Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Appleton, Berkshire, England
• Occupation: 1851, Appleton, Berkshire, England; Agricultural Labourer

Notes:

"Stephen Barrett is the father-in-law of Elizabeth Alder, who is the cousin of Ferberd Barrett, who is the 2 x great grandfather of Sheila (I130), Paul (I947) and Christine (I571) Barrett."
If the relationship of Stephen's son Henry was obscure, adding a generation just makes it more so. Nevertheless, the search for a shared ancestor has to follow this route and Henry's relationship to his father and mother was easy to establish through Census records and marriage certificates, Unfortunately establishing Stephen's parentage was not so easy. His mother we reasonably sure of but the records do not precisely identify his father, who could be either of Richard b1785 (i1707) or Richard b1778 (i1708).

Clearly it would be good to identify the correct Richard but in one respect it makes no difference because their fathers are bothers, their grandfather is shared, so the line back to a potential common ancestor converges again after two generations.

Stephen married Jane White on 8 May 1841 in Parish Church, Appleton, Berkshire, England. Jane was born about 1810 in Hinton, Berkshire, England; was christened on 30 Sep 1810 in Hinton Waldrist, Berkshire, England; was buried on 7 Nov 1887 in Appleton, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Barrett was born in Jan 1842 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
2. Selina Clara Barrett was born in Dec 1844 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
3. Susanna Sarah Barrett was born about 1846 in Appleton, Berkshire, England; was christened on 30 Oct 1846 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
4. Isaac Barrett was born about 1849 in Appleton, Berkshire, England; was christened on 28 Apr 1850 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
5. Henry Barrett was born in Apr 1854 in Abingdon, Berkshire, England; was christened on 7 Nov 1854 in Tubney, Berkshire, England.

Notes:

Richard born 1778 is found on the third row down on the right hand side of map.
The original research thought that he married a Sarah Marsh in Kent in 1805.
There is a typo, sorry folks, Sarah White(I1706) has her name there which is correct but she married Richard at St. Ebbe's Oxford which is approximately 8 miles east of Appleton.

Richard married Sarah White on 21 Jul 1805 in St Ebbes, 2 Roger Bacon Lane, Oxford, Oxforshire, England. Sarah was born on 21 Dec 1781 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; was christened on 27 Mar 1782 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; was buried on 5 Feb 1862 in Appleton, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, Appleton, Berkshire, England
• Occupation: 1851, Appleton, Berkshire, England; Previous Farm Servant (Pauper)

Notes:

Sarah White is known to be the mother of Henry Barrett but there are two possible candidates for his father, Richard Barrett b 1785 and Richard Barrett b 1778. We have therefore shown these as Unproven Alternatives and attached both of them to Sarah as potential husbands

Notes:

This is one of two possible Richard Barretts that could have married Sarah White but. after careful research by Sheila Wheatley, the balance of probability favours this one.

Further research shows only this Richard married Sarah White.

Sheila December 2020

William married Susannah Howse on 16 Nov 1775 in Appleton, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the search for a shared ancestor of Henry Barrett (I685), and Sheila (I130), Paul (I947) and Christine (I571) Barrett, the relationship is getting more distant because according to our genealogy software, our relationship is described as "Richard Barrett is the great grandfather of Henry Barrett, who is the husband of Elizabeth Alder, who is the cousin of Ferberd Barrett. He is the 2 x great grandfather."

The good news is that the line that previously diverged with the two Richards who are this Richard's grandsons has obviously converged again. The bad news is that it immediately diverges again at this generation because it's unclear who this Richard's wife is. There are two candidates, both called Anne Barrett.

The vagueness continues because the two Annes were born in 1708 and 1712, and Richard in 1703 which puts them in the same age range for a potential marriage but the marriage did not take place until Nov 1745 by which time their ages were:

Anne 1: 37
Anne 2: 33
Richard : 42

Therefore it's possible that all three could have been married previously. If that's the case then the birth names of the two Annes is not known at this stage. If they are not Barretts then things get messed up but it's also plausible that this was a first time marriage and that their birth name was Barrett. For now, that's the basis on which we have proceeded,

Anne Barrett (I1712) b 1708 in Hinton Waldrist is the daughter of John Barrett (I1715) and Mary (I1716) about whom nothing is known at this stage. And there, for now, that line peters out. It may well be that there's a convergence in the Barrett line at an earlier generation but for now that trail has gone cold.

Anne Barrett (I1712) b 1712 in Coleshill is the most promising of the candidates because based on her limited information she is the daughter of John Barrett (I397) and Ann Legg (I1247). John Barrett is the 8 x great grandfather of Sheila, Paul and Christine so the line is complete, and we can show that Henry is a potential blood relative.

Richard married Ann Barrett on 3 Nov 1745 in South Hinksey, Berkshire, England. Ann (daughter of John Barrett and Ann Legg) was born in ; was christened on 1 Feb 1712 in Coleshill, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This potential spouse is one of two Annes that Richard could have married so this marriage is unproven. This is the most appealing marriage of the two for us, because this Anne Barrett is the child of John Barrett (I397) which means that this leg of the family does, in fact, connect back to a common ancestor, John.

This Anne's record existed in our family tree before the research of Henry Barrett' s ancestors began.

Further research by Sheila Wheatley concludes that this is the most probable spouse.