Eighth Generation

128. John REDCHESTER was born (date unknown). He was a scissorsmith (also listed as shearman). Parish Register of Sheffield, Volune VI - 1720 to 1736 - lists the death of Sarah Stubbin Redchester and marriage of John Ribchester, sheresmith, and Mary Fisher in 1736. Several of the children are listed as those of John Redchester, shearsmith. The suspicion is that John Redchester and John Ribchester are the same person, and that prior to the 1730's, the name was spelled Ribchester. There were a number (60) of Ribchesters in the Clayton with Frickley, Howden, Kirk Ella, and Pontefract, Yorkshire, parish registers in the 1600's and 1700's (ancestry.com). James, William, Thomas, Henry, Charles, Martin more common male names. There seem to have been a lot (162) of Ribchesters in Lancashire. The records all appear to be between 1550 and 1750.

OneWorldTree lists the father of John Redchester as John Ribchester, born 1650 in Dillworth, Lancashire, ancestor of the Cam family, but source is undocumented.

There is much confusion about who was the son of whom and how they fit into the family in these early records. First two generations are best guesses, based on available information.

Circumstantial evidence here as to whether John was the father of Thomas and the other children. There must have been a Thomas Redchester in Sheffield before that time, in that the death of his daughter, Elizabeth, is recorded as July 23, 1713. He could have been the father of John. A James Redchester, son of Thomas Register, laborer, was baptized July 20, 1746, and that Thomas could have been the father of Thomas.

There was a John Redchester who married Jane Gibson January 29, 1731 in Hexham, Northumberland, England. IGI.

Was his father William Redchester, who m. Elizabeth Cross April 25, 1707, in Tebthorp?

Was Robert Redchester, who married Elizabeth Moulson October 3, 1644 in Cantley a grandfather of William? Was Robert the Robert Redchester of Brampton who was buried December 11, 1664? Was his wife the Elizabeth Redchester of Brampton, widow, who was buried January 23, 1684?

Were the Redchesters/Regesters in Maryland starting in the 1600's part of this family of Redchesters?

Question as to whether Redchester was Ribchester prior to the 1730's. There are a lot of Ribchesters prior to that time in Sheffield. Mary FISHER and John REDCHESTER were married on 2 March 1736 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

129. Mary FISHER was born in 1709 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. A Mary Fisher, dau. of Christ Fisher and Katherine, was christened July 12, 1712,in Scruton, Yorkshire. But there were lots of Mary Fishers christened in Yorkshire in that period == need more information.

Children were:

64	i.	Thomas REDCHESTER.
	ii.	John REDCHESTER was born before 15 November 1738 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
	iii.	Joseph REDCHESTER was born in September 1739 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.⁴⁷ He was a collier, not an occupation of someone you'd find living in the center of Sheffield, at least 10 miles from the nearest coal mine. There is serious question as to whether Joseph Redchester is the son of John Ribchester/Redchester as described. IGI lists the christening of a Joseph Redchester's daughter at Cathedral St. Peter in Sheffield 15 April 1767, but there's nothing yet found that ties Joseph to a father named John. It is possible there were other Redchesters in Sheffield during John's generation who could have had a son named Joseph. A tie-in on occupation might provide a clue. Russell Stephen Smith does not mention Joseph (or William) among John Ribchester/Redchester's children.
	iv.	Mary REDCHESTER was born before 26 December 1740 in Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
	v.	Elizabeth REDCHESTER was born before 23 February 1743 in Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She died on 14 July 1775 at the age of 32 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.⁴⁸
	vi.	Sarah REDCHESTER was born before 30 September 1747 in Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. The information about Sarah, her husband, her daughter, and her grandchildren is from OneWorldTree and appears to have been supplied by a descendant of the Cams. In it, Sarah is the daughter of John, who in tern is the son of John Ribchester of Lancashire.
	vii.	Hannah REDCHESTER was born before 4 June 1750 in Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.⁴⁹
	viii.	William REDCHESTER was born before 22 May 1745 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.⁵⁰