Hi Diane, Nice to hear from you again also. As the List has gone quiet recently, I'll reply here. It must be difficult for you being from California, whereas I have the advantage of being local to Bradford. According my own research notes Abraham Barraclough married Ann Beetham at Bradford Parish Church on 14 May 1746. Their abode was given as Wibsey. Most Wibsey marriages were performed at BPC. Only a small number were actually performed at Wibsey Chapel (Holy Trinity Church). The dates you have for their daughter Ann Barraclough are the same as I have. I also have that she was both baptised and married at BPC. In the course of my research I have only come across four of James's children: Joseph 1770; Susy 1773; James 1775; and John 1780. As my interest is in Barraclough and Smith of Wibsey of that time, the Cockroft name is peripheral and I do not have very much information. It certainly seems quite probable that two brothers would marry two sisters. At the moment I am struggling with the 16th century Barraclough families of Hipperholme; the ancestors of Abraham Barraclough. Yes I have had emails from Betty Whiteley Feldman, thanks. Jeff Sutcliffe http://www.btinternet.com/~jeff.sutcliffe Researching Ambler, Baker, Barraclough, Bates, Booth, Broadbent, Brook, Brown, Chadwick, Collins, Coning, Crowther, Fearnley, Hanson, Hardcastle, Hartas, Harwood, Holmes, Metcalf, Nowell, Oliver, Pennington, Pollard, Radcliffe, Roebuck, Routh, Smith, Sugden, Sutcliffe, Tordoff, Ventress, Walker, Whitaker, Whiteley, Wilkinson, Wilson All of the Yorkshire Area. -----Original Message----- From: Diane Sullivan [mailto:dianes916@sbcglobal.net] Sent: 09 May 2005 00:20 To: BARRACLOUGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BARRACLOUGH] Abraham Barraclough & Ann Beetham 1746 to Richard Barraclough & Elizabeth Judson 1566 Hi Jeff - I was glad to hear from you. I'm still trying to put it all together and we have differing dates. I have Abraham BARRACLOUGH marrying Ann BEETHAM in 1747 in Wibsey and their daughter Ann married James SMITH on 7 Aug. 1769. She was christened on 10 Nov 1751. Their daughter, Abigail, was born 14 Jan 1787 and married William COCKROFT on 24 Jan 1811. William was the brother of Joseph. Have you gotten emails from Betty Whiteley Feldman? Her 3rd grt. grandmother is Susannah SMITH and the sister of my 3rd grt grandmother, Abigail. The last email address I had was ALFABWF@aol.com. Diane

Hi Jeff - Thanks for responding again. I will keep your info in my files. Diane

Hello listers, I was excited to see some postings relating to Bradford area Barraclough families. I was recently able to get a copy of the marriage certificate for Thomas Robinson and Mary Barraclough, who were married at the Pontefract parish on 7 Aug 1809. Now I am trying to find Mary's parents and wondered if anyone knows anything about the following children of Charles and Elizabeth (Roberts) Barraclough family listed in the I.G.I. on Films 6909644 and 471467 on Batch # 007757 (1774-1784), Batch #150523 (1785-1789) and Batch # K007758 (1789-1793): Peter, christened 22 Aug 1784 Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng. Sarah, christened 10 Sep 1786 Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng. Mary, christened 12 Apr 1789 Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng. Charlotte, c17 Jul 1791 buried 19 Aug 1792 Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng. Harriott, christened 29 may 1796 Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng. The I.G.I. listed a marriage date for Charles and Elizabeth (Roberts) Barraclough as 11 Aug 1784 but it doesn't say where they were married. I would love to hear from anyone with connections to this family, or from anyone who can put me in contact with someone who might have some information on them. Many thanks in advance, Sherry Shallenberger (Pennsylvania)