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1611 Info 4: The Cromptons of Breightmet
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Jessie, who married to Edmund POTTER, was the grandmother of the famed children's book author Beatrix POTTER.
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Potter origins and Crompton marriage
James Potter 1710-1770, a flax merchant of Hindley and later New Market Place, Manchester | |=========|| John of Ardwick Green, Manchester b. d. | m.19sep1765 Cathedral, Manchester | Catherine Daughter of Daniel Eccles of Macclesfield b.07nov1745 c. St Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. | |======================|===========|============|===========|=========|| John Son 2 James Daughter 1 Daughter 2 b......~1766 b.....~1772 d. d. | | m.17dec1795 Blackburn m.02nov1799 | | Sarah Greenaway Mary More of Ardwick Green b. b.....~1774 d. d. | |
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Charles Edmund
b......~1798 b.25jan1802
c.05apr1802
d......1883
Charles and Edmond founded |
Dinting Vale Printworks. m.....~1829 (LDS estimate)
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Jessica
Crompton of Lancaster
b.....~1801
d.3rdQt1891 Hatfield 3a 206
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Edmund Clara Rupert Walter Will H Mary Lucy
crompton b.....~1832
d.2ndQt1914
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m.3rdQt1863 Stockport 8a 119
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Helen Leech
b.15apr1839
c.26Sep1839
d.
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helen walter
Beatrix Bertram
b.28jul1866 b......1872
d.22dec1943 d.
1841 Census Sun/Mon 6/7 June 1841
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref HO107
Piece: 580 Book: 19 Folio: 11 Page: 14/15
Dwelling: Green Heys
Place: Cholton upon Medlock, Manchester, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Born in County
Edmund Potter Head M 39 Calico Printer Y
Jessey Potter Wife M 40 Y
Edmund C Potter Son 10 Y
Clara Potter Dau 9 Y
Rupert Potter Son 8 Y
Walter Potter Son 7 Y
Will H Potter Son 6 Y
Mary Potter Dau 3 Y
Lucy Potter Dau 1 Y
Note: Ages are usually rounded down to the nearest five years.
By 1842 Edmund POTTER had made enough money to build a new home for his family. Dinting Lodge stood near to the Printworks, overlooking the small reservoirs which fed the mill and surrounded by trees. A driveway led across a carved wooden bridge over the Glossop Brook, passing between hedges of rhododendrons to the front door.
1851 Census Sun/Mon 30/31st March 1851
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref H1O7
Piece: 2152 Folio: 312 Page: 27 Sched: 98
Dwelling: Dinting Vale
Place: Dinting, Hayfield, Manchester, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Edmund Potter Head M 49 Calico Printer Lancs, Manchester
Jessy Potter Wife M 49 Lancs, Chorley
Edmund Potter Son U 20 Apprentice Calico Printer Lancs, Manchester
500 hands employed
Will H Y Potter Son U 16 Scholar Lancs, Manchester
Mary Potter Dau 13 At home Lancs, Manchester
Lucy Potter Dau 10 At home Lancs, Manchester
Ellen Roylance Serv U 35 House Servant Cheshire, Stockport
Eliza Jones Serv U 24 House Servant Cheshire, Mold
Marion Smith Serv U 35 House Servant Yorks, York
1851 Census Sun/Mon 30/31st March 1851
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref H1O7
Piece: 2171 Folio: 164 Page: 14 Sched: 48
Dwelling: Chapel House Farm
Place: Saighton, Chester, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Thomas Potter Vis U 21 Student of the Inner Temple B.A. Lancs, Manchester
This is the best match. Though recorded as Thomas, Ancestry has a Glossop Heritage correction to Rupert.
1861 Census Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG09
Piece: 2626 Folio: 88 Page: 5 Sched: 15a
Dwelling: Queens Hotel, Flookersbrook (Best Western, City Road?)
Place: Boughton, Cheshire, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Rupert* Potter Vis U 28 Barrister practising Lancs, Manchester
Edmund Potter Vis M 59 Calico printer Lancs, Manchester
Edmund Crompton Potter Vis U 30 Calico printer Lancs, Manchester
*transcribed as Robert
1871 Census Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG10
Piece: 1374; Folio: 160; Page: 22; Sched: 124
Dwelling: Campsfield House
Place: Essenden, Hertfordshire, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Edmond Potter Head M 69 Calico printer & land owner Lancs, Manchester
Jessy Potter Wife M 69 Lancs, Chorley
Clara Potter Dau U 39 Lancs, Manchester
Clara Wood Vis Wid 71 Lancs, Chorley
Arthur F Wiker Serv U 46 Butler Somerset, Bath
George Edwards Serv U 17 Under Butler Wilts, Market Lewough
Rebana Jones Serv U 31 Domestic servant Herts, Reed
Frances B Webb Serv U 29 Domestic servant Decon, Colyton
Zipporah Robinson Serv U 25 Domestic servant Derby, Hatfield
Louisa Rundall Serv U 23 Domestic servant Herts, Hoddesdon
Fanny Rundall Serv U 18 Domestic servant Herts, Hoddesdon
Norman Snoxall Graoom U 23 Groom Beds, Leeton
Morey Bowin Serv U 22 Domestic servant Camarthen, Llanelly
By 1871, having married in 1863, Rupert has established his own home and Helen Beatrix has been born, The family remain at 2 Bolton Garden until the 1911 census. Rupert died in 1914.
1871 Census Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG10
Piece: 53 Folio: 83 Page: 43/44 Sched
Dwelling: 2 Bolton Gardens
Place: Kensington, Brompton, Middlesex, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Rupert Potter Head M 38 A Barrister in practice Lancs, Manchester
Helen Potter Wife M 31 Cheshire, Dunkenfield
Helen Beatrix Potter Dau 4 Middlesex, Brompton
Henry G Louch Serv 30 Butler Middlesex, Uxbridge
Sarah Lowe Serv 38 Cook Derbyshire, Edale
Ann Mackenzie Serv 44 Nurse Invernesshire
Sarah Wallers? Serv 33 Housemaid Derbyshire, Bestley
Jane Peers Serv 18 Housemaid Cheshire, Mere
1881 Census Sun/Mon 2/3rd April 1881
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG11
Piece: 46 Folio: 9 Page: 14/15 Sched
Dwelling: 2 Bolton Gardens
Place: Kensington, Brompton, Middlesex, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Rupert Potter Head M 48 Barrister Lancs, Manchester
Helen Potter Wife M 41 Cheshire, Dunkenfield
Helen Beatrice Potter Dau 14 Scholar Middlesex, Kensington
Walter Bertram Potter Son 9
George Cox Serv M 44 Butler Dorset, Blanford
Sarah Harper Serv U 36 Domestic Servant Cheshire, Stockport
Elizabeth Harper Serv U 35 Domestic Servant Derbyshire, Beard
Catherine Fraser Serv U 24 Domestic Servant Scotland
Isabella Dewar Serv U 20 Domestic Servant Scotland
John Charles Wilson Vis M 49 Barrister Middlesex, Marylebone
1891 Census Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG12
Piece: 33; Folio 99; Page 71; Sched: 323
Dwelling: 2 Bolton Gardens
Place: Brompton, Kensington, Middlesex, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Rupert Potter Head M 58 Retired Barrister at Law Lancs, Manchester
Helen Potter Wife M 51 Cheshire, Dunkenfield
Helen B Potter Dau U 24 Middlesex, Kensington
Walter B Potter Son U 19 Student at Oxford Middlesex, Kensington
George Cox Serv U 55 Butler/Domestic Dorset, Blanford St. Mary
Elizabeth Harper Serv U 45 Housemaid/Domestic Derbyshire, Beard
Maria Shelbourne Serv U 16 Kitchenmaid/Domestic Yorkshire, Doncaster
Elizabeth Wooff Serv U 17 Under housemaid/Domestic Westmorland, Belton
1901 Census Sun/Mon 31st March/1st April 1901
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG13
Piece: 36; Folio: 118; Page: 48; Sched: 287
Dwelling: 2 Bolton Gardens
Place: Brompton, Kensington, Middlesex, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Rupert Potter Head M 68 Retired Barrister at Law Lancs, Manchester
Helen Potter Wife M 61 Cheshire, Dunkenfield
Helen B Potter Dau U 34 Middlesex, Old Brompton
Walter B Potter Son U 29 Artist/Painter Middlesex, Old Brompton
Sarah Harper Serv U 58 Cook/Domestic Cheshire, Stockport
Elizabeth Harper Serv U 55 Housemaid/Domestic Derbyshire, Beard
Ada Head Serv U 23 Kitchenmaid/Domestic Herts, Ware
Annie Woodford Serv U 19 Housemaid/Domestic Herts, Ware
1911 Census: Sun/Mon 2nd April/3rd April 1911
Source: TNA Ref: RG14 PN124; En.Dist: 37; Sched: 387
Reg. Gen. Ref: RG78 PN
RegDist: Kensington SubDist: Kensington South
Dwelling: 2 Bolton Garden
Place: South Kensington, London
Rooms in dwelling, other than scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom: 16
Years married: 47
Children: Alive 2, dead none
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Rupert Potter Head M 78 Barrister At Law Retired Lancashire, Manchester
Helen Potter Wife M 71 Cheshire, Dukinfield
Helen Beatrix Potter Dau S 44 Authoress Middlesex, London
Elizabeth Harper Serv S 65 Cook Domestic Derbyshire, Beard
Helen Wilkinson Serv S 22 Parlour Maid Domestic Lancashire, Italy Bridge
Ada Howard Serv S 27 Housemaid Domestic Derbyshire, Bakewell
Daisy Quartermaine Serv S 17 Under Housemaid Domestic Oxon, Garssington
Rose Hedger Serv S 17 Kitchen Maid Domestic Oxon, Oxford
John Leech
b.20oct1801 at Gorse Hall, Dukinfield, Cheshire
c.22nov1801 at Presbyterian Chaple, Dukinfield
d.23apr1861 at Gorse Hall, Dukinfield, Cheshire age 59
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m.06jun1832 Hyde
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Jane Ashton, daughter of Thomas Ashton and Harriet Booth. =//==|========||
b.23mar1809 Ashton
c.26mar1809 Gee Cross Uniterian, Hyde, Cheshire b.19oct1841
d.1stQt1884 aged 74, Ashton under Lyne 8d 383 c.
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Jane Harriet John William Elizabeth Helen Mary
b.14jun1833 b.20aug1834 b.05aug1835 b.24aug1836 b.09nov1837 b.15apr1839 b.10sep1840
c.29jul1833 c.24sep1834 c. c. c.1838 c.26Sep1839 c.
d......1876 d. d.29oct1870 d.08mar1887 d.14jan1865 d. d...dec1840
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m.junqt1862 m.08aug1863
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Walter Rupert
Potter Potter
b.....~1832
d.2ndQt1914 Kensington 1a 118
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helen walter
Beatrix Bertram
b.28jul1866 b......1872
d.22dec1943 d.
Source: Leech family Lancashire Rootsweb archives
1841 Census Sun/Mon 6/7 June 1841
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref HO107
Piece: 109 Book: 13 Folio: 6 Page: 6-7
Dwelling: Gorse Hall
Place: Dunkinfield, Cheshire, England
Name Age Occupation Born in County
John Leech 39 Cotton Spinery Y
Jane Leech 30 Y
Jane Leech 8 Y
Harriet Leech 7 Y
John Leech (Jnr) 6 Y
William Leech 5 Y
Elizabeth Leech 3 Y
Helen Leech 2 Y
Thomas Rathasuph 35 MS
Ann Herbert 40 FS
Elizabeth Hill 29 FS
Hannah Fear 20 FS
Kitty Hurt 40 FS
John Crashtree 50 MS
Sarah Ishlewood 40 FS
Helen Leech was born 15 April 1839 at Dunkinfield, Cheshire, England and
christened: 26 September 1839 at Old Presbyterian Chapel, Dukinfield, IGI Ref: Co76441
Note: Ages are usually rounded down to the nearest five years.
1851 Census Sun/Mon 30/31st March 1851
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref H1O7
Piece: 1480 Folio: 845 Page: 15-16 Sched: 53
Dwelling: Palace Gardens
Place: Knightsbridge, Westminster, London, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
John Leech Head M 49 General Merchant Lancashire, Stanlybridge
Jane Leech Wife M 42 Cheshire, Hyde
Jane Leech Dau U 17 Scholar at home Cheshire, Dunkinfield
Harriet Leech Dau U 16 Scholar at home Cheshire, Dunkinfield
John Leech Son U 15 Scholar Cheshire, Dunkinfield
Wm Leech Son 14 Scholar Cheshire, Dunkinfield
Eliz Leech Dau 13 Scholar Cheshire, Dunkinfield
Helen Leech Dau 11 Scholar Cheshire, Dunkinfield
Harriet Ashton Vist Wid 65 Cheshire, Motham?
Harriet Ashton Vist U 40 Cheshire, Hyde
William Sharp Serv U 22 Yorkshire
John Barnett Serv U 13
Hannah Pace Serv U 54
Ann Hebbert Serv U 51
Elizah Louise Serv U 37
Eliza Hackworth Serv U 35
Eliza Allott Serv U 37
Eliza Barlass Serv U 26
1861 Census Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG09
Piece: 2995 Folio Page Sched
Dwelling: Gorse Hall
Place: Dunkinfield, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Gorse Hall is not listed in District 15. It is possible that John sold it or it was unoccupied.
However, the Enumerator, in his District description, lists it as Mr Leech's Masion, Gorse Hall.
1871 Census Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG10
Piece: 131 Folio: 75 Page: 13 Sched
Dwelling: 20 Palace Gardens
Place: Knightsbridge, London, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Jane Leech Head W 62 Interest of Money Cheshire, Hyde
Jane Leech Dau U 37 Cheshire, Dunkinfield
Edith Potter Gdau 7 Lancs, Manchester
Edmund Potter Gson 6 Lancs, Manchester
Ann Newsome Serv U 36 Nurse
William Andrews Serv U 38 Butler
Mary Hughes Serv U 29 Cook
Jane Hopkins Serv U 34 House maid
Ellen Wingfield Serv U 27 Ladies maid
Mary Boyer Serv U 21 House maid
Betsey Wardle Serv U 21 Kitchen maid
Frederick W Lily Serv U 21 Footman
It is possible that Edith and Edmund POTTER are the children of Walter POTTER and Elizabeth Leech. Elizabeth died 14 January 1865, perhaps explaining why the children were with their grandmother and why later, in the 1881 census. the two children went to boarding schools.
1881 Census Sun/Mon 2/3rd April 1881
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG11
Piece: 121 Folio: 47 Page: 11 Sched: 46
Dwelling: 20 Palace Garden House
Place: Westmister, London, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Jane Leech Head Wid 72 Annuitant Cheshire, Hyde
Ada B Smalllfield Comp U 24 Companion Surrey, Kingsland
Ellen Wingfield Serv U 36 Maid domestic Lancs, Eccles
Jane Hopkins Serv U 48 Cook domestic Yorks, Ossett
Mary A Sharp Serv U 28 Housemiad domestic Barronhen??
Jemima E. Lampard Serv U 27 Housemaid domestic Surrey, Dorking
Eliza E. Oakley Serv U 15 Kitchen domestic Yorks, Ossett
Kennet T. Mc Lennon Serv U 36 Butler ??? Row
William B. Westcott Serv U 21 Footman Somerset, Bishop Lydeard
Extract from The Friends of Gorse Hall
Helen Leech and Rupert POTTER were married on 08 August 1863 at Gee Cross, Stockport, Cheshire.
| John Leech, one of the many wealthy cotton manufacturers of the district,
bought land from Mr. Astley to build his mills. His son John bought the Gorse Hall estate
and with stone from the local quarries built a “New” Gorse Hall mansion in 1835/6. He laid
out formal gardens, an orchard and a bowling green, now used as an open classroom. John
and Jane Leech had eight children, one being Helen born at Gorse Hall, she was later to
become the mother of Beatrix POTTER, the famous children’s author. A Blue Plaque can be
seen at the main entrance on High St. Stalybridge.
Right: Gorse Hall |
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The journal logged events dating as early as 1881. She recorded conversations with relatives, observations, and reactions to events happening in other parts of the world. Her journal begins with a conversation with her grandmother: Grandmamma Leech was telling us today about when she came to London. She did not say the date. They came up by the stage coach because great grandfather was going to buy a new one and did not wish to come in his own. The journal continues to explain that two trips were required to bring the family safely to London, from Gorse Hall, Stalybridge.
Sources: More about the Potters origins (Accessed 10 Aril 2010) and More about the Potters origins #2 (Accessed 10 Aril 2010)
| John Leech had died at Gorse Hall in 1861 but Jane lived on there until
her death ??? in 1884. They are buried in the family vault at Old Chapel, Dukinfield.
Beatrix's parents Helen and Rupert POTTER are buried in the Potter family vault at
Hyde Chapel, Gee Cross. It was at this chapel that the children of
John Harper CROMPTON (1852-1935)
worshipped in the 1930s. Right: Joel Lane Chapel opened in 1873 and closed in 1960. At one time it had its own little school. |
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| Above: A 1932 map locating Joel Lane Chapel marked yellow - scale 1:10560 |  |
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