Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society is a long-standing local history periodical. Volume 7, 1884 is available online here. An extract of interest is reproduced below:

pp171-172



From Article XVI: "Seven Volumes of Dalston Parish Registers" by M. E. Kuper (read at Dalston Church, August 22nd 1883), pp156-220
[N.B. This article is mentioned in the 1889 memoir of Rev. John Barton of Cambridge (1836-1908) who tells us a bit more about M.E.Kuper:
"For the above particulars I am mainly indebted to a published memoir of my Uncle Bernard, the Quaker poet, published by his daughter in 1850, as also to a paper on the Dalton registers by Miss Kuper, a Cumbrian lady and herself a descendant of Bernard Barton of Carlisle whose antiquarian tastes have led her to make explorations in this field."
"I may here mention what I was not aware of when I wrote the earlier portion of this family history, that I have since discovered two large collateral branches of Barton descendents. The first are the children of Margaret Barton, reputed a beauty in her day, afterwards married to Mr Robert Faulder, and the second those of Isaac Barton, born at Carlisle in 1771, only two years before my great-grandfather Bernard’s death. With the help of Miss Kuper, now of The Laurels, Thames Ditton, I have been able to compile a genealogical chart of our family from 1760 onwards. Miss Kuper is herself a lineal descendant of this Margaret Barton and I have recently made the acquaintance of several other members of the family, Miss White and Mrs. Barker, daughters of Mr James white who married Margaret Faulden and a Mr. Henry Barker, all of whom were able to give a very good account of themselves. Of Isaac Barton’s descendants one son is still living (November 1889) at the age of 80, John Charles by name. I made his acquaintance and his wife’s last autumn, as well as of the widow of his brother Bernard and very pleasant has our mutual friendship been since. Most of his life has been spent abroad, in Canada, and he only returned to England two or three years since."]


"A few entries relating to well-known families are given here.
1603 Junij 11. Jhon Barton et Janet Blamyre
1604 October 2. Robert Blamyre et Agnes Harryson
1605 November 16. Rendell Nixon et Judith Blamyre
1610 November 19. William Smyth alias Pitherkin et Annas Jackson
1619 Julye 6. Percivel Holme et Mabell Asbrigg.
1620-1 January jo. Jhon Gamlin et Margret Blamyre
— February 3. Gilbert Eliot alias Willson, et Helen Atkinson.
1618 May 14. Jhon Cuthbertson et Sybell Ladyman.
1632 May 28. John Dunghillson et Annas Ladyman

To this complexion had come the Doungelsons, one of the families of Dutch miners who settled at Keswick. Another link with the foreign colon} is the marriage in

1568 of Christopher Beck Dutchman with Isabell Bewley English-woman. (Crosthwaite Parish Registers.*)

The Becks seem to have been settled at Dalston before that date.

1570 Martij 6. Elizabeth Beck filia Georgij Bpd
1574 April 5. Catherine Beck vidua Brd

Collier was succeeded in 1630 as vicar by William Griffith, whose coming is in no way announced, and during whose incumbency hand-writing, ink, and spelling, are equally bad. The entries are now in English and with the exception of "John Hornsbie, Hewes John, buryed the 26 th day" (May 1639) there is hardly an alias to break the monotony of the wearisome pages. One marriage deserves notice,

1641 Joseph Jefferson & Mary Barker maried with a license the xxviii day.

The first mention in these pages of a license — as far as the writer has seen. One well-known name occurs among the burials :

1633 Barnard Barton buried ye 16th of June

Apropos of this Barnard Barton, it may be well to observe that the Bartons of Ivegill, a somewhat remarkable family, are registered in Dalston. The first entry concerning them is as follows : among the baptisms:

1573 Aprilis 12. Jakobus Barton filius Roberti

They seem to have often married out of the parish. When they looked at home for their wives they allied themselves with well known families.

Jan:5 1575 Jhon Barton et Elizabeth Holme. mrd
1589 februari 11 Richard Barton et Ayles Mey. mrd
1603 Junij 11. Jhon Barton et Janet Blamyre mrd

Bernard Barton, the quaker poet, was mistaken when he spoke of himself in one of his poems as of no remote ancestry. The Bartons were in all probability far older than the registers. Another Barnard Barton was the inventor of the first rude attempt at a spinning jenny. A tradition in his family takes him up to London when he was presented to King George III. He died in 1786 and his grandsons, who are still living, put up a stone to him in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Carlisle.*

*In memory of Barnard Barton who died January 6th, 1773, aged 45 years; also of Mary his wife, who died May 20th, 1786, aged 56 years; also of five of their children, viz: George, William, Abraham, Henry, and Barnard, who died in their infancy. Repaired and re-erected by Bernard and John Barton, grandsons of the first named deceased, 1540."

See also *Dalston parish records. N.B. the above reading of the inscription is inaccurate.