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I am seeking a baptism for William Houghton 1808, Scarisbrick, Lancs.

I have had a look on Lancs Online Parish Clerk and International Genealogical Index (IGI) without any success. If anyone could offer any assistance i would be most grateful.

Thanks

What about this one - Rufford isn't that far from Scarisbrick:

Baptism: 8 Jan 1809 St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, Lancashire, England
William Houghton - Son of Wm. Houghton & Betty, his Wife, Daur. of Nicholas Bimson
Born: 9 Dec 1808
Abode: Bispham
Register: Baptisms 1783 - 1812, Page 39, Entry 1099
Source: LDS Film 1526059

Thank you Potty for your help.

I realise Betty can be an alternative to Elizabeth, Eliza and so on with this in mind i have tried to find a marriage to William Houghton without success..

Did you search at familysearch for marriages? by both spouses' names, to consider all the possibilities as one would?

and this one?

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NN3M-K88

Name: William Halton
Spouse's Name: Betty Bimson
Event Date: 02 May 1803
Event Place: Croston, Lancashire, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07330-7

Croston and Rufford are about 2 miles apart ...

This is from http://www.lan-opc.org.uk

Marriage: 2 May 1803 St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
William Halton - (X), Weaver, This Parish
Betty Bimson - (X), Spinster, This Parish
Witness: James Christopher; Lauce. Farrington
Banns Read: 17 Apr 1803, 2nd: 24 Apr 1803, 3rd: 1 May 1803
Married by Banns by: Streynsham Master Rector
Register: Marriages 1789 - 1812, Page 119, Entry 476
Source: LDS Film 93713

William Halton and Betty christened Mary in Rufford in 1814

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J7NQ-35C

Alice Halton or Houghton, parents William Halton or Houghton and Betty, was christened in Standish in 1823

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JW9W-F7V

Standish is between Rufford and Wigan.
I expect Betty Bimson was christened in Wigan although the baptism record shows only mother Mary.

Name: William Houghton
Age (Original): 73
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1808
Birthplace: Scarisbrick, Lancashire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Wheelwright
Address: 118 Linaker St
Event Place: North Meols, Lancashire, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341897
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 3751 / 89
Page Number: 28
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William Houghton M 73 Scarisbrick, Lancashire, England
Wife Fanny Houghton F 83 At Sea

Could i ask for assistance in finding relevant dates for William Houghton and his wife Betty Bimson who married 02/05/1803 in Croston. I have Betty's parentage as Nicholas and Mary Unknown ...

Thanks

If this is the marriage you refer to William's name is Halton not Houghton


Marriage: 2 May 1803 St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
William Halton - (X), Weaver, This Parish
Betty Bimson - (X), Spinster, This Parish
Witness: James Christopher; Lauce. Farrington
Banns Read: 17 Apr 1803, 2nd: 24 Apr 1803, 3rd: 1 May 1803

Name: William Halton
Spouse's Name: Betty Bimson
Event Date: 02 May 1803
Event Place: Croston, Lancashire, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07330-7
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1656816
Reference ID: item 5

this would be around the date she was born

Name: Betty Bimson
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 21 Nov 1783
Christening Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Mother's Name: Mary Bimson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C03546-5
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1469050
Reference ID: item 5

in case there's a connection

Banns: St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Luke Bimson - of Mawdesley
Alice Halton - of Bispham
Banns Read: 28 Aug 1814, 2nd: 4 Sep 1814, 3rd: 11 Sep 1814
Married 19 Sep 1814
Register: Banns of Marriage 1814-1829, Page 7, Entry 31
Source: LDS Film 93713

Banns: St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Henry Watkinson - of Bretherton
Ann Bimson - of Bretherton
Banns Read: 6 Nov 1814, 2nd: 13 Nov 1814, 3rd: 20 Nov 1814
Married 28 Nov 1814
Register: Banns of Marriage 1814-1829, Page 8, Entry 39
Source: LDS Film 93713

Banns: St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Robert Riley - of Tarleton
Alice Bimson - of Tarleton
Banns Read: 16 Jul 1815, 2nd: 23 Jul 1815, 3rd: 30 Jul 1815
Married 23 Aug 1815
Register: Banns of Marriage 1814-1829, Page 14, Entry 68
Source: LDS Film 93713

Banns: St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
James Bimson - of Mawdesley
Ellin Wilson - of Mawdesley
Banns Read: 13 Aug 1815
Notes: (Only published once)
Register: Banns of Marriage 1814-1829, Page 14, Entry 70
Source: LDS Film 93713

Banns: St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
James Miller - of Tarleton
Isabella Houghton - of Scarisbrick in the Parish of Ormskirk
Banns Read: 8 Dec 1816, 2nd: 15 Dec 1816, 3rd: 22 Dec 1816
Married 24 Dec 1816
Register: Banns of Marriage 1814-1829, Page 25, Entry 122
Source: LDS Film 93713

Banns: St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Stephen Halton - of Bispham
Betty Stringfellow - of Wrightington in the Parish of Eccleston
Banns Read: 28 Mar 1819, 2nd: 4 Apr 1819, 3rd: 11 Apr 1819
Register: Banns of Marriage 1814-1829, Page 37, Entry 185
Source: LDS Film 93713

Banns: St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
John Sumner - of This Town
Esther Dalton - of This Town
Banns Read: 12 Nov 1820, 2nd: 19 Nov 1820, 3rd: 26 Nov 1820
Married 27 Nov 1820
Register: Banns of Marriage 1814-1829, Page 47, Entry 231
Source: LDS Film 93713

Banns: St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
John Bimson - of Bispham
Ann Halton - of Bispham
Banns Read: 7 Oct 1821, 2nd: 14 Oct 1821, 3rd: 21 Oct 1821
Married 30 Oct 1821
Register: Banns of Marriage 1814-1829, Page 54, Entry 268
Source: LDS Film 93713

Baptism: 13 Feb 1800 St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Betty Bimson - Daughter of Thomas Bimson & Jane
Born: 12 Feb 1800
Abode: Mawdesley
Occupation: Carpenter
Register: Baptisms 1792 - 1812, Page 50, Entry 8
Source: LDS Film 93712

Baptism: 19 Jul 1801 St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Thomas Halton - Son of Thomas Halton & Ellin
Born: 3 Jul 1801
Abode: Mawdesley
Occupation: Blacksmith
Register: Baptisms 1792 - 1812, Page 60, Entry 10
Source: LDS Film 93712

Baptism: 16 May 1802 St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Betty Bimson - Daughter of Ann Bimson, Spinster
Born: 29 Apr 1802
Abode: Bretherton
Register: Baptisms 1792 - 1812, Page 67, Entry 7
Source: LDS Film 93712

Baptism: 4 Jul 1802 St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Thomas Bimson - Son of Thomas Bimson & Jane
Born: 6 Jun 1802
Abode: Mawdesley
Occupation: Shipwright
Register: Baptisms 1792 - 1812, Page 69, Entry 1
Source: LDS Film 93712

Baptism: 14 Apr 1805 St Michael and All Angels, Croston, Lancashire, England
Jane Bimpson - Daughter of Thomas Bimpson & Jane
Born: 22 Mar 1805
Abode: Mawdesley
Occupation: Ship-Wright
Register: Baptisms 1792 - 1812, Page 94, Entry 2
Source: LDS Film 93712

Bimson is peculiar in that the name Bimme, from which it is derived, was a very rare and very local name. Apparently found only in Lancashire - according to the evidence in the Victoria County Histories - between the valleys of Ribble and Douglas, and in the 16C pretty well limited to the hundred of Leyland. It has been suggested that it was a nick-name for William, like Will and Bill, but David Mills in the Place Names of Lancashire puts it down as Old English and, as he wrote to me, 'it is not a diminutive (Will) or a rhyming diminutive (Bill) of William, and the paucity of records suggests that it was not a by-form of that widely adopted French Christian name.

A search through all the English telephone directories showed that most Bimsons are concentrated between Ribble and Mersey.

The index to names in the 1881 census gave about 45 households - the total number of names was 260. The concentration in Ormskirk is very impressive and Liverpool had far fewer that I should have expected.
It is hard to believe there was none of the family in Wigan.

The distribution derived from the Lancashire Parish Register Society publications for the first century of parish registers - from about 1540 to 1650 - shows Bimsons chiefly in the parishes of Croston, Eccleston and Standish.
Unfortunately the Eccleston register does not begin until 1605, but the family was certainly in the parish as they are mentioned in late medieval deeds and William Bimson of Wrightington was included in the Elizabethan muster of 1600.
My information for the earlier periods comes from searches through The Victoria County History of Lancashire, the works of one of Cannon T C Porteus of Coppull & Chorley and the publications of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, the Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, the Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society and the Cheetham Society.

The name Bimme occurs in the documentary records of at least four areas of the county - chiefly dating from the 13 & 14 centuries but in one or two cases referring back to the end of the 12C.
These deeds concern lands and law-suits, we have no way of knowing how common the name was among common men.

Croston Parish Registers
1518, Cyssely Dalton dau of Roger and Jane Jakes Dalton
2 May 1548 George Dalton
12 April 1549 Thomas Dalton
24 March 1550/1 Elizabeth Dalton
17 Dec 1552 William Dalton28 April 1603 Thomas Dalton
5 July 1629 Richard bastard son of Thomas Dalton of Croston
27 Jan 1630, William Dalton/Euxton son ofThomas Dalton and Elizabeth Euxton
21 Dec 1631 Mary, daughter of Thomas Dalton of Croston and Jennet Lathome, bastard
7 March 1631/2 Margret daughter of Thomas Dalton of Croston
22 June 1634 Elizabeth bastard daughter of Thomas Dalton and Mary Crook of Croston
7 Feb 1636, Jane Dalton dau of Thos. Dalton
4 Oct 1640 Robert son of Thomas Dalton of Croston
10 May 1663 Thomas son of Robert Dolton of Croston
13 March 1663 William son of Robert Dalton of Croston
5 April 1668 Jane daughter of Robert Dolton of Croston - was borne April the third about 7 o’clock
6 Apr 1676, Thomas Dalton
23 Oct 1698, Mary Dalton dau of Willi Dalton
17 Feb 1751, Wiliam Dalton son of Robert and Mary Dalton
27 Dec 1773, Robt. Dalton son of William and Ellen Dalton
3 Jan 1776, Mary Dalton dau of William and Ellen Dalton
11 Feb 1778, Robert Dalton son of William and Ellen Dalton
31 Jul 1782, Martha Dalton dau of Thomas and Elizth. Dalton
5 May 1785, John Dalton son of William and Ellen Dalton
19 Aug 1787, Mary Dalton dau of William and Ellen Dalton
20 Apr 1792, William Dalton son of William and Ellen Dalton
12 Feb 1794, Ellen Dalton dau of William and Ellin Dalton
17 Feb 1811, Robert Dalton son of John and Susan Dalton
28 Mat 1813, Ellen Dalton dau of John and Susan Dalton
6 Feb 1815, Ellen Dalton dau of Esther Dalton