Our great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents
Thomas Ramsdale and his wife Alice, whose surname is unknown, have been identified through the baptism record of their son, Thomas Ramsdale. No record of their birth, baptism or marriage has been located. A Thomas “Romsdell” of Bedford was, however, named as the father in these burial records: Ellen – buried 12 January 1741; Robert – buried 11 December 1745 (having been baptised on 9 July 1743); Thomas – buried 13 December 1745; William – buried 28 April 1746.
If the father named was our Thomas Ramsdale, the burial for Thomas in 1745 suggests some alternative possibilities:
Although any of the three alternatives could be correct, the first is considered to be the most likely based on location and fit with other known facts. Under this scenario, both Thomas and Alice were probably born around 1715, married around 1735 and had six children:
Thomas Ramsdale died in December 1745 and was buried at St. Mary the Virgin Leigh on 13 December. His burial record notes his abode as Bedford.
Alice died in January 1770 and was buried at St. Mary the Virgin on 25 January. The burial record says that at the time of her death, Alice’s abode was Culcheth. She may have relocated there with her son Thomas and his wife a few years before her death.