Jabez and Susannah Cockerill raised 14 children and lived their life in Collingtree, England, approximately 60 miles north of London. Their son James C. (1846-1921) immigrated to Sarpy county, NE, USA in 1871. He was followed by three brothers in 1872: George Cockerill (b. 1852); William Cockerill (b. 1844); & John "Joseph" ( 1842-1918) with wife Catherine Elizabeth Hunt Cockerill (1849-1930), their daughter Elizabeth Anne (1867-1925) & infant son Joseph James Cockerill (1871-1955).