It would have been easier just to say "Have you seen post #8 in this thread?"
https://www.british-genealogy.com/th...-abbot-familly
In which gwen646 had already posted. Albeit several years ago.
Pam
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Thread: Richard abbot*
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06-04-2019, 6:08 PM #21
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08-04-2019, 7:14 PM #22gwen646Guest
Thank you Pam
I had forgotten that i had joined this sight until I stumbled upon it...Many thanks for bringing it to my attention
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09-04-2019, 7:56 AM #23
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19-04-2021, 4:42 PM #24
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Hi Gwen
I think I may be able to help with regards to Richard Abbot. His wife, Sarah (nee Greenwell) actually came from Cockfield /Hamsterley in County Durham. She was the sixth child of George Greenwell (of Haggerleases,) and Elizabeth Benson (of Startforth / Boldron).
Richard Abbot & Sarah Greenwell had seven children : Robert (1841- ), Benson (1843-); John (1847 - ), William (1850-), Issac (1856-), Angelia (1858-) and Elizabeth (1864-).
Sorry I haven't got all the dates. Ancestry seem to have deleted my family tree (I do have a copy somewhere). Benson Abbot took over running the quarries at East and West Layton after his father's demise.
He had been given the job after his coal-mining enterprise at Butterknowle suffered some ill fortune (his partners went bankrupt). Benson Abbot was well thought of by the miners as he constructed decent properties for them to live in, and to this day some of the houses he had constructed still bear his name, near Butterknowle.
I'm descended from Richard and Sarah's youngest child - Elizabeth. She married William Allsop, a farmer from Killerby, but later moved back over the River Tees to Egglestone Abbey. My grandmother was their youngest child. I do have a wealth of information gathered about the family which I am happy to share with you.
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31-03-2022, 9:28 PM #25
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Hello Nicky
I am interested in what you know about Benson Abbot and any coal mine he owned and lost.
My husband Simon is a decendent of Benson Abbot and grew up listening to a story about someone in the family losing a coal mine and someone building Abbots houses but we think the story has been skeward over the years so would love to have anything you can share.
Kind regards
Jackie
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