Sharples 1700- 1800 Bolton Le Moors

[mr pinkwhistle]

I am trying to find a marriage for the parents of John Sharples born 1759 in Tong. It clearly states his parents live in Tong and they are James and Mary. I found a marriage for a James Sharples and a Mary Clough  dating the 3rd January 1749/50. This seemed okay but then I was unsure because when I looked for other children the date of some them mean't Mary would have had her last child Betty in 1771 and that would mean Mary was 52 when she had her and I know this is not impossible. Mary Clough is born 1719 and her husband James is born 1724. I have their dates of death but I am bothered by the children and her age of childbirth- Ann- 1753, Jonas- 1756, James- 1757, John- 1759, James- 1763, Richard, 1768 and Betty 1771. They are all baptised at Saint Peter, Bolton Le Moors and if I get this right I can go back definetively another 100 years plus but it is the ages of the children and Marys age when shee has some of them that bothers me. Can anyone help please?

[ThrelfallYorky]

Exactly what help would you like to get?
It's usually better to go BACK generation by generation rather than to hope to leap 100 years! Which of the Sharples children are you looking at as an ancestor? Sharples is a pretty common surname, remember. Is it that son John?
If you "give" us the furthest back certain ancestor, I'm sure someone on here will be able to help, and may even clarify your childbearing age issues ( my first thought would be same names used in successive generations).