My great-great grandparents were Martin Askew, married 1828 to Eleanor Craenor. The Askew children were Sarah, Frances, Ruth, James, Thomas, Martin, William, and Elizabeth. Any connections?

Hi,

I have these from a "Death Notice" website I maintain, so I am not sure if you sent them in to me and already have this information, just to be safe here they are:

ASKEW-At 42, Ginns, Whitehaven, 12th June, 1884, Eleanor, widow of Mr Martin ASKEW, mason, aged 77 years.


ASKEW-On the 15th Sept. 1879at Broughton-in-Furness MISS ELIZABETH ASKEW aged 19 years.


ASKEW-Rachel, the beloved wife of Wm ASKEW, who died on the 14th Sept. 1903, age 47 years, at 77, Siddick.


ASKEW-At Horsman Street, Cockermouth, June 20th,1898 Ruth, the beloved wife  of William ASKEW, and youngest daughter of the late George and Ann HODGSON, Bowness-on-Solway, aged 44 years- Was interred at the Cemetery, Cockermouth

I had a 3 x great-grandfather called Hugh Stephenson, born between 1783 and 1786, the illegitimate son of farmer Joseph Stephenson from Northumberland (Alwinton?) and some unknown female. Joseph and Hugh ended their days in Scotland. I have just learned that Hugh had the middle name Eskew, a variant of Askew.

A Hugh Eskew married Eleanor Dixon at Whicham, Cumberland, in 1753, and they are probably the Hugh "Askew" and Eleanor - mentioned in the IGI as having numerous children at Whitehaven between 1757 and 1778, including daughters called Jane and Betty Askew in 1761 and 1764 respectively. I am now wondering if either of these girls could have been the mother of my Hugh Stephenson. It's possible that Joseph could have farmed in Cumberland, or had other business dealings there, before moving up to Scotland.

Does anybody have details of the marriages of Hugh and Eleanor Askew/Eskew's daughters?

Harry