George Hallam of Sparrowpit, Derbyshire, b. 1737
George Hallam was born at Cowlow Farm, Dove Holes, in 1737, the son of Valentine Hallom and Dorothy Kyrke. Valentine's father Ellis was from a long line of Halloms from the Hope Valley and Dorothy was from the ancient Kyrke family of Shireoaks near Chinley, and before that of Whitehough.
George's father Valentine had followed in his father's footsteps as a farmer at Cowlow near Dove Holes. George's mother Dorothy died when he was just nine years old and he was thereafter raised by his father's second wife, Ann nee Garlick.
George was a blacksmith by the time of his marriage on 11 Oct 1763. He married Hannah Vernon of Sparrowpit, a descendant of the ancient Vernon family of Hazlebadge, and before that of Haddon.
George and Hannah lived in Sparrowpit after their marriage, and there they had 11 children between the years 1764 and 1786, two of whom did not survive into adulthood.
By 1771, at the age of 34, George had become a master blacksmith and was master to two apprentices. In 1793, he was fined for using unjust weights as part of his blacksmith's practice.
In a book of 1848, written as a biography of George and Hannah's second son, the notable local methodist John Hallam, George and Hannah are described as being "moral" and "respectable", but not religious characters.
In 1806, George was listed as the owner and occupier of a house and cottage in Sparrowpit. In August 1806 George died in Sparrowpit and he was buried on 1 Sep 1806 at St Thomas Becket, Chapel-en-le-Frith.
George's father Valentine had followed in his father's footsteps as a farmer at Cowlow near Dove Holes. George's mother Dorothy died when he was just nine years old and he was thereafter raised by his father's second wife, Ann nee Garlick.
George was a blacksmith by the time of his marriage on 11 Oct 1763. He married Hannah Vernon of Sparrowpit, a descendant of the ancient Vernon family of Hazlebadge, and before that of Haddon.
George and Hannah lived in Sparrowpit after their marriage, and there they had 11 children between the years 1764 and 1786, two of whom did not survive into adulthood.
By 1771, at the age of 34, George had become a master blacksmith and was master to two apprentices. In 1793, he was fined for using unjust weights as part of his blacksmith's practice.
In a book of 1848, written as a biography of George and Hannah's second son, the notable local methodist John Hallam, George and Hannah are described as being "moral" and "respectable", but not religious characters.
In 1806, George was listed as the owner and occupier of a house and cottage in Sparrowpit. In August 1806 George died in Sparrowpit and he was buried on 1 Sep 1806 at St Thomas Becket, Chapel-en-le-Frith.