Brockbank Brookbanks Brooksbank family
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Dr Geoffrey Mann |
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6 Christopher
BROOKBANKS 1724-1773
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m Ann c1760
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Christopher was baptised in 1724 at Seven Stoke, a small village in Worcestershire on the River Seven, the son of Christopher & Mary. He married Ann around 1760, but the record of marriage has not been found. They baptised four children in the village of Pendock where Christopher was a yeoman farmer, some 9 miles from Seven Stoke. Christopher died just after his last child was born and left over £300 for the education of his children. Ann died 11 years later in 1784 |
C=Christened
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age DATE CB A? |
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17Aug1724 12Sep1763 39 c1765 41 27Dec1768
44 27May1770
46 17Jan1772
48 25Jun1773
49 26Jun1773
49 9Oct1773 49 |
C at Seven Stoke, son of
Christopher & Mary BROOKBANKS witnessed a marriage at
Pendock m Ann son Caster baptised at
Pendock son Richard C at Pendock dau Isabella C at
Pendock made last will son William C at Pendock will proved |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
Four
children of Christopher & Ann are known, all baptised at Pendock between 1768
and 1773. Christopher died in 1773,
Ann in 1784 but no record is known giving their ages
The only
possible baptism found so far is in 1724 at Seven Stoke, some 8 miles north of
Pendock:
C 17Aug1724 Christopher s Christopher
& Mary BROOKBANKS
assuming
an infant baptism, this gives an age at death of 49, and baptisms between the
ages of 44 and 49
Christopher
& Mary also baptised other children: Richard and Ann at Seven Stoke and
probably Mary & Isabella at Gt. Malvern.
Two of these names (Richard & Isabella) were used by Christopher and
Ann for their children, which makes it likely that this is the correct
baptism.
Some
support is given by names of witnesses and executors of the wills of
Christopher and Ann. George NEED is
mentioned in both wills, and Christopher’s mother Mary was Mary NEED. John REDDING witnessed Ann’s will in 1784
and Daniel REDDING witnessed a 1700 BROOKBANKS will (see Christopher-8).
Pending
further evidence, it will be assumed that Christopher-6 was baptised at Seven
Stoke in 1724, son of Christopher and Mary.
Richard-5 was baptised at Pendock in 1770, son of Christopher & Ann. Three other children of Christopher & Ann are known baptised at Pendock between 1768 and 1773. The eldest was baptised as Kesther in 1768 and referred to later as Caster or Cester. Ann’s will states that Caster was her eldest son. A marriage around 1765 is therefore expected but no suitable marriage of Christopher & Ann has been found; it is neither in the WOR m index nor in the Worcester marriage licence index.
C 27Dec1768 Kesther s Christopher & Ann BROOKBANKS
C 27May1770 Richard s Christopher & Ann BROOKBANKS; to London
C 17Jan1772 Isabella d Christopher & Ann BROOKBANKS
C 26Jun1773 William s Christopher & Ann BROOKBANKS
a
21Sep1797 William BROOKBANKS of All Saints >21 bch & Mary BALLENGER of
Claines >21 spr at Claines;bound with Richard BALLENGER
[both signed]
m 24Sep1797 William BROOKBANKS of Worc.All
Saints & Mary BALLENGER by lic.at Claines
Claines
is 3m north of Worcester and 15m north
of Pendock. William & Mary moved to
Droitwich, 3 miles from Claines, and baptised their first two children Alfred
Christopher and Mary Ann, supporting this William as the son of Christopher
& Ann.
a 27Jun1799 Caster BROOKBANKS of St
Nicholas, grocer >21 bch & Jane SOWLEY of Claines >21 spr; bound with
William MOLE glover
m
8Jul1799 Caster BROOKBANKS of Worcester St Nicholas & Jane SOWLEY by
lic. at Claines
The
unusual name Kesther/Caster identifies this m with confidence; no children of
this m found in IGI but see below for further history of Caster
a 22Feb1803 John RICHARDSON of Tewkesbury
Glos gentleman >21 bch & Isabella BROOKBANKS of Stourbridge parish of
Old Swinford spr >21
at old Swinford; bound with Solomon GLOVER of Claines
m
8Mar1803 John RICHARDSON bch of Tewkesbury & Isabella BROOKBANKS spr
otp by licence T H at Old Swinford
wit: Christopher BROOKBANKS;
Elizabeth TAYLOR
This Isabella is undoubtedly the daughter of Christopher and Ann
since her husband John RICHARDSON was bound with Solomon GLOVER from Claines who
was executor of Ann’s will. After
m they lived at Tewkesbury and baptised 6 children; the last was named James
Christopher. Tewkesbury is only 5m from
Pendock
Both Christopher and Ann were
dead by 1784 when the children were aged between 9 and 16. It seems Caster (16) and William (9) went to
live at Claines; Richard (14) eventually went to London (apprenticed
there?), while Isabella went to Stourbridge.
No further records of Caster
have been found after his marriage in 1799, but a Christopher BROOKBANKS lived
at Stourbridge from at least 1816. He
was close to the family since he witnessed Isabella’s marriage there in
1803. No records of this Christopher
are known before this date and it seems almost certain that Caster was simply a
pet name for Christopher and that after marriage he used his full name of Christopher. Note that Caster was baptised in 1768 and
was a grocer at the time of his marriage.
Christopher of Stourbridge was born in 1761 according to his age at
burial or in 1770 from the 1841 census and was also a grocer. Caster was the eldest son of Christopher and
Ann and they had no other son named Christopher. Moreover, in the 1841 census,
this Christopher of Stourbridge was with Richard BROOKBANKS 70 both born in
Worcestershire. It is concluded that
Richard is Richard-5 from London, Caster/Christopher’s brother; Richard has not
been found at his known addresses in London in 1841 and no Richard BROOKBANKS
death was registered at Stourbridge.
Also present was Elizabeth BROOKBANKS who was probably Richard’s
granddaughter, also Ann BROOKBANKS aged 40, likely to be Christopher’s last
wife; the following marriages probably all refer to this Christopher (Caster):
a
2Nov1816 Christopher BROOKBANKS of Old Swinford >21 wid &
Elizabeth TAYLOR of Kings Norton >21 spr at Kings Norton
bound with Richard EVANS of St Nicholas Worc
m
5Nov1816 Christopher BROOKBANKS wdr & Elizabeth Taylor at Old
Swinford by licence; wit: James Taylor; Mary Taylor; John Benton
m 26Apr1825 Christopher BROOKBANK of
Stourbridge & Elizabeth CRUDINGTON by lic at Kingswinford
a
1Oct1830 Christopher BROOKBANKS of Stourbridge, parish of Old Swinford
wid & Ann CLARKE of Stourbridge spr
m 21Oct1830 Christopher BROOKBANKS wdr
& Ann Clarke by licence at Old Swinford
Christopher of Stourbridge died
in 1848:
d 19Oct1848 Christopher BROOKBANKS male 86
[b1762] formerly
grocer at Stourbridge at New Rd Stourbridge
cause congestion of the lungs 4 days
r 23Oct1848 by Edmund CARTER pad of New Rd
Stourbridge, at Stourbridge, Worcs & Stafford
from their wills, Christopher died in 1773, and Ann in 1784. Both were of Pendock, but no record of burial at Pendock has been found
Christopher BROOKBANKS of Pendock yeoman
s10Jul1772 p9Oct1773
to my executors Mr Williams BULLOCK and
John BULLOCK £300 on trust to pay the interest to my wife Nancy BROOKBANKS
during the nonage of my 3 children Caster, Richard & Isabella to their
maintenance & education and divided between them when they are 21; to
Richard my silver Buckler and Buttons; to etc etc; rest to my wife; witness
Eliz SYMONDS Wm SYMONDS
codicil 25Jun1773 includes 4th child William on
same terms as others
9oct1773, William & John BULLOCK
renounced executorship; admon to wife Nancy BROOKBANKS
Ann BROOKBANKS of Pendock widow p13Nov1784
all my estate in trust to my executors and
trustees George NEED husbandman of Forthampton Glos [5 miles from Pendock],
Solomon GLOVER barber & peruke maker of St Nicholas Worc to be divided equally
between my four children Cester, Richard, William and Isabella BROOKBANKS when
they are 21. Eldest son Cester to have
£20 more than others. Wit John REDDING,
John BRACE
Christopher BROOKBANKS 71 1770
ind y [Christopher and Ann’s son Cester?]
Ann BROOKBANKS 40 1801 ind n
Richard BROOKBANKS 70 1771 ind y [Christopher and Ann’s son
Richard?]
Elizabeth BROOKBANKS 15 1826 ind n [Richard’s granddaughter?]
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Martha GROVESNOR 30 1811 ind y
Ellen JEFFRIES 13 1828 FS y
m 12Sep1763 Robt GEORGE bch &
Elizabeth CLIFFORD wid; wit:
Christopher BROOKBANKS; John HODLEY
marriage of Christopher to Ann not found; m would be c1765 as Ann’s eldest son Caster was born in 1768.