William Corlett b1783c - Douglas

[chickadee2212]

Hi

I'm trying to trace my Ancestor William Corlett (or sometimes written as Collett) who appears to be born in Douglas in 1783c
I know by 1805 he was settled in Liverpool, England, and stayed there till the 1850's when he died in Hindley, near Wigan

Where would you suggest I start looking for baptism, or even early years of his life?

[Voirrey M]

You   should   be  aware  that the  name   William   Corlett   was   as   common in  the  IOM  as  W  Smith  or   W   Jones.

Can  you   give   the   evidence  for  IOM  Birth  c  1783?

[chickadee2212]

I managed to track him down on the 1851 census, where he states he was born in Douglas. He gave his age as 67 there, so that works out to a 1784c birth

The 1841 census says he 58 (So would be born 1783c) & was born outside of Lancashire

Other birth references include:

• His first marriage in 1805 he was about 21 (1784c)
  
• second marriage in 1813 he was 30 (1783c)
• & His death in 1854, aged 70 (1784c)

[Voirrey M]

You  will   presumably   have   checked  IGI   records  on line   &   know  that   in   a 20  year  period   there   is   not   one baptism

for   a William  Corlett  in  the   Douglas   area.   You would  be  looking   for   a baptism  in    the   parishes  of  [ Conchan or ]  Onchan

and   Kirk   Braddan.  Douglas  was  still   a  village   then   &   not   the    Capital  Town.   What   info.  does  the   marriage  register

give ?  probably  "  son  of   William"   or    worse  still  just "  William   C  of  this  parish. Since   the  same  era  every  generation  of

my   family has  had   at  least  one  William  &   I   find   the  search  just  as difficult  as   you  &  I live   here  in   IOM.

Can   you give  all   household   info  for   1851?   

[Frances_mnb]

you missed Wm Thos bapt Douglas St Matthews  17830415 s/o Robt Corlet + sarah Smith (never found a marriage)
also Wm Douglas St Georges  17840520 s/o Wm Corlet + Isable Norris (again no marr - 1st child Kk Michael then 10yr gap to Wm
(you should know thaton IoM  illegitimate children known by father's name )

ETA Douglas was not a village in 1780's - not sure where this myth arose tho repeated in many books - it was bigger than Castletown (the then capital) and had been for many years, housed all the key merchants and was the major port by a large margin - Attorney General Busk in that era looked for accomodation just a few miles outside Douglas at today's Mount Murray  so within easy reach of Douglas  but could also ride down to the courts in Castletown when the need arose.

[chickadee2212]

Voirrey M -
His first marriage was in 1805, in Liverpool & says "William Collett, Bachelor of this parish", so I presume he must have been there for a while. There are no father's details
His second marriage was in 1813, in Prescot & says ""William Corlett, Widower of the parish of Walton [Liverpool]". Again no details of the father

on the 1851 it's as follows:

CORLETT, William, Head, Unmarried, M, 43, 1808, Rom.Cat.Pr.St.Bendict, Liverpool
CORLETT, William, Father, Married, M, 67, 1784, Proprietor Of Houses, Isle of Man Douglas
CORLETT, Ann, Mother In Law [Step-mother], Married, F, 67, 1784, Retired, St Helens
BALLARD, Mary, Lodger, Unmarried, F, 44, 1807, House Keeper, Hindley
HODKINSON, Ellen, Servant, Unmarried, F, 16, 1835, Domestic Servant, Liverpool

~~~~~~~~
Piece: 2200, Folio: 148, Page: 21     
Address: Mill Lane, Hindley, Lancashire

Frances_mnb
I'd discounted the William Corlett & Isabel Norris baptism, as although they (or their descendants) seemed to settle in Liverpool, they seemed to give their children the middle name Norris

As for the Robert & Sarah Smith, I cant prove a connection, but my William's children seemed to be named using family names

Children with first wife:

• William, (named after father?)
• Mary Ellen (named after mother)

Children with second wife

• Mary Ann (named after maternal grandmother & mother)
• George (named after maternal grandfather)

[li]Robert[/li] (possibly named after Paternal grandfather?)
[li]James[/li]
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[Voirrey M]

Francess   &   I happened  to be  in   Library  today  & looked  at   some   films  of  copies  of   Parish   Registers.   Her  posts  were

from  her  own   database.

Douglas   St   Matthews [ in  Kirk   Braddan  Parish ]   was   a church  on   Douglas   harbour side.   The   record   was   as   Francess

wrote   ----    15 / 04   /1783    Wm. Thos.  son   of   Robt.  Corlet  and    Sarah   Smith.

All   recorded  marriages  just   had    maiden  name   of   brides  . 

[chickadee2212]

Thanks very much for that. I'll see if I can match upmy family with that one

[Voirrey M]

Apologies  I  should   have  written   -----mothers   maiden  names.   As   Francess   has  already   said   she  can   find  no  marriage

record  for  that  couple.