George Barker 1819-1902 (1) maried Hannah Lyth (1) 13 April 1844. He is a tailor, but in 1871 is tailor & draper & grocer employing one man. He and Hannah have 3 daughters and 2 sons are known from this marriage - Elizabeth 1846-1919 = John O'Keefe, William 1848-1871, Richard 1853-1916 = Mary Harrison, Esther Ann 1856-1947, and Hannah Mary 1859-1942 = Isaac Lawson (station master at Egton Bridge) Hannah nee Lyth died sometime after the 1871 census returns and George married Frances Heslop in 1873.
There appear to be no male descendants from this part of the Barker family as there is no record of Richard having any children. Richard was remembered as the black sheep of the family - one story was that he drank. However, he is mentioned in a book that Aunty Kath had at her house about Egton bridge or The Holy Guild of St hedda. I recorded the following from this book: In 1900 Richard "happened an accident while wrestling with another member of the Guild". It was suggested he should not receive sick pay as he should have been at work at the time the wrestling was going on, but "there was not enough evidence to prove this so it was decide to pay him his sick allowance".
Richard has various occupations recorded in the census returns: joiner's apprentice 1871 in Newholme with Dunsley, grocer in 1881 in Egton (probably having taken over the shop from his father), joiner in 1891 in Egton, Inn Keeper & farmer at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Egton in 1901, mechanic in Iron Stones Mines, Easington in 1911. The book referred to above had a photo from 1897 which had 2 Richard Barker's in it but no-one knew which Richard was George's son.
George was a member of the Holy Guild of St Hedda - More information on the Guild in a future post maybe. George, Hannah and Frances are commemorated i a stained glass window in the RC Church in Egton Bridge. George's daughter Hannah mary and her husband Isaac Lawson are commemorated with a plaque in the church. His daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Keefe are commemorated with their names on the pascal candle sticks in the church.
George 1819-1902 (1) & his father Joseph (1782-1866) (2) were the tenants of 2 cottages & gardens comprising 39 perches of land at a combined rental of £3 p.a. The cottages were situated diagonally opposite a cottage previously the village post office & previously owned by Ambrose Harrison, postman. Immediately behind and below them were the stepping stones leading to the mill.
George's siblings (children of Joseph) were Mary who may have died young as no information found about her, and 3 brothers:
- John b. 1819, tailor, lived Scarborough = Sarah Slater who later lives with her father-in-law Joseph & hs wife in 1851 and 1861, while John appears to be living with Jane Barker and then Elizabeth nee Readman who is described as his wife, with son William Readman Barker b. 1871 who may be his son or step-son.
- William Barker b. 1813 died young
- William Barker 1816-1878 = Ann Driver 1826-1857 at RC cathedral, Leeds. They lived at Almindbury where William was a blacksmith & later a farrier too. They had 2 daughters, Elizabeth 1851-1888 who became a nun, and Mary Ann 1853-1933 single. When Ann died William married his servant Caroline Jewitt and they had a son John William in 1862. John William married Margaret Gledhill and they had 2 daughters and a son.
George Barker 1740-1783 (3)
George married Mary nee Harrison 1742-1810 (3) in Skelton in 1767, where quite a few local RC's from the Egton area married around that time. George was a tailor and shop keeper. In 1774 he is described as shop keeper in his daughter Ann's baptism record.
In 1780 George and Mary Barker are listed as recusants with 6 children (not named). 5 are known of - Hannah bap 1768 = George Roe in 1798, George bap 1770 (tailor) = Ann Lyth in 1794, Mary bap 1772 = George Harrison, Ann bap 1774, Joseph bap 1782 = Elizabeth Oxley in 1820, then Ann Wedgewood in 1828.
In 1780 John Harrison died and left £30 to his daughter Mary Barker (George's wife) in his will. Apparently, in 1727 John Harrison had inherited Greenhouses Estate from his father Henry.
George 1740-1783's is assumed to be the son of:
George Barker d.1750 (4), recusant and tailor of Egton Bridge.
George is listed in recusant returns in 1735 along with Elizabeth Barker, widow (likely his mother) and is also listed as recusant in 1745, when only men were listed. George appears to have died in 1750.
George d. 1750 could well be the son of:
George Barker d. 1723 (5), tailor of Egton Bridge
He is listed as a recusant in 1691 and 1716, and could well be the George Barker who dies in 1723. Hi swife is likely to be Elizabeth Barker d. 1746 (5) who is named as a recusant and widow in 1735 and appears to be buried in 1746, when she is described as Widow and Papist of Egton Bridge.
Interested in the Greenhouses estate..... in 1914 ish when property deeds for Esk Villa are available and recorded at the Land Registry, James Harrison and Esther Barker owned some of Esk Row which I presume was formerly called Barker's Row and claimed right of drain making over the garden of Esk Villa
ReplyDelete. In 1923 Esk Villa was sold to a Celia Kelly who we might assume was a nun of the Bar
Convent. I wonder how much Esther sold the Villa for? I note that on the map of 1910 which was probably in connection with the Rates Valuation as it is a detailed and large scale map, the area of Esk Villa, Esk Row AND the mill and mill house are shown as all belonging in one plot. But since Esther sold Esk Villa we might assume there was ownership of the whole area? OR did she buy Esk Villa after 1910? George Barker sells some cottages in Egton Bridge in 1872 so it can be understood that he owned land and property in the village.
The Egton Estate Schedule of sale however says that George and Joseph are the
ReplyDeletetenants of “Two cottages and Gardens” comprising 39 perches of land at a
combined rental of £3 per annum. These cottages were situated diagonally
opposite Ambrose Harrison’s cottage, until very recently the village post office, and
had the stepping stones immediately behind and below them. In fact the stepping
stones lead to the mill crossing 2 branches of the River Esk below the dam. It is
not known for how long after 1871 the healthy rivalry continued but the Master
Tailor died aged 73 at Egton bridge on 3 June 1883, 3 years before Ambrose the
postman and 19 years before George who died on 3 February 1802 aged 82.
This is from: http://hogarth.info/resource/extra/hearts_of_oak2.pdf page 203 (NB: i bought this from the author in the 1980s - glad it is online as mne was a home published photocopied book. But - it was missing 2 of the barker baptisms that I had - I did tell him, but whether they got put in later I don't know.
So the two cottages and gardens are therefore the site of Esk Villa? 39 perches of land is nearly one acre. They also rented land for farming I think. When the Egton Estate passed from the Cary Elwes to the Fosters - some time in 1860s - maybe they were able to buy up some of the land.
ReplyDeleteThe shop that seems to feature in the family- this must have been given to Richard because in 1881 (ish) he sold this - the Press reports that he is selling it and leaving the area. This could also be a sore point for the family. Maybe this was a place where John was employed as he for sure give his job as shopkeeper at one point. Although we cannot be sure as there were plenty of shops around, one a few doors down from John's house in Arncliffe Terrace.
Richard also appears in the Press around 1900 ish, with a drunken discussion with the local constable outside the Station Hotel in which he appears to have a poached Salmon under his jacket. Poached as in nicked, not cooked! George Barker, his father appears as a character witness and asserts that Richard was of good character.