See also

Family of Charles Gray and Elizabeth Wilson

Husband: Charles Gray

  • Name:

  • Charles Gray

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • Will of Charles Gray of Shepherd Street, Oxford Street in the Parish of St George Hanover Square, Westminster, stable keeper, and of Bullerygars Farm Boreham Wood, 15 Aug 1819

    All stock, debts, ready money, household furniture, etc, wearing apparel, horses, carriages, etc to my lawful wife Elizabeth Gray; to Elizabeth Gray wife and Elizabeth Gray daughter, execs, on decease of my wife Elizabeth half of my property to my daughter Elizabeth and household furniture etc if her deceased mother Elizabeth Gray has not disposed of it in her lifetime which she is at liberty to do; one quarter of the remaining property to my daughter Sophia Gray and the other quarter to be divided between my daughter Lucy Beman and my son William Wilson Gray; if my daughter Sophia Gray marries then one half of her quarter to my son Thomas Gray; to my son Charles Gray £50 for mourning; Mr Wimbush of Oxford Street and Charles Beman of Down Street Piccadilly execs together with my wife and daughter.

    Witnesses: Anthony Quary, Daniel Quary

    Proved London 4 Sep 1819 to Elizabeth Gray widow the relict, Elizabeth Gray spinster the daughter, Samuel Wimbush and Charles Beman the execs.

  • Birth:

  • c. 1760

  •  

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Job master, Shepherd Street, Oxford Street

  • Will:

  • 15 Aug 1819 (age 58-59)

  • Date of will (see notes)

  • Death:

  • 1819 (age 58-59)

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 31 Aug 1819

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex (aged 59)

  • Probate:

  • 4 Sep 1819

  • Probate to Elizabeth Gray widow, Elizabeth Gray daughter, Samuel Wimbush and Charles Beman

Wife: Elizabeth Wilson

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Wilson

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Edward Wilson ( - )

  • Father:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1757

  •  

  • Will (1):

  • 4 Sep 1819 (age 61-62)

  • Executrix to husband's will

  • Death:

  • 1821 (age 63-64)

  • Westminster, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 20 Nov 1821

  • St Anne, Soho (aged 64)

  • Residence:

  • 1837 (age 79-80)

  • "Formerly of Shepherd Street, Oxford Street"

  • Will (2):

  • 1837 (age 79-80)

  • Legacy from Sophia Attfield to children of the late Elizabeth Gray

Child 1: Charles Gray

  • Name:

  • Charles Gray

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • c. 1783

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Will:

  • 15 Aug 1819 (age 35-36)

  • Mentioned in father's will

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 67-68)

  • Annuitant, Anglesey House, Plumstead, Kent (widower)

Child 2: Lucy Sophia Gray

  • Name:

  • Lucy Sophia Gray

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Beman (1782-1826)

  • Children:

  • Charles Beman (1810-1857)

  •  

  • Elizabeth Beman (1813-1872)

  •  

  • Thomas Beman (1813-1813)

  •  

  • George Beman (1815-1822)

  • Note:

  • 23 May 1862. The Will of Lucy Sophia Beman formerly of 13 Down Street Piccadilly in the County of Middlesex but late of Horley in the County of Surrey Widow deceased who died 5 May 1862 at Horley aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of James Beman of 11 Oxford parade Cheltenham in the County of Gloucester Gentleman the Nephew and Thomas Ilott Barns of 13 Down Street aforesaid Wax and Tallow Chandler the Executors. Effects under £7,000.

  • Birth:

  • 2 Oct 1783

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Oct 1783 (age 0)

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Will (1):

  • 15 Aug 1819 (age 35)

  • Mentioned in father's will

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 57-58)

  • Living with son Charles, Down St, Westminster

  • Will (2):

  • 22 Aug 1845 (age 61)

  • Mentioned in will of Thomas Beal

  • Residence:

  • 1846 (age 62-63)

  • Down Street, Piccadilly (in Mary Beal's will)

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 67-68)

  • Park House Cottage, Maidstone, Kent (mother in law)

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 77-78)

  • Mother in law, living with Samuel & Elizabeth Knight

  • Death fact:

  • 1862 (age 78-79)

  • 1862 Jun Qtr, Reigate, 2a/90

  • Death:

  • 5 May 1862 (age 78)

  • Horley, Surrey

Child 3: Sophia Gray

  • Name:

  • Sophia Gray

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Duke (c. 1794-bef1861)

  • Children:

  • Elizabeth Duke (1825- )

  • Birth:

  • 23 Jul 1786

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Aug 1786 (age 0)

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Will:

  • 15 Aug 1819 (age 33)

  • Mentioned in father's will

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 54-55)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 64-65)

  • Manager of lodging house, wife in household

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 74-75)

  • Formerly lodging house keeper, boarder, 2 North Place, Marylebone (widow)

  • Death fact:

  • 1862 (age 75-76)

  • 1862 Dec Q, Pancras, 1b/68

  • Residence:

  • 1862 (age 75-76)

  • 4 North Place, Hampstead Road

  • Death:

  • 1862 (age 75-76)

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 31 Oct 1862

  • All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, Middlesex (aged 76)

Child 4: Thomas Gray

  • Name:

  • Thomas Gray

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Eliza Unknown (c. 1789-1855)

  • Children:

  • Eliza Ann Gray (1828-1852)

  •  

  • Thomas Gullan Gray (1830-1830)

  •  

  • Georgiana Margaret Gray (1831-1869)

  • Birth:

  • 12 May 1788

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Jun 1788 (age 0)

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Will (1):

  • 15 Aug 1819 (age 31)

  • Mentioned in father's will

  • Occupation (1):

  • 22 Jul 1828 (age 40)

  • Stable keeper, Mount Street (daughter Eliza's baptism)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 19 Mar 1830 (age 41)

  • Job master, Mount Street (son Thomas's baptism)

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 52-53)

  • Job Master, 119 Mount St, St George Hanover Sq

  • Occupation (3):

  • 22 Aug 1845 (age 57)

  • Job master, Mount Street, Berkeley Square (mentioned in will of Thomas Beal)

  • Occupation (4):

  • 1846 (age 57-58)

  • Jobmaster, 119 Mount St & 52 Brook St (London PO Dir, 1846)

  • Will (2):

  • 25 May 1846 (age 58)

  • Executor to will of Thomas Beal

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 62-63)

  • Job master, 119 Mount Street, Westminster

  • Death:

  • 1855 (age 66-67)

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 11 Jan 1855

  • All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, Middlesex (aged 65)

Child 5: Elizabeth Gray

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Gray

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • c. 1791

  •  

  • Will (1):

  • 4 Sep 1819 (age 27-28)

  • Executrix to father's will

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 49-50)

  • Independent, living with John & Sophia Duke, Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate, Kent

  • Will (2):

  • 22 Aug 1845 (age 53-54)

  • Mentioned in will of Thomas Beal

  • Residence:

  • 1846 (age 54-55)

  • Ramsgate, Kent, Spinster (in Mary Beal's will)

  • Death:

  • c. 1849 (age 57-58)

  •  

Child 6: William Wilson Gray

  • Name:

  • William Wilson Gray

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Ann Newman (c. 1791- )

  • Children:

  • Henry Gray (c. 1821- )

  •  

  • William Gray (c. 1824- )

  • Note:

  • 6 April 1870. The Will with three Codicils of William Wilson Gray late of 38 Somerset Street Portman Square in the County of Middlesex Job Master deceased who died 13 March 1870 at 38 Somerset Street aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Henry Mossop of Warmington in the County of Northampton Gentleman William Barnes of 63 George Street Portman Square aforesaid Gentleman and Samuel Hicks Withers of 242 Oxford Street St. Marylebone in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Job Master the Executors. Effects under £90,000. Resworn at the Stamp Office September 1871 under £100,000.

  • Birth:

  • 19 Jan 1797

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Feb 1797 (age 0)

  • St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Will:

  • 15 Aug 1819 (age 22)

  • Mentioned in father's will

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 43-44)

  • Job master, Somerset Street, Marylebone

  • Occupation (1):

  • 22 Aug 1845 (age 48)

  • Stable keeper, Shepherd St, Portman Square (in Thomas Beal's will)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1846 (age 48-49)

  • Job master, Shepherd Street, Oxford Street

  • Occupation (3):

  • 1846 (age 48-49)

  • Jobmaster, 18 Shepherd St, Oxford St (London PO Dir, 1846)

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 63-64)

  • Jobmaster employing 35 men, 38 Somerset St, Marylebone

  • Death fact:

  • 1870 (age 72-73)

  • 1870 Mar Q, Marylebone, 1a/438 (aged 73)

  • Death:

  • 13 Mar 1870 (age 73)

  • 38 Somerset Street, Portman Square, Middlesex

Note on Husband: Charles Gray

Will of Charles Gray of Shepherd Street, Oxford Street in the Parish of St George Hanover Square, Westminster, stable keeper, and of Bullerygars Farm Boreham Wood, 15 Aug 1819

All stock, debts, ready money, household furniture, etc, wearing apparel, horses, carriages, etc to my lawful wife Elizabeth Gray; to Elizabeth Gray wife and Elizabeth Gray daughter, execs, on decease of my wife Elizabeth half of my property to my daughter Elizabeth and household furniture etc if her deceased mother Elizabeth Gray has not disposed of it in her lifetime which she is at liberty to do; one quarter of the remaining property to my daughter Sophia Gray and the other quarter to be divided between my daughter Lucy Beman and my son William Wilson Gray; if my daughter Sophia Gray marries then one half of her quarter to my son Thomas Gray; to my son Charles Gray £50 for mourning; Mr Wimbush of Oxford Street and Charles Beman of Down Street Piccadilly execs together with my wife and daughter.

Witnesses: Anthony Quary, Daniel Quary

Proved London 4 Sep 1819 to Elizabeth Gray widow the relict, Elizabeth Gray spinster the daughter, Samuel Wimbush and Charles Beman the execs.

 

 

Note on Child 2: Lucy Sophia Gray

23 May 1862. The Will of Lucy Sophia Beman formerly of 13 Down Street Piccadilly in the County of Middlesex but late of Horley in the County of Surrey Widow deceased who died 5 May 1862 at Horley aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of James Beman of 11 Oxford parade Cheltenham in the County of Gloucester Gentleman the Nephew and Thomas Ilott Barns of 13 Down Street aforesaid Wax and Tallow Chandler the Executors. Effects under £7,000.

Note on Child 6: William Wilson Gray

6 April 1870. The Will with three Codicils of William Wilson Gray late of 38 Somerset Street Portman Square in the County of Middlesex Job Master deceased who died 13 March 1870 at 38 Somerset Street aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Henry Mossop of Warmington in the County of Northampton Gentleman William Barnes of 63 George Street Portman Square aforesaid Gentleman and Samuel Hicks Withers of 242 Oxford Street St. Marylebone in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Job Master the Executors. Effects under £90,000. Resworn at the Stamp Office September 1871 under £100,000.