1769 - 1832
Father | John Walton |
Mother | Margaret Swindell |
Husband | Hugh Flint |
Children | John, Hugh, William, James, Hannah, John, Matthew |
Nancy was born in 1769 in Tideswell, the daughter of John and Margaret Walton (1). She had two older brothers, Richard and John, and an older sister Jane (2). Her brother Joseph was born in 1773 (3), her sister Margaret in 1776 (4) (but she only lived a year (5)), and her brother James in 1779 (6).
Her mother died in 1786(7). The following year his father remarried a much younger woman named Sarah Woodroof (8), who had the first of Nancy's half-sisters, Margaret, just four months later (9). Four more followed - Susannah (10), Grace (11), Ann (12) and Sarah (13).
In April 1788 Nancy married Hugh Flint (14), her brother in law (her sister Jane was already married to his brother Matthew (2)). Their first child, John, was born in 1789 (15), follwed by Hugh in 1793 (16), William in 1796 (17) and James in 1799 (18). Their eldest son, John, died in 1802 (19). A daughter Hannah was born in 1804 (20).
Her father died in 1807 (21). She had another son John in the following year (22) and finally, youngest son Matthew, in 1810 (23).
Her husband died in November 1831 (24), followed by Nancy less than two months later at the beginning on 1832 (25).
Brief details of her children:
The Marriage was solemnized between Us | John Walton |
Sarah Woodroof X her mark |
In the Presence of | Samuell Robinson |
John Dawson |
[1831] | 67 |
late Hugh Flint | [1832] | 62 |