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« on: Friday 24 July 15 21:36 BST (UK) »
A big thank-you, Trish, for your interest!
The more I look at this the more confuzzled I become, and the more convinced I am that I (and others) have concatenated two families.
Yes, I have Alice, James, William and John (source: opc). For some reason I hadn’t picked up Joseph, for which many thanks. But I also have: Robert (bap 1787), Catherine (1788), Ann (1790), James (1792), Thomas (1794), and Michael (1796). All sourced from opc but parish shown as Litherland. Not convinced about that. Litherland is certainly the right side of L’pool, and therefore arguably more credible than my Robert m Mary in Toxteth?
It was interesting to see Alice’s Aughton m to Mr Taylor witnessed by Michael. A brother? Or not? No other credible Aughton contenders listed by opc.
Whilst 1806 Ann was bap @ Aughton, the two Michaels (1796 and 1799) from Robert and Mary, with no Lancs record of an intervening infant burial, is just another bamboozlement – both being bap @ Litherland.
Like you, I haven’t found Mary’s death/burial.
The probate record I have is from ancestry. It is a scan of the original grant, referring to Robert, yeoman of Aughton, with estate of under £3,000 at 18/04/1861. This does tie neatly with a death on 22/03/1861 and burial @ Aughton on 25/3/1861. Executors were James (nephew) and John (great-nephew). Perfectly possible, but the actual will is not yet freely on-line, so no record of bequests as yet. I am committed to buy a speculative copy.
Hmmm. Other than that, where to go?