I am looking to see if I can find the parents of Edward Barnett, born 1806, hanged for the murder of Esther Stevens at Monmouth in 1829. I believe that he was married to Mary Gwilliam due to the newspaper reports saying that she had died a few months before the murder. He is buried in Staunton. My family, Barnett, lived in Staunton at this time but I can not find the link if there is one. Can anyone help?

As Esther STEVENS was buried 1 October 1828 - murdered (on the transcripts) by W DONNELL?

and Mary BARNETT (residence KYMIN) was buried 1 June 1828 - this would appear to be the wife of Edward.

If you use the Advance Search i.e. burials etc - there is a small group of BARNETT's residence: Kymin. Use the Soundex as the surname is spelt or transcribed in other ways.

Can you help me with how to do an advanced search as I can not find any Barnetts at Kymin. Thank you

If you use the Advance Search for Births/Marriages/Deaths and just put in each time - Surname: BAR and residence KY - don't add where they were married, as sometimes they married elsewhere : family grouping can be worked out.

This is just a few of the baptisms/marriages etc

e.g.

Dixton

25 October 1818 - baptism of Henry BARNET - parents: William (labourer) and Mary - residence: KYMINN

4 October 1829 - baptism of Ann BARNET - parents: William (labourer) and Margaret - residence KYMIN

5 May 1833 - baptism of Thomas BARNETT - parents: William (labourer) and Margaret - residence KYMIN

7 August 1842 - baptism of Marianne BARNETT - parents : Henry (labourer) and Jane - residence: KYMIN

etc etc

Dixton

27 October 1840 - Edwin BARNETT - reisdence: KYMIN - father: William (labourer) - married Charlotte HALL - witnesses: Henry BARNETT and Esther HALL

6 February 1842 - Henry BARNETT - residence: KYMIN - father : William (labourer) - married Jane LEWIS - witness: Edwin BARNETT

etc etc.

Dixton

12 March 1846 - William BARNETT - aged 68 - residence: Kymin in the Parish of Dixton (=c1778)
28 March 1860 - Margaret BARNETT - aged 73 - residence: Kymin in the Parish of Dixton

etc etc

married at Dixton

William BARNETT - (Widower) married Margaret OWENS of Monmouth - 2 September 1828 - so the

the death of a Mary BARNETT : residence Kymin -aged 33 in 1 June 1828 - could be William's wife.

married at Dixton - 25 September 1815

William BARNETT of this Parish and Mary KNIGHT : witnesses: Edward BARNET and Hannah BARNET

married at Dixton - 10 September 1815 -

Edward BARNETT of this Parish and Hannah THOMAS; witnesses: William BARNETT and Henry KNIGHT

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Edward & Hannah BARNET - according to the records - had children baptised both at Staunton and Dixton

John BARNET - 1820 at Staunton
Edward BARNET - 1822 - at Staunton
Ann BARNETT - 1822 at Dixton
Henry BARNETT - 1828 at Staunton

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1841 Census, Newton Dixton

ANCESTRY: BORNATT

Edwd - 50 - woodman (like William) - not born in County
Hannah - 45
John - 20
Edward - 15
Henry - 13

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So we possibly have a family name of Edward BARNET

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1841 census Newton Dixton

Hymin Hill

BARNETT

William - 55 - Woodman - not born in County
Margaret - 50 - not born in County
Henry - 20 - all born in County
James - 14
Ann - 11
Thomas - 9

Excellent. Thank you very much. So much detail, I shall have to spend some time going through it all.

Buried in the BNA Cheltenham Chronicle Thursday 15 October 1829,

On Thursday evening last, a young man of the name of Richard BYBEE, in passing by Wittenton’s Brook, near Staunton, was tempted to reach over a hedge and take several apples from a tree belonging to Wm. BARNETT (father of the unfortunate Edward BARNETT , who was executed at Monmouth for the murder of Esther STEPHENS). Without speaking a word, BARNETT shot at the young man and wounded him in the thighs: the poor fellow with great difficulty reached home, which was about a mile off, where he now lies in a very dangerous state. On the following morning BARNETT was taken before P.J.DUCARELL Esq. but was remanded till the next day, when at a meeting held at the Angel Inn, Coleford, he was committed to gaol: he has since been liberated on bail.

A report in the London Standard Tuesday 07 October 1828 reveals that Edward’s mother (fast declining in years) was at the inquest and that Edward was her youngest son.

Magnificent. Thank you.

Alan