Saturday, April 5, 2014

Harbert Family - St. Andrew Holborn

I was looking for information on Sarah wife of Thomas Harbert.  She was supposedly born in London, ca. 1728.  My notes indicate that Thomas Harbert was born ca. 1735 in London.  I came across the entry in bold.  The record indicated that Thomas was baptized in St. Andrew Church Holborn in the borough of Camden in London.  So I looked through the records of that parish for other Harberts.  Here's who I found in the 18th century:

  • 1704/05 March 12, Thomas son of Thomas Harbert & Susana: ___ Warwick Britsings [?] christened


  • 1715, April 20 - John Herbert & Susannah Floyd, Bp by publication, marriage


  • 1719, August 9 - James Wilson of sd. Parish of sd. Parish of St. Martins, Westminster in sd. County of Middlesex and Mary Harbert of this parish were married sd. ninth day of August 1719 by publication.


  • 1734, July 6 - Richard Munday of this parish (St. Andrew, Holborn) and [P]Rudence Harbert of Tooksbury in ye county of Gloucester were married by lycence July the July 6 1734


  • 1737, August 6, Thomas son of Thomas & Susanna Harbert, C_____ Alley baptised


  • 1742, July 3 - Edward Vaus of the Parish of St. Botolph without Bishopgate, London Batchelor & Catherine Harbert of the parish of St. James, Westminster in the County of Middlesex, widow at St. Johns Chappel, marrried by lycence July 3, 1742


  • 1746, March 3, William Herbert of Leatherhead in the County of Surry batchelor & Eleanor Phillips of the City of Oxford, spinster, a minor by lycence, marriage


  • 1747, June 11 - Thomas, son of John & Esther Harbert, Dean Street christened


  • 1756, January 5 Thomas Herbert, Saffron Hill buried


  • 1764, November 11, Thomas son of Bemjamin & Frances Herbert, Purpool Lane christening


  • 1778 March 22, Thomas son of Thomas & Mary Herbert, Fullwoods Rents christened

Not sure if any of these people are related to each other or to us, but it's a place to start.

The church of St. Andrew Holborn dates to at least 951 AD when it first appears in the records as a church on top of the hill above the river Fleet.  During the Early Middle Ages the name was changed from St. Andrew Holburnestrate to St. Andrew de Holeburn.  The original frame church was replaced by a stone structure in the 15th century.  The tower of that structure still stands.  The church survived the great fire of London in 1666, but because of it's run down state, Christopher Wren rebuilt it anyway.  This church was bombed during the London blitz on April 16, 1941.  The original tower and exterior walls was all that was left.  The church was rebuilt according to Wren's plans and reopened in 1961.  It is located on the northwestern edge of the city of London.

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