Person:John Fernihough (3)

John Fernihough was baptised on 13th July 1723 at Flintham in Nottinghamshire, son of Elizabeth Fernihough, formerly Smith, and her husband John Fernihough, who was the vicar of Flintham, and who was originally from Marton in Cheshire, about seventy miles away. John was their eldest surviving child.

John's paternal grandfather (another John Fernihough) died in 1739. He was a yeoman at Marton. His will specifically mentions young John, who was to take over the lease of the farm at Marton after his aunt's Ann's death should the lease still be running at that time. As it happened young John did not outlive his aunt and so he presumably never came into the property at Marton.

John's father died in 1743.

On 9th February 1746, aged 22, John married Elizabeth Aram at the church of St Mary in Nottingham. He was described as being a farmer of Flintham at the time.

After their marriage John and Elizabeth lived in Flintham for the first few years after their marriage, having three children baptised there between 1748 and 1752.

John's mother died in 1754. She was buried at Flintham.

By 1755 John and Elizabeth had left Flintham and moved about nineteen miles south to Willoughby on the Wolds, where they had another two children in 1755 and 1759. Whilst living at Willoughby, John gave an indenture to his aunt Ann's husband, Jacob Walker. What the indenture concerned is not recorded, although it may have been to do with the administration of John's late grandfather's estate. The indenture is mentioned in Jacob Walker's will, which was written in 1757 and refers to John as living at Willoughby (given as "Wilibey" in the will).

John and Elizabeth's eldest daughter died at Willoughby in 1760, aged twelve.

John died at the age of forty, being buried at Willoughby on 7th June 1764. Elizabeth survived him by sixteen years.

1. ↑ Nottinghamshire Family History Society. Nottinghamshire Baptisms Database.

   ch. 13 Jul 1723, Flintham: John son of John & Elisabeth Ferniough

2. ↑ Nottinghamshire Family History Society. Nottinghamshire Burials Database.

   bur. 7 Jun 1764, Willoughby on the Wolds: Mr John Ferniaugh