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Hannah Mary Baker 1785 (may have been 1776) to 23
August 1851
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1785
Hannah
Mary Baker was the daughter of Richard and Hannah (nee Hassall) Baker (FAR00083).
1808
Hannah
Baker married Dr John Bellyse (1774-1850) of Dorfold Cottage, Nantwich,
Cheshire, the son of Dr John 'Cockfighting' Bellyse of Woodhouse, Audlem, on 27
September 1808 at Mucklestone, Staffordshire.
The old
man’s son, the second Dr Bellyse, inherited his father’s passion for coursing
and, before he retired to Dorfield Cottage, always kept greyhounds.
Ther
young man’s marriage caused tongues to wag in the district when he eloped with
Hannah Baker from Highfields. They went no further than was necessary and were
married at Mucklestone Church. The following morning, having read the farewell
letter, Richard Baker her father, decided that a visit to the old cockfighter
would not go amiss. He found the gentleman reading by the open window and
expressed himself with some force on the subject of the good doctor’s son.
Bellyse waited for a period of silence before observing “the gander’s as good
as the goose, sir” and returned to his book”.
(Audlem,
The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five townships, 1997)
The Evening
Sentinel, 29 November 1982: The doctor's son, John, in fact, eloped
with the daughter of architect Richard Dod Baker (1743 to 1803). “His son's
entry into the Baker family was not without colour,” writes the author. “He
eloped with Richard's daughter, Hannah, in the time approved manner. She
climbed from the bedroom window and they departed by post chaise.”
Dr John Bellyse’s son's entry into the Baker family was not
without colour. He eloped with Richard's daughter, Hannah, in the time approved
manner. She climbed from the bedroom window and they departed by post chaise.
The following morning, having read her farewell letter, Richard set forth to
the doctor’s abode, the house now occupied by Dr Thornton. He came upon Bellyse
sitting reading by his open window and, not unnaturally, expressed himself with
some force on the subject of the good doctor's son, John. Bellyse waited for a
period of silence before observing, “The ganders as good as the goose, Sir”,
and returned to his book. Peace was restored, Richard giving the newlyweds a
rather fine inlaid coffer. When Canon Bellyse retired as vicar of Audlem, he
very kindly returned it to Highfields! (Highfields, Audlem, 16th
century home of the Dod and Baker families, John Bellyse Baker, 1982.)
Hannah and
John had five sons and one daughter.
1851
Hannah Bellyse
died on 23 August 1851.