Dear Patricia,
Thank you for your message. These are the details I have on the Gatliffe (spelt many ways) family.
As I see it James Gatliffe's parents were Robert Gatliffe (born 1780, died 1805) and Mary Sothern (born 1780 but do not know where). They married on the 8th July, 1799, at St. Elphins, Warrington.
Robert's siblings were:(1) Ann born 1772 Grappenhall, baptised 1772 Grappenhall. No further details on her. (2) Thomas born 1774 Grappenhall, baptised 8th May, 1774, Grappenhall. No further details. (3) John born 1778 Grappenhall, baptised 1778 Grappenhall. No further details.
(4) Martha born 1780 Grappenhall, baptised 6th August, 1780 Grappenhall, died 1795 Grappenhall. Then came Robert. After Robert is (5) Edward born 1783 Grappenhall, baptised 9th February, 1783 Grappenhall. No further details. (6) Betty born 1785 Grappenhall, baptised 5th June, 1785, Grappenhall. No further details. And, lastly, (7) William born 1789 Grappenhall, died 1795 Grappenhall, buried 28th June, 1795 Grappenhall.
I believe Robert's parents were Absalom Gatliffe born 1745 Grappenhall, died 1805 Grappenhall and buried 12th November, 1805 Grappenhall. Absalom married Martha Ingram born 1750 but I don't know where. They were married on 16th April, 1771, at Grappenhall. No further details.
My line is via James Gatliffe who married Ellen Brierly and their daughter Alice was my great grandmother.
If any of these details are incorrect I would be pleased if you could clarify. I have no details further back on Absalom or his wife Martha Ingham, so if your research goes back further I would be pleased to hear from you about that.
Thank you for contacting me.
Best wishes Helen Harding nee Wall.