This is where she fits in to the Barkley family tree.
Their descendants are on the Barkley Family Tree page
Baptised 13.8.1760 at St Marylebone Church. Records of the same Church and the Black Book both say she was married to John Cook, a widower, on 27.10.1796.
That would mean she was 36 when she married and had her two children shortly after. However, The Remarkable World (P23) says "..but Harriot, aged 20 at this time, was soon married to James Cook" ie in or soon after 1780. It makes no mention of a John Cook or a marriage in 1796.
Could she have married twice with each husband having the surname Cook? Could they have been brothers? The Church records show her as a spinster when she married.
In a section on births in the Black Book, Frances says
"Harriot Trevor my sister was married in the year 1796 to John Cook by whom she had her sons both since dead, called Charles, the second, John Trevor who has left a son and two daughters who with his widow are residing with their grandfather Mr Smith, Persian interpreter to the Supreme Court in Calcutta".
Harriot's Will mentions James Hampden Cook and Harriot Eliza Cook (grandchildren), also daughter in law Hannah. 2s
She was dau of William Derrick Sovereign Smith 1776-1848 and Harriet Ochterloney nee Peche. John was the disgraceful and ungrateful son of Harriot Cook in Frances Barkley nee Trevor’s “Memorandum for the perusal of J C Barkley alone” which is on the Trevor Family & Mystery page. He eventually lived in India.
John Robert was an officer in the customs house at the time of his marriage. Anna was baptised on 7.10.1823 aged 20 at which date her husband was recorded as an Indigo Planter. Anna had numerous siblings. Her father, WDS Smith was recorded as being “Interpreter of the Supreme Court". Anna was living with her father at the time of his death and was named in his will according to the black book. 1s 2dau.
10.2. Harriot Eliza Cook bpt. 1823- 1900. Born Dhacca, British India, died Paddington, London. m 1841 Edward Daniel Baptist 1815-1868
10.3. Another daughter, described in the Memorandum as being beautiful but dying young.
10.1. John Hampden Cook c1826-1857 m 1847 Mrs Emma Elizabeth Horne nee Smith 1838-1857. Emma’s first husband was Capt Frederick William Horne c1804-1840 of the East India Company’s Country Service whom she married in 1851 when aged 13, They had a daughter Amelia Anne "Amy" 1839-1921 who became John Hampden Cook’s step-daughter.. Emma was the daughter of John Smith of Purneah and Marie-Anne Smith, nee Flouest. Smiths and Flouests were prominent indigo trading families, both Eurasian.
John Hampden and Emma Elizabeth Cook had 3s 3dau.
The entire family excluding Amelia perished during the Cawnpore massacres in 1857.
11.1. Robert Hampden Cook 1847-1857 (omitted in a photo showing the others)
11.2. Florence Trevor Cook 1849-1857
11.3. William Thomas Hampden Cook 1851-1857
11.4. Ethel Trevor Cook 1852-1857
11.5. Herbert Hampden Cook 1853-1857
11.6. Mary Trevor Cook 1855-1857
Step daughter of James, dau of Emma-
11.7. Amelia Anne "Amy" Horne 9.1.1839 (Calcutta)-1921 (Shimla) m1? Accounts differ as to whether she married, under duress, during her captivity in 1857/8 (forced) to a sowdor (private in the Indian army) – if so assumed de facto annulled, m2 20.9.1858 William Bennett d1877 railwayman of over twice Amy’s age. 1s 4dau
12.1. Amy Grob Bennett 1859-1926 m1884 Alfred Huntly Jones 1859-1903. Charles Adolphus Jones recorded as living with them at one time so may have been a son
12.2. William Grob Bennett 1860-1912 m Mary Bell. Only known child 1dau
13.1. Emily Isabel Bennett b1896 or 1901 m1931 Horace Prichard Edwards 1898-1969 (Plymouth UK). Horace MAY have been born 1851 in Agra and previously married to Margaret Ellen Kerr.
12.3. Ethel Grob Bennett b5.2.1862 (Calcutta) m1 1876 (Stepney, London) Run Jung (Nepalese aristocrat - see link. Full name shown there as "Colonel Kunwar Rana Jung Bahadur Rana [Rung Jung Rana Bahadur] [Run Jung] [Prun Jung] [Ram Jung]. b1854" ). That marriage assumed to have ended in divorce since both married again. Run Jung's family (ancestors and descendants) is shown later under "Nepal Connection". Ethel married 2nd in 1884 George Peter Pritchard 3s from 1st marriage, 4dau from 2nd marriage.
13.1. Frederick William Jung b7.9.1875 (Calcutta). Assuming this information is all accurate, it seems that Ethel was 13y 7m old when she had Frederick. There is no record as to where he was born eg London or Calcutta. However, Ethel and Run Jung were married in 1876 in Stepney. Frederick was baptised in Calcutta but that was on 22.3.1884 when all three sons were baptised which was in the year of their mother's 2nd marriage.
13.2. Albert Edward Jung b4.11.1876
13.3. Henry Richard Jung b17.7.1878
13.4-13.7 Four Miss Pritchards, details unknown
12.4. Elizabeth Grob Bennett 1863-1886 m1883 Charles A J J Sutherland b1863 1dau
13.1. Violet Arthurlene Sutherland m Francis d'Assisi Ceriaco d'Almeida 1896-1968. 1s 1dau
14.1. Joan Dorothry d'Almeida 1921-2003 (Ventura California) m Forrest Clement Callahan 1918 (Ohio) -1982 (Ventura, California)
14.2. Philip d'Almeida b1927
12.5. Ruby Elizabeth Harrington Bennett b. 1886 m William Hubert Suvedra b1871 2s 1dau
13.1. Amy Harrington Savedra 1904-1989 m William James Broadbridge 1905-1988 (Richmond, London)
13.2. Ronald Harrington Savedra 1909-1989 (UK)
13.3. Robert Harrington Savedra 1909-1994 (UK)
Run Jung, (12.12. below), full name Colonel Kunwar Rana Jung Bahadur Rana [Rung Jung Rana Bahadur] [Run Jung] [Prun Jung] [Ram Jung]. 1854 married Amy's daughter Ethel as shown elsewhere in this page. Run Jung was the 12th son of Jang Bahadur Rana, one of Nepal's most prominent figures (he was prime minister for 31 years). Also Maharaja of Lambjang and Kaski 1817-1877. Their ancestors and Run Jung's descendants (excluding Ethel's children), follow-
Removed his family to Gorkha and took service with Raja Nara Bhupal Shah, c1740. He had issue, three sons and a daughter, including
A successful general in the War of unification led by the King Prithvi Narayan Shah. Defeated a British force at Hariharpur, sent in support of the Raja of Kirtipur, 25th August 1767. He d. on campaign, at Mechi, 21st March 1771, having had issue, one son:
9.1. General Kaji Ranjit Kunwar Rana. b1753. Governor of Jumla. Instrumental in conquering and annexing the states of Someshwar and Upadrang in 1775 and Tanhung, Lambjang and Kaski in 1781 Served in the Tibetan campaign 1788-1789 and Cdr. of the expedition into Tibet 1791-1792, and the Kot Kangra campaign 1808. Granted the title of Kaji, 1804. He died from wounds received during the storming of Jhabesar in Kangra, 1815, having had issue, three sons including
10.1. Kaji Bala Narsingh Kunwar Rana. b. 2nd February 1783, educ. privately. Granted the hereditary title and rank of Kaji for his part in apprehending Sher Bahadur Shah, half-brother and assassin of King Ran Bahadur, 1805. Governor of Dhankuta 1828-1832, Dadildhura 1833-1835, and Jumla 1835-1837. m. (first) Raksha Kumari, by whom he had issue an only son. m. (second) Ganesh Kumari (d. 8th August 1858), a daughter of General Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, by his wife, Rana Kumari, daughter of Ranjit Pande. He d. 24th December 1841, having had issue, nine sons including
11.2. H.E. Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Jang Bahadur KunwarRanaji, Maharaja of Lambjang and Kaski 1817-1877. Full name “Commanding-General H.H. Svasti Sri Madati Prachandra Bhujadandyetyadi Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Jang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, T’ung-ling-ping-ma-Kuo-Kang-wang, Maharaja of Lambjang and Kaski” GCB. Prime Minister and C-in-C 15th September 1846 to 1st August 1856 and from 28th June 1857 until his death. Special Ambassador to the UK 1850-1851, thereby becoming the first senior statesmen from the sub-continent to cross the “black waters” and visit Europe. He was the first of the nine hereditary Prime Ministers of the Rana Dynasty.
Married thirteen times and when he died, three of the Maharanis committed sate. He had thirteen sons including-
12.12. Run Jung. He married three times, the first time in 1876 to Ethel Grob Bennett, daughter of William Bennett and Amelia Anne "Amy" nee Horne. Amy's background, story and children are described elsewhere on this page.
Run Jung m2 1887 Calcutta, Mary Julia Sutherland, probably the former wife of Albert St Leger Montmorencl Burrell. He m3 Nancy ?
His descendants from his 2nd and 3rd marriages were
13.1. Cedric S Jung m 1946 (Calcutta) Hilda Irene Dallas b1894
13.2. Julia Kumari Rana 1888 (Calcutta) -1939 (Calcutta) (mother Mary Julia) m Stanislaus Vincent 1dau
14.1. Adela Mary Vincent 1909 (Calcutta) - 2002 (Harlow, Essex) m1941 Thomas Theodore Brown 1919-1996. For details of Adela and Thomas' distinguished careers, see this link.
13.3 Bianca Jung b. 1890 (Calcutta) (mother, Nancy) m 1908 Calcutta, Adolphus Joseph Vincent b. 1877 (son of William Joseph and Alice Maud Vincent)
Amy’s mother, siblings and stepfather were all killed during the massacres at Cawnpore in 1857. Amy, however was rescued and some years later she went public about her escape and subsequent experiences, making her the subject of considerable attention and in some quarters of disbelief. Internet searches eg of Amy Horne and Cawnpore provide a lot of information about her.
For example-
The Bloodiest Record in the Book of Time - Amy Horne and the Indian uprising of 1857, in fact and fiction.(135 pages, being a thesis by the author Ian Breckon of “The Bloodiest Record in the Book of Time” which cannot be traced as having been published.). It has been a useful source for what follows
Siege of Cawnpore, Wikipedia. Extract from this link "Another survivor of the Satichaura Ghat massacre was Amy Horne, a 17-year-old Anglo-Indian girl. She had fallen from her boat and had been swept downstream during the riverside massacre. Soon after scrambling ashore she met up with Wheeler's youngest daughter, Margaret. The two girls hid in the undergrowth for a number of hours until they were discovered by a group of rebels. Margaret was taken away on horseback, never to be seen again (it was later rumoured that she survived and was married to a Muslim soldier) and Amy was led to a nearby village where she was taken under the protection of a Muslim rebel leader in exchange for converting to Islam. Just over six months later, she was rescued by Highlanders from Sir Colin Campbell's column on their way to relieve Lucknow".
Maulvi Liaquat Ali, Wikipedia. Includes- “The famous Amelia Horne (also known as Amy Horne and Amelia Bennett) was a 17-year-old survivor of the alleged Siege of Cawnpore. She was a witness for the 1872 trial of Liaquat Ali, and was presented in Liaquat Ali's defense as he saved her life. Liaqat Ali was sentenced to life in prison at Port Blair, in one of the Cellular Jail in Andaman Islands”.
Potted History. In 1857 Amy Horne aged 18 or 19 lived in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) with her mother Emma (previously Mrs F W Horne), step-father John Hampden Cook and their 3 sons and 3 daughters.
In May 1857 the Indian Mutiny (or “Rebellion”) broke out and was to continue until July 1859. In June 1857 Indian soldiers in Cawnpore mutinied and laid siege for 3 weeks to the European entrenchment. The Europeans accepted an offer of safe passage and went to the Satichaura Ghat (dock) but were then attacked with most of the soldiers killed and women and children rounded up. Shortly after, the women and children were thrown into a well at Bibighar causing a massacre from which there were no survivors. At some point Amy’s family perished but she escaped, probably by jumping into the river at Satichaura, and was said to have been rescued by a sepoy (Indian soldier).
There was then a period of some 9 months during which time Amy was forcefully converted to Islam and may have been married. She was then released, perhaps by her captor in the hope that he would be spared by the British who were rounding up many of the mutineers or as stated in Wikipedia, rescued by Highlanders from Sir Colin Campbell's column on their way to relieve Lucknow
The exact details of how she escaped and of her life for those months are not known for certain as there are different accounts. It seems likely that she and General Wheeler’s daughter Margaret jumped into the water at the time of the Satichaura incident. General Wheeler was the garrison commander, married to an Indian so his daughter was Eurasian. However, she never escaped but was believed to have been forcibly married. Amy appears to have been handed to one of the leaders of the mutiny and forced to convert to Islam. The Bloodiest Record says that she was married to a soldier but other accounts make no mention of that.
7th April 1858 Amy, described as being in a deranged state, presented herself at the house of her great uncle Nicholas Flouest in Allahabad.
On 20th September 1858 she married a railwayman, William Bennett who was over twice her age. He died in 1877. They had five children. It seems likely that there are descendants alive, perhaps their great great grand-children probably living in India. Amy died in Shimla in 1921.
Eurasian connection. There seems no doubt but that Amy would have been regarded as Eurasian as one or both her parents were part or wholly Indian and probably part or wholly English or French. Her mother’s maiden name of Flouest suggests Anglo-French. Her father was a sea captain in the Country Service branch of the East India Company – a branch whose Captains could be Indian or Eurasian. Being Eurasian may have saved her life. Her step-father’s father was the badly-behaved John Robert Cook who according to the “Memorandum for the perusal of J C Barkley alone” managed an indigo plant and married the daughter of an indigo planter or trader who was according to one source Eurasian.
Frances’s Memorandum. It is interesting to reread this in the context of what we now know about Amy, her step-father and his parents. Frances’ sister whom she was concerned about in her Memorandum, was 8.1. Hariot Cook whose son 9.2. John Robert she described as being a disgrace, ungrateful etc. She said that he eventually went to India and became the overseer in a very large Indigo Plantation. She referred to his wife, Anna’s father (William Derrick Sovereign Smith) as “a great libertine and surrounded by bastards of every age, cast (his name is Smith)” but said that Anna was legitimate! John Robert Cook died aged 33/4 and Frances tells us that his wife and children were looked after by WDS Smith who was according to the Indian archives, an interpreter in the Supreme Court.
We then move on to John Robert’s son and 2 daughters, Frances’ grandchildren. One of the daughters, said to have been particularly attractive, died young. The other who would have been 10.2. Harriot Elizabeth 1823-1900, she described as well-behaved but then it’s not clear if Frances is referring to her husband or to John Roberts’s son 10.1. John Hampden Cook c1826-1857 when she said “through his interest with Lord Auckland got the lad into the Bengal Navy as a midshipman on board one of the ? frigates that was engaged in China. This young man will do well if he lives as I heard from one of the Darby's of Hertford who went to Calcutta after the death of John Cook, that he had been well brought up and educated at the Government College“.