Mary Whitaker

[kiterunner]

Ah, the next child of John and Hannah Whitaker was an Elizabeth, baptised 12 Nov 1747. Possible marriage for the parents: John Whitaker / Hannah Bacon, 19 Nov 1744 at Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire. Not too far from Scarcliffe, looking at the map. And the book "Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages vol 1" says "both of Palterton", which is actually in the parish of Scarcliffe.

So looking very good!

[kiterunner]

I'm just looking at the Derbyshire parish registers on FamilySearch, now they are indexed with images, and there is a Mary Whittaker of Scarcliffe who married a John Revel of Clown 30 Aug 1763. I need to figure out whether she is the Mary who was baptised in 1745, daughter of John and Hannah, because if so, my tree is wrong!

[kiterunner]

Okay, there are a lot of children of John and Mary Revell (with various spellings of surname) from 1764 to 1789 at Sutton cum Duckmanton, Derbyshire, which isn't far from Clowne. Then Mary Revill is buried 11 Feb 1825 at Sutton cum Duckmanton, age 80. I'm getting "image not available" when I try to view it on FamilySearch, but it looks pretty likely that she is the Mary who I thought was my Mary Whitaker.

So, back to the drawing board...

[kiterunner]

My Mary Whitaker probably isn't the one baptised at Scrooby in 1745 because there is one who married a George Sanderson at Scrooby in 1763, though I haven't managed to find a burial for her to check her approx. year of birth.