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One Name Studies: N to S / Re: SWARBRICK and variants
« on: Saturday 31 October 15 21:41 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, I think fun is the right word. I think that I might approach the local press to run an article on the hermit and the quest for descendents. The might just be someone who has had a family story passed down over the years. It's worth a shot.

Kind regards
Paula

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One Name Studies: N to S / Re: SWARBRICK and variants
« on: Saturday 31 October 15 12:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hi. Edwards status is from his will and burial record. As for the gravestone maybe the family erected this after they had both died. Maybe given the hermits 'status' someone paid for a grander headstone to be erected? Lots of maybes !! Not sure why Edward would have chosen be buried in Ormskirk.
Im fairly new to this archival research but it seems that more you learn the more questions that arise.

Paula

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One Name Studies: N to S / Re: SWARBRICK and variants
« on: Friday 30 October 15 17:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hi. Thank you for your time on this.

I have copies of the articles that you mention and also the original poem by the Rev Thomas Garett that made the hermit famous !! The poem which is 12 pages long gives a description of Robert aged about 80 at the time of their meeting and alludes to the fact that Robert was spurned by his sweetheart and lived a solitary life in lathom from age 44 (1778). He was given an acre of land by the Bootle-Wilbrahams living at Lathom house at the time (no records of the estate from that period exist today).

I see the possibilities with William however in Edwards will of 1805 there is no mention of his other nephews/nieces, only John although of course they may not have survived until that date.

Re Robert in the papist rolls he is a bit older than 'our' Robert who different sources date as having been born nearer to 1736.

Also is it likely that Edward would go from being a servant to a gentleman !!

I have one last lead that I am looking at related to Robert in relation to marriage bonds but no subsequent record of marriage near Preston in 1765. Fits with the 'jilted' story maybe ??

Once again thank you for your help.

Paula



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One Name Studies: N to S / Re: SWARBRICK and variants
« on: Wednesday 28 October 15 22:34 GMT (UK)  »
Brilliant. Thank you.
Paula

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One Name Studies: N to S / Re: SWARBRICK and variants
« on: Wednesday 28 October 15 21:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hi and thanks for your response
I don't have an age for Edward but he is buried with Robert and it says that they are brothers on the headstone. I have copies of Edwards probate which names Robert and William as his brothers and gives his occupation as a gentleman of Parbold. It also names William's son John. Robert, who died after Edward in 1824 also leaves his brothers William and Edwards children (no names) £40 to be devided between them.

I hope this helps.

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One Name Studies: N to S / Re: SWARBRICK and variants
« on: Wednesday 28 October 15 14:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I have been researching a gentleman who lived locally to me (Lathom nr. Ormskirk) and became famously known as the hermit of Lathom. His name was Robert Swarbrick and I have the following key pieces of information but seem to be coming to a dead end regarding any living decedents, ancestors or place of birth.

Robert was born around 1736 (place unknown)
He died on the 25th Dec 1824 aged 88 years and is buried at Ormskirk parish church
Burial record state that he was a catholic
He became famous due to the Rev Thomas Garret (of Altar) publishing a poem about him called 'the Hermit of lathom' in about 1821. Roberts death was reported in newspapers of the time as far away as London.
He was a bachelor
He had a brother Edward, a gentleman of Parbold, who died before him in 1805
He had a brother William who outlived him and a nephew John
He was given land by the Bootle-Wilbrahams who were living at Lathom house in about 1780 and he built a hermitage/nursery where he lived  for 44 years until his death.

I would love to find more information regarding the hermits ancestors (where he came from) or any relatives from his brothers' families.

Can you help?

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