John Greenwood

[mickiegreenfingers]

John Greenwood was born in 1791 in Heptonstall and married Betty Sutcliffe in 1807.  Betty died in 1821 aged 30.  (I am assuming that it is the same Betty).  A John Greenwood married Mary Crabtree in 1840.  They had both been widowed.  He was 49 and she was 42.  I would like to establish if this was the same John Greenwood who had married Betty.

[avm228]

Hi there

Have you found a baptism for John in Heptonstall c1791 and if so does his father's name match that on the 1840 marriage record?

[mickiegreenfingers]

His father's name was William but John's first marriage to Betty was before the father's name appeared on the marriage details.

[avm228]

I understand that - that's why I was asking about the 1840 marriage

So you've got a John son of William who was born/baptised in 1791 and who married Mary Crabtree in 1840, but you can't be sure whether he had first married Betty Sutcliffe in 1807 - is that right? 

Are there children from the marriage to Betty enumerated with John & Mary in any census?

[mickiegreenfingers]

There were several children born to John and Betty but none are living with John and his second wife in 1841.  I think one child died at the age of 19 and the others had married.