The Henry Harold Harrison Family

Biography

Ellen Hewet was born in 1746 to Daniel Hewet and his wife Mary. She was baptized on 7 December 1746 at the Independent Church (aka Protestant Dissenters) in Rainford, a village located about 3 km south of Upholland.

On 23 November 1773, Ellen married Edward Ball at All Saints church in Wigan. They initially lived in Billinge where Edward was a farmer, then moved to a farm in Upholland around 1775. Edward and Ellen had three children—James, Mary, and Henry—between 1774 and 1779. All three children were baptized at St. Thomas the Martyr Anglican church in Upholland.

An unusual nine year gap then ensued during which Edward and Ellen did not baptize any children at St. Thomas. There are several possible explanations for the gap. The family may have moved elsewhere and baptized their children in a different church. They may have had a string of pregnancies that did not produce viable babies. There may have simply been a record-keeping error at the church. Ellen may have died during that period and Edward remarried, although there is no record of either event.

In any case, one Edward Ball, farmer, living in Upholland, resumed baptizing children at St. Thomas in 1788 (Daniel) and 1793 (Ellen). Absent any evidence to the contrary it is assumed this was the same Edward and the mother was Ellen Hewet.

Edward Ball died in 1818. Ellen Ball outlived her husband by twelve years and died in 1830 in Upholland. She and Edward are buried in the church yard at St. Thomas the Martyr. Their graves have not been located.

Source Documents

• Baptism Record of Ellen Hewet (1746–1830)
• Burial Record of Ellen Hewet (1746–1830)

Details

• Christening: 1746-12-07, Independent Church, Rainford;