Family of Henry Attfield and Jane Bramstone
Husband: Henry Attfield
| Name: |
Henry Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
Henry Attfield (bef1677-1746) |
| Mother: |
Ann Lunn ( -1758) |
| Birth |
1722 |
Windlesham, Surrey |
| Will |
9 Nov 1745 (age 22-23) |
Mentioned in father's will |
| Residence |
btw 1761 and 1765 (age 38-43) |
Living in Weybridge, subject of removal order to Windlesham |
| Occupation |
1765 (age 42-43) |
Labourer |
| Residence |
19 Oct 1770 (age 47-48) |
Chipping Barnet (Poor Law Examination) |
| Death |
1793 (age 70-71) |
|
| Burial |
24 Mar 1793 |
St John the Baptist, Windlesham, Surrey |
Wife: Jane Bramstone
| Name: |
Jane Bramstone |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Death |
1794 |
Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Burial |
3 Dec 1794 |
St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Name: |
Henry Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Mary Dee (1748-1813) |
| Birth |
5 Jul 1746 |
Windlesham, Surrey |
| Baptism |
10 Jul 1746 (age 0) |
Windlesham, Surrey (Henry Field, son of Henry & Jane Field) |
| Occupation |
1791 (age 44-45) |
Draper, Chertsey (Universal Directory of GB) |
| Occupation |
1793 (age 46-47) |
Grocer,Chertsey & Freeholder (Univ British Directory, 2nd edition) |
| Will |
5 Aug 1819 (age 73) |
Date of Will |
| Death fact |
1821 (age 74-75) |
Inscription on gravestone in churchyard at St Peter's Chertsey |
| Death |
11 Apr 1821 (age 74) |
Chertsey, Surrey |
| Burial |
17 Apr 1821 |
St Peter, Chertsey (aged 75) |
| Probate |
5 May 1821 |
Date Will was proved |
| Name: |
John Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
3 Mar 1747/48 |
Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Baptism |
9 Mar 1747/48 (age 0) |
St Nicholas, Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Will |
5 Aug 1819 (age 71) |
Mentioned in will of brother, Henry Attfield |
| Death |
20 Mar 1825 (age 77) |
Chertsey, Surrey |
| Burial |
25 Mar 1825 |
St Peter, Chertsey (aged 77) |
| Name: |
William Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Sophia Short (1752-1833) |
| Birth |
19 Mar 1749/50 |
Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Baptism |
25 Mar 1750 (age 0) |
St Nicholas, Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Occupation |
21 Aug 1788 (age 38) |
Coal & corn merchant, Queen Sq, Bath (see notes) |
| Occupation |
1791 (age 40-41) |
Coal merchant, Gay Street, Bath (Universal Directory of GB, 1791, Vol.II, p.97) |
| Occupation |
3 Aug 1791 (age 41) |
Corn factor and coal merchant, Bath |
| Residence |
btw 1792 and 1828 (age 41-78) |
33 Gay Street, Bath |
| Member |
1792 (age 41-42) |
Member of Bath Loyal Association |
| Occupation |
1793 (age 42-43) |
Coal merchant, Gay Street, Bath (Univ British Directory, 2nd edition) |
| Will |
16 Nov 1826 (age 76) |
Date of Will |
| Death |
Apr 1828 (age 78) |
33 Gay Street, Bath, Somerset |
| Burial |
11 Apr 1828 |
Walcot, Bath, Somerset |
| Will |
10 May 1828 (age 78) |
Date will was proved |
| Name: |
James Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Sophia Wilson (c. 1759-1840) |
| Birth |
4 Mar 1751/52 |
Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Baptism |
15 Mar 1751/52 (age 0) |
St Nicholas, Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Occupation |
1800 (age 47-48) |
Of Chipping Barnet, broker to Henry Worster of the same, butcher |
| Occupation |
1805 (age 52-53) |
Broker, 203 High Holborn (Holden's Triennial Directory 1805-7) |
| Will |
19 Nov 1818 (age 66) |
|
| Will |
1826 (age 73-74) |
Mentioned in brother William's will |
| Death |
Apr 1837 (age 85) |
Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire |
| Burial |
25 Apr 1837 |
St John the Baptist, Chipping Barnet (aged 86) |
| Probate |
10 Jun 1837 |
Probate to Sophia Attfield, widow |
| Name: |
Jane Attfield |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1754 |
Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Baptism |
27 Oct 1754 (age 0) |
St Nicholas, Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Death |
bef 1770 (age 15-16) |
|
| Name: |
Richard Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Ann Lane (c. 1757-1827) |
| Birth |
4 Jan 1757 |
Chertsey, Surrey |
| Baptism |
16 Jan 1757 (age 0) |
St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey (Richard Field) |
| Residence |
19 Oct 1770 (age 13) |
Living with parents, Chipping Barnet (aged 14) |
| Will |
21 Jun 1825 (age 68) |
Date of will |
| Occupation |
|
Surveyor |
| Death |
22 Jul 1825 (age 68) |
Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Burial |
27 Jul 1825 |
St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 69) |
| Probate |
21 Nov 1825 |
Probate (London) to Ann Attfield, John Attfield & William Poole Attfield |
| Name: |
Sarah Attfield |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1759 |
Chertsey, Surrey |
| Baptism |
22 Apr 1759 (age 0) |
St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey (Sarah Field, daughter of Henry and Jane) |
| Death |
1760 (age 0-1) |
Chertsey, Surrey |
| Burial |
5 Jul 1760 |
St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey (Sarah Field) |
| Name: |
Edmund Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
28 Apr 1761 |
Weybridge, Surrey |
| Baptism |
24 May 1761 (age 0) |
Baptised, Weybridge (IGI) |
| Death fact |
1766 (age 4-5) |
See notes |
| Death |
1766 (age 4-5) |
Windlesham, Surrey |
| Name: |
Thomas Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
25 Oct 1763 |
Weybridge, Surrey |
| Baptism |
14 Nov 1763 (age 0) |
Baptised, Weybridge (IGI) |
| Residence |
19 Oct 1770 (age 6) |
Living with parents, Chipping Barnet (aged 7) |
| Death |
1826 (age 62-63) |
|
| Name: |
George Swain Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Mary Gibbons (1783-1842) |
| Birth |
29 Nov 1771 |
Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire |
| Baptism |
6 Dec 1771 (age 0) |
St John the Baptist, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire ("George Swain Hatfield") |
| Occupation |
21 Jan 1816 (age 44) |
Servant, St Marylebone (son James's baptism) |
| Will |
1818 (age 46-47) |
Mentioned in brother James's will |
| Will |
1826 (age 54-55) |
Mentioned in brother William's will |
| Occupation |
19 Sep 1837 (age 65) |
"Now in the service of Mrs Young", Weymouth, Dorset (in will of Sophia Attfield) |
| Census |
1841 (age 69-70) |
Servant, Gloucester Row, Melcombe Regis, Dorset |
| Will |
9 Jul 1842 (age 70) |
Date of will |
| Death fact |
1842 (age 70-71) |
1842 Sep Qtr, Weymouth, 8/93 |
| Death |
11 Jul 1842 (age 70) |
7 Little George St, Melcombe Regis, Dorset |
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) |
11 Jul 1842 (age 70) |
"Mortification of leg" |
| Burial |
14 Jul 1842 |
St Mary's, Melcombe Regis (aged 73) |
| Probate |
28 Sep 1842 |
Date will was proved |
Note on Husband: Henry Attfield - shared note
Henry Attfield's birth and death dates are taken from the original family tree compiled by Prof. John Attfield in the 1880s. It is known that Henry was born at Windlesham, Surrey, and his father was probably "Henry Attfield the Elder" of Windlesham, yeoman, who died in 1746 but this cannot be definitely confirmed because the relevant parish registers are missing and no baptism record has been found.
Henry was highly mobile. His first child (Henry) was born in Chertsey, after which he evidently lived for a few years in Sevenoaks, Kent, before returning to Chertsey sometime around 1755, but again only for a few years.
Between 1761 and 1765, Henry and his family were living at Weybridge, Surrey, although still officially "settled" at Windlesham. To avoid the family becoming chargeable to the parish, a court order was obtained to convey the family from Weybridge back to Windlesham. These documents list the names of the entire family and thus verify the information contained in the original family tree.
Henry is described as "labourer" in these documents.
Sources: Surrey Quarter Sessions, Epiphany Sessions 1765, QS2/6/1765/Eph/7-13, and Easter Sessions 1765, QS2/6/1765/Eas/83, at the Surrey History Centre. Thanks to Merion Burt for obtaining the documents.
By 1770 the family had moved to Chipping Barnet in Hertfordshire, where Henry's youngest child was born. A Poor Law examination of Henry Attfield at Chipping Barnet on 19.10.1770 states:
He was born in Windlesham (Surrey) where he once rented a property for £10 a year, paying the poor rates. He is now married to Jane with children Thomas (7) and Richard (14).
Source: HALS D/P15/13/3, listed in John Hill: "Hertfordshire Examinations, An Alphabetical Index", Hertfordshire Family History Society, 2004.
There is no evidence that the family was ever removed from Chipping Barnet and it is supposed that Henry may have died there, although it is also possible that he later moved to Chertsey where his elder children were living (he is described in the original family tree as "Henry Attfield of Chertsey"). He is assumed to be the Henry Attfield who was buried at Windlesham on 24.03.1793.
A Jane Attfield was buried at Friern Barnet on 03.12.1794. This is assumed to be Henry's widow, although there is also a slight chance that it was his daughter, also called Jane.
