James Beesley (1861)

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James Beesley is another Farnworth – Presscot watchmaker.

James Beesley was born in about 1798 in Eccleston, Lancashire.

James married Ann Lyon on 6 Dec 1819 at Farnworth Chapel of Ease in the parish of Prescot, Lancashire. Both were of the local parish; James was a watch maker, Ann was a spinster. The witnesses were John Beesley and Elizabeth Lyon.

Later links to family residences in Eccleston, actually refer to Eccleston near St Helens, and not Eccleston, Chorley.