Thomas Abbott FFMFF

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Thomas Abbott

Date and place of birth
04 Feb 1829 Heptonstall, Yorkshire

Names of parents
Joseph and Alice Abbott according to the baptism, who probably married 7 Feb 1819 at St Peter, Burnley. He named Blakey Hartley (with whom he lives in 1851 though relationship is not stated) as his father on his marriage cert. He named his frst child Blakey Hartley Abbott. (Registered as Blakey Hartley Habbet)

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
31 Mar 1829 St Thomas, Heptonstall, Yorkshire son of Joseph and Alice Abbott of Heptonstall. Father: Rag collector

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Married as Thomas Habbott 28 Jul 1851 at St Mary le Gill, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, to Rachel Atkinson daughter of a tailor. Witnesses Richard Broughton (bride’s uncle) & Richard Widdop.

Occupation(s) - if any
1841: Not found
1851 onward: Tailor

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK)
1841: Not found
1851: Windy Bank, Colne with Blakey Hartley b c1786 Colne , Lancs Rag dealer & his wife Betty b c1789 Colne, Lancs HO107; Piece: 2254; Folio: 383; Page: 23
1861: Orchard Cottages, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire RG9/ Piece 3184/ Folio 66/P 36
1871: Church Street, Little Marsden, Brierfield, Lancashire (Little Marsden was later known as Nelson)

Date, place and cause of death
24 Jun 1873 Church Street, Nelson, Lancashire

Date and place of burial.
Not known

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None

Memorial inscription - if any
Not known

I have 8 DNA matches with descendants of Thomas




Afterthought...not one of his children was named Joseph or Alice.

Not that it helps, I've just found him signing as a witness at his bro in law Broughton Atkinson's marriage as Thomas Habbet.

Link to wife Rachel Atkinson
Link to son Broughton Abbott