See also
Husband:
James Beman (1774-1818)
Wife:
Ann Russell (c. 1775-1825)
Children:
Marriage:
21 Jun 1802
St Mary, Acton, Middlesex
Name:
James Beman
Sex:
Male
Father:
William Beman (1746-1807)
Mother:
Elizabeth Brooks (1752-1797)
Note:
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.
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.
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)
Note:
Will of William Beman of 15 Philpot Lane in the City of London Grocer, 25 Feb 1826. I appoint Chas Beman of Dover St Piccadilly Tallow Chandler my Executor in consideration of which and many other immeasurable kindnesses and attention do bequeath him £50 free of legacy duty by virtue of such appointment; to my dear Sophia Blount one hundred pounds should it please God to demand me before my marriage to her; all property (my watch and dressing case, ring, wearing apparrel excepted) be divided between my dear brother & sisters share and share alike; the articles above mentioned to my dear brother James provided always and in case of my marriage with my dear Sophia then I bequeath the whole of my property of every description to her in trust should there be issue for such child or children, but in case of her remarrying the whole of such sums of money rent & interest to be funded until such child or children shall attain the age of twenty one years, but if no issue by dearest Sophia to receive the rents and interest for her lifetime and afterwards to return to my dear brother & sisters living at that time it being the family property.
Witnesses: Absm Powell & Igal Hardyman assistants to Kembles & Co, 15 Philpot Lane.
Admon with the Will attached London 25 Nov 1826 of William Beman formerly of Philpot Lane in the City of London but late of Chiswell Street in the Parish of St Luke in the County of Middlesex Grocer deceased was granted to Sophia Beman Widow formerly Blount the Relict & Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will, Charles Beman the sole Executor named in the Will survived the said deceased but died without having taken upon himself the probate & execution of the will; the Testator did not leave any child.
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)
Note:
BEMAN James, 11 October 1869. The Will of James Beman late of 11 Oxford Parade Cheltenham and of Birdlip both in the County of Gloucester Gentleman deceased who died 19 September 1869 at 11 Oxford Parade aforesaid was proved at Gloucester by the oaths of Mary Beman of Cheltenham aforesaid Widow the Relict and William Buckle of Cheltenham aforesaid Gentleman the Executors. Effects under £16,000.
Birth:
18 Nov 1805
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex
Baptism:
14 Dec 1805 (age 0)
St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex
Census (1):
1841 (age 35-36)
Wine merchant, High Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Census (2):
1851 (age 45-46)
Wine merchant, Colombia House, Winchcomb Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Census (3):
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:
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:
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)
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.
Will of William Beman of 15 Philpot Lane in the City of London Grocer, 25 Feb 1826. I appoint Chas Beman of Dover St Piccadilly Tallow Chandler my Executor in consideration of which and many other immeasurable kindnesses and attention do bequeath him £50 free of legacy duty by virtue of such appointment; to my dear Sophia Blount one hundred pounds should it please God to demand me before my marriage to her; all property (my watch and dressing case, ring, wearing apparrel excepted) be divided between my dear brother & sisters share and share alike; the articles above mentioned to my dear brother James provided always and in case of my marriage with my dear Sophia then I bequeath the whole of my property of every description to her in trust should there be issue for such child or children, but in case of her remarrying the whole of such sums of money rent & interest to be funded until such child or children shall attain the age of twenty one years, but if no issue by dearest Sophia to receive the rents and interest for her lifetime and afterwards to return to my dear brother & sisters living at that time it being the family property.
Witnesses: Absm Powell & Igal Hardyman assistants to Kembles & Co, 15 Philpot Lane.
Admon with the Will attached London 25 Nov 1826 of William Beman formerly of Philpot Lane in the City of London but late of Chiswell Street in the Parish of St Luke in the County of Middlesex Grocer deceased was granted to Sophia Beman Widow formerly Blount the Relict & Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will, Charles Beman the sole Executor named in the Will survived the said deceased but died without having taken upon himself the probate & execution of the will; the Testator did not leave any child.
BEMAN James, 11 October 1869. The Will of James Beman late of 11 Oxford Parade Cheltenham and of Birdlip both in the County of Gloucester Gentleman deceased who died 19 September 1869 at 11 Oxford Parade aforesaid was proved at Gloucester by the oaths of Mary Beman of Cheltenham aforesaid Widow the Relict and William Buckle of Cheltenham aforesaid Gentleman the Executors. Effects under £16,000.