The Morris Clan

William RATHBONE

HUSBAND:
[F16992]. William RATHBONE.
The earliest records of RATHBONE in Lancashire have been found in the parish of Farnworth, near Ditton. Amongst the early entries in the Farnworth parish registers there is a William RATHBONE who was thought to have been born before 1538, and died in 1587, and was buried at Farnworth on 8 June 1587. He married Ellen on (2-S1)(8-S2) February 1565-66 at (Farnworth-S1)(Ditton-S3).

WIFE:
[F16993]. Ellen.
She married William RATHBONE [F16992]. She was buried at Farnworth on 30 November 1587. (S1).

CHILDREN of William RATHBONE [F16992] and Ellen [F16993]:

William RATHBONE. Born in 1562(S1) in England. (S3). He died before 1577.(S3). Thomas RATHBONE (1563-before 1566)
[F8496]. Thomas RATHBONE. Born 28 DEC 1566 in England. (S1,S3). He married 13 Oct 1588, Grace COPPOWE [F8497](S1,S3), (daughter of John COPPOWE-S3) at Farnworth, Lancashire, England. (S3). He died 7 Nov 1623 (S1,S3) at Ditton, Lancashire, England.(S3). (see below)
Ellen RATHBONE. Born about 1569 (S1) in England. (S3). She was of Ditton, Lancashire, England.(S3). She (married-S1)(may have married-S3) John SMITH on 27 November 1591.(S1,S3).
Richard RATHBONE. Born in 1570. (S1). He married Mary Anne WHIPPLE. (S3). He died 7 Nov 1623 at Ditton, Lancashire, England.(S3).
Hamlet RATHBONE (1571- )
John RATHBONE. Born in 1571(S1) in England (S3).
Hugh RATHBONE. Born in 1573(S1) in England (S3).
William RATHBONE. Born in 1577 (S1) in England. He was of Ditton, Lancashire, England.(S3). He married Isabella (BUTCHER-S1)(BUCKS/BUCHS-S3) 27 AUG 1605 at Farnworth Chapel, Ditton, Lancashire, England. (S3).

SOURCES:

[S1]. The RATHBUN Family Association. Robert Boehm RATHBUN, Rathcrest@aol.com, P.O. Box 1741, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42102, U.S.A., http://www.stanford.edu/~dorcas/USACanada.html. [Family Page].
[S2]. The RATHBUN Family Association. Robert Boehm RATHBUN, Rathcrest@aol.com, P.O. Box 1741, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42102, U.S.A., http://hometown.aol.com/rathcrest/myhomepage/heritage.html [Robert’s homepage]. Our Family Archives. This is the archive for all information on our family. I worked with Frank H. Rathbun for over 25 years while he was the editor and publisher of the FAMILY HISTORIAN. He kept the spirit of the family alive with his early research and then with the publication of the FAMILY HISTORIAN. When he retired I decided to continue the work he had begun. We all are attempting to help in updating and correcting the family history that was written by John Clark Cooley of Oswego, New York in 1896-8.
[S3]. Misbach Family History Page. http://www.misbach.org/genealogy/g1178.html. Birth, marriage and children information obtained from "Rathbone Genealogy" by John C. Cooley pub. 1898 and reprinted 1987. Information also obtained from Ancestral File of LDS Church. The Rathbun, Rathbone, Rathburn Family Historian Vol 1. page 29 stated that John Rathbun, Jr. died in 1723 aged about 68. Also cites The Rathbun-Rathabone-Rathburn Family Historian by Frank H. Rathbun, Editor; Vo 1, number 1, January 1981 page 4-7, 10-11.