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Mary Ann Regester was born before 7 August 1814 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ She died on 18 November 1817 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Thomas Redchester and Jane Thompson were married on 22 November 1757 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

John Redchester was born about 1709 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He and Sarah Stubbin were married on 18 November 1734 in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He and Mary Fisher were married on 2 March 1736 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

He was a scissorsmith (also listed as shearman). Parish Register of Sheffield, Volune VI - 1720 to 1736 - lists the death of Sarah Stubbin Redchester and marriage of John Ribchester, sheresmith, and Mary Fisher in 1736. Several of the children are listed as those of John Redchester, shearsmith. The suspicion is that John Redchester and John Ribchester are the same person, and that prior to the 1730's, the name was spelled Ribchester. There were a number (60) of Ribchesters in the Clayton with Frickley, Howden, Kirk Ella, and Pontefract, Yorkshire, parish registers in the 1600's and 1700's (ancestry.com). James, William, Thomas, Henry, Charles, Martin more common male names. There seem to have been a lot (162) of Ribchesters in Lancashire. The records all appear to be between 1550 and 1750. Examples of John Ribchester:

John Ribchester m. Susannah Alston 17 Sep 1749, Ribchester, Lancashire
John Ribcheser m. Mary Stringer 26 Feb 1685, Ribchester
John Ribchester, son of John, chr. 20 Dec 1685, Ribchester
Henry Ribchester, son of John, chr. 19 Aug 1677, Ribchester
John Ribchester, son of Martin, chr. 11 Feb 1649, Clayton with Frickley, Lanc.
John Ribchester, son of John, chr. 17 Jun 1639, Ribchester
John Ribchester, son of Robert, chr. 24 Feb 1633, Ribchester
John Ribchester, son of William, chr. 3 Nov 1629, Ribchester

OneWorldTree lists the father of John Redchester as John Ribchester, born 1650 in Dillworth, Lancashire, ancestor of the Cam family, but source is undocumented.

There is much confusion about who was the son of whom and how they fit into the family in these early records. First two generations for the Redchesters are best guesses, based on available information.

Circumstantial evidence here as to whether John was the father of Thomas and the other children. There must have been a Thomas Redchester in Sheffield before that time, in that the death of his daughter, Elizabeth, is recorded as July 23, 1713. He could have been the father of John. A James Redchester, son of Thomas Register, laborer, was baptized July 20, 1746, and that Thomas could have been the father of Thomas.

There was a John Redchester who married Jane Gibson January 29, 1731 in Hexham, Northumberland, England. IGI.

Was his father William Redchester, who m. Elizabeth Cross April 25, 1707, in Tebthorp?

Was Robert Redchester, who married Elizabeth Moulson October 3, 1644 in Cantley a grandfather of William? Was Robert the Robert Redchester of Brampton who was buried December 11, 1664? Was his wife the Elizabeth Redchester of Brampton, widow, who was buried January 23, 1684?

Were the Redchesters/Regesters in Maryland starting in the 1600's part of this family of Redchesters?

Question as to whether Redchester was Ribchester prior to the 1730's. There are a lot of Ribchesters prior to that time in Sheffield.

Joseph Redchester was born in September 1739 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

He was a collier, not an occupation of someone you'd find living in the center of Sheffield, at least 10 miles from the nearest coal mine.

There is serious question as to whether Joseph Redchester is the son of John Ribchester/Redchester as described. IGI lists the christening of a Joseph Redchester's daughter at Cathedral St. Peter in Sheffield 15 April 1767, but there's nothing yet found that ties Joseph to a father named John. It is possible there were other Redchesters in Sheffield during John's generation who could have had a son named Joseph. A tie-in on occupation might provide a clue. Russell Stephen Smith does not mention Joseph (or William) among John Ribchester/Redchester's children.

Elizabeth Redchester was born before 15 April 1767 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

William Redchester was born before 8 April 1787 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He and Sarah Jenny were married in 1808 in Tichen.

Joseph Redchester was born before 21 October 1792 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

Joseph is listed as a spindle maker in the records.

No record of this Joseph can be found in the 1841 or 1851 Censuses (soundex).

In the 1841 Census, there were Joseph Redchesters living in Stamfordham, Northumberland. Joseph, 35, shoemaker, and Margaret, 35, with children George, 12, Margaret 11, Thomas, 9, Joseph, 6, Jane, 3, and Ann, 1. By the next Census, they were apparently labelled Rochesters.

Mary Redchester was born before 3 October 1790 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ She died on 29 October 1840 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

She died unmarried. She was living in Olborne St., Sheffield, at the time of her death, quite close to her mother, who was living on Edward St. Was she born October 3 or 30?

Ref. C007757 6452.

Henry Redchester was born on 20 April 1804 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

C007759 - 4540. P. 98879. John Register lists a date of 21 January 1804. Doublecheck.

No record of him found in 1841 Census (soundex). Henry Redchester was christened on 25 May 1804 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Ann Redchester was born before 9 November 1794 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ John Bagshaw and she were married on 22 July 1815 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

John Bagshaw was born on 11 November 1790 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He and Ann Redchester were married on 22 July 1815 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He died in October 1873 at age 82 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, England. They had two daughters, Hannah and Maria.

Was he John or George? George was christened December 25, 1796, at Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield (IGI, extracted from church records).

George Redchester was married on 28 November 1759 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

William Redchester was born on 13 September 1811 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He and Harriett were married in 1843 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He died on 14 May 1856 at age 44 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He was buried in Pitsmoor Christ Church, Yorkshire, England.

William Redchester was also known as William Regester. The family lived on Pitt Street in the Pitsmoor area of Sheffield. In the 1841 Census, he was a file cutter, living with his wife Jane. She died in 1842, and he married Harriett. They had 6 children. Four were born before the 1851 Census. In the 1851 Census, William and Harriett, 39, were living at 211 Harvest Lane, Brightside Bierlow, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, with children Elizabeth, 8, Harriet, 6, Hannah, 4, and John, 1, daughter Mary, 15, and her husband Willam Pearson, 12? William was a file cutter.

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He was christened October 6, 1811, at Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield.

A William Regester was married in the spring of 1839 in Sheffield, but it's not clear that it was this one.

The family was living at 211 Harvest Lane, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, in the 1851 Census. William was a file cutter. They had two boarders living with them. He was christened on 6 October 1811 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Jane died on 8 June 1842 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Jane or Harriet? Did Jane die in childbirth? Daughter Elizabeth b. 1842 who married Thomas Bird?

Isabelle Allen Regester was born on 4 February 1900 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island. James H. Everett and she were married on 14 July 1925 in Providence, Rhode Island.¹ She died on 26 April 1960 at age 60 in Smyrna, Kent, Delaware. She was buried on 30 April 1960 in Frederica, Kent, Delaware.

Birthdate from the 1900 Census. Isabelle Allen Regester lived in Cranston town, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1900. She lived in Cranston Ward 2, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1910. She lived in Providence Ward 6, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1920.

Sarah Stubbin was born before 4 November 1705 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ John Redchester and she were married on 18 November 1734 in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ She died on 31 July 1735 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

A dau. of Richard Stubbin bur. March 15, 1713, Yorkshire Parish Registers. Richard fa. of Sarah? Stubbin or Stubbins?

John Redchester was born on 19 May 1752 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He and Mary Furnish or Furnace or Furniss were married on 30 December 1778 in Saint Peters, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

A John Register was christened at Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield, August 19, 1752, son of John, per IGI. The only John in the current tree that could have had a son John is the one christened in 1738, but that's not proof nor even ample evidence to support the relationship. More support is needed.

Joseph Morton Leonard and Amelia E. Metcalf were married on 12 November 1856.

Mary Furnish was married on 30 December 1778 in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

Elizabeth Redchester was born about 1788.

Jonathan Birks was born on 21 July 1742 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He and Ruth Stacy were married on 23 September 1770 in Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, England.¹

There were several Jonathan Birks born in Sheffield around 1740, and I'm not sure which is the right one.

Jonathan Birks was born before 13 January 1704 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He and Martha Taylor were married on 5 March 1736 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Martha Taylor was born before 19 September 1706 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ Jonathan Birks and she were married on 5 March 1736 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Records show a Joseph Taylor, Jr. bap. May 17, 1718 in Bradfield -- Martha's father?

Records also snow a John Taylor of Lofthouse bap. Mary 20, 1717.

A Joseph Taylor and Martha Palinge were married November 31, 1691, in Sheffield.

Andrew Jackson Magoon was born on 21 June 1834 in Wheelock, Vermont. He died on 2 July 1904 at age 70 in Providence, Rhode Island.

He owned a business, Andrew J. Magoon and Son, home furnishings, located on Reservoir Avenue at the corner of Crescent in the 1890 Providence directory.