Nick
I've given pretty much all the information I have.
a2a is 'access to archives'.
www.a2a.org.uk. The Cumbria Record Offices provide very good notes on their records. Most of the information I have on Simon Jackson is just pulled from this website. I would love to look at the original sources but I'm a long way from Cumbria and it would cost me a fortune to request copies of everything!
I also have the rental payments for the mills. Simon was paying £8 a year for Crosby Mill, then £11 a year for Meaburn Mill and then back to £8 a year on Crosby again. I don't have any information on him after 1754 when he escaped from custody (on 30 March).
His eldest son John was involved in an altercation at CR just after this. I think another of his sons (Simon) ends up working as a miller in Newby, Morland. He also had a son called Anthony. I have found 2 references to Anthony Jacksons working as millers but I haven't confirmed they are one and the same. His daughter Sarah may marry in CR in 1777 but she also seems to move away
Let me know if there is something particular that you want to know. I assume that you are more interested in the Dents than the Jacksons however.
There are two Elinor Dents: the daughter of Anthony christened on 9 Mar 1708; the daughter of William of Trainlands christened on 24 Oct 1716. I think Anthony and William are brothers. I came to the conclusion that Anthony's daughter married Simon Jackson and William's daughter married George Whitehead. It sounds as if you know this to be a fact. I would appreciate any information you have.
You mention the will of Isabel Salkeld (nee Dent). I asssume you have seen the Dent wills but have you also seen the will of Agnes Burra? She was the mother of Elinor Burra who married Robert Dent of Trainlands. Her daughter Elinor married Robert Dent. Agnes leaves quite a few bequests. In particular she leaves money to her grandchild Anthony Dent and in the next sentence leaves money to Elinor and Margaret the children of Anthony Dent.
Agnes was a Salkeld as well. She lived to the age of 88 and seems to have been living with her daughter Elinor at Trainlands when she died.
My husband is descended from one branch of CR Salkelds. I started off researching his family history but then I got hooked on CR generally. I have been doing a one place study of CR (upto the 1800s only) over the last 2-3 years. When my children are a bit older, I hope to spend a few days in CR to get the feel of it.
So I would love any information that you have on your family or CR that I can't glean from the normal family history sources. I have lots of wills, some estate records, land tax records, records of marriage licence.
In particular, what do you know about Elizabeth Winter (and her family) who married Robert Dent in 1616?
regards
Deborah