MOUNTFORT, William - Extra Data
(memberof LIVERSAGE's Party)
Death Notice (Cape Archives) suggests he was born in Staffordshire ca 1785 and that the children born in the UK predeceased him.
National Archives, Kew, London
IR1/37 Register of Duties paid for Apprentices' Indentures [boys usually apprenticed at 13]
Friday 14 June 1798
Wm. MOUNTFORD apprenticed to Jonan BROADHURST, [Sccollow] Green, Co. of Chester, baker
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service
William son of Thomas and Ann MOUNTFORD of Thornyleigh was baptised 14 February 1785 in St.Matthew, Meerbrook, Staffordshire
[Thornyleigh Farm today can be seen here - scroll down for pictures]
St. John the Baptist, Tixall, Staffordshire
William MOUNTFORT of the parish of Hanley in the County of Stafford and Ann BROOKES of the extra parochial place of St.Thomas, adjoining to the parish of Tixall, were married in this chuch by licence 30 November 1809
Both signed
Witnesses: Ann BRADSHAW and H. COLE
William son of William and Ann MOUNTFORT, Commercial Street, Baker, was baptised 2 March 1817 in St.John, Burslem, Staffordshire
Family Search
Thomas son of William and Anne MOUNTFORD baptised 7 April 1811 in Hanley, Staffordshire
Mary Brooks daughter of Thomas and Anne MOUNTFORD baptised 13 December 1812 in Hanley, Staffordshire
John son of William and Ann MOUNTFORD baptised 14 February 1814 in Hanley, Staffordshire [buried 7 April 1816 in St.John, Burslem, Staffordshire]
Ralph son of William and Ann MOUNTFORD baptised 17 March 1815 in Hanley, Staffordshire [buried 12 February 1816 in St.John, Burslem, Staffordshire]
Richard son of William and Anne MOUNTFORD baptised 1 November 1819 in Hanley, Staffordshire [presumed died in infancy]
Grahamstown Journal 11 December 1847
DIED at Dinahore, Mary HARRADEN, the beloved wife of Thomas Harley HARRADEN, Bandmaster HM 98th Regt, who departed this life 2nd June 1847 aged 34 years and 10 months. She was a virtuous wife and a kind mother.
Sarah Elizabeth HARRADEN, daughter of the above, who departed this life 3rd June 1847, aged 8 years and 8 months.
William Arthur HARRADEN, son of the above, who departed this life 6th June 1847, aged 6 months and 6 days.
These lovely buds, so young, so fair,
Called hence by early doom,
Just came to show how sweet a flower
In Paradise may bloom.
Deceased was the daughter of Wm. MOUNTFORT and her premature death is much regretted by her aged parents and family.
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service
[Parents of William MOUNTFORT]
Thos. son of Thos. and Mary MOUNTFORD of New Grange baptised 2 May 1753 in St.Edward the Confessor, Leek, Staffordshire
Thomas MOUNTFORD of this parish and county, batchelor, and Ann HULME of this parish and county, spinster, were married by Licence on 15 August 1773 in St.Edward the Confessor, Leek, Staffordshire
Both signed
Witnesses Thos. MOUNFORT and Will'm HULME
Thomas MOUNTFORT, New Grange, 82 yrs, buried Nov. 12th 1835 in St.Edward the Confessor, Leek, Staffordshire by the curate of Meerbrook.
Land at Nether Hulme was given by Ranulph of Wirral (otherwise Ranulph of Hulme) in the mid 13th century to Dieulacres Abbey, which by 1291 had built New Grange at the confluence of the Churnet and Meer brook. In 1666 there were two houses there, one occupied by John HULME and assessed for tax on four hearths, and the other occupied by Thomas MOUNTFORD and assessed for tax on three hearths. Both houses were submerged when Tittesworth reservoir was extended c. 1960.
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service
Thomas BROOKES of this parish, batchelor, and Elizabeth PERRY of this parish, spinster, a minor, were married by Licence with the consent of her mother on 7 September 1782 in St.Mary, Stafford.
Both signed
Witnesses; Mary PERRY and J. TILDESLEY
Ann dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth BROOKE born and bapt. 12 Januray 1789 in St.Mary, Stafford
Further information on the BROOKES family can be found here.
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