John Porter was born in 1782. He married Mary Bond (daughter of the cotton manufacturer William Bond) who was born in 1789 They were married at St Bartholomews Church, Chipping, by licence on the 2nd of November 1806.
Both the Porter and Bond families were living at Saunders Rake which was a very small community. John and Mary would likely have known each other as children. Both the Porter and Bond families were devout Non- Conformists. The marriage took place in St Bartholomews as marriages had to take place in a Church of England according to the laws of the time.
John was a warehouseman at the time of his marriage to Mary, and a Grocer in 1811. In 1838 - 1940 John reported is profession as a Warper. In 1841 the 9 year old Jane Bond was living with them Jane was most likely a niece. Their daughter Nancy was also living with them. All the other children had left home by then. John died between 1841 and 1851, When the 1851 census was taken Mary was living with her Daughter Jane in Jane’s house. Jane was a widow at that stage. Her son Richard was also living in the house. In 1857 they were living at Long ridge, Knowles Green, presumably so John could be closer to the mill he was running. The following is a copy of a letter written my Mary Bond to her son John in 1857.
John and Mary had 10 children . The children were married at St Bartholomews Church
1. Elizabeth was born on 28 September 1807. Elizabeth married Robert Roberts on 17 Aug 1833 at St Bartholomew, Chipping Robert was from Bootle in the Parish of Bootle in the County of Cumberland. The witnesses at the wedding were William Bond Porter; Simon Porter
2. William was born on 9 April 1809. William married Ellen Haworth
4. Jane was born in Chipping on 23 January 1813. She married Ralph Bond on 23 May 1838 at St Lawrence Longridge, Lancashire. Jane was living in Ribchester when she got married. Ralph was likely her first cousin. He lived in Dilworth. James Bond and Richard Bond, Ralph’s brothers, were the witness at the wedding. Interestingly James was living with Jane in 1851 and Richard was living with his wife and daughter next door. Ralph’s father, Richard Bond, was a Roller Maker like his father, William Bond. Jane moved to Dilworth when they got married. She was living in Bridge Mill, Dilworth in 1851.
5. Ralph had died before 1851. Jane only had one daughter from her marriage to Ralph, Margred Bond who was born about 1846. Jane later married John Turner.
6. Richard Washington was born In Chipping on the 19 September 1815. In 1841 Richard was working in a Cotton Mill as a Journeyman Roller Maker and was married to Alice Hayhurst (A member of the Hayhurst family who founded Knowle Green Congregational Church in 1831 on the site of the old cotton mill purchased by his Grand Father, William Bond). Alice was also born in 1851. In 1841 Richard and Alice were living two houses away from Richard’ parent’s house in Chipping.
7. Mary was born in Chipping on 2 October 1817. She was working as a servant in Chipping when she got married. She married Henry Hodkinson on 30 November 1840 at St Bartholomews in Chipping[1]. Henry Wood and Francis Hodkinson were the witnesses at the marriage. Henry Hodkinson was a chair maker living in Chipping when they got married. Henry’s father, George Hodkinson, was also a chair maker. They moved to America sometime before 1857. Mary died in Chicago.
8. Nancy was born on 16 October 1821. In 1841 when Nancy was 15 she was working in a Cotton Mill. Nancy married Tomas Walley. Their son Ben painted family portraits. Nancy died in 1892
9. Alice was born in 1819 and died in 1835
10. Eliza was born in 1824. Eliza married Jonathan Sharp
11. John Patterson was born in Chipping 1826. He married Charlotte Bailey on the 22nd February 1855. Separate history
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