Family of William Hunt and Hannah Yate

Husband: William Hunt

  • Name:

  • William Hunt

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • WHS was originally started in 1793 and the initials stand for William Hunt & Sons of Brades Steel Works. They were acquired by Brades Nash Industries in 1951 who were themselves acquired in 1962 by Spear & Jackson. Finally in 1985, Neill Tools purchased Spear & Jackson and inherited the WHS name. In the building trade, the WHS initials are affectionately referred to as "Work Hard or Starve".

    http://www.shef.ac.uk/assem/2/2trowel2.html

     

    The company was listed as being coal and iron masters, as well as steel manufacturers/

    refiners, in the "Brades", Oldbury, as early as 1828. Regarding edge tool manufacturing, the earliest listing I've found is for 1835:

    "Hunt William and Sons, scythe, hay and straw knives, and

    general mechanical and edge tool &c. manufacturers, Brades

    Steel Works [Oldbury]."

    Most of their input was, likely, "heavy" edge tools, similar to other firms such as Gilpin and

    Whitehouse. But, enough "light" edge tools have survived to confirm that they made them as well.

    By 1830, their Birmingham warehouse had moved to (52) Ann Street, where it remained until, at least, 1875. The firm became a Limited company by 1892, and their Birmingham warehouse was being listed at 7 Whittall Street - where it remained as late as 1914.

    From 1896 on, the company was listed as: "Hunt William & Sons, The Brades Ltd., Brades Works"

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  • Birth:

  • c. 1751

  • Birmingham, Warwickshire

Wife: Hannah Yate

  • Name:

  • Hannah Yate

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1755

  • Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Child 1: Henry Hunt

  • Name:

  • Henry Hunt

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Rebecca Unknown ( - )

  • Birth:

  • aft 1776

  •  

  • Will:

  • 1 Mar 1832 (age 55-56)

  • Proved 25.11.1833

  • Occupation:

  • 1832 (age 55-56)

  • Steel manufacturer, The Brades, Rowley Regis, Staffs (on Will)

  • Death:

  • 1833 (age 56-57)

  •  

Child 2: Hannah Hunt

  • Name:

  • Hannah Hunt

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Monkhouse Tate (1765-1841)

  • Children:

  • Monkhouse Tate (1798-1849)

  •  

  • William Tate (1800-1865)

  •  

  • George Tate (1802-1886)

  •  

  • Henry Tate (1803-1861)

  •  

  • Emily Tate (1805-1879)

  •  

  • Hannah Maria Tate (1807-1904)

  •  

  • Joseph Pitt Tate (1809-1854)

  •  

  • Charles Frederick Tate (1811- )

  •  

  • Charlotte Eliza Tate (1813-1906)

  •  

  • Lucius Octavius Tate (1821-1902)

  •  

  • Agnes Fanny Tate (1825-1864)

  • Note:

  • 19 March 1864. The Will with a Codicil of Hannah Tate formerly of Selkirk Terrace Cheltenham in the County of Gloucester but late of 54 St Paul's Road Camden Town in the County of Middlesex Widow deceased who died 6 September 1863 at St Paul's Road aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Emily Tate of St Paul's Road aforesaid Spinster and Hannah Maria Tate St Paul's Road aforesaid Spinster the Daughters and the Executrixes. Effects under £2,000.

  • Birth:

  • c. 1780

  • Birmingham, Warwickshire

  • Will (1):

  • 17 Sep 1833 (age 52-53)

  • Appointed executrix to will of husband Monkhouse Tate

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 60-61)

  • Living with son George, Tewkesbury

  • Will (2):

  • 1852 (age 71-72)

  • Mentioned in Will of brother, Thomas Yate Hunt

  • Will (3):

  • 25 Oct 1852 (age 71-72)

  • Date of will (codicil 20.6.1861)

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 80-81)

  • Living with son William (widow)

  • Death:

  • 6 Sep 1863 (age 82-83)

  • 54 St Pauls Road, Camden Town, Middlesex

  • Probate:

  • 19 Mar 1864

  • Probate, London, to Emily Tate & Hannah Maria Tate

Child 3: Thomas Yate Hunt

  • Name:

  • Thomas Yate Hunt

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sarah Cooke (1795-1826)

  • Children:

  • William Yate Hunt (1820-1892)

  •  

  • Sarah Elizabeth Hunt (1821- )

  •  

  • Hannah Louisa Hunt (1825-1827)

  •  

  • Emma Beaufoy Hunt (1826-1905)

  • Note (shared):

  • 1851: Ironmaster, Brades House, Rowley Regis, Staffs

     

    Birmingham City Archives: Smythe Etches and Co, later Lee Crowder and Co, solicitors of Birmingham [MS 3375/414716 - MS 3375/414532]

    Smythe Etches and Co, later Lee Crowder and Co, solicitors of Birmingham, Catalogue Ref. MS 3375

    Creator(s): Smythe Etches and Co, Birmingham, solicitors, Lee Crowder and Co, Birmingham, solicitors

    Hunt family: deeds of Brades estate in Oldbury Worcs, Rowley Regis Staffs, West Bromwich, etc. 1696-1880; testamentary and executorship papers, 1775-1871; letters and personal papers of Samuel Hunt, 1840-c1860; testamentary and executorship papers of Thomas Yate Hunt, 1843-92; papers re Stour Valley Coal & Iron Co., c1860-90; papers re firm of Lee, Hunt & Co., solicitors, c1800-35; estate account book, 1870-75; plans and sketches of Brades estate and steel works, 1815-75; sale particulars and plan of Brades estate, 1885; papers relating to Brades Steel Works, 1849-80; miscellaneous estate papers, 1799-1873

    Lee Crowder deposit

    FILE - Partnership deeds of Birmingham firms - ref. MS 3375/306 - date: 1783-1825

    item: Deed of Copartnership - ref. MS 3375/306/14 - date: 29 Aug 1815

    Thomas Yate Hunt of the same, steel manufacturer

    Thomas Yate Hunt may withdraw £400 per annum from the profits

    If either Thomas Yate Hunt or Samuel Hunt marry they get £800 per annum.

    FILE - 1 bundle of the will and papers re the estate and executorship of Thomas Yate Hunt. 1843-1892, with probate of the will of Henry Hunt. - ref. MS 3375/764 - date: 1832

    HUNT

    FILE - 1 bundle of deeds re property in Wednesbury, co. Staff., Brookend, Longdon, co. Staff., The Brades, Rowley Regis, co. Staff. 1792-1820., and deed of co-partnership between Messrs. Henry Hunt, Thomas Yate Hunt and Samuel Hunt in the business of steel manufacturers and coal masters at the Brades, co. Staff. 1825 - ref. MS 3375/915 - date: 1792 - 1825

  • Birth:

  • c. 1784

  • Dudley, Worcestershire

  • Fact1:

  • 1832 (age 47-48)

  • Mentioned in Will of brother, Henry Hunt

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 56-57)

  • Ironmaster, Brades, Rowley Regis, Staffs

  • Will:

  • 21 Jan 1845 (age 60-61)

  • Date of will (proved 11.11.1852)

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 66-67)

  • Ironmaster, Brades House, Rowley Regis, Staffs

  • Death fact:

  • 1852 (age 67-68)

  • 1852 Sep Qtr, West Derby, 8b/360

  • Death:

  • 27 Sep 1852 (age 67-68)

  • Liverpool, Lancashire

  • Burial:

  • 5 Oct 1852

  • Old Presbyterian (or Unitarian) Meeting House, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Vault No.12 (aged 62)

Child 4: Samuel Hunt

  • Name:

  • Samuel Hunt

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • 23 January 1867. The Will with two Codicils of Samuel Hunt late of the Rookery Handsworth in the County of Stafford Coal and Iron Master deceased who died 8 December 1866 at the Rookery aforesaid was proved at Lichfield by the oaths of Henry Edmunds of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Banker and Charles Best of Birmingham aforesaid Gentleman the Executors. Effects under £100,000.

  • Birth:

  • 17 Apr 1788

  • Birmingham, Warwickshire

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Sep 1788 (age 0)

  • Old Meeting House Meeting Street-Presbyterian, Birmingham, Warwick

  • Fact1:

  • 1832 (age 43-44)

  • Mentioned in Will of brother, Henry Hunt

  • Residence:

  • 14 Jan 1843 (age 54)

  • Of Handsworth, Staffs; named as executor to will of Samuel Cooke

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 62-63)

  • Coal master, Soho Street, Handsworth, Staffs (unmarried)

  • Fact2:

  • 1852 (age 63-64)

  • Mentioned in Will of brother, Thomas Yate Hunt

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 72-73)

  • Coal master, The Rookery, Soho Street, Handsworth, Staffs (unmarried)

  • Death fact:

  • 1866 (age 77-78)

  • 1866 Dec Qtr, West Bromwich, 6b/402 (aged 78)

  • Death:

  • 8 Dec 1866 (age 78)

  • The Rookery, Handsworth, Staffordshire

Child 5: Robert Gee Hunt

  • Name:

  • Robert Gee Hunt

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Downward (c. 1796-bef1851)

  • Children:

  • Henry Hunt (1821- )

  •  

  • George Hunt (1823-1896)

  •  

  • Yate Hunt (1824-1824)

  • Note:

  • 21 February 1862. The Will of Robert Gee Hunt formerly of Liverpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster but late of Chad Road Edgbaston in the County of Warwick Gentleman deceased who died 5 November 1861 at Chad Road aforesaid was proved at Birmingham by the oath of George Hunt of Chad Road aforesaid Gentleman the Son the sole Executor. Effects under £800.

  • Birth:

  • 13 Sep 1789

  • Birmingham, Warwickshire

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Feb 1790 (age 0)

  • Old Meeting House Meeting Street-Presbyterian, Birmingham, Warwick

  • Residence:

  • 1825 (age 35-36)

  • Gentleman, 5 Upper Stanhope St, Liverpool (History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, vol I., 1825)

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 51-52)

  • Independent, Irvine St, West Derby, Liverpool

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 61-62)

  • Retired ???, Irvine St, West Derby, Liverpool (widower)

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 71-72)

  • Gentleman, 16 Chad Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham (widower)

  • Death fact:

  • 1861 (age 71-72)

  • 1861 Dec Qtr, Kings Norton, 6c/236

  • Death:

  • 5 Nov 1861 (age 72)

  • Chad Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire

Note on Husband: William Hunt

WHS was originally started in 1793 and the initials stand for William Hunt & Sons of Brades Steel Works. They were acquired by Brades Nash Industries in 1951 who were themselves acquired in 1962 by Spear & Jackson. Finally in 1985, Neill Tools purchased Spear & Jackson and inherited the WHS name. In the building trade, the WHS initials are affectionately referred to as "Work Hard or Starve".

http://www.shef.ac.uk/assem/2/2trowel2.html

 

The company was listed as being coal and iron masters, as well as steel manufacturers/

refiners, in the "Brades", Oldbury, as early as 1828. Regarding edge tool manufacturing, the earliest listing I've found is for 1835:

"Hunt William and Sons, scythe, hay and straw knives, and

general mechanical and edge tool &c. manufacturers, Brades

Steel Works [Oldbury]."

Most of their input was, likely, "heavy" edge tools, similar to other firms such as Gilpin and

Whitehouse. But, enough "light" edge tools have survived to confirm that they made them as well.

By 1830, their Birmingham warehouse had moved to (52) Ann Street, where it remained until, at least, 1875. The firm became a Limited company by 1892, and their Birmingham warehouse was being listed at 7 Whittall Street - where it remained as late as 1914.

From 1896 on, the company was listed as: "Hunt William & Sons, The Brades Ltd., Brades Works"

http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive/get.phtml?message_id=144803&submit_thread=1

Note on Child 2: Hannah Hunt

19 March 1864. The Will with a Codicil of Hannah Tate formerly of Selkirk Terrace Cheltenham in the County of Gloucester but late of 54 St Paul's Road Camden Town in the County of Middlesex Widow deceased who died 6 September 1863 at St Paul's Road aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Emily Tate of St Paul's Road aforesaid Spinster and Hannah Maria Tate St Paul's Road aforesaid Spinster the Daughters and the Executrixes. Effects under £2,000.

Note on Child 3: Thomas Yate Hunt - shared note

1851: Ironmaster, Brades House, Rowley Regis, Staffs

 

Birmingham City Archives: Smythe Etches and Co, later Lee Crowder and Co, solicitors of Birmingham [MS 3375/414716 - MS 3375/414532]

Smythe Etches and Co, later Lee Crowder and Co, solicitors of Birmingham, Catalogue Ref. MS 3375

Creator(s): Smythe Etches and Co, Birmingham, solicitors, Lee Crowder and Co, Birmingham, solicitors

Hunt family: deeds of Brades estate in Oldbury Worcs, Rowley Regis Staffs, West Bromwich, etc. 1696-1880; testamentary and executorship papers, 1775-1871; letters and personal papers of Samuel Hunt, 1840-c1860; testamentary and executorship papers of Thomas Yate Hunt, 1843-92; papers re Stour Valley Coal & Iron Co., c1860-90; papers re firm of Lee, Hunt & Co., solicitors, c1800-35; estate account book, 1870-75; plans and sketches of Brades estate and steel works, 1815-75; sale particulars and plan of Brades estate, 1885; papers relating to Brades Steel Works, 1849-80; miscellaneous estate papers, 1799-1873

Lee Crowder deposit

FILE - Partnership deeds of Birmingham firms - ref. MS 3375/306 - date: 1783-1825

item: Deed of Copartnership - ref. MS 3375/306/14 - date: 29 Aug 1815

Thomas Yate Hunt of the same, steel manufacturer

Thomas Yate Hunt may withdraw £400 per annum from the profits

If either Thomas Yate Hunt or Samuel Hunt marry they get £800 per annum.

FILE - 1 bundle of the will and papers re the estate and executorship of Thomas Yate Hunt. 1843-1892, with probate of the will of Henry Hunt. - ref. MS 3375/764 - date: 1832

HUNT

FILE - 1 bundle of deeds re property in Wednesbury, co. Staff., Brookend, Longdon, co. Staff., The Brades, Rowley Regis, co. Staff. 1792-1820., and deed of co-partnership between Messrs. Henry Hunt, Thomas Yate Hunt and Samuel Hunt in the business of steel manufacturers and coal masters at the Brades, co. Staff. 1825 - ref. MS 3375/915 - date: 1792 - 1825

Note on Child 4: Samuel Hunt

23 January 1867. The Will with two Codicils of Samuel Hunt late of the Rookery Handsworth in the County of Stafford Coal and Iron Master deceased who died 8 December 1866 at the Rookery aforesaid was proved at Lichfield by the oaths of Henry Edmunds of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Banker and Charles Best of Birmingham aforesaid Gentleman the Executors. Effects under £100,000.

Note on Child 5: Robert Gee Hunt

21 February 1862. The Will of Robert Gee Hunt formerly of Liverpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster but late of Chad Road Edgbaston in the County of Warwick Gentleman deceased who died 5 November 1861 at Chad Road aforesaid was proved at Birmingham by the oath of George Hunt of Chad Road aforesaid Gentleman the Son the sole Executor. Effects under £800.