The name John Barrett of Walgrave caught my eye, as I am related to the Barretts (often spelt Barritt) of Walgrave through my 3X paternal great-grandfather Solomon Blakesley (1776-1845) of Wold, later spelt Old.
Solomon's eldest daughter Ann (1797-1875) married an William Laughton(1798-1843), whose son Edward(1825-1905) had a daughter Georgiana (born 1865), who married Henry Albert (aka Harry) Barrett( born 1863), John Barrett's great-great grandson. Henry's grandfather was also Samuel Barrett (1807-1888), who is not the Samuel Barrett, the subject of three previous posts( I believe).
Unfortunately, it is all too common on Ancestry to confuse family trees, without researching properly, particularly where surname spelling varies. I have stuck to the spelling Barrett wherever possible, There are so many conflicting interpretations by Ancestry members of the source data; just examining and understanding Census entries is difficult enough, as you can never be sure of their accuracy.
In the case of the Barrett/Barritt/Barratt family, even BMD records can be ambiguous. For example, I've found many people fail to understand that many quoted dates of birth may,in fact, be baptism/christening dates, as the actual physical day of birth was not always known or recorded.
I have found reseaching the Barrett/Barrett family paricularly challenging, as there were so many of them with similar names, repeated generation after generation and by different families. I am also linked with the WEDD family of South Cambridgeshire/ North West Essex, by a 1735 marriage of an Elizabeth Blakesley(1711-1760) to a Peter Wedd, of whom I have counted 15 other Peters, let alone all the other repeated favourites.
I believe I have researched my link with the Barretts of Walgrave correctly, but if I've got it wrong, please let me know.
Best wishes
Ian Blakesley.
