Hi, I was reading your posts regarding the search for John Cockcroft and I think he may be related to my family. I'm descended from Matthew Cockcroft, who was the son of Joshua Cockcroft and Mary Pickles from Illingworth. He was born in the early 1760s. I have to look up which church he was baptized in. I believe he had two brothers...Isaac and Joshua... and a sister named Betty. Matthew and his wife Hannah have five kids....John, Jacob, Betty, Sarah, and Sally. I think the children were baptized in the New Connection church in Ovenden.
I believe that Joshua might have been the son of a John or Jonathan and I'm wondering if there might be a connection between my family and your John. Do you think this could be possible? Matthew joined the military and left in 1794 or 1796 to fight in the Irish Rebellion in 1798. He remarried a local girl sometime in the early 1800s and settled down in Newtownards, county down.
I'd appreciate any help you could provide! Thanks....Cindy