Descendants of Anthony Herbert
Generation 1
Anthony was probably born between 1741 and 1744, although I have not
discovered his place of birth. On the 19th November 1761 he married Mary
Chesterman, the daughter of William Chesterman and his wife Mary. The
Chestermans had four children in South Cerney, (or Cerney Wick),
Gloucestershire, who were Mary, baptised on the 6th December 1738; John,
baptised 30th August 1741; Thomas, baptised 6th January 1743/44; and lastly
Betty who was baptised on the 31st July 1746.
Anthony married Mary on 19th November 1761 and consent of parents was
required so, as Mary was at least 23 years old this suggests that Anthony was
under 21. Banns were published on the 1st, 8th and 15th of November and
the ceremony was performed by Anselm Jones, who was the vicar. Neither
Anthony or Mary signed their names, and the witnesses were Saville Mose and
Steven Weeks who were both able to sign the register.
Anthony died in 1801 and was buried in South Cerney on the 4th February
1801, but Mary lived for another 18 years and was buried on the 29th August 1819
by E A Danbury, who was the officiating minister, when her age was given as 80.
Mary and Anthony had five children - Hester who was baptised in 1762 but
died 19 years later on the 6th February 1781; John in 1765; William, baptised on
3rd April 1768; Ann Cook, baptised 7th June 1778; and finally another Hester who
was baptised 3rd April 1781.
Generation 2
John married Kezia(h) Gourling or Gowling on 5 February 1799 in All Hallows
Church at South Cerney, Gloucestershire. He was baptised in south Cerney
on the 25th August 1765,
the son of Anthony and Mary Herbert. The marriage ceremony was performed by
John Bulman after reading of the banns, and witnessed by William Herbert, who may
have been John's brother, and Stephen Weeks. Stephen may have been a
churchwarden as he was able to sign his name but William had to make his mark. Both John and Kezia were
said to be of the parish, and John was able to sign his name although his bride, in
common with many women at that time, did not, (or possibly could not).
The census of 1841 shows that Kezia was born outside Gloucestershire,
although I have been unable to prove if this is correct, and was born between 1772 and 1781. She
died on the 18th July and was buried three days later in South Cerney.
They had six children between 1799 and 1810, Hester, William, Ann, John,
James and Ann Cook who may have been named after a relative who was also called
Ann Cook Herbert. They were living in South Cerney in 1841, in a house
which was south of the
road from Siddington to Cricklade. John was an agricultural labourer and
died in 1844. He died on the 11th March 1844 of 'natural decay' and was buried
three days later by the curate, Edward Mangin in South Cerney.
William married Elizabeth Stevens on 4th February 1792 at South Cerney, the
ceremony being performed by James Morgan, the curate, in the presence of Richard
Haines and Stephen Weekes. Elizabeth was not able to sign her name, unlike
the three men. They had one son in 1792 who was named Richard.
Hester was born shortly after the oldest child of Anthony and Mary died, and
was baptised with the same name on 3rd April 1781 in South Cerney. She
had an illegitimate son called William who was baptised in South Cerney on 1st
May 1808.
Generation 3
Hester was baptised on 23 June 1799 in All Hallows Church, South Cerney and
buried a few weeks later on the 7th October.
William was born on the 15th February 1802 and baptised 13 days later in Cerney Wick. In 1841 he was
living with his parents in the same parish, although his age
was given as 30, suggesting he was born between 1806 and 1811, but no
occupation was shown. In 1851 he was still in Cerney Wick and working as a
labourer. His sister Hester and niece Mary and nephew William, children of
John and Ann Herbert, were living with him. In 1861 he was recorded as an
Agricultural Labourer and his sister Esther and his niece Mary Bayliss
Herbert were still living with him in the house which was near the Trinity Chapel in South
Cerney.
Ten years later he was living on his own in Cerney Wick and still
working as an agricultural labourer, as was the case when the
1881 census was taken. He was buried in Latton in Wiltshire on the 5th
April 1886 by the vicar, Hyde W Beadon.
He was baptised on 20 May 1805 at South Cerney.
In 1841 he was living with his parents and the census showed him as 25,
suggesting that he was born between 1811 and 1816 as ages were rounded down to
the nearest 5 years in that census, although this age is grossly inaccurate.
Also living in the house at the time with John's parents were his brother
William, sister Ester and an Ann Baylis whose age was given as 20, Mary Baylis
who was the illegitimate daughter of Ann, and Kezia Shurmer who was the daughter
of John's sister Ann Cook Herbert and her husband William Shurmer.
John married Ann Baylis on the 11th November 1843 in South Cerney and John's
sister Hester was one of the witnesses. John was able to sign the register
although his bride and sister could not. They had a son William shortly
after the wedding and he was baptised on the 18th April in the following year.
Ann probably died between the birth of William and the next census in 1851 as
the two children were living with their Uncle William and Aunt Ester in Cerney
Wick while John moved to North Cerney to find labouring work.
He may have remarried a woman called Elizabeth in North Cerney and had another
three children before moving back to Cerney Wick where he was buried by the
vicar, W E Hadow, on the 7th November 1872.
James was baptised on 10 April 1807 in
South Cerney and the parish register shows his parents as John and Kezia Herbert
of 'Wick' so they must have been living in Cerney Wick which was a small hamlet
just a couple of miles from South Cerney.
Ann was baptised on 27 May 1810 at South Cerney and her parents were
living at 'Cirney Wick'. She married
William Shurmer
shortly after she turned 19 in the parish church with the
Curate, Arthur Moore, performing the ceremony. She was only 36 when she died of
consumption, (tuberculosis), on the3rd July 1846 in
Latton
and was buried four days later, but she and William had 6 children and their descendants
can be followed on the
Shurmer page.
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