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Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Warrington, 1646.
assumed that he was the James Collyer , of Newton-le-Willows , co . Lancaster , who married Ellen , the eighth daughter of William Bretherton , of Hey , the then ( he died about 1640 ) representative of that well knoAvn ancient Lancashire family , by Margaret , daughter of Richard Unnston , of Lostock , co . Lane * The register book of the old church of Winwick , situated only a mile and a half from Newton-le-Willowsthus records some members of the familyin
, , all probability the Freemason and his wife : —• 1673-4 , Jan . 17 . —Mr . James Colliar buried . 1678-9 , Jan . 4 . —Mrs . Ellen Collier , aff . [ idavit that she Avas not buried in Linen , according to the Act of Parliament . ] Of course it is impossible to state positively that those entries , or the will given in the Ajipendixrefer to the Mr . James CollierFreemasonmentioned by
, , , Ashmole ; but there seems to be every probability that such is the case . Mr . James Collier , or Captain James Collier , as he is called in the endorsement of his will , must be the same as the one entered in the pedigree . He holds lands in NeAvton-le-Willows ; his Avife is named Ellen , and "her brother , Bretherton , " is mentioned . Although the will is endorsed as being made 16 th April , 1668 , it was not proved until 21 st March , 1673-4 , which agrees with the entry of
his death from the parish registers of Winwick . The family of Sonkey , or Sankey of Sankey , as they were called , were landoAvners in Warrington at a very early period , as appears from a charter circa 1275-t They held Little Sankey and Great Sankey , the former in the Parish of Warrington , ancl the latter in that of Prescot . The property in Little Sankey was held under the Butlersthe Lords of Warringtonand
, , evidence is extant that from time to time homage was clone by them for these lands . In the Warrington parish registers are the following entries amongst the baptisms -. —t
1591 , Feb . 22 . —Joane , dau . to Edward Sonkey , Gent . 1595 , Aug . 12 . —Allis , dau . to Edw Sankey . 1621-2 , Feb . 3 . —Edward , son to Richard Sankey , Gent . 162 S , Aug . 10 . — -Margaret , dau . to Richard Sankey , Gent . 1631 , Sep . 4 . —Eleanor , dau . to Richard Sankey , Gent . 1636 , April 19 th . —Alice , dau . to Richard Sonkey , Gent . 1639 , May 27 . —Sen John [ St . John ] , son to Richard Sankey , Gent
And also 1635 , June 11 . -Ellen , dau . to Richard Sankey , Gent ., Buried . At a later period of the same registers there appears : — 1634 , Mar . 25 . —Cha ., son to Richard Sankey , baptized . 1635 , Ap . 30 . —Cha . son to Richard Sankey , buried .
Ancl finally : — 1667 , Sep . 28 . —Buried , Mr . Richard Sankie . As the Warrington Parish Registers only commence in 1591 , there is no record there of the marriage of Richard Sankey , The hamlet of Sankey , like that of Penketh , lies close to Warrington , and coupled with the fact that at no very distant date a Penketh married a Sankey
of Sankey , as mentioned above , it is not extraordinary to find tAvo such near neighbours ancl blood relations associated together as Freemasons . The names to Avhich the distinguishing title " Mr . " is ajiparently not intended to be prefixed , are Henry Littler , John Ellam , Richard Ellam , and Hugh Brewer .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Warrington, 1646.
assumed that he was the James Collyer , of Newton-le-Willows , co . Lancaster , who married Ellen , the eighth daughter of William Bretherton , of Hey , the then ( he died about 1640 ) representative of that well knoAvn ancient Lancashire family , by Margaret , daughter of Richard Unnston , of Lostock , co . Lane * The register book of the old church of Winwick , situated only a mile and a half from Newton-le-Willowsthus records some members of the familyin
, , all probability the Freemason and his wife : —• 1673-4 , Jan . 17 . —Mr . James Colliar buried . 1678-9 , Jan . 4 . —Mrs . Ellen Collier , aff . [ idavit that she Avas not buried in Linen , according to the Act of Parliament . ] Of course it is impossible to state positively that those entries , or the will given in the Ajipendixrefer to the Mr . James CollierFreemasonmentioned by
, , , Ashmole ; but there seems to be every probability that such is the case . Mr . James Collier , or Captain James Collier , as he is called in the endorsement of his will , must be the same as the one entered in the pedigree . He holds lands in NeAvton-le-Willows ; his Avife is named Ellen , and "her brother , Bretherton , " is mentioned . Although the will is endorsed as being made 16 th April , 1668 , it was not proved until 21 st March , 1673-4 , which agrees with the entry of
his death from the parish registers of Winwick . The family of Sonkey , or Sankey of Sankey , as they were called , were landoAvners in Warrington at a very early period , as appears from a charter circa 1275-t They held Little Sankey and Great Sankey , the former in the Parish of Warrington , ancl the latter in that of Prescot . The property in Little Sankey was held under the Butlersthe Lords of Warringtonand
, , evidence is extant that from time to time homage was clone by them for these lands . In the Warrington parish registers are the following entries amongst the baptisms -. —t
1591 , Feb . 22 . —Joane , dau . to Edward Sonkey , Gent . 1595 , Aug . 12 . —Allis , dau . to Edw Sankey . 1621-2 , Feb . 3 . —Edward , son to Richard Sankey , Gent . 162 S , Aug . 10 . — -Margaret , dau . to Richard Sankey , Gent . 1631 , Sep . 4 . —Eleanor , dau . to Richard Sankey , Gent . 1636 , April 19 th . —Alice , dau . to Richard Sonkey , Gent . 1639 , May 27 . —Sen John [ St . John ] , son to Richard Sankey , Gent
And also 1635 , June 11 . -Ellen , dau . to Richard Sankey , Gent ., Buried . At a later period of the same registers there appears : — 1634 , Mar . 25 . —Cha ., son to Richard Sankey , baptized . 1635 , Ap . 30 . —Cha . son to Richard Sankey , buried .
Ancl finally : — 1667 , Sep . 28 . —Buried , Mr . Richard Sankie . As the Warrington Parish Registers only commence in 1591 , there is no record there of the marriage of Richard Sankey , The hamlet of Sankey , like that of Penketh , lies close to Warrington , and coupled with the fact that at no very distant date a Penketh married a Sankey
of Sankey , as mentioned above , it is not extraordinary to find tAvo such near neighbours ancl blood relations associated together as Freemasons . The names to Avhich the distinguishing title " Mr . " is ajiparently not intended to be prefixed , are Henry Littler , John Ellam , Richard Ellam , and Hugh Brewer .