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George Edward Marsden (early 1800’s)
George Edward Marsden (early 1800’s)
My ancestor George Edward Marsden was a millwright. He married Frances Moorcroft in Brewood Staffordshire on 27th July 1818.
The next time we find him on record he and his new wife are living near Crich, Derbyshire in 1820 – there is a baptism record for their eldest son Joseph.
Another son, Frederick, is baptised in nearby Dethick in 1821, and a third, William in 1823.
In 1825, Frances Marsden gives birth to their fourth child, a daughter, but now she’s living in Brewood again and there is no father’s name on her birth certificate.
When their son Joseph later marries, his father is marked ‘deceased’ on the certificate.
Could you help me find out where George was born, and when and how he died??
Other pieces of information which may help:
I’ve learned that the Marsden family is a very old name and there is online a comprehensive work called The Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Marsden which details their origins in Lancashire and gradual migration eastwards and southwards across England and beyond.
George seems to have connections with both Staffordshire and Derbyshire and there are indeed settled families of Marsden in both those areas, but I cannot find a definite place of origin for him.
Also, I have found a burial in Ashover parish records which may or may not be connected :-
George Marsden died at Holloway – 14th October 1824 aged 29.
I went to Ashover parish church and found only one memorial marker in the churchyard for the surname Marsden; unfortunately the first name at the top had completely worn away (so this could well have been the George Marsden referred to in Ashover’s parish records), but the subsequent entry on the headstone was:
Benjamin Marsden – departed this life April 26th 18-- aged 66 years. He lived at ----House, Ashover.
I have traced Benjamin Marsden, he was part of a lead-mining family in the Ashover area and their address was Slate House – but there’s no-one named George amongst the family.
The other point to note about my Marsden line is that they seem to be very closely involved with Methodism. George’s son Frederick was a lay-preacher for most of his adult life. He served apprenticeship in Willenhall and became a cordwainer and although all of his siblings stayed in Staffordshire, Frederick re-located back to his roots in Derbyshire, living the rest of his days in Tansley, very close to Crich (which was known nationally as a centre for the Methodist movement).
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