Twyford, William (1745-1795)

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VENN: Adm. sizar (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 10, 1740. S. of Robert, clerk, of Derbyshire. B. at Glossop. School, Manchester. ' Matric. 1741; B.A. 1744/5. Ord. deacon (Chester) Feb. 23, 1745/6. P.C. of Birch, Lancs., 1746-52. P.C. of Slade, 1746-52. P.C. of Didsbury, 1752-95. Died 1795. (Scott-Mayor, III. 509.)


Didsbury register noted: 1723 [/24]. January 29. Baptized Willielmus filius Robti Twyford clerici et Mariae uxoris, natus 8 die Januarii 1723, et vicesimo nono mensis fuit baptizatus, Glossop'.
Son of Robert Twyford [68840].
{entries for Robert from 1747 Register of Orders are evidently a clerical error for William, as confirmed from text and parish registers entries in J. Booker, A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, Chetham Soc. os, vol. 42 (1857),63, 79-80. William's own birth and baptism from p. 76).

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