[list-cumbria] Cumberland Pacquet - 52

[Peter Bowes]

Hi Nev,

Thanks for this:

"Thursday last, at Cannonby church, Mr. Hugh James, surgeon, at Maryport to Miss Molly Postlethwaite, daughter of the late James Postlethwaite Esq. of that place."

I have a copy of the will and Admon bond for father James.  The will is dated 1st May 1774 with the sole executor being his elder son Thomas,  The Admon bond wasn't granted to Thomas  until 23rd June 1794 though.

I haven't found a burial for James yet.  Originally I was looking in the early 1790s, but the marriage announcement suggests he died soon after he signed his will - in 1774 or 1775.

James left the income from an estate at Dalton-in-Furness to support his widow, Mary.  I think he (and a brother William, who also lived in Maryport) moved up from Furness around 1750 - but have no idea who their parents were.

Son Thomas died at Maryport in 1799, a bachelor.  I think he may have been the Thomas Postlethwaite who was MP for the pocket borough of Halesmere in Surrey between 1784 and 1786.  This doesn't explain why he took 20 years to get probate for the will though.

Pete


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Whitehaven  - October 12,  - 1775.



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