John Bebbington ( ABT 1793 - 1854 )

Born: ABT 1793 at Weaverham, Cheshire
Source: 1851 Census + Age at Death

Father: Ralph Bebbington
Mother: Ann X

Wife: Mary X
Married: BEF 1819
Source: Birth of Child

Children

Died: 1854 at Liverpool, Lancashire
Source: GRO + Burial


Notes


11/8/1793 Probable Baptism
John son of Ralph & Ann Bebbington of Waverham [sic] born 4/7/1793
Weaverham, Cheshire
Source: findmypast - Diocese of Chester Bishop's Transcripts of Baptisms

1841 Census

1851 Census - Probable Entry

1854 Probable Death
Bebbington, John
Age: 61 - Born 1793~
GRO S1854 - West Derby 8b 431
Source: www.gro.gov.uk

25/9/1854 Probable Burial
John Bebbington, Liverpool, 61 years
Weaverham, Cheshire
Source: findmypast - Diocese of Chester parish registers of burials c1538-1910

1861 Census - Wife Described as Widow



probable Will/Probate fmp:
First name: John
Surname: Bebbington
Abode: Weston Point
Occupation: Joiner
Date: 1866
Will: Yes
Document Ref: MF91/10, WR7 P681
County: Cheshire
Record source: Cheshire Wills and Probate - Transcripts
Data provider: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Transcriptions reproduced by courtesy of Cheshire Archives and Local Studies Service, Chester, England
Dated: 20th July 1849
Executors: "Mary Bebbington and John Bebbington and Feathfull Thomas Bebbington to act in this Will"

Mentions: his wife Marey (nee Thomas)
John Bebbington
Feathfull Thomas Bebbington
Lion Bebbington - this is evidently a woman, possibly married to someone named Evans "her oldies Sun Thomas Evenes". Possibly could even be known daughter Eliza who married Edward Evans.

Signed Thomas Evaeng [possibly father of his son in law Edward Evans, married to Eliza Bebbington] David Hughes Jhon[sic] Bebbington

This was very obviously a self-made Will!


David Hughes swore at Liverpool re the Will, on 24th May 1866.

The Testator John Bebbington, late of Weston Point Cheshire, died on the 21st September 1854 at Liverpool.

The Will was proved at Chester on 2nd July 1866 by the oath of Faithfull Thomas Bebbington "the Son one of the surviving Executors". Power was reserved to make the like Grant to "John Bebbington the son the other surviving Executor".

Letter of Administration had been granted in November 1854 "to Mary Bebbington Widow" . . . . . "on the suggestion that he had died intestate" - since revoked by order of the Registrar of the Court of Probate on 9th June 1866.

Value: Under 450 pounds. Including Leaseholds

Signed: Messrs Day & Sedgwick, Solicitors, Runcorn and Charles TW Parry, District Registrar



Further info from Will:
John Bebbington the testator married Mary Thomas on 1st September 1816 at "Burrow Curch[sic]". Should be Barrow Church.


Their marriage - fmp:
Forenames: John
Surname:Bobbington
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1816
Record Group: 08-0352 p2
Ref ID: 3
Spouse's Forenames: Mary
Spouse's Surname: Thomas
Parish: Barrow
City /Town: Barrow, Chester
County:Cheshire
Record source: Diocese of Chester parish registers of Marriages c1538-1910
Data provider: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Transcriptions Family Search

Both of Barrow Parish

By John Clark Rector

Both signed the register

Only witness was John Dodd, a frequent signer

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