Margaret Tatham

from Eric Tatham 2-16-2022

"History of the Township of Ireby by Colonel W H Chippendall (1935). This mentions Robert Tatham (Yeoman) of Biggcroft being married to Margaret Cragg. It suggests this is his second marriage and is the one that took place in 1615-16. It also says that Biggcroft was in Masongill (Maysingill) which is a small hamlet with several buildings. I'm not sure if Biggcroft is still there and has changed its name or whether it has long gone as all reference to it disappears by the next century.

The book identifies some of Robert's children.

From first marriage††:

Thomas Tatham (buried at Thornton 1633-34) Robert Tatham (buried at Thornton 1638) married Mary Bainbridge at Thornton

From second marriage:

William Tatham (bap. 1624, buried at Thornton 1703-4) married Frances Bannister of Masongill Hall)

It doesn't mention all the children but, given the connection to Biggcroft and their marriage date, Robert and Margaret seem likely candidates for the parents of Elizabeth (Bap:1617) and Marmaduke (Bap: 1619)."

comments

• †† but I think we already know that a Robert Tatham of Biggecroft was married to Jane Foxcrofte of Masengill.. (checking) Note: Masongill and Biggecrofte are the same settlement in Thornton-in-Lonsdale
• looking around for other <Cragg> family, I notice that there is a Cragg Hill Road in Horton-in-Ribbledale. This may be a serendipitous find. There would be then a special Quaker linkage. Both of Margaret Cragg's children were Quakers persecuted by C of E authorities. Then there's her son-in-laws cousin: Matthew Wildman of Selside & Clapham .... also persecuted.

"3. Horton in Ribblesdale) There is a transcript with an index at the North Yorkshire Record Office in Northallerton. There are a large number of entries for Cragg of which the following were abstracted. Abbreviations for forenames have been used by the transcribers in many cases. A transcript by the Yorkshire Parish Register Society is now available from their website as a downloadable pdf file and my earlier data has been revised in accordance. This latter transcript also includes information from the bishops' transcripts." see:
CRAGG DATA FROM PARISH REGISTERS
IN NORTH YORKSHIRE & LANCASHIRE ENGLAND https://www.thornber.net/famhist/htmlfiles/craggdata.html

Note: this register doesn't have Margaret Cragg wife of Robert Tatham of Biggecrofte