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	Introduction		Trees
	Tracing the Frosts
Q_Cope	The Mysteries around Martha Cope
	Who was Martha Cope, and where does she fit into the family tree?
	Was Martha Cope a 'black widow'?
	What was Martha Cope's maiden name, and where and when was she born?
	Proofs
	The records
Introduction	This Frost family starts in 1756 with the birth of David Frost, second son of Thomas Frost of Macclesfield. It covers just two generations, as David Frost's son died childless in 1826. The records cover David Frost's two marriages, and the four marriages of his second wife Martha Cope - all of which are of interest to us as they were both direct ancestors.
Tracing	Tracing the Frosts
Q_Cope1	Who was Martha Cope, and where does she fit into the family tree?
	The first time I saw the name Martha Cope was in some notes compiled in 1979 by a relative on the Greaves and Frost side of the family, where Martha Cope was noted as the wife of David Frost born 1829, parents of Nancy Frost.		1979 Tree
	Some years later, in 1990 - this being the days when one needed an address to find entries in the census records, which were only available at the PRO on microfilm - the 1841 census for Chorlton showed Martha Cope aged 75, and no David Frost - in the family of a Thomas and Nancy Frost. This obviously didn't tally with the notes from 1979 mentioned above...		C_1841
	Martha Cope was actually aged 79 or 80 when the census was taken in spring 1841, as shown by her death certificate showing that she was aged 83 on the 19th of November 1844 - so born in the year before the 20th of November 1761 - if that age was exactly correct.		D_1844
	Ten years later, the IGI was available on-line, and showed a Nancy, daughter of David and Martha Frost baptised in Macclesfield in 1802 - as in the notes of 1979, but two generations further back than shown in the tree. The IGI showed that David Frost and Martha Watson married in in 1801 in Prestbury - the parish which includes Macclesfield. The IGI also showed both a Thomas Frost and a David Frost, sons of Thomas Frost, baptised in Macclesfield in 1754 and 1756 respectively. It started to look as it Thomas and Nancy Frost of the 1841 census were the children on the Thomas and David Frost of 1754 and 1756, who looked like brothers. This would make Thomas and Nancy Frost cousins, although they had married.		M_1801
	Martha's marriage to David Frost in 1801, their daughter Nancy and her marriage to her cousin Thomas Frost, and their wills and family history are documented in the Frost (11) family records.		A_1891
Q_Cope2	Was Martha Cope a 'black widow'?
	In 2003, the indexes to Cheshire wills were on-line, so I could find the will of John Watson, innkeeper in Macclesfield in 1800, whose wife was Martha. One of the executors of this will was John Howard - and I already knew that David Frost's brother Thomas married a Howard.		W_1800
	The indexes also led to the will of David Frost, innkeeper in Macclesfield proved in 1808, though he died in 1807.		W_1807
	A little more digging showed a marriage of Martha Frost with a James Daniels in 1809 in Macclesfield, and also a will of James Daniels, innholder in Macclesfield in 1812. That is, Martha had buried 3 husbands in just 12 years! And obviously there had been a Mr. Cope after that. It looked like she could be a "black widow" - in 1800 she was 39 years old, so could have had several husbands before John Watson - if they each lasted an average of 6 years (!!), and there could have been even more in the 29 years between 1812 and the 1841 census!		W_1812
	That possibility was mitigated quite soon, as she had married Enos Cope in 1813, so he was actually her final husband.		M_1813
	But what a husband! The only Enos Cope to be found is the IGI who might fit was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Cope baptised in St. Chad Shrewsbury in 1788. This would mean that Martha, aged 52, married a man aged 25!
	And it seems to be true. The will of Edward Cope of Macclesfield in 1826 names his son Enos Cope, his son-in-law Francis Chapman, and his daughter Elizabeth Chapman. Elizabeth Chapman was one of the witnesses of the marriage of Enos Cope and Martha Daniels in 1813.		W_1826
	And the Commercial Directory for Macclesfield in 1821 shows Enos Cope at the "Pig and Whistle" in Mill Street, and Francis Chapman at the "Swan" in Mill Street.		A_1821
	Enos Cope was a also boxer - the Handbook to Boxing records that he beat Maltby in a match in 1812.		A_1812
	And he issued a challenge to Dan Donnelly in 1819, but a match never seems to have taken place, as the latter died in the next year.		Challenge
	Enos Cope, late of Macclesfield, died in 1834 aged 46.		D_1834
Q_Cope3	What was Martha Cope's maiden name, and where and when was she born?
	Martha's maiden name was still unknown - there was no document stating it explicitly, or in passing. Only recently have I been able to identify her baptism with reasonable certainty.
	First of all, David Frost married his first wife, Mary Foden, on the 17th of April 1785 in Prestbury - witnessed by his younger brother George Frost, and a certain Thomas Holland.		M_1785a
	On the same day, at the same place, George Frost married Frances Houghton - witnessed by his elder brother David Frost, and the same Thomas Holland		M_1785b
	Less than a year later, a John Watson married a certain Martha Rowbotham in Ashton-upon-Mersey (close to Manchester) - witnessed by George Frost and Thomas Holland - the same witnesses as David Frost's marriage. This proves, I would say, that Martha Cope's maiden name was Rowbotham. As she is described as a spinster, John Watson was her first husband - so she only had the four husbands we already knew about. So she wasn't a black widow, it appears - but perhaps running a pub around this time was a rough business...		M_1786
	The most likely baptism for this Martha Rowbotham is that on the 10th of January 1762 in Didsbury, which is less than 6 miles away from Ashton-upon-Mersey, for the daughter of John Rowbotham (spelled Robotham) of Withington (in the parish of Didsbury). This is quite close to the 19th of November 1761 - the latest likely date for Martha's birth, and the baptism could well have been held a little over a month after the birth. This Martha had an elder sister called Dinah baptised in 1757, who was buried on the 12th of February 1781 in Didsbury aged 24. Just 7 months later a certain unmarried Martha Rowbotham had a baby girl named Dinah (presumably after her deceased elder sister) baptised in Chorlton, which is a few miles away from Didsbury. This Dinah was buried in 1785 in Didsbury aged 4, and a year later Martha Rowbotham married John Watson.
	The key dates for Martha Rowbotham/Watson/Frost/Daniels/Cope would then seem clear. She was born in 1761 in Withington. She was not married when she had a daughter called Dinah in 1781, but who died in 1785. She married John Watson a year later. He died in 1800 aged 42, and she married David Frost in the next year. She had a daughter Nancy in 1802 when she was 40 years old, and a son David in 1805 when she was 43 years old. Her husband David died in 1807 aged 51, and she married James Daniels in 1809. He died in 1812, and she married Enos Cope in the next year. Her daughter Nancy Frost married her nephew Thomas Frost in 1819. Her son David died in 1826 aged 21. Her fourth husband Enos Cope died in 1834 aged 46. She died in 1844 aged 83.
Proofs	Proofs
PP_45	That Nancy Frost (45) was the mother of Henry James Frost (22)
PP_90	That David Frost (90) was the father of Nancy Frost (45)
PP_180	That Thomas Frost (180) was the father of David Frost (90)
Records	The Records
M_1749	1749-02-06 Marriage in Prestbury and Chelford, Cheshire (IGI)			Thomas (180)	1749
	Thomas Frost & Anne Boothby			Ann (181)
B_1756	1756-09-19 Baptism in Macclesfield, St. Michael (IGI; SoG, seen 2003)			Thomas (180)	1756
	David Son of Thomas Frost			David (90)
	1778 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)
	Mrs. Frost for house in Mill Street from James Pearson 2s. 6d.
	1784 Land Tax in Macclesfield Hundred (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost tax collector
	1785-04-10 Marriage Licence in Prestbury (FindMyPast, Cheshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations 1606-1905)			David (90)
	George Frost Manchester & Frances Troughton, David Frost
	1785-04-16 Marriage Licence in Prestbury (FindMyPast, Cheshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations 1606-1905)			David (90)
	David Frost & Mary Foden, George Frost Manchester
M_1785a	1785-04-17 Marriage in Prestbury (FindMyPast, Chester Parish Registers of Marriages 1538-1910)			David (90)	1785
	David Frost of Macclesfield of this parish Cotton Manufacturer and Mary Foden of the same place Spinster were married in this church by licence this seventeenth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five by me Peter Mayer, vicar
	This marriage was solemnized between us                David Frost
	Mary Foden
	In the presence of     George Frost
	Thomas Holland
M_1785b	1785-04-17 Marriage in Prestbury (FindMyPast, Chester Parish Registers of Marriages 1538-1910)			David (90)
	George Frost of the parish of Manchester Turner and Frances Houghton of Macclesfield of this parish Spinster were married in this church by licence this seventeenth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five by me Peter Mayer, vicar
	This marriage was solemnized between us                George Frost
	Frances Houghton
	In the presence of     David Frost
	Thomas Holland
	1785-10-09 Marriage in Prestbury (FindMyPast, Chester Parish Registers of Marriages 1538-1910)
	Thomas Holland of Prestbury, Innholder married Jane Barber of Manchester
	1785 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost, for house Wallgate
M_1786	1786-02-28 Marriage in Ashton-on-Mersey (FindMyPast, Chester Parish Registers of Marriages 1538-1910)			David (90)	1786
	John Watson of the parish of Manchester Cotton Spinner and Martha Rowbotham of this parish Spinster were married in this church by banns this twenty eighth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six by me ? Mayor, vicar
	This marriage was solemnized between us                Jn Watson
	Martha Rowbotham
	In the presence of     George Frost
	Thomas Holland
	1787 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)
	John Watson for house in Mill Street from James Pearson 4s. 6d.
	1790 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)
	John Watson for house in Mill Street from James Pearson 4s. 6d.
	1792 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)
	John Watson for house in Mill Street from James Pearson 4s. 6d.
	1794 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)
	John Watson for house in Mill Street from James Pearson 4s. 6d.
	1797 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)
	John Watson for house in Mill Street from James Pearson 4s. 6d.
	John Watson for 2 new houses in Mill Street 2s.
	1798 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost, Church Yard Side
	1799-03-25 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost
	1800 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)
	John Watson for house n Mill Street from James Pearson 2s. 6d.
	John Watson for 2 new houses in Mill Street 2s. 2d.
	1800-07-29 Burial in St. Michael, Macclesfield (Ancestry.co.uk, Cheshire, Select Bishop’s Transcripts, 1576-1933, Cheshire PR burials c1538-1910)			Family (91)
	Name: John Watson, aged 42
	Gender: Male
	Burial Date: 7 Nov 1800
	Burial Place: St. Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
	FHL Film Number: 1647519
	CRW: John Watson was born c. 1758
W_1800	1800-11-22 Will (Cheshire RO)		1800	Martha (91)
	Testator: John Watson, innkeeper, Macclesfield, Cheshire
	Executors: John Howard and John Chandley
	Trustees: John Howard and John Chandley
	Date: 3 October 1799, proved 22 November 1800
	Witnesses: Willm Cartwright, Wm Henshaw, M. Wadsworth, Att. Macclesfield
	Will: - £5 to natural son John Lees
	- rest to wife Martha
	proved under £300
M_1801L	1801-02-03 Marriage License in the Parish of Prestbury (CHRO, Copy, 2003)			David (90)	1801
	The third Day of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and one			Martha (91)
	On which Day appeared personally David Frost, yeoman of Macclesfield, in the Parish of Prestbury in the County and Diocese of Chester and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists, alledged and made Oath as follows, that he is of the Age of Twenty One Years and upwards, and a Widower and intends to marry Martha Watson of Macclesfield in the Parish of Prestbury in the County and Diocese of Chester aged Twenty One Years and upwards, and a Widow not knowing or believing any lawful Let, or Impediment, by reason of any Præcontract, entered into before the Twenty-fifth Day of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Four, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other Cause whatsoever, to hinder the said intended Marriage; And  he prayed a Licence to solemnize the said Marriage in the Parish Church of Prestbury aforesaid. In which said parish of Prestbury the said David Frost further made Oath, that the said Martha Watson hath had her usual abode for the space of Four Weeks last past.
	David Frost
	The same Day the said David Frost
	was sworn before me L. Heaphy Surrogate
M_1801b	1801-02-03 Marriage Bond in the Parish of Prestbury (CHRO, Copy, 2003)			David (90)
	Know all Men by these Presents, That we David Frost and John Chandley both of Macclesfield in the Parish of Prestbury in the County and Diocese of Chester			Martha (91)
	are holden and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Henry William by Divine Permission, Lord Bishop of Chester in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid unto the said Right Reverend Father, his lawful Attorney, Executors, Administrators or Assigns, to which Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and Every of us severally for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and the Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, of every of us firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals, and dated the third Day of February in the forty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and in the Year of our Lord God, One Thousand Eight Hundred and one.
	The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above-bounden David Frost and Martha Watson now licensed to be married together, be neither of Consanguinity, or Affinity, the one to the other, within the Degrees prohibited for Marriage: If also there be no Let or Impediment, by Reason of any Precontract, entered into before the Twenty-fifth Day of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Four, or any other lawful Cause whatsoever, but that they may be lawfully married together, both by the Laws of GOD, and this Land: Moreover, if the Persons, whose Consent is required by Law in this behalf, be thereunto agreeing: And lastly, if the said Marriage be done and solemnized in such Manner, as in the Licence to them granted is limited: Then this Obligation to be void, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
	Sealed and delivered
	in the Presence of
	David Frost (signed, with seal)
	John Chandley (signed, with seal)
	Law. Heaphy, Surrogate
M_1801	1801-02-04 Marriage in Prestbury, Cheshire (Ancestry.co.uk)			David (90)	1801
	David Frost of Manchester of this parish widower and Martha Watson of the same place widow were married in this church by Licence the fourth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and one by me Tho. Monkhouse curate			Martha (91)
	This marriage was solemnized between us                David Frost
	Martha Watson
	In the presence of     John Howard
	M? Wadsworth    John Chandley
	1801 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost, Mill Street
	Proprietors    Occupiers
	1801 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost, Mill Street, M. Frost owner N. Higginbotham
	Proprietors    Occupiers
	1801 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost, Mill Street
	Proprietors    Occupiers
	1801 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost
	1801 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost
	1801 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost
B_1802	1802-01-01 Baptism in St. Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire (LDS/IGI, 2000)			David (90)	1802
	Nancy daughter of David Frost & Martha			Martha (91)
				Nancy (45)
	1802-12-14 Will (Cheshire RO)		1802	David (90)
	Testator: Ann Frost, Macclesfield, Chester, Widow			Family (180)
	Executors: sons Thomas Frost of Manchester turner, David Frost of Macclesfield cotton manufacturer
	Trustees: Executors
	Date: 15 March 1787, proved 14 December 1802
	Witnesses: Wm Henshaw, Henry Hall, Philip Lovell
	Will: - all possessions to be sold and proceeds divided evenly among sons Peter Frost, Thomas Frost, David Frost, George Frost, Joseph Frost and James Frost, and daughters Ann Frost and Sarah the wife of John Parkinson
	1805-04-19 Baptism in St. Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire (LDS/IGI, 2000)			David (90)
	David son of David Frost & Martha			Martha (91)
	1806 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost, Mill Street
	1806 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost, Wallgate & Waters
	1806 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)
	James Daniels, Park Green, proprietor John Ryle, Esq.
D_1807	1807-08-21 Burial in Macclesfield, St. Michael (FindMyPast, Chester Parish Baptisms 1538-1911, 2016)			David (90)	1807
	David Frost, aged 50
W_1808	1808-01-28 Will (Cheshire RO)		1808	David (90)
	Testator: David Frost, innkeeper, Macclesfield, Cheshire
	Executors: brother Thomas Frost of Manchester merchant, John Shatwell of Macclesfield grocer
	Trustees: Executors
	Date: 29 September 1806, proved 28 January 1808
	Witnesses: Danl Brindley, M. Wadsworth, ? Norberry
	Will: - weekly to his widow (not named), 10s if any child of theirs is alive, 20s if all have died, 5s if she remarries
	- income from estate toward maintenance and education of children until youngest is 21, then divide equally among them. If they all die leaving no issue, divide evenly between testator's brothers and sisters
	- guardianship of children to wife and executors, but wife only as long as she remains his widow
	Under £2000
M_1809	1809-12-20 Marriage in Prestbury, Cheshire (Ancestry.co.uk)			Martha (91)
	James Daniel of Macclesfield of this parish Weaver and Martha Frost of the same place Widow were married in this church by Licence the twentieth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and nine by me Tho. Monkhouse curate
	This marriage was solemnized between us                James Daniel
	Martha Frost
	In the presence of     M? Wadsworth
	Jos. Frost
A_1812	1812-05-05 Boxing match (Handbook to Boxing, 1840)			Family (91)
	Enos Cope beat Maltby, 25 min., 11 rounds; 10 guineas. Hayes, Middlesex
W_1812	1812-09-04 Will (Cheshire RO)		1812	Martha (91)
	Testator: James Daniels, Macclesfield, Cheshire, innkeeper
	Executrix: wife Martha
	Date: 4 November 1811, proved 4 September 1812
	Witnesses: M. Norberry Atty Macclesfield, Richard Shuttlebotham Cheesefactor Macclesfield
	Will: - £20 to niece Dinah Staytham
	- rest to wife Martha
M_1813	1813-03-05 Marriage in Prestbury, Cheshire (Ancestry.co.uk; FindMyPast, Cheshire marriages c1538-1910)			Martha (91)	1813
	Enos Cope of Macclesfield of this parish  and Martha Daniels of the same place Widow were married in this church by Licence the fifth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen by me ?
	This marriage was solemnized between us                Enos Cope
	Martha Daniels
	In the presence of     Thomas Burgess
	Eliz. Chapman                Joseph Reddish
	1817 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost; George & James Pearson
	1818 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost
A_1819	1819-08-15 Announcement (The British Newspaper Archive, Weekly Dispatch)		Wiki	Family (91)
	A Challenge to Dan Donnelly, the conqueror of Oliver
	I, the undersigned, do hereby offer to fight you for 1000 guineas, at any place, and at any time, which may be agreeable to you, provided it be in England.
	Enos Cope, Innkeeper
	(Witnesses) Wm, Baxter, C. Palmer, J. Alcock, Macclesfield, 23 July 1819
M_1819L	1819-12-01 Marriage License in the Parish of Bowden (ChRO, Copy, 2003)			Thomas (44)	1819
	The first Day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and nineteen On which Day appeared personally Thomas Frost of Manchester Spinner and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists, alledged and made Oath as follows, that he is of the Age of twenty five Years and upwards, and a bachelor and intends to marry Nancy Frost of Altricham aged eighteen Years and upwards, and a spinster, Thomas Frost her guardian giving consent, in person, not knowing or believing any lawful Let, or Impediment, by reason of any Præcontract, entered into before the Twenty-fifth Day of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Four, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other Cause whatsoever, to hinder the said intended Marriage; And  he prayed a Licence to solemnize the said Marriage in the Parish Church of Bowden aforesaid. In which said parish the said Thomas Frost further made Oath, that the said Nancy Frost hath had her usual abode for the space of Four Weeks last past.			Nancy (45)
	Thomas Frost Junr
	The same Day the said Thomas Frost was sworn before me J. T. Law Surrogate
M_1819b	1819-12-01 Marriage Bond in the Parish of Bowden (ChRO, Copy, 2003)			Thomas (44)
	Know all Men by these Presents, That we Thomas Frost, of Manchester Spinner and Robert Wardall of Manchester Apothecary are holden and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God George Henry by Divine Permission, Lord Bishop of Chester in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid unto the said Right Reverend Father, his lawful Attorney, Executors, Administrators or			Nancy (45)
	Assigns, to which Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and Every of us severally for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and the Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, of every of us firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals, and dated the first Day of Dec. in the fifty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and in the Year of our Lord God, One Thousand Eight Hundred and nineteen.
	The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above-bounden Thomas Frost and Nancy Frost now licensed to be married together, be neither of Consanguinity, or Affinity, the one to the other, within the Degrees prohibited for Marriage: If also there be no Let or Impediment, by Reason of any Precontract, entered into before the Twenty-fifth Day of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Four, or any other lawful Cause whatsoever, but that they may be lawfully married together, both by the Laws of GOD, and this Land: Moreover, if the Persons, whose Consent is required by Law in this behalf, be thereunto agreeing: And lastly, if the said Marriage be done and solemnized in such Manner, as in the Licence to them granted is limited: Then this Obligation to be void, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
	Sealed and delivered
	in the Presence of
	Thomas Frost Jun.
	J. T. Law., Surrogate Robert Wardall
M_1819	1819-12-01 Marriage in Manchester Cathedral			Thomas (44)	1819
	Thomas Frost of the Parish of Manchester a Bachelor and Nancy Frost of this Parish a Minor were married in this Church by Licence with Consent of her Guardian this first Day of December in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred and nineteen By me James Thomas Law Vicar			Nancy (45)
	This marriage was solemnized between us                Thomas Frost Junr
	Nancy Frost
	In the presence of     Jemima Martin
	Robt Wardall   J. ?eild
	CRW: Thomas Frost and Nancy Frost were cousins (how they were allowed to marry, I don't know) - they were the children of brothers Thomas Frost and David Frost respectively. That is, they share common grandparents in Thomas Frost and Ann Boothby married in 1749.
	1819 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost
	1820 Land Tax in Macclesfield (FindMyPast, Cheshire Land Tax)			David (90)
	David Frost Trustees, Waters West
A_1821	1821 Commercial Directory (Pigot and Co.)			Family (91)
	Pig and Whistle, Enos Cope, Mill St., Macclesfield
	Swan, Francis Chapman, Mill St., Macclesfield
	CRW: The Pig and Whistle seems to have been run by Martha and John Watson, then Martha and David Frost, then Martha and James Daniels, and finally by Martha and Enos Cope!
W_1826	1826 Will (Cheshire RO)		1826	Family (91)
	Testator: Edward Cope, Macclesfield, yeoman
	Executors: son Enos Cope, son-in-law Francis Chapman, William Johnson, Wine Merchant of Macclesfield
	Date: 4 January 1826, proved 25 February 1826
	Witnesses: William Hyde, John Hammersley, Peter Browned
	Will: - £500 to daughter Elizabeth wife of Francis Chapman, Butcher of Macclesfield out of 500 year lease to 10 dwellings in Sutton leased to William Johnson, Wine Merchant of Macclesfield
	- rest of lease of 999 years to 10 dwellings in Sutton to son Enos Cope
D_1834	1834-05-02 Death (The British Newspaper Archive, Chester Chronicle)			Family (91)	1834
	19th inst. In Liverpool, Mr. Enos Cope, aged 46 years, late of Macclesfield
C_1841	1841-06-07 Census record for Chorlton/Medlock, Manchester (PRO, Copy)			Thomas (44)
	Brighton Grove			Nancy (45)
	Name Age Sex Profession, trade, etc. born in county			Martha (91)
	Thomas Frost 40 M M. Y
	Nancy do 30 F - Y
	Frederick do 20 M - Y
	Henry do 15 M - Y
	Eliza do 15 F - Y
	Sarah do 14 F - Y
	Charles do 10 M - Y
	Emily do 8 F - Y
	Thomas do 6 M - Y
	Alfred do 1 M - Y
	Martha Cope 75 F Ind. Y
	Margaret Jones 30 F F.S. N
	Ann Pearson 25 F do N
	Elizabeth Quillian 20 F do Isle of Mann
	Mary Pimm 15 F do Y
D_1844	1844-11-19 Death in the Sub-district of Ardwick in the County of Lancaster,			Martha (91)	1844
	Registration District: Chorlton (GRO, Copy, 2005)
	Where and when died:               Nineteenth November 1844 Rusholme
	Name and surname:                   Martha Cope
	Sex:                                            Female
	Age:                                           83 years
	Occupation:                               Widow of the late Enos Cope
	Cause of death:                          Decay of nature
	Signature, description, and
	residence of informant:           Thos Frost, Son in law, present at death, Rusholme
	When registered:                        Twentieth November 1844
	Signature of registrar:                John Watkinson Registrar
W_1844	1844 Will			Martha (91)	1844
	Will of Martha Cope signed giving Gorton Hall as her address
D_1891	1891-02-18 Death of Nancy Frost, widow, Moss Side, Lancashire (Manchester Courier 21.02.1891)			Nancy (45)
W_1891	1891-04-02 Will		1891	Nancy (45)
	Testator: Nancy Frost, Moss Side, Manchester, Lancaster, Widow
	Executors: sons-in-law Frederick Septimus Bateson, Benjamin Carver
	Date: 17 February 1870, proved 2 April 1891
	Codicils: 8 July 1871, 1 July 1873
	Witnesses: M. Bateson Wood Solicitor Manchester, Geo. E. Marshland his clerk
	Will: - all possessions and property to executors in trust
	- £40 per year for son William Edward
	- sell rest and divide equally among children except William Edward
	- son Alfred Ernest’s share diminished by £151 he already received
	- son Walter Howard’s share diminished by £120 he already received
	- sons Thomas and Frederick’s shares to be held for 3 years in case of news of them, then shared equally among other children
	- daughters to receive their shares directly, independent of husbands and their debts
	£2323
	For the final settlement of the estate of Nancy Frost, which required a review ol the wills of her mother Martha Cope and brother David Frost, and a review of all of Nancy's children, whether alive, dead or missing, whether they had or might have had children, etc., see these Affadavits.		Affadavits
	© C. R. Watts 2020 created 10.12.2000, revised 13.0512.2024
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