There is a will for Joseph Soppit proved in 1835. It states he is of Newlands West Farm and he leaves bequests to his daughter Sarah Soppit, daughter Barbary Green of Whittonstall and son Edward Soppit.
Going forward Edward Soppit(t) can be identified in the 1841,1851 and 1861 census at Newlands Grange.He died in 1863 (gro index gives his age as 76) and he left a will,one of his executors being his nephew,John Green of Whittonstall.
Like Fiddler's Lass I wonder if this family were non conformists. There are baptisms in the non conformist registers from Hamsterley Baptist Chapel for Mary (born 22 Sept 1776), Barbara (born 16 July 1778) and Matthew (born 31 Nov 1780) parents Joseph and Barbara Soppit of Whittonstall, Northumberland and all registered 18 Nov 1781 (Elizabeth and Mary, daughters of Matthew and Jane Soppit, also of Whittonstall were baptised on the same day).
Lookiing at the Wiki for Shotley there is a reference to a Baptist place of worship at Shotley Field. I wonder what the source of the baptisms showing in Familysearch in Shotley for John, Edward, Jonathan and Joseph actually is. The baptisms do not appear,as far as I can see, in the Bishop's Transcripts or anywhere else I have looked.
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