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Family of John Mears and Elizabeth Attfield

Husband: John Mears

  • Name:

  • John Mears

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Mears (c. 1739-bef1782)

  • Mother:

  • Ann Hammond (1740-1819)

  • Note (shared):

  • Aug. 3: At Weymouth, where he had retired for the benefit of his health, in his 48th year, John Mears, esq. of Windlesham.

    Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 83, Part 2, 1813, page 299 (Google Books)

     

    Will of John Mears of Windlesham, Surrey, now residing at Weymouth, Dorset, Barrister at law, 1 Aug 1813

    To Elizabeth Attfield the daughter of John Attfield of Windlesham, yeoman, £400; to son John Mears £600 together with all my law books and other books and all my wearing apparel; to nephew John Mears alias Shirley £20; to Samuel Mumford of Chobham, yeoman, £20; rest of real and personal estate to my wife Elizabeth Mears; John Mears (son) and Samuel Mumford execs.

    Witnesses: John Henning, attorney, Weymouth, William Saxton, Catherine Saxton

    Proved London 18 Nov 1814 to execs

  • Birth:

  • 14 Apr 1765

  • Westminster

  • Baptism:

  • 3 May 1765 (age 0)

  • Saint Anne Soho, Westminster

  • Occupation (1):

  •  

  • Gentleman, Paradise Walk (baptism of son John, 5.3.1815)

  • Occupation (2):

  •  

  • Attorney, deceased (on son John's marriage cert., 8.9.1844)

  • Will (1):

  • 11 May 1772 (age 7)

  • Mentioned in will of James Hammond, grandfather

  • Occupation (3):

  • 9 Feb 1782 (age 16)

  • Articled clerk to Benjamin Darlington, King's Bench, Westminster

  • Occupation (4):

  • 1813 (age 47-48)

  • Barrister, Weymouth, Dorset

  • Will (2):

  • 1 Aug 1813 (age 48)

  • Date of will (see notes)

  • Death:

  • 3 Aug 1813 (age 48)

  • Weymouth, Dorset

  • Burial:

  • 10 Aug 1813

  • St John the Baptist, Windlesham (aged 48)

  • Probate:

  • 18 Nov 1814

  • Probate to John Mears, son, and Samuel Mumford

Wife: Elizabeth Attfield

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Attfield (1757-1838)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Chitty (1765-1852)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1786

  • Bagshot, Surrey

  • Will:

  • 1 Aug 1813 (age 26-27)

  • Mentioned in will of John Mears (Elizabeth Attfield the daughter of John Attfield of Windlesham yeoman)

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 54-55)

  • Shirt maker, Church Terrace, Church Row, St Pancras

  • Residence:

  • 19 Jul 1846 (age 59-60)

  • 18 Great William Street, Islington (daughter Hannah's death cert.)

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 74-75)

  • Needle woman, lodger, 18 College Street West, Pancras (widow)

  • Death:

  • aft 1861 (age 74-75)

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Child 1: Elizabeth Attfield

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note (shared):

  • Entry in baptism register says: "Elizabeth Attfield of John Meares & Elizabeth Attfield".

  • Birth:

  • 6 Feb 1807

  • Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Jul 1807 (age 0)

  • Saint Mary, St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone

Child 2: John Attfield

  • Name:

  • John Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Stiff (1818-1857)

  • Note (shared):

  • Entry in baptism register says "John son of Elizabeth Anfield and John Meares, Paradise Walk"

  • Birth:

  • 5 Apr 1813

  • Somerstown, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Mar 1815 (age 1)

  • St Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 27-28)

  • Glass salesman, living with mother (Elizabeth Callen), Church Terrace, Church Row, Marylebone

  • Occupation:

  • 8 Sep 1844 (age 31)

  • China dealer, 41 Princess Street, Marylebone (on marriage cert.)

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 37-38)

  • China & glass packer, 39 Princess Street, St Marylebone

  • Death fact:

  • 1853 (age 39-40)

  • 1853 Dec Q, Marylebone, 1a/345

  • Death:

  • 1853 (age 39-40)

  • Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 9 Oct 1853

  • St Marylebone (aged 40)

Note on Husband: John Mears - shared note

Aug. 3: At Weymouth, where he had retired for the benefit of his health, in his 48th year, John Mears, esq. of Windlesham.

Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 83, Part 2, 1813, page 299 (Google Books)

 

Will of John Mears of Windlesham, Surrey, now residing at Weymouth, Dorset, Barrister at law, 1 Aug 1813

To Elizabeth Attfield the daughter of John Attfield of Windlesham, yeoman, £400; to son John Mears £600 together with all my law books and other books and all my wearing apparel; to nephew John Mears alias Shirley £20; to Samuel Mumford of Chobham, yeoman, £20; rest of real and personal estate to my wife Elizabeth Mears; John Mears (son) and Samuel Mumford execs.

Witnesses: John Henning, attorney, Weymouth, William Saxton, Catherine Saxton

Proved London 18 Nov 1814 to execs

Note on Child 1: Elizabeth Attfield - shared note

Entry in baptism register says: "Elizabeth Attfield of John Meares & Elizabeth Attfield".

Note on Child 2: John Attfield - shared note

Entry in baptism register says "John son of Elizabeth Anfield and John Meares, Paradise Walk"