Hello all,
My great, great, great grandmother (Elizabeth Roscoe) hailed from Taddington in Derbyshire, moving to Manchester with her husband Joshua Birch in the early 1800s. I have quite a lot of information on these Roscoes from census returns and monumental inscriptions (there are several gravestones in Taddington churchyard). Her sister Ann Roscoe also married a Birch (Enoch) and then moved to Manchester. I also have circumstancial evidence that other members of the family moved to Manchester. The name Roscoe is quite uncommon in Derbyshire, and though I've found several other Roscoes nearby, they all appear to be the descendants of a single individual who was living in Bakewell in the 1700's. Does anyone else have any connection to this isolated branch?

Ashley Birch

Hi,

I think i may have a link with your tree. My g-g-g-gdad was Joshua Birch who married an Elizabeth from Derbyshire. I have also found the 20 year old Joshua living with Enoch and Ann Birch. I would love to share further information with you, please get in touch.
My email is helen.bradshaw@hotmail.co.uk

Hi Ashley,

My name is Phil Roscoe and I believe I am descended from the Taddington Roscoe’s. I have researched material from Parish Registers and traced my lineage as follows – me, my father Derwent Roscoe (1927), his father Victor Roscoe (1893), his father Edward (1854), his father Joseph (1830), his father Joseph (1795), and I think his father Thomas. If I am correct Thomas had at least three other children, William (1787), Thomas (1789), and Ann (1791). I think you would be descended from Thomas (1789) by way of his daughter Ann (1818) or her aunt Ann (1791) whom I have recently been told were both married to Enoch Birch.

Anyway, I’d be very grateful to find out any contradictory or additional information you may have.

Regards,
Phil Roscoe,

Hi Phil

Yes, we are indeed descended from the same Roscoes, though I'm actually descended from Elizabeth, who was the eldest daughter of William Roscoe (born 1787) and Ellen Johnson. William is the elder brother of your Joseph Roscoe. I've traced most of the Roscoes of Taddington, but gave up with Joseph who I think married in Tideswell and then must have moved out of the area. I've loads of information on the Roscoes who stayed (and who married Birches - Enoch and Joshua). Most of their gravestones are in Taddington churchyard, and I have a couple of wills and a tithe map showing the farm where they lived in Priestcliffe. I'll be happy to share what I know. Probably best to email me at:

ashley AT birches.plus.com

Cheers, Ashley