The Marsden Family
Matthew Blackwell's wife was Ann Marsden. Her father was Richard Marsden.
Census records give Richard Marsden's place of birth as Bargate, Yorkshire in 1772. A Richard Marsden appears in trade and other directories as a Machine Maker in Macclesfield. This meant textile machine at that time. We find the following in The Law Advertiser, 1824
In 1828, Richard Marsden and Co are listed In Pigott's Directory for Macclesfield at Depot Mills, Mill Street, Macclesfield.
In the same year Richard Marsden is found at Lord Street in Pigott's Directory. This may be his home address at that time.
The 1841 census shows Richard Marsden and his wife Ellen living in West Macclesfield in Brown Street. He is described as a Machinist and his age is given as 70 years old, Ellen's the same. Their daughter Sarah is listed at that address, who is 25 and Emma Massey as 10 years old.Emma Massey is one of the Marsden's grandchildren, child of their first daughter Ellen, who married Edward Massey in 1825. Emma was born in 1830 at Macclesfield. In the 1851 census she is described as a "Stay Maker".The ages in the 1841 census have to be taken with a wide margin of error, as the ones in the Manchester area are always rounded to the nearest "5", so it's either 10 or 15, etc!
In the 1850 Bagshaw's Directory, a listing as follows appears,
Richard's son Isaac has followed his father into machine making at the same Depot, though his home is in Park Lane. The company has become Marsden and Morgan. Next listed is Richard, his father, though nearly 70 years old he is trading as a "chemist (manufacturing)" in Fountain Street, with his home in Brown Street.
The 1851 census (real ages recorded) shows Richard Marsden, 79, living with his wife Ellen, 80, at 49 Brown Street in Macclesfield, (the street mentioned in the Indenture below). Richard is described at that point as a chemist. I think this might be the chemistry of dyeing for silk products. His place of birth is given as Bargate in Yorkshire, as is Ellen's, his wife. Other evidence suggests that Ellen's family name is Inskip. Richard and Ellen are still living with Sarah Marsden their daughter who is 35 and Emma Massey is still with them, described as a visitor..
We know from an Indenture (a legal agreement) in family documents that Richard Marsden, Ann Marsden's father, had, in 1846, owned 12 houses and land in Macclesfield which was named Rough Dams in Park Lane and was bordered by Stonehewer Street, Barton Street and Brown Street. Stonehewer Street does not seem to exist today, but the other three streets do exist.
Macclesfield around 1850s
The same area of Macclesfield today with street names
When Richard Marsden set up the Indenture settlement, he was around 74 years old. Presumably the property ownership represented the fruits of his lifetime earnings as a (textile) machine machine maker. In the Indenture (legal agreement), he named his son, Isaac Marsden, Matthew Blackwell and John Shalwell, The income from the properties, etc, was to be given to Richard Marsden and his wife Ellen during their lives and then the income would be passed to his children. In the Indenture, these children were named as Betty Blackwell, Isaac Marsden, Ellen Massey, Ann Blackwell, Mary Bissell and Sarah Marsden. Ann Blackwell was no doubt Matthew's wife, but details about Betty Blackwell have not been found, but she must have married another male member of a Blackwell family, possibly/probably the same family as Matthew's.
The Probate evidence indicates that Richard Marsden died on 11th January 1861, aged nearly 90 years. His personal estate had a value of less than £100. The probate refers to him as a "yeoman". The Executors are Isaac Marsden, machine maker of Macclesfield, stated to be his son and George Shatwell of Macclesfield, stated to be a Silk Manufacturer. I think that George "Shatwell" is from the family of John Shalwell, mentioned in the Indenture above and also described as a silk manufacturer.
In 1861, the year of her father Richard's death, the census finds Sarah Marsden living alone at 60 Brown Street, Macclesfield.. She is a "Housekeeper" aged 46. Presumably she has some of the income from the Trust.
Isaac Marsden and Elizabeth
Sarah's brother, Isaac Marsden, aged 63, who married Elizabeth (Potts, probably) was living in 1841 at Brown Street with Elizabeth. Also living there was Thomas Potts, between 30 and 35 years old, described as a Silk Weaver. 1851 at 30 Brown Street, Macclesfield with his wife. Isaac, aged 73 is described as a Machine Maker and Robert Potts who is also living there, his nephew aged 11, is described as an apprentice machine maker. In 1861, he lived at 86 Brown Street with Elizabeth, then described as a Silk Spinster. By the 1871 census he lived at 46 Buckley Street, Macclesfield with his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1873. The Probate record shows that he died a widower on 2nd July 1879 at 46 Buckley Street with his estate valued at under £300. The Executor is Sarah Marsden, spinster, his sister and "one of the next of kin" also living at 46 Buckley Street.
In 1881 (census shows) Sarah Marsden was living, aged 69, at 46 Buckley Street, Macclesfield and described as a "Bonnet Maker".
Mary Marsden and Thomas Bissell
Mary Marsden, another daughter of Richard and Ellen, married Thomas Bissell in 1829 and they had two children, Ann and Thomas. In 1851 (census), after the premature death of her husband in 1843, she lived at 42 Clarendon Street in Hulme, then aged 42. The census description of her status is hard to read, but looks like "Spinner", but could be "Hosier". With her was her daughter, Ann, 19, who was a Silk(?) Weaver, son Thomas aged 9, scholar, and also Sarah Inskip stated to be niece, aged 30. It is worth remembering that Richard Marsden's wife was Ellen Inskip (probably) and they were both from Bargate in Yorkshire. Sarah Inskip, a niece of Mary Bissell (nee Marsden) is aged 30 and she was stated to be a "Cott Factry Steam Loom Weaver". Though she is stated by ditto to be born in Lancashire, the place of birth is added as Bargate, so I think the ditto is an error.
A year later, in 1852 the Whellan and Co Directory of Manchester lists Mary Bissell, at the same address in Clarendon Street, as a "Smallware dealer", this includes ribbons, tapes, etc, maybe a type of haberdashery. She died on 22 April 1878 at 19 Dunham Street, Stretford Road. Probate was granted to Thomas Bissell of 72 Duke Street, Chorlton Road, her son and a Mercantile Clerk. The estate's value was under £300. She was buried in Hulme on 24th April at Stretford St Matthew.
Mary Marsden's daughter, Ann Bissell
Mary Bissell's daughter Ann Bissell takes us back to the Blackwell family. Matthew Blackwell's widow Ann (Marsden) can be traced in 1881 living after his death at 48 Bristol Street (two doors down from the "Bristol Inn") with two of her daughters, Harriet and Elizabeth Ann and her niece, Ann Bisele (a mis-spelling of Bissell), who is 47. Ann Blackwell is described as “Independent” and her daughters and niece as "not working". Ann Bissell is a witness to Ann Blackwell’s will which was written in the mid 1880s. By 1891, two years after the death of Ann Blackwell in 1889, Ann Bissell is to be found at 57 Heywood Street in Moss Side living with Elizabeth Ann Blackwell who is "Living on her own means". Ann Bissell is listed as her cousin and described as Elizabeth’s companion. She was then 57. The 1901 census shows them still together at 3 Lime Grove. An Ann Bissell is listed as having died in Chorlton in the first quarter of 1911. Elizabeth Ann Blackwell died in 1914.
Thomas Bissell married Emily Atkins Morris in 1868. They had a family of ten children. Thomas was a Mercantile Clerk. This branch of the family is extensive and the name Marsden is found in one of their children, Harold.
So far, the history of Richard and Ellen Marsden's other daughter, identified as Betty Blackwell in the Indenture, is unknown.
The name of Marsden in following generations
The name Marsden appears in the Bissell family's descendants, Harold Marsden Bissell (1880-1927).
Richard Henry Blackwell, who emigrated to Australia, incorporated the family name Marsden into one of his son's names, Richard Marsden Blackwell (1888-1935) (his other son was given the name Matthew). Richard Marsden Blackwell's son was named Marsden Burland Blackwell (1915-1975).
One of Richard Henry's brothers was given the forename Marsden by Matthew and Ann Blackwell (nee Marsden) and he had a large family from which the Blackwells in England are descended. My cousin, Joanne Blackwell (1933-2003) used the name Joanne Marsden-Blackwell in her career as a dance teacher.
Apart from Ann Marsden, who married Matthew Blackwell, and whose photograph is authenticated , we do not have any further known photographs of the Marsdens.
I would be very pleased if anyone with interesting information about the Blackwell family lets me know. I can incorporate new information into these writings at any time. I can also correct any errors that might be identified. Please get in touch to let me know.
Matthew Blackwell's wife was Ann Marsden. Her father was Richard Marsden.
Census records give Richard Marsden's place of birth as Bargate, Yorkshire in 1772. A Richard Marsden appears in trade and other directories as a Machine Maker in Macclesfield. This meant textile machine at that time. We find the following in The Law Advertiser, 1824
In 1828, Richard Marsden and Co are listed In Pigott's Directory for Macclesfield at Depot Mills, Mill Street, Macclesfield.
In the same year Richard Marsden is found at Lord Street in Pigott's Directory. This may be his home address at that time.
The 1841 census shows Richard Marsden and his wife Ellen living in West Macclesfield in Brown Street. He is described as a Machinist and his age is given as 70 years old, Ellen's the same. Their daughter Sarah is listed at that address, who is 25 and Emma Massey as 10 years old.Emma Massey is one of the Marsden's grandchildren, child of their first daughter Ellen, who married Edward Massey in 1825. Emma was born in 1830 at Macclesfield. In the 1851 census she is described as a "Stay Maker".The ages in the 1841 census have to be taken with a wide margin of error, as the ones in the Manchester area are always rounded to the nearest "5", so it's either 10 or 15, etc!
In the 1850 Bagshaw's Directory, a listing as follows appears,
Richard's son Isaac has followed his father into machine making at the same Depot, though his home is in Park Lane. The company has become Marsden and Morgan. Next listed is Richard, his father, though nearly 70 years old he is trading as a "chemist (manufacturing)" in Fountain Street, with his home in Brown Street.
The 1851 census (real ages recorded) shows Richard Marsden, 79, living with his wife Ellen, 80, at 49 Brown Street in Macclesfield, (the street mentioned in the Indenture below). Richard is described at that point as a chemist. I think this might be the chemistry of dyeing for silk products. His place of birth is given as Bargate in Yorkshire, as is Ellen's, his wife. Other evidence suggests that Ellen's family name is Inskip. Richard and Ellen are still living with Sarah Marsden their daughter who is 35 and Emma Massey is still with them, described as a visitor..
We know from an Indenture (a legal agreement) in family documents that Richard Marsden, Ann Marsden's father, had, in 1846, owned 12 houses and land in Macclesfield which was named Rough Dams in Park Lane and was bordered by Stonehewer Street, Barton Street and Brown Street. Stonehewer Street does not seem to exist today, but the other three streets do exist.
Macclesfield around 1850s
The same area of Macclesfield today with street names
When Richard Marsden set up the Indenture settlement, he was around 74 years old. Presumably the property ownership represented the fruits of his lifetime earnings as a (textile) machine machine maker. In the Indenture (legal agreement), he named his son, Isaac Marsden, Matthew Blackwell and John Shalwell, The income from the properties, etc, was to be given to Richard Marsden and his wife Ellen during their lives and then the income would be passed to his children. In the Indenture, these children were named as Betty Blackwell, Isaac Marsden, Ellen Massey, Ann Blackwell, Mary Bissell and Sarah Marsden. Ann Blackwell was no doubt Matthew's wife, but details about Betty Blackwell have not been found, but she must have married another male member of a Blackwell family, possibly/probably the same family as Matthew's.
The Probate evidence indicates that Richard Marsden died on 11th January 1861, aged nearly 90 years. His personal estate had a value of less than £100. The probate refers to him as a "yeoman". The Executors are Isaac Marsden, machine maker of Macclesfield, stated to be his son and George Shatwell of Macclesfield, stated to be a Silk Manufacturer. I think that George "Shatwell" is from the family of John Shalwell, mentioned in the Indenture above and also described as a silk manufacturer.
In 1861, the year of her father Richard's death, the census finds Sarah Marsden living alone at 60 Brown Street, Macclesfield.. She is a "Housekeeper" aged 46. Presumably she has some of the income from the Trust.
Isaac Marsden and Elizabeth
Sarah's brother, Isaac Marsden, aged 63, who married Elizabeth (Potts, probably) was living in 1841 at Brown Street with Elizabeth. Also living there was Thomas Potts, between 30 and 35 years old, described as a Silk Weaver. 1851 at 30 Brown Street, Macclesfield with his wife. Isaac, aged 73 is described as a Machine Maker and Robert Potts who is also living there, his nephew aged 11, is described as an apprentice machine maker. In 1861, he lived at 86 Brown Street with Elizabeth, then described as a Silk Spinster. By the 1871 census he lived at 46 Buckley Street, Macclesfield with his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1873. The Probate record shows that he died a widower on 2nd July 1879 at 46 Buckley Street with his estate valued at under £300. The Executor is Sarah Marsden, spinster, his sister and "one of the next of kin" also living at 46 Buckley Street.
In 1881 (census shows) Sarah Marsden was living, aged 69, at 46 Buckley Street, Macclesfield and described as a "Bonnet Maker".
Mary Marsden and Thomas Bissell
Mary Marsden, another daughter of Richard and Ellen, married Thomas Bissell in 1829 and they had two children, Ann and Thomas. In 1851 (census), after the premature death of her husband in 1843, she lived at 42 Clarendon Street in Hulme, then aged 42. The census description of her status is hard to read, but looks like "Spinner", but could be "Hosier". With her was her daughter, Ann, 19, who was a Silk(?) Weaver, son Thomas aged 9, scholar, and also Sarah Inskip stated to be niece, aged 30. It is worth remembering that Richard Marsden's wife was Ellen Inskip (probably) and they were both from Bargate in Yorkshire. Sarah Inskip, a niece of Mary Bissell (nee Marsden) is aged 30 and she was stated to be a "Cott Factry Steam Loom Weaver". Though she is stated by ditto to be born in Lancashire, the place of birth is added as Bargate, so I think the ditto is an error.
A year later, in 1852 the Whellan and Co Directory of Manchester lists Mary Bissell, at the same address in Clarendon Street, as a "Smallware dealer", this includes ribbons, tapes, etc, maybe a type of haberdashery. She died on 22 April 1878 at 19 Dunham Street, Stretford Road. Probate was granted to Thomas Bissell of 72 Duke Street, Chorlton Road, her son and a Mercantile Clerk. The estate's value was under £300. She was buried in Hulme on 24th April at Stretford St Matthew.
Mary Marsden's daughter, Ann Bissell
Mary Bissell's daughter Ann Bissell takes us back to the Blackwell family. Matthew Blackwell's widow Ann (Marsden) can be traced in 1881 living after his death at 48 Bristol Street (two doors down from the "Bristol Inn") with two of her daughters, Harriet and Elizabeth Ann and her niece, Ann Bisele (a mis-spelling of Bissell), who is 47. Ann Blackwell is described as “Independent” and her daughters and niece as "not working". Ann Bissell is a witness to Ann Blackwell’s will which was written in the mid 1880s. By 1891, two years after the death of Ann Blackwell in 1889, Ann Bissell is to be found at 57 Heywood Street in Moss Side living with Elizabeth Ann Blackwell who is "Living on her own means". Ann Bissell is listed as her cousin and described as Elizabeth’s companion. She was then 57. The 1901 census shows them still together at 3 Lime Grove. An Ann Bissell is listed as having died in Chorlton in the first quarter of 1911. Elizabeth Ann Blackwell died in 1914.
Thomas Bissell married Emily Atkins Morris in 1868. They had a family of ten children. Thomas was a Mercantile Clerk. This branch of the family is extensive and the name Marsden is found in one of their children, Harold.
So far, the history of Richard and Ellen Marsden's other daughter, identified as Betty Blackwell in the Indenture, is unknown.
The name of Marsden in following generations
The name Marsden appears in the Bissell family's descendants, Harold Marsden Bissell (1880-1927).
Richard Henry Blackwell, who emigrated to Australia, incorporated the family name Marsden into one of his son's names, Richard Marsden Blackwell (1888-1935) (his other son was given the name Matthew). Richard Marsden Blackwell's son was named Marsden Burland Blackwell (1915-1975).
One of Richard Henry's brothers was given the forename Marsden by Matthew and Ann Blackwell (nee Marsden) and he had a large family from which the Blackwells in England are descended. My cousin, Joanne Blackwell (1933-2003) used the name Joanne Marsden-Blackwell in her career as a dance teacher.
Apart from Ann Marsden, who married Matthew Blackwell, and whose photograph is authenticated , we do not have any further known photographs of the Marsdens.
I would be very pleased if anyone with interesting information about the Blackwell family lets me know. I can incorporate new information into these writings at any time. I can also correct any errors that might be identified. Please get in touch to let me know.
tbjolliffe@gmail.com
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