Allerton Manor

For many centuries after his death, the once famous Adam Mort of Dam House (Astley Manor) genetically contributed towards a long line of well known and possibly notorious descendants.

Many were not only famous in their own lifetimes but have also contributed towards the lives we live today in our modern societies. Some secured a place in history by their industrious natures and an inherent inventive disposition. However there was also a darker side to the wealth of the merchants and gentry of 19th century Liverpool, namely the exploitation of slaves.

The Earle Family of Liverpool:

John Earle (1674-1749) came to Liverpool from Warrington in 1688, joining the house of William Clayton, MP, a merchant and ship owner of high standing in the town of Liverpool. On 10 December, 1700, he married Eleanor Tyrer and began trading as a merchant on his own behalf. Although he was primarily involved in the wine trade, like most merchants of this period he dealt in a wide range of commodities, including iron, tobacco, sugar and also those goods used in slaving ventures, and it was he who built up the family's share in this trade. In 1709, at the age of 35 he was elected Mayor of Liverpool. At his death in 1749 he was survived by only four of his seven children. Ralph (1715-1790), Thomas (1719-1781), William (1721-1788) and Sarah. Both Ralph and Thomas Earle were to follow their father as Mayor.

The following genealogical data has been kindly donated by Guy Bannerman Tod. In this story we explore the descendants of Mary Mort of Chowbent (Alder House) and how her descendants have left both good and bad footprints in the history books.

Descendants of Adam MORT

Generation No. 1

1. ADAM (1) MORT 1791 married MARTHA LEIGH.

Child of ADAM MORT and MARTHA LEIGH:

2. i.MARY (2) MORT, b. 1724, Alderfold, Chowbent; d. 27 Jan 1785.

Editors Note: The story and a photograph of Alder House can be seen in the ‘Morts of Chowbent; story within the ‘Homes and places’ section of the website.

Generation No. 2

2. MARY (2) MORT ADAM (1) was born 1724 in Alderfold, Chowbent, and died 27 Jan 1785. She married THOMAS EARLE.

Child of MARY MORT and THOMAS EARLE:

3.i.MARY (3) EARLE, b. 16 Aug 1761, Liverpool, Lancashire,

England. d. 07 Sep 1849, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire.

Generation No. 3

MARY EARLE (3) was born 16 Aug 1761 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England., and died 07 Sep 1849 in Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire.

She married THOMAS EARLE of Speaklands(1) 20 Apr 1786, son of WILLIAM EARLE and ANN HESKIN.He was born 1754 in Liverpool, Lancashire. and died 09 Jul 1822 in Spekelands, Smetham Lane, Liverpool, Lancashire, England..

More about MARY EARLE: Record Change: 01 Feb 2004

More about THOMAS EARLE: Burial: St.Mary's Cemetery, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - Record Change: 01 Feb 2004

Child of MARY EARLE and THOMAS EARLE:

4.i.BARONET HARDMAN (4) EARLE, b. 11 Jul 1792, Liverpool,

Lancashire. d. 25 Jan 1877, Allerton Tower, Childwall, Lancashire,

England.

Editors Note about Thomas Earle 1754:

T & W EARLE & COMPANY

After the death of Thomas Earle of Leghorn in 1781, his business was amalgamated with his younger brother William's and on his death seven years later, the family business passed to William's sons Thomas (1754-1822) and William (1760-1839). Both Thomas and William had already been active partners. Operating from premises in Hanover Street, Liverpool, the firm of T & W Earle & Company expanded the areas of business further in partnership with Thomas Molyneux in the iron trade, and also in the wine, oil, silk and sugar trades. In the 1830s they acquired a plantation in Berbice, British Guiana, (now Guyana) which they took over as part of a bad debt. Several bundles of correspondence and documents relating to the administration of the plantation, including the use of slave, and later free black labour, survive in the collection. There is also a letter book entitled Livorno which contains correspondence relating to the Leghorn trading activities of T & W Earle & Co., for the period 1801-1808, after which, the business closed.

Generation No. 4

BARONET HARDMAN (4) EARLE 1792:

Sir Hardman Earle

Of MARY (3), MARY (2) ADAM MORT (1) was born 11 Jul 1792 in Liverpool, Lancashire. and died 25 Jan 1877 in Allerton Tower, Childwall, Lancashire, England. He married MARY LANGTON (2) 24th Aug 1819 in St.George, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, daughter of WILLIAM LANGTON and MARY STARKEY. Mary was born 13 Aug 1798 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and died 25 Mar 1850 in Allerton Tower, Allerton Liverpool Lancashire, England.

More about BARONET HARDMAN EARLE:

Burial: 30 Jan 1877, St. Peter's Cemetery, Woolton, Childwall,

Lancashire, England.

Christening: 25 Aug 1792, St.George, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Education: Warrington

Occupation: Director of L&NW Railway

Portrait: Lymington, Hants. By Muller in possession of his grandson Sir Henry Earle Baronet

Title (Facts Pg): 03 Nov 1869, Baronet. Created Baronet 3 Nov 1869. Director of L&NW Railway

Editors Note about Hardman Earle 1792:

Hardman Earle was born 11 JUL 1792, and died 25 JAN 1877.

On the 1st March 1853, the London and North Western Railway, under the direction of Sir Hardman Earle, leased from Messrs. Jones & Potts, a small works known as the Viaduct Foundry

In 1853 there were only around 30 houses available for the viaduct workers but as the foundry became busier, it expanded and the houses and town that was built for the men and their families was called 'Earlestown' after Sir Hardman Earle. Earlestown is near Newton-Le-Willows now in Merseyside.

As well as one of the original promoters of the Liverpool-Manchester railway, Sir Hardman Earle was also a county and borough magistrate and a trustee of the Bluecoat Hospital in Liverpool.

To read about the inquest into the death of the respected Sir Hardman Earle as printed in the Liverpool Journal, follow this link: http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/History2.html

MARY LANGTON 1798:

Burial: 01 Apr 1850, St.Peter's Cemetery, Woolton, Childwall,

Lancashire, England.

Christening: 05 Sep 1798, Kirkham, Lancashire, England

Record Change: 01 Feb 2004

Children of HARDMAN EARLE and MARY LANGTON:

i.THOMAS (5) EARLE2, b. 30 Jun 1820, Allerton Towers, Allerton,

THOMAS EARLE 1900

Liverpool, Lancashire, England2; d. 13 Apr 1900, Brook Farm, Smithdown Road Liverpool Lancashire, England2; m. EMILY FLETCHER2, 06 Sep 1853, St.Georges, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.; b. 29 Jun 1832, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; d. 02 Jun 1905, 15 Wetherby Gardens, South Kensington, London, England.

More about THOMAS EARLE:

Record Change: 11 Oct 2004 Title (Facts Pg): Sir

Editors Notes about Thomas Earle: Thomas was the Mayor of Liverpool in 1853 and was a Baronite Merchant.

ii.MARY EARLE,

b. 09 Jul 1821, Liverpool, Lancashire. d. 18

Nov 1921, Liverpool, Lancashire.

More about MARY EARLE: Burial: 1921, St.Nicholas, Liverpool, England.

iii.MARY EARLE, b. 09 Apr 1823, Allerton Towers, Allerton,

Liverpool, Lancashire, England; d. 10 Jul 1905, Liverpool, Lancashire. m. JAMES LOXHAM FOSTER, 11 Oct 1849, St.Georges, Hannover Square, London; b. 16 Aug 1829, Liverpool; d. 19 Jul 1902, 2 Clifton place, Sussex Square, London.

More about JAMES LOXHAM FOSTER:

Cremated: 22 Jul 1902, Woking, Surrey

iv.HARDMAN EARLE2,

3, b. 20 Jan 1825, Liverpool, Lancashire,

England4, 5; d. 28 May 1853, Lisbon, Portugal6, 7; m. HARRIET MATILDA

JOHNSTON7, 19 Aug 1852

More about HARDMAN EARLE:

Visitor: Apr 1851, 11 Peel Terrace, Liverpool, England8

v.ELIZABETH EARLE,

b. 01 Mar 1826, Liverpool, England. d. 10

Jul 1905, Liverpool, Lancashire.

More about ELIZABETH EARLE:

Burial: 13 Jul 1905, Woolton, Lancashire

Christening: 03 Oct 1827, St.Peter's, Childwell, Liverpool, Lancahire,

England

Will: 13 Jul 1900, Proved Liverpool 26/8/1905 by Ather Earle, brother,

John Grenville Earle and Archibald James Tod, nephews, the Executors.

vi.EMILY EARLE,

b. 15 Feb 1827, Hope Street, Liverpool,

Lancashire, England. d. 22 Feb 1914, Liverpool, Lancashire. m. HUGH

PERKINS, 24 Sep 1857, St.Peter, Childwell, Liverpool, Lancahire,

England; b.

1818, London, England. d. 18 Jan 1898, 17 Fullwood Park, Liverpool,

England.

More about EMILY EARLE:

Christening: 03 Oct 1827, St.Peter, Childwell, Liverpool, Lancahire,

England Record Change: 24 Mar 2004

HUGH PERKINS:

Burial: 21 Jan 1898, Smithdown Cemetery, Liverpool, England.

Christening: St. Saviour's, Southwick, Surrey, England.

Occupation: J.P. and D.L. for County Lancaster

Record Change: 24 Mar 2004

Marriage Notes for EMILY EARLE and HUGH PERKINS:

Rev. Robert Leicester

vii.HARRIET EARLE,

b. 23 Jul 1829, Hope Street, Liverpool,

Lancashire, England. d. 17 Feb 1913, The Grange, Speke Road,

Childwall, Lancashire; m. ARCHIBALD TOD, 23 Oct 1850, St.Peter, Childwell, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; b. 31 Jul 1811, Dry grange, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland, Great Britain/Scotland; d. 19 Aug 1870, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England.

More about HARRIET EARLE:

Burial: 20 Feb 1913, Halewood, Lancashire

Christening: 30 Oct 1830, St.Peter, Childwell, Liverpool, Lancashire,

England Record Change: 01 Feb 2004

Residence: 1881, The Grange, Speke Road, Childwall, Lancashire10

ARCHIBALD TOD:

Codicil 20/5/1868

Codicil 26/6/1868

Proved at Liverpool 17/10/1870 by Thomas Earle of Brook Farm, Smithdown Road, near Liverpool and James Loxham Foster of 2 Clifton Place, Hyde Park, Co. Middlesex. (2 of the executors)

More about ARCHIBALD TOD:

Baptism: 21 Aug 1811, Melrose11

Burial: 26 Aug 1870, Halewood, Lancashire

Residence: Woolton Grange, Much Woolton, Lancashire.

Will: 17 Nov 1867

Marriage Notes for HARRIET EARLE and ARCHIBALD TOD:

Rev. William Hornby, vicar of St. Michael-on-Wyre, Co. Lancaster.

viii.CAROLINE EARLE, b. Liverpool, Lancashire. d. 03 Dec 1875;

m. FRANCIS JOHN JOHNSTON, 01 Jul 1856; d. 1911.

ix.WILLIAM EARLE, b. 1833, Liverpool, Lancashire. d. 10 Feb

1885, Kirbekan, Egypt12; m. MARY CODRINGTON, 21 Jul 1864; d. 27 Jan

192813.

x.ARTHUR EARLE, b. 1838, Liverpool, Lancashire. d. 05 Feb

1919, Childwall, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. m. IDA ENPHEMIA

BUCKLEY-MATHEW13, 19 Nov 1867; b. 28 Oct 1843; d. 01 Apr 1903.

Xi.GEORGINA EARLE, d. 10 Dec 1908, Liverpool, Lancashire. m.

HUGH LONGUEVILLE JONES, 30 Jun 1859; d. 01 Aug 1875.

GENEALOGY:

1 Adam MORT b: 1540 d: 1631

+ Jennet MORT d: 3 FEB 1623

2 Thomas MORT b: 1587 d: 1638

+ Margaret SMITH

3 Robert MORT b: 1627 d: 1691

+ Mary WALWORKE b: 1628 d: 1687

4 Nathan MORT b: 1657 d: 18 JAN 1737/38

+ Jane ??? d: 16 DEC 1718

5 Adam MORT b: 1701 d: 1730

+ Martha LEIGH d: 1730

6 Mary MORT b: 1724 d: 29 JAN 1785

+ Thomas EARLE b: 1719 d: 18 APR 1781

7 Adam EARLE

7 Mary EARLE b: 16 AUG 1761 d: 7 SEP 1849

+ Thomas EARLE b: 1754 d: 9 JUL 1822

8 William EARLE b: 7 FEB 1787 d: 26 SEP 1864

+ Anne BRADISH d: 15 AUG 1855

8 Thomas EARLE b: 29 JUN 1788 d: 28 JAN 1806

8 John EARLE b: 1789 d: 15 MAR 1791

8 Hardman EARLE b: 11 JUL 1792 d: 25 JAN 1877

+ Mary LANGTON b: 13 AUG 1798 d: 25 MAR 1850

9 Thomas EARLE b: 30 JUN 1820 d: 13 APR 1900

+ Emily FLETCHER b: 29 JUN 1832 d: 2 JUN 1905

10 Henry EARLE b: 15 AUG 1854

+ Evelyn Grace BOILEAU b: C.. 1855

10 Mary EARLE b: 1855 d: JUN 1856

10 Mary EARLE b: 13 AUG 1856 d: 1870

10 Emily Josephine EARLE b: 31 JUL 1857

10 Hardman Arthur EARLE b: 17 JAN 1859 d: 19 NOV 1935

10 Thomas Algernon EARLE b: 16 JUL 1860

+ Edith LEITH

10 William Edward EARLE b: 27 SEP 1861 d: 30 JAN 1925

10 Caroline EARLE b: 21 MAR 1863

10 Alfred EARLE b: 29 JUN 1864 d: 2 JAN 1941

10 Constance EARLE b: 1865 d: 1865

10 Charles Frederic EARLE b: 19 APR 1867

10 Evelyn Margaret EARLE b: 21 APR 1869

+ Francis Gordon CARDEW

10 Reginald EARLE b: 10 SEP 1871

10 John Wilfred EARLE b: 14 JUN 1878

9 Hardman EARLE b: 20 JAN 1825 d: 28 MAY 1853

+ Harriet Matilda JOHNSTON

9 William EARLE b: 1833 d: 10 FEB 1885

+ Mary CODRINGTON d: 27 JAN 1928

9 Arthur EARLE b: 1838 d: 5 FEB 1919

+ Ida Enphemia BUCKLEY-MATHEW b: 28 OCT 1843 d: 1 APR 1903

10 John Greville EARLE b: 1869

9 Mary EARLE d: 18 NOV 1821

9 Mary EARLE d: 11 DEC 1911

+ James Loxham FOSTER d: 19 JUL 1902

9 Elizabeth EARLE d: 10 JUL 1905

9 Emily EARLE d: 22 FEB 1914

+ Hugh PERKINS d: 1899

9 Harriet EARLE d: 17 FEB 1913

+ Archibald TOD d: 19 AUG 1870

9 Georgina EARLE d: 10 DEC 1908

+ Hugh Longueville JONES d: 1 AUG 1875

9 Caroline EARLE d: 3 DEC 1875

+ Francis John JOHNSTON d: 1911

8 Richard EARLE b: 26 APR 1796 d: 21 APR 1848

+ Margaret LANGTON d: 30 NOV 1871

8 Mary EARLE d: 14 SEP 1854

+ W.P. BATHE

8 Anne EARLE d: 15 AUG 1875

+ Joseph LANGTON d: 25 OCT 1855

8 Jane EARLE d: 5 FEB 1833

+ George Hall LAWRENCE d: 15 JAN 1869

7 Jane Elizabeth EARLE b: 1764

+ Richard GWILLYM

+ Anne LEYLAND

Endnotes

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5. OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online].

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8. 1851 England Census.

9. Source.

10. British Census 1881, (1881), RG13 3509 102 19, QUAY 4.

11. Roxburgh: Melrose - Register of baptisms, marriages, proclamations

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Marriages, session minutes (1723-1741) and mortuary rolls.

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13. Kenneth Williams, Williams Latham Tomlin Charlier.