Notes:

Birth:
from Angela & Mikes Family Tree, Ancestry Jan 2011.

Buried:
Assumed same person at Findmypast Burial Index listing; Benjamin Cocking buried at Sheffield 1901, born 1849. Sept 2011.

Benjamin married BLACKBURN, Annie Martha on 18 Sep 1877 in St. Paul's Church, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England. Annie (daughter of BLACKBURN, Percival) was born in Jun 1854 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Sheffield Daily Telegraph Thursday 20 Sept 1877 newspaper announcement. Findmypast.com Feb 2013. Originally from Angela & Mikes Family Tree, Ancestry Jan 2011.

1. COCKING, Ethel Windsor was born est 1879 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died est 1960 in England.
2. COCKING, Eleanor Vessey was born est 1881 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died est 1955 in Cheshire, NE Cheshire, England.

Notes:

Buried:
Stephen Thomas Cocking, age 82, died 13 Nov 1901, from www.freereg.org.uk. [this is source for middle name]

Stephen married VESSEY, Eleanor on 18 Apr 1843 in St.Brides Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Eleanor (daughter of VESSEY, Benjamin and DAWSON, Sarah) was born about 1820 in Candlesby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 02 Nov 1901 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried on 06 Nov 1901 in Municipal Cemetery, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Eleanor Cocking

Notes:

Buried:
Eleanor Cocking, age 82, died 02 Nov 1901, from www.freereg.org.uk.

Notes:

There is no direct proof that the William Cocking who is the father of Stephen is the one who married Sarah Dyas. This baptism record is selected based on the 1851 census which records William's birthplace as Tealby, coupled with the use of Fenwick for middle names of some of his descendants. Also the "F" of his middle name is assumed to refer to Fenwick. Mar 2011. Jim Ward.

William Cocking witnessed the marriage between Camas Pratt & Sarah Gibbins. Lincstothepast.com. Jan 2012.

Birth:
age 65 on 1851 census.

Died:
Died after the 1851 census, when he was living with son Stephen in Fotherby, age 65. In 1857 there is a property sale in Fotherby of the nursery lands of a Mr. Cocking, suggesting this might be the year William died. June 2013.

William married DYAS, Sarah on 02 Jul 1808 in St. James, Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Sarah (daughter of DYAS, Richard and CATLAY, Mary) was born est 1785 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England; died on 14 Dec 1841 in Fotherby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried on 16 Dec 1841 in St. Mary, Fotherby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Cocking
• Name: Sarah Dias

Notes:

Her age at death supports the assumption that she is the Sarah Dyas (born 1785) who married William Cocking in 1808.

Name:
from patron submission at LDS.

Died:
GRO Death Record DYC976365: 14 Dec 1841, at Fotherby, Sarah Cocking, female, age 56, wife of William Cocking Nurseryman, of 'Spasms", informant is William Cocking (occupier Fotherby), on the 16 Dec 1841, registrar William Parkin. [Sarah Cocking Death Index record for Q4 1841 at Louth, V14, p114.] Mar 2011.

Buried:
Sarah Cocking, age 56 [b 1785], Anglican, National Burial Index, originally from Lincs Family History Soc. as found on findmypast.co.uk 'Parish Records Collection'. June 2011. Image of Burial record found on Lincstothepast.com.

Notes:

Married:
William Cocking of the parish of Tealby & Sarah Dias otp spinster married in church by banns 2 July 1808. Witnesses Henry Boothby & [illegible]. Marriage Register for Louth St. James, viewed on film no. 2182, also at the Society Of Genealogists, London. From web site of Trevor Hewson (a Dyas descendant) 'bartonhewsons.me.uk/home', Trevorhewson@mac.com. Feb 2011.

Notes:

Died:
Wilson book.

Buried:
Source: web site, Town of Algoma, Location: SW corner of the intersection of US Hwy 41 and Cty Tk K (20th St.) http://www.jansdigs.com/winnebago/ellenwood-b.html . Benjamin Vessey, died Sept 6, 1860 in the 74th year of his age. Nov 2011.

Benjamin married DAWSON, Sarah on 11 Nov 1810 in Candlesby, Lincolnshire, England. Sarah (daughter of DAWSON, Robert and DAVY, Ann) died on 02 Oct 1860 in Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA; was buried est 03 Oct 1860 in Ellenwood Cemetery, Algoma, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Vessey

Notes:

Name:
Wilson book

Died:
from web site of user pbabst 'Penelope's Tree' on Ancestry.com. Feb 2011.

Buried:
Source: web site, http://www.jansdigs.com/winnebago/ellenwood-b.html . Sarah died Oct 2, 1860 (his wife) in the 75th year of her age . Nov 2011.

Notes:

Married:
Benjamin Vessey, 21, single, from elsewhere, marriage to Sarah Dawson, 21, single, from Candlesby. In MB 1810 /845 & 846 [Marriage Licenses & Bonds at FindMyPast. Used at LDS Church, Oct 2011]

Notes:

Birth:
from Angela & Mikes Family Tree, Ancestry Jan 2011.

Buried:
William Cocking, age 75 [1764], buried Jan 4th [looks like 4], by R. Uedale? Vicar. Source: Parish Registers, digital images on Lincstothepast.com [http://www.lincstothepast.com/Burials/703762.record?ImageId=240174&pt=T], Aug 2011.

William married FENWICK, Letitia on 15 May 1783 in Tealby, Lincolnshire, England. Letitia (daughter of FENWICK, Edward and ATKIN, Ann) was born about 1760 in Hainton, Lincolnshire, England; died on 16 Dec 1833 in Tealby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried on 26 Dec 1833 in All Saints, Tealby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Letitia Cocking

Notes:

There is no direct proof that the Letitia Fenwick, who married William Cocking is the daughter of Edward & Ann Fenwick, although her age at death would suggest is correct person. Mar 2011. Jim Ward

Birth:
from Angela & Mikes Family Tree, Ancestry Jan 2011.

Buried:
Letitia Cocking, female, age 73 [1760]. LDS film 1450431, Familysearch. Aug 2011. Also on www.freereg.org.uk, notes: age 73y 6m, abode Tealby, can be read as 18 or 26 Dec. On Lincstothe past.com actual Burial Register images.: Letitia Mrs Cocking, #287., Tealby, December ye XVIII - on 26 th, 73 1/2 years. [take this to mean died 16th buried 26th]. Jan 2012.

Notes:

Married:
Lincstothepast.com: Marriage Register images, 15 May 1783, Pub of Banns, William Cocking of Tealby & Letitia Fenwick of Market Rasen, signed by both, Thomas Wilson, Curate. Witnessed by William Catley & Edward ??. Jan 2012.
Also LDS:Flimed Parish registers for Tealby, 1714-1986, batch M032364, source call # 1450431 IT 6 , printout call #na. Feb 2011.

Notes:

Birth:
from Angela & Mikes Family Tree, Ancestry Jan 2011.

Died:
from Angela & Mikes Family Tree, Ancestry Jan 2011.

Buried:
From web site of Trevor Hewson (a Dyas descendant) 'bartonhewsons.me.uk/home', Trevorhewson@mac.com . Feb 2011.

Richard married CATLAY, Mary on 20 May 1784 in St. James, Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Mary was born est 1757 in England; died est 08 Sep 1824 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England; was buried on 09 Sep 1824 in St. James, Louth, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Dyas

Notes:

Died:
from Angela & Mikes Family Tree, Ancestry Jan 2011.

Buried:
From web site of Trevor Hewson (a Dyas descendant) 'bartonhewsons.me.uk/home', Trevorhewson@mac.com . Feb 2011.

Notes:

Married:
From web site of Trevor Hewson (a Dyas descendant) 'bartonhewsons.me.uk/home', Trevorhewson@mac.com . Feb 2011.

Notes:

A possible set of parents could be Benjamin Vessey who married Elizabeth Skelton on 25 Dec 1755 in Marnham, Notts.[LDS films 462987, 503792, 504076]. Jan 2012. Another set [or could be same couple] could be the couple in Sutton upon Trent, Notts, Benjamin & Elizabeth Vesse, who have children Mildred, Mary, Ann, John, William, Charles, & Benjamin who is christened in 1 Jan, 1758. [suggested by Anne Welburn from LFHS]. Mar 2012.

All three places, Marnham, Sutton on Trent, and Besthorpe [South Scarle] are within 15 miles of each other, supporting reasoning that they are the same family. Mar 2012.

Name:
Wilson book.

Birth:
Wilson book.

Died:
Wilson book.

Buried:
Wilson book.

Benjamin married BOWKER, Elizabeth on 12 May 1783 in Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of BOWKER, William and UNKNOWN, Jane) was born in 1760 in Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 19 Dec 1835 in South Scarle, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Vessey

Notes:

name may have been Booker. Parents were William & Jane, burried in South Scarle next to Benjamin Vessey.

Name:
Wilson book

Birth:
from web site of user adelejaye on 'Johnson Family Tree' on Ancestry.com. Feb 2011.

Died:
from web site of user adelejaye on 'Johnson Family Tree' on Ancestry.com. Feb 2011. Also recorded with date & year of birth at LDS IGI. Also mentioned in Death Announcement of 25 Dec 1835, in the Stamford Mercury Lincs. : Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Benj. Vessey, formerly of Besthorpe, Notts, age 75. found at BritishNewspaperArchive.co.uk Dec 2012.

Notes:

Married:
Benjamin Vessey (or Vescey) and Elizabeth Booker (or Bowker), both of Besthorpe, married 12 May 1783. In Nottinghamshire Parish Registers, South Scarle Marriages, at ebooksread.com Nov 2011.

Notes:

Birth:
from web site of user pbabst 'Penelope's Tree' on Ancestry.com. Feb 2011.

Died:
from web site of user AnneKelly221 ''Alan's Robinson/Frith Family Tree" on Ancestry.com. Feb 2011. She had 21 Oct 1786, which must be a typo.

Robert married DAVY, Ann on 24 Jun 1779 in Gunby, Lincolnshire, England. Ann was born in 1755 in Gunby, Lincolnshire, England; died est 1830 in Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ann Dawson

Notes:

Name:
Wilson book.

Birth:
from web site of user pbabst 'Penelope's Tree' on Ancestry.com. Feb 2011.

Notes:

Married:
Wilson book.