REVEREND STEPHEN BARRETT MA

Born ca 1718 - Died 26th November 1801

 

 

He married Mary, the daughter of Edward Jacob of Canterbury by his second wife Mary Chalker.

In Hothfield parish church there is a monumental inscription in the South Chapel of the church to them:

Sacred to the memory of the Rev Stephen Barrett MA who died 26th November 1801 in the 83rd year of his age. He was born at Bent, a very ancient mansion of the family of Barrett in the parish of Kildwick in Haven in the county of York. He was during a long and flourishing period Master of the Free Grammar school of Ashford and almost thirty years Rector of this parish. Likewise to the memory of Mary his wife, youngest daughter of Edward Jacob Esquire of the City of Canterbury, who died 28th March 1786 in the 60th year. This tribute was erected by their only daughter and Heiress Mary wife of Jeremiah Curtis Esquire of Northiam in Sussex.