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Ralph Sterndale 1721-1796

Ralph Sterndale
Born: 1721
Died: 1796 at Pole Hall, Hartington
Father
Ralph Sterndale
Mother
Elizabeth Bateman 1675-1731
Siblings
Mary Sterndale 1719-1726
Elizabeth Sterndale b 1724
Robert Sterndale b 1729
Thomas Sterndale 1731-1732
Hannah Sterndale b 1737
Spouse
Elizabeth Bateman 1722-1755 m 1748
Children
Nancy Sterndale 1749-1779
Mary Sterndale b 1750/51
Thomas Sterndale b 1753

Ralph Sterndale was the son of Ralph Sterndale and Elizabeth Bateman 1675-1731 and grandson of Thomas Sterndale 1697-1743 of Pole Hall in Hartington and his wife nee Alicia Alsope.

He married Elizabeth Bateman at Hartington on 24 June 1748. They had a son and two daughters. Their elder daughter Nancy Sterndale 1749-1779 was the first wife of Richard Gould 1742-1809 of Brownhill in Warslow.

Ralph Sterndale died in 1796 and was buried at Hartington on 4 July 1796.