BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

1760 -

Generation: 1

Thomas Abram was born in 1760 in Rufford (son of Joseph Abram and Hannah Jones, son of Henry Abram and Margaret Bridge).

Other Events:

Occupation: Husbandman, innkeeper
Baptism: 7 Dec 1760, St Mary the Virgin, Rufford

Thomas married Margaret Moss on 18 Apr 1786 in St Michael and All Angels, Croston. Margaret was born in 1762 in Rufford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Henry Abram was born in 1797 in Rufford; died on 23 Sep 1849 in Canal Bank, Liverpool; was buried on 24 Sep 1849 in St James Cemetery, Liverpool.

Generation: 2

2.
Henry Abram
Other Events:
Occupation: Husbandman

Henry married Margaret Bridge on 26 Aug 1748 in St Mary the Virgin, Rufford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Bridge

Notes:

Probably Margaret Bridge, m 26 8 1748 St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, but possibly Margaret Snape, m 1 7 1750 St Peter and Paul, Ormskirk (both marriages on Lancs OPC).

Children:

James Abram was born in 1757 in Rufford; died in 1817 in Rufford; was buried on 11 Jan 1817 in St Mary the Virgin, Rufford.
Robert Gill was born in 1758 in Burscough.
Grace Gill was born in 1761 in Burscough; died in 1851 in Lathom; was buried on 15 Jan 1851 in St Mary the Virgin, Rufford.
1. Thomas Abram was born in 1760 in Rufford.
Ann Gill was born in 1765 in Burscough; died in 1767 in Burscough; was buried on 15 May 1767 in St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk.
Ann Gill was born in 1768 in Burscough.
Nathan Gill was born in 1771 in Burscough.
John Gill was born in 1773 in Burscough; died in 1836 in Lathom; was buried on 23 Oct 1836 in St John the Baptist, Burscough.
Mary Gill was born in 1776 in Burscough; died in 1854.