Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Wootton, Berkshire, England
• Census: 1871, Wootton, Abingdon, Berkshire, England
• Occupation: 1851, Wootton, Berkshire, England; Sempstresfe (Seamstress)

Mary married Thomas Attewell on 04 Aug 1806 in Fyfield, Berkshire, England. Thomas was born about 1780 in Fyfield, Berkshire, England; died in Jul 1851 in Wootton, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harriet Attewell was born on 30 Nov 1806 in Fyfield, Berkshire, England.
2. Ann Attewell was born in 1809 in Wootton, Berkshire, England; died in 1837 in Wootton, Berkshire, England.
3. Sarah Attewell was born in 1814 in Wootton, Berkshire, England.
4. Mary Attewell was born in 1816 in Wootton, Berkshire, England.
5. Thomas Attewell was born in 1821 in Wootton, Berkshire, England.
6. John Attewell was born in 1824 in Wootton, Berkshire, England.
7. Hannah Attewell was born in 1827 in Wootton, Berkshire, England.
8. George Attewell was born about 1830.

Notes:

From Dad's notes. ref 2 No records available but he could be the son of either Thomas or John and then he would be the father of Richard b 1780. John married Ann but no maiden name found or date of marriage. According to Dad's notes they had 5 children: Richard b 1780 Hannah b 1784 Mary b 1787 John b 1789 William b1792 It is possible they may have had more children as there is a gap of 4 years between Richard and Hannah, 3 years between Hannah and Mary and 3 years between John and William. Could investigate further.

Christened:
Cannot find a record transcript for this event om Find My Past. But the Parish record CD for Longworth has the date

John married Ann (Barrett) about 1778 in Berkshire, England. Ann was buried on 30 Nov 1802 in Appleton, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

No record found anywhere of Ann's birth or surname. or her marriage date to John.

Parish records must be incomplete or damaged.

Sheila May 2018

Notes:

Married:
Cannot find any marriage reference in CD's or online.
we know some of the records of St. Nicholas Parish Church, Fyfield were destroyed in a fire, so this may be the reason
and also for not knowing Ann's surname before marriage

Notes:

From Dad's notes. John Barrett 1720 - 1796 ref 1:2 There is doubt as to the date of his birth, but if he was supposed to be 76 when he died, it is possible he was born in 1720. If this is so he couldn't be the father of Richard b1780. Dad felt there was another generation interposed but he could find no records to establish this, so perhaps should attempt to find more information. From further information from fiches purchased from Berks FHS, it appears that he was baptised @ Longworth on 14th November 1731 and the second child of a Thomas and Mary Barrett. John married Elizabeth Burgess @ Abingdon St.Helen's Church on 5th January 1756. It would seem there was a son John born 1756 and a son William in 1762. Need to find out if there were other children. He was buried @ Fyfield on 17th July 1796



Christened:
I edited this date from 1 Nov 1700 to 14 NOV 1731

The latter date is in accordance with Sheila's notes. The former date is simply not possible because his father's birth date was 1700!

Paul Barrett
17 Jul 2017

Name:
By process of elimination,it would seem that John's wife Elizabeth, was baptised at Wokingham in 1739. The on line record does NOT give her birth date, so there is a possibility she was born before 1739.
With a birth date of 1739 she would have been barely 17 at marriage.
The on line marriage info for them states that Elizabeth was only in residence in the area for 4 weeks, so she must have come from outside the area.
Because of her young age could that be the reason they were married by Licence Bond?

Buried:
I edited this date from 7 to 17 Jul 1796 to align it with Sheila's notes. I assume the earlier date was a typo

Paul Barrett
17 Jul 2017

It seems that John was buried 10 days after his son. Son John was buried age 39 7 July 1796. No, it's not a typo.
Sheila Nov 2018

John married Elizabeth Burgess on 05 Jan 1756 (Sarum Mariage Licence Bonds) in St. Helens Church, Abingdon, Berkshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Millington Burgess and Elizabeth Worell) was christened on 23 Sep 1739 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Cannot find a reliable burial reference.

Notes:

Have been trying to find the parents of Thomas born 1729 & John born1731.),
(Sources: FMP parish records and Parish records from Berks FHS. Before 1837 records begin, parish records are the main research source and some of these records go back as far as 1538.),
(Dad stated in his notes that John was supposed to be 76 when he died in 1796 but he doesn’t say where he got that information from and one has to be mindful of the fact that people often got their ages wrong in those days. Having searched over 60 parish records, nothing relevant can be found for the birth dates of Thomas & John, other than has been stated above.),
(Thomas & John were the sons of a Thomas & Mary.),
(The FMP parish records found a few Thomas’ in Cornwall but these were felt to be inconclusive. Investing in some parish records from Berks FHS proved extremely useful.),
(In the parish of Besselsleigh (Bessels Leigh on today’s map) a marriage record was found for a Thomas Barrett and Mary Sawyer and the date was 18th February 1728. The records state that Thomas is from Longworth and Mary from Hanney and they were married by licence.),
(This marriage date is significant as it now becomes quite plausible for this Thomas & Mary to be the parents of Thomas born 1729 and John born 1731. Another 3 children were also found to this couple: Jonathan baptised 31st March 1734, Mary baptised 9th May 1736 and Ann baptised 4th July 1738.),
(Another reason to feel a degree of certainty about this is that a few generations later, in one branch of the Barrett’s is found a Walter Sawyer Barrett. There have been other examples of the mother’s maiden name being given to sons as a middle name in the family.eg Thomas Weaving Barrett, Harry Glanville Barrett and of course now that the name Ferberd has been discovered as a surname in 1566, it would seem that there may be a family theme.),
(As Thomas was married in 1728, he would have possibly been born between 1700 & 1718. Looking through some 60 parish records there was found in the parish of Coleshill, a Thomas Barrett baptised 7th November 1700 the son of John. It would seem that he was the second child of 9 of a John (& Ann - Ann’s name put in brackets here as the mother’s name was recorded only against one child, William)),
(Further research found that Thomas was buried at Longworth on 18th November 1769.),
(Mary Sawyer was born at Marcham on the 12th July 1702, the daughter of John & Mercy Sawyer. Mary was buried at Longworth on 16th may 1739.),
(Thomas remarried on the 18th October 1739 in parish of Stanford Vale to a Sarah Baker. The record states that Thomas is a widower from Longworth.),
(Thomas and Sarah had two daughters, both of whom were called Elizabeth and both died in infancy in 1741 and 1742. Sara herself, was buried on 10th July 1743.),
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Thomas married Mary Sawyer on 18 Feb 1728 in Saint Lawrence Church, Besselsleigh, England. Mary (daughter of John Sawyer and Mary Mercy) was born on 12 Jul 1702 in Marcham, Berkshire, England; died on 16 May 1739 in Longworth, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Millington married Elizabeth Worell Elizabeth was born about 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]