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Lancashire / Re: William Machell/Maychell born about 1782
« on: Yesterday at 19:49 »
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Lancashire / Re: William Machell/Maychell born about 1782
« on: Yesterday at 19:29 »
No, I didn’t know that. Thank you! Where did you find this information?
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Lancashire / Re: William Machell/Maychell born about 1782
« on: Yesterday at 16:18 »
Yes, I know where it is.
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Lancashire / Re: William Machell/Maychell born about 1782
« on: Yesterday at 14:41 »
Hi Radcliff,
I think William is the son of William Maychell and Ann of Bulk (near Lancaster), and i’ve found a lot of information about him, including wills for him and his sons.
However, who is the William Maychell of Bulk who is his father? And what is the surname of Ann? I haven’t been able to find a marriage for them.
Bridget
I think William is the son of William Maychell and Ann of Bulk (near Lancaster), and i’ve found a lot of information about him, including wills for him and his sons.
However, who is the William Maychell of Bulk who is his father? And what is the surname of Ann? I haven’t been able to find a marriage for them.
Bridget
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Westmorland / Machell + Emmerson of Appleby
« on: Tuesday 09 September 25 00:51 BST (UK) »
Hi, I’m trying to find a marriage for John Machell of Battleburgh and Barbary Emmerson of Battleburgh, Appleby.
Barbary was the daughter of William Emmerson of Battleburgh. He left a will, dated 1663, mentioning her as his daughter, Barbary Machell. I can’t find a baptism for her. She was buried 24 Jan 1700 in Appleby.
I can’t find a baptism (or a burial) for John Machell either. But he left a will dated 1655, proved 1656.
I assume they were married about 1646, when Anne, their first child was baptised. Their second child Philip was baptised in 1647. Both were baptised in Appleby—but since I can’t find a marriage for their parents, I’m not sure if they were the first children.
Any help with finding their marriage (and maybe their baptisms), would be really appreciated!
Thanks!
Bridget
Barbary was the daughter of William Emmerson of Battleburgh. He left a will, dated 1663, mentioning her as his daughter, Barbary Machell. I can’t find a baptism for her. She was buried 24 Jan 1700 in Appleby.
I can’t find a baptism (or a burial) for John Machell either. But he left a will dated 1655, proved 1656.
I assume they were married about 1646, when Anne, their first child was baptised. Their second child Philip was baptised in 1647. Both were baptised in Appleby—but since I can’t find a marriage for their parents, I’m not sure if they were the first children.
Any help with finding their marriage (and maybe their baptisms), would be really appreciated!
Thanks!
Bridget
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The Common Room / Re: Mistakes on Wikitree
« on: Wednesday 27 August 25 20:03 BST (UK) »
I’m beginning to agree with you, Glen! Wikitree raises my blood pressure so much, it’s probably best avoided. 
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The Common Room / Mistakes on Wikitree
« on: Wednesday 27 August 25 15:58 BST (UK) »
I am becoming so frustrated with the mistakes on Wikitree, especially when they concern my own line of Machells. I’ve commented on a Machell profile numerous times over the years, asking for the errors to be sorted, but nothing has changed.
I have spent years researching my line of Machells, and weeks in the Kendal Record Office sorting through old deeds, and probably know more about the Kendal Machells than anyone has ever wanted to know!
For mistakes to be promulgated, and then copied blindly by anyone on Ancestry or FindMyPast, seems absolutely pointless.
I have spent years researching my line of Machells, and weeks in the Kendal Record Office sorting through old deeds, and probably know more about the Kendal Machells than anyone has ever wanted to know!
For mistakes to be promulgated, and then copied blindly by anyone on Ancestry or FindMyPast, seems absolutely pointless.
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The Common Room / Re: Apprentices 1530
« on: Wednesday 27 August 25 15:51 BST (UK) »My ancestor, John Machell, was born about 1509 in Whinfell (near Kendal), where his family farmed. (His older brother, Leonard Machell, was still farming in Whinfell when he died in 1560.) John apprenticed to a shearman in London in 1523/24, and was admitted to the Freedom of the Clothworkers in 1530/31. In 1538 he was the Quarter Warden, in 1541 the Second Warden, and in 1547 the Master of the Clothworkers. He was also an alderman of London from 1553-1558, and a sheriff of London from 1555-1556. When he died in 1558, he was incredibly wealthy, with estates all over England.
My question: How could a boy from a small hamlet in the North of England become so powerful, and so wealthy?
John Machell was a younger son by a second wife of John Machell of Crackenthorpe. He bore the arms of the Machells of Crackenthorpe, but "counterchanged," indicating that he was a half-brother. His mother was a Leybourne of Cunswick, Kendal, so it appears that when the father died (when the sons John and Leonard were very young), the mother returned to her family. John and Leonard had twin elder half-brothers, Guy and Hugh Machell, who jointly inherited Crackenthorpe. A family tree chart showing the ancestry of John Machell and his wife Joan Luddington is here: https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Machell-Family-Tree-6
The profile of John Machell on Wikitree is a complete mess. This John Machell was NOT the brother of Guy and Hugh Machell.
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The Common Room / Re: Deaths/Burials
« on: Monday 18 August 25 14:24 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Ciderdrinker, for all your hard work!! I’m going to try to sort out just who Cornelius Machell is.