Biography of Ellen Booth 1744-1813

Paternal Family Tree: Booth of Hayfield

On or before 04 Apr 1744 Ellen Booth was born to Thomas Booth (age 25). She was baptised on 04 Apr 1772 at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map].

Before 04 Apr 1772, on 18 Jul, Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder and Ellen Booth (age 27) were married at All Saints Church, Glossop [Map]. The service was peformed by Reverend John Lingard who was the husband of her sister Betty Booth (age 22).

On or before 04 Apr 1772 [her son] Ann Waterhouse m Howard was born to [her husband] Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder and Ellen Booth (age 28). She was baptised at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map] on 04 Apr 1772.

On or before 13 Nov 1774 [her son] Thomas Waterhouse was born to [her husband] Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder and Ellen Booth (age 30). He was baptised on 13 Nov 1774 at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map].

1779. Booth Farm, Kinder [Map]. The initials and date above the door being *B*, T & E, 1739, which may refer to [her father] Thomas Booth (age 60). The name of his wife was Elizabeth. He had a daughter named Ellen Booth (age 34) who is referred to as of Booth [Map]. She, Ellen married Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder.

On or before 21 Jan 1780 [her daughter] Ellen Waterhouse was born to [her husband] Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder and Ellen Booth (age 35). She was baptised on 21 Jan 1780 at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map].

On or before 11 Apr 1784 [her daughter] Mary Waterhouse was born to [her husband] Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder and Ellen Booth (age 40). She was baptised on 11 Apr 1784 at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map].

On or before 12 Nov 1786 [her daughter] Leah Waterhouse was born to [her husband] Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder and Ellen Booth (age 42). She was baptised on 12 Nov 1786 at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map].

Proved 13 Feb 1796. WILL OF [her father] THOMAS BOOTH (age 77) OF KINDER: 13th February 1796

This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas BOOTH of Kinder in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby Gentleman,

first I GIVE AND DEVISE unto my Dear wife Elizabeth and her Assigns for and during the term of her natural life the House [Map] Garden and premises I now occupy with the out-housing and room to lay Hay in the Barn and standing for a Cow in the Shippen and the round meadow with liberty to get Fire wood in the Bank at Kinder aforesaid

AAND ALSO ONE clear annuity or yearly rent or sum of Seventy pounds to be paid to her by four equal quarterly payments in the year the first payment thereof to be made at the end of twenty days next after my decease with a proportionate part of such annuity for any time les than a quarter of any day of payment next preceding her death And which said annuity or yearly sum I do hereby charge upon and direct to be issuing and payable from the remaining part of my Estate (not devised to my said wife for life aforesaid) in Kinder aforesaid

AND I SO HEREBY declare my will and mind to be that if the said annuity shall happen to be in arrear and unpaid for the space of Seventy days next after any quarterly day of payment then and in such Case from time to time it shall and may be lawful for my said wife and her assigns to enter into and upon the remaining part of my said Estate (not devised to my said wife for life as aforesaid) in Kinder aforesaid or any part thereof and to distain for the recovery of the said annuity as shall be so in arrear or any part thereof and the incidental costs and charges in the like manner as is usual in Cases of Distress for rent service in arrear

I GIVE AND DEVISE all and every my Messuages Cottages Lands tenements rents and hereditaments situate in Kinder aforesaid (so subject and chargeable as aforesaid) and in Chadderton or elsewhere in the County of Lancaster of what tenure nature or kind so-ever the same or any of them respectively are or be with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances unto my two Sons in Law and Executors hereinafter name the Reverend John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE their Executors Administrators and Assigns for the term of 99 years to commence and begin from the day of my death UPON TRUST that they the said John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE or the survivor of them his Executors or administrators do and shall by mortgage thereof or of a competent part thereof do and shall pay for all or any part of the said term of ninety nine years borrow and take up at interest such sum or sums of money as [ ] or [ ] and sufficient for the payment of all unjust debts funeral expenses and the Probate of this my will And Subject to the interest thereof do and shall pay apply and dispose of the present clear yearly rents thereof ( not including the mines or Timber therein) during such part of the said term of ninety nine years as my said wife shall happen to live in manner following, that is to say One third part thereof unto my Daughter Mary wife of John BAYLEY ONE other third part thereof unto my Daughter Ellen (age 51) the wife of the said Thomas WATERHOUSE

AND the remaining one third part thereof unto my Daughter [ ] the wife of John SIMPSON AND [crease in original] shall [ ] to die in the life time of my said wife leaving issue Child or Children I direct and order the part of such of them so dying to be continued and paid to such her or their Child or Children AND in case any of them shall happen to die without leaving issue Child or Children I direct and order the part of such of them so dying without issue to be continued and paid to the survivors or survivor and to the issue of such of them as shall or may be dead leaving issue such issue taking only amongst them the part that such parent would have taken if living

AND UPON FURTHER TRUST that they the said John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE and the survivor of them his Executors or Administrators do and shall from and immediately after the death of my said wife by with and out of the rents issues and profits of my said Estate in Kinder pay unto my said Daughter Mary and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life one clear annuity or rent of [ teen] pounds and ten shillings and for her own sole and separate use and disposal exclusive of the said John BAILEY or of any other Husband or Husbands with whom she shall intermarry and wherewith he or they or any of them shall not in anywise intermeddle neither shall the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to his their or any of their debts control engagements but that the receipt or receipts of my said Daughter Mary alone shall be effectual or sufficient discharge or discharges for the same or for such part or parts thereof as shall be therein respectively acknowledged and expressed to be received AND IN EITHER manner or by demise sale or Mortgage thereof or of a competent part thereof for all or any part of the said term of ninety nine years as they in their discretion shall think fit levy and raise or borrow and take up at interest the sum of one hundred pounds and pay the same unto my Grandson Daniel BOOTH son of my said Daughter [ ] and also from immediately after the death of my said Daughter Mary the further sum of sixty pounds and pay and apply the same unto my Grandson Daniel BOOTH PROVIDED ALWAYS and I do hereby order and direct that in Case the said several sums of one hundred pounds and sixty pounds respectively or either of them so directed to be paid to my said Grandson Daniel BOOTH as aforesaid shall happen to be behind and unpaid by the space of three months next after they or either of them shall respectively become due under and by virtue of this my will Being first lawfully demanded then and so often it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Grandson Daniel BOOTH or his assigns into and upon my said Estate in Kinder aforesaid and unto every or any part thereof to enter and distain for the same or for such part thereof as shall be then due and the distress and distresses then and there found to detain keep sell and dispose of for the raising the said several sums of one hundred pounds and sixty pounds or such of them or such part or parts of them or either of them as shall be so due and unpaid together with the reasonable costs and charges attending such distress and sale rendering the over plus if any there be to the then owner thereof any- thing in this my will contained or any Law usage or custom to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding And so subject and chargeable

I GIVE AND DEVISE the whole of my said Estate in Kinder unto my said Daughter Ellen (age 51) and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and from and immediately after her death unto and to the use of all and every or such one or more of the Children of my said Daughter Ellen (age 51) born or hereafter to be born in such parts shares and proportions manner and form as my said Daughter Ellen (age 51) notwithstanding her Coverture and whether she shall be sole or married by any her Deed or Deeds in writing to be by her duly signed sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses or by her last will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting her last will and Testament to be by her signed sealed and published in the presence of and attested by three or more credible witnesses shall direct limit give devise or appoint the same and in default of such direction limitation gift devise or appointment

I GIVE AND DEVISE the same unto the eldest son of my said Daughter Ellen (age 51) by her present husband the said Thomas WATERHOUSE his heirs and assigns for ever

AND UPON FURTHER trust that they said John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE and the Survivor of them his Executors or administrators do and shall from and immediately after the death of my [wife] will and out of the [crease in original] of my said Estate in Chadderton aforesaid or elsewhere in the said County of Lancaster pay unto my said Daughter Mary and her assigns for and during so long and such part of the said term of ninety nine years as she shall happen to live One other clear annuity or rent of Thirteen pounds and ten shillings to and for her own sole and separate use and disposal exclusive of the said John BAILEY or any other husband or husbands with whom she shall intermarry and wherewith neither or any of them shall not in anywise intermeddle neither shall the same or any part thereof be subject or liable to his their or any of their debts control management or engagements but that the receipt and receipts of my said Daughter Mary above shall be effectual sufficient discharge or discharges for the same or for such part or parts thereof as shall be therein respectively acknowledged and expressed to be received

And so subject and chargeable I GIVE AND DEVISE the whole of my said Estate in Chadderton aforesaid or elsewhere in the said County of Lancaster unto my said Daughter [her sister] Betty (age 46) and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life without impeachment of or for any manner of waste and from and immediately after her death

I GIVE AND DEVISE the same unto and to the use of and every or any such one or more of the Children of my said Daughter Betty (age 46) born or hereafter to be born in such parts shares and proportions manner and form as my said Daughter Betty (age 46) notwithstanding her coverture and whether she shall be sole or married by [ ] her Deed or Deeds in writing to be by her duly executed in the presence of an attested by two or more credible witnesses or by her last will and Testament in writing or any writing purporting her last will and Testament to be by her duly signed [deed] and published in the presence of and attested by three or more credible witnesses shall direct limit give devise or appoint the same And in default of such direction limitation gift devise or appointment

I GIVE AND DEVISE the same unto the Eldest son of my said Daughter Betty (age 46) by her present husband the said John LINGARD his heirs and assigns for ever And as for and concerning all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects of what and every nature or kind so ever or where so ever

I GIVE AND DEVISE the same unto my said wife her Executors Administrators and assigns And I do declare my will and mind to be that the said annuity and provision hereinbefore devised and bequeathed is and for the benefit of my said wife are by me intended to be in lieu and satisfaction of her Dower or thirds at Common Law PROVIDED ALWAYS and [ ] my will and mind is that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees and Executors and the survivor of them his Executors and administrators to reimburse and satisfy themselves and [ ] of them by with and out of the said [ ] Estate all such costs charges [ ] which they or either of any of them shall or may [ ] or be [ ] unto for or by reason or means of the trusts hereby in them reposed or any-thing relating thereto And that [ ] [ ] shall not by answerable or accountable for any [ ] than shall actually come to their hands respectively nor for any involuntary loss or misfortune which shall or may happen to the said trust estate nor shall the [ ] them be answerable or accountable for the acts receipts neglects [ ] misappropriations or non-applications of the other of them But each of them only for his own respective wilful acts receipts neglects and defaults AND LASTLY I nominate [ ] and appoint the said John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE Trustees and Executors hereof and do hereby revoke all former wills by me made and declare this to be my last Will

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. Thomas BOOTH

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the above named Testator Thomas BOOTH as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of one another have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to attest the execution hereof

George HOBSON; Thomas HOBSON; John HOBSON

I Thomas BOOTH of Kinder in the parish of Glossop in the County Derby Yeoman being advanced in years but of sound and perfect memory (blessed be God) Do make and publish this my Codicil to my last Will and Testament bearing date the thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety six. Whereas in my said Will I did nominated and constitute my Sons in Law John LINGARD and Thomas WATERHOUSE Trustees and Executors thereof And my Son in Law John LINGARD is now departed this Life, I therefore do hereby nominate and appoint my Daughter Betty LINGARD (age 46) and my Son in Law Thomas WATERHOUSE jointly to be Executrix and Executor of my said last Will and Testament and all the Legacies and Bequests in my said Will I hereby do Ratify and confirm.

In Witness whereof I have heretofore set my Hand and Seal this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred.

Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named Thomas BOOTH as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses

John TOMMINS; James GARSIDE; Mary GARSIDE

On 23 May 1801 [her father] Thomas Booth (age 82) died. His daughter Ellen Booth (age 57) and her husband [her husband] Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder inherited Booth Farm, Kinder [Map].

On 21 Sep 1806 [her son-in-law] Joseph Waterhouse (age 25) and [her daughter] Leah Waterhouse (age 19) were married at All Saints Church, Glossop [Map]. Possibly. She is on the census as Leah and born in Hayfield in 1786.

On 17 Jul 1810 [her son-in-law] John Marriott and [her daughter] Ellen Waterhouse (age 30) were married at All Saints Church, Glossop [Map].

07 Apr 1812. WILL OF ELLEN BOOTH (WATERHOUSE). Proved 27 Aug 1813 at Glossop.

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Ellen WATERHOUSE (age 68) Wife of Thomas WATERHOUSE Junior of Booth in Kinder in the parish of Glossop and County of Derby

I Give and Bequeath unto my Husband Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun. during his natural life all that House Garden and Premises now occupied by my mother Elizabeth BOOTH Widow of my late Father [her father] Thomas BOOTH of Booth aforesaid Deceased likewise

I Give unto my said Husband Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun. aforesaid liberty to cut down and fall or cause to be cut down and fallen what wood or Timber he pleases in any part of my Estate at Booth [Map] in Kinder aforesaid during his natural life

I Give unto my Daughters Mary WATERHOUSE (age 27) and Leah WATERHOUSE (age 25) the Dwelling House Garden and a Garden situate lying and being at the South end of the Barn now in the present occupation of my Husband Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun and the usual Road into the Cellar with the privileges of Laying Their Coals and B[ ] in the usual place which my Husband and me occupy with the privilege of laying their Cloths on the usual Hedge also to bring water from the Back Door or through the Lobby or to bring Water from the Well in the Croft or New-Foily may require also the privilege to get fire Wood for their own use in that part of my Estate called the Bank, also the liberty of Keeping a few Hens to go in and about the fold with the liberty of the usual Hen Cote also to have occupy possess and enjoy that part of my Estate called the round meadow and the Summering of one Cow to go on my Estate in Kinder aforesaid paying the sum of Two pounds for the said Cows Summering Yearly and [ ] year of either the occupier or his heirs or assigns [ ] to let a Cow [ ] the before mentioned conditions then it is my mind and will that my Daughters before mentioned have that part of my Estate aforesaid call the Long Wall [ ] for the purpose of summering a Cow and also to have liberty to lay their Hay in the same Building which my Husband and me occupy at present, all the before mentioned privileges to have Occupy possess and enjoy during their natural lives or the natural life of the survivor of them provided they or either of them continue unmarried but no longer, but not to sell or let the whole or any part thereof without the consent of my Son Thomas WATERHOUSE (age 37) but first had and obtained in writing for that purpose:

I Give and Bequeath to my Son John WATERHOUSE the sum of Fifty pounds,

I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Ann HOWARD (age 40) the sum of Fifty pounds,

I Give and Bequeath to my Son Samuel WATERHOUSE the Sum of Fifty pounds,

I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Ellen MARRIOTT (age 32) the sum of Fifty Pounds:

I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Mary WATERHOUSE (age 27) aforesaid the Sum of Fifty pounds,

I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Leah Waterhouse (age 25) aforesaid the Sum of Fifty pounds:

the aforesaid Legacies or sums of money to be paid by my son Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun (age 37) at the end of Twelve Months next after the decease of my Mother Elizabeth BOOTH aforesaid should my said Son Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun (age 37) Refuse to pay the aforesaid Legacies or Sums of money or any part thereof it is then my mind and will and I order and appoint my Executors hereafter named to enter upon that part of my Estate called or knowingly name or names of the Far [Dobs] and Holdwell Hob and the same to [ ] the best advantage and money (after all the [ ] Minding the [ ] thereof to paid) to be equally divided amongst my six children before mentioned in Lieu of the aforesaid Legacies to them before Bequeathed, should any of the aforementioned Legatees Die leaving no Child nor Children before the said Legacy or Sum of money becomes Due then it is my mind and will that their said Legacy or Sum of money be equally divided amongst the survivors:

Further it is my mind and will that my Estate in Kinder aforesaid be inherited and taken possession of by my Son Thomas WATERHOUSE Jun (age 37) aforesaid his heirs or assigns he fulfilling this my Will and the Will of my late Father Thomas BOOTH Decease

Lastly I make and constitute and ordain my Husband Thomas WATERHOUSE and my Son John WATERHOUSE to be the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time made I declare this to be my Last Will and Testament consisting of one sheet of paper three sides only partly written,

In Witness whereof I the said Ellen WATERHOUSE the Testatrix of this my last Will and Testament have set my Hand and Seal The Seventh Day of April One Thousand eight Hundred & Twelve

Ellen WATERHOUSE her mark X and seal

Sealed signed published and declared by the said Testatrix as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto the Day and Year above written

Samuel WATERHOUSE; Sarah WATERHOUSE; Ann SHALAWAY

July 1813. Let a Probate of this Will be given to Thomas WATERHOUSE of Kinder and John WATERHOUSE of Phoeside, both within the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby, Farmers the joint Executors mentioned in the said Will They being Duly sworn this Tenth Day of July 1813, that the deceased's personal Estate is not of the Value of 5£'s

Before me Chris HOWE Surrgt.

In Jul 1813 Ellen Booth (age 69) died.

[her son] John Waterhouse of Phoside was born to Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder and Ellen Booth.

[her son] Samuel Waterhouse was born to Thomas Waterhouse of Booth in Kinder and Ellen Booth.

Ancestors of Ellen Booth 1744-1813

Great x 3 Grandfather: Unamed Booth

Great x 2 Grandfather: Unamed Booth

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Booth of Kinder

GrandFather: John Booth of Kinder

Father: Thomas Booth

GrandMother: Helen Froggatt

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Gee of Ashes Farm

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ann Gee

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hurdsfield of Chapel-en-le Frith

Ellen Booth