The House of Berners
Through succeeding generations, the Berners family were able to buy land in Woolverstone and surrounding villages. Each squire added his own layer of history to the Shotley Peninsula until by the twentieth century the Berners family were among the leading landed family in the area.
Berners Family Tree
Josias (Josiah) Berners
c.1605 -1661
m. 1. Mary Cotton – d.1652 – dsp
m. 2 Abigail Lockey – d. 1707
a. James b.1654
James Berners
1655 – 1692
m. Mary Robinson – d. 1727
a. Mary 1678 b. William 1679
c. James 1681 d. Winefrid 1681
e. Abigail 1683 f. Josias 1684
William Berners
1679 – 1712
m. Elizabeth Raworth – d. 1724
a. Robert 1706 b. William 1709
c. Henry 1713
William Berners
1709 – 1783
m. Mary Bendysh 1732 – d. 1782
a. Charles 1734 b. Henry 1736
c. Martha 1738
Charles Berners
c.1734 – 1815
m. Catherine Laroche 1765 – d.1800
a. Charles 1767 b. Henry 1769
c. William 1771 d. Maria 1771
Charles Berners
1767 – 1831
Batchelor – dsp
Rev. Henry Denny Berners
1769 – 1852
m. Sarah Newton Jarrett 1799 – d. 1867
a. John 1800 b. Hugh 1801
c. Ralph 1803 d. Alicia 1804
John Berners
1800 – 1886
m. Mary Rowley 1832 – d. 1887 dsp
Capt. Hugh Berners R.N.
1801 – 1891
m. Julia Ashton 1832 – d. 1892
a. Julia 1836 b. Alice 1839 c. Juliana 1841 d. Charles Hugh 1842 e. Edith 1847 f. Frederick 1848
Charles Hugh Berners
1842 – 1919
m. Mary Anstruther 1867 – d. 1911
a. Mary Alice 1868 b. John 1869
c. Ralph 1871 d. Julia 1873
e. Hamilton 1881
Major John Anstruther Berners
1869 -1934
m. Ethel Baker 1893 – d. 1935
a. Geoffrey 1893 b. Gwendoline 1896
c. Olive 1897
