As I see it there are 2 baptisms quite close, both under Astbury living at Smallwood:
17.4.1710- Daniel baptised- son of Joseph and Sarah
4.3.1721- Daniel baptised - son of Thomas and Sarah.
So this gives us potentially 2 Daniel wildblood in the time frame.
There are 3 marriages:
22.7.1762- living at Smallwood- to Sarah Baddeley- banns
Burial of Sarah Wildblood on 13th May 1774 Astbury- husband Daniel
19.9.1775- living at Smallwood- to Elisabeth Booth- licence
Burial of Elisabeth Wildblood on 11/4/1790 St Bertoline Barthomley-wife of Daniel
17.10.1790- living at Barthomley- to Ann Walton at St Giles Newcastle Under Lyme
There is only 1 burial that I can find and that is
13/8/1790- at astbury, residing at Smallwood- Daniel Wildblood
It is further complicated by the marriage of Daniel's daughter Ann by Sarah Baddeley to James lees on 21st December 1790, where Daniel wildblood is one of the witneses:
Cheshire OPC records a marriage on 21st December 1790 on Wybunbury Register of
Ann Wildblood to James Lees.
Oath and allegation shows James Lees of Shavington, Parish of Wybunbury Dealer and
Ann was resident in Barthomley. Both single and over 21.
The witnesses were Daniel Wildblood and Eliza Feeney.
So it would seem that one of the Daniels baptised 1710 or 1721 is the one buried in Sept 1790.
The other one married maybe three times and then I cannot trace a later death!
Another factor is that Daniel and Sarah (Baddely) had 5 children all baptised at Astbury living at Smallwood:
John 1764
Martha 1768
Ann 1770
Samuel 1771
Sarah 1773
Martha Wildblood- married William Major yeoman of Barthomley aged 35 years on 9th Aug 1786. William was a bachelor and Martha is declared as 17 years old spinster of Barthomley. The marriage oath is annotated:
William Major – his mark x. Also appeared personally Daniel Wildblood of the Parish of Barthomley aforesaid in the aforesaid County and Diocese of Chester Shopkeeper and being likewise sworn on the Holy Evangelists alleged and made oath as follows: that he is the natural and lawful father of the aforesaid Martha Wildblood and that he is consenting to the aforesaid intended marriage of the said William Major with the said Martha Wildblood.
Signed by Daniel Wildblood on 9th August 1786.
Ann- married James Lees
Cheshire OPC records a marriage on 21st December 1790 on Wybunbury Register of
Ann Wildblood to James Lees.
Oath and allegation shows James Lees of Shavington, Parish of Wybunbury Dealer and
Ann was resident in Barthomley. Both single and over 21.
The witnesses were Daniel Wildblood and Eliza Feeney.
Sarah wildblood married Joseph Dean on 17th October 1792 on the Nantwich register. Joseph Dean was living in Wybunbury and sarah was apparently resident in Nantwich. the only witnesses at this wedding were Sarah's sister Ann and her husband James Lees. This was marriage by licence and James Lees signs the oath with the groom Joseph Dean and states that he is an innkeeper in Nantwich. Sarah would only have been 19 although she states she is over 21- no other family members were present but her father could be the Daniel Wildblood who married at st Giles in Newcastle Under Lyme in 1790. Joseph Dean is proving to be a bit of a rogue-did Sarah run away to marry him?
The question remains- when did Daniel wildblood who fathered 5 children with Sarah Baddeley die? Looking again at the dates of the christening, it would seem more likely that the baptism in 1710 was the burial in 1790. The Daniel baptised in 1721 (son of Thomas and Sarah) is the one who married 3 times and is the father of the 5 children- but why can't I find a record of his death. he was a widow when he married both Elisabeth Booth and ann Walton but would have been 69 on his 3rd marriage.
Any ideas or suggestions please
Caroline