b 28 Nov 1818 at Bersick, Kirthwaite, Yorkshire. Most likely "Bersick" is "Birk Rigg", a place just under Cowgill. The family were living at Mirehouse (NW Cowgill) in 1817, then in Stonehouse (SE Cowgill) in 1820, so Birk Rigg seems a logical place between the two.