Friday, November 5, 2010

Jane (Haslam) (Bury) Morley (1780-1834) Summary

Jane Haslam was baptized 20 August 1780 in St. Peter's Church in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, the eldest child of James and Betty (Harrison) Haslam.  (Source: English Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, online database on  http://beta.familysearch.org/, original data accessible on FHL Microfilms, Jane Haslam, baptized 20 August 1780 in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, daughter of James Haslam (of Haulgh) and Betty Haslam (of Haulgh); citing FHL BRITISH Film 1,966,743.)

She married (1) Robert Bury on 28 November 1798 in St. Peter's Church in Bolton-le-Moors.  The marriage record in the Parish Register is (the bottom entry):


(Source:  1587-1838,  (originals filmed by Manchester Public Libraries, 1958), Marriages, 1792-1816 - FHL BRITISH Film [559,180]; Year 1798, Page 333, No. 1332, "Robert Bury of this parish Weaver and Jane Haslam of this parish spinster were married in this church by banns this twenty-eighth day of Nov in the year one thousand seven hundred ninety-eight by me T. Totolds.")

Robert and Jane (Haslam) Bury had at least one child:

i.  Ann Bury, baptized 7 March 1799 in St. Peter's Church in Bolton-le-Moors. There are no death records for an Ann Bury in Bolton-le-Moors through 1820.  She may be the Ann Bury that married Ralph Morris on 10 February 1823, or the one that married Thomas Yates on 26 October 1823, or James Fairclough on 2 January 1826, all in St. Peter's Church in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire.

Robert Bury died before 1806.

Jane (Haslam) Bury married Thomas Morley on 29 September 1806 in St. Peter's Church in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire.  There marriage record is shown below (top entry):


 Source: Church of England, St. Peter's Church (Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire), Parish registers for St. Peter's, Bolton-le-Moors, 1587-1838,  (originals filmed by Manchester Public Libraries, 1958), Marriages, 1792-1816 - FHL BRITISH Film [559,180]; Year 1806, Page 262, No. 1043, "Thomas Morley of this parish weaver and Jane Bury of this parish Widow were married in this church by Banns this Twenty-ninth day of Sept in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred and Six by me Geo. Bancroft Vicar."

Thomas and Jane (Haslam) (Bury) Morley had at least two children born in Bolton le Moors and baptized in St. Peter's Church:

ii.  James Morley, baptized 19 November 1809.  He may be the James that married Catharine Murray on 30 March 1831 in St. Peter's Church, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire.


iii.  Robert Morley, baptized 2 February 1815.   He may be the Robert that was buried 3 May 1835 in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire.

Thomas Morley may have died in Little Bolton, Lancashire and been buried on 7 August 1814, age 34, in Bolton le Moors, Lancashire. (Source: English Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, online database on http://beta.familysearch.org/, original data accessible on FHL Microfilms, Thomas Morley, male, age 34, burial 7 August 1814, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, citing FHL BRITISH Film 1,966,408.)

Jane Morley had at least two more children out of wedlock.  They were baptized at St. Peter's Church in Bolton-le-Moors:

iv. Leah Morley, baptized 25 December 1821.  No further information known.


v.  Rachel Morley, baptized 25 December 1821.  (Source: Church of England, St. Peter's Church (Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire), Parish registers for St. Peter's, Bolton-le-Moors, 1587-1838,  (originals filmed by Manchester Public Libraries, 1958), Baptisms, 1817-1827 - on FHL BRITISH Film [559,177]. Year 1821: page 229, 25 Dec 1821. Rachel, daughter of Jane Morley, resides Little Bolton, widow.) 

Rachel married Alexander Whittle on 17 August 1840 in St. Peter's Church in Bolton le Moors (Source: Church of England, Parish Church of Bolton-le-Moors, Parish registers for Bolton-le-Moors [Lancashire], 1590-1974, Marriages 1837-1841 - FHL BRITISH Film [1966480], 1840: No. 309, 17th August 1840)

"Alexander Whittle (full age, Bachelor, Sawyer, King St., father: Alexander Whittle, sawyer)
Rachel Morley (Minor, Spinster, Lum St., illegitimate)."

Jane Morley died, age 53, a resident of Little Bolton, Lancashire, and was buried in Bolton le Moors on 2 July 1834.  Her death record in the St. Peter's Church, Bolton le Moors, parish register is here (second entry down the page):



(Source: Church of England, Parish Church of Bolton-le-Moors, Parish registers for Bolton-le-Moors [Lancashire], 1590-1974, Burials, 1826-1838 - FHL BRITISH Film [559,184], Burials 1834: page 15, No. 114, Jane Morley, Abode: Little Bolton, Buried: July 2, 1834, Age: 53.)

While I don't have images of the actual parish record entries for the first three children of Jane (Haslam) (Bury) Morley, their baptisms are all recorded in the St. Peter's Church parish registers, as noted in the English Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 collection on FamilySearch Beta.  Likewise, the (potential) Marriages are noted in the English Marriages, 1538-1973 collection on FamilySearch Beta.  Potential burials were searched in the English Deaths and Burials, 1538-1990 collection on FamilySearch Beta.

There is no guarantee that all of the baptisms, marriages and burials that occurred in St. Peter's Church in Bolton-le-Moors were recorded, or that Bury and Morley children were recorded in parishes other than St. Peter's.  However, the St. Peter's parish registers that I recently reviewed seem fairly complete with no ranges of skipped dates.

This exercise shows the value and ease of finding English parish records for christening, marriage and burial  in the large FamilySearch Beta collections.  In the case of Bolton le Moors, the parish records extend past the mid-1837 start of Civil Registration.  However, it is difficult to piece families together using these databases, or the actual parish registers, due to the seeming lack of records for vital events, and the lack of parents names in the marriage and burial records.

If an English records expert has ideas on how to find more information, their counsel would be welcome!

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