Hi All,
I have just found a entry note against the burial of an ancestor of mine, George Bennett:
Burials, Gateshead District - Record Number: 344142.2
Location: Whickham
Church: St. Mary
Denomination: Anglican
1 May 1782 George Bennett, of Swalwell (Crowley`s factory)
I have been reading through your posts and looked through the Swalwell website and was encouraged to find information about what their working lives were like. There is also a Cuthbert Bennett who at the burial of a son Leonard Bennett, was noted as being a 'pauper, cooper' - would it have been possible that he was also a Crowley worker at some point with his profession?
Any information on the Bennett's of Whickham, Lanchester, Hexham, Weardale, Tanfield, Durham would be most appreciated. I have as far back as a Cuthbert Bennett born about 1660, father of George, Cuthbert, Mary, Joshua, Dorothy and another George.
Thanks
Marie