James CROCKER [6239]

  General Notes:

At the 1841 census of England, in the neighbourhood where James Crocker and family lived, also lived Joseph and Jane Pitcher, and also several families names Childs (Childs was given as his first wife's mothers maiden name on her death certificate, although his mother was more likely Oliver rather than Child's). Also living with James Crocker and family was Prudence Bow, aged 50 years.

James Crocker was a Blacksmith in the Yapeen area. He was a widowed neighbour of Jane Tangey (Mitchell) and is thought to be the father of at least the last two children of Jane. He had 7 children with his first wife, but 4 of these children died in infancy.

On 1 October 2016, DNA results confirmed this theory. I found an Ancestry.com member who shares 50 cM of DNA over 5 segments with Margaret Ann Sullivan. This man's direct ancestor and the only connection so far found, was George Crocker, the brother of James Crocker, sons of James Crocker and Mary Ann Bow.

James married Esther PITCHER [6268] [MRIN: 1992], daughter of Richard PITCHER [6273] and Charlotte OLIVER [6274], on 7 Aug 1852 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.⁵⁴⁷⁵ (Esther PITCHER [6268] was born about 1835, christened on 22 Nov 1835 in Stoke Abbott, Dorset, England,⁵⁴⁷⁶ died on 2 Oct 1868 in , Victoria, Australia ⁵⁴⁷⁷ and was buried on 4 Oct 1868 in Campbells Creek, Vic, Australia ⁴¹⁴.)

James had a relationship with Jane MITCHELL [1014] [MRIN: 1979], daughter of William MITCHELL [157] and Elizabeth NETTLE [158]. (Jane MITCHELL [1014] was born on 13 Apr 1834 in Illogan, Cornwall, England,¹⁸⁵⁴ died on 1 Jan 1914 in Newstead, Vic, Australia ^1855,1856 and was buried on 1 Jan 1914 in Green Gully, Vic, Australia.)