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BARBER, Thomas
1625 - 1662 (37 years) Has no ancestors but 5 descendants in this family tree.![[BARBER], Ellinor Widow](img/female.jpg)
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Name BARBER, Thomas Birth 1625 Gedney, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 1662 Gedney, Lincolnshire Burial 14 Apr 1662 Gedney, Lincolnshire Person ID I3438 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Aug 2026
Family 1 [BARBER], Ellinor Widow d. 1669, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Children 1. BARBER, Jane, b. 1658, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk d. 1658, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. BARBER, Thomas, b. 1661, Gedney, Lincolnshire d. UNKNOWN3. BARBER, Sarah d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F39 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 ATTERBY, Jane d. 1646, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Marriage 17 Jun 1640 Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Children 1. BARBER, Philip, b. 1642, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1653 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 3 .........., Mary d. 1650, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Marriage UNKNOWN Children 1. BARBER, Rebecca d. 4 Sep 1656, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1654 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Marriage - 17 Jun 1640 - Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk 
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THOMAS BARBER 16??-1662
A Thomas, son of Thomas BARBER of Tydd, Lincolnshire, was baptisd at Tydd St. Mary, Lincolnshire, on 1 March 1614/15.
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A Thomas, son of Thomas BARBER, was baptised at Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire, on 16 September 1625. He is perhaps too young to be the Thomas BARBER who married Jane, widow of Robert MADDISON, at Gedney on 17 June 1640.
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Thomas BARBER married Jane MADDISON at Gedney, Lincolnshire, on 17 June 1640. Robert MADDISON, husband of Jane, had been buried at Gedney on 16 June 1639.
The 1641 Protestation Returns for Gedney list a Thomas BARBER.
Philip, son of Thomas and Jane BARBER, was baptised at Gedney on 1 January 1641/42. He is not mentioned in his father's will.
Jane BARBER was buried at Gedney on 17 May 1646.
It is not known when or where Thomas re-married but a Mary, wife of Thomas BARBER, was buried at Gedney on 13 April 1650.
Rebeica (sic), the daughter of Thomas BARBER, was buried at Gedney on 4 September 1656.
Jane, daughter of Thomas BARBER and Ellinge his wife, was baptised at Gedney, Lincolnshire, on 21 March 1657/58 and buried there on 21 September 1658.
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Thomas, son of Thomas BARBER and Ellinor his wife, was baptised at Gedney on 12 October 1661.
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Thomas BARBER was buried at Gedney on 14 April 1662 and his will was proved at Lincoln on 22 July.
The Will of Thomas BARBER:
"In dei nomine Amen The Twelfth day of aprill one Thousand five (sic?) hundred Sixtie and Two I Thomas BARBOUR of Gedney in the Countye of Lincolne husbandman being of p(er)fect memory (praised be God for it) doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following
first I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightye God my Creator Trusting assuredly through the merites & Passion of Jesus Christ my Saviour to have such pardon & forgivenesse of all my sines and my body I comitt to the earth decently to be buryed in the Parish Church yard of Gedney aforesaid:
Ite(m) I give unto Thomas MADDISON the sonne of Robert MADDISON an ewe lambe to be deliv(e)red by my Executrix hereafter named at St. Michael next:
Ite(m) I give unto Thomas MADDISON the sonne of Thomas MADDISON an ewe lambe to be deliv(e)red him at St. Michaell next:
Ite(m) I give unto Thomas BARBOUR my sonne Ten pounds of lawfull money to be paid him by my Executrix here after named w(hi)ch he shall attaine to the age of one and twentie yeares:
Ite(m) I give unto Sarah BARBOUR my daughter tenne pounds of lawfull money to be paid her by my Executrix when shee shall attaine to the age of Eighteene yeares.
And it is my will That if the said Thomas my sonne or Sarah my daughter shall depart this life before they attaine to their sev(e)ral ages that then the survivour shall be he(ir) to the other:
Ite(m) I give unto William CALDRON my sonne in lawe Fourtye shillings of lawful money to be paid him by my Executrix hereafter named when hee shall attaine the age of one & Twentye yeares:
All the rest of my goods and Chattell unbequeathed I give them solely to Helen my wife whom I make my sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament shee paying all my debts and legacy w(hi)ch shall appeare to be iustly due: In witnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the day & yeare above written. In the Fourteene yeare of the raigne of our Sov(e)reigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland Kinge defendour of the faith Ec
Thomas X BARBOUR
Signed sealed & deliv(e)red
in the p(re)sence of
Edw: TILSON
Robert AUSTIN
Henry J....(?)
(LCC Wills 1662/i/277)
NOTE & QUERIES:
A Thomas BARBER married a Seisens BURDEN at Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire, in May 1650.
A Willm., son of Willm. CALDRON and Alis, was baptised at Gedney, Lincolnshire, on 9 January 1613/14.
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A Willm CALDRON married Elizabeth BARKER widow at Lincoln on 15 January 1664/65.
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The identity of William CALDRON, son in law of Thomas BARBER, is unknown, but a William CAULDRON was buried at Gedney on 26 January 1666/67 (Guiliemus CAULDRON sepultus fuit Jan 26).
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(revised 13.08.2017)