G.G.G.G.G Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
Known children - William Brown bp31/10/1779 Bremhill, Wiltshire.
Great Great Great Great Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
William born - circa 1779 at Foxham, Wiltshire.
William baptised - 31st October 1779 at Bremhill, Wilts.
Mary born - circa 1789 st Langley Burrell, Wilts.
Known children - Alice born c.1826 Wilts, Jacob born c.1828 Langley Burrell, George born c.1831 Wilts, and Walter Brown born c.1836 at Langley Burrell, Wilts.
Mary died - 23rd August 1854 age 65.
William died - 12th May 1858 age 78.
Both buried - Langley Burrell.
William's occupation - GAMEKEEPER / AGRICULTURAL LABOURER.
Great Great Great Great Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
John born - circa 1803 at Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Elizabeth born - circa 1806 at Kington Langley, Wilts.
Known children - Amelia Matthews born c.1825 at Chippenham.
John's occupation - FARMER / AGRICULTURAL LABOURER.
I beieve that John may have been the illegimate son of Mary Matthews, who was baptised at Chippenhham on 26th December 1802, but this is not yet confirmed. Equally, John and Elizabeth may have been the John Matthews and Elizabeth Millard who were married at Chippenham on the 13th November 1823 (1988 IGI)
Great Great Great Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
Jacob born - circa 1828 Langley Burrell, Wilts.
Amelia born - circa 1825 at Chippenham, Wilts.
Married - 10th April 1848 at Langley Burrell, Wilts.
Known children - William bp3/3/1850, Frederick Richmond bp11/4/1852, Elizabeth Evangela bp2/4/1853, George bp12/4/1856, George bp31/5/1857, Mary Anne bp4/9/1859, Walter bp7/6/1862, and Jacob Brown bp7/1/1866, all at Langley Burrell, Wiltshire.
Jacob's occupation - GAMEKEEPER / LABOURER
Langley Burrell is a small Wiltshire village, a few miles to the north of Chippenham, on the edge of the Cotswolds. Its church is dedicated to St Peter, and can be dated to c.1175. In 1822, a number of men from Langley Burrell, alongside others from surrounding villages, rioted in Chippenham, following a long standing feud between them and the town folk. Two men died, and thirty others were in injured in the riot.
Langley Burrell was for many years, the home of the Rev.Francis Robert Kilvert, whose diary of mid-victorian times has received world-wide acclaim, since it was first published in 1938. Francis Kilvert was born in 1840, the eldest son of the Rev.Robert Kilvert who was for many years the rector of Hardenhuish, and later of Langley Burrell. His mother was the cousin of Squire Ashe of Langley Burrell Hall. Although born and reared in the area, Francis spent several years living on the Welsh Borders, before returning to Langley to serve as his father's curate between 1872 and 1877.
Kilvert's Diary gives us an insight into life at Langley Burrell at a time when our ancestors - the Browns and Matthews, lived there. There are a number of references to the Browns and one to the Matthews in the 1960 3 volume edition of the diaries, as follow (my notes in brackets):
1873 (June) 'Saturday the longest day'
Near the Keepers cottage the setting sun made a green and golden splendour in the little green glade among the oaks while the Keeper and two other men walked like three angels in the gilded mist.
(From at least 1841 to 1881, the Keeper at Bird's Marsh was one of our Browns. In 1871, it was G.G.G Grandfather Jacob the elder).
1873 Tuesday Midsummer day
Walter Brown of the Marsh says that his grandfather old William Brown the keeper once saw some fairies in a hedge. But before he could get down out of the cart they were gone.
(Walter is Rosina, Georgina, and Edward's G.G.G Uncle baptised in 1862. William was their G.G.G.G Grandfather baptised 1779.
1874 Tuesday 28 April
In the afternoon I drove Mother to Jackson's to get Jacob Salmon's and John Matthews's signatures to an address to the Bishop to strengthen his hands in contending against the 'Counter-Reformation Movement'. Disquieting rumours of Romanist tendancies in the Church of England had entered and disturbed the calm even of the Happy Valley.
(John Matthews lived at Jacksom's Farm Cottage and is Rosina, Georgina, and Edward's G.G.G.G Grandfather).
1874 Monday 18 May
Went with Dora at 3 o'clock to a picnic in the Marsh. There were pesent the Vicar of Chippenham and Mrs Rich, Florence, Nettie and Gertrude Rich, George Awdry of Monkton, Agnes, Edith, Mabel, Evelyn, Beatrice and Julia Awdry of Seagry. Amelia Brown boiled our kettle. We played hide-and-seek in the wood and danced Sir Roger de Coverley under the oaks in the green glade near the keeper's lodge.
(Amelia Brown is the G.G.G Grandmother of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward).
1876 Thursday 2 March
Emma Halliday told me that just as she had finished laying out old Jacob Smith, the old man of three score and 18 years, she was sent for to usher into the world Anne Brown's new born child. 'Ah', said Old William, 'the old man wen in the morning and the child came in the evening to take his place.' 'Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born.'.
(Anne Brown was the wife of Frederick Richmond Brown, and by marriage, G.G.G Aunt of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward.).
Great Great Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
Jacob born - 1865 at Langley Burrell, Wiltshire.
Janetta born - 10th April 1866 at Ashtead Surrey.
Married - 20th June 1885.
Known children - Alice, Thomas born c.1889, William, Janet, Dorothy, George born 8/7/1906, Alfred born 1904, Stanley Alfred born 13/12/1906, and Violet Brown born 1910.
Jacob buried - 11th January 1946 at Burghfield, Berkshire age 80.
Janetta died - 2nd November 1949 at Luton Hospital, Bedfordshire age 83. Buried at Harpenden, Herts.
Jacob's occupation - LABOURER: Road and tunnel worker, brickmaker, and cowman.
Janetta's occupation - SEAMSTRESS.
After moving around southern England, Jacob and Janetta eventually settled at Burghfield Common, Berkshire.
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