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Family of Henry Attfield and Jane Bramstone
| Husband: | Henry Attfield (1722-1793) | |
| Wife: | Jane Bramstone ( -1794) | |
| Children: | Henry Attfield (1746-1821) | |
| John Attfield (1748-1825) | ||
| William Attfield (1750-1828) | ||
| James Attfield (1752-1837) | ||
| Richard Attfield (1757-1825) | ||
| Jane Attfield (aft1758-bef1770) | ||
| Edmund Attfield (1761-1766) | ||
| Thomas Attfield (1763-1826) | ||
| George Swain Attfield (1771-1842) | ||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1744 | Warfield, Berkshire |
Husband: Henry Attfield
| Name: | Henry Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Note (shared): | Henry Attfield's birth and death dates are taken from the original family tree
circulated by Colin Attfield in 1956. It is known that he 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.
Between 1761 and 1765 Henry and his family were living at Weybridge, Surrey, although still officially "settled" at Windlesham. In order 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, Herts, 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. | |
| Birth | 1722 | Windlesham, Surrey |
| Residence (1) | btw 1761 and 1765 (age 38-43) | Living in Weybridge, subject of removal order to Windlesham |
| Occupation | 1765 (age 42-43) | Labourer |
| Residence (2) | 19 Oct 1770 (age 47-48) | Chipping Barnet (Poor Law Examination) |
| Death | 1793 (age 70-71) | |
| Burial | 24 Mar 1793 | 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 |
Child 1: Henry Attfield
| Name: | Henry Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Mary Dee (1748-1813) | |
| Children: | Sarah Attfield (1768-1843) | |
| Henry Attfield (1771-1816) | ||
| James Attfield (1773-1813) | ||
| Mary Attfield (1775-1775) | ||
| India William Attfield (1776-1853) | ||
| Ann Attfield (1779-1822) | ||
| Mary Ann Attfield (1782-1831) | ||
| Jane Attfield (1784-1784) | ||
| Jane Attfield (1785-1867) | ||
| Richard Attfield (1787-1868) | ||
| Sophia Attfield (1793-1846) | ||
| Note 1: | Henry Field, apprenticed to Henry Honner of Windlesham, Surrey, cordwainer,
payment date 5 Feb 1761
Ancestry.com. UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811 (Assumed to be this Henry but no proof.) | |
| Note 2 (shared): | The following gravestone inscription is recorded in the churchyard of St Peters
Shared Church, Chertsey, Surrey:
JAS ATTFIELD son of HENRY & MARY ATTFIELD who died 20th Feb 1813 aged 39 years. Also the above named MARY ATTFIELD died 22nd Novr 1813 aged 86 years. Also M A ELLIS died 31 Aug 1814 aged 4 years and 3 months. Also H J ELLIS died 7th Sep 1816 aged 8 years and 5 months. Also the above named HENRY ATTFIELD died 11th April 1821 in the 75th year of his age. A man of integrity and a sincere friend. Also ANN ELLIS daughter of HENRY & MARY ATTFIELD mother of the above two children who departed this life ....... 23rd 1822. Also JOHN brother to the late MR HENRY ATTFIELD died 20th March 1825 aged 77 years. Also MARY ANN SMITH daughter of HENRY & MARY ATTFIELD died 29th July 1831 aged 49 years. The possible identification with the Henry Attfield who played cricket for Chertsey and Surrey cannot be proven, but see the essay on this subject in the "Stories" section of the website. | |
| Birth | 5 Jul 1746 | Windlesham, Surrey |
| Baptism | 10 Jul 1746 (age 0) | Windlesham, Surrey (Henry Field, son of Henry & Jane Field) |
| Occupation (1) | 1791 (age 44-45) | Draper, Chertsey (Universal Directory of GB) |
| Occupation (2) | 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 (age 74) | Date Will was proved |
Child 2: John Attfield
| Name: | John Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 13 Mar 1747/48 | Surrey |
| Death | 20 Mar 1825 (age 77) | Chertsey, Surrey |
| Burial | 25 Mar 1825 | St Peter, Chertsey (aged 77) |
Child 3: William Attfield
| Name: | William Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Sophia Short (1752-1833) | |
| Children: | William Attfield (1790-1861) | |
| Note: | William Attfield was already resident in Bath at the time of his marriage to
Sophia Short in 1789, being recorded in the Walcot marriage records as "of this
parish".
A document at Hampshire Record Office records the assignment upon trust of a "parcel of ground fronting Barton Street now called Gay Street and the messuage built on this land" as Mr & Mrs Attfield's marriage settlement (Harris and Bowker of Winchester, solicitors; 11M70/B4/103). He was listed in 1792 as a member of the Bath Loyal Association, founded at the Guildhall, Bath, on 8.12.1792 as an Association for preserving Liberty, Property and the Constitution of G.B. against Republicans and Levellers. (Source: Bath Record Office) His address was shown as Gay Street, Bath. He lived at No.33 Gay Street for the rest of his life. A close neighbour was Jane Austen, whose family lived at No.25 Gay Street for several months in 1805. The date of his move to Bath, or his occupation while there, have not been identified. Wm Attfield, coal & corn merchant, W-cnr Queen Sq, Bath engages to serve very best coal, oats & beans on lowest terms. Bath Chronicle, 21.8.1788. W. Attfield, coal-merchant, 33 Gay Street, Bath announces to the public his sale of best Timsbury coals, every day, by weight on lowest terms. He begs timely notification to lay in winter stocks. Bath Chronicle, 8.10.1795. Bath Record office, Georgian Newspaper Project | |
| Birth | 19 Mar 1749/50 | Surrey |
| Occupation (1) | 21 Aug 1788 (age 38) | Coal & corn merchant, Queen Sq, Bath (see notes) |
| Occupation (2) | 1791 (age 40-41) | Coal merchant, Gay Street, Bath (Universal Directory of GB, 1791, Vol.II, p.97) |
| Occupation (3) | 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 (4) | 1793 (age 42-43) | Coal merchant, Gay Street, Bath (Univ British Directory, 2nd edition) |
| Will (1) | 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 (2) | 10 May 1828 (age 78) | Date will was proved |
Child 4: James Attfield
| Name: | James Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Sophia Wilson (1759?-1840) | |
| Note: | London Metropolitan Archives: Fletcher family
Catalogue Ref. ACC/0548 Creator(s): Fletcher family of Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire FILE - Bargain and Sale. - ref. ACC/0548/015 - date: 1800 [from Scope and Content] James Attfield of Chipping Barnet. co. Herts. broker to Henry Worster of the same Butcher. FILE - Lease (release missing). - ref. ACC/0548/071 - date: 1800 [from Scope and Content] James Atfield of Chipping Barnet co. Herts, broker, to Henry Worster of the same, gentleman. Burial Record: Name James ATTFIELD Date 25 Apr 1837 Aged 86 Place Chipping Barnet Description St John the Baptist Denomination Anglican County code HRT Quality 100 | |
| Birth | 4 Mar 1751/52 | Surrey |
| Occupation (1) | 1800 (age 47-48) | Of Chipping Barnet, broker to Henry Worster of the same, butcher |
| Occupation (2) | 1805 (age 52-53) | Broker, 203 High Holborn (Holden's Triennial Directory 1805-7) |
| Will (1) | 19 Nov 1818 (age 66) | |
| Will (2) | 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 (age 85) | Probate to Sophia Attfield, widow |
Child 5: Richard Attfield
| Name: | Richard Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Ann Lane (1757?-1827) | |
| Children: | James Lane Attfield (1778-1826) | |
| William Poole Attfield (1779-1855) | ||
| Sarah Attfield (1781-aft1825) | ||
| Mary Attfield (1783-1872) | ||
| Henry Attfield (1785-1815) | ||
| Ann Attfield (1787-1851) | ||
| Richard Attfield (1788-1806) | ||
| Thomas Attfield (1789-1789) | ||
| George Attfield (1791-1830) | ||
| Jenny Attfield (1792-1851) | ||
| Sophia Attfield (1794-1854) | ||
| John Attfield (1796-1873) | ||
| Elizabeth Attfield (1799-1846) | ||
| Julia Attfield (1803-1888) | ||
| Note 1: | Occupation: surveyor, of Friern Barnet, Middlesex
At the corner of High Road and Oakleigh Road North in 1486 John Doggett owned a cottage "with curtilage and three crofts called Beldam, Middlefield and Cokkefield". By 1796 Richard Attfield had replaced the cottage by three cottages running east down Oakleigh Road. Attfield, who came to Whetstone in 1790, was a grocer and a parish clerk. He had beautiful handwriting. It is in his hand that a moving entry in the parish accounts reads: "To burying a poor unknown boy 6d, and a box for putting him in 4d". Attfield planted a row of elm trees along the High Road which were a feature that the Whetstone Society today seeks to emulate. The cottages were demolished after 1881 and the present row of yellow brick shops erected. Source: "Finchley and Whetstone Past" by John Heathfield (Historical Publications Ltd, London, 2001) RICHARD ATTFIELD: "I am bailiff to Mr. Bacon, who has a house at Finchley." In trial of William Sanders & Thomas Barford, 12.4.1820, Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18200412-155. Richard Attfield is also mentioned in the Victoria County History of Middlesex: "Richard Attfield built 10 cottages on former common land at Whetstone by 1825." (Vol.VI, 1980, chapter on Finchley, pages 38-55) | |
| Note 2: | Witnesses to marriage: Jonathan Sharp & Nathaniel Harris
Source for marriage information: Surrey Marriage Index, 4th Edition (2010) | |
| Birth | 4 Jan 1757 | Surrey |
| 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 (age 68) | Probate (London) to Ann Attfield, John Attfield & William Poole Attfield |
Child 6: Jane Attfield
| Name: | Jane Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Note: | Jane is not mentioned in Henry's poor law examination at Chipping Barnet on 19.10.1770, and is therefore presumed to have died. | |
| Birth | btw 1758 and 1760 | Surrey |
| Death | bef 1770 (age 9-12) | |
Child 7: Edmund Attfield
| Name: | Edmund Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Note: | Edmund was removed with the rest of the family from Weybridge to Windlesham in 1765, but he was not mentioned in Henry's poor law examination at Chipping Barnet on 19.10.1770, and is therefore presumed to have died. An "Edward Attfield, child" was buried at Windlesham on 11.05.1766, but there is no evidence to indicate if it is the same person or not. | |
| 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 |
Child 8: Thomas Attfield
| Name: | Thomas Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Note: | Death date according to the original family tree, not confirmed from any other sources. | |
| 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) | |
Child 9: George Swain Attfield
| Name: | George Swain Attfield | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Mary Gibbons (1783-1842) | |
| Children: | Mary Ann Attfield (1811-1892) | |
| George Swayne Attfield (1813-1842) | ||
| Henry Attfield (1813-1814) | ||
| James Attfield (1816-1892) | ||
| Jane Swayne Attfield (1818-1902) | ||
| William Attfield (1823-1889) | ||
| Note: | Butler, first in Harley Street, London, and later in Weymouth, Dorset. | |
| Birth | 29 Nov 1771 | Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire |
| Baptism | 6 Dec 1771 (age 0) | St John the Baptist, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire ("George Swain Hatfield") |
| Occupation (1) | 21 Jan 1816 (age 44) | Servant, St Marylebone (son James's baptism) |
| Will (1) | 1818 (age 46-47) | Mentioned in brother James's will |
| Will (2) | 1826 (age 54-55) | Mentioned in brother William's will |
| Occupation (2) | 19 Sep 1837 (age 65) | "Now in the service of Mrs Young", Weymouth, Dorset (in will of Sophia Attfield) |
| Census | 1841 (age 69-70) | Gloucester Row, Melcombe Regis |
| Will (3) | 9 Jul 1842 (age 70) | Date of will |
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) | 11 Jul 1842 (age 70) | "Mortification of leg" |
| 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 |
| Burial | 14 Jul 1842 | St Mary's, Melcombe Regis (aged 73) |
| Probate | 28 Sep 1842 (age 70) | Date will was proved |