Ancestors of Mandy Willard

Nicholas BARHAM (c1585-1652)

and Mary BARHAM (c1580-1673)

Nicholas Barham and Mary Barham were my 10x Great Grandparents.  (Click here to see their place in my pedigree chart.)  They married by licence on 24 July 1615 at St. Clement's in Hastings, Sussex.  At the time Mary was a widow.  She had first married John Holland the younger of Lamberhurst on 20 June 1603 in Tonbridge, Kent.  Nicholas and Mary's marriage licence was dated 19 July 1615 and Thomas Mercer a tanner of Wadhurst provided surety.  On the same day a marriage licence was issued to Thomas Mercer and Mary Barham, to which Nicholas Barham a yeoman of Wadhurst provided surety.

Nicholas Barham was the son of John Barham and Annes Markwick.  I would guess that he was born in the 1580's.  His will was dated 14 November 1652 and proved on 21 May 1653, in which he left £5 to the poor of Wadhurst.  He also mentioned his grandchildren Elizabeth Elliott (1649-1735), Ann Elliott (1650-?) and Constance Elliott (1652-?) children of his daughter Ann, and John Barham (1642-1724) and Elizabeth Barham (1649-?) children of his daughter Elizabeth.  He appointed his son John Barham as the sole executor.  Also mentioned were son-in-laws William Parkham of Salehurst and David Holland of Wadhurst.  The witnesses to his will were Nicholas Saunders, William Hendley, George Courthope and ? Dyne (possibly Gregory Dyne who married Nicholas's widowed daughter Elizabeth on 20 January 1652/3).  By the terms of his maternal grandfather's 1592 will, Gregory Markwick, Nicholas was to receive a legacy of forty shillings.  On 17 May 1605 he was appointed a juror on the case of a drowned child.  On 8 April 1610 he was called upon, with others, to value the estate of William Kitchenham who had drowned himself in John Barham's pit.

Mary Barham was the daughter of John Barham (c1525-c1585) and Mary Courthope.  She was mentioned in her husband's will as "Marie my loving wife".  She was buried on 22 August 1673 as Mary old widow of Nicholas Barham of Butts.

John Holland and Mary Barham had 3 known children:

1. John Holland was baptised on 15 July 1604 in Lamberhurst, and probably died as an infant.

2. Mary Holland was baptised on 17 May 1607 in Lamberhurst.  She married William Parkham on 16 July 1633 at St. Clements in Hastings, Sussex.

3. David Holland was baptised on 26 April 1610 in Lamberhurst.

Nicholas Barham and Mary Barham had 4 known children:

1. John Barham was baptised on 2 March 1616/7 in Lamberhurst, Kent, as John Barram.  He died aged 80 years and was buried on 16 November 1697 in Wadhurst, when he was described as Mr. John Barham, senior of Butts.

   John married Mary Ivore, widow on 29 September 1653 in Wadhurst.  She was buried on 30 September 1700 in Wadhurst as Mary, widow of Mr. John Barham of Butts.

   John and Mary had 9 known children:

   1. Nicholas Barham was baptised on 5 December 1654 in Wadhurst and buried there on 8 January 1655/6.

   2. John Barham was born at Butts and baptised on 23 October 1656 in Wadhurst.  He died aged 75 years and was buried on 13 June 1732.  He was his father's heir, inheriting Great Butts which he sold in 1713.  John was an executor to the 1694 will of his brother-in-law, William Stickland.

      John married Anna Stickland on 26 June 1685 in Wadhurst.

      Anna was baptised on 23 February 1659/60 in Frant, as the daughter of William Stickland (c1618-1670) and Elizabeth Cripse (1626-1697), who were my 9x Great Grandparents.

      John and Anna had 8 known children:

      1. John Barham was baptised on 13 July 1685 in Wadhurst.

      2. Ann Barham was baptised on 4 September 1686 in Wadhurst.

      3. Mary Barham was baptised on 5 November 1689 in Wadhurst.

      4. Elizabeth Barham was baptised on 23 November 1692 in Wadhurst and died as an infant.

      5. Elizabeth Barham was baptised on 6 February 1695 in Wadhurst.

      6. Naomi Barham was baptised on 28 May 1696 in Wadhurst.

      7. Nicholas Barham was baptised on 14 April 1701 in Wadhurst and died as an infant.

      8. Nicholas Barham was baptised on 7 May 1705 in Wadhurst and died as an infant.

   3. David Barham was born at Butts and baptised on 1 November 1658 in Wadhurst.  He may have been buried on 24 December 1726 in Wadhurst and he may have married Sarah Wallis on 20 April 1697 in Penshurst, Kent.  BUT, there was another David Barham baptised 1663, Wadhurst, the son of David Barham (1629-1695) and Ann (?-1689).

   4. Nicholas Barham was born at Butts and baptised on 21 April 1661 in Wadhurst.  In 1684 when he was aged about 24 years he was granted a certificate to be touched by the King as a cure for Scrofula (King's Evil).  He died of Small Pox and was buried on 17 July 1710 in Wadhurst, as Mr Nicholas Barham of Scragoak.  His father-in-law also died of Small Pox and was buried on the same day.

      Nicholas married Catherine Fowle on 1 January 1702 in Wadhurst, when her name was recorded as Katherine Fowle.  She was the daughter of Nicholas Fowle (1634-1710) of Riverhall and Elizabeth Barham (1649-?).  Catherine was buried on 8 April 1736 in Wadhurst.

      Nicholas and Catherine had 4 known children:

      1. Mary Barham was born at Scragoak and baptised on 11 February 1702/3 in Wadhurst.

      2. Elizabeth Barham was born at Scragoak and baptised on 27 June 1704 in Wadhurst.  Did she marry her cousin, Nicholas Fowle by licence on 14 July 1726 in Ninfield, Sussex?  Nicholas was the son of Nicholas Fowle and Mary Haslan.  (Nicholas senior was the brother of Elizabeth's mother.)

      3. Nicholas Barham was born at Scragoak and baptised on 5 February 1707/8 in Wadhurst.  He sold Scragoak in 1740.  He died in the workhouse in about 1788.  He married Mary Langham on 4 March 1729/30 in Wadhurst.  Their son Nicholas Barham was born at Scragoak in 1731 and became a carpenter.  He died a bachelor in the poorhouse in 1791 when he was known as "Old Buckram".  Mary was buried on 12 April 1789 in Wadhurst, as a widow from the poorhouse.

      4. John Barham was born at Scragoak and baptised on 6 March 1708/9 in Wadhurst.  He may have married Mary Hollands on 29 April 1731 in Salehurst.  John and Mary had 5 children baptised in Wadhurst between 1735 and 1750.

   5. Mary Barham was born at Butts and baptised on 1 October 1663 in Wadhurst.  She married William Russell on 28 December 1687 in Wadhurst.

   6. William Barham was born at Butts and baptised on 15 July 1666 in Wadhurst.

   7. Thomas Barham was born at Butts and baptised on 6 June 1669 in Wadhurst.  He was a twin.

   8. Richard Barham was born at Butts and baptised on 6 June 1669 in Wadhurst.  He was a twin.

   9. Henry Barham was born at Buts and baptised on 7 January 1671/2 in Wadhurst.

2. Ann Barham, my 9x Great Grandmother, was baptised on 5 January 1618/9 in Wadhurst.  She married John Elliott (1624-1681) in 1646.  (They have their own page.)

3. Elizabeth Barham was born about 1620.  She married John Barham (1617-1648) in 1640.  He was the son of John Barham (c1587-1640) and Elizabeth Dunmoll (c1590-1638).  After John's death, she married Gregory Dyne a gentleman of Wadhurst, on 20 January 1652/3 in Frant.

4. An unbaptised infant was buried on 7 August 1622 in Wadhurst.

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