CFHS code : AG472
Parish : St Andrew the Great
Inscription : In Loving Memory of LUCY BARTON the beloved wife of GEORGE COATES BARTON b 25.12.1831 d 12.5.1887 middle section illegible and of MARY ANN BARTON b June 1 1801 d Feb 24 1886
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Lat Lon : 52.202908, 0.13726616 – click here for location
Monument
This headstone, now broken, is located in the northern section of the parish of Andrew the Great. It stands 6 rows west of the central path 4 monuments south of the northern boundary of the parish. We were unable to find the inscription as its position on the edge of a large bush means it is covered in ivy. The monument of their daughter is just to the north.
From the parish records it has been established that George Barton was also buried here
Inscription
In Loving Memory of LUCY BARTON the beloved wife of GEORGE COATES BARTON born 25.12.1831 died 12.5.1887
middle section illegible
And of MARY ANN BARTON born June 1 1801 died Feb 24 1886
Lucy Barton (née Daniels) (25 December 1831 -12 May 1887)
Lucy was born in Manningtree and was the daughter of Robert and Lucy. Her father was a sailor and she was baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel in Manningtree on 11 March 1832. Aged 19 she was working as a servant at Mary Hitchcock’s boarding school in the village. She married mariner George Barton on 25 July 1853 at St. George’s Church in London and they had one daughter: Caroline (1859-1940). George worked as a railway porter after marriage (1861/1871) and they initially lived in Norwich before moving to Cambridge. They resided at 25 Eden Street (1871) and then at 3 Victoria Road (1881). By 1881 George was working as a brewer’s clerk. Lucy died aged 55 years old.
George Coates Barton (25 January 1832 – 24 March 1898)
George was born in Robin Hoods Bay, just south of Whitby in North Yorkshire. He was the son of Benjamin (1796-1871) and Louisa (née Coates) (1799-1854) Barton. He became a mariner like his father and first went to sea aged 11 years old. From his Merchant Navy records it is known that he was 5ft 3 inches tall, with blue eyes and red hair. His last recorded sailing with the Navy was in 1851, and he married in 1853.
After he was widowed he went to live with his daughter Caroline and son-in-law Arthur at 3 Victoria Road, and died there aged 66 years old.
Mary Ann Barton (formerly Clamp née Crisp) (1 June 1801 – 24 February 1886)
Mary Ann was the third wife of Benjamin Barton, and George’s step mother. She was born in Walton-le-Naze in Essex, and baptised at St.Michael Kirby-le-Soken on 17 June 1801. She was the daughter of John and Martha Crisp and married William Clamp (1805-1853) in Ramsey, Essex on 7 September 1833. Mary and William lived on West Street in Walton-le-Soken and he worked as an agricultural labourer. William died in June 1853 aged 48 years.
She married Benjamin Barton at All Saint’s Church, Walton-le-Soken on 17 December 1854. Benjamin worked for the Essex coastguard, having previously been a mariner and he had already been twice widowed. In 1861 the couple were living on West Street in Walton-le-Soken and Benjamin died there in March 1871 aged 75 years. Mary then came to live in Cambridge with George and Lucy at 3 Victoria Road (1881) and died there aged 84 years.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish grave records
by Claire Martinsen and Mary Naylor
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