I have been following your conversation with great interest! Having researched the Fleetwood Glass Sellers for quite a while I can confirm that there is no connection.
Having had a look at both records for the marriage of John and Mary I think that they do not state that Mary was a minor, but a spinster - spr. She could have married below the legal age of 12, but equally she could have married against her family's wishes.
As a weaver, John would not have been well off and i suspect would not have married until he had completed his apprenticeship, which would make him at least 21, under the usual arrangements. He could have been a lot older.
Have you made any progress with finding the burials of John and Mary?
That is such a sad story about your 6 x great grandparents. It must have been quite a shock when you made the discovery about how their lives ended.
Good luck!
Hello there,
I looked at the original image on Ancestry, and to me I thought it did say minor originally, sorry. I just had another look and it says "at (somewhere?)" or it may have been the initials of the Curator/ Vicar?. I haven't been able to find a burial for either John Fleetwood, or for Mary.
I see that some trees on Ancestry have John Fleetwood's year of burial as being 1788. I haven't managed to look into this, or where those trees got that information from.
Well, it's a shame I haven't been able to find a link to the Fleetwood Glass - Sellers of London:
On one line of their ancestors, Katherine Denny, wife of George Fleetwood, you can trace a line back to King Edward I.
Also, Bridget Spring, wife of Sir Thomas Fleetwood (1518-1570), was an 11x great granddaughter of King John.
Oh well, you win some you lose some!
Ragarding the birth of Mary Mucklow:
I believe now that she was baptised: "Mary Muckle" in Ratcliff, Stepney, London in 1722.
The father was John, a Baker.
A Jane Muckle was baptised in Stepney in 1720. Her father's name was John and I think her mother was a Margaret.
A John Mickloe was baptised in 1742 in Stepney. The father again was a John and the mother was a Mary Ann. The father's occupation was put down as a: "Barber."
There are transcriptions of Clandestine marriages in London for people with the surname of "Mickle" or "Mickloe". Not many for "Mucklow" between 1730-1750:
Elizabeth Mickle in 1737 had a Clandestine marriage and married Frank Bollott. He was a Weaver of Spitalfields.
John Mickloe, a Weaver of Spitalfields had a Calndestine marriage in 1744.
Charles Mickloe, a Weaver of St. James, Dukes Place (which is near Stepney again) had a Clandestine marriage in 1750 and married Sarah Brown.
Thank you.
