Christopher Swindle
Son of Christopher Swindle and Hannah Lee, baptised on 9th November 1806 in Ninebanks, Northumberland (from 'Cleugh')
Probably father of Phillis, illegitimate child by Esther Coates, baptised on the 13th of April 1828 at Carrshield, Northumberland
Married Mary Press on the 13th of June 1829 at Ninebanks, Northumberland
Children
?John, buried 21st of March 1830 at Carrshields, Northumberland at 3 weeks
Thomas, baptised on the 2nd of October 1831 at Carrshields, Northumberland
Hannah, baptised on the 26th of October 1834 at Carrshields, Northumberland
Christopher, baptised on the 29th of October 1837 at Carrshields, Northumberland
Married Esther Pert on the 19th of June 1841 at Ninebanks, Northumberland (from Limestone Brae) 3 (Registered at Hexham)
Children
Sarah, baptised on the 31st of October 1841 at Carrshields, Northumberland (died 1847)
Jane, baptised on the 30th of June 1844 at Carrshield, Northumberland
Thomas, baptised on the 13th of September 1846 at Carrshield, Northumberland
John, baptised on the 18th of June 1848 at Carrshield, Northumberland4
Sarah, baptised on the 22nd of September 1850 at Carrshield, Northumberland
Christopher had moved from Black Cleugh (1831) to Whitley Shield (1834) to Limestone Brae (1837). Living at the old Meeting House at Limestone Brae at the time of the 1841 and 1851 census, describing himself as a lead ore miner.
An Extract from the Journal of the Mine 1843
Christ Swindle have timbered the vein and removed the deads out of the same eastwd from Low Whimsey Shaft 90 feet, drift 6½ feet high and under the No check of Pattinson, have seen no one yet went 15 feet of [....] up to climbing shaft beside Brouse Houde
(School study material for West Allen at Hexham Library - the 'deads' are the waste rock containing no ore)
Buried on the 13th of December 1857 at Ninebanks, Northumberland (from Farneyside)
Notes
1 This is definitely the Christopher who married Esther Pert since he is identified in the marriage registry as Christopher, widower, son of Christopher. He is also identified as the father of Hannah and Christopher in the 1851 census. His first wife is therefore Mary - presumably Mary Press - and this Christopher can be assumed to be the father of Thomas. This Christopher was therefore living at Black Cleugh after his marriage - as was his father's cousin Christopher. (It is just possible that this older Christopher was the husband of Mary Press and/or the father of John and Thomas). The parents of John (d.1830) are not identified but it would appear probable that he was the first son of Mary Press.
2 John and Thomas were born at Black Cleugh, Hannah at Whitelee Shield, and Christopher through to Sarah at Limestone Brae.
3 Esther was living with Christopher at the time of the 1841 census at the beginning of June.
4 John's birth in 1848 was registered as John Swindale according to Norman Swindle 30/12/05