Family of James Beman and Ann Russell
Husband: James Beman
| Name: |
James Beman |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
William Beman (1746-1807) |
| Mother: |
Elizabeth Brooks (1752-1797) |
| Birth |
1774 |
Adlestrop, Gloucestershire |
| Baptism |
6 Nov 1774 (age 0) |
Adlestrop, Gloucestershire |
| Occupation |
31 Aug 1813 (age 38-39) |
Butcher, 10 Woodstock Street, St George Hanover Square, Westminster (will) |
| Will |
31 Aug 1813 (age 38-39) |
Date of will (see notes) |
| Death |
1818 (age 43-44) |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Burial |
25 Oct 1818 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex (aged 44) |
| Probate |
20 Nov 1818 |
Probate to to Richard Gullan Esq, exec. |
Wife: Ann Russell
| Name: |
Ann Russell |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
c. 1775 |
|
| Death |
1825 (age 49-50) |
Kensington, Middlesex |
| Burial |
24 Feb 1825 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex (aged 53) |
| Name: |
William Beman |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Sophia Blount (1798-1867) |
| Birth |
22 Mar 1802 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism |
17 Apr 1802 (age 0) |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Will |
25 Feb 1826 (age 23) |
Date of will (see notes) |
| Death |
1826 (age 23-24) |
Chiswell Street, St Luke, Middlesex |
| Probate |
25 Nov 1826 |
Probate to Sophia Beman, widow |
| Name: |
Elizabeth Sophia Beman |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
12 May 1803 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism |
4 Jun 1803 (age 0) |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Name: |
Ann Beman |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
16 Mar 1804 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism |
13 Oct 1804 (age 0) |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Death |
1826 (age 21-22) |
St Luke Old Street, Finsbury, Middlesex |
| Burial |
17 Aug 1826 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex (aged 22) |
| Name: |
James Beman |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Mary Gainsford (c. 1804-1887) |
| Birth |
18 Nov 1805 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism |
14 Dec 1805 (age 0) |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Census |
1841 (age 35-36) |
Wine merchant, High Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire |
| Census |
1851 (age 45-46) |
Wine merchant, Colombia House, Winchcomb Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Census |
1861 (age 55-56) |
Wine merchant, 11 Oxford Parade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Death |
19 Sep 1869 (age 63) |
11 Oxford Parade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Name: |
Jane Beman |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1 Jun 1808 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism |
22 Jun 1808 (age 0) |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Death |
1808 (age 0) |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Burial |
29 Aug 1808 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Name: |
Josephine Beman |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
William Bolton ( - ) |
| Birth |
28 Sep 1810 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism |
20 Oct 1810 (age 0) |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Death fact |
1841 (age 30-31) |
1841 Mar Q, Kings Norton, 18/328 |
| Death |
1841 (age 30-31) |
Kings Norton, Worcestershire |
| Name: |
Elizabeth Beman |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
William Wynne Willson (1802-1877) |
| Birth |
5 Dec 1811 |
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Death |
1845 (age 33-34) |
Palestine Place, Bethnal Green, Middlesex |
| Burial |
23 Dec 1845 |
St John of Jerusalem, South Hackney, Middlesex (aged 33) |
Note on Husband: James Beman
A very personal document: The Will of James Beman of No.10 Woodstock Street in the Parish of St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, Butcher, 31 Aug 1813. Friend Richard Gullan of New Bond Street and my cousin Tobias Gainsford of Piccadilly Tallow Chandler both of the Parish of St George Hanover Square, execs. In regard to my property God knows I have but very little, when I entered into co-partnership with Mr Salmon fourteen years ago I was possessed of property as follows: two hundred pounds my father gave me, six hundred pounds I received with my dear wife Ann Beman, five hundred pounds I received of Mr Baker as premium for a lease of the house at the corner of Sheppard Street making the sum of thirteen hundred pounds, but am apprehensive that sum is much reduced but not owing to any imprudence or misconduct on my own part but principally to the business being inadequate to maintain two families and more particularly when I entered into it but since which time its much increased in my opinion threefold but my family and consequently expenses have likewise increased every year with it, and as I consider Mr Salmon incapable of conducting the business alone it will I should suppose at my decease be disposed of should therefore expect my family (as I am confident the increase of the business since I entered into it arose from my perseverance assiduity and attention) entitled to one full moiety or half sum of money it may sell for; I therefore will that whatever sum of money I may have in my business in Bond Street or entitled to from the disposal or goodwill of the business may be invested in the funds for the mutual benefit of my dear wife Ann Beman and all my dear children; to wife Ann all household furniture plate & linen (my books I shall mention hereafter) for her use during her lifetime provided she continues a widow to remain in the house I now live in so long as the term of the lease the rent being low and well situated for letting lodgings which will in some degree assist her in maintaining my dear children unless something more advantageous should offer; but in case my wife Ann Beman should again marry I then will that immediately after the solemnisation of such marriage the lease of my house with all my furniture etc (books excepted) be sold to be invested in the public funds for the benefit of my children divided equally share and share alike as they attain their twenty-first year, but so long as my wife continue a widow I wish her to enjoy the benefit of my property as already mentioned and at her deceased divided between my children share and share alike; I have therefore committed this much to paper as my dear wife so much wished me to make a will but I have a very powerful motive on my own part for executing this will, namely to nominate and appoint two persons of integrity and perseverance to protect my dear infant children so that they may have their right in regard to the property which I hold in trust jointly with Mr Cato of Hemel Hempsted Herts for their benefit as my executors will see by referring to the deed of trust which I have in my possession called the marriage settlement of Ann Cato with Henry Russell who I hope and trust after my departure instead of endeavouring to wrong his sister and her children will endeavour to comfort her and assist her to maintain her infant family; in regard to my books I bequeath to my son William my Encyclopaedia Londoniensis, to James my Bible bound in red morocco, to Ann my Cocks’ pocket edition of the poets and to Josephine & Elizabeth the remainder; now a few words to my executors I have nothing but sincere and good wishes to leave them thank God they want nothing else, Gullan my old friend whom I have already been under many obligations and which it has not pleased God for me to live to repay and with whom I have spent very many a cheerful and happy hour may it please God for us to meet again, my cousin Gainsford I have an equal respect for although I have not been in the habit of spending so much time with him, I am fearful I have imposed a troublesome task on them but at the same time think it a duty we owe to each other.
Witnesses: William Humphries, Thomas Gardner.
Proved London 20 Nov 1818 to Richard Gullan Esq with power reserved to Tobias Gainsford the other exec.
