John Herbert East Dean (General)

by Michael Webb , Coventry, Friday, May 19, 2006, 08:27 (6763 days ago) @ James Phillips-Evans

Hi James,
Many thanks for you email. My Gt. Gt Grandmother was a
Hester Herbert, Daughter of John Herbert and Sarah Mason. This was
all the info I had on John Herbert. However, when I posted a message
on the FoD website message board a man called Jim Ashton contacted me
and he gave me a wealth of information about Sarah Mason's
ancestors. One point he did make make was that a lot of marriages
took place at that time in Abenhall because Ruardean did't have a
vicar. So what you say seems quite possible. The information I have
about John Herbert is that he was baptised 27/4/1788 (Ruardean), son
of William Herbert (baptised 29/9/1758) and Hannah Yemm. William and
Hannah married 12/5/1782. William was the son of William Herbert and
Margaret Wood. If you feel that this is the same John Herbert as your
ancestor, let me know and I will let you have the info on Johns
descendants if you are interested.
Jim Ashton tells me we are fifth cousins once removed (I
take his word for it). His line is Sarah Masons. When he sent a copy
of his family tree he asked me not to put it on the internet because
there are several people still alive and would I respect their
privacy. If you think that this is your family line I will contact
Jim and ask him if it all right to pass his email address on to you.
I am quite sure he would have no objection. By the way how is John
Herbert related to you? Is it possible that we might be related? Let
me know what you think.
Once again, thanks for your email. It was nice to hear from you.

All the best,

Michael