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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Yorkshire (East Riding & York) => England => Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests => Topic started by: tcrengr on Monday 30 May 11 18:04 BST (UK)
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Hi, I'm researching the Cockcroft family from Flamborough/Bridlington (East Yorkshire). I'm starting to see some instances where individuals are listed under Cockcroft in one record and Crofton in another. I'm wondering if anyone knows whether or not these two families are somehow related.
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Can you include some details of a timescale and also some christian names - particularly of the Cockroft familyyou are researching
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Hi, thanks for your post! The first time I noticed the two names being used interchangeably is with the children of Caleb Crofton. He has three sons born in Flamborough: Richard, born 1717, Wiliam born 1713, and John born 1720. All are born with the last name Crofton. His daughter Mary is born in 1724 in Flamborough with the name Cockcroft.
When Richard marries in 1742 there are two records: one says Richard Cockcroft married Allis Bullock and the other says Richard Crofton married Alice Bullock. I believe when John marries he also uses the last name of Cockcroft.
At first I thought this was just a case of spelling mistakes, however, when I look at census reports and birth/marriage records throughout the 1800s I see the same problem. Sometimes the names will be one way on a census report and the other spelling is used 10 years later on the next report. This is especially true for John Crofton (Cockcroft) born 1783 and his children, robert born 1811 and Frances (or Frankey) born 1813. There's even a man born in 1823 whose name is either Crofton Warcup or Cockcroft Warcup.
The ultimate goal of my research is to identify which Cockcroft family my branch came from. We can trace our history back to a soldier from England who went to Ireland around 1796 to fight in the rebellion of 1798. The soldier's name was Matthew Cockcroft and he was reportedly from the Flamborough area. However, we can not find any trace of him in the records for East Riding. If there is a link between the Cockcroft and Crofton family then maybe I'll find our Matthew in the Crofton line!
Thanks for any info you can provide!