John Barber and Betty Lucy, farmers from Gilberts End, were married in 1774. Their descendants, the Barber family, owned land and farms in the area for generations. William Barber and his wife Mary owned Brickwalls Farm, while their son John Barber held Meerbrook Farm with his first wife Elizabeth and second wife Ann. A family tomb in St. Mary's churchyard commemorates several Barber family members, including William Barber and Mary, their son William Francis, and John Barber and his two wives as well as his young twin sons John William and Harry James who both died in 1858.
John Barber and Betty Lucy, farmers from Gilberts End, were married in 1774. Their descendants, the Barber family, owned land and farms in the area for generations. William Barber and his wife Mary owned Brickwalls Farm, while their son John Barber held Meerbrook Farm with his first wife Elizabeth and second wife Ann. A family tomb in St. Mary's churchyard commemorates several Barber family members, including William Barber and Mary, their son William Francis, and John Barber and his two wives as well as his young twin sons John William and Harry James who both died in 1858.
John Barber and Betty Lucy, farmers from Gilberts End, were married in 1774. Their descendants, the Barber family, owned land and farms in the area for generations. William Barber and his wife Mary owned Brickwalls Farm, while their son John Barber held Meerbrook Farm with his first wife Elizabeth and second wife Ann. A family tomb in St. Mary's churchyard commemorates several Barber family members, including William Barber and Mary, their son William Francis, and John Barber and his two wives as well as his young twin sons John William and Harry James who both died in 1858.
John Barber = Betty Lucy bpt. 21/11/1758 Bosbury d. 1780 m. 15/3/1774 Hanley Castle
William Barber [owned land called Sandpitts in 1761]
William Barber = Mary
John Barber [William & John owned 55a in Gilberts End on Enclosure Map, 1795] 2/7/1776-1854 1781-1845 William Francis Barber 1807-1855 Brickwalls Farm
John Barber = 1. Elizabeth, = 2. Ann
1807-1885 1818-1861 1823-1909 Meerbrook Farm lived at The Villa & The Chestnuts
John William 1849-1858
Harry James 1850-1858
BARBER FAMILY TOMB (St Mary's churchyard)
William Barber, d. 19/3/1854, aged 78, & Mary, d. 15/7/1845, aged 64 William Francis Barber, d. 13/3/1855, aged 48 [son of the above] John Barber [twin brother of William Francis], d. 30/5/1885, aged 78, Elizabeth [first wife], d. 12/1/1861, aged 43 & Ann [second wife], d. 18/1/1909. aged 86 John William Barber, aged 9, & Harry James Barber, aged 8 [sons of John & Elizabeth], both died tragically on 2/1/1858, but the reason is not recorded.