This family links to my Cronkshaw family. John FORD born about 1813 in Accrington and his wife Hannah had 9 children (dates approximate):

• Richard b1838 draper m Mary NEWMAN
  • Thomas 1859
  • Ann 1862
  • Joseph 1865
  • George W 1869
• Martha 1839
• John 1841 m Mary Jane CRONKSHAW 1866
• James 1843 m Mary
  • Benjamin 1868
  • Hannah 1870
  • Jane A 1873
  • Wholley 1875
• Joseph 1845 greengrocer & cab proprietor m Jane
  • Nancy 1870
  • Albert 1872
  • Fred 1876
  • Hannah 1878
• George 1847
• Ann 1850
• William 1852 carder m Alice
  • William 1877
  • Susannah 1880
• Thomas 1854