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Family of Thomas Broadhurst and Frances Whittaker

Husband: Thomas Broadhurst (1768?-1851)
Wife: Frances Whittaker (1778?-1864)
Children: Mary Ann Broadhurst (1805- )
Susan Broadhurst (1807- )
Emily Broadhurst (1808-1876)
Thomas Alfred Broadhurst (1809-1815)
Edward Broadhurst (1810-1883)
Selina Frances Broadhurst (1818?-1907)

Husband: Thomas Broadhurst

Name: Thomas Broadhurst
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Note (shared): Thomas Broadhurst was one of the first intake of four students at the dissenting academy Hackney College in October 1786.
John Issitt: "Jeremiah Joyce: Radical Dissenter and Writer", Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006

Author of various philosophical works including:
"Advice to Young Ladies on the Improvement of the Mind and Conduct of Life", 1810
"Funeral Orations in praise of Military Men, Translated from the Greek of Thucydides, Plato and Lycias", 1812
Birth 1768 (app) Blackley, Lancashire
Title Reverend
Will 13 Jun 1812 (age 43-44) Date of will
Census (1) 1841 (age 72-73) Independent, Belvedere East, Walcot, Somerset
Census (2) 1851 (age 82-83) Christian Minister, Belvedere House, Walcot, Bath
Death fact 1851 (age 82-83) 1851 Dec Qtr, Bath, 11/40
Probate 28 Oct 1851 (age 82-83) Probate to Frances Broadhurst, widow
Death 1851 (age 82-83) Bath, Somerset

Wife: Frances Whittaker

Name: Frances Whittaker
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Note: 16 February 1865. The Will of Frances Broadhurst late of Belvidere House in the City of Bath Widow deceased who died 9 November 1864 at Bath aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Thomas Sandon Watson of the said City M.D. and Andrew Kippis Watson of the Middle Temple London Barrister-at-Law the Executors. Effects under £10,000.
Birth 1778 (app) Manchester, Lancashire
Census 1861 (age 82-83) Fundholder, Belvedere House, Walcot, Bath (widow)
Death fact 1864 (age 85-86) 1864 Dec Qtr, Bath, 5c/487
Death 9 Nov 1864 (age 85-86) Bath, Somerset

Child 1: Mary Ann Broadhurst

Name: Mary Ann Broadhurst
Sex: Female
Note: Reference to Mary Ann Broadhurst, 1819, in John Chapple, "Elizabeth Gaskell, The Early Years", Manchester University Press 1997, p.174
Birth 6 Jun 1805 Bath, Somerset
Baptism 26 Jul 1805 (age 0) Trim Street Formerly Frog Lane Presbyterian, Bath, Somerset

Child 2: Susan Broadhurst

Name: Susan Broadhurst
Sex: Female
Spouse: John R Holden ( -bef1871)
Birth 15 Feb 1807 Bath, Somerset
Baptism 5 Apr 1807 (age 0) Trim Street Formerly Frog Lane Presbyterian, Bath, Somerset
Census (1) 1871 (age 63-64) Widow, 6 Queens Parade, Walcot Trinity, Bath
Census (2) 1881 (age 73-74) Annuitant, 14 Gay Street, Walcot, Somerset (widow; age shown as 60)

Child 3: Emily Broadhurst

Name: Emily Broadhurst
Sex: Female
Note (shared): § 188. EMILY BROADHURST/ ENGLAND/ Broadhurst/ Emilia/ / Inghilterra/ Firenze/ 24 Novembre/ 1875/ / 1334/ GL23777/1 N°493, Age 60, Rev Tottenham/ IN MEMORY OF/ EMILY BROADHURST/ BORN AT BATH/ DIED AT FLORENCE 24 NOV 1876/ LOVED AND LAMENTED/ F10D
REGISTER OF THE TOMBS IN
THE PROTESTANT CEMETERY OF FLORENCE,
CALLED 'THE ENGLISH CEMETERY'
http://www.florin.ms/cemetery1.html
Birth 3 Feb 1808 Bath, Somerset
Baptism 22 Mar 1808 (age 0) Trim Street Formerly Frog Lane Presbyterian, Bath, Somerset
Census (1) 1861 (age 52-53) Living with mother, unmarried
Census (2) 1871 (age 62-63) Living with sister, Susan Holden, Bath (unmarried)
Death 24 Nov 1876 (age 68) Florence, Italy

Child 4: Thomas Alfred Broadhurst

Name: Thomas Alfred Broadhurst
Sex: Male
Birth 17 Apr 1809 Bath, Somerset
Baptism 6 Jun 1809 (age 0) Trim Street Formerly Frog Lane Presbyterian, Bath, Somerset
Death 1815 (age 5-6) Walcot, Bath, Somerset
Burial 1 Feb 1815 St Swithin, Walcot, Somerset (aged over 5 years)

Child 5: Edward Broadhurst

Name: Edward Broadhurst
Sex: Male
Spouse: Harriett Lucy Greenhill (1833?- )
Note (shared): Member of the NSW Legislative Council, Australia, 1851-1861
Foundation member of the Senate of Sydney University in 1850.
Qualifications, occupations and interests: Lawyer (barrister). Educated by his father and then at Shrewsbury School. Had an outstanding academic record in mathematics and classics at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. Rebelled against his father's religion by forfeiting the degree rather than making the religious declaration required of graduates. Called to the Bar at Middle Temple, England, in 1837. Migrated to Sydney in the same year and was admitted to the New South Wales Bar on 5 February 1838. Quickly gained a large practice. In 1841, income was £2000. In 1844 clashed bitterly with Robert Lowe. In 1848, became a Commissioner inquiring into the consititution and practice of the courts. In 1858, became a Queen's Counsel and was known as 'father of the Bar'. Ill health caused him to retire some years before his death.
Personal: Son of the Reverend Thomas Broadhurst and his wife Frances Whittaker. Married Harriett Lucy Greenhill, daughter of Stephen Greenhill, on 7 May 1853, and had issue 1 son and 1 daughter.
Additional Information: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3
Source: http://www.par liament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf
Birth 2 Jul 1810 Bath, Somerset
Death 7 Apr 1883 (age 72) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Child 6: Selina Frances Broadhurst

Name: Selina Frances Broadhurst
Sex: Female
Spouse: Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815-1888)
Note: PALEY Selina Frances of "Apthorp" Boscombe Spa Boscombe Hants widow died 12 May 1907; Probate London 17 July to Mary Ann Thomas spinster and Frederick John Paley M.D. Effects £2914 12s. 6d. Resworn £2744 10s.
Birth 1818 (app) Bath, Somerset
Census (1) 1841 (age 22-23) Living with parents
Census (2) 1861 (age 42-43) Living with mother, unmarried
Census (3) 1871 (age 52-53) Independent, 6 Camden Place, Walcot, Bath (unmarried)
Census (4) 1901 (age 82-83) Widow, "Apthorp", Boscombe
Death fact 1907 (age 88-89) 1907 Jun Qtr, Christchurch, 2b/432 (aged 89)
Death 12 May 1907 (age 88-89) Boscombe, Hampshire