These families;

ADAMS, ASPIN, BAILEY, BRADBURY SHARROCK, BRADSHAW, BROADHURST, COLLINS, CROSSLEY, DAVIS, HOWARTH (alt HOWORTH) and WOODWARD were a close knit group.

Each is related to one of the eleven children of Richard BROADHURST and Sarah Ann JONES.

Their families worked in the cotton mills in and around Manchester together; they emigrated from England to the US with one another’s help, then worked the mills of Dover, NH, Lowell, MA and New York Mills, NY together. Later they even worked together at Niagara – Mohawk Power Company together.

Check out their histories from the “Families” page.