I think you have indeed cracked it. One of the reasons I have carried on looking at this your line was that the children born to Andrew from 1800 on and you say baptised at SPC are not showing up in our database.
Which is very strange as its in the last year we transcribed 1800 to 1808 so I should be able to search for four of Andrews children.
Pleased for you and now to see whats what with our database.
Take care Elaine.
PS. I had extracted all the Biggin/Biggins married at SPC from 1735-1803.
Another SENIOR moment. LOL. The 1800-1816 Baptisms are to be completed. The marriages we completed last year covered 1800 to 1808. (We cover 1800-1908)
The Biggins Wendy are indeed there as FMP show. Just waiting for us to transcribe them.
I've only just noticed this discussion, and followed it with interest. My Biggin ancestors came from Norton, and I'd assumed all the local Biggins were related. My ancestor George Curr and his brother John also came to Sheffield in the 1770s, and they were probably born in Stella, also a township of Ryton, and many of my wife's family came from the same area. It's surprising how many people made such long journeys, for what they hoped would be a better future, and Durham to Sheffield is nothing compared with the Atlantic crossing.
I have now traced a lot of my Biggins ancestors back to Winlaton and Gateshead. However the Norton Biggin families are on the whole a different bunch but their paths do cross mainly due to birth and marriage registrations where quite often the s was added and sometimes missed off. A lot of the Norton Biggin were scythe makers, the Sheffield Biggins started off as nailors but ended up in the cutlery trade