Person:James Fernihough (3)

James Fernihough's origins have yet to be established. His first confirmed sighting is on 6th February 1663 when he was named in a marriage licence to marry Ann Thorley. At that time he was living at Marton in Cheshire, whilst Ann was from the neighbouring hamlet of Somerford. It is not clear exactly when or where they married, although Ann was already heavily pregnant at the time of of their marriage licence being granted, with her first daughter being baptised less than two months later.

James and Ann went on to have four children baptised at Marton between 1663 and 1670.

It is not clear when James died. One possibility is that he was buried at Marton on 4th November 1699 - the parish registers have a Fernihough burial on that date, but the forename has completely faded (and there does not appear to be a surviving Bishop's Transcript for that year). Ann died just three weeks after this burial. She was buried at Marton on 29th November 1699.

1.   Church of England. Chapelry of Marton (near Congleton, Cheshire). Parish registers for Marton (near Congleton), 1536-2001. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990-2004).

   Possible burial:
   [faded] Ferniough of Marton Buryed November 4 1699