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Members of the Barwick family are working on the family tree and a number of people are interested in the Barwick family background since it is a long standing Itteringham family and intermarried into many other well known Itteringham names. Most people find it relatively straightforward to build a tree from parish register and census data (and this article is not going to spoil your fun in doing so). Most get back to Stephen and Phoebe Barwick around 1800-ish, but then get completely stuck. This article aims to summarise some of the family tree information readily to hand and also to relate what we have found out about the family prior to Stephen and Phoebe. It is by no means a complete record of all available data. Not all the relevant parish records have been searched (most are readily available in the Norfolk Record Office for those that want to do the job more thoroughly) and not all the census data was available to us at the time of writing this. However, we hope this will prove to be a valuable resource not only for those doing the whole Barwick family history but also for those whose interest touches on the Barwicks at some point.
There are a number of Wickmere and Itteringham Barwick households, but none spotted in Barningham, Calthorpe or Wolterton. As always, remember the caveat that ages in the census returns can be quite a moveable feast with enumerators rounding given ages; and of course simple errors did happen. Relationships are to head of household; people are single unless it says otherwise; b. is for born in; do for ditto. The meaning of other abbreviations should be obvious.
No Barwicks spotted in Saxthorpe, Little Barningham, Calthorpe, Mannington or Wolterton; but here are those found:
Jane Barwick age 14 b.Itt servant in James Brown’s household
Charlotte Barwick age 16 b.Itt servant in Edward Skinner’s household
So far we have spotted Barwick households in Itteringham (but not Mannington), Wolterton and Wickmere. A transcript of the 1891 census for Itteringham is also on this Itteringham website.
Barwick households spotted in Mannington and Calthorpe and several in Itteringham.
Calthorpe The Vicarage
Only done for Itteringham and even here a few entries are missing from our research, so this is not a complete Barwick listing.
The Barwicks occupied five different households in Itteringham.
A transcript of the 1901 census for Itteringham is also on this Itteringham website and there one can find the four households headed by Thomas, Abel, Stephen and Elizabeth. Baptisms 1721-1893 There were no Barwicks or Berwicks baptised in Itteringham from 1560 to 1721; indeed no marriages or burials either for that early period. The first entry is the 1793 baptism below (but see also the later section on Wickmere). This makes clear that the family or perhaps just one member of it had moved into Itteringham only shortly before 1793. In the early 19th century the two spellings of Barwick are interchangeable and we have ignored the differences; but have searched all sources for both versions.
Charlotte dtr of S&P bap 19/4/1795 (we have not spotted her burial, but assume she died very young) Phoebe dtr of S&P bap 31/7/1796 Stephen son ditto bap 18/11/1798 Charlotte d ditto bap 2/5/1801 Elizabeth d ditto bap 6/3/1803 Daniel s ditto bap 21/4/1805, born 20/4 Thomas son of Stephen and Phoebe Barwick (late Brown, spinster) born 3/4/1807 and privately baptised 5/4 (ie, they did not/ could not get the baby to the church for baptism) Hannah daughter of Stephen B of Itteringham, labourer, and Phoebe baptised 8/12/1814 William s ditto bap 9/12/1818
George s ditto bap 22/12/1822 Phoebe d ditto bap 30/1/1825 Thomas s ditto bap 4/3/1827
William s ditto bap 9/5/1830 Mary d of Thomas of Itt lab and Sarah bap 20/5/1832 (this entry has surname as Bardoch but it comes very early in the period of a new curate and there are no other Thomas/Sarahs in the register around this time. The entries then revert to Barwick, so it might be safe to assume this is one of their’s and would match the age of Mary in the 1841 census) Charlotte dtr of Thomas and Sarah B bap 22/2/1835 Elizabeth d ditto bap 22/5/1836 Hannah d ditto bap 24/12/1837 Thomas s ditto bap 26/5/1839
Emma d ditto bap 20/8/1845
Sarah Ann d ditto bap 20/3/1859 Stephen and George twin sons of ditto both bap 20/7/1862 (are the twins still in the genes ??!!) Nothing until the banns being read for Stephen Barwick singleman of Itteringham and Phoebe Brown singlewoman of Wickmere on 3 Sundays in April 1792. See Wickmere notes below for the marriage. The banns entry is significant because it has SB living in Itteringham, even though there is no sign of any other family members there.
Daniel Barwick age 31 labourer of Itt son of Stephen B, lab= Elizabeth Field 19 of Itt dtr of James F, lab 3/6/1838
Mary B of Itt 22/7/1829 29 years Sarah B of Itt 22/1/1840 35 Stephen B of Itt 8/11/1846 77 Phoebe B of Itt 3/1/1847 72 Sarah Ann B of Itt 10/6/1860 15 months Mary Ann B of Itt 15/4/1869 11 months
Lydia B of Itt 19/2/1892 79 Mary B of Itt 20/10/1896 79 William B of Itt 21/2/1900 80 Percy Hiram B of Itt 8/1/1901 age 2 Dorothy Alice B of Itt 21/2/1901 age 10 months Mary Anne B of Itt 18/6/1903 69 Elizabeth B of Itt 6/2/1909 67 Abel B of Itt 26/8/1910 81 Elizabeth Anne B of Itt 29/11/1910 76 Ruth B of Itt 28/5/1912 age 42 Thomas B of Itt 14/3/1925 86
Despite not getting any further back than 1793 in Itteringham, there is some good news. The banns for Stephen and Phoebe showed she came from neighbouring Wickmere. The parish registers here are generally in quite good condition, but there are a few faint pages and probably missing entries around the late 18 th century, but even so…
James Barwick son of James and Elizabeth Brown bap 17/1/1788 John bap 22/10/1789 (can’t spot his death, unless…) John bap 24/10/1790 (need to check: maybe this was a burial not a bap?) Stephen bap 5/2/1792 None 1793 to 1799, but this period is obscured in the register. Then, William son of James and Elizabeth bap 1/9/1799 Mary 21/3/1802 Mary 21/12/1803 Robert 26/8/1804 Charlotte 23/2/1806 Phoebe 22/3/1807 George 6/11/1808 No late 18th century burials that we have spotted other than: William son of James and Elizabeth 6/11/1799 Then: Mary 1/6/1801 (this may be a mis-entry for 1802 for the first Mary above?) Robert 28/11/1804 George 29/1/1809 Other Marriages Thin on the ground from the 1790s onwards.
Working through the parish registers for Oulton covering the years 1706 to 1812 turned up several entries which seem very likely to be Stephen Barwick’s forebears and mean that this parish is the key one for the early history of the family. James son of James Barwick baptised 4 Aug 1734 (also an entry for exactly the same event on 6 Oct 1734 which we suspect one can ignore as an error; or at least simply assume a 1734 birth. But of course it might be correct and mean two different James’s which would make things extremely complicated to interpret. Below we have assumed it is a mistaken double entry). William Barwick married man aged 30 buried 6 July 1793. Therefore born say about 1763 and cannot be the father of the 1771 and 1774 baps; but is quite likely at age 21 to be the father of the 1784 one. The baptism records of Oulton's quite important independent chapel contain no Barwick references. So from all this it looks like the sequence is: James senior (James 1) is probably born somewhere locally (very possibly Oulton) very early 18C and has a son James At a guess James 1 also has a son William born in 1732 (we have not found the record of this birth, so it could be that James 1 had moved away from Oulton temporarily - another such move would also explain not finding his burial), who in 1771 has a son Stephen and before that in 1763 had had a son William (and by a second wife has a daughter Hannah in 1774) . This is all just possible with late marriage(s), eg first marriage at age about 30.
Please see the St Mary’s Churchyard survey where you can search for the details of all the Barwicks buried in the churchyard for whom a grave marker survives. Clearly this is not as thorough a list of burials as the parish register entries. Most notable perhaps are the two gravestones which clearly from their somewhat elaborate design were erected by a grateful Earl of Orford (Lord Walpole) to their faithful servants and gamekeepers. For this see the details and text on the stones of Stephen Barwick buried 1876 (E052)and William Barwick buried 1881 (E053) .
Often these can be really helpful when you have come to a halt at a certain point in tracing a family back. Norfolk had three different courts where wills were lodged and proved, but searching the register of names for all three, for all spellings of Barwick, from about 1700 through to the mid nineteenth century comes up with absolutely nothing. This is not wholly surprising for a family of labouring people with few assets and therefore little need to write a will. However, a search for administrations might be worthwhile.
We have few surviving old Poor Law records for Itteringham but there is a book covering the period from about 1790 to 1810. There appear to be no Barwick mentions at all in what is a long and detailed book. This confirms that they owned/farmed no land of any substance and so paid no poor rates. But also it shows that they remained fully in employment throughout – so many of their fellow agricultural labourers are shown receiving cash and/or rent relief at some point through this period. Similarly there is no mention of any widow’s relief to any Barwick (despite the village charity that provided small amounts to village widows).
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I can provide some information on a John Barwick, born (or possibly Christened) at Oulton on Feb 12, 1881. |
I am the grandson of Jeremiah Bell born Oct 15, 1880 in Itteringham. I am informed that in about 1905 he left the Village with friends John Barwick and Fred Fowle. They eventually reached western Canada where my Grandfather and John Barwick remained. Fred Fowle returned to England . There is a bit of sadness in the story since my Grandfather's father died about the time of his departure leaving his mother with 11 children. According to the information given me she remained in the Village until her death in 1933. A photo was found in my Grandfather's belonging and is believed to be of his Mother. Another photo was given us and was taken about 1983. It is of a building and is also attached. The building was said to contain the residences of the Bell, Barwick and Fowle families. I realize that there is no longer anyone alive from that era but there maybe a few old-timers who have heard anecdotes describing those earlier days. If there are and they are willing to comment, I would appreciate any information that confirms the identity of the lady shown in the first photo and of the residences in the building shown in the second. Any information confirming the Bell/Barwick/Fowle departure as a group is also welcome. Again thank you for making the local Itteringham history publicly available. Bill Thompson, Calgary, Canada - 29th January 2009 |
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