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Margaret Cowper 1758–1791 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1758

Birth Location: Great Strickland, Westmorland, England

Death Date: 13 May 1791

Death Location: Hawes, North Yorkshire England

Father: Thomas Cowper

Mother: Ann Atkinson

Spouse(s): James Willan

Children(s): Ann Willan, Thomas Willan, Leonard Willan

The story of Margaret Cowper began in 1758 in Great Strickland, Westmorland, England. Margaret Cowper married James Willan, and had children including Ann Willan, Leonard Willan, Thomas Willan. Margaret Cowper passed away in 1791 in Hawes, North Yorkshire England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Cowper began in 1758 in Great Strickland, Westmorland, England.
  • Margaret Cowper married James Willan, and had children including Ann Willan, Leonard Willan, Thomas Willan.
  • Margaret Cowper passed away in 1791 in Hawes, North Yorkshire England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Cowper
1731–1764
Birth Location: Great Strickland, Westmorland, England
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Ann Atkinson
1730–
Birth Location: Morland, Westmorland England
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Spouses(s)

James Willan
1755–1845
Birth Location: Aysgarth, West Hang, Yorkshire, England
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Children(s)

Ann Willan
1787–
Birth Location: Hawes, North Yorkshire, England
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Thomas Willan
1784–1784
Birth Location: Hawes, North Yorkshire, England
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Leonard Willan
1781–1835
Birth Location: Hawes, Yorkshire, England
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Margaret Cowper's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Cowper
1758–1791
Birth Place: Great Strickland, Westmorland, England
Parents
Thomas Cowper
1731–1764
Great Strickland, Westmorland, England
Ann Atkinson
1730–
Morland, Westmorland England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Cowper's Descendants

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Margaret Cowper (1758–13 May 1791) m. James Willan (1755–Jul 1845)
  1. 1. Ann Willan 1787– m. James Fawcett 1795–
    1. 1. Eleanor Fawcett 1831–1903
    2. 2. Margaret Fawcett 1825–1874
    3. 3. Ellen Fawcett 1827–1873
  2. 2. Thomas Willan 1784–1784
  3. 3. Leonard Willan 1781–1835 m. Sarah (Ann) Carter 1777–1846
    1. 1. Sarah (Ann #2) Willan 1821–1889 m. Thomas (Rowlandson) Dunn 1812–1879
      1. 1. Thomas (Henry) Dunn 1848–
      2. 2. Charles (Rowlandson) Dunn 1850– m. Ellen (Agnes) Jackson 1849–1916
        1. 1. Charles (Henry William) Dunn 1879–1969
        2. 2. Ellinor (Lillian) Dunn 1874–1967 m. Harry (Launcelot Etherington) Smith 1874–1960
        3. 3. Sarah (Beatrice) Dunn 1876–
      3. 3. Jane (Henrietta) Dunn 1855–1944 m. Col (Harry William) Rooke 1842–1921
        1. 1. Douglas (Giles) Rooke 1882–1918 m. Blanche (Emma) Casberd-Boteler 1874–1968
      4. 4. Alfred (William) Dunn 1853–1932
    2. 2. John Willan 1803–1854 m. Elizabeth (Sarah (Betsy)) Rogers 1804–1878
      1. 1. Elizabeth Willan 1829–1899 m. James Smethurst 1829–1855 m. William Marsh 1831–1871
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Rogers) Smethurst 1851–1887
        2. 2. Mary (Ellen) Marsh 1856–1914
        3. 3. John (William) Marsh 1858–
        4. 4. Martha (Ann) Marsh 1860–1940
        5. 5. Sarah (Jane) Marsh 1862–1937
        6. 6. Margaret Marsh 1865–
        7. 7. Richard (Henry) Marsh 1867–1942
      2. 2. Joseph Willan 1831–1913
      3. 3. Sarah Willan 1826–1892
        1. 1. John Willan 1855–1903
        2. 2. Joseph Willan 1859–
    3. 3. Leonard Willan 1815–1890 m. Ellen Rigby 1820–1879
      1. 1. Sarah Willan 1845–1921 m. Thomas Mitchell 1845–1897
      2. 2. Elizabeth Willan 1841–1859
      3. 3. Ellen ("Helen") Willan 1847–1909 m. Alexander Baines 1841–1911 m. Matthew Carrol 1840–1878
        1. 1. Ellen Carroll 1877–
        2. 2. Sarah Carroll 1867–1931
        3. 3. Thomas (Samuel) Carroll 1873–1945
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Ellen) Carroll 1864–1867
        5. 5. Mathew Carroll 1869–1935
        6. 6. James (Benjamin) Carroll 1875–1959 m. Sophia (Marie "Mary") Bendixen 1882–1965 m. Ella (May) Myers 1901–1980
        7. 7. Laura (Frances Charlotta) Baines 1889–1962
        8. 8. Alexander Baines 1882–1886
        9. 9. Mary Baines 1881–
        10. 10. Samuel Carroll 1875–
    4. 4. William Willan 1817–1894 m. Jane Steel 1811–1878
      1. 1. Jane Willan 1846–1928
      2. 2. Rev (Robert) Willan 1849–1924 m. Margaret (Sinclair) King 1846–1917
        1. 1. Anne (Dorothy Bruce) Willan 1887–1947 m. William (Lutley) Williams-Mason 1877–1940
        2. 2. Margaret (Jean Campbell) Willan 1886–1980 m. Guy (Wilbar) Mason 1876–1958
      3. 3. Rev (William) Willan 1845–1909
    5. 5. George Willan 1811–1813
    6. 6. Sarah (Ann #1) Willan 1820–1821
    7. 7. Margaret Willan 1805–1884 m. Thomas Bolton 1804–1842 m. Richard Layland 1795–1855
      1. 1. Robert Bolton 1823–1837
      2. 2. James Bolton 1824–1854
      3. 3. Leonard Bolton 1827–1847
      4. 4. Alice Bolton 1829–1861 m. Joseph Hughs 1824–1853
        1. 1. James (Bolton) Hughs 1855–1856
        2. 2. James Hughs 1850–1852
        3. 3. Mary Hughs 1847–1847
        4. 4. Elizabeth Hughs 1848–1849
      5. 5. Sarah Bolton 1831–1890
      6. 6. Mary Bolton 1833–1885
      7. 7. Margaret (#1) Bolton 1835–1839
      8. 8. Elizabeth Bolton 1838–1909
      9. 9. Margaret (#2) Bolton 1840–1860
      10. 10. Ann (Thomas) Bolton 1842–1888
    8. 8. Mary Willan 1813–1815
    9. 9. James Willan 1809–1810

Margaret Cowper's Timeline

2 Records

1758
1758
Birth of Margaret Cowper in Great Strickland, Westmorland, England
Great Strickland, Westmorland, England
1791
13 May 1791
Age 33
Death of Margaret Cowper in Hawes, North Yorkshire England
Hawes, North Yorkshire England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1758
    Event Place: Great Strickland, Westmorland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 May 1791
    Event Place: Hawes, North Yorkshire England
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