Frances Barkley

The Owen Glendower East Indiaman 1000 tons.

Charles William Barklay's ship - The Imperial Eagle originally named Louden

was 400 tons. The Princess Frederica was 1200 tons

Charles William Barkley 1759-1832

Jane Hornby Barkley 1796 - 1884, who married Charles Perkins 1784 - 1851 was the daughter of Charles William Barkley 1759 - 1832 and Frances Barkley (nee Trevor) 1769 - 1845

Charles William Barkley was a ship's captain originally employed by the East India Company who later sailed round the world flying a flag of convenience with his 17 year old bride, Frances. Their fascinating and heroic story has been told in "The Remarkable World of Frances Barkley" book, Amazon. See other links below. Frances was the first woman to sail around the world without deception in voyages from November 1787 to November 1789 and June 1790 to November 1794.

Wikipedia entry for Charles William Barkley

Dictionary of Canadian Biography entry for Charles William Barkley

Extract from letter dated 4.6.1913 from Mr Henry Edward Trevor to Ada Tyler nee Perkins

"I am now returning the M.S.S. you kindly lent me. I much admired your lecture on Mrs Barkley, who was really a heroine, and as for Captain B he was a fine generous fellow - an ancestor of whom you may be proud without any reserve such as we have to make in the cases of Dr Trevor and his father".

Henry Edward Trevor was a barrister whom The Remarkable World refers to as having conducted extensive research without recovering the Journal of his great-grandfather the Rev Dr John Trevor 1740-1794 - Frances' father.

Dr Trevor's father is probably assumed here to be the 1st Viscount Hampden 1706-1783. H E Trevor also wrote "Dr Trevor (a phenomenon) - A Record for the Family with observations" in 1913 a partial version of which exists and is in the page Trevor Family and Mystery.

General opinion is that Frances' journal or diary was lost in a fire at the house of Edward Barkley, son of Rev. John Charles Barkley and grandson of Charles and Frances Barkley. However, one has to bear in mind that there was a great mystery and apparent deception surrounding Frances' father, described in detail on the Trevor Family and Mystery page here, so anything is possible.

The Remarkable World refers to and draws on what are described as "Reminiscences" which are in the archives of the government of British Columbia in Vancouver. There are also references to a document which her great granddaughter Lady Constance Parker had and which contained some information said not to be in the Reminiscences. Two of those who researched Frances's life were Maud Terry and Ada Tyler, daughters of Edward Moseley Perkins who was one of the 12 children of Frances' daughter, Jane Hornby Perkins. In the documents passed down to us from Maud and Ada is what is referred to here as the "Black Book" (it is actually maroon). It is a small notebook containing according to Ada Tyler on the first page "Notes copied from M.S.S. of Frances Barkley", my great grandmother. A. Tyler".

It includes-

• Frances' recollections of some of the events in her life. The text can be seen on the page "Frances' Own Words" . Being mostly in her own words gives it a freshness that would otherwise being missing. Explanations and context can be found thanks to Wikipedia and similar sources, in the many links and of course in the published book the Remarkable World..

• ·A document headed "Strictly private unless wanted by him. Memorandum for the perusal of J.C. Barkley alone" which Frances addressed in confidence to her son Rev. John Charles Barkley. This can be found along with more on that topic in the Trevor Family and Mystery page.

• Dates of many births, marriages and deaths - these have helped in compiling the trees on this website.

• A letter "written to me (Ada Tyler) by my cousin Fanny Barkley. February 3 1906". Fanny is likely to be Frances Jane Barkley 1834-1914, one of the children of Rev. John Charles Barkley 1799-1883 and Mary nee Yarker. It is shown at the bottom of this page and provides frank opinions and information on several of the Barkley generations.

As well as the Black Book, we have-

• linked here the map of the world showing the route of the two voyages. The longhand annotation shown as by Ada Tyler reads "First voyage blue line. Second voyage red line. The other lines have nothing to do with the voyages but with the ethnographic distribution.". The Remarkable World has a clearer map.

• Letters from and to Maud Terry, Ada Tyler and Claire Hext the 3 daughters of Edward Moseley Perkins who was Frances' grandson Also sketches of family trees. Some letters are linked here being "1930s correspondence" with annotations we have made. Maud and Ada were trying to establish details of the families of Frances and Charles children (Jane, John Charles, Martha and Charles Francis).

• A hard backed exercise book kept by Ada mainly containing information on her ancestors including the Barkley family "Ada Tyler's notebook". It includes the article and subsequent letter in the Pall Mall gazette referred to elsewhere in these pages but we have now obtained a copy of the original so have been able to provide the exact text in the Trevor Family and Mystery page. There are also several trees and a note on the early Barkleys some of which have been used here

• Transcription of diaries of Martha Shaw daughter of Frances Barkley. The originals along with other documents are at the British Library, donated by Eileen Younghusband, daughter of Sir Francis Younghusband and hence a descendent of Frances. Transcription and helpful interpretation has been carried out by other descendants. The complete transcription is on the Martha Shaw nee Barkley Diary page here.

• A diary of Edith Barkley transcribed to the best of our ability on this separate page - Edith Barkley's diary

• Some original letters on this page from and to Frances' children.

Charles William Barkley's father, Charles Barkley 1718-1776 was an East India Company sea captain. The family came from Cromarty, Scotland.

Barkley House, recently restored, in Braeside, Cromarty. where the Barkleys lived from the 18th century, perhaps earlier

A family tree found for the earlier Barkley family has helped us to compile the various trees though further information reveals there being many corrections needed and often a judgment has to be made as to which of conflicting information is the more likely to be correct. That applies in particular to the Barkley family up to generation 7. There is also text in Ada Tyler's notebook which in part seems to speculate about which earlier Barkley family were ancestors of Gilbert Barkley. That text is linked here as "Early Barkley Families in Scotland".

A website Barkleyfamilyhistory at https://sites.google.com/site/barkleyfamilyhistory/ started in 2016 by another descendant of Frances Trevor Barkley provides a huge amount of information on Charles and Frances's descendants who survived into adulthood ie Jane, John Charles, Martha and Charles Francis. Much of its content has been incorporated within the Trees/Pedigrees below. It is recommended reading as it is a more concise and readable site than can be found here.

Family Trees/Pedigrees for or related to the Barkley and Trevor Families can be found on these pages/links-

Barkley Family Tree page. Covers all we know of the Barkley family from the earliest times to the present day.

Perkins Family page for Jane Hornby Perkins nee Barkley. Charles and Frances Barkley's daughter Jane married Charles Perkins who is the ancestor of present day Fenwicks, Hence she and Charles Perkins' descendants appear on this page at the appropriate point which is 9,6 Charles Perkins ie 6th child of 8. John Perkins.

Trevor Family & Mystery page. Covers Frances Barkley nee Trevors ancestors, her siblings and half siblings and what is known of their descendents not included in the Barkley Family Tree page. The page starts with the mystery of the parentage of Frances' father the Rev. John Trevor DD and the likely cover-up that existed to a marriage of the first Viscount Hampden, descendent of John Hampden, the Patriot.

Cromwell Hampden Trevor Buckinghamshire and Stuart Families Summary page. Assuming Frances Barkley's father was the direct descendent of John Hampden, there is a connection not only with the Hampden family but also the Cromwell and other well known and powerful familes, summary details of which are shown

Cromwell Hampden Trevor Buckinghamshire and Stuart Families Detailed page. Contains the same outline information as on the Summary page, but with considerably more members filled in of the various families.

Letter written to Ada Tyler from her cousin Fanny Barkley. February 3 1906. Fanny is likely to be Frances Jane Barkley 1834-1914, one of the children of Rev. John Charles Barkley 1799-1883 and Mary nee Yarker.

TEXT IN SQUARE BRACKETS IS BY NICK HARDING March 2016

Copy of a letter written to me [11.3. Ada Tyler nee Perkins (1853-1932), dau of Edward Mosely Perkins, granddaughter of Jane Hornby nee Barkley] by my cousin Fanny Barkley. February 3 1906. [Although not a first cousin almost certainly 10.9. Frances Jane Barkley 1834-1914, one of the children of 9.5. Rev. John Charles Barkley 1799-1883 and Mary nee Yarker]

"My father [9.5. Rev. John Charles Barkley 1799-1883] begins his history with an account of his grandfather [7.4. Charles Barkley d1776 leaving his home Shillingside in Cromarty to seek his fortune-elsewhere as did also two of his brothers Andrew [7.2. Andrew Barkley, Capt RN c1741-1790] and William [7.3. William Barkley, lawyer d1796]. They were the sons of a Scotch laird [6.1. James Barkley of Banff m Christian Morrison], the owner of a small estate the produce of which would have been insufficient for a family of six but they had enlarged it by engaging in business in Cromarty and adding to its profits apparently by systematic smuggling which ended by a certain Gilbert Barkley [5.1. Gilbert Barkley of Cromarty d1660 m Margaret Ross of Balmuchy] shooting a Revenue officer. For this crime he was imprisoned awaiting his trial in Elgin Tolbooth from which he was rescued by his comrades and he thence fled first to Holland and then to America.

The eldest brother John [7.1. John Barkley] and the sister Anne [7.5. Anne Barkley m James Forbes d1810] remained in the old home.

Andrew [7.2. Andrew Barkley, Capt RN c1741-1790] entered the Royal Navy as a volunteer and rose from a seaman to the rank of a Post Captain. He married a daughter of Richard Willis - Bishop of Winchester [Unlikely as Richard Willis, Bishop of Winchester lived 1664-1734, Andrew’s wife Elizabeth Willis lived 1748-1800] and died at Bath where a tablet to his memory may still be seen in Bath Abbey.

William [7.3. William Barkley, lawyer d1796] got into the law became a conveyancer. He married a Miss Abercrombie a lady of good family but bad temper after whose death he continued to spend the winter in Gower Street and the summer at a house he built not far from Staines.

Charles [7.4. Charles Barkley d1776] got into the service of the E.I. Co. and rose to be a Commander - and was making money but he engaged in shipping speculations which turned out badly and after his death which occurred rather suddenly on board ship in the Hoogley his widow was left in very poor circumstances [Part or all of that appears to be a fabrication - see under 7.4 in the Barkley Family Tree page] with two sons and 1 daughter (John [8.1. John Barkley c1748-1822], Charles [Charles William Barkley 1759 (or 1769?) - 16.5.1832 m1786 Frances Hornby Trevor 1769-1845] and Martha [8.3. Martha Barkley c1756 (or 1738 or 1758)-1836 m1 Mr Hornby.m2 Major James Budgen d. 1819, Lived in Tottenham? and Essex ]). John [8.1.] did well in the East India Service and finally retired with a good fortune and married an elderly wife; family reports his uncle's widow; [she was!] perhaps Bishop' daughter [she wasn’t!] who also brought him a good deal of money."

After her death he lived with his Uncle William (the lawyer) who died in 1805 or 6 and left him his house in Bath and his property near Staines - where eventually his brother Charles joined him and with his wife and children lived with him - Charles also went to sea at first in an Indian and then in various ships trading with India but later he went to various other parts of the world In 1786 Charles started for a voyage to the N.W of America in the ship Louden but was detained for some months where he met and married Frances Trevor the daughter of the Chaplain to the British Embassy at the Hague who accompanied him in several voyages in all ? comforts of a sailing vessel undergoing great hardships and very trying adventures in a most heroic manner children born and buried in distant islands etc etc. A very kind, generous woman but afflicted with a violent temper which was a sore trial to old uncle John with whom after Charles gave up his sea faring they lived with their children at Bath and Staines. He sailed twice round the world and was the first white woman ever since on the Coast of British Columbia where several places are named after her husband Barkley Sound, Barkley Straits