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Rebecca Barber

Female 1609 - 1609  (~ 0 years)


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  • Name Rebecca Barber 
    Christened 17 Apr 1609  Stamford Saint George, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Buried 6 Aug 1609  Stamford Saint George, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1141  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Barber,   b. Bef 1587, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 Apr 1620, Stamford All Saints, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Lumley,   b. Bef 1589, of Uffington, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 8/08 Mar 1632/3, Stamford All Saints, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Married 17 Oct 1608  Uffington, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY:
      1. FHL book 929.273 B233bd, "The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," 2nd Ed., Donald S. Barber: "The English Family of Thomas Barber. This section is based on my original 1996 entry in The American Genealogist, v. 71, no. 2, p. 111. It has long been known that Thomas Barber, with several others, was apprenticed to Francis Stiles, who was paid to bring them to Windsor, CT. Francis Stiles was a carpenter and London freeman, so it seemed reasonable to search in the appropriate guild records in London. The following entry was found in the records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters at the Guildhall, in the minutes of a meeting held on 18 Dec 1634: 'Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St. Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s 2 d (2 shillings, 2 pence)." In the parish registers in Stamford and the adjacent parish of Uffington is the following:
      A. St. George Parish, Stamford, Lincoln County:
      a. Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bapt. 17 Apr 1609.
      b. Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bur. 6 Aug 1609.
      c. Sara, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bapt. 16 Sep 1610.
      d. Thomas, son of John and Elizabeth Barber, bapt. 25 Dec 1612.
      B. All Saints Parish, Stamford:
      a. Elizabeth Lumley, dau. of Thomas Lumley, bapt. 4 Aug 1597 (how related?).
      b. Elizabeth, dau. of John Barber, bapt. 10 or 11 Nov 1616.
      c. John, son of John Barber, bapt. 4 Aug 1620.
      d. John Barber, bur. 21 Apr 1620.
      e. Elizabeth Barber, widow, bur. 8 Mar 1632.
      f. John Barber, son of Widow Barber, bur. 22 Mar 1632.
      C. Uffington Parish, Lincoln County:
      a. Elizabeth Barber, m. William Fowler, 8 Jun 1590 (? related).
      b. Margaret Barber, m. John Preeste, 2 Oct 1607 (? a sister of John the father).
      c. John Barber, m. Elizabeth Lumley, 17 Oct 1608.
      From the above records the English family of Thomas Barber appears to be as follows: John Barber, b. probably in the early to middle 1580s; buried at All Saints, Stamford, Lincoln County, 21 Apr 1620, md. Uffington, Lincoln County, 17 Oct 1608, Elizabeth Lumley, who was buried at All Saints, Stamford on 9 Mar 1632/3. John is called a labourer in 1609, and a yeoman later. Yeomen were small land owners, a step up from labourers, but below gentry. John and Elizabeth lived first in St. George Parish, Stamford, Lincoln County, which is the part of Stamford adjacent to Uffington, and later in All Saints Parish on the other side of Stamford. Stamford is about 80 miles north of London. Children of John and Elizabeth, bapt. in Stamford:
      a. Rebecca, bapt. St. George Parish 17 Apr 1609; bur. there 6 Aug 1609.
      b. Sarah, bapt. St. George Parish, 16 Sep 1610.
      c. Thomas, bapt. St. George Parish 25 Dec 1612; died in Windsor, Connecticut, 11 Sep 1662.
      d. Elizabeth, bapt. All Saints Parish 10 or 11 Nov 1616.
      e. John, bapt. All Saints Parish 4 Aug 1620; bur. there 22 Mar 1632/3.
      It seems likely that Thomas Barber was born 21 Dec 1612, which is St. Thomas' Day, and bapt. 4 days later. He was still 21 old on the date of his apprenticeship (18 Dec 1634) and this figure (21) was perhaps mistakenly carried over by Francis Stiles when reporting it less that 3 months later for the shipping list of 16 mar 1634/5 by which time Thomas was 22 years old. The Elizabeth Lumley who was baptized in 1597, dau. of Thomas Lumley, is probably not the same person who married John Barber, since her baptism was only 9 years before the marriage, and baptisms at that time almost always took place soon after birth. No other Lumleys were found in Stamford or Uffington. I notice that John Barber [the son] was born 3 months after his father John died."

      2. FHL book 929.273 B695bo "Ancestral Lines, Third Edition," compiled by Carl Boyer, 3rd [Santa Clarita, CA; 1998], p. 735:
      "JohnA Barber, probably born in the early or middle 1580s, was buried at all Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, 21 April 1620. He married in Uffington, Lincs., 17 Oct. 1608 Elizabeth Lumley, who was buried at All Saints 8 March 1632/3. He was called a "labourer" in the baptismal record of his daughter Elizabeth in 1616, and a yeoman in the guild record of 1634. No relevant probate records were found in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or the Consistory Court of Lincoln. Children, listed by Donald S. Barber, baptized in parishes of Stamford, Lincs.:
      i. Rebecca1, bapt. St. George 17 April 1609; bur. there 6 Aug. 1609.
      ii. Sarah, bapt. St. George 16 Sept. 1610.
      iii. Thomas, bapt. St. George 25 Dec. 1612; d. Windsor, Conn., 11 Sept. 1662; m. Windsor 7 Oct. 1640 Jane, who d. Windsor 10 Sept. 1662.
      iv. Elizabeth, bapt. All Saints 10/11 Nov. 1616.
      v. John, bapt. All Saints 4 Aug. 1620; bur. there 22 March 1632/3."

      3. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 71[1996]:111-12, "The English Origin of Thomas1 Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," by Donald S. Barber:
      "It has long been known that Thomas1 Barber, with several others, was apprenticed to Francis Stiles, who was paid by Sir Richard Saltonstall to bring them to Windsor to build houses for those who would come from England later.[1] They were on the 16 March 1634/5 shipping list for the "Chrystian" of London,[2] which arrived in Boston on 16 June; the party reached Windsor about 1 July 1635. The shipping list gives Thomas's age as 21. Further details about Thomas1 Barber and his family are given in my book, "The Connecticut Barbers,"[3] published in 1992, before I became aware of his English origin.
      Francis Stiles was a carpenter and London freeman, so it seemed reasonable to search the appropriate guild records in London. Frances Markham, a London researcher, recently found the following entry for me in the records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters at the Guildhall. The entry is part of the minutes for a meeting held on 18 December 1634:[4]
      "Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber, son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St. Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s 2d."
      This led to the International Genealogical Index [IGI] for Lincolnshire and then to the appropriate parish registers in Stamford and to the Bishops' Transcripts for the adjacent parish of Uffington:
      St. George, Stamford, co. Lincoln:[5]
      Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bp. 17 April 1609.
      Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bur. 6 Aug. 1609.
      Sara, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bp. 16 Sept. 1610.
      Thomas, son of John and Elizabeth Barber, bp. 25 Dec. 1612.
      All Saints, Stamford:[6]
      Elizabeth, dau. of John Barber, bp. [10 or 11] Nov. 1616.
      John, son of John Barber, bp. 4 Aug. 1620.
      John Barber, bur. 21 April 1620.
      Elizabeth Barber, widow, bur. 8 March 1632[/3].
      John Barber, son of Widow Barber, bur. 22 March 1632[/3].
      Uffington, co. Lincoln:[7]
      Elizabeth Barber m. William Fowler, 8 June 1590.
      Margaret Barber m. John Preeste, 2 Oct. 1607.
      John Barber m. Elizabeth Lumley, 17 Oct. 1608.
      SUMMARY
      JOHNA BARBER was born probably in the early or middle 1580s and was buried at All Saints, Stamford, county Lincoln, on 21 April 1620. He married at Uffington, county Lincoln, on 17 October 1608, ELIZABETH LUMLEY. She was buried at All Saints, Stamford, on 8 March 1632[/3]. He was called a "labourer" in the baptism of his daughter Sarah.
      Children of JohnA and Elizabeth (Lumley) Barber:
      i REBECCA BARBER, bp. St. George, Stamford, co. Lincoln, 17 April 1609, bur. there, 6 Aug. 1609.
      ii SARAH BARBER. bp. St. George, 16 Sept. 1610.
      iii THOMAS1 BARBER, bp. St. George, 25 Dec. 1612, d. Windsor, Conn., 11 Sept. 1662;[8] m. Windsor, 7 Oct. 1640, JANE ___,[9] who d. Windsor, 10 Sept. 1662.[10] [St. Thomas Day is 21 December, and that may be the day of his birth and the source of his name, as well as the day on which his apprenticeship began.]
      iv ELIZABETH BARBER, bp. All Saints, Stamford, 10 or 11 Nov. 1616.
      v JOHN BARBER, bp. Alt Saints, 4 Aug, 1620, bur. there, 22 March 1632[/3].
      No relevant probates were found in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or the Consistory Court of Lincoln.
      More research in records in the Stamford area (including nearby sections of Rutland and Northamptonshire) might be helpful in showing the origin of JohnA Barber and of his wife Elizabeth Lumley.
      I am grateful to Frances Markham for finding the key entry in the records of the Carpenters' Company in London, and to Dr. Neil D. Thompson, CG, FASG, for checking my readings of the pariah registers, for confirming the IGI entries for Uffington in the Bishops' Transcripts, and for searching for relevant probates."
      Footnotes:
      1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, ..." [1st ed.] (New York, 1859), 19-22; [2d ed.], 2 vols. (Hartford, 1891-92), 1:44, 151, 2:50.
      2. John Camden Hotten, "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality…" (New York, 1874),
      42-43.
      3. Donald S. Barber, "The Connecticut Barbers" (Middlefield, Conn., 1992), 1-2.
      4. Worshipful Company of Carpenters, Court Minute Book 1618-35, Guildhall Library MS
      4329/4.
      5. Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, film #1,450,474.
      6. FHL film #1,450,472.
      7. FHL film #509,002, Item 2.
      8. Edwin Stanley Welles, ed., "Births, Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hortfirrd, Windsor, and Fairfield ..." (Hartford, 1897), 21; hereafter cited as Welles.
      9. "Matthew Grant Record," "Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor[,] Connecticut, 1639-1703" (Hartford, 1930), 24. For the unlikely claim that Jane (___) Barber was a widow Bancroft, see George E. McCracken, "Bancrofts in the Connecticut Valley," TAG 37(1961):154-60.
      10. Welles, 21."