Any information on the Carr family of Duxbury?

[lancsann]

I don't know if this will have any connection

On 17th May 1819 at Croston there was a Christopher Carr death aged 82. The newspaper notes his youngest son was only 2 years old and there was another child aged 4

[Darren H]

@Rosie: Unfortunately, I have no information about Richard Carr and his death/burial.

[rosie99]

@Rosie: Unfortunately, I have no information about Richard Carr and his death/burial.

The marriage was in 1750 both of the parish of Leyland.  You really need to be looking at where Richard & Margaret were last resident to try and establish their ages which may be shown.

For a 1750 marriage he could have been born 1725 or before 

[Darren H]

@Rosie: Yes, you're correct on the marriage. I have found a few 'Richard Carr' baptisms that would fit the time frame on the Lancashire Parish site; however, none can be conclusively matched to my Richard -- I thought perhaps someone would have info I did not have.

[Darren H]

I should add that I estimate Richard Carr and wife Margaret Howard's birth year to be around 1730, simply because their youngest daughter, Jane, was baptised in 1772 -- although it's not impossible for a couple to have bear children at age 47/48, it is less likely than if they were in their early 40s.

[rosie99]

It isn't Margarets child bearing years I was thinking of, Richard was not necessarily the same age. In my tree I have a male fathering his first child at 44 and his last in his 60's.

[Darren H]

Yes, very true.

[andrewalston]

Heapey was a chapel-of-ease to Leyland, so marriages of people living there would be expected to take place at Leyland, and be "of this parish". That's quite a long walk. Brindle and Houghton were the other such chapels. Heapey includes Wheelton, Withnell and Brinscall.

Events at the chapels-of-ease were originally recorded in the Leyland registers. The films of the early ones are not fully legible. The IGI transcriptions just skip over the many poorly visible entries. The LPRS volumes, made using the original books, are a better bet.

Anglezarke people are more likely to have used Rivington church, which, though officially a chapel-of-ease to Deane, was used for marriages. Some folk from Heapey may have headed southward for their ceremonies too.