George Spe(a)rman born mid-1700s

[XPhile2868]

My 6x great grandfather George Spe(a)rman was a ship carpenter who married Jane Tomlinson in Lancaster in 1784. He is supposedly from Liverpool according to a marriage record, but I can't find a birth for anyone with his name. Would someone be able to look for a possible birth, please?

Stephen

[Pennines]

Hi Stephen,

Because George lived in  Liverpool at the time of his marriage -- it doesn't mean that he was actually born there. (unfortunately!)

What were the names of his children? Often (but not always) the eldest son would be named after the father's father.

[XPhile2868]

I found a George born in 1758 to a George and Susanna, but he was from Bristol so I'm not sure whether he could be a match or not.

Their children were, in order of birth - Mary, John, Ann and Margaret.

Stephen

[GrannyM]

Have you found a burial record for George? It may give his age when he died and therefore help in narrowing down the year he was born.

[GrannyM]

Could this be your George? From Lancashire online parish clerks:
Burial: 3 Oct 1825 St Wilfrid, Standish, Lancashire, England
George Spearman -
    Age: 83
    Abode: Holland
This would make Georges birth around 1742.
There is also a burial for a Jane Spearman a few years earlier and also a Margaret Spearman(their daughter, age 23 in Feb 1821?)all buried at St Wilfrids Standish.
Burial: 21 Aug 1819 St Wilfrid, Standish, Lancashire, England
Jane Spearman -
    Age: 67
    Abode: Shevington
    Cause of Death: Consumption
    Buried by: William Hodgson, Asst. Curate
    Register: Burials 1813 - 1825, Page 106, Entry 842
    Source: LDS Film 1526141

Burial: 16 Feb 1821 St Wilfrid, Standish, Lancashire, England
Margaret Spearman -
    Age: 23
    Abode: Shevington
    Cause of Death: Consumption
    Buried by: William Hodgson, Asst. Curate
    Register: Burials 1813 - 1825, Page 125, Entry 996
    Source: LDS Film 1526141
Did their son John marry at Rufford? Not too far away from Standish so perhaps they relocated to Standish from Lancaster?
Hope this helps.

[XPhile2868]

John did marry at Rufford, in 1809, yeah - his daughter Ann is my ancestor but for a while I thought her name had been Shearman, not Spearman. Thanks for the information, it does help.

Stephen

[andrewalston]

The death of Margaret does match closely with the baptism in Lancaster in 1797.

Shevington would have been a sensible place for a ship's carpenter to move to, with plenty of work on Leeds & Liverpool canal barges.

[GrannyM]

This looks like the marriage of their eldest daughter, Mary from Lancaster but married in Billinge
Marriage: 28 Mar 1802 St Aidan, Billinge, Lancashire, England
James Rothwell - Mariner, this parish [Wigan]
Mary Spearman - Spinster, Lancaster
    Witness: Elen Ward; Henry Chadwick
    Married by Licence by: R Carr, Minister
    Register: Marriages 1799 - 1837, Page 67, Entry 268
    Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

There is also a marriage license record of a JOHN Spearman to Jane Tomlinson in 1784 on the Lancashire Record Office website. Was George born/baptised as John and known as George or vice versa?

[XPhile2868]

This looks like the marriage of their eldest daughter, Mary from Lancaster but married in Billinge
Marriage: 28 Mar 1802 St Aidan, Billinge, Lancashire, England
James Rothwell - Mariner, this parish [Wigan]
Mary Spearman - Spinster, Lancaster
    Witness: Elen Ward; Henry Chadwick
    Married by Licence by: R Carr, Minister
    Register: Marriages 1799 - 1837, Page 67, Entry 268
    Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

There is also a marriage license record of a JOHN Spearman to Jane Tomlinson in 1784 on the Lancashire Record Office website. Was George born/baptised as John and known as George or vice versa?

I'm not sure, but I did have a note on my tree saying that he was known as John sometimes, but I made the mistake of not actually recording why or where I got that information from, so I'm not sure if it is him or not.

Stephen