Elizabeth Bingham

1741 - 1809

Elizabeth was born in Tideswell in 1741, the second daughter of Robert & Elizabeth, and baptised there on 3rd May ⁽¹⁾. A younger sister, Margaret, followed a couple of years later ⁽²⁾, but then her elder sister Ellen died towards the end of 1744 ⁽³⁾. Her brother George was born in 1746 ⁽⁴⁾.

Elizabeth had already moved to Litton with her parents before she married George Redfern, a stone mason also from Litton, on 2nd April 1761 ⁽⁵⁾, and they set up home in Litton (if not immediately then certainly within a couple of years ⁽⁶⁾). Their eldest daughter Anne was born in 1762 ⁽⁷⁾, follwed by Peggy in 1763 ⁽⁸⁾. They had a son George in 1766 ⁽⁹⁾, then a daughter Elizabeth in 1771 ⁽¹⁰⁾. Their daughter Ellen died in 1773 ⁽¹¹⁾, but her date of birth or age is unknown. Their youngest son, William, was born in 1778 ⁽¹²⁾.

Elizabeth's mother died in 1780 ⁽¹³⁾, and her father four years later ⁽¹⁴⁾. Her youngest son William died shortly before his tenth birthday in 1788 ⁽¹⁵⁾.

Elizabeth died in Litton in 1809 and was buried in Tideswell on 5th December ⁽¹⁶⁾. Her husband George, lived for a further 8 years or so, dying in July 1818 ⁽¹⁷⁾.

• Anne was born in 1762. Nothing more is known of her.
• Peggy was born in Litton Dale in 1763. In 1784 she married Samuel Harrison, a fustian weaver from Tideswell, and they had 7 children - Ellen, William, Mary, Sarah, Samuel, Joseph and Job. Peggy died in 1807.
• George was born in Litton in 1766. He married Mary Wragg in 1790, and they lived in Litton where he worked as a hosier. They had three sons, William, Samuel and George. Mary died in 1824, but George lived to the age of 80, dying in Litton in April 1847.
• Elizabeth has her own page.
• Ellen's birthdate is not known, but she died a child in 1773.
• William was born in Litton in 1778. He died shortly before his tenth birthdayin 1788.

1. Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell (Transcription by Val Neal) contains the following entry:
   May 1741
   Baptised Elizabeth the Daughter of Robert Bingham of Tideswell 3
2. Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [February 1742*] Baptised Margret the Daughter of Robert Bingham of Tideswell 10
   * Note: The date is from the Julian calendar, so for 1742, read 1743. See note in glossary
3. Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [November 1744] Buried Ellen the Daughter of Robert Bingham of Tideswell the 24
4. Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [June 1746] Baptised George the Son of Robert Bingham of Tideswell the 5
5. Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell contains the following entry:
   George Redfern of the town of Litton and parish of Tideswell
   mason a bachelor, and Elizabeth Bingham of the
   same town and parish spinster, were
   married in this church by banns published several sundays viz 8, 15 & 22 of March,
   this second day of April in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred
   and sixty one by me Edward Markland Vicar
   

   This marriage was	George Redfern
   solemnised between us	Eliz: Bingham her Mark +
   In the	Thos Nall
   Presence of	Samel Mellor

   Their residence was not stated at the baptism of their first child in 1762 ⁽⁷⁾, but all entries in the parish register from 1763 until their burials, refer to them as being of either Litton or Litton Dale ^(8-17).
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [April 1762] Baptised Anne the Daughter of geaorge Reern and Elizabeth his wife the 16
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [July 1763] Baptised Peggy the Daughter of George Redfern of Littondale [mason] & Elizabeth his wife the 7^th
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [July 1766] Baptised George the son of George Redfern of Litton & Elizabeth his wife the 24
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [March 1771] Baptised Elizabeth the Daughter of George & Elizabeth Redfern of Litton [.....] 27^th
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [February 1773] Buried Ellen Daughter of George & Eliz Redfern of Litton Dale 28
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [Baptisms, September 1778] 27 William y^e Son of George & Eliz Redfern of Litton
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [Burials, March 1780] 8^th Eliz: Bingham wife of Rob^t Bingham of Litton
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [Burials, July 1784] 30 Robert Bingham of Litton
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [Burials, June 1788] 19 Will^m y^e sⁿ of George Redfern. Litton
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   [Burials, December 1809] 5 Elizabeth, Wife of George Redfern Sen^r of Litton dale
   Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:
   

   Name	Abode	When buried	Age
   George Redfern, Senr	Litton	July 27th [1818]	yrs 81