Margaret Eccles (1785–1860) • FamilySearch

Margaret Eccles

1785–16 July 1860 (Age 75)
Linton in Craven, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Margaret

When Margaret Eccles was born in 1785, in Linton in Craven, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robinson Eccles, was 36 and her mother, Esther Horsfall, was 34. She married Isaac Richardson on 30 May 1808, in Linton in Craven, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Lancaster, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States in 1855 and Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 16 July 1860, in Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lancaster, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Richardson
1781–1847
Margaret Eccles
1785–1860
Marriage: 30 May 1808
John Richardson
1810–1878
Esther Richardson
1814–
Hannah E Richardson
1820–1903

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 May 1808Linton in Craven, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 1
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
    1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
    Age 12
    Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
    1808
    Age 23
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire): habitational name from Eccles in Lancashire, or possibly from any of several other places so named in Kent, Norfolk, Berwickshire, and Dumfriesshire, from British eglēs ‘Romano-British Christian church’ (from Latin ecclesia, Greek ekklēsia ‘gathering, assembly’). Such places would have been the sites of notable pre-Anglo-Saxon churches or Christian places of communal worship.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Ackles
    Exley
    Echols
    Eckles

    Sources (18)

    • Margaret Richinson in household of John Richinson, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Margeret Richardson in household of John Richardson, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Margaret in entry for Hannah Richinson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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