Living with Anne Flint widow of Samuel Flint in 1861 were
[see 1871 Census]
Henry Beesley and his cousin Sarah Wainwright widow nee Wigley and
her daughter Louisa Jane Wainwright..Sarah's late husband was
Edward Wainwright who was Head Gardener to Richard Arkwright 2nd at
Willersley Castle ... Edward Wainwright was a widower when he married
Sarah Wigley, [and was] son of Timothy Wainwright a farmer of Chester...
Sarah and Edward married on 5th May 1858 at
St Mary's Church Mill Lane Crommford near Willersley Castle built
by Sir Richard Arkwright..Witnesses at Sarah and Edward Wainwrights
marriage were Fanny J Arkwright daughter of Peter Arkwright, Richard
and Mary Arkwright's son....Sarah Wainwright
was daughter of James and Elizabeth Wigley nee Taylor of
Wirksworth / Middleton Elizabeth sister to Anne Flint nee Taylor
both children of Robert and Mary Taylor nee Blackwell...of Middleton
The following is the Wigley family re Sarah Wainwright
William Wigley born 1674 married Sarah Mather widow 1695
Son
Obediah Wigley born 1728 married Mary Shepherd of Carsington 1753
Son
James Wigley born 1754 married 1st wife Mary Latham 2nd wife Elizabeth Brough
Son of James and Mary nee Latham
William Wigley born 1775 married Elizabeth Spencer daughter of Samuel and
Hannah Spencer nee Woodrough..Woodroughs ( sometimes spelt Woodruffe)
originating from Taddington near Buxton Samuel Spencer son of Daniel
and Grace Spencer nee Wigley of Middleton married 1735
Son of William and Elizabeth Wigley nee Spencer
James Wigley born 1803 married Elizabeth Taylor daughter of Robert and
Mary Taylor nee Blackwell Elizabeth sister to Anne Flint nee Taylor
(One of the wittnesses at Robert and Mary Taylors marriage was my
4XGrandfather George Land of Bolehill who
married Betty Hoades daughter of Isaac and Anne Hoades nee Shaw
they my 5XGrandparents on my mothers family side of Wigley/Walker..Isaacs 2nd
wife Elizabeth nee Peach and he forebares of Macbeths and Beesley marriages)
Daughter of James and Elizabeth Wigley nee Taylor
Sarah Wigley married Edward Wainwright who was Head Gardener at Willersley Castle
where other's of my mother's Smith/Walker family namely William Smith (born at
Claymills near Burton Upon Trent) who married Sarah Walker my Gr Gr Aunt was
also a Gardener at Willersley Castle, (later William and Sarah Smith nee Walker
removed to The Heights of Abraham where they lived at The Lodge..
William Gardener /Groundsman at The Botanical Gardens Their son Samuel Smith
Master Stonemason founded a Spar Turning business Blue John / other Derbyshire
minerals later owning the Royal Museum Matlock Bath.. his son William continuing
the business into the 1900s .. My Smith / Walker and Walthall families lived at
Belle Vue House, Museum Parade Matlock Bath where my Gr Gr Uncle George Walker
and his wife Lydia were Lodging House Keepers he also co owning with his
brother's Joseph Walker my Grt Grandfather and William Walker
(married Lydia Hall daughter of Caleb and Hannah Hall nee Flint,
Hannah my 5XAunt ) Bullestree Lead Mine near Willersley Castle
(Bullestree was on land where Cromford Railway Station was built)
The Walker brothers of Bonsall anscestory were born at Castleton where
their father William who married Catherine Wigley of Bonsall they my
Gr Gr Grandparents was a Blue John Miner at their Hall family mine
Blue John Cavern 1780s
Three members of my immediate family today work on the Willersley Castle estate
my son a Gardener / Groundsman and Woodsman (Christian Holiday and Conference
Centre, Methodist Guild Holidays ) following in the footsteps of his 6 and
5 XGrandfather's both called Adam Killer Head Woodsmen to Nightingale 's
at Bow Wood near Lea Bridge
By the 1881 census Louisa Jane Wainwright aged 22 years daughter of Edward
and Sarah Wainwright was working for the Macbeth family as Chief Clerk at
their Tailors Workshops at Stretford and Hulme Manchester
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