I have Thomas Drinkwater + Elizabeth Shirt married in Hayfield, Derbyshire, UK in 1849 with the following children all born in Mellor (Hayfield district for registration purposes):

Eliza (b.1848)
Sarah (b.1850)
John (b.1852)
Hannah (b.1854)
Charles (b.1856)
Samuel (b.1862, m.1895 + Annie Wright) my great grandparents
Thomas (b.1864)

The family lived at 'The Meadows' in Mellor where Thomas was a farmer.

I think that Thomas (born abt 1814) may have been the son of John & Sarah (?) Drinkwater but have been unable to find any census entries that corroborate this or confirm my Thomas' siblings included John (b. 1816) and George (b. 1820, d. 1821). Nor have I been able to identify Sarah (LDS suggests Sarah Marriott on 26 Jun 1810 at Glossop).

Is anyone researching families in the same area who would like to collaborate?

Karen

Dear Karen,
I am researching the Drinkwater families in the High Peak area and it is a complicated piece of research.
I have looked at some records for your family and last found them in the census for 1871 after which I eliminated them as being from a different branch of my ancestry.
This may be incorrect!
John and Mary Drinkwater are my GTs and their son Thomas who married Sarah Gee was my gt gt grandfather.
They lived at Green Bottom Farm Bugsworth.
He is not the same Thomas as the one at Meadows Farm Mellor.
I will look in my notes and contact you when I have more time.

Hi Karen

My ggg grandfather John Drinkwater was born in 1774 and came from the Peaks area, he is listed in the Glossop administrative area but I don't know any more, exceot he moved to Northwich in the early 1800's where I have found quite few family members

kind regards NigelD