[list-cumbria] Brocklebank 1775 'Cumberland Pacquet - 35'

[Dorothy Gaunt]

Hi Steve

I think Bill would be happy to hear from you and maybe you’ll find a connection. 

Dorothy 
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> On 10 Sep 2024, at 5:04 PM, Steve Hayes via list-cumbria <list-cumbria at list.cumbriafhs.com> wrote:
> 
> On 10 Sep 2024 at 9:35, gauntde--- via list-cumbria wrote:
> 
>> From: William Brocklebank <brocks1917 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Monday, 9 September 2024 10:13 pm
>> To: Dorothy Gaunt <gauntde at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Brocklebank 1775
>> 
>> Daniel Brocklebank (shipbuilder)
>> 
>> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
>> 
>> Daniel Brocklebank (c. 1741-1801) was a shipbuilder, first in North America
>> and then in  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehaven> Whitehaven, and a
>> mariner in between.
>> 
>> He was born in 1741 (or 1742) at
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blennerhasset_and_Torpenhow> Torpenhow,
>> England. At age 14 he moved to Whitehaven to take up an apprenticeship as a
>> carpenter for a shipbuilder.
> 
> I find this quite interesting, as my wife has BROCK(LE)BANK ancestors from
> the Silecroft/Whicham area, one being an Agnes BROCKLEBANK daughter of Thomas
> BROCKLEBANK and Agnes JACKSON, baptised at Whicham 17 Dec 1737.
> 
> I'm not sure how far Torpenhow is from Whicham, but I wondered if there might
> be a connection.
> 
> 
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> 
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