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Our History Henry DeJesus
Sr. saved the English crumpet from extinction in the area, and in doing
so, began a family tradition. About Sharrock's English
Bakery Growing up in the South End of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Henry DeJesus Sr. became a man with a mission - to save a disc-shaped, flat English bread from extinction in the South Coast. Described by Karen DeJesus as a cross between a pancake and an American-style English muffin, the crumpet is a soft yeast bread.Above all, it's free of cholesterol, sugar and fat, touts Ms. DeJesus, who is also the director of the UMass Dartmouth Gerontology Center. Beaming with pride, Ms. DeJesus describes how the torch of the DeJesus family's SouthCoast crumpet empire has been passed along through three generations: from father Henry Senior, to son, Henry Junior and his wife Judy, and to granddaughter Karen.
After their humble beginning in a South End bakery, the DeJesus crumpets have been praised by Boston Magazine. In 1997, they received the Best of Boston Magazine citation for crumpets.
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