Parish Registers of Tatham and Tatham Fells, Lancashire

(DOWBIGGIN entries only)

General Information:
The entries are abbreviated, and since I did not copy down how the last name was spelled, I will leave out the surname Dowbiggin unless it was spelled in an unusual way and I copied it down. I took these notes last year.

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Tatham

Baptisms

Volume I
p.26, Anne, daughter of Johannis, 31 [sic] Sep 1604
p.27, Lancelot, son of Johannis (Dobyccw or Dowbiggin), 09 Aug 1607
p.30, Thomas, son of Johannis, 07 Feb 1610 (very blurry)
p.37, Jennet, daughter of Johannis, 24 Sep 1621
p.40-41 (duplicate entries), Agnes, daughter of Johannis, 29 Jul 1626
p.45, Christopher, son of William, 21 Oct 1634
p.49, John, son of William, 10 Sep 1639
p.49, John, son of Thomas, 10 Nov 1639
p.54, Jennet, daughter of Thomas, 07 Apr 1646
p.61, Lancelot, son of Thomas, 24 Dec 1654
p.61, Elizabeth, daughter of William, 25 Feb 1654/55
p.65, Christopher, son of William, 28 Dec 1657
p.65, William, son of Thomas, 30 May 1658
p.67, William, son of John, 21 Apr 1661
p.69, Agnes, daughter of John, 07 Feb 1663/64
p.71, Thomas, son of John, 20 Aug 1665
p.72, Robert and Thomas, sons of John, 26 Aug 1666
p.74, Agnes, daughter of John, 16(?) Aug 1668 (very blurry)
p.75, John, son of John, 04 Dec 1670
p.78, John, son of John, 02 Aug 1674
p.79, Christopher, son of John, 24 Dec 1676
p.83, Mary, daughter of Christopher, 15 May 1681
p.83, Lancelot, son of John, 18 Dec 1682
p.84, Anne, daughter of Christopher, 22 Sep 1683
p.86, Elizabeth, daughter of William, 11 Oct 1685
p.87, Agnes, daughter of William, 03 Dec 1687
p.88, William, son of Christopher, 26 Feb 1688
p.88, John, son of William, 23 Feb 1689
p.90, John, son of Thomas, 10(?) Apr 1692
p.90, Hannah, daughter of William, 22 May 1692
p.90, John, son of Christopher, 09 Oct 1692
p.91, Elizabeth, daughter of William, 13 Nov 1694
p.91, Mary, daughter of William, 23 Dec 1694
p.92, Jennet, daughter of Christopher, 27 Nov 1695
p.92, Thomas, son of William, 29(?) Mar 1696
p.93, Margaret, daughter of William, 11 Jun 1697
p.93, William, son of William, 30 Nov 1697
p.93, Agnes, daughter of Thomas, 30 Nov 1697
p.93, Thomas, son of Christopher, 20 Mar 1697/98
p.96, Margret, daughter of Thomas, 05 May 1700
p.97, Lancelot, son of Thomas, 26 Jan 1701/02
p.97, Christopher, son of Thomas, 12 Mar 1701/02
p.97, Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher, 02 Jun 1702
p.97, William, son of William, 04 Oct 1702
p.98, Elizebeth, daughter of Thomas, 13 Oct 1703
p.98, Lawrence, son of William, 02 Apr 1704 ("per Johannem Walker, Scriptum")
p.99, David, son of Thomas, 26 Jan 1704/05
p.102, John, son of William, 22 Oct 1707
p.102, Joshua, son of Thomas, 26 Jan 1707/08
p.104, John, son of Lancelot, 18 Jul 1709
p.104, Lawrence, son of Thomas, 24 Aug 1709
p.106, Benjamin, son of Thomas, 01 Apr 1711
p.106, Thomas, son of Lancelot, 07 Jan 1711/1712
p.107, Christopher, son of William, 04 May 1712
p.107, Esther, daughter of Lancelot, 23 Feb 1712/13
p.110, Lancelot, son of Thomas, 02 Apr 1715
p.112, Christopher, son of William, 21(?) Nov 1717
p.113, Agnes, daughter of Thomas of Cragg, 12(?) Dec 1718
p.113, Grace, daughter of Lancelot, "Taylor of Ivah," 20(?) Dec 1718
p.116, John, son of William, 13 Feb 1719/20(?) (very blurry)
p.124, Mary, daughter of William of Swans, 29 Jul 1725
p.128, Richard, supposed son of Richard Clapham and Elizabeth Dowbiggin, 06 Feb 1728
p.140, Anne, daughter of Lawrance Doubiggin, 17 Aug 1735
p.146, Thomas, son of John Doubiggin, 24 Oct 1738
p.146, Agnes, daughter of Lawrence Doubiggin, 25 Feb 1738/39
p.147, William, son of Christopher Doubiggin, 01 Apr 1739
p.150, John, son of John Doubiggin, 31 May 1741
p.150, Isabell, daughter of Christopher Doubiggin, 18 Oct 1741
p.155, Anne, daughter of Lawrence Doubiggin, 13 May 1744
p.159, Thomas, son of Lawrance Doubiggin, 10 Sep 1747
(many 1751 entries in the register are out of order)
p.165, John, son of Laurance Doubiggin, 12 Jan 1751
p.166, Thomas, son of William Doubiggin, 31 May 1752
p.167, John, son of John, 30 Dec 1753
p.168, Jane, daughter of William, 28(?) Apr 1754
p.175, William, son of Richard, 17(?) Aug 1760 (very blurry)
p.177, Jennet, daughter of Richard, 24 Jan 1762
p.178, Alice, daughter of William Doubiggin, 22 May 1763
p.180, Mary, daugher of William, 01 Sep 1765
p.181, William, son of William, 01 Dec 1765
p.182, Richard, son of Richard, 23 Feb 1766
p.184, Anne, daughter of William, 28 Oct 1767
p.186, Ann, daughter of William, 05 Feb 1769
p.186, Ann, daughter of Richard, 12 Mar 1769
p.186, Jennet, daughter of William, 26 Sep 1769
p.189, William, son of William, 16 Jun 1771
p.190, Mary, daughter of William, 13 Dec 1772
p.198, Nancy, daughter of Richard, 09 Jan 1778
p.198, Hannah, daughter of William, 19 Apr 1778
p.209 (very blurry), Lawrance, son of Tho^s, 29(?) Sep 1785
Volume II
p.83, William, son of Thomas and Margaret of Botton, 19 Jan 1800
p.89, Thomas, son of Thomas and Elizabeth, labourer of Iva, 29 Nov 1812, born 06 Nov 1812

Marriages

p.37, John Dowbiggin, Elizebeth Prockter, 30 Nov 1620
p.47, James Cumberland, Elizabeth Dowbiggin, 24 Jan 1636/37
p.48, Oliver Tennand, Ellen Dowbiggin, 14(?) Nov 1637
p.49, John Dowbiggin, Margaret Baynes, 29 Apr 1638
p.49, William Tompson, Anne Dowbiggin, 28 Jan 1639/40
p.61, William Dowbiggin of Millhouses, Mary Smyth of Gamblesholm, 25 May 1654
p.62, Thomas Dowbiggin, Elizabeth Weatherhead, both of Ivah, 08 Aug 1654
p.64, John Walker of Greenbank in Melling parish, Agnes Dowbiggin of Ivah, 14 Jan 1656/57
p.66, John Dowbiggin of Millhouses, Elizebeth Sanderson, 22 Jun 1659
p.70, John Dowbiggin, Alice Thornton, 17 May 1664
p.70, Richard Tennant, Margret Dowbiggin, 04 Jul 1665
p.80, Christopher Langstroth, Jennet Dowbiggin, 03 May 1678
p.81, Christopher Dowbiggin, Jane Howson, 08 May 1679
p.83, John Dowbiggin, Esther Waller, 24 Nov 1681
p.88, Giles Redmain, Agnes Dowbiggin, 02 Mar 1689
p.90, Thomas Dowbiggin, Agnes Ellershow, 22 Jun 1691
p.90, Joshua Hodgshon, Agnes Dowbiggin, 24 Jun 1693
p.90, William Dowbiggin, Alice Gibson, 17 Feb 1693/94
p.100, Robert Leeming, Anne Dowbiggin, 05 May 1705
p.100, John Marriner, Mary Dowbiggin, 23 Sep 1705
p.102, Richard Allison of Eldray in Clapham parish, Agnes Dowbiggin of Bentham parish, 04 Sep 1707
p.111, William Dowbiggin, Isabell Prockter, 31[sic] Jun 1716
p.117, William Baynes of Bracanbottom, Agnes Dowbiggin of Ivah, 20 Nov 1720
p.118, John Wetherhead, Jennet Dowbiggin, by license, 03 Feb 1721
p.144, John Dowbiggin, Isabell Egglin, 19 Jan 1737/38
(the following two entries are from a section that is extremely blurry)
p.153, Nicholas Bland, Hannah Dowbiggin, 14(???) Dec 1742
p.154, Christopher Wilson of Botton in Melling parish, Elizabeth Dowbiggin, 20(???) Jul 1743
p.165, William Dowbiggin, Margaret Burrow or Borrow, 04 May 1751
(from this time forward, there were witnesses listed, and some of the Dowbiggins listed here were only witnesses)
Roger Wilson, husbandman, of Lancaster parish, Mary Ellershaw, ?? Apr 1754 (date obscured) by Banns, Witnesses: John Dowbiggin and ???
Gilbert Proctor, Cooper, Mary (x¹) Middleton, by licence, 18 Jul 1754, Witnesses: John (x¹) Dowbiggin and Elizabeth (x¹) Dowbiggin
John Moore, widower, mailman, of Lancaster parish, Elizabeth (x¹) Sande, 19 Apr 1756, by licence, Witnesses: James Talbot and Isabel (x¹) Dowbiggin
No.38, Richard Dowbiggin, husbandman, of Melling parish, Ann (x¹) Booth, 24 May 1759, Witnesses: W^m Edmondson and Rich^d Ash
No.42, W^m Middleton, yeoman, Isabel Dowbiggin of melling parish, aged 18, by licence, 29 Dec 1759, Witnesses: W^m Dowbiggin and Henry Knowles
No.47, Peter Chambers, ropemaker, of Clapham parish, Margaret (x¹) Dowbiggin, by licence, 17 Jan 1760, Witnesses: Tho^s Ayrton and Rob^t Willcock
No.53, William Dowbiggin, clogger, Anna Gurnell, 27 Apr 1762, Witnesses: John Clapham and Richard Ash
No.77, William Stackhouse, husbandman, of Clapham parish, Ann Dowbiggin, by licence, 25 Jan 1766, Witnesses: William Dowbiggin and John Townson
No.155, Robert Blackburn, husbandman, Margaret (x¹) Baines, 10 May 1779, Witnesses: Robert Wilkinson and Thomas Dowbiggin
No.187, Thomas Dowbiggin, husbandman, of Melling parish, Margaret Howson, by licence, 09 Jun 1785, Witnesses: Ann Hancock and John Newton
No.334, Richard Smith, joiner, age 29, of Melling parish, Isabella Atkinson, age 31, by licence, 19 Nov 1807, Witnesses: W^m Atkinson and Tho^s Dowbiggin
John Ellershaw, yeoman, age 50, Mary (x¹) Scafe, age 22, by licence, 18 May 1811, Witnesses: Joseph Seward and Thomas Dowbiggin

¹The (x) indicates that the person left his or her mark, i.e. could not sign his or her name.

Marriages from another Tatham source

Thomas Dowbiggin, servant, of Balshaw in this parish, Betty Whittingdale, spinster, of Oakhead in this parish, Banns, both signed, 17 Jan 1824
James Ellershaw, farmer, of Oak-head in Bentham parish, Elizabeth Dowbiggin, widow, of this parish, by Licence, both signed, 23 Oct 1830
John Langstroth, farmer, of this parish, Jane Dowbiggin, spinster, of this parish, by Licence, both signed, 28 Feb 1835

Burials

p.32?, Christopher, 15 Oct 1613
p.39?, Jane, daughter of John, 18 Dec 1623
p.46, Margaret, wife of John, 18 Jun 1635
p.52, Thomas, son of William, 23 Apr 1642
p.52, Agnes, wife of William, 02 Dec 1642
p.59, Agnes, wife of Thomas, 01 Apr 1651
p.59, John, 20 May 1651
p.60, Anne, wife of William, 12 Oct 1652
p.60, Margaret, John's wife, 26 Nov 1653
p.72, Robert and Thomas, sons of John, 09 Oct 1666
p.76, John, son of John, 21(?) Apr 1670
p.80, Lawrence, 06(?) Nov 1677
(this section was very blurry)
p.81, Thomas, 25(?) Mar 1678
p.81, John, 03 Apr 1678
p.81, Mary, wife of William, 22(?) Feb 1678/79
p.82, Alice, wife of John, 29 Mar 1680 (should be a split year, but I'm not sure which two)
p.84, Christopher, son of John, 29 Apr 1683
p.85, John, son of John, 03 May 1683
p.85, John himself, 20 Jan 1683/84
p.91, Jennet, daughter of Christopher, 07 May 1694
p.91, William Dowbiggin, 101 years and 2 months old, 29 Jan 1694/95
p.97, Elizabeth, 24 Apr 1701
p.97, Anne, daughter of William, 20 Jul 1701
p.98, Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher, 05 Mar 1702
p.103, William, son of William, 11 Apr 1708
p.109, John, son of William, 28 Jul 1713
p.109, Esther, daughter of Lancelot, 03 Jan 1713/14
p.109, John, son of Lancelot, 06 Jan 1713/14
p.109, John, 30 Jan 1713/14
p.110, Lancelot, son of Thomas, 02 Aug 1715
p.113, Thomas, son of Lancelot, 11 May 1717
p.114, Thomas, son of Thomas of Ivah, 06 Apr 1718
p.117, Lancelot of Ivah, 05 Dec 1720
p.118, Elizabeth, 08 Jul 1721
p.121, Jane and Elizabeth, daughters of William, 31 Jul 1723
p.123, Christopher, 03 Aug 1725
p.127, Lancelot, son of William, 10 Aug 1727
p.127, Thomas, 20 Sep 1727
p.127, Esther, 25 Dec 1727
p.128, Jane, wife of Christopher, widow, 19 Jun 1728
p.134, Thomas of Iva, 01 Jan 1731/32
(This section is very blurry.)
p.14x?, David, 02? or 2x? Mar 1733(?)
p.14x?, Anne, daughter of Lawrence, 29 Dec 1735(?)
p.149, William, 29 Nov 1740
p.153, Christopher, son of ye Reverend Mr. Thomas Dowbiggin, 08 Dec 1742
p.157, Christopher, 16(?) Jan 1745/46
p.157, Alice, 14(?) Mar 1745/46
Priscilla Dowbiggin, 23 May 1750
William Dowbiggin, 09 Aug 1751
Agnes Dowbiggin, 03 Nov 1751
Agnes Dowbiggin, 03 May 1753
Jane Dowbiggin, 18 Dec 1756
William Dowbiggin, 03 Jun 1758
Ellen, wife of John Dowbiggin, 16 Apr 1759
Isabel Dowbiggin, 27 Jun 1759
(There are four burials, 1761-1768, under Tatham Fells that were also listed in Tatham. Please see Tatham Fells.)
p.182, John Doubiggin, 03 Feb 1766
p.183, Isabel Doubiggin, 20 Jun 1766
p.184, Anne Doubiggin, 19 Sep 1767

Tatham Fells

Baptisms

Marriages

Burials

Book I
* p.21, William, son of Richard and Ann at Lyth, on Saturday, 07 Mar 1761
* p.26, Elizabeth Dowbiggin from Green, on Wednesday, 02 Mar 1763
* p.30, Mary, wife of John, on Sunday, 09 Jun 1765
* p.39, Ann, daughter of William at Iva, on Thursday, 21 Apr 1768
* p.5a, Laurence Dowbiggin of Ballshaw, on Saturday, 12 May 1770
(*?) p.7a, Alice Dowbiggin of Lowgill, on Thursday, 16 Jan 1772
* p.8a, Agnes or Nancy Dowbiggin of Iva, on Monday, 16 Mar 1772
* p.14a, Mr. John Dowbiggin, physician at Preston, on Wednesday, 22 Jul 1778
* p.14a, John Dowbiggin at lower Crags, on Saturday, 31 Oct 1778
p.15a, Jennet Dowbiggin at Helks in Botton, on Tuesday, 25 May 1779
* p.24a, William Dowbiggin of Lancaster, on Saturday, 23 Sep 1786, No Dues received for the Church
p.25a, Ann Dowbiggin at Over Houses in Botton, on Tuesday, 24 Apr 1787, No Duty paid for the King, a poor woman
* p.26a, William Dowbiggin, younger, at Brackenbottom, on Thursday, 01 May 1788
* p.27a, Mary Dowbiggin at Brackenbottom, on Wednesday, 29 Apr 1789
* p.28a, William Dowbiggin, elder, at Brackenbottom, on Tuesday, 22 Feb 1791
* p.31a, Alice Dowbiggin at Brackenbottom, on Tuesday, 08 Jan 1793
* p.34a, John Dowbiggin of Lancaster, 09 Jun 1795
(*?) p.34a, Lawrence Dowbiggin of Green Bank, Botton, 21 Dec 1795
p.37a, Isabella Dowbiggin of Thrusgill, Botton, 05 Jan 1798
* p.38a, Agnes Dowbiggin of Mewith, 18 Dec 1799
Book II
(no Dowbiggin entries)
Book III
p.1, Richard Dowbiggin, Green-side, Tatham, age 83, 21 Jan 1813
p.1, Ann Dowbiggin, Iva, Tatham, age 69, 03 Aug 1813
p.1, Ann Dowbiggin, Lawgill, Tatham, age 70, 23 Mar 1814
p.2, Hannah Dowbiggin, Lowgill, age 35, 01 Mar 1815
p.6, Thomas Dowbiggin, Lithe, age 72, 12 Mar 1820
p.6, Margaret Dowbiggin, Lithe, age 58, 04 Apr 1820
p.8, Agnes Dowbiggin, Wray, age 84, 25 Nov 1821
p.12, John Dowbiggin, Stockbridge, age 74, 06 Dec 1826

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