Sarah Wilcockson

Sarah Wilcockson
Probably named for her maternal grandmother Sarah Satterthwaite (nee Parke)
RG6/822 born 17 Dec 1780, Fishwick
daughter of David and Esther
present at birth
Alex Osbaldeston
Mary Satterthwaite

From the national archive site
(Sarah Wilcockson from Preston MM to Heartshaw 1 Aug 1797, and letter indicating return of certificate on her return to Preston, 16 Jan 1798 FRP18/7/10
Had a look at this at Preston Record Office -  
There is nothing to convey that special feeling when you actually hold in your hand something you know was of someone on your tree, so even though I transcribe the information contained I would recommend that if you get the chance go and hold this single piece of paper - that was so important to them, even the feel of the paper is different though I suppose handling should be kept to a minimum and marvel at how it has survived. We may see digital images of documents online,  for which I am greatful, but something has been lost in the process. & used in the following indicates a symbol used in the text to convey "and" - I love the way they abbreviated.
"To Hartshaw monthly meeting
Dear Frds.
Sarah Wilcockson a young woman a member of our monthly meeting having removed to within the compass of yours in the capacity of a servant, & a certificate being requested on her behalf.
This may certify that she frequently attended our religious meetings & on enquiry we believe she has left us? clear from Debts & marriage engagements as a Member of our Society we recommend her to your care & oversight wishing her Preservation & growth in the Truth, we remain with love your Friends signed in & on behalf of Preston Monthly Meeting held there the 1 of 8 mo (hole in paper) 1797 by
signed in X on behalf of the          Thos. Butler (looks likeButter?)
womens Meeting by                      Ralph Alderson
Alice Brown Clerk                        William Brown
                                                      Benj Abbatt Clerk

To Preston Monthly Meeting
Dear Friends
Sarah Wilcockson being returned from us to you, we return her certificate, having nothing farther to remark than what is there in contained and are your affectionate Friends -
signed by order and on behalf of Hardshaw Monthly meet held at Warrington the 16th of 1st month 1798
by Jno Bludwick Clerk
signed in and on behalf of the womens meetg by
Ann Clare Clarke this time.
(red seal mark - this is what caused the hole in the paper)
(on the other side of this single piece of paper -)
Wm Brown leather cutter Preston
John Bludwick Warrington"

Sarah Wilcockson, servant, to Hardshaw FRP11/52 1 Aug 1797)

Hardshaw - covers Liverpool and Manchester. I have not looked at the actual documents. Now that I have looked at the document it looks like she went to Warrington.

In 1797 Sarah would have been 16.

(clue from the pink book, that she married Cuthbert Meadows)

from image on ancestry.co.uk
Lancaster St Mary
23 Oct 1811
Cuthbert Meadows of Preston in the parish of Preston currier, widow and Sarah Wilcockson of this town and parish, spinster married by licence
witnesses
Samuel Dean
Elizabeth Dodgson

Sarah would have been 30 at the time of this marriage.

The family of Cuthbert Meadows
This may or may not be the Cuthbert Meadows that Sarah married, but we do know he was a currier, had been married before and in 1811 was living in Preston.
from UK Register of duties paid for apprentices Indentures (ancestry)
Robt Park, Preston currier paid for two apprentices Cuthbert Meadows and Heny Almond on Monday 27 Aug 1804. But from the Lancaster Gazette April 12 1806 Robert Park currier of Preston appears to be ceasing business. Now the Satterthwaite family in Preston were involved in the currier business.

from Lancs OPC site :
St Leonard, Walton le Dale
(about 2 miles south of Preston)
16 April 1807
marriage of Cuthbert Meadows and Mary King

Preston St John
1 May 1808 born 14 Mar. Thomas Meadows
son of Cuthbert Meadows and Mary

20 Aug 1809 born 25 Jun. Ellen Meadows
dau. of Cuthbert Meadows and Mary

St Leonard, Walton le Dale
burial July 15 1810 Mary daughter of Cuthbert and Mary Meadows
burial 30 Dec 1810 Mary Meadows wife of Cuthbert Meadows

If this is the correct family it would seem Sarah became stepmother to Thomas age 3 and Ellen age 2.
Thomas Meadows born Preston can be found on the census but there is nothing to suggest contact. Also the children may have been taken by the mothers family.

I have not found out when Cuthbert Meadows died, but from Sarah's next marriage he must have died before March 1818.

The pink book says there was no issue from this marriage.
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Sarah then turns up in BLACKBURN.
(I can't find the reference for this but I think Sarah Meadows and Thomas Brown both appeared in a Blackburn directory, so she was living in Blackburn before she married Thomas - did she move to Blackburn with Cuthbert? did she move there after Cuthbert's death? (found it - on ancestry : The Commercial directory 1816-1817 Blackburn - Flour & dealers Thomas Brown Darwen street, Sarah Meadows Church street, under Grocers Thomas Brown Darwen street and under Confectioners Sarah Meadows)  and there is a mystery about J. Wilcockson, Blackburn  - could this be James or John was this one of her brothers?
from newspaper advert ?  Liverpool Mercury Friday 4 July 1817 list of agents including Preston I Wilcockson+ P. Whittle, Blackburn J. Wilcockson Bookseller)

Lanc OPC site
Blackburn St. Mary
5 Mar 1818
Thomas Brown, grocer, widower of Blackburn
Sarah Meadows, widow of Blackburn
witnesses
James L Fish
Wm Haydock

Sarah would have been 37 at the time of this marriage.

The family of Thomas Brown.
So again Sarah was marrying a widow.
From census images later, Sarah's daughter had a Brown neice living with her which suggested she had a brother or half brother. Also all these Brown children were baptized at the same chapel.

Lancs OPC
Blackburn St. Mary
26 Dec 1797
Thomas Brown, cotton manufacturer, Blackburn
Hannah Wilkinson, spinster

Wesleyan Methodist Clayton St, Chapel
Thomas Brown c. 12 Ap 1799 b. 17 Mar 1799
James Brown c. 6 Jun 1800 b. 18 Apr 1800
Margaret Brown c. 18 Dec 1806 b. 4 Dec 1805
Henry Brown c. 10 Mar 1807 b. 17 Feb 1807
Ellen Brown c. 6 Oct 1809 b. 13 Sep 1809
Hannah Brown c. 13 Feb 1812 b. 13 Feb 1812
(all these were the children of Thomas and Hannah)

Betty Brown c. 27 Dec 1821 BORN ?Sep 1818
Lancs OPC has parents Thomas and Hannah
but looking at the image it looks more like Thomas and Sarah. The day given as 5th on Lancs OPC, off the image could be 18 or 16 or 6 or 5.
As Thomas and Sarah married March 1818, it looks like Sarah was expecting when she married or else Betty was premature. Also the late christening.
(In the Quaker records there are often recorded the children of parents not in membership or unity, I haven't figured out yet why some children are thus recorded and others not. It also confuses me as to why some people are buried in Quaker grounds when they are not in unity.)

Sarah Brown c. 18 Jul 1822 b. 7 Mar 1822, Blackburn, Thomas and Sarah
Sarah was age 41 when she had daughter Sarah.
Sarah's father David was still alive.

So from the point of view of Wilcockson research the two we are interested in are Betty (Elizabeth) and Sarah. This fits in with information from the pink book.

I have not found a suitable death for Thomas Brown husband of Sarah.

Preston Chronicle
Feb 20 1841
On Saturday last, at Calder-bridge, near Garstang, Mrs Sarah Brown, widow of the late Mr. Thomas Brown, of Blackburn, and second daughter of the late Mr. David Wilcockson, of this town, in the 61st year of her age.

(so we know neither Sarah nor Thomas will be on the 1841 census)

Note to self about Garstang. There seems to have been a group of Quakers settling in Garstang, I read in one book that it was not as developed there as the nearby Preston and Lancaster and kept more old fashioned. Need to look at Quakers living in Garstang in 1841 census. Think maybe sister Mary married to Richard Jackson????)
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The story of Elizabeth Brown b 1818 Blackburn and
The Dixon-Nuttall story.

1841 census
Birkenhead
Anwich?

Abigail Hudderston? 70 ind   N
Elizabeth Brown 20               N
Ann Floyd 25                         N
John Stephenson 45 wine merchant I
Jeanette Stephenson 30          N
Frances Tyson 55 F.S.           N

Who was Abigail ?
I don't think Elizabeth was a servant.

I'm going to put some Nuttall family history on here because 1. its an interesting story and 2. it explains why Elizabeth Brown and her children were fortunate. I'll colour it blue.

The pink book mentions Fancis D Nuttall

Preston Chronicle
April 25 1846
On Thursday last, at St Mary's Birkenhead, by the Rev. A. Knox B.A. Mr Francis Dixon glass manufacturer, Ravenhead, nephew of the late Jonas Nuttall, Esq, Nut Grove, in the late firm of Nuttall, Fisher and Dixon, Liverpool, to Elixabeth (x as in newspaper), daughter of the late Mr. Thos, Brown of Blackburn.

Why did the family change their name from Dixon to Dixon-Nuttall?
How did Francis and Elizabeth know each other?

1841 Burnley, West Gate
Elizabeth Dixon 40 Ind Y
Frances 20                     Y
Francis 20 printers apprentice Y
Jonas Booth 12               N

1841 Prescot, St Helens
Nut Grove
Frances Nettle 69 Ind Y
Frances Trefall? 48     N
Mr. Hardman 30 M.S. Y
Esther Fenny 26 F.S. Y
Elizabeth Robins 31 F.S. Y
Thos Gill 28 printer      N

1851 Prescot, St Helens
Francis Dixon 32 b. Burnley
Glass bottle manufacture employing 30 men and 28 boys
Elizabeth 32 b. Blackburn
Sarah L 4 b. St Helens
Mary E 2 b. St Helens
William F 3m b St Helens
Jane Barlows 20 serv. b. Prescot
Jane Robinson 14 serv. b. Rainhill

1861 Prescot, St Helens
Frances D. Nuttall 40 Gentleman b. Burnley
Elizabeth 40 b. Blackburn
Sarah L. 14 b. Sutton
Mary E. 12 b. Sutton
William F. 10 b, Sutton
Frederick 8 b. Sutton
Florence B. 8m b. Sutton
Agnes Salkeld 28 Governess b. Manchester
Emma J Hill 22 servant b. Plymouth
Phoebe E Lockley 20 servant b. Sutton
Annie Lofthouse 14 nurse b. Sutton

Prescot, Eccleston
Brown Edge
Elizabeth Dixon 68 widow b ???Holland
John Merson 36 glass manufacturer b. Scotland
Frances Merson 35 book keeper b. Burnley

death Frances Merson Mar Q 1868 Ormskirk

1871 Prescot, St Helens
Francis Dixon Nuttall 51 Glass manufacturer
Elizabeth 51
Louisa 24
Emily 22
Wm. F 20
Fredk R 18
Florence B 10
Agnes Salkeld 38 governess b. Bampton
Mary A Salthouse 17 VISITOR born Preston
Mary Ashall 32 servant
Alice Navis 16 servant

1881 Nut grove Hall
Francis Dixon Nuttall 61 Glass manufacturer
Elizabeth 61
Sarah Louisa 34
Frederick 28
Florence 20
Agnes Salkeld 48 Governess
Martha Eden 23 servant
Isabella Telford 20 servant

1891 Prescot St Helens
Nutgrove Hall
Francis Dixon Withall 71 Glassman
Eliz 71
Florence 30
Agnes Salkeld 58 Governess
Rachael Roberts 18 servant
Margaret Lloyd 17 servant

1901 Prescot St Helens
Nutgrove Hall
Francis Dixon Nuttall 80 living on own means
Elizabeth 80
Agnes Salkeld 68 companion
Jane Falsal 23 cook
Lillian Morrow 25 housemaid

Probate
1904
Elizabeth Dixon Nuttall of Nutgrove-hall, St. Helens
wife of Francis Dixon Nuttall
died 15 Dec 1903
Admin to Francis Dixon Nuttall
£1,269 7s 4d

1915
Francis Dixon Nuttall of Nutgrove-hall, St. Helens
Gentleman
died 18 Feb 1915
to Florence Bruce, widow
£22,614 5s 5d

Of interest only - Agnes the governess example of a servant who stayed with the family.
probate Agnes Salkeld of Nutgrove-hall St Helens spinster died 6 Aug 1906 to Mary Salkeld spinster to  Mary Salkeld spinster and Barbara Robinson widow £2,282 2s.

Thomas Nuttall
There is quite a bit of information online about this Thomas Nuttall. If he had married and had children Francis Dixon would not have inherited Nutgrove hall. Thomas Nuttall's obit in The Settle Chronicle and North Ribblesdale Advertiser Jan 1 1861 is online at www.longpreston heritage.org.uk , (where information was supplied by Thomas Nuttall's nephew Mr T J Booth. Thomas b. 1786 of humble parentage,  Long Preston, Craven, West Yorkshire. His father died when he was 12, the family nearly in poverty. He had two younger sisters. At 14 indentured for 7 years to book-printing paternal uncle Jonas Nuttall Esq of Liverpool. He became interested in science largely self-taught specifically botany. He went to the USA in 1808) more information on his exploits in America can be found online, www.encyclopedia of arkansas.net  where we are told Thomas's parents were James Nuttall and Margaret Hardacre Jan 5 1786, he had sisters Susan (Susannah) and Elizabeth. That he never married and had no children. On google books we find reference to a book about him - Thomas Nuttall naturalist explorations in America 1808-1841 by Jeannette E. Graustein 1967. He is more remembered in America it seems. He came back to England when he inherited his uncle Jonas's estate (I think because it was a condition that he lived at Nutgrove hall). From encyclopedia.com Thomas was a lecturer in natural history at Harvard for 11 years.

Jonas Nuttall ( think Fisher apprentice came up with idea of selling books in parts so poorer people could buy them, came up with marketing policy still used today - partnership in Liverpool before then was in Blackburn need to look at dates to see - wonder if Isaac Wilcockson knew him? When Jonas retired he moved to Nut Grove and built new house there, married had children? died? built Methodist Chapel there, maybe link to Chapel in Blackburn?? Did the Nuttalls and Browns know one another at Chapel??)
Lancaster Gazette Nov 28 1818
On the 20th inst. aged 55, Mr Francis Dixon, late of the firm of Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, Caxton printing-office, Liverpool (grandfather of Francis Dixon who married Elizabeth Brown?)

Lancaster Gazette Oct 5 1822
On the 21st inst. suddenly, at Dublin, in his 31st year, Mr. Richard Dixon, of Burnley, son of the late Mr. Francis Dixon, of the late firm of Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon of Liverpool. (father of Francis Dixon who married Elizabeth Brown)

Francis Dixon
www.suttonbeauty.org.uk has the history of glassmaking in Sutton. You will find much interesting info including Francis. At one point he became bankrupt - there was an expensive court case but then he started up another business this may have been because he had income from the estate - farm rents and money from mines?? gleaned from newspaper.


The family of Francis Dixon b. Burnley d. 1915
and Elizabeth Brown b. 1818 Blackburn d. 1903
So far I have identified five children.
1.SARAH LOUISA DIXON NUTTALL
born 1847
death DecQ 1890 Prescot
buried Rainhill 13 Dec 1890
2.MARY EMILY DIXON NUTTALL
born 1849
m. JunQ 1872 Prescot
Rainhill St Ann
24 Apr 1872
Thomas Carter Salthouse 26 drysalter
Mary Emily Dixon Nuttall 23

1881 Stretford 147 Shrewsbury Street
Thomas C Salthouse 35 Drysalter and oil merchants agent b. Fleetwood
Mary E 32 b. St Helens
Alice E C 5 b. Stretford
Thomas F 3 b. Stretford
Florence E 1 b. Stretford
Eleanor Parkin 22 servant b. Durham

1891 West Derby Walton village
Thos C Salthouse 45 auditor account. b. Fleetwood
Mary Emily 42 b. Ravenhead
Alice E 15 b. Manchester
Thos F 13 b. Manchester
Florence E 11 b. Manchester
Mary Hilda 9 b. Manchester
Constance M 7 b. Manchester
Amelia Esdale 36

1901 West Derby Crosby
Thomas Salthouse 55 commission agent b. Fleetwood
Ellen 52 b. St Helens
Bessie 25 b. Manchester
Frank 23 draughtsman ordnance b. Manchester
Hilda 19 drapers shop assistant b. Manchester
Mabel 17 b. Manchester
Joseph Crewdson 24 visitor cycle mechanic Liverpool

possible death Mary Emily Salthouse (1847) DecQ 1904 West Derby

3.WILLIAM F DIXON NUTTALL
b. 1851
(ancestry) Rainhill Parish
William Francis Dixon Nuttall age 21
buried 17 Dec 1872
abode Nutgrove Hall
4.FREDERICK RICHARD DIXON NUTTALL
b. 1852 d 1929
m(i) Annie ? she died Annie Dixon-nuttall JunQ 1886 Prescot
son William Francis Dixon-Nuttall born JunQ 1885 Prescot
died MarQ 1981 Surrey south western
(ii) 1889 Louisa Marsh d. 1928
John Frederick b 1892 d 1915 WWI
details about John can be found on the brilliant site www.prescot-rollofhonour.info where you will find a photo of Lieutenant John Frederick Dixon-Nuttall
Frank b SepQ 1893 Prescot
?married SepQ 1930 hastings Sussex ?Dann
Thomas b.1895 might have gone to Canada 1919, farmer, wife Alice??
5.FLORENCE BROWN DIXON NUTTALL
Florence Brown D Nuttall m. MarQ 1897 Prescot
Lanc OPC
Eccleston Christ Church
10 Mar 1897
Thomas Bruce 46, gentleman of Hill Side Holywood, County Down
Florence Brown Dixon Nuttall 36