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Thomas Heywood 1720–1779 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Great Heaton, Prestwich, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 31 January 1779

Death Location: Great Heaton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Father: James Heywood

Mother: ANNE KERSHAW

Spouse(s): Ann Colbourn

Children(s): Abraham Heywood

Thomas Heywood was born in 1720 in Great Heaton, Prestwich, England, United Kingdom, the child of James Heywood And Anne Kershaw. Thomas Heywood married Ann Catherine Colbourn, and had children including Abraham Heywood. Thomas Heywood passed away in 1779 in Great Heaton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Thomas Heywood was born in 1720 in Great Heaton, Prestwich, England, United Kingdom, the child of James Heywood And Anne Kershaw.
  • Thomas Heywood married Ann Catherine Colbourn, and had children including Abraham Heywood.
  • Thomas Heywood passed away in 1779 in Great Heaton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Heywood
1698–1766
Birth Location: Prestwich, Lancashire, England
JH
ANNE KERSHAW
1697–1752
Birth Location: Rochdale, Lancashire, England
AK

Spouses(s)

Ann Colbourn
1719–1760
Birth Location: Prestwich, Lancashire, England
AC

Children(s)

Abraham Heywood
1748–1797
Birth Location: Heaton, Prestwich
AH

Thomas Heywood's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Heywood
1720–1779
Birth Place: Great Heaton, Prestwich, England, United Kingdom
Parents
James Heywood
1698–1766
Prestwich, Lancashire, England
ANNE KERSHAW
1697–1752
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
James ((Jacobus)) Heywood
1667–1758
Prestwich Lancashire England
Elizabeth (( Margaret )) Grimshaw
1682–1727
Prestwich Heaton Lancashire England
William Kearshaw
1673–1744
Rochdale, Lancashire, , England
Alice Smith
1663–1751
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Heywood
1640–1680
Jane Sydall
1639–1668
RALPH GRIMSHAW
1638–
Margaret\Martha Hall
1640–
Abraham Kershaw
1639–1748
Ann Milne
1645–1752
George Smith
1629–1704
Priscilla Tayler
1637–1728
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Heywood
1609–1662
Elizabeth Fletcher
1609–
George Siddall
1608–
Dorothea Herdman
1607–1648
James Grimshaw
1609–1642
Katherine Smith
1574–1644
Henrie Kirshawe
1608–1712
Alice Buckley
1609–1709
Charles Milne
1601–1658
Alice Clegg
1603–1687
John Smith
1610–1663
Issabell Smith
1600–1674
John (Taylor)
1599–1669
Elizabeth Martin
1599–

Thomas Heywood's Descendants

1.
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Thomas Heywood (1720–31 January 1779) m. Ann (Catherine) Colbourn (19 Oct 1719–2 April 1760)
  1. 1. Abraham Heywood 1748–1797 m. Betty Jacques 1745–
    1. 1. Mary Heywood 1784–1845 m. Peter Bradshaw 1781–1822
      1. 1. Peter Bradshaw 1807–1877 m. Elizabeth Knowles 1802–1850
        1. 1. Mary (Ann Bradshaw) (Crofts) 1840–1916 m. William Crofts 1838–1902

Thomas Heywood's Timeline

2 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Thomas Heywood in Great Heaton, Prestwich, England, United Kingdom
Great Heaton, Prestwich, England, United Kingdom
1779
31 January 1779
Age 59
Death of Thomas Heywood in Great Heaton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Great Heaton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Great Heaton, Prestwich, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 January 1779
    Event Place: Great Heaton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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