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JOHN WATERHOUSE 1779 - 1839
AND HIS DESCENDANTS
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John, the sixth child and
fourth son of John and Grace, was baptised on the 5th September, 1779 at St
Peter's Church, Hope.
In 1803 as a young man aged 24 years and along with his brother Benjamin
Hallowes, John volunteered under the
General Defence Act within the township of Hope, to be available to defend
his country if the threatened invasion of
Napolean occurred.
At that time John was a weaver and he was unmarried.
On the 1st January, 1807 John married Betty Eyre at St Peter's Church, Hope.
Betty came from a farming family and it is believed that on their marriage,
they were given land at Aston, Hope of their
own to farm. John prospered well as a farmer and eventually was quite
wealthy in terms of property and land.
1849 Tithe Map of Aston, John's property and land bordered in green
John and Betty had seven children:
twins
George 1807-1885 (my direct ancestor)
and
John(1)
1807-1810
Elizabeth 1809-1824
James Eyre born 1810
John(2) born 1811
Mary born 1813
Joshua born 1814
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Betty Waterhouse in later life |
John died on the 22nd April, 1839 at Aston and was buried in St Peter's Churchyard, Hope on the 25th April, 1839.
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After John's death, Betty went to live with
their son Joshua and family at Castleton, Derbyshire.
She died on the 2nd August 1866 at the home of her eldest son George in
Stalybridge but returned home to be buried in the
same grave as her husband John at Hope.
Betty's Death Certificate