From: Geoff Nicholson Thank you, Brian, for this useful gathering together of information from various sources. Among the lists and extracts of Wills proven at Durham which the author does not mention, probably because they already appear in the sources he does mention in his introduction, will no doubt be the series of Surtees Society Volumes covering, between them "interesting" summaries of Wills up to 1650 and also the five volumes published by the NDFHS covering "Personal Names mentioned in Wills Proven at Durham" and running from 1787 to 1803. Those five volumes cover all names mentioned, even if just in passing or as witnesses, together with their stated relationship, address and/or occupation, whatever is given, but they do not mention the actual legacies. They are, of course, well indexed, as are the Surtees Society ones. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Brian Pears via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: NORTHUMBRIA <NORTHUMBRIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:08 Subject: [NMB] Probate Records Andrew Millard (who is chairman of GENUKI and Academic Co-ordinator of the Guild of One-Name Studies) has produced a useful guide to pre-1858 probate records. The section relating to our list area is at: https://community.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/probate.php#DUR Brian -- Brian Pears Joint Admin NORTHUMBRIA Mailing List GENUKI Maintainer for Northumberland .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi following my comments regarding wills in Weardale i wondered whether anyone had seen any reference in a will to Anthony Raven's wife Elizabeth. I know that the Ravens moved from Allendale in the early 1700s and Anthony Raven and Elizabeth had their first child baptised in 1716 in Stanhope. Unfortunately i havent been able to find a marriage for this couple. They lived in upper Weardale and Elizabeth left a will but I dont know what her maiden name was..John Ayton Sent from my iPad

Thank you Geoff for your reply and comments. I have looked at the originals in this case and feel confident in this case to move back on this line of Pearts. Growing up in the north east i came upon the surname a number of times but when i started family history i realised how common it was in Weardale. I have a lot of Weardale ancestors and connect with a number of these well established families that appear in the first few pages of the Stanhope parish registers..e.g Collingwoods, Emmersons and Watsons.. I also descend from other families that arrived in the 1700s Aytons, Moralees, Fairlesses etc.... Accessing Northumberland and Durham wills online has been a great asset for us all. I have been reading the wills of families in certain localities to try and discover links between them all. It has been very worthwhile so far. Yours John Sent from my iPad

Hi, I have been trawling through the wills of families associated with my family and as no doubt many of you know they often raise more questions. I was wondering if anyone on the list has researched the Pearts who lived in upper Weardale in the 1600s and early 1700s who may want to exchange thoughts. I descend from the Norwoods of Stanhope and long ago traced them back to the marriage of William Norwood to Margaret Peart who married in 1738 at All Saints Newcastle upon Tyne. They had 2 children Theophilus 1739 and William 1742. Unfortunately I know nothing about the 2 William Norwoods but do know that Theophilus and his mother Margaret turn up in Stanhope by 1770. Theophilus is my ancestor and he married twice in Stanhope. His mother Margaret Norwood nee Peart died in Stanhope in 1772. I had originally thought that Margaret Peart could well have been the Margaret Peart who was baptised at Stanhope in 1704 the daughter of Thomas Peart and Margaret Watson.. I have recently come upon the will of Thomas Peart of 1740 and in it he mentions a number of his siblings and among them is his sister Margaret Noraway..I have come to the conclusion that this may well be my Margaret.. I have looked at other marriages of Margaret Pearts and this certainly seems to be a possibility. She would have been away in Newcastle at the time of the writing of the will and only recently married for Thomas Peart to be uncertain of the correct spelling or pronunciation. I cant find any reference to Noraway as a surname and Norwoods are scarce as well. Shoot me down if you think I am barking mad here!! Having said that I have also been looking at the will of Francis Peart 1691 and that of John Peart 1680..These families of Pearts all lived at Heathery Cleugh and seem to me to be related.. The will of Francis Peart mentions a number of beneficiaries but doesn't state familial relationships unfortunately. Thats why I was wondering if anyone else has looked at or is currently looking at these Pearts in this time frame. John Ayton

From: Geoff Nicholson John: I think you are very probably correct in thinking that Noraway is effectively the same as Norwood in this case. I haven't seen the originals of either the Wills or the parish registers but I also wonder whether you (or a transcriber if what you have looked at is a transcript) have mis-read one of them. You are getting back to a period when some of the older hands were still in use and they can take a lot of getting used to. Peart is an interesting surname. It is archetypically a Weardale one, being very common all up and down the valley, and rare elsewhere, even in Co Durham, and has been there for centuries. It is one of those very old, very well-established surnames which was there before the boom in lead mining increased the local population and is still there now that the transient lead miners have all gone. That possibly has something to do with Pearts being (small) land-owners as well as labourers. They have probably had an attachment with the land which has tended to prevent them moving away - or even wanting to move away. Good luck with your researches, Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: John Ayton via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: NORTHUMBRIA-L@rootsweb.com <northumbria-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:41 Subject: [NMB] Pearts of Weardale and Norwoods Hi, I have been trawling through the wills of families associated with my family and as no doubt many of you know they often raise more questions. I was wondering if anyone on the list has researched the Pearts who lived in upper Weardale in the 1600s and early 1700s who may want to exchange thoughts. I descend from the Norwoods of Stanhope and long ago traced them back to the marriage of William Norwood to Margaret Peart who married in 1738 at All Saints Newcastle upon Tyne. They had 2 children Theophilus 1739 and William 1742. Unfortunately I know nothing about the 2 William Norwoods but do know that Theophilus and his mother Margaret turn up in Stanhope by 1770. Theophilus is my ancestor and he married twice in Stanhope. His mother Margaret Norwood nee Peart died in Stanhope in 1772. I had originally thought that Margaret Peart could well have been the Margaret Peart who was baptised at Stanhope in 1704 the daughter of Thomas Peart and Margaret Watson.. I have recently come upon the will of Thomas Peart of 1740 and in it he mentions a number of his siblings and among them is his sister Margaret Noraway..I have come to the conclusion that this may well be my Margaret.. I have looked at other marriages of Margaret Pearts and this certainly seems to be a possibility. She would have been away in Newcastle at the time of the writing of the will and only recently married for Thomas Peart to be uncertain of the correct spelling or pronunciation. I cant find any reference to Noraway as a surname and Norwoods are scarce as well. Shoot me down if you think I am barking mad here!! Having said that I have also been looking at the will of Francis Peart 1691 and that of John Peart 1680..These families of Pearts all lived at Heathery Cleugh and seem to me to be related.. The will of Francis Peart mentions a number of beneficiaries but doesn't state familial relationships unfortunately. Thats why I was wondering if anyone else has looked at or is currently looking at these Pearts in this time frame. John Ayton .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks for your prompt and most comprehensive response Maureen and Geoff, I¹m very appreciative and I¹ve already approached the Tyneside Irish Centre, Maureen. I shall definitely follow up on your observations, Geoff, some very interesting comments and, yes, they were Roman Catholics. With regard to Irish intolerance, they experienced much more of this when they arrived on Teesside, particularly later when Fenianism became became an issue during the 1860s; I have some very interesting press reports of the time, with the newspapers being the amongst the main protagonists of the anti Irish campaign. One of these press cuttings suggests that one of the brothers was involved in the Fenian movement. Of course, later in the 19th century, Teesside became one of the most major Irish settlements in the country, Middlesbrough did have one cathedral, a Roman Catholic one. Regards Andrew Wood

Hi Andrew, If you don't get any joy from this group on the subject, then you could always contact the Tyneside Irish Centre who have a history club and there should be someone attached to that able to respond to your query. Here's the link: http://tynesideirish.com/history-club/ There was also the massive industrial growth around Tyneside that must have left gaps for cheap Irish agricultural labour in Northumberland too. Maybe there was less Irish intolerance too, based on the fact my Irish ancestors who originally settled in St. Helens, were forced to anglicise their names due to the prejudice they encountered. Yet as soon as they moved to Tyneside, they felt able to revert. Good luck with your answers. Maureen Davison

Hello list I¹m currently involved in social history research relating to my Irish forebears, whose family name was Cox. They originated from County Roscommon and were victims of the Ballykilcline clearance and evictions of 1847/8, which took place during The Famine. Most of these unfortunate people went to Canada & the USA, but my ancestors finished up in Northumberland. 1851 sees Henry Cox in Embleton, Northumberland, when he was designated labourer. Sometime after 1851 and before his marriage in 1856, my direct ancestor, Daniel Cox was in Alnwick, where he was an agricultural labour. A third Cox brother, Patrick Cox was married in Berwick in 1852 and may have been living in Berwick in 1851, Patrick was a tailor. By 1861 all three men were in Stockton on Tees, but had children in Northumberland until 1857; however, it is the Northumberland connection I am seeking guidance on and how they came to be in these separate and relatively remote locations I¹m aware that a major restoration of Alnwick castle began in 1854 and it took ten years to complete. Also, the railway from Newcastle to Berwick was being completed, with the Tweed Bridge at Berwick built between 1847-1850, which allowed for the completion of the subsequent rail link up the east coast from Newcastle to Edinburgh. I suppose that the above work was more lucrative and that many of the local agricultural workers in Northumberland were leaving the land to work on those projects, or in the coalmines at this time, thereby freeing up agricultural jobs. It would appear from the census returns that there were many Irish in rural Northumberland during the 1850s, but does anyone know why Northumberland was so popular, as opposed to other rural areas? Also, as I¹ve mentioned, the vast majority of the Ballykicline victims crossed the Atlantic, so I¹d like to discover why my ancestors chose the northeast of England. Does anyone else know of any others evicted from Roscommon finishing up in Northumberland? Regards Andrew Wood

Andrew: I assume that, coming from Roscommon, your family were Roman Catholics. Is that is so, then perhaps they were attracted to a district where there already was a Catholic population. I realise that in England that usually meant Lancashire and in Scotland one of many places on the west coast, from Glasgow all the way north. However, if they did decide to proceed further east, and weren't tempted to settle in the "Tyne Gap", where there were other Catholic congregations, especially around Hexham, then, if the industrial urban environment didn't appeal, they might well have ended up in north Northumberland, where there were Catholic churches in several places, including Haggerston Castle, Berwick, Wooler, Ellingham, and Callaley and Eslington, both in Whittingham parish, among no doubt other places. Remember that the places given as birthplaces in census returns are not necessarily the actual birthplaces. They are supposed to be the "Town or Parish" where they had been born. In a rural area that means the parish, some of which were large and included many places other than the one the parish was named after - ie the one where the parish church was. There will be places in Northumberland where one could be in Alnwick parish, but in a single pace be in Embleeton parish, so don't read too much into them being different places, unless you have a more precise address to go on. At the time, the NE of England was booming, with jobs available not only in railway building but in coal mines, shipyards, engineering works, etc. I'm not sure that there were that many jobs available in agriculture due to the displacement of people having left for the towns. Agriculture was also changing by leaps and bounds, and efficiency was the order of the day - the last pieces of arable land were enclosed around then, experiments with the use of steam engines to do farm jobs such as ploughing were under way and we had some of the country's top breeders who changed the whole shape and size of cattle. Machines such as harvest reapers and threshers were also being constructed and it all meant, in the long run, fewer workers were needed. My impression is that construction of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway went along at the same time as that of the major viaducts and bridges which it required. The Newcastle and Berwick Railway was finally opened for public use on 1 July 1847, completing the link from London to Edinburgh (NB just as making the A1 a decent road all the way between those places for the 21st century, is delayed by a lack of interest in the Northumberland stretch by London-based politicians, so it seems it was with the 19th century railway!). At first that link meant going around from Newcastle to Carlisle then down the west coast route, but on 29 August 1848 a temporary line was opened across the High Level Bridge, then under construction, and a link of sorts was established via Gateshead and Sunderland. The engineering works on the High Level were completed on 7 June 1849 but it was not until 28 September of that year (1849) that Queen Victoria officially opened the Bridge on her way south from Scotland, remaining on it for 15 minutes. The next year (August 1850) the Queen was again at Newcastle, on the way for her annual Scottish holiday, and on that occasion she "inaugurated" the Central Station, this time remaining for a whole 20 minutes. She didn't like Newcastle and on later journeys would always, it is said, ensure that the blinds on the Royal Train were drawn when it was due to pass through the City. One thing I don't really understand - perhaps someone will enlighten me - is that, according to my information, the Queen opened the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick on that same trip in 1850 - but surely she must have crossed it in September 1849! Incidentally, the main banner erected over the Royal Border Bridge for that occasion read "The Final Act of Union". I didn't hear that mentioned last week! Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Wood via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: NORTHUMBRIA <NORTHUMBRIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:28 Subject: [NMB] 19th Century Irish in Northumberland Hello list I¹m currently involved in social history research relating to my Irish forebears, whose family name was Cox. They originated from County Roscommon and were victims of the Ballykilcline clearance and evictions of 1847/8, which took place during The Famine. Most of these unfortunate people went to Canada & the USA, but my ancestors finished up in Northumberland. 1851 sees Henry Cox in Embleton, Northumberland, when he was designated labourer. Sometime after 1851 and before his marriage in 1856, my direct ancestor, Daniel Cox was in Alnwick, where he was an agricultural labour. A third Cox brother, Patrick Cox was married in Berwick in 1852 and may have been living in Berwick in 1851, Patrick was a tailor. By 1861 all three men were in Stockton on Tees, but had children in Northumberland until 1857; however, it is the Northumberland connection I am seeking guidance on and how they came to be in these separate and relatively remote locations I¹m aware that a major restoration of Alnwick castle began in 1854 and it took ten years to complete. Also, the railway from Newcastle to Berwick was being completed, with the Tweed Bridge at Berwick built between 1847-1850, which allowed for the completion of the subsequent rail link up the east coast from Newcastle to Edinburgh. I suppose that the above work was more lucrative and that many of the local agricultural workers in Northumberland were leaving the land to work on those projects, or in the coalmines at this time, thereby freeing up agricultural jobs. It would appear from the census returns that there were many Irish in rural Northumberland during the 1850s, but does anyone know why Northumberland was so popular, as opposed to other rural areas? Also, as I¹ve mentioned, the vast majority of the Ballykicline victims crossed the Atlantic, so I¹d like to discover why my ancestors chose the northeast of England. Does anyone else know of any others evicted from Roscommon finishing up in Northumberland? Regards Andrew Wood .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks Maureen for this info. I have sent off to them and hope I soon get a reply. Fran On 21 September 2014 20:07, Maureen Davison via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Fran, > > Here's the the web page for St. Mary's. There are contact details if you > scroll right to the bottom and they should be able to advise you. > > http://www.parishofmorpeth.org.uk/stmary.htm > > Hope this helps. > > Maureen Davison > > On 19 September 2014 19:48, knight frances via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Folks > > can anyone tell me what cemeteries anyone dying in Morpeth may have been > > buried in? My grandmother died in 1913. I don't know if she was religious > > which might influence where she was buried > > I believe St Marys lost all records in a fire or something. > > > > Fran > > .. > > Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please > > introduce yourself at the top of every post. > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > .. > Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please > introduce yourself at the top of every post. > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Fran, Here's the the web page for St. Mary's. There are contact details if you scroll right to the bottom and they should be able to advise you. http://www.parishofmorpeth.org.uk/stmary.htm Hope this helps. Maureen Davison On 19 September 2014 19:48, knight frances via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Folks > can anyone tell me what cemeteries anyone dying in Morpeth may have been > buried in? My grandmother died in 1913. I don't know if she was religious > which might influence where she was buried > I believe St Marys lost all records in a fire or something. > > Fran > .. > Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please > introduce yourself at the top of every post. > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

St.Mary's Anglican church, Morpeth, has a very large grave-yard next to the church, many of my mothers family are buried there. And no, all the church records were not lost. Mike Temple, Spain. -----Original Message----- From: knight frances via Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 8:48 PM To: NORTHUMBRIA@rootsweb.com Subject: [NMB] Cemetries around Morpeth Hi Folks can anyone tell me what cemeteries anyone dying in Morpeth may have been buried in? My grandmother died in 1913. I don't know if she was religious which might influence where she was buried I believe St Marys lost all records in a fire or something. Fran .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Folks can anyone tell me what cemeteries anyone dying in Morpeth may have been buried in? My grandmother died in 1913. I don't know if she was religious which might influence where she was buried I believe St Marys lost all records in a fire or something. Fran

Thanks Geoff. I would have thought it unlikely that it was a border marriage, but who can tell what people did. Anyway I'll check there. -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Nicholson via Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 4:55 PM To: annete@aapt.net.au ; northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] Calem CARR Winifred: You would be VERY lucky indeed to find details of any marriage from before 1837 in a non-Church of England register. Sometimes Roman Catholics recorded details of the marriage of members of their congregation who had married elsewhere, but hat is about all. The Law insisted that every wedding in England HAD to take place in a Church of England Parish Church. If it was anywhere else it would be illegal: the parties would be liable to prosecution and any children would be considered illegitimate and unable eg to inherit from their parents. The only exceptions allowed in Law were for Quakers and Jews. Things were slacker in Scotland and the usual explanation of a marriage being impossible to find in England is that it could have been a Border Marriage, where the parties went to a Border Marriage House, just a few feet into Scotland, where they could marry be declaration. On the west side of the Border Gretna Green is well-known for that sort of thing, but on the east side the Marriage House at Lamberton Toll was just as busy. There were others elsewhere on the Border. Sometimes a couple would go well into Scotland, eg to Edinburgh, where the same applied. Geoff Nicholson Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8223 - Release Date: 09/16/14

Hi Fran,There is a local society in Newcastle West which specialises in photographs of the area -all eras.I'll try and get more info tomorrow.They may well have a photo in their archives.BTW Have you tried Newcastle Library?RegardsGerry Langley

It is repeated Wednesday at 1.45am on BBC4 Sent from my iPhone > > > Interesting programme on BBC4 tonight covering some aspects of WW1 on Tyneside.

Interesting programme on BBC4 tonight covering some aspects of WW1 on Tyneside. It may have been a repeat, you may be bale to catch it on iplayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b045gj40/world-war-i-at-home-despatches-from-tyneside

Winifred: You would be VERY lucky indeed to find details of any marriage from before 1837 in a non-Church of England register. Sometimes Roman Catholics recorded details of the marriage of members of their congregation who had married elsewhere, but hat is about all. The Law insisted that every wedding in England HAD to take place in a Church of England Parish Church. If it was anywhere else it would be illegal: the parties would be liable to prosecution and any children would be considered illegitimate and unable eg to inherit from their parents. The only exceptions allowed in Law were for Quakers and Jews. Things were slacker in Scotland and the usual explanation of a marriage being impossible to find in England is that it could have been a Border Marriage, where the parties went to a Border Marriage House, just a few feet into Scotland, where they could marry be declaration. On the west side of the Border Gretna Green is well-known for that sort of thing, but on the east side the Marriage House at Lamberton Toll was just as busy. There were others elsewhere on the Border. Sometimes a couple would go well into Scotland, eg to Edinburgh, where the same applied. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Annette Watson via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: wynandfrank <wynandfrank@btinternet.com>; northumbria <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 0:36 Subject: [NMB] Calem CARR Hi Winifred, Have you checked no conformist records for the marriage of Calem CARR & Mary VARDY? I have checked www.familysearch.org and they have listed Ann as being baptised 26 July 1795 to Caleb CARR father and Mary VARDY mother,(from film 1068907) so maybe they did not marry. Happy hunting, Annette WATSON Lismore Australia At 12:47 AM 16/09/2014, you wrote: >Caleb Carr was baptised 1772 at >Longbenton. Next information I have is the >baptism in 1795 at Tynemouth of a daughter ­ >Ann daughter of Caleb and Mary Carr, formerlyy >Vardy, labourer of Shiremoor. I cannot find any >record of the marriage of Caleb and Mary Vardy >or the baptism or death of Mary, but Caleb >married Elizabeth Hume in 1796 at >Tynemouth. They had six children before >Elizabeth died in 1807. In 1808 Caleb married >Rachel Smith at Longbenton. They had ten sons >(Don’t mention the good old days) before the >deaths of Rachel 1848 and Caleb 1851, Ann was >unmarried and lived with her father until her >death. I cannot find any information about Mary >Vardy in spite of spending many hours pawing >through records. Can anyone help please? >Winifred Hellens .. Please quote the minimum >necessary to put your reply on context. Please >introduce yourself at the top of every post. The >NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at >http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ >------------------------------- To unsubscribe >from the list, please send an email to >NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Winifred, Have you checked no conformist records for the marriage of Calem CARR & Mary VARDY? I have checked www.familysearch.org and they have listed Ann as being baptised 26 July 1795 to Caleb CARR father and Mary VARDY mother,(from film 1068907) so maybe they did not marry. Happy hunting, Annette WATSON Lismore Australia At 12:47 AM 16/09/2014, you wrote: >Caleb Carr was baptised 1772 at >Longbenton. Next information I have is the >baptism in 1795 at Tynemouth of a daughter ­ >Ann daughter of Caleb and Mary Carr, formerlyy >Vardy, labourer of Shiremoor. I cannot find any >record of the marriage of Caleb and Mary Vardy >or the baptism or death of Mary, but Caleb >married Elizabeth Hume in 1796 at >Tynemouth. They had six children before >Elizabeth died in 1807. In 1808 Caleb married >Rachel Smith at Longbenton. They had ten sons >(Don’t mention the good old days) before the >deaths of Rachel 1848 and Caleb 1851, Ann was >unmarried and lived with her father until her >death. I cannot find any information about Mary >Vardy in spite of spending many hours pawing >through records. Can anyone help please? >Winifred Hellens .. Please quote the minimum >necessary to put your reply on context. Please >introduce yourself at the top of every post. The >NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at >http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ >------------------------------- To unsubscribe >from the list, please send an email to >NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word >'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Caleb Carr was baptised 1772 at Longbenton. Next information I have is the baptism in 1795 at Tynemouth of a daughter – Ann daughter of Caleb and Mary Carr, formerly Vardy, labourer of Shiremoor. I cannot find any record of the marriage of Caleb and Mary Vardy or the baptism or death of Mary, but Caleb married Elizabeth Hume in 1796 at Tynemouth. They had six children before Elizabeth died in 1807. In 1808 Caleb married Rachel Smith at Longbenton. They had ten sons (Don’t mention the good old days) before the deaths of Rachel 1848 and Caleb 1851, Ann was unmarried and lived with her father until her death. I cannot find any information about Mary Vardy in spite of spending many hours pawing through records. Can anyone help please? Winifred Hellens