
it seems james harrop his grandfather married 4 times and had children who survived to 2 wives, he lost 2 wives in childbirth
james was born in manchester 1803 died macclesfield 1871 farmed at beeston (beestow) brow in bollington now greenlane farm, his first wife was elizabeth wright 1804- 9 feb 1836 buried prestbury in the wright family plot aged 32 they had , john 1827, elizabeth 1829, david 1833-1874 and ann 1834
to sarah gosling 1806-1845 he had , james 1838, martha sarah 1839, william 1842-1896, elizabeth 1845 who died being born along with her mother
he also married tomasin harrison 1811-1850 she died having a baby called john 1850-1850
and he then married sarah davies nee jackson 1819-1878 who had 2 children to her first marriage but none to him.