FAMILY OF JOHN EXTON / ANN COOPER
Sources : Birth certificate; Marriage certificates; Census returns (Leadenham, Lincs) 1861-1871; Leadenham and Thornton le Fen Parish Registers; GRO Indexes; Information on the marriage of William Charles Exton provided by his grandson Alec Exton; Information on the death of Emma Macham (nee Exton) provided by her great granddaughter Dori Miller (Dori also provided the information on the marriage and death of Elizabeth Ann Exton).
| FATHER | ||
| John
EXTON (Occupation = Agricultural labourer) |
b. 14/6/1825 | Leadenham, Lincs |
| bp. 25/6/1825 | Leadenham, Lincs | |
| m. Ann Brooks COOPER 14/5/1851 | Wellingore, Lincs | |
| d. 16/1/1892 | Leadenham | |
| MOTHER | ||
| Ann Brooks COOPER | b. (1828) | Dog Dyke, Lincs |
| bp. 16/9/1828 | Thornton Le Fen, Lincs | |
| m. John EXTON 14/5/1851 | Wellingore, Lincs | |
| d. 27/3/1891 | Leadenham | |
| CHILDREN | ||
| Mary Jane EXTON | b. 27/2/1852 | Leadenham, Lincs |
| bp.24/3/1852 | Leadenham | |
| m. Henry BLOOR 28/11/1872 | Dale Abbey, Derbys | |
| d. 18/5/1940 | West Hallam, Derbys | |
| Edward EXTON | b. (1854) | Leadenham |
| bp. 11/6/1854 | Leadenham | |
| m. not known | ||
| d. not known | ||
| Elizabeth Ann EXTON | b. (1856) | Leadenham |
| bp. 15/6/1856 | Leadenham | |
| m. Sam MOTTISHAW | England | |
| d. 29/7/1932 | Vancouver, Canada | |
| William EXTON | b. not known | |
| bp. 11/5/1858 | Leadenham | |
| m. no | ||
| d. 11/5/1858 | Leadenham | |
| Arabella EXTON | b. (1860) | Leadenham |
| bp. not known | ||
| m. not known | ||
| d. not known | ||
| Richard Clark EXTON | b. (1862) | Leadenham |
| bp. not known | ||
| m. Anne BENNETT 13/8/1882 | Dronfield, Dbys | |
| d. 17/5/1930 | Dronfield, Dbys | |
| Emma EXTON | b. (1863) | Leadenham |
| bp. 20/12/1863 | Leadenham | |
| m. Fred MACHAM 16/12/1883 | Grantham (Wesleyan Methodist), Lincs | |
| d. 11/4/1919 | Nanaimo, British Colombia, Canada | |
| William Charles EXTON | b. (1867) | Leadenham |
| bp. 25/8/1867 | Leadenham | |
| m. Antonio SCIBERRAS 9/6/1896 | Malta | |
| d. ?1906 | ||
Additional Information : Read about Mary Jane Exton's illegitimate daughter.
On the 1871 census John EXTON is described as an invalid (he was suffering from gout!!). In 1891 he is receiving parish relief.
Ann Brooks COOPER was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas BROOKS (carpenter of Kirkstead, Lincs) and Mary COOPER of Langrick. I can find no evidence that her parents ever married.
I do not know why Arabella and Richard are the only children not baptised at Leadenham.