Isaac Goodwin

circa 1805 - 1872

Isaac Goodwin was born about 1805 in Stockport ^{(1)(16)(17)(19)}, the son of Isaac and Kezia . He had a sister Mary about 5 years his senior, and brother George and James about 13 & 3 years respectively older. His younger brother Thomas was born about 1807, then sometime over the next few years the family moved to Monyash (where his father had originated from) ⁽¹⁾, where his sister Maria was born in 1813 ⁽²⁾. Its possible he had more siblings than this, but they have not yet been found.

His mother died in the summer of 1826 ⁽³⁾, but then just 3 months later, Isaac married Hannah Harrison ⁽⁴⁾. They settled in Monyash where Isaac worked in lead mining ^{(6)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)}, and their first child, a daughter Harriet, was born the following year ⁽⁵⁾, and then a son George in 1829 ⁽⁶⁾ - however George only survived for a few weeks ⁽⁷⁾. Another son, William, was born in 1831 ⁽⁸⁾, then another daughter, Kezia, in 1833 ⁽⁹⁾.

Later that year Isaac was caught up in a unfortunate dispute. He worked at Magpie Mine in Sheldon, and there had been long running antagonism between the men of this mine, and an adjacent mine called Red Soil. The workings of the two mines had met underground, with the predicatble result that each side claimed the other was encroaching on their ore. This came to a head in September that year when a fire was started by men in Magpie Mine, and three men from Red Soil Mine were killed. Isaac was one of twenty plus men charged with their murder. He was eventually acquitted at the Lent Assizes the following March ⁽¹⁰⁾.

Life seems to have returned to normal, and his next daughter Charlotte was born in 1835 ⁽¹¹⁾. Next came two more sons - Isaac in about 1838 ^(13)(16), and Reuben two years after that ⁽¹²⁾, then finally two more daughters - Hannah in 1842 ⁽¹⁴⁾ and Ellen in 1845 ^(16)(17).

Isaac's father died in 1850 ⁽¹⁵⁾. Sometime prior to the census of 1851, Isaac an family moved to Cressbrook, where he ceased to be a miner, and became an agricultural labourer ⁽¹⁶⁾. By the next census of 1861 he was described as a general labourer ⁽¹⁷⁾, and by the time his daughter Hannah got married in 1866 he was a warehouseman ⁽¹⁸⁾, almost certainly at the Cressbrook Mill. He was still working at the mill at the 1871 census, when he was a "bobbin locker" ⁽¹⁹⁾. He died soon after on 13th February 1872 ^(20)(24), and was buried back at the ancestral home in Monyash four days later ⁽²¹⁾. His wife survived him by 9 years ^(22)(23)(24).

• Harriet was born in Monyash in 1827. She married Richard Hibbert in Tideswell in 1848, and they had three children - William, Jane and Lois. They were both still alive, and living in Cressbrook at the time of the 1901 census. Their daughter Lois, married Harriet's sister Kezia's son, her cousin.
• George was born in Monyash in 1829. He only survived for about 3 weeks.
• William was born in Monyash in 1831. He married Alice Bennet in Tideswell in 1852, and they had seven children - Isaac, Hannah, Bertha, Liby, Harriet, Thomas and William. He spent most of his life in Cressbrook, but following his wife's death in 1899, he moved in with his daughter Harriet in Chapel-en-le-Frith, where he was still living in 1901..
• Kezia was born in Monyash in 1833. She married William Ollerenshaw in Manchester in 1854, and they had seven children - Archelaus, John, William, Hannah, Florence, Jane and George. They were both still alive, and living in Sheffield at the time of the 1881 census. Their son John, married Kezia's sister Harriet's daughter, his cousin.
• Charlotte was born in Monyash in 1835. She married George Jackson in Tideswell in 1855 and they settled in Cressbrook. They had 6 children - John, William, Isaac, Tom, Charlotte and George, and were still there at the time of the 1901 census.
• Isaac was born in Monyash in about 1838. He married a woman called Eliza with whom he had at least 2 children - Emily and Minnie. They lived in Manchester and then Bradford. Eliza died and Isaac remarried to Emily Thornton, 20 years his junior, in 1887. They initially lived in Hadfield before moving to Oldham, and had three more children, Ernest, Clara and Percy. He was still living in Oldham at the time of the 1901 census.
• Reuben was born in Monyash in 1840. He married a widow called Mary Ann Thorpe in 1881, and they had a son Thomas before moving to Hollingworth in Cheshire.
• Hannah has her own page.
• Ellen was born in Monyash in 1845. She married Joseph Dawson in 1866 and they initially lived in Cressbrook, where they had three children - James, Frederick and Albert. They moved to Ashton under Lyne sometime in the 1870s where they had another three daughters - Ellen, Mary and Bertha. They were still there at the time of the 1901 census.

1. See his father's page for details.
2. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
   

   When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
   		Christian	Surname
   28 Feby [1813]	Maria Daughter of	Isaac & Kezia	Goodwin	Monyash	Labourer

3. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
   

   Name	Abode	When buried	Age
   Keziah Goodwin	Moniash	June 9th [1826]	yrs 84

4. Marriage entry in the parish register of All Saints, Bakewell states :
   Isaac Goodwin
   and Hannah Harrison both of Moniash of the Parish
   of Bakewell
   were married in this Church by Banns with Consent of
     -   this eighteenth Day of
   Sept in the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty six
   By me Ja^s Coates Off Minister
   

   This Marriage was solemnized between Us	Isaac Goodwin   His X Mark
   	Hannah Harrison   her X Mark

   In the Presence of	Richard Bonsall
   	Leah Hawley

5. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
   

   When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
   		Christian	Surname
   Aug 19th [1827]	Harriet Dr of	Isaac & Hannah	Goodwin	Moniash	Labourer

6. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
   

   When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
   		Christian	Surname
   Jany 28 [1829]	George Son of	Isaac & Hannah	Goodwin	Monyash	Miner

7. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
   

   Name	Abode	When buried	Age
   George Goodwin	Monyash	Feby 8th [1829]	Infant

8. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
   

   When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
   		Christian	Surname
   March 28 [1831]	William Son of	Isaack & Hannah	Goodwin	Monyash	Labourer

9. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
   

   When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
   		Christian	Surname
   June 22 [1833]	Kezia	Isaak & Hannah	Goodwin	Monyash	Miner

10. Details of the incident between miners from the Magpie and Red Soil mines can be found on a seperate page
11. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
    

    When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
    		Christian	Surname
    12th [July, 1835]	Charlotte	Isaac & Hannah	Goodwin	Moniash	Miner

12. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
    

    When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
    		Christian	Surname
    9 [August, 1840]	Reuben son of	Isaac & Hannah	Goodwin	Monyash	Miner

13. Census of 7th June 1841 reads:
    Place: Monyash
    

    Isaac Goodwin	36	Miner
    William Do	10
    Isaac Do	3
    Reuben Do	1
    Hannah Do	30
    Harriett Do	13
    Kezia Do	8
    Sharlott Do	6

14. Birth Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

    When and where born	Name	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden surname of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
    Fourteenth of February 1842 at Monyash	Hannah	Girl	Isaac Goodwin	Hannah Goodwin formerly Harrison	Lead Miner	the mark of   X Hannah Goodwin Mother Monyash	Sixteenth of February 1842

15. Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

    When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
    Fifteenth February 1850 Monyash	Isaac Goodwin	male	84 years	Miner	Old age Not Certified	Sarah Goodwin In attendance Monyash	Tenth March 1850

16. Census of 30th March 1851 reads:
    Place: Cressbrook
    

    Isaac Goodwin	Head	Mar	4[.]	Ag Lab	Cheshire, Stockport
    Hannah Do	Wife	Mar	41	Housekeeper	Derbyshr, Sheldon
    William Do	Son	U	20	Power loom weaver (Cotton & wool)	Do, Monyash
    Kezia Do	Daur	U	17	Power loom winder (Cotton & wool)	Do, Do
    Charlotte Do	Daur	U	15	Power loom weaver (Cotton & wool)	Do, Do
    Isaac Do	Son	-	13	Do             Do	Do, Do
    Reuben Do	Son	-	11	Do             Do	Do, Do
    Hannah Do	Daur	-	9	Scholar	Do, Do
    Ellen Do	Daur	-	6	Scholar	Do, Do

17. Census (page 1, page 2) of 7th April 1861 reads:
    Place: Bottom Row, Cressbrook, Litton
    

    Isaac Goodwin	Head	Mar	56	General Labourer	Cheshire. Stockport
    Hannah do	Wife	Mar	54		Derby. Sheldon
    Reuben do	Son	Un	20	Cotton power loom weaver	do       Monyash
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    Hannah Goodwin	Daur	Un	18	Cotton power loom weaver	Derby. Monyash
    Ellen do	Daur	Un	16	do                     do	do       Monyash

18. Marriage Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

    1866 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Tideswell in the County of Derby

    When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and Surname	Rank or Profession of father
    1866 June 10th	Robert Bingham	25	Bachelor	Weaver	Litton	Matthew Bingham	Frame Work Knitter
    	Hannah Goodwin	24	Spinster	Weaver	Cressbrook	Isaac Goodwin	Warehouse- man

    Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the established church after banns

    in the presence of us Thomas Eyre, Ellen Dawson

19. Census of 2nd April 1871 reads:
    Place: Old Houses, Cressbrook
    

    Isaac Goodwin	Head	Mar	66	Bobbin Locker at Power Loom Works	Lancashire, Stockport
    Hannah do	Wife	Mar	65	do wife	Derbyshire, Sheldon
    Reuben do	Son	Unm	29	Labourer at Power Looms	do   , Monyash

20. Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

    When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
    Thirteenth February 1872 Cressbrook Litton	Isaac Goodwin	Male	66 years	General Labourer	Natural Causes Certified	W Goodwin present at the Death Cressbrook Litton	Thirteenth February 1872

21. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
    

    Name	Abode	When buried	Age
    Isaac Goodwin	Cressbrook	Feby 17th 1872	66

22. Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

    When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
    Ninth February 1881 Cressbrook Litton R.S.D.	Hannah Goodwin	Female	74 years	Widow of Isaac Goodwin a Labourer	Senile Decay Bronchitis Certified by T.H. Parke M.R.C.S.	Richard Hibbert Son in law present at the death Cressbrook Litton	Ninth February 1881

23. Parish Register of St Leonard's, Monyash includes the entry:
    

    Name	Abode	When buried	Age
    Hannah Goodwin	Cressbrook Tideswell	Feb 12 [1881]	74 years

24. Memorial inscription from Monyash churchyard, via GENUKI, reads:
    Isaac GOODWIN, of Cressbrook,
    13 Feb 1872, 66
    Hannah, w, 9 Feb 1881, 74

Confirm memorial inscription from transcript.
Red soil incident details to do on seperate page.