Baptised in Taplow.1,2

From the Parish Register :-
"In the year of Our Lord God 1744
Barrett of John and Sarah March July 27"

Apprenticeship in Worshipful Company of Vintners.3,4

March Barrett son of John, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, innholder to Richard Andrews, 4 Feb 1761, Vintners' Company

Advertisment.5

From the St James Chronicle or the British Evening Post :-
"Red Lion Inn, Henley upon Thames
August 24, 1781
As many Gentlemen observing the Advertisement in the publick Papers, have been induced to think that BARRETT MARCH has declined the Business of this Inn, he thinks it his Duty to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and his Friends in general, that he now carries on the Business of the said Inn in all its Branches, and begs Leave to solicit the Continuance of their Favours, which he will make It his constant Endeavour to merit."

Witness at wedding in Farnham Royal.6

Of Philip Cooper and Susanna March

Mentioned in Will.7

Of John March (died 1791)
Annotated as "my eldest son Barrett March"

Executor.8

Of the will of John March (died 1791)
Annotated as "son"
Joint executor with :-
Mary March the widow the relic
Charles March the son
John March the son

Mentioned in Will.9

Of John MacQuistin (died 1796)
Annotated as "Barrett March of Henley on Thames"

Executor.9

Of the will of John MacQuistin (died 1796)
Joint Executor with :-
White Newman
George B(?)

Mayor in Henley.10

From the Reading Mercury :-
"Mr. Barrett March is chosen Mayor of Henley, the third time.."

Henley-upon-Thames.11

From the Jackson's Oxford Journal :-
"HENLEY MARKET
WHEREAS his Majesty had been pleased to order a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God to be observed on Thursday the 5th day of Dec. next, for the blessings bestowed on is Majesty's Arms in the late Signal and important Victory obtained by his Fleet, under the Command of the late Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, over the Combined Fleets of France and Spain, This is to give Notice, to all Persons frequenting or having Business at Henley Market, that the Market in that Week will by Order of Barrett March, Esq. the Mayor, be held on Wednesday the Fourth, instead of Thursday the Fifth of December.
THOMAS COOPER, Town Clerk."

Licence obtained for marriage to Christian SINGER.14

"Faculty Office
23rd March 1811
Appeared personally Barrett March Esquire and made Oath that he is of the Parish of Remenham in the County of Berks a Bachelor aged twenty five years and upwards and intendeth to marry with Christian Love of the Parish of Wargrave in the same county a Widow and that he knoweth of no lawful Impediment, by reason of any Pre-Contract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful Means whatsoever, to hinder the said intended Marriage, and prayed a Licence to solemnize the same in the Parish Church of Wargrave aforesaid and further made Oath, that the usual Place of Abode of her the said Christian Love Widow had been in the said Parish of Wargrave for the space of Four Weeks last past.
(signed) Barrett March"

Married Christian SINGER in Wargrave.15,16

From Jackson's Oxford Journal :-
"At Wargrave, Berkshire, Barrett March, Esq. of Remenham, to Mrs. Love, of Wargrave Lodge."

Wrote will.12

1) This the last will and Testament of me Barrett
2) March of Remenham in the county of Berks esquire first 1
3) desire that all my just debts and my funeral and testamentary
4) expenses ...
5) .....

A few of the names mentioned .-
1) my dear and affectionate wife Christian March
2) my nephew Philip Barrett Cooper of Broad Street London Merchant
3) Thomas Deane of Winchester in the county of Hants
5) my nephew George MacQuistin of Francis Street Bedford Square
6) my niece Sarah Edmonds of Rushall in the county of Wilts
7) my sister in law Charlotte the wife of the before named Thomas Deane
8) my sister in law Harriet March the wife of Philip Cooper of Pall Mall Silk mercer
9) my brothers in law Charles March and John March
10) my cousin Martha March of Middleton in the county of Oxford
11) David Barrett Edmonds of the (...) Office Spring Gardens
12) David Cooper of Pall Mall
13) Mr. James Cooper of Lavender Hill
14) Mrs. Margaret Dean of Pall Mall
15) Mr Richard Andrews of Vintners Hall
16) my nephew Charles March Deane ... ... ... by his father the said Thomas Deane
17) Launcelot Answick of Reading
18)  Philip Cooper of Pall Mall

Codicil to Will.12

1) A codicil to be attached to and taken as part of the last
2) Will and testament of me Barratt March of Remenham in the
3) county of Berks Esquire bearing date the tenth day of September
4) in the year of Our Lord .... ...
5) ... ...

Signature on Will attested to.12

1) Appeared personally James Randall of (...) London
2) Maltfactor and Richard Andrews of Vintners Hall Upper Thames Street
3) London Gentleman and made oath that they knew and were well
4) acquainted with Barrett March formerly of Henley upon Thames
5) in the county of Oxford Victualler but late of Remenham in the
6) county of Berks ... ..
7) ... ...

Died in Henley (Remenham, Bird Place).13

From the Morning Post :-
"On the 14th inst., at Bird-place, Henley upon Thames, Barrett March, Esq., in the 73rd year of his life"

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.12

ick1) Proved at London with a Codicil 3 October 1817 before the judge
2) by the oaths of Christian March widow the relic Thomas Deane
3) Lancelot Answick Esquire & Philip Cooper the executors to whom
4) admon was granted having been first sworn to wit the said Christian
5) March and Launcelot Answick by (...) and the said Thomas
6) Deane and Philip Cooper before the Worshipful Judge Adams, Dr of Law &
7) swore duly to admr. Philip Barrett Cooper & George MacQuistin the
8) nephews and Sarah Edmonds spinster the niece and the said Thomas
9) Dean the residuary legatees named in the said will having first
10) consented as .....