St Margaret Barking, Essex - Tombs inside St Margaret's Church

[jonwicken]

Hi does anyone know if the inscriptions on grave slabs inside the church have been transcribed by a society or anyone?

The following graves are in the church and I would like to know what the inscriptions say:

John Hubbard 1669 North Isle

Nathaniel Hubbard 1731 North Isle [youngest son of above]

John Hubbard 1738 Nave [eldest son of John above]

Sarah Harward 1735 Nave [daughter of John who died in 1738]

This information is given in an old guide of the church.

If anyone knows if this information might be available I would be most grateful.

Kind regards,
Jon

[lizdb]

The Church has a website

http://www.saintmargarets.org.uk/

with a 'contact us' button on it, so if I were you I would email them and ask them!

Unless the info is already on the website somehwere - I see there is a history section but i havent looked through it all

[jonwicken]

Hi thanks for the message and website address.

I have just emailed them and so let's see what that may bring back!

Unfortunately, I have never had much luck in the way of replies when I have emailed a church before. Fingers crossed though.

Thanks again,
Jon

[lizdb]

It is always worth trying everything!
Experience shows you win some, you lose some. But if you dont try then you are guaranteed not to find anything!
Thats my policy.

Over the years whilst doing family history research my brother and I have written (yes, most of it done before email invented) to all sorts of places. Many we heard no more from, but just occasionally it paid off.

I remember finding on a gravestone that a distant rellie was "buried in Buenos Aires". This was news to us, a poor Ag Lab family where the sons worked the land and the girls went into service. One daughter had never married and it was her that seemed to have saved up and spent her savings on the headstone for her parents and some siblings grave, and she had mentioned this sister on it.
We wrote to "The British Consulate Buenos Aires", not even having a proper address, asking if they had any details of where she might be buried. They passed the letter to the person in charge of a British Cemetery in Buenos Aires. He sent us a lovely reply along with a photo of the gravestone - our ancestor was a servant to a well to do family that went to BA, and she was buried in their family plot with an inscription added to the gravestone "our faithful servant ...".
All a result of a 'shot in the dark' letter.

[Chooch]

Seasons Greetings to all.

Just wanted to say what a wonderful story, glad her years of service were recognized.

Chooch

[Ewan]

Just picked up on this thread because I noticed the church - St Margaret Barking Essex, just recently my family history has led me to this parish (I knew I had an ancestor from Essex but not anything more substantial).

I too wanted to say what a wonderful story  and what a lovely gesture by the family who employed her, and it just goes to show everything must be tried no matter how small you think it is.

Jon, hope you hear back from the church, good luck.

[Valda]

Hi

Have you contacted Barkingham and Dagenham Archives? They certainly hold inscriptions for the churchyard

'The Archives and Local Studies Centre holds a list of gravestone inscriptions in St Margaret’s churchyard, compiled by Barking Urban District Council in 1930.'

It may or may not include inside the church.


http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/MuseumsAndHeritage/Pages/home.aspx


Regards

Valda

[jonwicken]

Hi Valda,

Thanks for this information. I certainly think I will have to follow it up as I have now kindly had the below email from the church:


This morning I looked at the plan of graves and monuments within the Church which hangs on the wall in the outer North Aisle  (behind the War Memorial). That plan was prepared by the then Church Architect in 1940 and has an index with the graves and memorials numbered on a plan.

The location of the graves you are interested are shown as being just in front of the Church Wardens pews. Unfortunately for you this area is covered in carpet which was only replaced recently and cannot be lifted.
 
The plan does give the following information:-
 
Plan number:       Details
 
45                         Eleanor and Nathaniel Hubbard 1731
 
46                         Rebecca & John Hubbard 1669
 
47                         Mary Hubbard 1720 and Sarah Harwood 1735
 
48                         John Hubbard 1738


So unless a local history society of one description or another has previously recorded the inscriptions, it looks as though I will have to wait a good few years when the carpets have worn out and are replaced again!

Jon

[Andrew Earwaker]

Church website is now www.stmargaretsbarking.org

Hopefully it won't be too long before the carpets are removed- any direct correspondence to the Rector of Barking, Rt Rev Dr Trevor Mwamba may help speed the process up...