Alexander Chadwick (1558 - 1624)

Born 1558 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England

Husband of Joan (Bennett) Chadwick — married 15 Nov 1584 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England

Husband of Joan (Warrall) Chadwick — married 20 Nov 1599 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1624 at about age 66 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Research Notes II

According to Lancashire Online Parish Clerks Alexander Chadwicke married Joane Worrall in Manchester 05 Feb 1603/4 ^[1] (private transcription). An Alexander Chadwicke (quite possibly the same one) did marry 20 Nov 1599 (unnamed spouse), and also prior to that in Rochdale 11 Aug 1583 (also unnamed but presumably Joan Bennett). If this is the same Alexander throughout it would account for all 18 children listed in Lancs OPC , including 3 baptised in Manchester. The earlier children listed with mother Joan Worrall would need to be linked to a different mother but it would get rid of the problem that Joan was only 12 when she had her first child!

Research Notes

There was an Alexander Chadwick, the father of the Charles Chadwick who immigrated to America in 1630 with Gov. Winthrop. Charles died in 1682, age 86 years. Anderson states that Charles' birth was "About 1596 based on age at death, although this may be exaggerated by a few years."^[2] The baptism record for Charles in Rochdale, Lancashire, England shows him born on April 24, 1597, and names his father as Alexander Chadwick.^[3] Given the accuracy of the death record, it is likely that this is the same man.

The problem in finding a valid source is that Rochdale and vicinity were full of Chadwicks in the 16th and 17th centuries (it still is) and that they tended to have very common first names, like John, Charles, Alexander, and Richard, so that it is very hard to associate a particular record with a specific individual. Also the records usually ignored females.

There are many family trees on record that show Alexander Chadwick in Rochdale at the end of the 16th century. Few of them show him as the father of Charles, and most of them show him as the father of John Chadwick who came to America sometime later than Charles, but birth records in Rochdale show that John Chadwick, born 1601, was the son of Richard, and that Charles Chadwick, born 1597, was the son of Alexander.

There is much misinformation floating around about Alexander Chadwick and his parentage and family, but I have not found any source records. In most family trees he is said to be the son of (Sir) John Chadwick of Rochdale and born in either 1558 or 1566.^[4] His wife is generally given as Unknown, but sometimes it is Joan Warrall.^[5]

Alexander Chadwick married an unknown woman on November 20, 1599, but either this was a second marriage or this is a different Alexander, since Charles was born in 1597.^[6]

There are eleven children who have Alexander Chadwick as their father born in Rochdale during the period 1580 to 1610: Elizabeth, b. 1584; Robert, 1586; Mary, 1588, 1600; Richard, 1590; Katheryn, 1592; Ann, 1594; Charles, 1597; William, 1602; Sibell, 1604, 1608; Edmund, 1606; and Margaret, 1610.^[7]

Alexander died on April 20, 1624 in Rochdale.^[8]

Chadwick-1021 18:20, 21 September 2016 (EDT)

Sources

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1. ↑ http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995), page 322. NEHGS
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWKX-Z6V : 30 December 2014), Alexander Chadwicke in entry for Charles Chadwicke, 24 Apr 1597; citing ROCHDALE,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 990,051, 599,772.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SB37-J43 : accessed 2016-09-22), entry for Alexander /Chadwick/.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34W8-H26 : accessed 2016-09-22), entry for ALEXANDER /CHADWICK/.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLHL-JM5 : 10 December 2014), Alexander Chadwicke and MM9.1.1/NLHL-JMP:, 20 Nov 1599; citing St Chad,Rochdale,Lancashire,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 599,772, 844,812, 990,051.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Family \Search.org
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8KS-1PV : 24 December 2014), Alexander Chadwicke, 20 Apr 1624; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 1,545,748.