William Andrew OH's MFFMMF Week 45

[ElizabethHerts]

Name
William Andrew

Date and place of birth
probably Saddleworth area

Names of parents
John Andrew and Martha (maiden name Shaw)

Date and place of baptism



Details of each of his or her marriages
To Betty Hawkyard on 9th August 1787 at St Chad, Saddleworth.

Children
Mary
John
Martha
John
James
Thomas
Betty

Occupation(s)
Clothier

Addresses
Roughtown, Mossley, Quickwood

Date, place and cause of death
In view of the will details, this must be his death:
First name(s) WILLIAM
Last name ANDREW
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year -
Age -
Death quarter 4
Death year 1839
District SADDLEWORTH
County Yorkshire
Volume 23
Page 361
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007

Date and place of burial
Unknown

Details of will / administration of their estate
First name(s) William
Last name Andrew
Occupation Clothier
Residence Roughton, Saddlewworth, York
Probate year 1840
County Cheshire
Country England
Record set Cheshire Wills and Probate

"Will of William Andrew late of Roughtown in the Parish of Saddleworth in the County of York clothier deceased was proved and Admon Granted unto William Newton Thomas Halliyard and Thomas Andrew the Executors.
Sworn under £50"

It doesn't say admon but will, unlike some of the entries, but no image of the will is given.


Memorial inscription
unknown

[ElizabethHerts]

The will details are on FMP.

First name(s) William
Last name Andrew
Occupation Clothier
Residence Roughton, Saddlewworth, York
Probate year 1840
County Cheshire
Country England
Record set Cheshire Wills and Probate

[ElizabethHerts]

I've now got the details of William's and Betty's marriage, which was 9th August 1787 at St Chad, Saddleworth. The image is on Ancestry.

[ElizabethHerts]

I'm very frustrated about the will. It's given on FMP as I gave above. However, the "image" is just about the probate:


"Will of William Andrew late of Roughtown in the Parish of Saddleworth in the County of York clothier deceased was proved and Admon Granted unto William Newton Thomas Halliyard and Thomas Andrew the Executors.
Sworn under £50"

So I e-mailed the RO and this is their reply:

"I have had a look at our wills database (http://archivedatabases.cheshire.gov...ts/search.aspx ) and also through the boxes of the three categories of wills we hold (WS,WI,WC) for 1840 and found no William Andrew. As you say, it comes up on FMP as held by us, but this appears to be an error, hence, no image.

As William Andrew was of Saddleworth, York, I suggest you try the Borthwick Institute for Archives (https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/) as it would seem more likely that the will would go there rather than be stored in Cheshire."


I really don't think the will is going to be a York as most Saddleworth wills seem to be at Chester. I'm tempted to ask them to look again, but it might look like criticism.