Mable Redhead (1658)

Born 1658 in Rothbury Forest, Northumberland, England

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Biography

Mable was baptised at All Saints, Rothbury, in 1658. Her father is recorded as 'John Readhead junr - John Redhead,^[1] her family is recorded as abode 'Rothbury Forest'.

Research Notes

• County Durham Archives take ‘Redhead’ as their default spelling/variation. There are a number of recorded variations which continue past 1600: Readhead, Readheade, Readhed, Readheed, Redhed, Reedhead, Reedheade. ^[2] Robert and his family are often written with surname 'Readhead'. Redhead-290 09:13, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
• Rothbury Forest habitations changed and decreased as small farmholdings were absorbed, such as the cultivated lands of 'Dukes Cottages', and coal mining at 'Bushy Gap' was eventually abandoned. This is recorded in the publication 'Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland', p.477.^[3] It has not been posible to cite any Redheads as living in Dukes Cottages, or if they were a part of Buckley Hall where son William Redhead was later cited as living.

Sources

1. ↑ Rothbury : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG [1] (accessed 2020/07/31) baptism Mable Readhead 24 Oct 1658.
2. ↑ "Spelling Variations/Deviants:Durham: Redhead 1500-1600”,[2].
3. ↑ 'Internet Archive.org',[3] (accessed 2020/07/30).