Gartside of Prestwich

Genealogical notes on the Gartsides of Prestwich, later Manchester, and connected family Crompton of the Park in Pilkington.

Family tree of Gartside of Prestwich

Signature of Robert Gartsyde 1640
Witness to the will of Lawrence Crompton of Clifton

Note there are several records of Emery Oldfield in the Court of Chancery Records for Ireland between 1671 and 1685 (don't know whether it's the same person in the chart above).   William Gartside (bp. 1694, d. bef 1731) was a resident of Drogheda in Ireland (he was the son of Robert Gartside, and grandson of Thomas Gartside of Manchester, Woollen-draper (will 1692) in the pedigree chart above.

Wills:

• Adam Gartside of Fleames in Prestwich, 1693
• Adam Gartside of Manchester, woollen draper, 1688
• Thomas Gartside of Manchester, woollen-draper, 1692
• Thomas Gartside of Manchester, merchant, 1731
• Lawrence Crompton of Clifton, 1640

Thomas Crompton of Pilkington is linked to the family of the Park within Outwood in Prestwich (see https://prestwich.org.uk/history/places/philips.html).

1850 OS Map 6-inch showing 'the Park' and Prestwich Wood