Baptism: 3 Sep 1785 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England
Mary Oakes - Daughter of Richd. Oakes & Betty
Abode: Atherton
Register: Baptisms 1782 - 1797, Page 40
Source: LDS Film 1885648
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Baptism: 10 Sep 1788 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England
Sally Oakes - Daughter of Richard Oakes & Betty
Abode: Atherton
Register: Baptisms 1782 - 1797, Page 68
Source: LDS Film 1885648
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Baptism: 15 May 1791 St John the Baptist, Atherton, Lancashire, England
Margaret Oakes - Daughter of Richard Oakes & Elizabeth
Occupation: Weaver
Notes: Pauper
Source: LDS Family Search
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Baptism: 5 Jul 1794 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England
Richard Oakes - Son of Richard Oakes & Betty
Abode: Atherton
Register: Baptisms 1782 - 1797, Page 152
Source: LDS Film 1885648
Have you noticed that Mary / Sally / Richard are born in Atherton - but baptised in Leigh - Margaret is baptised in Atherton - father a Weaver - PAUPER and mother is Elizabeth - not Betty .
this looks to me like 2 different families and my guess is that Betty or Richard local church was in Leigh even though the kids were born Atherton they have gone back to their local church for the Baptisms of their children .
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Marriage: 5 Dec 1776 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England
Richard Oakes - (X), Weaver, Atherton, Leigh Parish
Batty Markland - (X), Spinster, Atherton, Leigh Parish
Witness: Isaac Turner; Thomas Oakes
Banns Read: 10 Nov 1776, 2nd: 17 Nov 1776, 3rd: 24 Nov 1776
Married by Banns with Consent of Parents by: John Barlow, Vicar ( the baptism below will show Betty was only 18 when she married )
Register: Marriages 1773 - 1777, Page 86, Entry 347
Source: LDS Film 559188
obviously Batty - should read Betty
so IF this is her parents - there is a previous 9 years between their marriage and Mary born 1785 - I can't find a marriage in Lancashire for Richard / Betty around 1784/5 - so the 1776 looks to be the only one
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Baptism: 6 Jan 1757 St John the Baptist, Atherton, Lancashire, England
Richard Oakes - Son of Thomas Oakes
Abode: Atherton
Source: LDS Film 0559186
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Baptism: 1 Apr 1758 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England
Betty Markland - Daughter of Robert Markland
Abode: Atherton
Register: Baptisms 1757 - 1769, Page 59
Source: LDS Film 1885648
...... still puzzled as to why all born Atherton - they are baptised in St Mary the Virgin ,Leigh and not St John the Baptist ,Atherton ??