Margaret (Lapage) Dickinson (1711 - 1781)

Born 1711 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Wife of Samuel Dickinson — married 23 Nov 1743 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

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Died 26 Sep 1781 at about age 70 in Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Margaret was a Friend (Quaker)

Margaret Lapage was born in about 1711 ^[1], the daughter of Emmanuel Lapage of Leeds ^[2].

Samuel Dickinson of Elmsall and Margaret Lapage of Leeds were married at the Friends' (Quaker) meeting house at Leeds on 23 November 1743 ^[2].

She died on 26 September 1781 and was buried 1 October 1781 at the Friends' burial ground at Pontefract in Yorkshire. She was said to be about 70 years old ^{[1] [3]}.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Date of burial has been interpreted as October rather than September, based on logic, and 2 prior events dated to September: Order for burial, dated 28th of 9th month 1781; for burial at Pontefract Friends burial ground; of Margaret, wife of Samuel Dickinson, farmer, late of Brotherton, Yorkshire, aged about 70 years; who died 26th day of ninth month called September, 1781; burial done first day of ninth month called September 1781: Pontefract Monthly Meeting burial orders: The National Archives of the UK: reference RG 6/741; folio 62: Ancestry Record 7097 #252354
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Samuel Dickinson, of Elmsall, Yorkshire, yeoman; and Margaret Lapage of Leeds, Yorkshire, spinster, daughter of Emmanuel Lapage of Leeds, deceased; married 23rd day of ninth month called September, 1743; at the [Friends'] meeting house in Meadow Lane, Leeds: Brighouse Monthly Meeting register of marriages: The National Archives of the UK: reference RG 6/1276; folio 141: Ancestry Record 7097 #192674
3. ↑ The equivalent certificate in the records of the Yorkshire QM is dated to 1 October 1781: Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting burial orders: The National Archives of the UK: reference RG 6/898; folio 294: Ancestry Record 7097 #276373