1. Ralph Duxbury(1)
(2)(3)
was born about 1696.(4) He died
on 9 Nov 1792 in Waterside, Colne, Lancashire, England.
(5) According to parish records he died of old age. He was buried
on 13 Nov 1792 in St. Bartholomew Parish Church, Colne, Lancashire, ENGLAND.
(6) He resided abt 1731 to 1792 in Waterside,
Colne, Lancashire, England.(7) From 1728
to 1731, he is believed to have resided in Blacko, Lancashire, England.
Updated 21 Oct 1998 - In 1726 he is believed to have been living in Broughton,
West Riding, Yorkshire, England; Earby, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. The
St. Bartholomew Parish Church, Colne, Lancashire, England registers date back
to 1599.
The earliest known Duxbury family was established in the parish of Standish,
Lancashire, England in the early twelfth century with the first mention of Ulf
de Duxbury and his descendants who were then living in a place called Duxbury.
Early information is sparse and incomplete making it almost impossible to document
a comprehensive family history of Ralph's ancestors with direct ties to the earliest
Duxburys. Apparently, the most research has been completed on the Darwen Duxbury
line. It should, however, be noted that Donald and Ruth Duxbury of Madison, WI
have extensively researched the Colne Duxbury line and this publication is based,
for the most part, on their research.
This family history begins with Ralph Duxbury (ca. 1696). Ralph is believed to
have lived pre 1728 in Broughton,, West Riding, Yorkshire, England; Earby, West
Riding, Yorkshire, England, post 1728 in Blacko and Waterside, Colne, Lancashire,
England. Our main focus in this genealogy is the direct ancestral line of Ralph,
his son Robert (1731), Robert's son John (1759) and John's son Luke (1803) in
England and the migration of Luke's widow Jane (Pickles) and her four children
including Joseph circa 1855, who settled in Lonsdale, Providence County, Rhode
Island and Joseph's direct American descendants.
He was married to Mary Chadwick
on 2 May 1726 in St. Mary Parish Church, Thornton-in-Craven, West Riding, Yorkshire,
England.(8) Ralph
Duxbury and Mary Chadwick had the following children:
2 i.
Alice Duxbury(9)
(3) was born in 1726. She was christened on 21 Jan 1726 in Parish
of Thornton. Christening date occurs after the marriage based on the Julian
calendar year which ran from 25 March to 25 March prior to September 1752 when
A Gregorian calendar was adopted. She was buried on 28 Feb 1727.
+3 ii.
Ellen Duxbury.
+4 iii.
Robert Duxbury.
+5 iv.
William Duxbury.
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