Hey folks... I am looking for any info I can get on the Berringtons of southern Salop / Shropshire.

My berringtons are from the Corely / Ludlow area, mostly farm labourers - and my earliest record is of James Berrington b. September of 1789 in Coreley (Salop & Worcester) and died Nov 7, 1846

James married Ann Williams (1795 Burford - 1879 coreley) and had 10 children of which I have records, mostly, for William Berrington b: 1832, Cleobury Moritmer d: 1890

I'd love to share all my info in gedcom - and I'd love even more if somebody can enlighten me as to James' parents, siblings or descendents of his kids other than William.

Thanks in advance.

Lana Berrington

I have been researching the Shropshire Berringtons for a friend of mine and may have some info for you

I have found James Berrington christened at Hope Bagot (just over 3 miles from Coreley) on 28th June 1789. This is probably the James you are referring to who had a family at Coreley, though I note you have a slightly different date.

James was the son of William Berrington and Mary Anthony. William was christened at Burford 22 June 1755. Mary came from Richard's Castle. They married at Burford 7 March 1779.
I believe Mary was buried in Ludlow 24 April 1809
Their children :
John - baptised at Greete 20 Dec 1779 (buried 8 days later)
William - baptised at Greete 5 April 1781
John - baptised at Greete 20 April 1783
Thomas - baptised at Hope Bagot 12 March 1786
James - baptised at Hope Bagot 28 June 1789
Mary - baptised at Hope Bagot 3 March 1793
Benjamin - baptised at Hope Bagot 13 Dec.1795

James's father, William was the son of Charles Berrington and Anne Granger at Burford 22 July 1750. Charles was buried at Greete 29 June 1785 and Anne was buried at Greete 12 Jan. 1797

I believe my friend to be descended from the other son of Charles and Anne, John who was baptised at Greete 8 Oct. 1752.

I have assumed that the the Hope Bagot and Greete baptisms are the same family. There's an elememt of if and maybe about it, but I believe that is your family.

Martin!

do you know.. that I never noticed that reply! THANK YOU SO MUCH for all that great information.. I didn't have any of it.. i'll add it to my gedcom right away

man, I need to get back to that.. I was doing pretty good for a while.. then it all fell apart :-)

that information on "my" first entry James is especially interesting. as well as "my" james' siblings

One of the things that annoys me with my family tree is that every single generation has so many people named James, William, Thomas and Richard.. oh.. and George - they weren't very creative were they? I guess when you have so many kids it helps if most of them have the same name ;-)

Martin, I'd be happy to share my gedcom file with you .. if you'd be happy to share yours with me.. very interested in continuing to persue this in my spare moments :-)

cheers!

Lana

My family is decentents of James Berrington - My great grandfather was his grandson. I have quite a bit of info that was accumulated by another branch of the family. I just found this by accident today. Would love to share my information with you.
Isabel (Berrington) Flaumitsch, Calgary, AB Canada