In 1701 John Gleghorne, a mariner, lodging at the Red Lion, on Wapping Wall, married Hannah Didcot, of St Paul Shadwell parish. They settled down, just around the corner in Sarah Street, and John became a waterman, the first of 8 generations subsequently.
In 1688, Sarah Gleghorne got married, as a widow, of the parish of St Paul, Shadwell, at St Katherine by the Tower, which is about half a mile away. I have no evidence what relationship Sarah is to John, although I suspect she's his mother.
I can find no trace of John's baptism record anywhere within Middlesex or London.
A surname distribution map shows the Gleghornes to have been prevalent, at this particular time, in the Durham and Northumberland areas. I think it is very likely that John sailed from this coast, until young Hannah caught his eye, and he settled down here.
Has anybody come across this fella?
We all run up against a brickwall eventually, and this has been mine, these last 8 years!
James
In 1688, Sarah Gleghorne got married, as a widow, of the parish of St Paul, Shadwell, at St Katherine by the Tower, which is about half a mile away. I have no evidence what relationship Sarah is to John, although I suspect she's his mother.
I can find no trace of John's baptism record anywhere within Middlesex or London.
A surname distribution map shows the Gleghornes to have been prevalent, at this particular time, in the Durham and Northumberland areas. I think it is very likely that John sailed from this coast, until young Hannah caught his eye, and he settled down here.
Has anybody come across this fella?
We all run up against a brickwall eventually, and this has been mine, these last 8 years!
James
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