Paternal Family Tree: Batemans of Middleton
On 2nd February 1758 [his father] Richard Bateman [aged 30] and [his mother] Elizabeth Leek were married.
On 27th December 1760 Thomas Bateman was born to Richard Bateman [aged 33] and Elizabeth Leek. He was baptised at St Giles Church, Hartington [Map] on 28th September 1760.
In 1784 [his father] Richard Bateman [aged 56] died.
On 13th April 1786 Thomas Bateman [aged 25] and Rebekah Clegg [aged 20] were married at Parish Church of Manchester [Map].
In 1787 [his son] William Bateman was born to Thomas Bateman [aged 26] and [his wife] Rebekah Clegg [aged 21].
On 12th January 1792 [his son] Thomas Bateman was born to Thomas Bateman [aged 31] and [his wife] Rebekah Clegg [aged 26].
On 12th April 1794 [his daughter] Rebekah Bateman was born to Thomas Bateman [aged 33] and [his wife] Rebekah Clegg [aged 28]. She married 17th September 1816 Samuel Hope of Liverpool.
On 16th June 1797 [his wife] Rebekah Clegg [aged 31] died. She was buried at the Protestant Dissenters' burial ground in Manchester.
In 1801 Thomas Bateman [aged 40] sold the family lands in Hartington, Derbyshire [Map].
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On 22nd April 1810 [his son] Thomas Bateman [aged 18] died unmarried.
In 1815 Thomas Bateman [aged 54] bought Middleton Hall [Map].
On 17th September 1816 [his son-in-law] Samuel Hope of Liverpool [aged 35] and Rebekah Bateman [aged 22] were married at St John's Church, Manchester. They had five sons and seven daughters.
In 1823 Thomas Bateman [aged 62] was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
In 1835 [his son] William Bateman [aged 48] died.
On 8th October 1838 [his daughter] Rebekah Bateman [aged 44] died.
On 26th May 1847 Thomas Bateman [aged 86] died. He was buried at St Giles Church, Hartington [Map].
Grandfather: Richard Bateman
father: Richard Bateman
Grandfather: Ralph Leek of Heath House, Cheddleton
mother: Elizabeth Leek