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John Besford (1859)
John Besford was the son of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). John was born on 19th September 1859 at Cowpen Lane, Blyth. He only lived for 15 days, dying on 4th October 1859. His death certificate gave the cause of death as “ Haemorrhage, 12 hours”.
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John Besford (1868-1869)
John Besford was the son of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). John was born on 31st May 1868 at Cowpen Colliery, Blyth. John died on 25th July 1869 at Cowpen Colliery. He was just short of 14 months old. His death certificate gave the cause of death as “Debility”. He was the second…
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James Besford (1860)
James Besford was the son of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). James was born on 21st August 1860 at Cowpen Lane, Blyth. He died three days later on 23rd August 1860. His death certificate gave the cause of death as “Icterus, 2 days”. Icterus is a term for Jaundice.
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Edward Besford (1857)
Edward Besford was the son of John Besford and Margaret Besford (née Patterson). Edward was born on 30th December 1857 at Crofton Mills, Cowpen, Blyth. Edward only lived for 13 hours, dying on 31st December 1857. His death certificate gave the cause of death as “Debility”.
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George Besford (1831-1908)
George Besford was born at Fenrother, Northumberland, and was baptised on 20th March 1831 at St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Hebron. He was the son of Robert Besford (1792-1844) and his wife Mary Besford (née Marshall).
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Thomas Robson
The father of Margaret Robson, who married James Besford in 1679.
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Margaret Robson
Baptised in 1660, the year of the restoration of Charles II to the throne.
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James Besford
The earliest Besford that I have been able to trace. James was living in Thropton at the time of his marriage to Margaret Robson. They were married at All Saints Parish Church, Rothbury, on 17th August 1679.
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George Besford
George was the son of James and Margaret Besford. He was born at Thropton and baptised at All Saints Church, Rothbury, on 5th September 1680.
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John Besford (1717-1788)
John was the son of George Besford. He was born at Snitter and baptised at All Saints’ Church, Rothbury, on 9th June 1717.