Martin SWINDELLS I
(1784 - 1843) | Hannah SHEPLEY
(1782 - 1839) | | bd. | 1784; Macclesfield, Cheshire UK | | dd. | 11 March 1843, age about 58; Pott Shrigley, Macclesfield, Cheshire UK | | brd. | St John's Church, Bollington, Cheshire UK | | edu. | In Macclesfield | | occ. | Cotton spinner and manufacturer | | rel. | Born Anglican; Converted to Methodism at age 18 | | res. | Clough House (next to Clough mill , now demolished), Ingerlsey Vale
Pott Hall, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, UK | | src. | [12] |
| | bd. | 1782; Taxal, Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire UK | | dd. | 18 Nov 1839, age about 57 | | brd. | St John's Church, Bollington, Cheshire UK | | res. | Pott Hall, Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, UK | | src. | [12] |
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Children (7):
Notes for Martin SWINDELLS I Established the Swindells cotton milling industry in Bollington by
renting Ingersley Clough
mill in partnership with Thomas Fernley. Later
rented or owned several of the larger mills in the town, employing over
2,000 people. Went on to build Clarence mill in 1830 in partnership with Joseph
Brooke. [13]
His achievements are recorded on his grave with the words \'His ability
and energy of character under the blessing of God mainly contributed to
the increase and prosperity of this village.\' [50]
Notes for Hannah SHEPLEY Probably from Chapel-en-le-Frith, Martin's diary alludes.
Hannah, [Martin's] wife, was a beautiful old lady with bright brown eyes; she dressed in a black satin dress with a large white muslin handkerchief folded over her breast, and a large white mob-cap. She was exceedingly religious and always sat in the arm chair on the right hand side of the Pott Hall dining room with her Bible and Hymn book resting in a small bracket beside her. [13]
Sources | 12. | Book, 1973, reprinted 1986, Cotton Town, Wilmslow Historical Society |
| 13. | Document, Emma F Brooke, 1885, Happy Valley: George Swindells, notes |
| 50. | Church record, Gravestone at St John's Church, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire UK |
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