Marriage Certificate of John Bebbington and Elizabeth Lidgett
30 July 1825


1825 Marriage solemnized at St. Mary
in the County of the City of Chester in the Year 1825

John Bebbington of This Parish Schoolmaster

Elizabeth Lidgett of This Parish Spinster

were married in this Church by Banns this Thirtieth Day of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and Twenty five

By me John Fish Officiatg. Minisr.

This marriage was solemnized between us

John Bebbington

Elizabeth Lidgett

In the Presence of

Sarah Billington

Thos Seavill [or Scavill]


When John Jnr. married in Feb. 1838, he names his father as John Bebbington Schoolmaster.

If this is really the marriage of John Bebbington, then John Jnr. is unlikely to be Elizabeth's son.

Thos Seavill [or Scavill] is possibly the Thomas Scaville [or Seaville], aged 60, who appears in the 1841 Census in Saint Peter, Chester.
Ref: HO107/130/10/11/12/18/13

Elsewhere it is claimed that

Children of Robert LIDGETT and Elizabeth BATEMAN include:

Elizabeth LIDGETT, born 1783 in Chorley, CHS; christened 10 Mar 1783 in Chorley, CHS; died Oct 1853 in Bickley, CHS. She married on 30 Jul 1825 in St Mary, Chester, CHS John BEBBINGTON, born 1770 in CHS.

Source: www.leggettfamilyhistory.com - No longer exists

Source: Findmypast - Diocese of Chester parish registers of Marriages c1538-1910