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Northumberland / Re: Minto/Thompson
« on: Saturday 07 July 12 14:08 BST (UK) »
Sorry Ted but the Roots message seemed to become buried in my in-box whilst I was on Holiday, and I saw it only on the point of deletion!
The Minto's and the Thompsons were living next door to each other at Coalhouses in Netherwitton from around 1775. Ann was born there and returned with George after they were married. They did have a John born there in 1778, but I havetreated him (provisionally) as having married Ann Atkinson in Ryton County Durham.
Whether my details regarding Ann Atkinson are wrong, or whether she died, I just do not know but certainly it was a very oppressive period with bread shortages, the Napoleonic Wars, political unrest after the French Revolution. Migration, particularly to the more extensive coalfields in Durham, enlistment and transportation (to the Americas) all played their part, so there are several ways John could have ended up in Cornwall. Have you tried looking for newspaper reports, settlement examinations etc?
John
The Minto's and the Thompsons were living next door to each other at Coalhouses in Netherwitton from around 1775. Ann was born there and returned with George after they were married. They did have a John born there in 1778, but I havetreated him (provisionally) as having married Ann Atkinson in Ryton County Durham.
Whether my details regarding Ann Atkinson are wrong, or whether she died, I just do not know but certainly it was a very oppressive period with bread shortages, the Napoleonic Wars, political unrest after the French Revolution. Migration, particularly to the more extensive coalfields in Durham, enlistment and transportation (to the Americas) all played their part, so there are several ways John could have ended up in Cornwall. Have you tried looking for newspaper reports, settlement examinations etc?
John