Hello Why was Eccles the most likley? Worsley church( St Marks), Ellenbrook (Also St Marys) or Roe Green- still a Methodist area to this day with no pubs though I do not know when the Methodist church was built put "Boothstown" in Google and maybe even Roe green or Worsley and see what comes up! Cherryl in Boothstown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray @ Barbara Johnson" <ray.johnson@talk21.com> To: <ENG-LAN-ECCLES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 28 September 2002 18:06 Subject: [ECCLES] Re: ECCLES MARRIAGE INDEX > Jean > > Please would you look up BURGESS, ROGERS and PEARSON in the Index for me. > > I have a 19 page will made by John Burgess of Worsley Mill in 1824 which > lists as beneficiaries "Eliza Pearson Isabella Pearson and Mary Pearson the > three daughters of Thomas Pearson late of Manchester Cotton Merchant but > supposed to have died in parts beyond the seas by Ann or Nancy Rogers > otherwise Burgess his late wife deceased " My Great Great Grandmother is > Isabella Pearson (born about 1814) > > Although the Burgesses were Methodists, they would have had to marry in a > CofE church, so Eccles is the most likely. > > Thanks for your help > > Ray Johnson > > > ==== ENG-LAN-ECCLES Mailing List ==== > Admin Message > http://www.dreamwater.net/genealogy/AdminMessage.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Cherryl Thanks for your suggestion. Prior to the introduction of Civil Registration in 1837, a legal marriage could only be solemnised in an Anglican Church, Quaker Meeting or Jewish Synagogue . St Marks Worsley wasn't consecrated until 1846, so Eccles & Ellenbrook were the only Anglican Churches in the area. I have checked the Eccles/Ellenbrook PRs on LDS film up to about 1810, but they are particularly difficult to decipher as the originals were large sheets in poor condition, each of which was photographed at least 9 times to record all the information, resulting in lots of overlap. The early Worsley Weslaean Chapel baptismal records are also, unfortunately, lost. Some chapel folk are buried in Eccles Parish Churchyard - John Burgess, one of the founders of Worsley Wesleyan, was buried there in 1824. I am hoping that the Marriage Index has something in it that I missed ! Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Batchelor" <Andybat@tesco.net> To: <ENG-LAN-ECCLES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [ECCLES] Re: ECCLES MARRIAGE INDEX > Hello > Why was Eccles the most likley? Worsley church( St Marks), Ellenbrook (Also > St Marys) or Roe Green- still a Methodist area to this day with no pubs > though I do not know when the Methodist church was built put "Boothstown" in > Google and maybe even Roe green or Worsley and see what comes up! > Cherryl in Boothstown