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Family of Francis Ayerst and Sarah Ann Smith

Husband: Francis Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Francis Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Ayerst (1749-1791)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Pope (1747-1818)

  • Birth:

  • 1780

  • Chatham, Kent

  • Occupation (1):

  • 3 Apr 1793 (age 12-13)

  • Extra clerk to the Clerk of the Survey, Chatham Dockyard

  • Occupation (2):

  • 30 May 1814 (age 33-34)

  • Dock yard (son Francis's baptism)

  • Occupation (3):

  • 2 Oct 1816 (age 35-36)

  • 1st clerk to the Clerk of the Survey, Chatham Dockyard (until 1822)

  • Occupation (4):

  • 17 Sep 1817 (age 36-37)

  • Clerk in the dockyard (daughter Sarah's baptism)

  • Occupation (5):

  • 25 Dec 1826 (age 45-46)

  • Gentleman (daughter Elizabeth's baptism)

  • Death:

  • 1829 (age 48-49)

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Burial:

  • 4 Dec 1829

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent (aged 49)

Wife: Sarah Ann Smith

  • Name:

  • Sarah Ann Smith

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • Will of Sarah Ann Ayerst of Brompton in the county of Kent widow the relict of Francis Ayerst of Brompton Gentleman; eldest son Francis Ayerst executor, 26 April 1831. Witnesses W Adams, J Gilbert

    Admon with will 28 Feb 1832 to Frederic John Bayne the Curator or Guardian lawfully assigned to Francis Ayerst a minor the son and sole executor named in the will; Jemima Smith widow the grandmother and only next of kin of the said minor having renounced the said guardianship.

  • Birth:

  • c. 1791

  •  

  • Will:

  • 26 Apr 1831 (age 39-40)

  • Date of will

  • Death:

  • 1831 (age 39-40)

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Burial:

  • 3 May 1831

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent (aged 40)

  • Probate:

  • 28 Feb 1832

  • Probate to Francis Ayerst, minor

Child 1: Sarah Ann Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Sarah Ann Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1811

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Death:

  • 1811 (age 0)

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Burial:

  • 27 Apr 1811

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent (aged 5 weeks)

Child 2: Mary Ann Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Mary Ann Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 3 May 1812

  • Chatham, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Jun 1812 (age 0)

  • St Mary, Chatham, Kent

Child 3: Francis Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Francis Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • AYERST Francis, 1 October 1890. The Will of Francis Ayerst late of 2 Great College Street Westminster and of 26 Bessborough Gardens Pimlico both in the County of Middlesex Solicitor who died 3 September 1890 at 26 Bessborough Gardens was proved at the Principal Registry by Henry Warren Jones of 7 South Park Sevenoaks in the County of Kent Solicitor the Nephew the sole Executor. Personal Estate £890 11s. 4d.

  • Birth:

  • 1814

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 30 May 1814 (age 0)

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 66-67)

  • No occupation, 26 Bessborough Gardens, Westminster (lodger, unmarried)

  • Death:

  • 3 Sep 1890 (age 75-76)

  • 26 Bessborough Gardens, Pimlico, Middlesex

Child 4: Jemima Elizabeth Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Jemima Elizabeth Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edward Hardinge ( -1866)

  • Note:

  • HARDINGE Jemima Elizabeth of 14 Porchester Place Middlesex widow died 27 March 1905. Probate London 12 May to Henry Warren Jones solicitor and Alicia Elizabeth Kennaway (wife of Walter Kennaway). Effects £1320 16s. 1d.

  • Birth:

  • 1815

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Dec 1815 (age 0)

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 25-26)

  • Independent, Purrock Street, Gravesend, Kent

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 35-36)

  • Visiting sister Sarah & David Wilson, Willesden (unmarried)

  • Census (3):

  • 1871 (age 55-56)

  • Fund holder, 4 Allen Terrace, Chelsea, Middlesex (widow)

  • Census (4):

  • 1881 (age 65-66)

  • No occupation, 27 Dorset Street, Marylebone (widow)

  • Census (5):

  • 1891 (age 75-76)

  • Living on own means, 39 London Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (widow)

  • Census (6):

  • 1901 (age 85-86)

  • 45 Connaught Street, Paddington, Middlesex (visitor, widow)

  • Death fact:

  • 1905 (age 89-90)

  • GRO Reference: 1905 M Quarter in PADDINGTON Volume 01A Page 57 (aged 89)

  • Death:

  • 27 May 1905 (age 89-90)

  • 14 Porchester Place, Paddington, Middlesex

Child 5: Sarah Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Sarah Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • David Wilson (c. 1811- )

  • Birth:

  • 1817

  • Brompton, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Sep 1817 (age 0)

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 23-24)

  • Independent, Purrock Street, Gravesend, Kent

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 33-34)

  • Wife in household

  • Death fact:

  • 1852 (age 34-35)

  • GRO Reference: 1852 J Quarter in SAINT GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE Volume 01A Page 116 (aged 34)

  • Death:

  • 10 May 1852 (age 34-35)

  • Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London

Child 6: Eliza Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Eliza Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  • AYERST Eliza of 22 Portsea Place Middlesex spinster died 1 February 1915. Probate London 13 March to Dame Alicia Elizabeth Kennaway (wife of Sir Walter Kennaway C.M.G.). Effects £284 7s. 5d.

  • Birth:

  • 1819

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Jun 1819 (age 0)

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 21-22)

  • Independent, Gale Street, St Giles, Middlesex

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 31-32)

  • Visiting sister Sarah & David Wilson, Willesden (unmarried)

  • Census (3):

  • 1871 (age 51-52)

  • Grove Farm House, Hunston, Kent (visitor, unmarried)

  • Census (4):

  • 1881 (age 61-62)

  • Living with sister Jemima (unmarried)

  • Census (5):

  • 1891 (age 71-72)

  • Living with sister Jemima (unmarried)

  • Census (6):

  • 1901 (age 81-82)

  • 45 Connaught Street, Paddington, Middlesex (visitor, unmarried)

  • Census (7):

  • 1911 (age 91-92)

  • Independent, 22 Portsea Place, Paddington (lodger, unmarried)

  • Death fact:

  • 1915 (age 95-96)

  • GRO Reference: 1915 M Quarter in PADDINGTON Volume 01A Page 151 (aged 95)

  • Death:

  • 1 Feb 1915 (age 95-96)

  • 22 Portsea Place, Paddington, Middlesex

Child 7: James Smith Ayerst

  • Name:

  • James Smith Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1821

  • Brompton, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Apr 1821 (age 0)

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent

  • Death:

  • 1824 (age 2-3)

  • Brompton, Kent

  • Burial:

  • 6 Jan 1824

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent (aged 2 years 6 months)

Child 8: William Edward Ayerst

  • Name:

  • William Edward Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Read Tennant (1833-1897)

  • Children:

  • Annette Minnie Ayerst (1867-1929)

  •  

  • Eva Ayerst (1868-1941)

  • Note:

  • AYERST William Edward, 20 October 1890. The Will of William Edward Ayerst late of 51 Linden Gardens Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex Surgeon who died 24 September 1890 at 51 Linden Gardens was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Read Ayerst of 51 Linden Gardens Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £3,321 5s. 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 1823

  • Brompton, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Apr 1823 (age 0)

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 47-48)

  • Surgeon, 20 Holles Street, Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Death fact:

  • 1890 (age 66-67)

  • GRO Reference: 1890 S Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 107 (aged 67)

  • Death:

  • 24 Sep 1890 (age 66-67)

  • 51 Linden Gardens, Notting Hill, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 29 Sep 1890

  • Brompton Cemetery, London (aged 67)

Child 9: James Smith Ayerst

  • Name:

  • James Smith Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Noyes (c. 1818-1889)

  • Note 1:

  • James Smith Ayerst (1824-1885) was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1859 having having graduated in 1847 as Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Navy on the Flag Ship Hibernia, and later on the Hogue, and he went round the Cape of Good Hope on the Maender in 1852.

    James Smith Ayerst was an eminent homeopathic physician and surgeon, whose patients included Charles Darwin. The pharmaceutical manufacturing business he founded merged with Wyeth to become Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. Wyeth is now part of Pfizer.

    Ayerst worked alongside James Manby Gully at Old Well House, Malvern Wells 1857–68, and at the Hydropathic establishment at Malvern in the 1850s and had taken over from Gully by 1858. Charles Darwin went to see James Smith Ayerst there for treatment in 1863.

    Ayerst is listed in the Homeopathic Medical Directory of Great Britain and Ireland in 1871, practicing at 2 Belgrade Terrace, Torquay, (between 1868–84).

    Source: https://www.sueyounghistories.com/2008-03-14-the-ayerst-surname-and-homeopathy/

  • Note 2:

  • AYERST James Smith M.D., 26 April 1884. The Will of James Smith Ayerst late of Stanbury Lower Warberry Road Torquay in the County of Devon M.D. who died 15 March 1884 at Stanbury was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Ayerst of Stanbury Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £1,921 14s. 11d.

  • Birth:

  • 1824

  • Brompton, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 2 Jul 1824 (age 0)

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent

  • Death:

  • 15 Mar 1884 (age 59-60)

  • Stanbury, Lower Warberry Road, Torquay, Devon

Child 10: Elizabeth Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1826

  • Brompton, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Dec 1826 (age 0)

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent

  • Death fact:

  • 1840 (age 13-14)

  • GRO Reference: 1840 M Quarter in GRAVESEND AND MILTON Volume 05 Page 134 (aged 13)

  • Death:

  • 1840 (age 13-14)

  • Gillingham, Kent

  • Burial:

  • 20 Mar 1840

  • St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent (aged 13)

Note on Wife: Sarah Ann Smith

Will of Sarah Ann Ayerst of Brompton in the county of Kent widow the relict of Francis Ayerst of Brompton Gentleman; eldest son Francis Ayerst executor, 26 April 1831. Witnesses W Adams, J Gilbert

Admon with will 28 Feb 1832 to Frederic John Bayne the Curator or Guardian lawfully assigned to Francis Ayerst a minor the son and sole executor named in the will; Jemima Smith widow the grandmother and only next of kin of the said minor having renounced the said guardianship.

Note on Child 3: Francis Ayerst

AYERST Francis, 1 October 1890. The Will of Francis Ayerst late of 2 Great College Street Westminster and of 26 Bessborough Gardens Pimlico both in the County of Middlesex Solicitor who died 3 September 1890 at 26 Bessborough Gardens was proved at the Principal Registry by Henry Warren Jones of 7 South Park Sevenoaks in the County of Kent Solicitor the Nephew the sole Executor. Personal Estate £890 11s. 4d.

Note on Child 4: Jemima Elizabeth Ayerst

HARDINGE Jemima Elizabeth of 14 Porchester Place Middlesex widow died 27 March 1905. Probate London 12 May to Henry Warren Jones solicitor and Alicia Elizabeth Kennaway (wife of Walter Kennaway). Effects £1320 16s. 1d.

Note on Child 6: Eliza Ayerst

AYERST Eliza of 22 Portsea Place Middlesex spinster died 1 February 1915. Probate London 13 March to Dame Alicia Elizabeth Kennaway (wife of Sir Walter Kennaway C.M.G.). Effects £284 7s. 5d.

Note on Child 8: William Edward Ayerst

AYERST William Edward, 20 October 1890. The Will of William Edward Ayerst late of 51 Linden Gardens Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex Surgeon who died 24 September 1890 at 51 Linden Gardens was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Read Ayerst of 51 Linden Gardens Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £3,321 5s. 8d.

Note on Child 9: James Smith Ayerst (1)

James Smith Ayerst (1824-1885) was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1859 having having graduated in 1847 as Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Navy on the Flag Ship Hibernia, and later on the Hogue, and he went round the Cape of Good Hope on the Maender in 1852.

James Smith Ayerst was an eminent homeopathic physician and surgeon, whose patients included Charles Darwin. The pharmaceutical manufacturing business he founded merged with Wyeth to become Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. Wyeth is now part of Pfizer.

Ayerst worked alongside James Manby Gully at Old Well House, Malvern Wells 1857–68, and at the Hydropathic establishment at Malvern in the 1850s and had taken over from Gully by 1858. Charles Darwin went to see James Smith Ayerst there for treatment in 1863.

Ayerst is listed in the Homeopathic Medical Directory of Great Britain and Ireland in 1871, practicing at 2 Belgrade Terrace, Torquay, (between 1868–84).

Source: https://www.sueyounghistories.com/2008-03-14-the-ayerst-surname-and-homeopathy/

Note on Child 9: James Smith Ayerst (2)

AYERST James Smith M.D., 26 April 1884. The Will of James Smith Ayerst late of Stanbury Lower Warberry Road Torquay in the County of Devon M.D. who died 15 March 1884 at Stanbury was proved at the Principal Registry by Mary Ayerst of Stanbury Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £1,921 14s. 11d.