Born in Lower Darwen.1,2,3,4

Baptised in Darwen, Lower Chapel Independant.4

Father - Joseph Eccles
Mother - Betty
Abode - Lower Darwen

Partnership.5

With his father Joseph Eccles and brother Richard Eccles

Witness at wedding in Blackburn, St Mary the Virgin.6

Of Ellen Eccles & Christopher Shorrock

Birth of son Alexander ECCLES in Lower Darwen.1,10

Married Jane MITCHELL in Camberwell, St Giles.5,3,15

From the Manchester Times and Gazette :-
On the 25th. ultimo, at St Gile's, Camberwell, Mr. Thomas Eccles, of Lower Darwen, in this county, to Jane, eldest daughter of Alexander Mitchell, Esq., of Camberwell Grove, Surrey.

Birth of daughter Mary ECCLES in Lower Darwen.1,2

Birth of son Thomas Mitchell ECCLES in Darwen.11

Birth of son Richard ECCLES in Lower Darwen.1,2

Occupation Manufacturer.1

Recorded in census in Darwen (Lower Darwen).1

Staff x 4

Birth of daughter Elizabeth Jane ECCLES in Lower Darwen.2

Birth of son Eccles Shorrock ECCLES in Blackburn.13

Birth of daughter Ruth ECCLES in Blackburn.2,14

J.P..5

Occupation Magistrate & Cotton Spinner.2

Employing 613 hands in cotton spinning and weaving

Recorded in census in Darwen (Main Road, Lower Darwen).2

Heads of household
Governess x 1
Staff x 3

Occupation Magistrate, Cotton Spinner & Manufacturer.7

Employing 580 hands

Recorded in census in Darwen (The Elms, Lower Darwen).7

Occupation Cotton Spinner & Manufacturer.8

Recorded in census in Newton Abbot, Torquay (Darwen Bank).8

Head of household
Visitor - Lucy Lees, 24, b. Lancashire
Staff x 3

Death of son Richard ECCLES in Lower Darwen.3,12

Died in Torquay.9

Probate in London, Principal Registry.9

"late of Torquay"
Personal estate under £60,000
Executors :-
Alexander Eccles, of Oakhill Roby near Liverpool, cotton broker
Thomas Mitchell Eccles, of Westwood, Blackburn, cotton spinner
Eccles Shorrock Eccles of Orchard Huyton near Liverpool, cotton spinner.
The sons.