sir,
what amazing record, I cant thank you enough. He obviously kept copious records.
I was always given to understand that farming suffered badly, which resulted i the sale. But I guess we will never know. and I presume that details of "Mrs. Robson" and husband Thomas, death apart, would have lived most of their lives before he was writing so there would be scant if any other detail, which is sad ( I have photos tho
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two land sales is intreguing, so i would guess, and it is a guess, that the "mrs" Chambers was Thomas's daughter, sister to Matthew ( My Gt. Grandfather) Matthew , btw, married Sarah Sisson not Mary, unless he was a bigamist. they ended up in Kent where he died, she then went to live with her eldest daughter who had, by then, married a Deighton and, I was given to understand from my grandfather, her father had been the HM at Dufton school, ( Greenway Deighton). I still have Matthews pocket watch which has been passed down, and his son, my grandfather , sat with me as a boy to share the history, of the Robsons and Sissons, most of whom emigrated to Australia aroud the same time. I have a few dozen photos, many of whom I can name, many I cant.
Please, yes detail on the Sissons would be fabulous. I do know, of course, that one of the girls went on to mother Cecil Beaton, who spent his life denying that his grandfather had been a Temple Sowerby blacksmith.
Chambers too as I know nothing of this family but i do see that theys till are int he village and still farmers.
very kind regards and again Huge thanks for your effort
Tom Robson