Sarah Sowter

1809. Sarah Sowter was baptised to John & Martha Sowter on 21/3/1809 ( born 8/3/1809) at St Michaels Lane Wesleyan Methodist/King Street Chapel,Derby . Brailsford given in 2 censuses

1835. Sarah Sowter married John Parkes at St Werburgh, Derby on 13 August 1835 -FS . Note that in 1835 it was not possible to marry in a Methodist church.

They went out to the West Indies by 1836, as son, John Sowter Parkes, was born there, St. Kitts, in August 1836

John Sowter Parkes was baptised 22/9/1836 to John & Sarah Parkes - FS Nonconformist registers.Paternoster Row Wesleyan Methodist Registry, London, England. Born 16/8/1836 at Sandy Point, St Kitts- this from Partridge-Lefridge Ancestry family tree

Most of the following from http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/answers/answers-2012/ans12-015-parkes.htm

1839. Henry Parkes was born in Antigua to John & Sarah on 9/11/1839 in Antigua.

By 1844 they had obviously been moved to Tortola, and by 1848 to Montserrat

1851C. John and Sarah were living at Mount Pleasant, Castle Donnington, Derbyshire

PARKES, John	Head	Married	M	43	1808	Wesleyan Minister	Derby Derbyshire
PARKES, Sarah	Wife	Married	F	42	1809		Brailsford, Derbyshire
PARKES, Sarah	Daughter	Unmarried	F	7	1844	Scholar	Tortola, West Indies
PARKES, James C	Son	Unmarried	M	3	1848		Montserrat, West Indies
CUNMING, Elizabet	Servant	Unmarried	F	17	1834	General Servant	Lambeth, Surrey

1871C. John and Sarah were living Broadfield Grove Terrace, Castleton, Rochdale

1876. John Parkes, 69, dies on 9/9/1876 at Castle Donnington, Leicester . Shardlow Sep 1876 . Probate, effects<£1500

Grave in St Edward King & Martyr Church, Castle Donnington . No grave seemingly there for his wife

1879?? Sarah Parkes, 70, dies Melton Mowbray Mar 1879 - a long way from Castle Donnington- no probate here

John	Parkes	Head	-	Male	63	1808	-	Derby Derbyshire, England	Wesleyan Minister
Sarah	Parkes	Wife	-	Female	62	1809	-	Brailsford Derbyshire, England
Susan	Cooper	Servant	-	Female	15	1856	-	Lancashire, England