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

1. Robert Barrett was born in 1776 in Appleton, Berkshire, England ; was christened on 4 Aug 1776 in Appleton, Berkshire, England; died in 1778; was buried on 21 Dec 1778 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
2. Richard Barrett was born in 1778; was christened on 3 Jul 1778 in Appleton, Berkshire, England; was buried on 3 Jul 1816 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
3. Elizabeth Barrett was born in 1780; was christened on 9 Jan 1780 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
4. Sarah Barrett was born in 1782; was christened on 20 Jan 1782 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
5. Susannah Barrett was born in 1783; was christened on 16 Nov 1783 in Appleton, Berkshire, England; died in 1785; was buried on 9 May 1785 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
6. William Barrett was born in 1787; was christened on 7 Oct 1787 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.
7. Thomas Barrett was born in 1789; was christened on 26 Oct 1789 in Appleton, Berkshire, England; died in 1795; was buried on 8 Dec 1795 in Appleton, Berkshire, England.

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.

John married Jane (Barrett). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cannot find burial date

Found a Jonathan Barrett buried 1754 at Coleshill and he was described as an "Ancient Man". I have accounted for all the Jonathan's in our tree and wondered if this could possibly be
a typo and could be our John. It would make our John about 93 at the time of his death, but he was described as "an ancient man" so this could be a possibility.

Sheila 12/ May/2021

Buried:
Still cannot find an obvious burial date. Too many John Barrett's!

The one found for 1700 was definately wrong as his last child was born in 1723

John married Ann Legg on 24 Aug 1697 in Coleshill, Berkshire, England. Ann (daughter of John Legg and Elizabeth Harvey) was born in 1679 in Coleshill, Berkshire, England; was christened on 20 Feb 1679 in Coleshill, Berkshire, England; was buried on 6 Nov 1759 in Coleshill, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
The parish burial record describes Ann as an ancient, poor woman on the parish.

Notes:

Notes:

1 May 2019

Had another look at the reliability of this connection.
Someone from Berks FHS facebook page had suggested to another party, that if there was a problem tracing relatives in Berks to try Wiltshire, a neighbouring county.

Have now looked at neighbouring counties and apart from Oxford, only the following 3 have Richard's in the time scale:
Cornwall. - Richard 1627 father John
Richard 1633 father John
Kent. ------Richard 1627 FATHER PAUL
Richard 1633 father John
Wiltshire.--Richard 1633 father John
Richard 1636 father John
Problem is none of these have a wife Elizabeth.
have to accept that many early records were badly kept, which could allow for the information we are unable to find.
That being said, the originally found Cuddesdon information is the most likely.

Sheila 7 June 2019

Christened:
If Richard and his sister had other siblings born in the 10 years before them, and after the marriage of their probable parents in 1607, then I can't find them.
There are possibilities in Kirtlington and Banbury but too obscure.

Richard married Elizabeth (Barrett). Elizabeth was born in 1630; was buried on 24 Jun 1673 in Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Harvey on 27 May 1668 in Easthampstead, Berkshire, England. Elizabeth was born about 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]