Robert Besford (1752–1837)
Robert was an agricultural labourer. He had three daughters with his first wife Mary. After her death, he had two sons with his second wife Ann Goodfellow.
Sweethope
Sweethope lies in North Tynedale in Northumberland, by the loughs of the same name.
Robert Besford, an agricultural labourer, lived there between 1779 and 1781, and two of his daughters were born at Sweethope.
Family of Robert Besford (1752–1837) and his first wife Mary (died 1786)
Robert Besford’s three daughters by his first wife Mary were baptised at Thockrington between 1779 and 1784.