When William Rishton was born on 17 September 1637, in Deane, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Rishton, was 34 and his mother, Dorothie Vickars, was 28. He married Isabella Hilton on 30 July 1663. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 25 May 1731, in Deane, Lancashire, England, at the age of 93.
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English: see Rushton . Early bearers: Aleander Rishton, 1560 in IGI (Great Harwood, Lancs); Anna Rishton, 1598, Elizabeth Rushton, 1635 in IGI (Altham, Lancs); Robert Rishton, 1603, James Rushton, 1627, Robert Riston, 1757 in IGI (Colne, Lancs).
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