John ATHERTON

Est 1759 - 1826  (~ 67 years)

• Name	John ATHERTON  [1]
  Born	Est 1759	Burtonwood, Warrington, Lancashire, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Bobbin Turner
  	Piggotts 1822/23 - Page 2 - John Atherton - Bobbin Turner
  Died	12 Oct 1826	Bowdon, Cheshire, England
  Buried	17 Oct 1826	Bowdon, Cheshire, England
  	Details of burial from Fam History on line - John Atherton buried 17 Oct 1826 aged 68 in Bowden - Blessed Virgin Mary, Anglican. Archivist Bowden - Grave PO93 - Record No 16-266-2122
  Person ID	I2754	Atherton One Name Study
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	John ATHERTON,   b. Est 1722, Bold, Lancashire, England ,   d. Between 1767 and 1773  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Sally DIXON,   b. Est 1729,   d. Feb 1803, Burtonwood, Warrington, Lancashire, England  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1758	Warrington, Lancashire, England
  	From Lancs OPC: Marriage: 11 Oct 1758 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England John Atherton - Weaver, Burtonwood Salley Dixon - (X), Widow, Burtonwood Witness: Roger Hesketh; Thos. Whishaw Married by Licence by: John Haddon Rector Register: Marriages 1754 - 1759, Page 51, Entry 309 Source: LDS Film 1562957
  Family ID	F5713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anne BACKHOUSE,   b. 1760, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   d. 1798, Altrincham, Cheshire, England  (Age 38 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1778	Bowdon, Cheshire, England
  	John Atherton married Anne Backhouse (Shown as Beakhouse) on 18 Oct 1778 at St Mary`s Church, Bowdon. (Both of Parish). William Jenkins Curate. Witnesses Francis Booth and Robert Backhouse (could be Anne`s father/brother?).
  Children	1. Ruth ATHERTON,   b. 1780, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   d. Jan 1844, Stockport, Cheshire, England  (Age 64 years)   2. John ATHERTON,   b. 1781, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   d. 16 Jan 1782, Altrincham, Cheshire, England  (Age 1 years)   3. John ATHERTON,   b. 1783, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   d. 31 Oct 1783, Altrincham, Cheshire, England  (Age 0 years)   4. Mary ATHERTON,   b. 1784, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   d. 13 Sep 1787, Altrincham, Cheshire, England  (Age 3 years)   5. William ATHERTON,   b. 1786, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   d. 14 Dec 1813, Altrincham, Cheshire, England  (Age 27 years)   6. Mary ATHERTON,   b. 1788, Altrincham, Cheshire, England   7. John ATHERTON,   b. 18 Aug 1790, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   bur. 23 Aug 1846  (Age ~ 56 years)   8. James ATHERTON,   b. 23 Oct 1793, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   d. 4 Apr 1847, Stockport, Cheshire, England  (Age 53 years)   9. Anne ATHERTON,   b. 3 Sep 1795, Altrincham, Cheshire, England   10. Ellen ATHERTON,   b. 11 Oct 1797, Altrincham, Cheshire, England ,   d. 5 Jan 1798, Altrincham, Cheshire, England  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F1769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary ROWLINSON,   b. 1753,   d. 12 Nov 1825, Altrincham, Cheshire, England  (Age 72 years)
  Married	21 Jul 1798	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F5753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Manchester Mercury Newspaper-16 Nov 1813 The sale is of John's cotton spinning factory and the nearby house in Altrincham, the auction for the sale is to be held at the 'Bowling Green Inn'
  		John Atherton-1794-Land & Bldg Tax Proprietor and Occupier of his property and further down page show his wife to be, Mary Falkner paying probably for her Inn as occupier.
  		John Atherton-Occupier-1800- Bldg & Fields Tax John in 1800 paying the proprietor of his wife in 1794 (Mary Nield) for what I assume will be their now joint property (the Bowling Green Inn).
  		Counterpart Lease-1 Aug 1792 to John Atherton-Stamford estates It shows that William Faulkner as tenant took tenancy of the Inn in July 1786 from the lessee Mary Nield Widow the public house by the name of the 'Malt Shovels". Location: http://whatpub.com/pubs/TRA/3496/malt-shovels-Altrincham

  
  

• Notes

  Transcript of notes from copy of will and probate: (LAST WILL& TESTAMENT OF JOHN ATHERTON - 21 Jul 1826) I John Atherton of Altrincham in the County of Chester, Turner, do hereby revoke all wills by me ---(?) time heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. I give unto my Step daughter Ann Falkner, the eight day`s clock which belonged to her Mother, my late wife, previous to our marriage. I give unto my Step son John Falkner, all the remainder of the household goods and furniture which belonged to my said late wife previous to our marriage. And having already provided for my daughter in proportion to the property I now possess, and having given to my son John what I intend for him, I give and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my estate and effects of what nature or kind soever subject to the payment of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses unto my son James Atherton his heirs executors administrators and assigns and I constitute and appoint my said son James Atherton and William Pass of Altrincham aforesaid Gentleman Executors In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this twenty first day of Jul one thousand eight hundred and twenty six. Signed published and declared by the (Signed) said John Atherton the Testator as and John Atherton for his last will and testament in the presence of us David Pearson Wm Pearson Jno Shelmerdine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Probate issued 18 Apr 1827) The 18th day of April 1827 James Atherton one of the Executors in this Will named was sworn in common form - Power being reserved to William Pass the other Executor therein also named to take upon him the execution of the said Will when he shall ---(?) fully request the same and he further made oath that the personal estate of effects of the Testator within the Diocese of Chester were under the value of four hundred and fifty pounds before one Oswald (?) Leicester Surrogate. The Testator died the 12th day of October 1826.Parentage of John Atherton For some time, I have been concerned about the parentage of John Atherton who married Ann(e) Backhouse in Bowden on 18 Oct 1878. I, alongside another couple of `intrepid` genealogists have even compared signatures from Wills and Marriage Records to determine the `correct` John. Now it would appear that the correct John has been identified purely by accident! Allan Bond, one of the aforementioned (Gwenda Jones being the other) genealogists whilst researching a branch of his own family James Atherton - the step brother of John Atherton - discovered a marriage link in Bowden that linked the families. In brief: Peter Bradburn had a sister called Hannah who married a John Drinkwater in Davenham Cheshire 25 Jan 1762, which made them Uncle ( by marriage) and Aunt to Ann Bradburn wife of James Atherton. John Drinkwater and his wife Hannah were also uncle and Aunt to William Drinkwater (son of John`s brother Ralph) who married Elizabeth Backhouse in Bowdon in 1792, sister of Ann Backhouse wife of John Atherton of Altrincham. As Allan says, this is to much of a coincidence not to be seen in any other light as a family connection between both John Atherton of Altrincham & James Atherton of Witton. Case closed. Derek Atherton 18 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] Jane (GR).