Jervis Forrester, Hope and Anchor pub

[mrsevzzz64]

Hi

Just found this.   I’m also in the tree somewhere.   John Forrester and Mary Lightwood were my 5th Great Grandparents.    I’m keen to swap histories and trees if you’re interested.   Very interested in the John Forrester will. 

My link is  thru their son John Forrester (m) Mary Hammersley.


Fran Evans.

[mrsevzzz64]

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[sarah]

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Regards

Sarah

[Martin Feledj]

Greetings Fran

Welcome to the FORRESTER, FORESTER, FORISTER, FORSTER, FOSTER discussion page.
Such is the problem with the name records can be found with all sorts of spellings.

BUT it is a fascinating subject our family history.

This is what I have for your brach.

Best Wishes Martin

[Martin Feledj]

Part of the 1745 Will of Gervas Forester-
"...to be payable out of all my messuage or tenements commonly called the Thornburys Fields

Here is part of the 1840's Tithe map property 754 is Thornbury Meadow. Stands a chance of being the same property. I have highlighted Kingsley Holt as a place mark.

[jacksmelad]

Agree that this is very likely the area mentioned and presume not a coincidence with Thornbury Hall being in this area . On the Thornbury Hall restaurant website it states " The listed building survey of Cheadle, lists Thornbury Hall as Grade II with an Elizabethan wing at 1650 and a Georgian mansion of at 1750, but an entry in the Visitation book for 1620 records Johannes Thornbury and family as residents of a hall." So presume the lands of the Thornbury family originally. Thornbury Hall is just below Lockwood Hall Farm.
Coincidently Eastwall, mentioned previously, is very close to Thornbury Hall  with Forresters working there during the 1600's.

[jacksmelad]

An 1800's map showing Thornbury Hall and Eastwall to bottom right corner.

[jacksmelad]

In connection with family names there is also an earlier Emanuel Forester baptised at Stoke in 1732 son of Henry and Susannah Forester. Although I guess people may have already see this it now seems more  interesting that after marriage to Mary Pointon in 1754 Emanuel has a son Benjamin baptised 1756. Benjamin is shown baptised next to  Moses Stockley(son of Moses Stockley /Ellen Forrester mentioned earlier), so looks possibly like a family baptism day.
Henry's marriage register record  states he is of Handley (Hanley) and possible burial 1756 says of Bucknall.

An interesting coincidence at least with the grandson of a Gervis Forrester and a son of Emmanuel Forrester baptised at the same time/place on the 23 April 1756 at St Peters Stoke.
Also that this Emanuel's father, Henry,  was possibly living in the Bucknall area in 1756.

(other children of Henry/Susannah- Hannah bapt. 1730 Stoke and possibly Patientia/Patience Foster bapt. 1718 Stoke and Henry Foster bapt. 1727 Stoke)

[jacksmelad]

Hi Sophie, just read again your opening to this thread "...his family came from a farm called ubberley hall farm at bucknall what we would love to see is any old photos of the pub or of ubberleyhall farm i know its along shot".
 I was discussing this with someone on Facebook who's mother, Annie May Forrester daughter of Hugh and Olive, was at the hall. I have the 3 books by Elizabeth Bass and there's a photo of Ubberley Hall on the back of "Wetley Moor to Bucknall Sands". Presume this was the one Clive mentioned.If Clive did find them and sent them to you it would be interesting to see any more. We were just discussing the old Ubberley House ,further down from the site of the hall on Ubberley Road, as Forresters are still living there ,grandchildren of Hugh Forrester.