Whitcomb - North
Family History - page 4
See the first online page for more on the Pennistone line [sometimes the surname is spelled “Pennystone”].
Ellen Hopkinson - wife of Thomas #2 - born January 28, [1797] at Totley, England. Jane, Thomas, and William -
little tots were taken to Grandfather’s (William North) during her confinement. Both mother and child died
January 31, 1832 (buried at Holmesfield). Said to have been a very fine woman; letters from her brother William
and his wife Mary [Hopkinson] would indicate it.
Jane Biggin - second wife of Thomas #2 - at one time bore the name Bradway, but birth entry by Thomas #2 is “Biggin.”
Was of illegitimate birth (date uncertain). Original entry is June 25 17--* (the last two figures have been changed). Mother
of a number of children, all of whom died in infancy. Died December 13, 1882 at home of Thomas #1. Buried in the
Albion Prairie Cemetery [Wisconsin]. {findagrave.com says she was born in *1794 and died in 1882}
#3 William North, born at Holmesfield [Derbyshire] England,
Date unknown. He married Elizabeth Pennystone [Pennistone]
(date of marriage and death unknown). Their children were:
Ann, born at Holmesfield in 1798. She married Petter [Peter]
Biggin; [somebody died, probably Ann] November 3, 1877;
buried at [Holmesfield].
Lettis (Aunt Letty) married Valentine [Hollingsworth] of
[Horsleygate, Derbyshire, England - in or near Holmesfield].
[They] had six sons and three daughters. . . . . .
A home in Horsleygate, Holmesfield, Derbyshire
One of many views available on Google Map: Horsleygate Lane (Derbyshire, England) — see a Google Map Tutorial to learn how to see these kinds of images
Other names mentioned on the image on the right:
Catherine [North], married John Smith of “Abbey Dale”
[could this be Dale Abbey?] — Weymouth; Burrows; Jane;
Thomas Fisher; Esther; Wilde; Ellen; Joseph; Mower;
Robert; Black Earth [Wisconsin]; Mrs. Turk; Alice, daughter
of Robert; Wicher; Brownlow North; William [North];
Francis North; Matthew; Jane; location of Sheffield;
Frederick (“Prime Minister during the Revolution”);
Miss Bland; Eliza; Featherstone; Thorpe; Robert; Henry;
“Mary who married a George Bland who died in 1857
(I am a bit mixed here - A George Bland B. 1771 . . .”)