Middlebrook Surname Project UK

Descendant Chart for John Middlebrook (born 1796) of Preston, Lancashire

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John Middlebrook of Preston (born 1796)

• was a son of Robert Middlebrook.
• was baptised at Bentham, Yorkshire on 14th August 1796.
• worked as a blacksmith.
• possibly died in 1862 [Preston district].
• he married Ann Middlebrook (possibly the daughter of his cousin James) at Kirkby Malham on 4th October 1823.
• they had ten children:
  1. James Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 19th September 1824.
  2. Christopher Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 8th October 1826.
  3. Alice Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 5th April 1829. She married Richard Richardson at Preston on 19th May 1855.
  4. Margaret Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 15th May 1831.
  5. Robert Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 29th December 1833. to Lancaster ...
  6. John Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 22nd May 1836, but was buried there on 7th June 1837, aged 1.
  7. Mary Ann Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 13th May 1838, but was buried there on 30th April 1839, aged 1.
  8. John Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 28th June 1840. He married Hannah Pratt at Preston on 7th April 1860 and they had two chilren:
     1. Mary Ann Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 16th December 1860.
     2. Alice Middlebrook was born at Preston in 1869 and baptised there on 25th February 1877.
  9. William Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 25th June 1843.
  10. Mary Ann Middlebrook was baptised at Preston on 21st September 1845, but was buried there on 13th January 1858, aged 12.

James Middlebrook of Preston (1824-1873)

• was the son of Robert Middlebrook.
• was baptised at Bentham on 23rd November 1783.
• worked as a blacksmith.
• died in 1873 [Settle district], aged 87.
• he married Eleanor Atkinson at Bentham on 15th June 1822.
• they had three children:
  1. Robert Middlebrook (1823-1900) was baptised at Clapham on 7th September 1823.
  2. Alice Middlebrooke was baptised at Bentham on 21st May 1826, but was probably buried there on 12th January 1827.
  3. Margery Middlebrook was baptised at Bentham on 27th April 1828.

Robert Middlebrook of Blackburn (1823-1900)

• was the eldest child of William Middlebrook.
• was baptised at Clapham on 7th September 1823.
• moved around a lot before settling at Blackburn, Lancashire in the 1860s.
• worked as a horse breaker.
• died in 1900 [Blackburn district], aged 74.
• he married Judith Richardson in 1858 [Settle district].
• they had six children:
  1. Ellen Middlesbrook was born at Willy Wood, Langcliffe, Yorkshire in 1859. She married John Caunce at Blackburn in 1888.
  2. John Middlebrook (1861-1938) was born near Settle, Yorkshire in 1861.
  3. Rarey William Middlebrook was born near Settle, Yorkshire in 1863. He married Elizabeth Jane Gill at Blackburn in 1893 and they had six children:
     1. Edith Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1895.
     2. Robert Mathew Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1896.
     3. Margaret Ellen Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1899.
     4. Annie Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1901.
     5. Mary Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1904.
     6. William Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1906.
  4. Elizabeth Ann Middlebrook was born at Billington, Lancashire in 1866. She married Thomas Woods [Blackburn district] in 1897.
  5. Archibald Atkinson Middlebrook was born at Whalley, Lancashire in 1867. He married Nancy Agnes Gibson at Blackburn in 1893 and they had three daughters:
     1. Judith Alice Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1895.
     2. Mary Isabella Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1896.
     3. Maud Eveline Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1901.
  6. James Richard Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1869.

John Middlebrook of Blackburn (1861-1938)

• was the eldest son of Robert Middlebrook.
• was born near Settle, Yorkshire in 1861.
• worked as a cotton weaver.
• died in 1938 [Blackburn district], aged 76. Probate was granted the same year to children Robert and Ellen.
• he married Mary Ellen Walmsley at Blackburn in 1885.
• they had seven children:
  1. Robert Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1885.
  2. James Richard Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1887.
  3. Annie Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1891.
  4. John Richardson Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1893.
  5. Ernest Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1898.
  6. Ellen Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1901.
  7. Harry Middlebrook was born at Blackburn in 1904.

Key Sources

• Parish Registers and Transcripts of Bentham, Clapham
• Census Returns for Bentham in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871
• Census Returns for Roeburndale in 1851
• Census Returns for Langcliffe in 1861
• Census Returns for Blackburn in 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
• General Register Office indexes