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Re: Lancashire catholic records
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 04 October 09 22:38 BST (UK) »
Just done a bit more digging.

The Catholic register for Brindle has several Blackledge entries and also this footnote which may be of interest:

The family of Blackledge, originally Blacklach, was of some antiquity
in Leyland, no doubt deriving from Blacklach House, subsequently known as
the Old Hall of Leyland, in which parish the family continued to possess pro-
Crty
for many generations. In the reign of Elizabeth John Blackledge, of
yland, married Janet, daughter of William Fleetwood, of Heskin Hall,
Esq., her brother John marrying Joan, daughter of Sir Thomas Langton,
baron of Newton, and her sister Agnes being the wife of Thomas Gillibrand, of
Chorley Hall. The Blackledges subsequently resided at Copthurst in Whittlele-
Woods, and a stone in Leyland churchyard is inscribed with the names of a
number of the family buried there John Blackledge, of Copthurst, yeoman,
Sept. 9, 1688, and others. William Blackledge, of Wheelton, yeoman, was a
Catholic non-juror in 1717, and registered freehold and leasehold estate in which
his son Henry and daughter Anne were interested. It was the father and son
who by deed dated May i, 1729, conveyed to Matthew Talbot, of Wheelton, the
premises for the chapel there. The son s wife was Jane, daughter of Oliver
Whittle, of Wheelton. About 1832 Mr. William Blackledge purchased the
estate of White Lee in Goosnargh, the ancient inheritance of the Keighleys
(or Kighleys), which descended to his son, John Blackledge, of Clayton-le-
Woods, who left his estate to the Andertons of Euxton Hall.


Also the following baptism:
1770
February 4: James Blacklidge Son of Alice Blacklidge, born in
Brindle. Sponsors Henry Farnworth & Margaret Clayton.

[Probably the Alice in the 1767 Return of my last post]

Hope that's your man.

The register is available online as a free download from

http://www.archive.org/index.php

click on text and then search for Catholic Record Society and it should come up.

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Re: Lancashire catholic records
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 04 October 09 22:40 BST (UK) »
Hi auron,

This is much later than your original query but I am researching a tree for a friend who does not use computers herself but one of her family married a Blackledge from the Wigan area.

Do you, by any chance have a [JamesThomas (sorry put wrong name first time)] Blackledge who married a Mary Gallop in Wigan in 1900?
McDonough, Oliver, McLoughlin, O'Brien, Cuthbert, Keegan, Quirk(e), O'Malley, McGuirk (Ireland)
Dudley, Winchurch, Wolverson, Brookes (Black Country)
Concannon, Moore, Markowski (Markesky), Mottram, Lawton (Black Country)

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Re: Lancashire catholic records
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 08 October 09 08:04 BST (UK) »
You may want to check the Wigan Cemetery (Lower Ince) Records index for your family.  There are many Blackleges buried there of the R.C. religion.
Noticed a Nicolas Blacklege who may be yours.  Born Abt 1828 died 15 Jun 1877 age 49.  Died at 119 Birkett Bank.  Grave: G-342.  Religion: RC

http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/cemetery.php?opt=cemetery

Iggy
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Re: Lancashire catholic records
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 28 October 09 11:45 GMT (UK) »
Hi Iggy, I've been away and am a bit lost as to whom I've replied. Thank's for your information about the cemetry at Ince. This is my Nicholas I'm sure  and I believe quite a lot of his family are also buried there. I must try to get there to see the graves but I live in Leeds so it's a bit difficult.
Blackledge/Blakeledge family, especially James Blakeledge born c 1775; married in St. John's RC church in Wigan. Also Nicholas born 1828 in Brindle; baptism record


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Re: Lancashire catholic records
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 22 November 09 11:20 GMT (UK) »
Hi everyone.

Jds1949, Could you tell me where I could access the information contained within the 1767 return of papists.
I am looking for Ackers / Akers or other variants of the name, probably in the Chorley / Brindle/ Leyland area of Lancashire.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Mick

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Re: Lancashire catholic records
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 22 November 09 16:01 GMT (UK) »
Mick,

the Returns of Papists 1767 is a publication of the Catholic Record Society; you should be able to get hold of a copy through your local library's inter-loan system. I had a quick look at the entries for Chorley, Brindle and Leyland and I couldn't find any reference to Akers/Ackers. I haven't looked in the Brindle Catholic registers - if you scroll back to my earlier post in this thread you can find the link which will take you to that resource online.

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Re: Lancashire catholic records
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 22 November 09 16:16 GMT (UK) »
Many thanks jds1949

I already have the Brindle ? Salmesbury records you are referring to. In particular I'm looking for a Hugh Ackers earliest Hugh was born C1726 and buried in Leyland around 1818 I think. The first reference other than this Hugh's burial is in the 1780s in Salmesbury. This being the marriage of Hugh's son (also Hugh) before this there is nothing in the Brindle registers. It is of course possible that they were from out of town. I'm hoping they may appear in the papist registers.

I'll go to my local library and see what they can do for me.

Many thanks for the reply.

Mick

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Re: Lancashire catholic records
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 22 November 09 18:47 GMT (UK) »
You may want to check the Wigan Cemetery (Lower Ince) Records index for your family.  There are many Blackleges buried there of the R.C. religion.
Noticed a Nicolas Blacklege who may be yours.  Born Abt 1828 died 15 Jun 1877 age 49.  Died at 119 Birkett Bank.  Grave: G-342.  Religion: RC

http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/cemetery.php?opt=cemetery

Iggy
Hi Iggy,

I am so sorry.  I somehow missed your reply when it was posted.  Thanks very much for that information.  I will look into that further and see if he belonged to the same family.
Sheila
McDonough, Oliver, McLoughlin, O'Brien, Cuthbert, Keegan, Quirk(e), O'Malley, McGuirk (Ireland)
Dudley, Winchurch, Wolverson, Brookes (Black Country)
Concannon, Moore, Markowski (Markesky), Mottram, Lawton (Black Country)