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4. Charles WATERTON
was born on 20 Mar 1704. He died in 1767.1 He was buried on 12 Sep 1767 in Sandal Magna, West Riding
of Yorkshire..1 Grandfather
of Squire Charles WATERTON. Charles WATERTON and Mary MORE were married
in 1733.1 5.
Mary MORE1,8 was baptized
on 8 Sep 1701 in Parish Church of St. Peter, Barnburgh, Yorkshire West Riding,
England.8,9 The church record shows that she was baptised as "Anne
MORE" (without the "Cresacre"). Information supplied by Martin
Wood, Melton Mowbray (a More descendant and researcher).
Mary MORE was the youngest daughter of Christopher Cressacre MORE of Barnborough.
She was the seventh in descent from Sir (Saint) Thomas More.
"Blessed Thomas, the martyred chancellor". (From The Catholic Encyclopaedia).
J.W. Walker refers to her as Mary Cresacre More and that she was sixth in
line from Thomas More (page 103). The spelling of Mary Cressacre-More with two
"S" is from Lord Everingham of Laxton (6).
QUALITY DOUBTFUL:
According to an Ancestral fine AFN: G0Z7-7M, Mary was born about 1692 in North
Mimms, Hertfordshire, England. The date of birth (on or before 1692) seems a
long time before the baptism in 1701. Ancestral File from familysearch.org,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Information not verified. Children
were:
2 | i. | Thomas WATERTON. | | ii. | Charles WATERTON
was born on 11 Nov 1744.1
He died by drowning on 5 Aug 1773 in Blankenberg.10 | | iii. | Christopher
WATERTON was born in 1746. He was baptized on 30 Oct 1746.10 He was buried on 21 Sep 1809
in Sandal Magna, West Riding of Yorkshire..10
Of Woodlands. This is Squire Charles WATERTON's uncle who had estates in Demerara. | | iv. | Mary WATERTON
was born in 1733. She was baptized on 8 Dec 1733.10 | | v. | Anne
WATERTON was baptized on 5 Feb 1734.10
"Our family found its way to the New World in the following manner: - My father's
sister [Anne] was | | vi. | Katherine
WATERTON was buried on 19 Jan 1798 in St. Helen's Church, Sandal Magna, Wakefield,
West Riding of Yorkshire.10 | | vii. | Barbara WATERTON
was baptized on 10 Mar 1739/40.10 |
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