Complex sentence: Weatherhead was born in 1775 and baptised in Brancaster, Norfolk on 18 July 1775; the son of the local rector, the Reverend Thomas Weatherhead.
Split into simpler sentences: Weatherhead was born in July 1775 and baptised in Brancaster, Norfolk on 18th July 1775. The son of the local rector, the Reverend Thomas Weatherhead.