Dear Listers
George Barker of "Fullmire" ie Fowlmere Cambridgeshire wed Sarah Cattley at
Thriplow/Thriploe Cambridgeshire
on 9May1747.
I had believed that Sarah Cattley was the Sarah christened at Sawston Cambridgeshire on
21January 1728 the
daughter of John Catlee and Sarah Townsend of Sawston.
I have long sought a connection with John Catley Barker of Gainsborough son of William and
Mary Barker a mariner
of Scarborough Yorks to no avail , but it appeared that of all the ten children born to
the George and Sarah Barker
at Fowlmere the only boy to survive infancy was called George.I had hoped for a link
through him.
However I have come across another claimed origin for this Sarah Cattley on the LDS Family
search Pedigree
resource file which also appears on the internet site below .
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangeneal...
The claim is that Sarah is the daughter of Ric Catley of Bottesford Lincolnshire (see the
Catley database entry by Mick )
Bottesford is now part of Scunthorpe , St Peter ad Vincula parish .Although the
Lincolnshire origin is attractive this site
only lists one child a girl Sarah Elizabeth Barker ch 1Dec 1748.
When I was in Cambridge archives I recorded this child as plain Sarah Barker but also
found a second Sarah who was
christened on 11May 1760 to George and Mary .Unusual to have two living with the same
name.
Also I recorded the Mother Sarahs death at Fowlmere age 59y or 69y (unclear)on12 Oct1785
NBI has 59y which is young for Bottesford although 69y would be close.
Are any Listers who are interested in these trees able to shed any light on the various
merits of the two candidates .
Any advice or ideas would be more than welcome .
Best regards
Dave Barker