1558-1672 St Peter & Paul Ormskirk- AINSCOUGH

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This is my line of Ainscoughs.

BRIEF OUTLINE OF OUR FAMILY LINK:
(researched by Mary Hartley - see detailed early Ainscough family tree)
See earlier blog of 12th January 2007 for further information.
1. Richard Aiscough 1558-1619 (will=1619) 2 children
Children - Anne (alive 1619), Hugh (1584-1657)
2. Hugh 1584-1657 m Marie Barton 1586-1658 - (will = 1657)5 children
Children - Jane (1614-1636), Richard (1616-1681), Thomas (1618-1702), James (1621-1633), John (1632-1692)
3. Thomas 1618-1702 m Mary ? (will = 1692) (3 children)
Children - James (1655-1690), Mary (alive 1657), Thomas (1660-1672)
4. James 1655-1690 m Elizabeth (3 children)
Children - Thomas (?-1679), Elizabeth (after1674-after1692), Hugh (c1680-?)
5. Hugh c1680-? m Elizabeth (6 children)
Children - Elizabeth (c1709-1783), James (1711-1781), Ann (1712-?), Thomas (1715-1786), Mary (1717-?), Richard (c1719-?)
6. James (1711-1781)- my GGGGGG grandad + brother Thomas (H&R link) (1715-1786)

Many thanks to Andrew Scarisbrick (andy_scarisbrick@hotmail.com) again for making this information available. The extracts of records have been taken from Sts. Peter & Paul, Ormskirk Parish Church Records, including dates between 1558 and 1672. They clearly show an AINSCOUGH presence in the area in the 16C. Also, later marriage records of 1814/15. By this time I think many of the Ainscoughs had migrated away from Ormskirk and surrounding areas.

Baptisms
12th March 1558/9 Richard Ascough
18th December 1559 Ann Asco
24th July 1561 Tho: Ascoe
26th February 1565/6 Marie Ascough
28th March 1567 Ewan Ascought19th February 1581/2 Catherin Ascough fi. Tho:
21st September 1583 Hughe Askough fi. Tho:
15th August 1584 Hugh Askowe fi. Ric.
5th June 1585 Richard Ascough fi. Tho:
13th July 1585 Jamis Ascough fi. Jo:
27th September 1596 Margret Aiscough fi. John
5th May 1597 Jaine Ascough fi. Tho:
3rd June 1600 Willm Ascough
19th October 1600 Katherin Ascough fi. John
25th March 1604 Marie Ascough fi. Tho:
9th March 1616/7 Edward Ascough fi. Huan
14th June 1618 Willm Ascough fi. Huan
17th January 1622/3 Thomas Ascough fi. Willm
18th January 1622/3 ..... Ascough fi. George
27th April 1630 Mary Ascough f. William
26th September 1633 George Ascough f. William
19th December 1636 Thomas Ascough f. William
17th March 1660/1 Robert Ayscough f. Tho:
6th January 1664/5 William Aiscough f. Thomas de Lathom b. 6th
29th January 1664/5 William Aiscough f. Thomas de Lathom bp. at Lathom

Marriages
21st October 1583 Tho: Allerton & Margery Askough
3rd January 1598/9 Tho: Gollie & Elizth Ascough
10th September 1607 Richard Hodgeson & Katherin Aiscough
3rd July 1610 Hugh Aiscough & Marie Barton
4th March 1616/7 Richard Nelson & Cisley Ascough
17th May 1619 John Harrison & Jane Ascough
14th December 1620 Ranald Mason & Alice Ascough
3rd May 1621/2 Willm Ascough & Amery Allerton
28th September 1637 William Aiscough [Escoe] & Joane Poatemore [Poatmore]
8th May 1656 John Ascoe & Marie Hasnap pub. 17:24th April 1st May
... July 1657 Thomas Parr, Burscough & Mary Ayscough, Lathom
both p. Ormskirk pub. 9:16:23rd July

Burials
20th April 1567 Izabell Ascought
19th May 1589 Ewan Ascough in ecclia, pur
13th February 1594/5 Two children of John Ascough
30th June 1595 Ja: Ascough in ecclia, pur
10th July 1595 vx. Jaine Aiscough in ecclia
5th September 1595 Ellin Aiscough
11th May 1613 ..... Ascough vx. Huan in ecclia
29th September 1615 Jane Ascough, virgo
13th April 1623 Katheryne Ascough, virgo
6th December 1623 Elizabeth Ascough, vid.
7th June 1633 Huan Ascough in ecc.
9th November 1636 Amey Ascough ux. William in ecc.
12th September 1641 Catherin Aiscough f. Tho:
12th March 1641/2 Joaine Aiscough ux. Thomas
8th August 1643 Margrett Escough vid.
26th March 1644 Margret Aiscough ux. George in ecc.
15th May 1644 Thomas Aiscough
9th August 1644 William Aiscough in ecc.
26th June 1660 An infant [a child] of John Ayscough
5th April 1664 an infant of Edward Ayscough
11th November 1666 Alice Ayscough f. George
31st August 1669 Tho: Ascough de Lathom in ecc.
5th February 1669/70 Margerie Ascough de Lathom in ecc.
6th April 1672 Thomas Ascow [Ascough] de Lathom
18th April 1672 Elnor Escoe vid. de Lathom

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Found in later records
Marriages
15th February 1814 - Richard Ainscough, of Croston & Betty Livesley, of this parish by license, consent of parents
wit. John Monk, J. Hankin

30th January 1815 - Thomas Ainscough, of this parish & Ellen Shaw of N. Meols by license
wit. Nicholas Rimmer, Jno Hankin

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Richard Ainscough b.1850 - d.1928

Richard Ainscough b.1850-d.1928 was the brother of Thomas Ainscough b.1846-d.1929, Thomas was my GG grandad.
Another distant cousin, GC (isaacnewton255@yahoo.co.uk) has been in touch. A quick look at an outline of GC’s family line makes him my 4th cousin:
“I was looking through some old geneology notes and found some dates on two original copies of funeral Mass cards of Thomas Ainscough who died on the 15th September 1929 age 83 and his brother, my relative Richard Ainscough he died in 1928 age 78 he was buried in Preston. Thomas lived in Chorley and worked as a goods inspector on the railways his brother Richard worked on the railways as a signal man.”

The funeral cards are interesting, they show Thomas, Richard, Elizabeth Jane and an Ada Winifred ???
Ellen Ainscough was one of Richard Ainscough's daughters, (G grandmother of GC) who married James Wiggans/Wiggins - she was born around 1872.Richard lived in Preston and married Isabella? and later married Anne Potts. Daughter Ellen Ainscough married James Wiggans/Wiggins on the 15th October 1892 and had the following 7 children:
1.1 Alice b.1898
1.2. James b.1900
1.3. **** Emily b. ?m. John Woods
1.4. Mary (Molly)b.
1.5. Eleanor b.
1.6. Henry b.
1.7. Isabella b.

Im wondering if there is a “Potts” link with Anne Clarks family line......Edward Ainscough grandson of Hugh & Ellen (nee Cowley) married Elizabeth Potts and Richard A son of Hugh & Ellen (nee Cowley) married Mary A Potts - are they related, cousins, mother & daughter or niece perhaps?
GC’s BRANCH
7. *Hugh & Ellen (Cowley) Ainscough - GGG grandparents
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6. **Richard Ainscough (b1850- d1928) m Isabella? (1st wife) and Mary A Potts (2nd wife – age 44) living at No2 Havelock Street. In 1901 census records show that Mary Potts aged 68years was living with the family entered as mother in law.
GG grandparents (BROTHER OF THOMAS A, my GG grandad)
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5. ***Ellen Ainscough (b 1872, d ?) m 15th October 1892 James Wiggans/Wiggins (b ? ) (G grandparents) 1ST COUSIN
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4.**** Emily b. ? Grandmother m. John Woods - 2ND COUSIN
3. *****GC’s mother - 3RD COUSIN
2. ******GC - 4TH COUSIN

MY BRANCH
7.0 *Hugh & Ellen (Cowley)Ainscough (GG grandparents)
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6. Thomas Ainscough (1846 - 1929) m 1866 Margaret Barnes (1839?-1913) BROTHER
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5. Henry Ainscough (1868-1912) m 28th September 1895 Catherine Farley (1872 - 1951) 1ST COUSIN
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4. Norbert Ainscough (1903 - 1991) m 31st March 1934 Freda Faulkner (1910 -1993?) 2ND COUSIN
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3. Peter Ainscough ( grandad) m 4th April 1959 Margaret Nangle) 3RD COUSIN
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2. Barbara Ainscough (mother) (ONCE REMOVED)
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1. Rhiannon (daughter)

1881 census, HUGH Ainscough - who are they all?

Hugh Ainscough seemed to be a popular name of the time, as Andrew Scarisbrick has discovered.......the 1881 census reveals all. If you can help to identify any of these Hughs please get in touch!

Andrew Scarisbrick (andy_scarisbrick@hotmail.com) writes; "I have recently embarked on another Ainscough project. I have been looking at ALL the Hugh Ainscoughs in the 1881 census, trying to find where they come from, and from which family. There are 22 Hugh A.s in 1881:
9 come from my (link-Andrew Scarisbrick) N. Meols family.
3 come from your (Barbara Ainscough) family branch (from James line b. 1711- Hugh b.1822, Hugh b.1891, Hugh b.1863).
2 are from the Parbold (link-Mary Ainscough) branch (Hugh b.1816 and his son Hugh b.1860).

2 of them however have thrown up something interesting. There is a Hugh Ainscough (b. 1861, Chorley), grandson of a Henry Ainscough (b.1815, Ulnes Walton)! The only Ainscough family that I know of from Ulnes Walton are the ancestors of H&R. Looking further, Hugh (b.1861) is the son of Hugh (b.1840, Chorley - although in earlier census reports he says he was born Ulnes Walton); he was the son of Henry (b.1815). Have you ever heard of this Henry Ainscough born 1815 in Ulnes Walton?
I am still investigating the other 6 Hughs in 1881."

The Potts family c1910

The Potts family feature in my family tree although I know nothing about them, some of my contacts have been able to say where they fit into the overall picture. We now know that Elizabeth married Edward Ainscough (1860-1902), son of my GG uncle Edward (who was brother of Thomas A 1846-1929).
I have also recently found out that Richard Ainscough (b1850- d1928) m Isabella? (1st wife) and Anne Potts (2nd wife). Richard was the brother of Thomas my line. Im not sure if there is a Potts family connection here.......Edward Ainscough grandson of Hugh Ainscough & Ellen (Cowley) married Elizabeth Potts while Richard son of Hugh & Ellen (Cowley) married Anne Potts - are they related?
From the names provided with the photos it appears not, perhaps cousins?

The family group photo shows the following:
Back Row left to right Elizabeth, Francis, James(brothers).
Front Row left to right Ellen, Mary Ann Hall (mother), Molly, Robert (father) and Helena
The other picture shows the girls left to right, Helena, Mary Ellen (Nellie), Mary Alice (Molly) and Elizabeth (Libby).

It is also known that James died August 6 1976. Of the three sisters Molly (Mary Ann) died May 28 1966, married Robert Chew who outlived her.
Nobody is sure of what happened to the youngest daughter Helena (Lena), she was last spotted in Southport in the 1940's.
Mary Ellen also married (Harry Chew????) and apparently had at least one son. Elizabeth Potts, Anne Clarks grandmother on her fathers side married Edward Ainscough and as you know had 2 children Winifred (Freda) and Bernard.
Freda also married a Potts, apparently they were second cousins.
A Potts family can be found in the 1901 Census; Elizabeth age 11 (which would match age wise), Robert Potts is listed age 40, occupation painter, Mary age 39, Francis age 17 - apprentice to painting and James 13 - errand boy.

1558 Early AINSCOUGH of Mawdesley

The Ainscough Family of Mawdesley in the Parish of Croston, Lancashire
by Mary Hartley – Treasurer FHS

BRIEF OUTLINE OF OUR FAMILY LINK:

1. Richard Aiscough 1558-1619 (will=1619) 2 children
Children - Anne (alive 1619), Hugh (1584-1657)
2. Hugh 1584-1657 m Marie Barton 1586-1658 - (will = 1657)5 children
Children - Jane (1614-1636), Richard (1616-1681), Thomas (1618-1702), James (1621-1633), John (1632-1692)
3. Thomas 1618-1702 m Mary ? (will = 1692) (3 children)
Children - James (1655-1690), Mary (alive 1657), Thomas (1660-1672)
4. James 1655-1690 m Elizabeth (3 children)
Children - Thomas (?-1679), Elizabeth (after1674-after1692), Hugh (c1680-?)
5. Hugh c1680-? m Elizabeth (6 children)
Children - Elizabeth (c1709-1783), James (1711-1781), Ann (1712-?), Thomas (1715-1786), Mary (1717-?), Richard (c1719-?)
6. James (1711-1781)- my GGGGGG grandad + brother Thomas (H&R link) (1715-1786)

NB- notes say James 1711-1781 - from whom descended Ainsough family at HARROCK HALL

From this tree (1558 Early Ainscough) it looks as though both Richard of 1558 and Hugh of 1584 are in the 16thC Ormskirk christening records.......it says Hugh fi Ric. The dates do fit this time....so we are definitely in the Lancashire area in 1558...just where before this? Bedale??

From Ormskirk Parish Online:16C Ormskirk names
Ascough
Christenings
Ann Asco, 18Dec1559
Tho: Ascoe, 24Jul1561
Catherin Ascough fi: Tho:, 19Feb1581
Jamis Ascough fi Jo:, 13Ju1585
Marie Ascough, 26Feb1565
Richard Ascough, 12Mar1558
Richard Ascough fi Tho:, 5Jun1585
Ewan~ Ascought, 28Mar1567
Hughe Askough fi Tho:, 21Sep1583
Hugh Askowe fi Ric~, 15Aug1584
Marriages
Margery Askough, 21Oct1585

Mary Hartley writes:
"Lancshire is recognised to be one of the areas of England where the Catholic faith was widely preserved in the 16th and 17th centuries; the long lists of names of the landed gentry in recusant rolls and Papists returns indicate that they occupied over one third of the land. Less is known about the tenant farmers who tended to adopt the same opinions as their landlords.

At least six people known to me through the Catholic FHS descend from a Hugh Ainscough. He, as was required, registered his land in 1717 and signed his name to the document. It is interesting that all six of us were aware of family traditions that “the family had been Catholic for very many years.” The Paris Registers (or Bishops transcripts) for Croston and the nearby town of Ormskirk, survive from 1558. From so early a date it is not easy to reconstitute families with certainty. Fortunately three wills of members of earlier generations survive; RICHARD AISCOUGH (as the name tended to be spelt at that time) made his in 1619; his son Hugh in 1657 and his grandson Thomas in 1692. The name AINSCOUGH, pronounced to rhyme with rain-snow, is capable of seemingly limitless variants; I have standardised to that which Hugh used in his signature of 1717.) These wills, with ancillary evidence from Parish Records, Recusant rolls and Quarter Sessions records enable one to construct a tree of this family of yeoman farmers.

The will of Richard Ainscough in 1619 is especially interesting, for at the end of it there is a lengthy list of ‘Debtes owing’. The first three names are those of ‘gentlemen’ in the area, Richard NELSON, William TRAVERS and Richard ASHTON, owing a total of £240; after them come 24 other names, of people owing sums varying from £30 down to 40 shillings, a total of £160. One cannot be sure that all these were Catholics, but there are a number of known Catholic names. It seems that this ancestor of ours was acting as a local banker, as a side-line to his farming.

Recently, I found corroborative evidence for the history of this 17th Century family. Legal records for the County of Palatine of Lancaster are now at the Public Record Office (Chancery Lane); an account of them was published in the Journal of the Lancashire FHS (1). With the authors help I found a court case, ‘ROGERSON v AINSCOUGH’ in 1681. The bill of complaint, the answers of the defendant and the written evidence of the deponents ( who conveniently give not only their domicile, but also their ages) are extremely long and full of repetitions. The story, briefly is this:
When Hugh Ainscough died in 1657 he left a document leaving his property to be inherited in the male line. He had 3 living sons, Richard, Thomas and John. Some twenty years after Hugh’s death, Richard was a widower with only a daughter, Jane. Dissension arose because Richard’s next brother, Thomas, who had a son James, contended that after Richards death the estate should pass to him and then to James. Unfortunately the original document had (conveniently?) fallen accidentally into the fire when in Richard’s custody and could not be deciphered with certainty. In the end ‘friends and neighbours’ in Croston called the brothers together and endeavoured to settle the matter. Jane had married a tanner, James Rogerson and moved to his home in Grimsargh on the North side of Preston. Richard the widower spent his last years there. On his death-bed (in 1681) he told a visitor from Mawdesley, “I hoped that we had settled everything peaceably, but I fear that after my death my son in law will wrangle”. As indeed he did; the observations from the many deponents from M and nearby townships are of great interest. A lot of the trouble concerned a ‘flagg floor’, which Richard had removed to Grimsargh when he joined his daughter there; this had lessened the value of the Mawdesley farmhouse. Some deponents explained that they were his own flagstones given to him when, on his marriage, he built a cottage in ‘a close of his fathers fields’, so there was no reason why he should not transport the flags to his daughters home.

In the end Thomas retained the ‘estate’ but in 1690 his son James died suddenly, leaving a son and a daughter, both still children. Thomas at once made a will in their favour, but stipulating that ‘should they both happen to die’, the money was to be devoted by trustees to ‘pious purposes’ at their discretion.

Thomas himself died well over 80 years of age, in 1702 and his grandson Hugh, by then of age , signed a bond concerned with administering Thomas’ will. It is this Hugh, father of six children who were all baptised in Croston Parish Church between 1710 and 1720 who is the common ancestor of the six members of our Society.
Of Hugh’s six children, three are easily identifiable in the 1767 Papist Returns. Elizabeth (b15 Feb 1709 - d21 Aug 1783) age 74, had married Henry ANDERTON and emigrated to Yorkshire after the Jacobite rising and in 1767 was a widow in the parish of Holme on Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire, Elizabeth was my 4 x great grandmother.

James and Thomas were both in Mawdesley in 1767 and their full details appear in the Return of the Papists for that year. James’s will (1781) was registered as required for Papists and is in the Lancashire Record Office at Preston. Thomas left no will but his descendants founded the firm of Ainscough, Corn Merchants and built the Catholic Church in Parbold in the 19th Century. Details of this family can be found in ‘Burke’s Landed Gentry’.

I should be glad to hear from anyone with an interest in Mawdesley or in this family."

Reference:
1. Angela Barlow - The Chancery Court of the county Palatine of Lancaster, Lancashire, August 190; 11(3):19-25 (Journal of the Lancashire FHS).

Elizabeth Ainscough (1776-1816) m Richard Ainscough

You can also download the file as a pdf from the share box on the right "JamesAinscough_1743tree.pdf"
Something that has puzzled me for a while is Elizabeth Ainscough marrying Richard Ainscough???.....we know that there was more than 1 Ainscough family living in Mawdesley in the 1700-1800s, indeed maybe 3 Ainscough families. More research needs to be carried out to establish where Richard A's origins lie.

Elizabeth (1776-1816) is sister to Thomas A (1780-1861) my GGGG grandad who married Betty Whitehead (1796-1879).
Elizabeth married Richard Ainscough in 1795 (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Croston/). A witness was Richard Ainscough, probably her brother.

(From: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Croston/)
Marriage: 8 Sep 1795 St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Richard Ainscough (Cir 1773-Cir 1842) - (X), Cordwainer of This Parish
Elizabeth Ainscough - (X), Spinster of This Parish
Witness: William Eden; Richard Ainscough
Banns Read: 23 Aug 1795, 2nd: 30 Aug 1795, 3rd: 6 Sep 1795
Married by Banns by: Streynsham Master
Register: Marriages 1789 - 1812, Page 55, Entry 217
Source: LDS Film 93713
Elizabeth Ainscough - 31 Aug 1776 Croston, Lancashire, England - died Feb 1816
Betty (Elizabeth) Ainscough is not listed on the 1841 and 1851 census. Going back to her father (John A's) will, Betty was deceased before 1835. From the will we do know she had children.
In her father's will of 14 June 1835 it states " one seventh equally among the children of my late daughter Betty Ainscough deceased".

CHILDREN:
Baptisms in Rufford Parish Records:

Jane 1795
James 1798
Mary 1800
Margaret 1803
James 1805
Nancy 1808
John 1811

Details about death:
Burial: 4 Feb 1816 St. Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Ainscough
Age: 39
Abode: Mawdesley
Buried by: G. Parkin Curate
LDS Film 93713 Register: Burial 1813 - 1833, Page 33, Entry 262

PARENTS: (my GGGGG grandparents):
John Ainscough (Mawdesley,1752-14 June 1835) married Margaret Worthington (Lytham, 5 Oct 1751- Mawdesley, Jan1835) on 15 Nov 1775

SIBLINGS:
2. James - about 1778 - ?

*** GGGGgrandad
3. Thomas Ainscough - 1780 - 31 Dec 1861 - Mawdesley, Lancashire, buried Jan 1862 marries Elizabeth (Betty) WHITEHEAD (1796-1879), 17 May 1819 - Croston, Lancashire

4. Margaret - 4 Feb 1782 - Bef 14 Jun 1835 & buried Croston, Lancashire, marries Robert GORTLY (Abt 1780- ? )
Margaret (Ainscough) Gortley was also deceased before 1835, according to father's will. I was unable to find her marriage or burial records. In her father's will of 14 June 1835 it states "one seventh equally amongst the children of my late daughter Margaret Gortley deceased. "

5. Ann (Nancy) - 1784 - 1851, marries Robert Alty 3 Apr 1815 - Croston, Lancashire, England - see blog item Sept 7th 2006.

6. Richard - 1787 - 24 Dec 1849, Mawdesley, Lancashire
I think we can safely assume that Richard did not have or intend to have any children because of what is written in his father's will of 1835:
"estate called "Rutters"....in Mawdesley....to my son Richard and after his decease to my Grandson John Ainscough the son of John & Margaret"

7. Jane - 1789 - Jul 28 1794, Croston- died of smallpox age 6

8. John - Cir 1794 - 21 Feb 1872 Mawdesley, Lancashire, marries Margaret WIGNALL (Abt 1797-1860) in 1818 - Croston, Lancashire


Andrew Scarisbrick writes;
"These records are good as they give the father of Elizabeth as John Ainscough.
Have you seen these in Croston Parish Records?
Richd. Ainscough, born 13/8/1772, chr. 30/8/1772, son of James and Mary Ainscough
and marriage: James Ainscough to Mary Disley, 30/1/1770

Could this be the Richard A who married Elizabeth A? It seems likely, following the naming of their children. The James in question would be born approx. 1745. I am not sure of any link with the Southport/Scarisbrick line. He can't, as you say, be the brother of John, but could he be a cousin? A son of either Thomas (b. 1715) or Richard (b. 1720)?"

d.1818 - James Ainscough of Ulnes Walton, farmer and maltster - WILL

Once again many thanks to Andrew Scarisbrick (andy_scarisbrick@hotmail.com) who has kindly provided and transcribed the following will detail of James Ainscough d.1818. I think this is James Aiscough, son of Hugh Aiscough 1745 and Mary Smith Aiscough, grandson of Thomas (1715) and Alice Aiscough.
Thomas Aiscough (1715) is the brother of James Aiscough (1711) who is my GGGGGG grandad. This is the start of the Parbold line, Thomas being the great grandfather of the Parbold benefactors; the start of H&R Ainscough - (sons of Hugh A 1816-1894 & Susan Fairclough 1830-1923) see blog 27th November 2006.
http://www.ourladysparbold.org.uk/

From the detail in the Will it looks as though James (?-1818) died young and before his father Hugh (1746-1822).

Hugh's Burial (father of James) : 12 Mar 1822
Hugh Ainscough -
Age: 75
Abode: Mawdesley
Buried by: Roman Catholic

This gives a year of birth of 1746 or '47 for James' father Hugh. I presume this is the father of Richard Ainscough of Parbold, and James of Ulnes Walton. He could have been executor to James in 1819 if he died in 1822. James' will definitely lets us know that Hugh is still alive.

d.1818 - The Will of James Ainscough of Ulnes Walton, farmer and maltster

This is the last Will and Testament of me James Ainscough of Ulnes Walton in the county palatine of Lancaster farmer and maltster. First I order and direct that all my just debts funeral expenses and the charge of the probate of this my will be paid and discharged by my executors herein after named forth out of my personal estate. And I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Ellen Ainscough the sum of five pounds of lawful money of Great Britain the same to be paid to her my said wife by my executors herein after named out of my personal estate at the end of twelve month next after my decease. And I give and bequeath all my Household goods and furniture, farming stock, stock in trade, debts due and owing to me or which shall be due and owing to me at the time of my decease, monies and personal estate and effects whatsoever and wherever unto my Father Hugh Ainscough of Mawdsley in the said county his Executors Administrators and Assigns to and for his and their own proper use and benefit for ever. And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Father Hugh Ainscough and my Brother Richard Ainscough of Parbold in the said county executors of this my will. And lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former will and wills by me at any time heretofore made and do declare this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I the said Testator James Ainscough have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

The Testator died the fourth of December 1818.

The tenth day of May 1819 Hugh Ainscough of Mawdsley, farmer, and Richard Ainscough of Parbold, shopkeeper, the executors in this will named were sworn in common form and they further made oath that the personal estate and effects of the testator within the diocese of Chester were under the value of £450.

d.1813 Hugh Ainscough of Ormskirk, liquor merchant - WILL

I wish to thank Andrew Scarisbrick (andy_scarisbrick@hotmail.com) who has kindly provided and transcribed the following will detail of Hugh Ainscough. Hugh was the youngest of 3 sons of James Aiscough (1711). His eldest brother John Aiscough (1752) was my GGGGG grandad, so I guess this makes this Hugh a very great uncle of mine!

Andy Scarisbrick also writes, "Oh, and in St Helens church, I found the marriage of Mary Ainscough to Thomas Eccleston. Mary was the sister of Hugh (d.1813), John and James. I have also found the will of Margaret Ainscough of Ormskirk, spinster d.1812. From the info in the will, she is another sister of Mary, Hugh, John and James above. I shall transcribe it and pass that on for you."

LIQUOR MERCHANT
Hugh Ainscough (1760-1813)

PARENTS: my GGGGGG grandparents
James Aiscough (1711-1781) & Margaret (1717-1781)

SIBLINGS:
Ann (1742-aft 1813)m John Stopford (children Henry Stopford & John Stopford)
Elizabeth (Betty) (1747-bef.1813)m? (children Mary Worthington & Margaret Brown)
Margaret (Peggy)(1749-1812) spinster, Ormskirk
John (1752- 1835) my GGGGG grandad
Mary (Molly) (1753-aft 1813) m Thomas Eccleston (St Helens)
James (1756-1813) m Elizabeth Fletcher (?-1813)
Jennet (Jane) (1770-bef 1813)

d.1813 - The Will of Hugh Ainscough of Ormskirk, liquor merchant

The last Will and Testament of me Hugh Ainscough of Scarisbrick in the County of Lancaster Liquor Merchant made published an declared the twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirteen. I give and devise unto my brother James the estate in Mawdsley which I hold by lease for his life. And I do also give and devise unto him my said brother James my land of Inheritance in Mawdsley called Rutter’s during his natural life. And from and after his decease I give and devise the said estate called Rutter’s unto Hugh Ainscough (son of my said brother James) To hold to him and the Heirs of his body lawfully sprung Subject nevertheless and I do hereby charge and make chargeable the said estate called Rutter’s (from and after the decease of my said brother) with one annuity yearly rent charge or sum of five pounds which I give and devise unto my said brother’s widow and her Assigns during her natural life. And from and after her decease with an annuity yearly rent charge or sum of three pounds which I give and devise unto my nephew John Stopford and his wife during their joint lives and unto the survivor during his or her life. The said annuities of five pounds and three pounds to be paid and payable by two equal half yearly payments __?__ on the feast of Saint Michael and the anniversary of our Lord Jesus Christ The first payment to be made on such of those days which shall next come next after the several contingencies happen upon which the same depend. And I do authorize and empower the widow of my said brother James and my said nephew John Stopford and his wife respectively to distrain and recover the said several annuities hereby given to them when in arrear in like manner as rent reserved on Lease may by law be distrained for and recovered. I give and bequeath unto my brother John five shillings as a token of remembrance and the like sum to each of his children. I give and bequeath to each of my said brother James’s children thirty pounds And to my nephews (sons of my sister Ann Stopford) each fifty pounds. To my nephew Henry Ainscough of Scarisbrick Miller the further sum of One hundred pounds. To my late sister Jane’s children each the sum of twenty pounds. To Margaret Brown (daughter of my late sister Elizabeth) twenty pounds, Ad to Mary Worthington (another daughter of my said sister Elizabeth) twenty pounds. The several Legacies to be paid and payable at the expiration of twelve calendar months next after my Death in case the persons to whom the same are given shall be content with this my will and satisfied to receive the same if not the legacies given to such discontented or dissatisfied legate or legatees are to sink into and become a part of the residue of my effects. I give and bequeath my household goods and furniture plate linnen and china equally between my nephew Henry Stopford and my niece Mary Worthington. And I give and bequeath my cloths and wearing apparel equally amongst my nephews. My interest in the stands and property upon Aughton Moss and in the Cockpit at Ormskirk I give unto Thomas Houghton (son of my friend Thomas Houghton). And I give and bequeath unto William and Thomas sons of my Nephew Edward and to my Nephew Henry Ainscough’s son each five pounds and the like sum of five pounds to the following persons __?__ to Henry son of John Halsall of Ormskirk, to Henry son of Henry Halsall of Ormskirk, to George son of Henry Ainscough of Scarisbrick. And I give and bequeath unto Mrs Nancy Jeffryes the sum of ten pounds. And it is my further will and mind that my nephew Henry Stopford shall have the preference in taking the stock at a fair valuation giving my Executors security for the amount payable within three years from my death. And I do particularly request him to assist my other Executors in collecting the Debts and otherwise arranging my affairs for the space of three years or until such time as the same can be properly wound up. In which cases at the end of the said term of three years I allow him to take to his own use and herebt give him two hundred pounds out of the stock and debts. And I do give and bequeath unto my brother James’s sons James Hugh Thomas and Henry and to John Watkinson’s two sons James and Hugh one hundred pounds out of the debts sum and sums of money which shall or may be collected during those three years to be paid and payable from and after divided amongst them after the complete discharge and satisfaction of my just debts funeral Expenses with the charges of the probate and Execution of this my will first taking into account and considering that my stock in trade is to be applied for that purpose together also with my two cottages is Bridge Street St Helens otherwise Hardshaw within Windle my house and premises in Aughton Street Ormskirk and all other my Messuages lands tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever not herein before disposed of. And I do give devise and bequeath the said cottages house and premises Messuage lands tenements and Hereditaments unto my Executors hereinafter named their Heirs Executors and administrators according to the nature thereof respectively Upon trust to sell and convert the same into money to meet the exingencies aforesaid. And I declare order and direct that the receipt and receipts of my said trustees and executors and of the survivors and survivor and of the Heirs Executors and Administrators of the survivor shall be a good and efficient discharge to any purchaser or purchasers of my estates property and effects hereinbefore directed to be sold and that such purchaser and purchasers shall not afterwards be subject or liable to look to the further application of the money mentioned in any such receipt or receipts or be answerable or accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof to the trusts aforesaid. And as to any surplus of my debts remaining uncollected after the expiration of three years next after the payments aforesaid I give and bequeath the same unto my nephews Henry Stopforth and Henry Ainscough and my friend Matthias Smith of Ormskirk whom I do appoint Executors of this my will. And I declare that they or any or either of them shall not be liable or answerable for the others or other of them or for the acts deeds receipts or defaults of the others or other (joining only for conformity notwithstanding) Nor shall they or any of them be liable to make good any loss that may happen to my estates property and effects or any part thereof so as such loss happen without his their or any of their wilful neglect or default. And lastly that they my said trustees and Executors shall and may receive deduct and retain all his and their costs charges and expences incurred or sustained in about or consequent upon the execution of this my will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first before written.

Signed sealed published and declared by the testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in his presence and in the presence of each other. The words “one hundred pounds out of the ” which “ to be paid and payable from and divided amongst them after ” payments the payments aforesaid ” being first interlined together with the word “ and “
Mary Fairhurst
Sanford Prescott
Tho: Houghton

Hugh Ainscough

Codicil to the above will
Sister Ann Stopford a white silk handkerchief, white silk gloves & ribbon
Sister Mary Eccleston – the like.
The Gig and horse to be sold so soon after my death as conveniently may be.
Witness my hand 27 April 1813
Hugh Ainscough
Witnesses Sanford Prescott
Tho: Houghton


1st May 1813 As a second codicil to this my will I give and bequeath unto my niece Mary Worthington the nest of drawers bedstocks and hangings bed bedding and what thereunto appertains now being in her lodging room And I give and bequeath unto my nephew Henry Stopford the remainder of my household goods and furniture upon payment of twenty pounds to the said Mary Worthington Except the bedstocks with plad hangings with bed and bedding and what appertains thereunto in the lodging room of my said niece which I give to my nephew Henry Ainscough and I give to my sister in law Betty the wife of my brother James a white silk handkerchief, white silk gloves and Ribbon. To Jane Watkinson of Scarisbrick Hall white silk gloves and Ribbon. To Ellen Grooshall of St. Helens white silk gloves and Ribbon And I do confirm my said will in all other respects.
Hugh Ainscough
Signed in the presence of Mary Fairhurst
Tho: Houghton

The tenth day of January 1814 Matthias Smith Executor in this will with two codicils named (power being __?__ to Henry Stopforth & Henry Ainscough executors also named to take upon themselves the execution of the said will when they shall lawfully request the same) as he further made oath that the personal estate & effects of the testator within the diocese of Chester were under the sum of fifteen hundred pounds before me
G Ford Surrogate

The testator died on the tenth day of May 1813

Under 1500
Probate Issued Dated 10 January 1814

[The use of different fonts within the text represents the use of different handwriting within the Will.]

AINSCOUGH pronunciation??

So we've all had to deal with those tricky situations in our past, trying to explain that Ainscough is pronounced "co" and not "cough", such a complicated word blend is "ough".......I found this on the web and kind of liked it!

http://www.magoo.com/hugh/pronunciation.html/
The use of ough in the spelling of the surname is not much help to a reader trying to pronounce it. To quote Fowler:

"9. OUGH This combination of letters has deservedly become the classic example of the notorious inconsequence of English spelling. There are nine different ways of saying it . . ."—and a tenth if you include hiccough. H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, under "pronunciation."
Rick Sutcliffe, on his web page Opundo, under "English pronouncements," comes up with twenty ways to pronounce ough, augh, or eugh:

"The combination 'ough' can be pronounced in fourteen different ways.
1. awe: thought, bought, fought, brought, ought, sought, nought, wrought
2. uff: enough, rough, tough, slough, Clough, chough
3. ooh: through, slough
4. oh: though, although, dough, doughnut, brougham, Ough, furlough, Greenough, thorough
5. off: cough, trough
6. ow: bough, plough, sough
7. ou: drought, doughty, Stoughton
8. uh: Scarborough, borough, thorough (alt), thoroughbred, Macdonough, Poughkeepsie
9. up: hiccoughed
10. oth: trough (alt)
11. ock: lough, hough
12. oc[h] (aspirated): lough
13. ahf: Gough
14. og: Coughlin (also #5)

"The following sentence contains them all:
Rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman John Gough strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough on Coughlin road near the lough (dry due to drought), he coughed and hiccoughed, then checked his horse's houghs and washed up in a trough.

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Note: Loughborough is #2, followed by #8
For an amusing poem, see English pronunciation—The Chaos, and word search for ough. On this page is this sentence:
"12 Ways to pronounce -ough. (From an English newspaper in the 1940s—adapted:

A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman, called Ayscough (pronounced Askew), slapped his horse on the hough (hock) as he rode through the streets of Willsborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully, while the wind was soughing (Oxford Dictionary 'sooching') through the lough."

CATHERINE FARLEY 1872-1951 m HENRY AINSCOUGH 1868–1912

(my Great grandmother)
Born 20th September 1872 – died 14th December 1951




Coat of arms image taken from: http://www.houseofnames.com/

Baptised 29 September 1872 as Catherina Farrelly daughter of Jacobi & Maria Farrelly (nee Morris) at Our Lady & St. Joseph RC Church, Seacombe, Cheshire. Godfather John Farrelly, Godmother Joanna McCormick

Catherine was the mother of Norbert Ainscough (my grandad). She married Henry Ainscough in 1895. Her family migrated from North Dublin, Ireland (1864-1867?) to Seacombe, Cheshire and then Birkenhead Liverpool, where Catherine was born. Presumably this was due to her father Jacobi Farley in search of employment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Lane_railway_station/
Catherine lived with her 1st husband Henry Ainscough in the Station Master’s house at Dean Lane, Moston where Henry worked as station-master. Census detail suggests that this was from about 1900 to Henry’s early death at the age of 44 in 1912. He died young of pneumonia. On his death, the family had to move, the cost of living in a tied accommodation. Catherine (Farley) remarried Pop Henry Seymour (2nd husband) - see images above and in Flickr group: http://flickr.com/groups/ainscough/

Information provided by Jonathon Hopper (my 2nd cousin) & Anthony Brown (Aus)
PARENTS of Catherine Farley
James Farley 1834- 27th June 1897 m Mary Morris 1836 - July 5th 1900

FATHER - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Jacobi FARRELLY (James Farley)
30 Mar 1864 - at 9 Boot Lane, North Dublin at time of birth of son John
1864-67 - migrated to England
15 May 1867 - Shipbuilding labourer of Poolton-cum-Seacombe at birth of son James.
27 Dec 1869 - General labourer living at Poolton cum Seacombe at time of birth of son Thomas
2 Apr 1871 - 36yrs Mar. Laborer in Ironworks - Born Ireland. Seacombe Bld Wallasley Cheshire
20 Sep 1872 - Labourer in Shipyard, living at Seacombe Buildings, Poolton Cres, Wallasley, Seacombe, Cheshire (birth of dau Catherine)
14 Aug 1875 - at 4 Seacombe Building, Poolton-cum-Seacombe, Shipbuilder at birth of daughter Margaret.
2 Apr 1881 - 10 St. Mary's Avenue Birkenhead Cheshire Head M 45 M Sawyer (Unemp) bn Ireland
31 Mar 1891 census? - (tried Birkenhead & 78 St. James Sq Salford) but not in area
28 Sept 1895 - Joiner Journeyman 78 St. James St. Salford, (Marr of dau Catherine)
27 June 1897 - died at 78 St. James Street Salford, Lancashire, England
June Q 1897 - death registered as Salford 8d 145 age 59yrs
1 July 1897 - buried at Weaste Cemetery Salford Grave 615 plotA9
11 Feb 1899 - shown as Joiner (journeyman) (deceased) on marriage certificate of dau Margaret to Thomas Murphy of 59 Monmouth Street Salford.
1920's Draper shop in Salford (from Harry Ainscough) But Bernadette disagrees said shop was run by Catherine Ainscough.
Sawyer - unemployed in 1881

MOTHER - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Mary (Maria) MORRIS
30 Mar 1864 - gave birth to son John at Lying in Hospital, Britain Street, Nth Dublin
1864-67 - migrated to England
15 June 1867 - at Poolton cum Seacombe when informant of birth of son James
27 Dec 1869 - at Poolton cum Seacombe when informant of birth of son Thomas
2 Apr 1871 Mar - 34yrs Seacombe Buildings Wallasley Cheshire born Ireland .
20 Sep 1872 - Seacombe Buildings Wallasley Cheshire, birth of daughter Catherine
14 Aug 1875 - 4 Seacombe Buildings Wallasley Cheshire, birth of daughter Margaret Ellen
3 Apr 1881 - 10 St. Mary's Avenue Birkenhead Cheshire Wife M 44 F bn Ireland
31 Mar 1891 census?? - Possibly Salford
28 Sept 1895 - at 78 St. James Street Salford at marriage of dau Catherine to Henry Ainscough
11 February - 1899 at 59 Monmouth Street Salford at Marriage of dau Margaret to Thomas Murphy
5 July 1900 - at 27 Ariel St. Pendleton, Salford at time of death.
Sept Q 1900 - death registered Salford 8d 4
9 July 1900 - buried at Weaste Cemetery, Salford Grave 615 plotA9

SIBLINGS of Catherine Farley
Mary Farley – 1857- unknown
John Farley – 30th March 1864 – 27th May 1896
James Farley – 15th June 1867 - ?
Thomas Farley – 27th December 1869 – after 1920
Margaret Farley – 14th August 1875 – about 1967

CHILDREN of Henry & Catherine FARLEY AINSCOUGH
John Maurice Ainscough – 1896-1975 m Mary Ellen Williams 1892-1976
Thomas Ainscough -1898-1974 m Mamie Mitchell 1897 - 1971
George Alfred Ainscough – 1890-1890 died as a baby
Bernard Ainscough – 1899-1978 m Edith Smith
Margaret Mary Ainscough – 1901-1983 (Australia) m Harold Brown 1893-1976
James Norbert Ainscough -1903-1991 m Catherine Farley 1872-1951
Mary Kathleen Ainscough -1904-1982 (Australia) m Jim Seymour 1900-1972
Harry Kevin Ainscough - 1912-1998 (Melbourne, Australia) m Helen Cockin 1913-living

On 1 Aug 2007, at 08:51, Jonathan Hopper wrote:
Tony...I have a record of another potential child of Catherine and Henry
Ainscough..
George Alfred Ainscough born and died in 1890, Chorley...
Born Jan-Mar 1890
Died Jul-Sep 1890
Is this news to you? We would need to send off for the certificates to be sure.

Jonathan

ADDITIONAL NOTES: Catherine Farley
Dec Q 1872 - birth Birkenhead 8a 503
29 Sep 1872 - baptised as Catherina Farrelly dau of Jacobi & Maria Farrelly (nee Morris) at Our Lady & St. Joseph Seacombe, Godfather John Farrelly, Godmother Joanna McCormick
3 April 1881 - 10 St. Mary's Avenue Birkenhead U 8 dau scholar bn Seacombe, Cheshire England.
31 Mar 1891 census?? - try Salford??
28 Sept 1895 - 23yrs, 78 St. James Street. Salford marriage to Henry Ainscough
21 Aug 1896 - at 11 Fielden St. Chorley (birth of son John Maurice)
6 July 1900 - at 207 Huddersfield Road, New Hey when informant of death of her mother Mary Farley
31 Mar 1901 - 52 Dean Lane Newton Heath North Manchester 27yrs bn Birkenhead CHS
1 Jun 1901 - 52 Dean Lane Newton Heath North Manchester birth of dau Margaret Mary
2 Apr 1911 census- check Dean Lane Newton Heath??
10 Oct 1912 52 Dean Lane, Newton Heath, North Manchester
June Q 1924 - married Prestwick 8d 693 to Henry Seymour
23 May 1925 - 20 Richmond St Newton Heath Nth M/c
8 June 1935 - 154 Church St. Newton Heath M/c nth
1937 @ 897 Kingsway, East Didsbury M/c M20 5PB
14 Dec 1951 - 78yrs died at 24 Elmsmere Road (home of Harry & Helen Ainscough) Didsbury
18 Dec1951 - Buried in Moston Cemetery, Manchester. Grave no.761

OUR BRANCH
12. Hugh m Ann. no dates.
11.Hugh Ainscough (c1689-?) m Elizabeth ?
10.James AISCOUGH (1711-1781) m
9. John AISCOUGH (1752-1835) m
8. Thomas AINSCOUGH (1780-1861) m Elizabeth(Betty)Whitehead (1796?-1879)
7. Hugh AINSCOUGH (1822-1882) m Elizabeth (Ellen) Cowley (1826-1886)
6.Thomas AINSCOUGH (1846-1929) m Margaret Barnes (1839?-1913)
5. *Henry AINSCOUGH (1868-1912) m Catherine Farley (1872-1951)
4. Norbert AINSCOUGH (1903-1991) m Freda Faulkner (1910-1998)
3. Peter AINSCOUGH m Margaret Nangle
2. Barbara AINSCOUGH
1. Rhiannon AINSCOUGH

See memorial plaque for Catherine (Farley) Ainscough (20th September 1872 –14th December 1951)
My Great grandmother was buried at Moston cemetery on 18th December 1951 in grave 761 in St. Anthony's RC section. Also buried in that grave 1912 is her first husband Henry Ainscough, and Bernard Ainscough buried 15 Jan 1929, son of Thomas & Mamie Ainscough who was born 28 December 1928.