James Greatbatch 1751-1810
Boothroyd-Johnstone Ancestry tree
1751. James Greatbatch was born in Shelton, Stoke on Trent to James Greatbatch, 1720, & Jane Titley, 1724, August 1751. Baptised Shelton 11/8/1751
Going back. James Greatbatch married Jane Titley on 9/6/1746 in Marston upon Dove, Derby. He was born 1720 to James Greatback 1695.
1778. James Greatbatch married Mary Ridgway on 26/12/1778 in Prestbury, Cheshire, England. The Cheshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records record says James was of the Rectory, Stoke, Staffordshire, and Mary Ridgway from S. (Stoke, Staffordshire?)
They had three children in 19 years.
1778. Rector of Stoke parish, as recorded in the marriage in the Cheshire Registers of Marriage 1771-1789.
1779. George Greatbatch was born to the Rev. James Greatbatch & Mary Ridgway Shelton/Hanley , Stoke, Oct 1779. Baptised 24/10/1779
1810. James Greatbatch, 59, died 5/1/1810 at Hanley ."He had known the precious truths of the Gospel for 20 years : at his death those who knew him well said'He was a good man'". "His death was improved by his son ( an Itinerant Minister in Lancashire) to a very crowded and attentive population" -the Evangelical Magazine & Missionary Chronicle, Google