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John Hesketh 1715–1758 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: JUN 1715

Birth Location: Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 24 NOV 1758

Death Location: Kirkby Chapel, St Chads, Kirkby, England, United Kingdom

Father: Henry Hesketh

Mother: Margaret Lytherland

Spouse(s): Ann Forshaw

Children(s): Thomas Hesketh, Richard Hesketh, William Hesketh, Henry Hesketh, James Hesketh, Edward Hesketh, John Hesketh, Thomas Hesketh, Margaret Hesketh

John Hesketh was born in 1715 in Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Hesketh And Margaret Lytherland. John Hesketh married Ann Forshaw, and had children including Edward Hesketh, Henry Hesketh, James Hesketh, John Hesketh, Margaret Hesketh, Richard Hesketh, Thomas Hesketh, William Hesketh. John Hesketh passed away in 1758 in Kirkby Chapel, St Chads, Kirkby, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Hesketh was born in 1715 in Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Hesketh And Margaret Lytherland.
  • John Hesketh married Ann Forshaw, and had children including Edward Hesketh, Henry Hesketh, James Hesketh, John Hesketh, Margaret Hesketh, Richard Hesketh, Thomas Hesketh, William Hesketh.
  • John Hesketh passed away in 1758 in Kirkby Chapel, St Chads, Kirkby, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Hesketh
1692–1724
Birth Location: Parish of Halsall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Lytherland
1690–1764
Birth Location: Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Ann Forshaw
1714–1794
Birth Location: Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
AF

Children(s)

Thomas Hesketh
1752–1837
Birth Location: –
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Richard Hesketh
1747–1822
Birth Location: –
RH
William Hesketh
1740–1822
Birth Location: Simonswood, Kirkby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
WH
Henry Hesketh
1738–1832
Birth Location: Kirkby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
HH
James Hesketh
1757–1823
Birth Location: Simonswood, Parish of Walton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
JH
Edward Hesketh
1750–
Birth Location: –
EH
John Hesketh
1745–1832
Birth Location: Kirkby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Hesketh
1750–1752
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Hesketh
1743–1810
Birth Location: –
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John Hesketh's Ancestors

Self
John Hesketh
1715–1758
Birth Place: Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Hesketh
1692–1724
Parish of Halsall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Lytherland
1690–1764
Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
HenryHenrici AllissonAllason/
1659–1702
Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Jane(Jana) Hesketh
1667–1702
Great-Grandparents
William Alleson
1608–
William Hesketh
1640–1692
Elizabeth Fleetwood
1650–1680
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Haskett
1614–1680
Margery Johnson
1611–1669
Thomas Fleetwood
1619–1670

John Hesketh's Descendants

1.
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John Hesketh (JUN 1715–24 NOV 1758) m. Ann Forshaw (1714–1794)
  1. 1. Thomas Hesketh 1752–1837
    1. 1. Jane Hesketh 1779–1836 m. George Emmett 1781–1857
      1. 1. George Emmett 1822–1895
        1. 1. George Emmett 1845–
        2. 2. Robert Emmett 1853–1914 m. Alice Myerscough 1850–1932
        3. 3. Jane (Ann) Emmett 1855–
    2. 2. Ann Hesketh 1786–
    3. 3. Catherine Hesketh 1788–
    4. 4. Elizabeth Hesketh 1792–
  2. 2. Richard Hesketh 1747–1822 m. Ann Glover 1734–1828
    1. 1. John Hesketh 1771–1856
    2. 2. Ann Hesketh 1775–1855 m. Joshua Sumner 1768–1837
      1. 1. William Sumner 1794–1806
      2. 2. Nathaniel Sumner 1795–1847 m. Mary Mercer 1801–1874
        1. 1. George (Henry) Sumner 1833–
        2. 2. Nathaniel Sumner 1836–1865
        3. 3. Mary Sumner 1839–
      3. 3. James Sumner 1798–1820
      4. 4. Thomas Sumner 1800–1881 m. Mary Joynson 1802–
        1. 1. James Sumner 1823–1874 m. Anne DunsmoreDunsmure 1821–1844 m. Sophia (Mary) Barker 1831–1873
      5. 5. Joshua Sumner 1802–
      6. 6. Ann Sumner 1804–1810
      7. 7. Elizabeth Sumner 1806–1889
      8. 8. William Sumner 1823–1896 m. Olive Southworth 1825–
    3. 3. James Hesketh 1767–1820 m. Ellen Swift –1826
      1. 1. William Hesketh 1797–1879 m. Margaret Much 1795–1875
        1. 1. James Hesketh 1818– m. Ann Coalduck 1814–
  3. 3. William Hesketh 1740–1822 m. GraceAnn Ashcroft/ 1743–1801
    1. 1. George Hesketh 1787–1875 m. Mary Appleton 1786–
      1. 1. George Hesketh 1825–1915 m. Elizabeth Robinson 1822–1896
        1. 1. George Hesketh 1847–1922
        2. 2. Ellen Hesketh 1850–
        3. 3. Elizabeth Hesketh 1854–1935
        4. 4. John Hesketh 1860–
        5. 5. Thomas Hesketh 1856–1889
        6. 6. Richard Hesketh 1858–1929 m. Sarah (Ann) Chadwick 1863–1966
    2. 2. Martha Hesketh 1767–1865
    3. 3. Grace Hesketh 1768–
    4. 4. Edmund Hesketh 1769–1848 m. Jane Hampson 1771–
      1. 1. Henry Hesketh 1825–1875 m. Mary (Ann) Horrocks 1823–1905
        1. 1. Jane Hesketh 1847–1864
        2. 2. Nancy Hesketh 1849–1883 m. Isaac Greenhalgh 1847–1912
        3. 3. George Hesketh 1851–1902 m. Emma Norriss 1855–1913
        4. 4. Fanny (Ann) Hesketh 1856–1944
        5. 5. Henry Hesketh 1858–1886
        6. 6. Edward Hesketh 1859–1937
        7. 7. James Hesketh 1861–1925 m. Margaret Walsh 1863–1934
    5. 5. John Hesketh 1770–1772
    6. 6. Nathaniel Hesketh 1771–1838 m. Jane Robinson 1777–1868
      1. 1. Ann Hesketh 1802–
      2. 2. Jane Hesketh 1803–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Hesketh 1805–1837
      4. 4. James Hesketh 1806–1881 m. Jane Tipping 1812–1869
        1. 1. Sarah Hesketh 1830–
        2. 2. Richard Hesketh 1831–1886 m. Margaret (E) Houghton 1836–1913
        3. 3. Ann Hesketh 1835–1875
        4. 4. Elizabeth Hesketh 1837–1922
        5. 5. James Hesketh 1841–1922
        6. 6. Nathaniel Hesketh 1846–1927
        7. 7. Mary Hesketh 1850–1916
      5. 5. Nathaniel Hesketh 1811–1864
      6. 6. William Hesketh 1817–1848
        1. 1. Nathaniel Hesketh 1837–1888
        2. 2. William Hesketh 1840–1844
        3. 3. Alice Hesketh 1842–
        4. 4. Ellen Hesketh 1844–
        5. 5. Sarah Hesketh 1846–
        6. 6. Elizabeth Hesketh 1848–
        7. 7. Ann Hesketh 1858–
        8. 8. William Hesketh 1846–1919 m. Ann Hesketh 1845–1901
    7. 7. John Hesketh 1773–1825 m. Ruth Pimbley 1773–1803 m. Elizabeth Almond 1783–1837
      1. 1. Maximilian Hesketh 1799–1856 m. Sarah Grayson 1801–1882
        1. 1. John Hesketh 1826–1888 m. Ellen Wilkinson 1826–1862 m. Anne Moorecroft 1829–1913
        2. 2. James Hesketh 1829–1878 m. Mary (Ann Mather) Bolton 1831–1891
        3. 3. Maximilian Hesketh 1839–1874 m. Elizabeth Rushton 1837–1888
        4. 4. William Hesketh 1828–1893 m. Mary Shacklady 1823–1907
        5. 5. Henry Hesketh 1833–1885 m. Ann Bradley 1831–1870
      2. 2. William Hesketh 1803–1856 m. Margaret Meadow 1805–1875
        1. 1. Henry Hesketh 1835–1906
        2. 2. George Hesketh 1836–1911 m. Jane Cropper 1835–1861 m. Ellen Rimmer 1843–1910
        3. 3. John Hesketh 1833–1911 m. Catherine Barton 1843–
        4. 4. Margaret Hesketh 1822–1903 m. Thomas Brighouse 1818–1881
        5. 5. Phoebe Hesketh 1823–1879
        6. 6. Ruth Hesketh 1824–1898
        7. 7. Elizabeth Hesketh 1826–1902 m. John Prescott 1819–1903
        8. 8. Ann Hesketh 1831–1902 m. Thomas Cain 1834–1912
        9. 9. Maximilian Hesketh 1837–1923 m. Ellen Rimmer 1844–1922
        10. 10. James Hesketh 1842–1916
        11. 11. Mary Hesketh 1844–1915
        12. 12. Thomas Hesketh 1851–1935 m. Elizabeth Farrington 1858–1932
    8. 8. Ann Hesketh 1775–1828
    9. 9. Peter Hesketh 1779–1858 m. Ellen Shence 1775–1860
      1. 1. John Hesketh 1795–1871 m. Rosetta Meadow 1792–1841
        1. 1. Mary Hesketh 1822–
        2. 2. Henry Hesketh 1823–1886 m. Mary Harvey 1824–1875
      2. 2. Ellen Hesketh 1801–1893
      3. 3. James Hesketh 1798–1855 m. Martha Spencer 1798–1874
        1. 1. Richard Spencer 1821–
        2. 2. Mary Hesketh 1822–1849
        3. 3. William Hesketh 1826–1827
        4. 4. William Hesketh 1828–1906 m. Ellen Culshaw –1896
      4. 4. Elizabeth Hesketh 1805–1857 m. William Liptrot 1809–1881
    10. 10. Elizabeth Hesketh 1783–1848 m. William Harrocks 1795–1873
  4. 4. Henry Hesketh 1738–1832 m. Jane Cave 1738–1806
    1. 1. John Hesketh 1759–1833 m. Mary Orrell 1754–1828
      1. 1. Ralph Hesketh 1786–1838 m. Elizabeth Martland 1786–
        1. 1. John Hesketh 1817– m. Elizabeth Hesketh 1828–1883
        2. 2. James Hesketh 1819–1881 m. Margaret Hesketh 1823–
        3. 3. Ralph Hesketh 1820–1875 m. Mary Hesketh 1825–1900
        4. 4. Joseph Hesketh 1822–
        5. 5. Elizabeth Hesketh 1825–
        6. 6. Henry Hesketh 1826–1827
      2. 2. Henry Hesketh 1788– m. Mary Woods 1795–
        1. 1. Ann Hesketh 1826– m. John Mawdsley 1820–
      3. 3. Jane Hesketh 1784–1819 m. Edmund Martland 1784–1865
        1. 1. Mary Martland 1817–
      4. 4. James Hesketh 1790–1855 m. Mary Hesketh 1792–1875
        1. 1. John Hesketh 1815–1882
        2. 2. Ellen Hesketh 1818–1876
        3. 3. James Hesketh 1820–1878 m. Mary Lucas 1827–1894
        4. 4. Mary Hesketh 1822–1895
        5. 5. Ann Hesketh 1825–1893
        6. 6. Henry Hesketh 1828– m. Ellen Gibson 1843–
        7. 7. Sarah Hesketh 1831– m. Bartholomew Foster 1827–
        8. 8. Joseph Hesketh 1833–
        9. 9. Jane Hesketh 1836– m. Joseph Weldon 1836–
      5. 5. Mary (Ellen) Hesketh 1791–
      6. 6. Richard Hesketh 1795–1795
      7. 7. Ann Hesketh 1796–
      8. 8. Ann Hesketh 1776–
    2. 2. James Hesketh 1761–1775
    3. 3. Thomas Hesketh 1763–1775
    4. 4. Elizabeth Hesketh 1769–1845
    5. 5. Richard Hesketh 1770–1794
      1. 1. Ann Hesketh 1792–1792
    6. 6. Catherine Hesketh 1775–1793
  5. 5. James Hesketh 1757–1823 m. Elizabeth Worswick 1761–1816
    1. 1. John Hesketh 1785–1862 m. Jane Haliwell 1800–1861
      1. 1. John Hesketh 1837–1852
      2. 2. James Hesketh 1841–1922
        1. 1. John Hesketh 1867–
        2. 2. Jane (Elizabeth) Hesketh 1863–1932 m. David (William) Graham 1861–1946
        3. 3. Thomas Hesketh 1869–
    2. 2. Thomas Hesketh 1787–1878 m. Alice Wilkinson 1796–1834
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Helen) Hesketh 1818–1893 m. James Lever 1809–1877
        1. 1. Elizabeth Lever 1840–1849
        2. 2. Eliza (Emma) Lever 1841–1920
        3. 3. Mary Lever 1843–1918
        4. 4. Jane Lever 1845–
        5. 5. Emily Lever 1847–
        6. 6. Alice Lever 1849–
        7. 7. James (Darcy) Lever 1854–1910
        8. 8. Harriet Lever 1856–
        9. 9. Lucy (Anne) Lever 1859–
        10. 10. William (Hesketh) Lever 1851–1925 m. Elizabeth (Ellen) Hulme 1850–1913
      2. 2. William Hesketh 1819–1898 m. Alice Millner 1826–1900
        1. 1. Thomas Hesketh 1846–
        2. 2. Richard Hesketh 1848–1889
        3. 3. Hugh Hesketh 1850–1924
        4. 4. Elizabeth Hesketh 1851–1922 m. Robert Thwaite 1847–1913
        5. 5. James (Hudson) Hesketh 1852–1926
        6. 6. Arthur Hesketh 1854–1880
        7. 7. Millner Hesketh 1856–1884
        8. 8. Mary (Ellen) Hesketh 1859–1950
        9. 9. Charles (Edward) Hesketh 1861–1912
        10. 10. William (Henry) Hesketh 1863–1939 m. Annie Swann 1868–1943
      3. 3. James Hesketh 1827–1904 m. Emma Powell 1823–1904
        1. 1. Thomas (Henry) Hesketh 1867–1924
      4. 4. John Hesketh 1830–1895 m. Isabella Roskell 1833–1874
        1. 1. Thomas Hesketh 1858–1920 m. Nancy Threlfall 1853–1924
        2. 2. Alice Hesketh 1860–1939
        3. 3. John Hesketh 1861–1930 m. Jane (Elizabeth) Dunderdale 1857–1927
        4. 4. Joseph Hesketh 1865–1951 m. Alice Porter 1875–1938
        5. 5. Dorothy Hesketh 1869–1949 m. Sylvester Clark 1866–1961
        6. 6. William (James) Hesketh 1871–1939 m. Rose (Gregson) Hornby 1872–1904
    3. 3. Ralph Hesketh 1790–1855
    4. 4. Dorothy Hesketh 1794–1840 m. John Threlfall 1791–1878
      1. 1. Elizabeth Threlfall 1826–
      2. 2. James Threlfall 1827–
      3. 3. John Threlfall 1830–
      4. 4. Ralph Threlfall 1832–1877 m. Elizabeth Balderstone 1827–1888
        1. 1. John (Hesketh) Threlfall 1858–1896
        2. 2. William Threlfall 1860–
        3. 3. Alice Threlfall 1862–1946
        4. 4. Ralph Threlfall 1864–1932
        5. 5. Richard Threlfall 1868–
        6. 6. James Threlfall 1869–
      5. 5. Rosamond Threlfall 1836–1889 m. James Metcalf 1827–1905
        1. 1. John (William) Metcalfe 1873–1912
    5. 5. Mary Hesketh 1797–1862 m. Thomas Cottam 1797–1864
    6. 6. Esther Hesketh 1800–1870 m. Robert Butler 1801–1883
      1. 1. Elizabeth Butler 1829–1906
      2. 2. Richard Butler 1831–
      3. 3. Ellen Butler 1834–1924 m. William Smith 1830–
        1. 1. John Smith 1862–1938 m. Sophia Butler 1876–1951
        2. 2. Robert (James) Smith 1867–1929 m. Mary (Gardiner) Collision 1881–1941
        3. 3. Margaret (Esther) Smith 1872–1918
      4. 4. Mary Butler 1836–1916
      5. 5. James Butler 1839–1895 m. Margaret Sharples 1832–1899
        1. 1. Robert Butler 1860–1927 m. Mary (Jane) Brade 1858–1940
        2. 2. Arthur (Sharples) Butler 1862–1944
        3. 3. William (Henry) Butler 1865–1935
        4. 4. James Butler 1867–1942
        5. 5. Richard Butler 1867–1867
        6. 6. John (Richard) Butler 1869–1924
        7. 7. George (Thomas) Butler 1870–1925
        8. 8. Mary (Esther) Butler 1872–1954
  6. 6. Edward Hesketh 1750– m. Elizabeth (Betty) Sephton 1753–
  7. 7. John Hesketh 1745–1832 m. Magaret Travis 1734–1809
    1. 1. John Hesketh 1765–
    2. 2. Peter Hesketh 1767–
    3. 3. Henry Hesketh 1779–
    4. 4. William Hesketh 1773–1858 m. Alice Prescott 1755–1841
      1. 1. William Hesketh 1794–1858 m. Hannah Simpson 1794–1879
        1. 1. Hannah Hesketh 1831–1921 m. James Gore 1830–1896
        2. 2. Joseph Hesketh 1837–1902 m. Mary Anders 1844–1926
        3. 3. William Hesketh 1817–1883 m. Elizabeth Roberts 1811–1861
        4. 4. Henry Hesketh 1835–1863 m. Ellen Molyneux 1836–
        5. 5. Alice Hesketh 1819–1873 m. Danie Lloyd 1815–1884
        6. 6. Ann Hesketh 1821–1899 m. James Draper 1816–
        7. 7. Thomas Hesketh 1827–1851
        8. 8. Ellen Hesketh 1833–1875 m. Richard Gore 1827–1897
        9. 9. James Hesketh 1825–1903 m. Ellen Fleetwood 1826–
      2. 2. Peggy Hesketh 1797–
      3. 3. Jane Hesketh 1801–
        1. 1. Alice Hesketh 1836– m. Thomas Mather 1842–
        2. 2. William Hesketh 1824–
        3. 3. Mary Hesketh 1829–
    5. 5. Ellen Hesketh 1769–1828
    6. 6. Anne Hesketh 1776–
    7. 7. James Hesketh 1782–1782
    8. 8. James Hesketh 1783–1866 m. Ellen Hesketh 1788–1838
      1. 1. Ellen Hesketh 1818–1842
        1. 1. Margaret Critchley 1838–1867 m. Richard Hayes 1837–1913
        2. 2. Thomas Critchley 1841–1915 m. Hannah Fogg 1840–1913
      2. 2. Joseph Hesketh 1833–1871 m. Margaret Howard 1829–1901
        1. 1. James Hesketh 1858–1868
        2. 2. Ellen Hesketh 1863–1942 m. John (Thomas) Crossley 1863–
        3. 3. Walter Hesketh 1868–1930 m. Alice Pearson 1863–1909
      3. 3. John Hesketh 1808– m. Mary Worthington 1809–1862
        1. 1. Elizabeth Hesketh 1833–1893 m. John Hardman 1834–1899
        2. 2. Richard Hesketh 1839–
        3. 3. Amelia Hesketh 1842–
        4. 4. Mary Hesketh 1848–
        5. 5. Margaret Hesketh 1852–
      4. 4. Peter Hesketh 1821–
      5. 5. Elizabeth Hesketh 1824–
      6. 6. Henry Hesketh 1829–
      7. 7. William Hesketh 1816–1882 m. Alice Lyon 1816–1894
        1. 1. Ann Hesketh 1852–1920 m. George Radford 1851–1916
        2. 2. Alice Hesketh 1857–1936 m. William Wilkinson 1860–1908
        3. 3. Elizabeth Hesketh 1861–1882 m. Reuben Jones 1854–
        4. 4. Abraham Hesketh 1847–1939 m. Lucy Winstanley 1851–1875
        5. 5. Jacob Hesketh 1849–1911 m. AmindaAmanda Hinchcliffe/ 1845–1882 m. Mary (Ann) Lee 1864–1931
        6. 6. William Hesketh 1846–1927 m. Hannah Moore 1849–1914
        7. 7. Ellen Hesketh 1837–
        8. 8. Mary Hesketh 1841–1886 m. Thomas Hardman 1837–1904
        9. 9. James Hesketh 1844–1917 m. Mary Foreman 1842–1895 m. Grace (May) Merket 1885–1951
  8. 8. Thomas Hesketh 1750–1752
  9. 9. Margaret Hesketh 1743–1810

John Hesketh's Timeline

3 Records

1715
JUN 1715
Birth of John Hesketh in Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1758
24 NOV 1758
Age 43
Death of John Hesketh in Kirkby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Kirkby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1758
24 NOV 1758
Age 43
Burial of John Hesketh in Kirkby Chapel, St Chads, Kirkby, England, United Kingdom
Kirkby Chapel, St Chads, Kirkby, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: JUN 1715
    Event Place: Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 NOV 1758
    Event Place: Kirkby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 24 NOV 1758
    Event Place: Kirkby Chapel, St Chads, Kirkby, England, United Kingdom
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