentally there are a couple of Joshua (& Lydia) baptisms at Poynton. Presumably this is a different one. best wishes Marjorie Ward Derbyshire, UK Sources for Disley; Lyme Handley; Taxal & Whaley www.disley.net Sources for Hollingworths www.hollingworths.net Sources for NWDby incl Chapel; Charlesworth; Chinley; Fernilee; Glossop; Hayfield; Hope Valley; Mellor & New Mills http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dusk John Ward Paintings: www.johnward-art.com

Hello Marjorie, Many thanks for your reply. The Richard marrying Mary is potentially useful and I will bear that in mind as a possibility. I know my WHITTAKERs came from Gawsworth which seems to have had a lot of that name at the time. I am trying to relate all the Gawsworth WHITTAKERs. Unfortunately they are well into family names so the number of Joshua's, for example, makes life confusing. Richard's parents must have bucked the system as there are not many of them. Thanks again, Christine -----Original Message----- From: Marjorie Ward Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 9:51 AM To: Christine Benson ; CHESHIRE mailing list Subject: Re: [CHS] Martha WHITTAKER Hello Christine A Richard WHITAKER married Mary SWINDELS of Leek at Gawsworth Parish Church by Licence in 11 Feb 1752 according to the Phillimore Transcript. I have WHIT(T)AKERS in Disley but the furthest I have got back is to Robert who was born c1744 and who died in Disley in 1829. He probably came to Disley from the Torkington area as one of his children is given that address when baptised at Marple church. Incidentally there are a couple of Joshua (& Lydia) baptisms at Poynton. Presumably this is a different one. best wishes Marjorie Ward Derbyshire, UK Sources for Disley; Lyme Handley; Taxal & Whaley www.disley.net Sources for Hollingworths www.hollingworths.net Sources for NWDby incl Chapel; Charlesworth; Chinley; Fernilee; Glossop; Hayfield; Hope Valley; Mellor & New Mills http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dusk John Ward Paintings: www.johnward-art.com