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Hi,
My GLENDENINGs have a Darlington connection.  I am descended from John GLENDENING, supposedly a native of Carlisle, and his wife Jane JACKSON, oroginally from Whorlton, County Durham.  5 children were born in North Yorkshire but the 2 youngest were born in Darlington.  The family moved to Darlington c.1802 where they established themselves for several generations.
Julie

Hi Everyone,
I am coming to this conversation quite late but I think I can solve some questions.  I am the great-great-granddaughter of George and Christian Fricker.  Christian was born Christian STONE but married Samuel Highmore SHERRING before she married my great-great grandfather.  Christian and Samuel had one son Samuel James Highmore SHERRING.  But unfortunately Samuel senior died around the same time and Christian was widowed.  Now Samuel junior married another SHERRING, possibly a cousin, Emily Charlotte Elizabeth SHERRING.  They emigrated to Australia and settled in Mildura.  Some of their children were born there but others I think in Canada and the USA, maybe on the way.  I am currently trying to piece together their descendants.  Although we will only be distantly related I have always been keen to find them.  Samuel junior was often talked about in our family with fondness and descendants will be interested to know I have a letter written by Samuel to his mother Christian from Ultimo NSW in 1881 discussing his potential marriage to Emily.  In fact I have it here in front of me as I type.  Also my parents have a photo we believe to be of Samuel and Emily's children and another of there house in Mildura.  So here's hoping I can make someones Christmas with copies of these!  I look forward to hearing from people and making further progress with this family but well done for puzzling so much out about a confusing family already.

Dear DavidM you mentioned that:
"The James I am tracking had a son, James, christened 26 July 1831 at Saint Cuthbert's, Darlington."
Well David I don't know whether it is different in the parish registers but on the bishop's transcripts (you can now access images of the ORIGINALS online) say that on 26 July 1831 James son of JOHN and Margaret was christened at St Cuthberts i.e. NOT SON OF JAMES.
This would simultaneously solve the problem of how our James who married in London in 1825 can be the same as your James and give his brother John a son James.
Your much appreciated information has made me reinvestigate John and Margaret's family.   I now believe with your information added that John and Margaret had six children; George (1824-1830), William (1826-), Robert (1828-), James (1831-), Jane (1834-) and George(1837-).  This concurs with the 1841 census I have for them in New Shildon (HO107/307/20/8p.11); unfortunately Ancestry transcribes the family as "Glendenig" which put me off the scent to start with.
Unfortunately as well the Bishop Transcripts of Darlington St. Cuthbert's online don't seem to cover 1803, so I am still missing an original image of Eleanor Glendening's baptism with the reference to her father (John senior)'s origin of Carlisle.
Regards,
Julie

Yes David I was referring to John brother of James and son of John Glenden(n)ing and Jane Jackson. 
James and John junior were baptised on 14 February 1796 and 11 November 1798 respectively in Barton St. Mary, Yorkshire.  I also have a birth for John of 23 May 1798.
I have not progressed further with John senior in Carlisle.  The first thing I want to do is get hold of the original of his daughters baptism which is as far as I know the only reference of John senior being from Carlisle.  I have just found out that the pilot version of the FamilySearch website has original image of the Bishop's Transcripts of Darlington St. Cuthberts.  On my first look the images were good but the order of the transcripts not totally logical and the reader had to be paged through from page 1 very slowly.  I would be interested to know if DavidM or anyone else for that matter has/ has had access to these registers more easily.
Julie

Hi,
Just to say I am watching the conversation between the two David's with interest, as I would love to find out my 4xgreat grandfather John Glendenning's origins, Carlisle or otherwise.  In the summer I am going on holiday to Northumberland and my family may not want to spend the holidays in libraries and record offices, but I am sure we can take a few detours.
Julie (Anne)