My family

Where we came from

Old Northumberland

Many of my ancestors were Northumbrians, but have migrated round the county as their work dictated. From the border regions to South Northumberland as pits opened and closed. From the south to further north as agriculture changed and fishing fleets grew. Not all were Northumbrians though. The furthest north I have found so far was from Aberdeenshire. Heading south of the Tyne we have ancestors in Durham and Yorkshire and possibles in Lancashire, Cornwall, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. Migratory patterns often follow the mines: tin, iron, coal and the fishing fleets.

 

Where my family are now

I will not be publishing personal information about living members of my family in this blog. However, I do find it interesting to see where we have ended up. Just looking at the 96 years since my grandparents first became parents it is interesting to see that none of their descendants now live in Northumberland. You can find us in Southport, London, Glamorganshire, Norway, Italy, Denmark and Canada.

Where the extended family have spread to

Looking at the extended family  takes us to America, Australia and New Zealand. Technology compensates for being spread to the winds. My brother and I have recently had the pleasure of meeting a new 2nd cousin who grew up just a couple of miles away from us. We were put in contact with each other through a common distant relative on the other side of the world.

My ancestral lines

I started with my grandparents’ lines (Crackett, Turner, Webb and Henderson) as a kick-off point to track my great grandparents and as a result added Cracket, Parkinson, Carr, Davis and Thornton to the list of direct lines. Going further back I added Tait, Bainbridge, Murray, Stavers, Oliver, Corbett, Reay, Newton, Hall, Miller, Young, Thompson, Hedley and more all in the pedigree. Under the My family menu you can find an up to date list of all surnames in my tree and I plan to organise under pages to My family to give easier navigation for pedigree and none-pedigree lines.

My Ancestor Chart

This is a listing of the ancestors I have traced. The list is structured using the Eytzinger method of numbering known as Ahnentafel.

Generation	Numbering	People
1	1	Self
2	2 – 3	Parents
3	4 – 7	Grandparents
4	8 – 15	Great grandparents
5	16 – 31	Great great grandparents
6	32 – 63	3x great grandparents
7	64 – 127	4x great grandparents
8	128 – 255	5x great grandparents
9	256 – 511	6x great grandparents
10	512 – 1023	7x great grandparents
11	1024 – 2047	8x great grandparents
12	2048 – 4095	9x great grandparents

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Colour coding:	Green	Paper trail ancestors, but most likely not biological due to NPE
	Purple	Possible, not fully confirmed.
	Red	Tentative. Testing a theory. No paper trail confirmed.
Generation	Ahnentafel no.	Name	Dates
1	1	Little Me
		Parents
2	2	George William Crackett	1916-1978
2	3	Margaret Jane Webb	1921-1990
		Grandparents
3	4	George Crackett	1890-1978
3	5	Ellenor Turner	1892-1976
3	6	Jonathan Doleman Webb	1899-1981
3	7	Margaret Jane Henderson	1899-1982
		Great grandparents
4	8	Leonard Crackett	1847-1929
4	9	Mary Parkinson	1852-1931
4	10	George Murray Turner, (born George Murray)	1861-1952
4	11	Sarah Ann Carr	1860-1941
4	12	Robert Webb	born between 1850 and 1861 (probably 1851), died 1926
4	13	Mary Davis	1868-1902
4	14	Archibald Henderson	1867-1918
4	15	Margaret Jane Thornton	1871-1912
		Great great grandparents
5	16	William Cracket	abt 1810-1880
5	17	Elisabeth Tait	abt 1811-1862
5	18	John Parkinson	1826-1861
5	19	Eleanor Bainbridge	abt 1829-1885
5	20	William Robinson Turner	1839-1882
5	21	Barbara Murray	1841-1901
5	22	Thomas Carr	1815-1900
5	23	Ellen Reed (Reid/Read)	abt 1822-after 1881
5	24	????
5	25	Elizabeth Webb ?
5	26	George Davis	1834-1895
5	27	Sarah Ann Corbett
5	28	John Henderson	1834-1894
5	29	Margaret Stavers	1839-1895
5	30	Randle Thornton	1843-1907
5	31	Mary Oliver	1842-1911
		3rd great grandparents
6	32	William Cracket
6	33	Isabella Gowans
6	34	?
6	35	?
6	36	Robert Parkinson	abt 1792-1843
6	37	Mary Ann Reay	1792-after 1841
6	38	John Bainbridge
6	39	Ann Thompson
6	40	John Thomas Turner	1797-abt 1866
6	41	Mary A. Robinson	1799-abt 1873
6	42	George Murray	1815-1896
6	43	Margaret Ironside	1816-
6	44	Caleb Carr	1772-1856
6	45	Rachael Smith	178541848
6	46	?
6	47	?
6	48	?
6	49	?
6	50	William Webb
6	51	Martha Thorp
6	52	John Davis
6	53	Mary
6	54	?
6	55	?
6	56	John Henderson	1811-1874
6	57	Harriet Miller Newton	1814-1893
6	58	Peter Stavers	1811-1833
6	59	Margaret Young	born between 1807 and 1812, died 1889
6	60	John Thornton	born 1794, died bet 1861 and 1871
6	61	Margery Hall	1803- 1859
6	62	Andrew Oliver	abt 1817-1888
6	63	Margaret Watson	1818-abt 1895
		4th great grandparents
7	64	David Cracket ??
7	65	Jane Jackson ??
7	66-71	??
7	72	Robert Parkinson
7	73	Elizabeth Pullen
7	74	William Reay,	bef 1776
7	75	??
7	76	William Bainbridge
7	77	Mary Coxon
7	78-79	?????
7	80	John Turner	1766-1846
7	81-83	?????
7	84	George Murray	abt 1785-after 1864
7	85	Anne Ruddiman	1784-after 1864
7	86	John Ironside
7	87	Joanne Dow
7	88	Adam Carr	1748
7	89	Jane Nesbitt	1746
7	90	Richard Smith
7	91-101	?????
7	102	Joshua Thorp
7	103	Sarah Kaye
7	104	James Davis
7	105	Mary Beach
7	106-111	??
7	112	Archibald Henderson
7	113	Jane Turnbull
7	114	William Newton	abt 1791-after 1851
7	115	Elizabeth Miller	abt 1791-after 1851
7	116	Peter Stavers
7	117	Ann Laidler
7	118	Thomas Young
7	119	Margaret Storey
7	120	Robert Thornton
7	121	Jane Nichol
7	122	Joseph Hall	abt 1767-after 1802
7	123	Eleanor Thompson	1769-1802
7	124	Thomas Oliver	bef 1800
7	125	Alice Carr
7	126	William Watson	bef 1800
7	127	Mary Hutchinson
		5th great grandparents
8	128	David Crockat ?
8	129	Elspeth ?
8	130-145	?????
8	146	Thomas Pullen
8	168	George Murray	abt 1756
8	169	Isabelle (Isobel) Anderson
8	170	George Ruddiman
8	171	Isobel Garden
8	172-175	?????
8	176	Adam Carr
8	177	Margaret Farside
8	178	Caleb Nesbit	abt 1720-abt 1769
8	179	Susannah Chator	bef 1722
8	180-223	?????
8	224	Archibald Henderson
8	225	Ruth Weymes
8	226-227	????
8	228	Lancelot Newton
8	229	Sarah Johnson
8	230	Henry Miller
8	231	Jane Jameson
8	232	John Stavers
8	233	Dorothy Charlton
8	234-239	????
8	240	Thomas Thornton
8	241	Anne
8	242-243	????
8	244	Gabriel Hall
8	245	Hannah Hunter
8	246	William Thompson	abt 1740- after 1769
8	247	Isabel Hedley	1744-after 1769
8	248	Andrew Oliver
8	249	Sarah Dinnin
8	250-253	????
8	254	Joseph Hutchinson
8	255	Mary Brown
		6th great grandparents
9	256-335	????
9	336	William Murray
9	337	Isabel Mories
9	338-447	?????
9	448	Archibald Henderson
9	449	????
9	450	George Weyms
9	451	Margaret Rutherford
9	452-455	?????
9	456	Thomas Newton
9	457	Mary Wilson
9	458	William Johnson
9	459-461	????
9	462	Joseph Jameson
9	463-479	????
9	480	Robert Thornton
9	481-487	????
9	488	Edward Hall
9	489	Mary
9	490-497	????
9	498	William Dinnin
9	499	Alice
9	500-509	????
9	510	Thomas Brown
9	511	Margaret Brewhouse
		7th great grandparents
10	512-673	????
10	674	John Mories
10	675	Jean Piery
10	676-901	????
10	902	James Rutherford
10	903	Jane Nixon
10	904-911	????
10	914	Lancelot Wilson
10	915	Mary Wilson
10	916-959	?????
10	960	Henry Thornton
10	961	Jane Read
10	962-975	????
10	976	Gabriel Hall
10	977	Martha Hall
10	978-995	????
10	996	William Dinnen
10	997	Mary Prudow (Pruddoe)
10	927-1023	????
		8th great grandparents
11	1024-1347	????
11	1348	John Moreis
11	1349	Isobell Milne
11	1350-1803	????
11	1804	Thomas Rutherford
11	1805	Elizabeth Heron
11	1806-1991	????
11	1992	Thomas Dinin
11	1993	????
11	1994	Wiliam Prudow (Pruddoe)
11	1995-2047	????
12		9th great grandparents
12	2048-2695	????
12	2696	William Moreis
12	2697-4095	??????????????????