Genealogy Chat

Phew! Glad it worked.
Its just a pity that he didn't leave instructions in his Will about the headstone. He might be chuckling if he were to realise how, nearly 200 years later, total strangers are trying to discover the reasoning.

DetEcTive
I followed your instructions and got there without any trouble!
Very many thanks again
David

DetEcTive
Very many thanks - I have passed on your message to the descendant of James Thorneley and will let you know how we get on..........
I think he will be very pleased
David

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Complete first and last name boxes James & Thorneley
Put 1826 in the When box (my earlier mistake was putting the 1826 in the Death box)
Then Cheshire Wills and Probate as the Record set

The top result of 3 is the one you want.
Transcript is as Chris in Sussex posted

First name(s) James
Last name Thorneley
Occupation Gentleman
Residence Disley
Probate year 1826
Will Yes
Codicil Yes
Inventory No
Administration No
Notes Will Supra ONCE OF STOCKPORT
County Cheshire
Country England
Record set Cheshire Wills and Probate
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Wills & probate
Collections from Great Britain

Click on the View Image button.
To the right of the image is a >
By clicking the > , the next page will load. There are at least 4, possibly 5 images. When there are no more > then you’ve read the last related image.
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To be honest, it took a number of tries to re-find it. Persevere!

DetEcTive
You sound as though you have seen his will ????
Please tell me how to do so
David

ANDYSMUM
Gosh - thanks for that link - it is all becoming clearer...........
David

According to the link I posted, it was his express wish that his age be shown in moons on both his headstone and on the plate on his coffin.

He was a very eccentric man, and obviously had some odd ideas.

I'm still confused about why you found it necessary to get the descendants' permission to post details from a gravestone of someone who died almost 200 years ago? This couple possibly have hundreds of descendants, even thousands. Did you contact them all?

Doh! So it is.
Its all about bequests – he was a very generous person – but nothing obvious about his headstone.

The will is on FMP

First name(s) James
Last name Thorneley
Occupation Gentleman
Residence Disley
Probate year 1826
Will Yes
Codicil Yes
Inventory No
Administration No
Notes Will Supra ONCE OF STOCKPORT
County Cheshire
Country England
Record set Cheshire Wills and Probate
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Wills & probate
Collections from Great Britain

Chris

Thanks will follow up reference to the will
David

No problem!

May be the 1826 Will contains instructions regarding his MI and the reason. If David didn't want to pay the £4 for a copy, perhaps the descendents would?

We're all agog now.

Apologies Marie Celeste and Detective!

Not my moon theory, but MarieCeleste :-D

The only FMP entry on the Cheshire Wills index, despite putting in 1826 is

First name(s) John
Last name Thorneley
Occupation Weaver
Residence Great Bolton
Probate year 1814
County Cheshire
Country England
Record set Cheshire Wills and Probate

Image reads
24th Oct Before J Brocklebank (Senior?)
Will and Codicil of John Thornley lart of Great Bolton weaver deceased was Proved and Admon granted unto James Robinson, Richard Eckersley and James Thornley the son of the above Executors. Under £300.

??
James Thorneley
England, Cheshire Parish Registers
Name James Thorneley
Event Type Christening
Event Date 27 Jan 1733
Event Place , Stockport, Cheshire, England
Gender Male
Father's Name Thomas Thorneley
Mother's Name Deborah
CITING THIS RECORD

"England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ1H-D82 : accessed 11 November 2015), James Thorneley, 27 Jan 1733, Christening; citing 4, , Stockport, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,145,837.

Possible for James marriage? Would put his birth c 1733 which would work for Detective's moons theory.

England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations
Name James Thornley
Event Type Intended marriage
Event Date 26 Oct 1762
Residence Place Stockport, Chester
Gender Male
Age 29
Marital Status Batchelor
Spouse's Name Susannah Hargrave
Spouse's Age 23
Spouse's Marital Status Spinster

http://archivedatabases.cheshire.gov.uk/RecordOfficeWillEPayments/details.aspx?id=23728

(perhaps his Will above, might be on FMP)


First Name: JAMES
Surname: THORNELEY
Place: DISLEY
Occupation GENTLEMAN
Date 1826
Will: Yes
Notes: ONCE OF STOCKPORT

Chris :)

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/2cc486cc-0f22-4ab7-974c-4f14c70be0d8

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ff1dc68f-bf63-42e0-bda7-f188a712976f

(possibly relating, John Thorneley perhaps)

The Masonic ritual does contain Curses, but relating to themselves.

Does anyone know if the age or era is counted in moon?

Fascinating!

http://tinyurl.com/pjcrh7e

He seems to have been quite a character!! :-)