Robert Hooley (1757 - 1781)

Born 9 Oct 1757 in Sawley, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Died 10 Nov 1781 at age 24 in Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England

Biography

It is certain that a Robert was born at Long Eaton to Isaac and Mary [nee Storer] Hooley, in 1757 and was christened Robert as a replacement for his eldest brother, Robert, who had died aged four or five the previous year. What is not certain - though i am assuming for the moment that this is true - is that it is the same Robert whose burial is recorded at Long Whatton, Leicestershire, in November 1781. Their widowed mother having remarried [to a John Lancaster in 1763], Robert's elder brother, named Isaac after their father, married a Mary Brown in 1775, and by 1782 had moved from Long Eaton in Derbyshire to Long Whatton just over the border in Leicestershire.. I am assuming, for lack of further evidence, that Robert, Isaacs young brother, accompanied them before dying: he would have been about 24 and still unmarried. More research must be done before my suggestions can be accepted.

Sources

Derbys and Leicestershire Record Offices. Lichfield Diocesan Record Office. PRs and BTs.