James Sproson ~1795 - <1837

1795 A James Sproson was baptised to Samuel Sproson in Wybunbury in 1795: he could be our James - calls a son Samuel in 1827

James Sproson married Hannah unknown probably 1815-1819.

From 1817-1820, likely the period for which these records exist on FMP, James Sprowson, occupier, has land in the Nantwich Hundred on which he is paying £1 0 6d, well above the average being paid by his neighbours - Ancestry

1824 William Sproson [ no t in the spelling] was baptised to James Sproson, farmer of Hatherton, and Hannah in Wybunbury on 28/3/1824 - FMP. Siblings Elizabeth 1819- maybe marries Henry Shaw ~1842- , Ann 1820, Hannah 1822, James 1826, Samuel 1827,

Also a James & Margaret giving birth there in 1815,1817,1819, and a James & Elizabeth in 1817, 1824-George-, 1830!! This couple in 1841C with George, Sarah & Charles. Also a John & Elizabeth with 4 kids in that census .

James Sproson married a Margaret Hulse in 1796 - their headstones exist in Wybunbury churchyard today! . Our James could be their son, born ~1796 and marrying 1817- 1820

James SPROSON, late of Stapeley
13 February 1828, 54 . . thus 1774-1828
Margaret, w, 3 May 1832, 54
Samuel, s, 19 September 1902, 82. http://places.wishful-thinking.org.uk/CHS/Wybunbury/MIs.html

James Sproson married Elizabeth Merkin in 1817. But no marriage in Wybunbury for our James to Hannah FMP or IGI or Ancestry . No Ancestry family Tree

1841C.Hannah Sprowson, 55, widow is living with 4 children at Ville of Buchall, Wybunbury- 2 houses away from Ash Fields, where she is living in 1851.

Hannah Sprowson Female 55 1786 Cheshire, England  
Hannah Sprowson Female 20 1821 Cheshire, England  
William Sprowson Male 15 1826 Cheshire, England  
James Sprowson Male 15 1826 Cheshire, England  
Samuel Sprowson Male 14 1827 Cheshire, England

Another Sproson family in Wybunbury, head Mary, 50, John 25, Ann 15, Richard 14, Emma 12 & Thomas 8

James is dead by 1851, & likely by 1841, but no death on Bmd for James Sproson/Sproston 1837-1851 in all Cheshire, so he must have died 1827-1837 . No death/burial found on FMP.

1851C. Hannah Sprotson, 71, widow, born Stapeley- mistranscribed, long search!!- is living Ash Fields, Hatherton, with her son William and family . Sarah Sproston, 35, , b. Stapely, servant in Ash Fields, Hatherton- could be a sister . Daughter in law Ann, 28, is described as Blind, deaf or dumb!

William Sprowson Head Married Male 27 1824 Farmer Hatherton  
Ann Sprowson Wife Married Female 28 1823 - Shevington, Shropshire, England  
John Sprowson Son - Male 1 1850 - Hatherton, Cheshire, England  
Hannah Sprowson Mother Widow Female 71 1780 - Stapeley, Cheshire, England  
Thomas Clarke Servant Unmarried Male 22 1829 General Servant Bridgemere, Cheshire, England  
John Coppar Servant Unmarried Male 21 1830 General Servant Hatherton, Cheshire, England  
Hannah Billington Servant Unmarried Female 21 1830 General Servant Hankelow, Cheshire, England  
Mary Shaw Servant Unmarried Female 16 1835 General Servant Buerton, Cheshire,

1855. His widow, Hannah Sproson, 72, thus born ~1783, is buried Wybunbury on 27/6/1855

No Ancestry tree with more info about them - Jan2015.

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