Andrew Barker, of Coulshurst

Family

From https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4ae/barker03.php

• ((1)) George Barker of Coulshurst m1. _ Steventon of Rowton
  • ((A)) Andrew Barker of Coulshurst (a 1617)
    • m1/2. Constance Smithe (dau of George Smithe of London)
      • ((i)) George Barker
    • m2/1. Isabel Kinaston (dau of Francis Kinaston of Oteley, widow of (William) Hill)

Biography

From http://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2019/07/384-barker-of-haughmond-...

Sunday, 28 July 2019 (384) Barker of Haughmond Abbey and Colehurst Hall

William Barker (d. 1564), the younger brother of John Barker (d. 1572) of Wollerton, inherited his father's lease of Colehurst and also seems to have taken a long lease of Hopton Castle by 1554 at the latest. He had two recorded sons, William Barker (d. 1590?) and John Barker (1518-72), who inherited Hopton and Colehurst respectively. John's descendants George Barker (1544-1619), Andrew Barker (1578-1645) and George Barker (1601-81) inherited Colehurst in turn, but at some point in the early 17th century they appear to have moved to Longslow, a farm just outside Market Drayton. The circumstances of this are obscure, but it would seem that the present 17th century Colehurst Manor was almost certainly built after they left.

Barker, George (1544-1619). Only recorded son of John Barker (1518-72) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Sandford, born 1544. He married 1st, Ann Stevenson (1547-79) of Rowton, and 2nd, Katherine (d. 1623), daughter of Thomas Bulkeley of Buntingsdale (Shrops.), and had issue:
(1.1) Andrew Barker (1578-1645) (q.v.);
(1.2) Robert Barker; married Katherine, daughter of George Ackworthe of Kent, and had issue six sons and three daughters;
(1.3) Elizabeth Barker; married, 2 March 1590 at Drayton-in-Hales, Ralph Bulkeley, probably son of William Bulkeley of Woore (Shrops.) and great-nephew of Sir Rowland Hill;
(1.4) Margaret Barker; married William Griffith; living in 1623;
(2.1) Anne Barker (1582-1664), baptised at Drayton-in-Hales, 1 May 1582; married, 2 November 1596 at Drayton-in-Hales, Thomas Unton MP (1581-after 1623), only son of William Unton of Market Drayton (Shrops.), and had issue at least two sons; buried 25 October 1664;
(2.2) Isabel Barker (b. 1583), baptised at Drayton-in-Hales, 29 September 1583; married Arthur Ward (fl. 1623); living in 1623;
(2.3) John Barker (1585-1650), baptised at Drayton-in-Hales, 11 July 1585; married Joan alias Jane (d. 1630), daughter of George Southern of Fitz (Shrops.), and had issue; buried at Drayton-in-Hales, 18 August 1650.
He inherited Colehurst Manor from his father.
He was buried at Drayton-in-Hales, 19 September 1619. His first wife was buried at Drayton-in-Hales, 23 July 1579. His widow was buried at Drayton-in-Hales, 3 January 1623 and her will was proved at Lichfield, 1623.

References

• The Bulkeley genealogy : Rev. Peter Bulkeley, being an account of his career, his ancestry, the ancestry of his two wives, and his relatives in England and New England, together with a genealogy of his descendants through the seventh American generation / compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. Author Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-. Page 5-6. Archive.Org