Hi,
Although not addressing the BARNABUS HOMER thread, I have a family link to the MARK HOMER, s of Barnabus Homer and Hannah Cox.
A transcript of the Parish Registers of the Park Lane Presbyterian Chapel, Cradley (held in the Worcestershire Family Record Office) shows the christening of Mark on 16 June 1793 and includes a reference to his birth on 10 May 1791. The transcript also shows the christening of a sister, Mary, on the same date and the christening of another sister, Hannah, on 2 April 1800 (this ties in with previous post). The parents of the three children are shown as Barnabas and Hannah Homer, initially of Light Green, Cradley and then of Netherend, Cradley.
I am working on the assumption this is the Mark Homer who married HANNAH FELDON in Old Swinford on 8 May 1814 (see IGI index).
IGI index records also show the christenings of two children of Hannah and Mark; of a daughter, Mary Ann, in Cradley Chapel (later St Peter"™s Church) on 5 April 1815; and of a son, Jesse, in the Park Lane Presbyterian Chapel, Cradley on 21 February 1820.
The 1841 census shows Hannah and Mark living in Cradley, Worcestershire; he is a "˜Nailer"™ and there are five (5) children at home, Ira (born abt 1826), Phebe (born abt 1829), Eli (born abt 1831), Mark (born abt 1837) and Barnabas (born in 1840).
The 1851 census shows Mark (widower) living in High Town, Cradley with his sons, Mark and Barnabas; all of them are described as "˜Chain Makers"™. His son, Ira, is shown living in Butcher"™s Lane, Cradley with his cousin, William Feldon, and his family.
Online parish records show the burial in St Peter's Cradley of Hannah on 29 December 1850 and Mark on 10 April 1853.
Hope this helps to complete the tree on BCC.
H.
