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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

Hello,

These are the alleged portraits of Jane Bake and her husband William Hebden. Both were born in the 1760's in Yorkshire, England, and William died in 1802 - so if these portraits date after that time, they would most likely be of William's eldest son (1789-1864) or even his parents, William Hebden (1731-1818) and Judith Grange (1731-1804).

The Hebden family owned maltser and tanner mills in Yorkshire and were quite wealthy landowners at the time.

Any information you could confirm about the dates of these portraits would be most appreciated.

Thanks
Marie