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« on: Thursday 17 April 14 23:04 BST (UK) »
Hi Ron, thanks for the message. I got all excited when I saw it because I thought someone had some info about Robert re South Carolina! Robert certainly had a daughter Mary who married John Pogson. Robert had two families with different women. His first family with his wife Elizabeth Jemmison produced four children that I know of (john King, Susannah, Elizabeth and James). He also had two children with his "Mistress" Mary, these were Isaac born around 1834 (my 2nd Great Grandfather) and Mary born about 1849. So my GGGrandfather Isaac and your GGrandmother Mary were full brother and sister. I wrote an article about Robert and Isaac for Northumberland and Durham Family History Society a few years ago which I can send to you as a starter. Also, somewhere, I have a family photo which includes Mary Crothers (or Crowther) which I will dig out for you.
I have a quote from someone else on your side of the family as follows: "Notes from Karen Farr 24/8/09:
I mentioned that Cousin Nora had snippets of information about the family. One of them she came up with was that Mary was born in the Monument Hotel in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I have not been able to confirm this at all. The other bit about Mary was that her wedding with John Pogson was a large wedding in Newcastle with 9 bridesmaids, 9 groomsmen and postillions which she described as little boys on horses. I have not found any newspaper reports about this but it is possible there may be one somewhere. I have no idea where she got this information from but she remembered a lot of things she had been told.
If you let me know your email address I will be able to send you copies of whatever I can find, although it will be after Easter now as we are having family to stay.
I would be interested to know which Pogson line you are descended from and without being too personal, how old you are so that I can mentally slot you into some kind of order. You sound a generation older than I am.
All this is off the top of my head but I will get the info out when I reply again. Robert was a very interesting character who was a leading player in the Chartist movement in Newcastle.
regards
Peter