Barwick Female Society – an addendum
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Barwick Female Society – an addendum
From the Barwicker No.92
December 2008
Edition No. 7 of The Barwicker published an article written by Tony Cox on the Barwick Friendly Society. Whilst the article described the purpose and function of the society, another aspect of the society has come to light which we did not know at the time of the original research.
We have received an email from Liz Alsop, who we believe lives in Australia. In the email she says – “ we have a Bible that was ‘The gift of the Barwick Female Society – 1804’ to Dinah Nettleton (an ancestor of ours) born on February 20th 1777.” We do not know whether it was a normal practice to give members a Bible on their 21st birthday or whether the gift was for some other reason. We know that there were strong ties between the society and the church; the Rector was the treasurer during the initiating stage of the society. Members were required to be “reputed to be of sober life and conversation”.
If any readers have knowledge of the existence of further copies of Bibles inscribed ‘The gift of the Barwick Female Society’, we would like to hear from you.
We are very grateful to Liz Alsop for drawing our attention to the Bible.
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