The Medieval De Valle Brothers: Grants, Writs & Letters (France-England-Ireland)

Less is known about Samuel’s daughter, Betty, than his wife. Since the entire family was involved in Crompton’s business of cotton spinning and manufacturing, the letter assumes that Samuel Sr. kept his daughter up to date on his business affairs.

Anne Loughlin’s letter to her sister Ellen is based on the premise that Ellen’s name was scratched from the registry and changed her mind at the last minute, withdrawing her name from the passage/ship’s registry

Very little is known about Crompton’s wife (there is even some argument about whether her maiden name was Pimlott or Pimbley). She was a spinstress, and the daughter of a West Indies trader, so she may have been middle class, and therefore, educated (could read and write).