Birth: Edmund was born at Tatham in north Lancashire about 1728 (Research is still continuing)

Christening:8 June 1728 at Tatham, Lancs.

Father: John Cort (see Chart)

Early Life: Nothing is known

Occupation: Edmund was a Farmer

Marriage: He married Jane Walker from Bentham, Yorkshire

Children:

1. John about 1749 at Lowgill, tatham Fells, (Parish of Tatham) Lancs . John later moved to Bolton where he married Ann Ainsworth in 1768. At that time and until his death John was a Butcher.

2. Edmund abt 1753. Chr. 8 April 1753 at Tatham Fells, Lancs.

3. William abt 1755 at Tatham Fells. Chr. 27 October 1755. William was later a Butcher in Bolton, possibly with his brother John. He married Betty Middleton at Tatham on 22 Nov 1780 (brother John was a witness).

Death: Edmund died suddenly on 8 Apr 1791 at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire aged 62.

General: Edmund moved the short distance from Tatham to Beamsley Hall Farm near Bolton Abbey, West Riding of Yorkshire.