John Stenson

  Noted events in his life were:

• Religion: Baptist. ³⁶³ This, of course, would account for the absence of baptism entries, for their children, in the Parish records.

John married Elizabeth. (Elizabeth was born circa 1778 in Breaston, Derbys ³⁶⁴ and died Q1 1858 in Shardlow Registration District ³⁶⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

Possible John STENSON and Elizabeth JOWETT, married 5 December 1802, Sawley, Derbys

There is a memorial in the Baptist churchyard at Sawley, Derbyshire to four children of John & Elizabeth STENSON, as follows:
John, 25 March 1810, aged 1; Paul, 10 Dec 1810, aged 3; Mary, 20 Dec 1810, aged 8; Sybyl, 8 Jan 1811, aged 11.
However, this is probably not the same couple as they had a surviving daughter Mary (John Cliffor's mother) who was born about 1815 which is during the lifetime of the Mary who was amongst the group that died.