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Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 12 Send Message	Leslie	Report	9 Jul 2018 21:01
Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 12 Send Message	Can anyone help, please help me find the parents of thomas towers born Wrey Lancashire c1736, died Melling Lancashire 1811,I seem to have hit a brick wall, any help will be very welcome. Les
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	9 Jul 2018 21:09
	Who did he marry? Several possible christenings so may help find him if his father is named on the record.
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	9 Jul 2018 21:18
	A tree on ancestry has this, which may be him? Thomas Towers 1736–1811 BIRTH 1736 • Lancashire DEATH 1811 • wrey lancashire Spouse & Children Jane Redhead 1740–1810 John Thomas Towers 1760–1842 Parents Mathew Towers 1695–1744 Esther Kendall 1686–1747
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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 8,837 Send Message	malyon	Report	9 Jul 2018 21:18
	Thomas Towers England Marriages, 1538–1973 birth: 1737 marriage: 7 October 1759 Ulverston, Lancashire, England spouse: Jane Towers
Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 12 Send Message	Leslie	Report	9 Jul 2018 21:45
Member Since: April 2007 Posts: 12 Send Message	Thanks all, plenty for me to work on again, many thanks
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,062 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	10 Jul 2018 00:02
	Leslie ............. please don't tick unless you are absolutely certain that your request has been completely answered. It means that no further help is required, but unfortunately it cannot be unticked. I ignored it because it was Lancashire, and I found this marriage that is 2 years earlier than the one that malyon found but does fit the tree that Catherine found. It is another possibility! it was on lancsopc ... an excellent free site if you do not know about it! http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html Marriage: 22 Oct 1757 St John the Baptist, Blawith, Lancashire, England Thomas Towers - this parish Jane Redhead - this parish Witness: William Redhead; Robert Redhead Source: Private Transcription Baptism of child of this marriage ........ Baptism: 26 Aug 1758 St John the Baptist, Blawith, Lancashire, England John Towers - son of Thomas Towers & Jane Register: Baptisms 1746 - 1812 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 13, Entry 2 Source: LDS Film 1040311 Baptisms of children with parents Thomas and Jane, but ???which Jane ........... Baptism: 10 May 1761 St Wilfrid, Melling, Lancashire, England John Towers - Son of Thomas Towers & Jane Abode: Wray Register: Baptisms 1752 - 1781, Page 19, Entry 8 Source: LDS Film 1849660 Baptism: 3 Jul 1763 St Wilfrid, Melling, Lancashire, England Robert Towers - Son of Thomas Towers & Jane Abode: Wray Register: Baptisms 1752 - 1781, Page 24, Entry 8 Source: LDS Film 1849660 Baptism: 16 Jul 1775 St Wilfrid, Melling, Lancashire, England Thomas Towers - Son of Thomas Towers & Jane Abode: Wray Register: Baptisms 1752 - 1781, Page 51, Entry 3 Source: LDS Film 1849660 Baptism: 14 Nov 1773 Priory Church of St Mary and St Michael, Cartmel, Lancashire, England ___t.? Towers - Son of Thos. Towers & Jane Abode: Low Wood Notes: [Part of first name under fold in page] Source: LDS Film 1040490 Burial of Thomas Towers ........ note his occupation, which does not really fit with the occupation shown for the Thomas who married in 1759 Burial: 28 Aug 1811 St Wilfrid, Melling in Lonsdale, Lancashire, England Thomas Towers - Died: 25 Aug 1811 Age: 75 yrs Abode: Wray Occupation: Yeoman Source: LDS Film 1849660 Another transcript of the 1759 marriage from lancsopc ....... Marriage: 7 Oct 1759 St Mary, Ulverston, Lancashire, England Thomas Towers - Silk Comber, Parish of Melling and County of Lancaster Jane Towers - Spinster, Lowick in the Parish of Ulverstone Source: LDS Film 1040301
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,062 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	10 Jul 2018 00:18
	Thomas died in 1811, age 75 years ......... that indicates a birth in 1737. This is another version of the 1759 marriage from FMP, which shows his age as 22, thus indicating birth ca 1737. Jane Towers' birth year is indicated as 1735. England Marriages 1538-1973 First name(s) Thomas Last name Towers Name note - Age 22 Marriage year 1759 Marriage date 07 Oct 1759 Marriage place Ulverston Spouse's first name(s) Jane Spouse's last name Towers Spouse's birth year 1735 Spouse's birth date 1735 Residence Ulverston, Lancashire, England County Lancashire Country England Record set England Marriages 1538-1973 I think you have to be VERY careful which marriage record you accept. It looks as though the Thomas Towers who died in 1811 left a will ............ Lancashire wills & probate 1457-1858 First name(s) Thomas Last name Towers Year 1812 Date 11 Jan 1812 Occupation - Place Melling Township WRAY Deanery Lonsdale Archdeaconry Richmond County Cumberland, Lancashire, Westmorland, Yorkshire Residence county Lancashire Country England Archive Lancashire Archives Archive reference R635/61 Source Lancashire Archives Probate Index Archdeaconry of Richmond (1748-1858) Document ordering link https://lccsecure.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/questionnaires/runQuestionnaire.asp?qid=576248 Record set Lancashire Wills & Probate 1457-1858
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,513 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	10 Jul 2018 14:26
	Blawith is some distance from Wray. Melling (actually Melling-with Wrayton) is much nearer to Wray For INFO Wray is a small village in Lancashire, England, part of the civil parish of Wray-with-Botton, in the City of Lancaster district. Melling-with-Wrayton is a civil parish in the City of Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. It includes the village of Melling and the hamlet of Wrayton, to the northeast. Blawith and Subberthwaite is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated in the Lake District National Park, and includes the villages of Blawith and Subberthwaite.

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