The PLIMMER / PRESCOTT link

Marriage: 3 Jan 1822 All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire, England

John PRESCOTT - (X), of Wigan Parish

Alice PLIMER - (X), of Wigan Parish

Witness: John Baron; Saml. Vizard

Married by Banns by: Edwd. Hill, Curate

Register: Marriages 1820 - 1824, Page 190, Entry 574

Source: LDS film 1885691

Baptisms: 14 Sep 1822 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England

Ann PRESCOTT - Daughter of John Prescott & Alice

Abode: Hindley, Wigan

Occupation: Weaver

Baptised by: Joseph Hodgkinson

Register: Baptisms 1821 - 1825, Page 78, Entry 620

Source: LDS Film 1885647

Baptisms: 6 Mar 1825 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England

Alice PRESCOTT - Daughter of John Prescott & Alice

Abode: Hindley, Wigan

Occupation: Farmer

Baptised by: Jacob Robson

Register: Baptisms 1821 - 1825, Page 265, Entry 2114

Source: LDS Film 1885647

Baptisms: 27 Sep 1828 St Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England

David PRESCOTT - Son of John Prescott & Alice

Abode: Hindley, Wigan

Occupation: Farmer

Baptised by: J. Topping Vicar

Register: Baptisms 1825 - 1829, Page 228, Entry 1822

Source: LDS Film 1885649

1841

HO107/522/10 pg 16

Close Lanes, Hindley, Lancashire

John PRESCOT 70 farmer yes

Alice PRESCOT 55 – yes

Anne PRESCOT 19 – yes

Alice PRESCOT 15 – yes

David PRESCOT 12 – yes

On opposite page:

Charles PRESCOTT 35 farmer yes

John PRESCOTT 8 – yes

Elizabeth PRESCOTT 6 – yes

Alice PRESCOTT 4 – yes

NB:

Marriage: 22 Dec 1842 All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire, England

Charles PRESCOTT - (X), 34 Farmer Widower of Hindley

Susan Mudler - (X), 50 Widow of Hindley

Groom's Father: John Prescott, Farmer

Bride's Father: George Knowles, Collier

Witness: John Prescott, (X); Jane Prescott, (X)

Married by Banns by: Charles Bisset Curate

Register: Marriages 1842 - 1844, Page 71, Entry 142

Source: LDS Film 1885694

Speculation:

Burial: 11 Jan 1846 All Saints, Hindley, Lancashire, England

John PRESCOTT -

Age: 84

Abode: Hindley

Buried by: H. T. Turner, Offg. Minister

Register: Burials 1834 - 1864, Page 163, Entry 1303

Source: LDS Film 93746

Marriage: 16 Feb 1846 All Saints, Hindley, Lancashire, England

John Burrey - (X), Minor Weaver Bachelor of Hindley

Ann PRESCOTT - (X), Full Age Spinster of Hindley

Groom's Father: John Burrey, Weaver

Bride's Father: John Prescott, Farmer

Witness: Charles Prescott, (X); Joseph Oakes

Married by: H. T. Turner Offg. Minister

Notes: [Bride's surname was spelt both Prescott and Presott in this entry]

Register: Marriages 1837 - 1851, Page 156, Entry 308

Source: LDS Film 93751

1851

HO107/2200/296 pg 24

Close Lanes, Hindley, Lancashire

Alice PRESCOTT hd (wid) 66 farmer of 7 acres b. Ponsbury, Shropshire

David PRESCOTT son (unm) 22 hand loom weaver silk b. Hindley

Marriage: 6 Aug 1853 All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire, England

David PRESCOTT - 22 Farmer Bachelor of Hindley

Mary Ogden - 20 Spinster of Hindley

Groom's Father: John Prescott, Deceased

Bride's Father: Timothy Ogden, Farmer

Witness: James Prescott, (X); John Gorner, (X)

Married by Banns by: Howard St.George Curate

Register: Marriages 1853 - 1854, Page 110, Entry 219

Source: LDS Film 1885697

1861

RG9/2779/43 pg 12

*Close Lanes (Hilly Rose?), Hindley, Lancashire

David PRESCOTT hd 31 farmer of 14? Acres & weaver silk b. Hindley

Mary PRESCOTT wf 23 silk weaver b. Hindley

John PRESCOTT son 7 scholar b. Hindley

Ellen PRESCOTT dau 3 scholar b. Hindley

Charles PRESCOTT son 1 – b. Hindley

Alice PRESCOTT mo 77 (wd) Retired kept by head of family b. Hindley

(*via rootschat.com informed farm called Rose Hill, Close Lanes, Hindley – possibly Rose Hill School built over it!)

1861

RG9/2779/11 pg 16

Carr Common Farm, Hindley, Lancashire

Mary OGDEN hd 46 (wd) farmer of 5 acres b. Hindley

Ann OGDEN dau 22 silk weaver b. Hindley

Timothy OGDEN son 20 farmer’s son b. Hindley

James Wm OGDEN son 17 silk weaver b. Hindley

Ann PRESCOTT gdau 5 – b. Hindley

Burial: 14 Jan 1863 All Saints, Hindley, Lancashire, England

Alice PRESCOTT -

Age: 80

Abode: Close Lanes

Buried by: P. Jones, Incumbent

Register: Burials 1834 - 1864, Page 429, Entry 4327

Source: LDS Film 93746

Burial: 17 Mar 1868 All Saints, Hindley, Lancashire, England

David PRESCOTT -

Age: 39

Abode: Close Lanes

Buried by: C.H. Newbold Incumbent

Register: Burials 1864 - 1876, Page 111, Entry 882

Source: LDS Film 93746

1871

Close Lanes, Hindley, Lancashire

Mary PRESCOTT hd 33 (wd) housekeeper b. Hindley

John PRESCOTT son 17 striker in smithy at colliery b. Hindley

Ann PRESCOTT dau 15 piecer for mule spinner in factory b. Hindley

Ellen PRESCOTT dau 13 assistant factory hand b. Hindley

Charles PRESCOTT son 11 lab in coal mine b. Hindley

David PRESCOTT son 8 bobbin carrier in cotton factory

James William PRESCOTT son 6 – b. Hindley

Henry PRESCOTT son 4 – b. Hindley

Timothy PRESCOTT son 2 – b. Hindley

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1877
PRESCOTT John
to
KENDRICK Martha
Liverpool, Our Lady & St. Nicholas & St. Anne
Liverpool 2053LP/63/311

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1878

PRESCOTT Mary

to

CRITCHLEY Henry

Leigh Register Office or Registrar Attended

Wigan & Leigh ROL/32/114

baptism: 14th July 1878

at: St Mary and St Helen, Neston, Cheshire, England
child: Charles PRESCOT – son of John Prescot & Martha
Abode: Colliery
Occupation: blacksmith
(NB: only one “t” in surname)

baptism: 03rd September 1880

at: St Mary and St Helen, Neston, Cheshire, England
child: William PRESCOTT – son of John Prescott & Martha
Abode: The Colliery
Occupation: blacksmith

1881

4 Tunnicliffe New Row, Westleigh, Lancashire

Henry CRITCHLEY hd 42 Coal Miner b. Leigh

Mary CRITCHLEY wf 42 housewife b. Hindley

Ellen PRESCOTT dau 22 (unm) Cotton Operative b. Hindley

Charles PRESCOTT son 21 (unm) Coal Miner b. Hindley

David PRESCOTT son 18 (unm) Coal Miner b. Hindley

James W. PRESCOTT son 16 (unm) Factory Operative (Cotton) b. Hindley

Henry PRESCOTT son 14 Factory Operative (Cotton) b. Hindley

Timothy PRESCOTT son 12 Factory Operative (Cotton) b. Hindley

John CRITCHLEY son 13 Factory Operative (Cotton) b. Leigh

William CRITCHLEY son 10 scholar b. Leigh

Thomas CRITCHLEY son 8 scholar b. Leigh

1881

4 Sea View Cottages, Little Neston, Cheshire

John PRESCOTT hd 27 Blacksmith b. Hindley, Lancashire

Martha PRESCOTT wf 27 – b. Little Neston, Cheshire

Charles PRESCOTT son 2 – b. Little Neston, Cheshire

William PRESCOTT son 7 mths – b. Little Neston, Cheshire

baptism: 24th February 1882

at: St Mary and St Helen, Neston, Cheshire, England
child: Walter PRESCOTT – son of John Prescott & Martha
Abode: The Collieries
Occupation: blacksmith

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1883

PRESCOTT Charles

to

KNOWLES Elizabeth

Westleigh St. Peter

Wigan & Leigh C15L/1/13

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1885

PRESCOTT James William

to

HAMPSON Harriet

Leigh Register Office or Registrar Attended

Wigan & Leigh ROL/39/77

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1888

PRESCOTT David

to

HARRIS Elizabeth

St Lawrence, Chorley

Preston C10/3/152

m. March qua 1889 Manchester 8d 250a

PRESCOTT Timothy

to

MERCER Alice

1891

42 (Stutlow/Hutlow?) Street, Beswick, Manchester, Lancashire

Timothy PRESCOTT hd 22 gen lab b. Hindley

Alice PRESCOTT wf 19 – b. Manchester

Elizabeth A. PRESCOTT dau 6mths – b. Manchester

William MERCER board 21 (marr) gen lab b. Manchester

Annie MERCER board 20 cotton reeler b. Manchester

1891

4 (Tunnicliffe Row?) Leigh, Lancashire

Henry CRITCHLEY hd 52 coal miner b. Leigh

Mary CRITCHLEY wf 54 – b. Hindley

Ellen PRESCOTT dau 32 (unm) gen serv dom b. Hindley

Henry PRESCOTT son 24 (unm) op cotton piecer b. Hindley

John CRITCHLEY son 23 (unm) op cotton spinner b. Leigh

William CRITCHLEY son 20 (unm) op cotton piecer b. Leigh

Thomas CRITCHLEY son 19 (unm) op cotton piecer b. Leigh

Walter CRITCHLEY son 7 scholar b. Leigh

1891

28 Derby St, Bedford, Lancashire

David PRESCOTT hd 28 baker journeyman b. Hindley

Elizabeth PRESCOTT wf 25 – b. St Agnes, Cornwall

James Harris PRESCOTT son 6mths – b. Leigh

1891

40 Radcliffe St, Westleigh, Lancashire

Charles PRESCOTT hd 31 coal miner b. Hindley

*Ellen PRESCOTT wf 33 – b. Ashton-In-Makerfield

Alice PRESCOTT dau 4 – b. Westleigh

Sarah PRESCOTT dau 1 – b. Westleigh

(*should this be Elizabeth?)

1891

41 Radcliffe St, Westleigh, Lancashire

James William PRESCOTT hd 26 cotton stripper & grinder b. Hindley

Harriet PRESCOTT wf 25 – b. Hindley

Joseph PRESCOTT son 5 – b. Hindley

Harold PRESCOTT son 4 – b. Hindley

+ 1 female and 2 male boarders

1891

Atherton, Lancashire

John PRESCOTT hd 37 blacksmith b. Hindley

Martha PRESCOTT wf 37 – b. Cheshire

Charles PRESCOTT son 12 just left school b. Cheshire

William PRESCOTT son 10 – b. Cheshire

Walter PRESCOTT son 9 – b. Cheshire

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1892

PRESCOTT Martha

Age 38

Atherton

Wigan & Leigh ATH/42/424

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1893

PRESCOTT John

to

YOUNG Selina

Leigh Register Office or Registrar Attended

Wigan & Leigh ROL/47/87

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1898

PRESCOTT Henry

to

MILLER Gertrude

Leigh Register Office or Registrar Attended

Wigan & Leigh ROL/55/7

1901

17 Langdale St, Leigh, Lancashire

Mary CRITCHLEY hd 63 (marr) – b. Hindley

Ellen PRESCOTT dau 43 (unm) gen serv dom b. Hindley

Walter CRITCHLEY son 18 (unm) grocer’s assit b. Leigh

+ 1 female boarder

1901

9 Milton St, Leigh

MORRIS household

Henry CRITCHLEY lodger 62 (marr) coal miner hewer b. Leigh

1901

107 Firs Lane, Westleigh, Leigh, Lancashire

Henry PRESCOTT hd 34 cotton spinner b. Hindley

Gertrude PRESCOTT wf 26 – b. leigh

Doris PRESCOTT dau 1 – b. Leigh

John PRESCOTT son 4mths – b. Leigh

1901

3 (Tideswell?) St, Westleigh, Leigh, Lancashire

Timothy PRESCOTT hd 32 coal miner b. Hindley

Alice PRESCOTT wf 32 – b. Manchester

Russel O. PRESCOTT son 8 – b. Leigh

Mary PRESCOTT dau 7 – b. Leigh

Eunice PRESCOTT dau 5 – b. Leigh

Walter PRESCOTT son 3 – b. Leigh

1901

Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire

John PRESCOTT hd 40 blacksmith b. Lancashire

Selina PRESCOTT wf 38 – b. Lancashire

William PRESCOTT son 18 (unm) – b. Neston, Cheshire

Walter PRESCOTT son 16 (unm) – b. Neston, Cheshire

1901

140 Wilbraham St, Leigh, Lancashire

Charles PRESCOTT hd 41 coal miner hewer b. Hindley

Elizabeth PRESCOTT wf 43 – b. Newton, Lancashire

Alice PRESCOTT dau 14 muslin weaver b. Leigh

Sarah PRESCOTT dau 11 – b. Leigh

Ann PRESCOTT dau 1 – b. Leigh

1901

30 Battersby St, Leigh, Lancashire

David PRESCOTT hd 38 baker b. Hindley

Elizabeth PRESCOTT wf 35 – b. St Agnes, Cornwall

James H. PRESCOTT son 10 – b. Leigh

Frank PRESCOTT son 8 – b. Leigh

William H. PRESCOTT son 7mnths – b. Leigh

1901

24 Woodfield St, Bolton, Lancashire

James W. PRESCOTT hd 36 overlooker cotton card loom b. Hindley

Harriet PRESCOTT wf 35 – b. Leigh

Joseph PRESCOTT son 15 railway clerk b. Leigh

Harold PRESCOTT son 14 reeler cotton spinning b. Leigh

William PRESCOTT son 9 – b. Leigh

James PRESCOTT son 8 – b. Leigh

Mary E. PRESCOTT dau 5 – b. Leigh

Vincent D. PRESCOTT son 1 – b. Bolton

Joseph HAMPSON f-in-l 60 mixer cotton card room b. Leigh

Elizabeth HAMPSON m-in-l 63 – b. Leigh

further speculations so far:

m. 1912

James Harris PRESCOTT to Ada CLEWORTH

m. 1918

Eunice PRESCOTT to William KETTLE

m. 1920

Russel Ogden PRESCOTT to Elizabeth CRITCHLEY