William Briarley b 1823 Denton Lancs.

[Valda]

http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/chs/page20.html

Cheshire Record Office does hold this will

First Name: WILLIAM 
Surname: BRIERLEY 
Place: STOCKPORT 
Occupation: GENTLEMAN 
Date: 1854 


but I think it would be a long shot - an ordinary cotton dyer is far less likely to leave a will.

Regards

Valda

[shireflyer]

Hi Valda

I think I am a bit closer so solving my riddle on William Brierley.

Given that his father is the one on the 1841 Census in Dooley lane Tintwistle aged 50 and also on the 1851 Census at same address but aged 69, then assuming he was born 1782 and not in Cheshire, I think I have found William Snr b Hollingsworth Lancashire from National Archives which shows him being discharged aged 31 in 1813 i.e b 1782 from 17th Dragoons (Light) . If this is the case could you please advise where a birth for Hollingsworth is likely to be registered? I have found a christening for same year on LDS for Saint Margaret Chadderton Hollinwood Lancashire, but this seems to be a long way from Denton, Padfield, Hadfield and Glossop where the rest seem to eminate. Hollingsworth seems more likely as it in that area.

Hope you can help

Best regards

Norm

[Valda]

Civil registration began on 1st July 1837. There are no birth registrations before this date.
Hollingworth was in Cheshire and part of the parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale.

'Mottram-in-Longdendale, St. Michael (C of E). The ancient parish church for Hollingworth.
Tintwistle, Christ Church (C of E). The parish church from 1836 to 1922.
Hollingworth, St. Mary (C of E). Built 1864 as a chapel to Tintwistle, becoming the parish church for Hollingworth in 1922.'

Regards

Valda