Hi
I don't know if you are still working on this - it's been a few years hahaha! All things come to those who wait!
William Porter and Margaret Manley (were my 3x great grandparents. Their son, John Porter, born May 1840 and baptized in Shipton, is my 2x ggf, married to Susannah Johnston. (Susannah's sister Margaret married John Porter's brother Thomas. They were all neighbours).
William and Margaret had 10 children that I could find. Apparently John Porter (a farmer, wheelwright, carpenter and coffin maker) built the original covered bridge in Ulverton (going to the old Woolen Mill on Porter Street). Besides a Porter Street, there is Porter Hill, Porter Rock, and Porter School.
There is a man who published a Diary and speaks of John Porter: (bottom left link to word doc)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qceastwn/archives/pat_jour... Anyways, John and Susannah had 12 kids. One of them, Uncle Horace, was hit in the head by a brick during a tram strike and spent the rest of his life in the Verdun Asylum.
Their daughter Mary Jane married my ggf Clement King and they lived in Montreal.
I don't know anything beyond William and Margaret, Irish records are scarce, and too common a name.
Will share any info - hope to hear from you!
Dianne