Richard Sephton 1784-1865
Agricultural labourer , born and lived Halsall
1784. Richard Sephton was baptised to Edward Sephton & Ellen on 19/3/1784 Ormskirk - FMP
No marriage of Richard to Susan on FMP 1786-1816 ( but are marriages in Ormskirk to a Mary and an Isabel) . But..
1810. Richard Sephton, husbandman, married Susan Wignall in Halsall on 31/8/1810, by licence. Ancestry . . husbandman= a person who cultivates the land!
1812. Margaret Sephton ( married William Bayley) was born : no baptism for her!!
1816 . Ellen Sephton was born to Richard & Susan on 28/9/1816. Baptised Ormskirk 18/10/1816, her father a farmer -FMP Lancashire Births & Baptisms, image available
Ormskirk 5 k SE of Halsall
1840. A Susannah Sephton died Ormskirk Jun 1840. No burial on FMP
1841C.Richard Sephton , 55, labourer, was living Dickens Lane, Halsall, Ormskirk, Lancashire/ Seemingly alone, but close by was William Sephton, 35, farmer, with a wife and 4 children, aged 1-7
1851C.Richard Sephton, widower, 68, farmer's labourer, was living Sea View, Eldon Lane, Bebington, Wirral, Cheshire with the family of his married daughter, Margaret, 1812 : no baptism for her!!
| William | Bayley | Head |
Married | Male | 39 | 1812 | Farmers labourer | Brereton, Cheshire, England |
| Margaret | Bayley | Wife |
Married | Female | 39 | 1812 | Farmers labourer | Halsall Lancashire, England |
| William | Bayley | Son |
Unmarried | Male | 13 | 1838 | Letter carrier | Bootle, Lancashire, England |
| Richard | Bayley | Son |
Unmarried | Male | 11 | 1840 | Scholar | Bootle, Lancashire, England |
| Susannah | Bayley | Daughter |
Unmarried | Female | 10 | 1841 | Scholar | Litherland, Lancashire, England |
| John | Bayley | Son |
Unmarried | Male | 8 | 1843 | Scholar | Lower Bebington, Cheshire, England |
| James | Bayley | Son |
Unmarried | Male | 2 | 1849 | Scholar | Lower Bebington, Cheshire, England |
| Richard | Sephton | Father in law |
Widower | Male | 68 | 1783 | Farmers labourer | Halsall Lancashire, England |
1861C. .Richard Sephton, widower, 77, almsman formerly agricultural l labourer, was living Bangers Green, , Halsall, Ormskirk with his widowed daughter, Ellen 1819, and 3 graddaughters
| Ellen | Fairhurst | Head |
Widow | Female | 42 | 1819 | Charwoman | Halsall, Lancashire, England |
| Ellen | Fairhurst | Daughter |
Unmarried | Female | 19 | 1842 | House servant | Halsall, Lancashire, England |
| Mary | Fairhurst | Daughter |
- | Female | 13 | 1848 | Scholar | Halsall, Lancashire, England |
| Alice | Fairhurst | Daughter |
- | Female | 11 | 1850 | - | Halsall, Lancashire, England |
| Richard | Sephton | Father |
Widower | Male | 77 | 1784 | Almsman formerly agricultural labourer | Halsall, Lancashire, England |
1865. .Richard Sephton,, 81, was buried 14/2/1865 in Halsall St. Cuthbert - FMP Lancashire burials