John Attfield (1949- )

1	John Attfield (1949- ) Born: 10 Aug 1949, King's College Hospital, Dulwich, London. Birth fact: 1949, 1949 Sep Qtr, Lambeth, 5c/1918. Marr: Norma van der Walde 19 Aug 2005, Standesamt, Buchholz, Germany.

Alfred Otten Attfield (1892-1983)

Born: 12 Aug 1892, Greenwich, Kent.
Bap: 4 Sep 1892, St Paul, Deptford, Kent.
Census: 20 Sep 1919, Discharged from Navy as Officer's Steward.
Census: 1921, Oil & colourman, living with parents.
Marr: Inez Ada King 4 Apr 1928, Greenwich Registry Office.
Occup: 1939, Dealer in domestic goods, 156 Algernon Road, Lewisham, London.
Occup: Sep 1946, Set up Harpers Garages.
Resid: 1947, Address: 57 Lewisham Road, S.E.13.
Resid: 1950, Address: Flat 9, 205 Camberwell Grove, S.E.5.
Div: 10 Mar 1950.
Marr: Sarah Sadie Barmes 10 Jun 1950, Register Office, Peckham Road, Camberwell, London.
Died: 26 Jul 1983, Lewisham Hospital, London.
Cremated: 3 Aug 1983, Hither Green Crematorium, Lewisham.

ATTFIELD Alfred Otten of 14 Chelford Road Bromley died 26 July 1983. Probate Brighton 23 September, £38212.

Alfred Carter Attfield (1860-1922)

Born: 26 Dec 1860, Dacre Place, Lee, Kent.
Birth fact: 1861, 1861 Mar Qtr, Lewisham, 1d/735.
Census: 1871, Living with parents.
Occup: 19 Apr 1882, Nurseryman & florist, Southern Road, Lee, partnership dissolved (L.Gazette 19.5.1882).
Emigrated: 12 Nov 1890, from Sailed New York to Liverpool on Inman Line steamship "SS City of New York".
Emigrated: 12 Nov 1890, from Sailed together with J.F.Attfield, brother.
Census: 1891, Boarder at 20 Lampmead Road.
Marr: Mary Louisa Otten 7 Dec 1891, St John's Church, North Woolwich.
Witnesses: 7 Dec 1891, John Otten, Jane Otten.
Occup: 25 Jul 1893, Oil & colourman, 54 Lewisham Road (on son Frederick's birth cert.).
Census: 1901, Oil and colourman, 54 Lewisham Rd, Lewisham.
Census: 1911, Oil & colourman, 54 Lewisham Road, Lewisham.
Census: 1921, Oil & colourman (own account), 54 Lewisham Road, London SE13.
Death fact: 1922, 1922 Sep Qtr, Greenwich, 1d/695.
Died: 13 Jul 1922, Lewisham, Kent.
Buried: 1922, Lewisham Cemetery, Grave 3260 Plot D.

1880-1890: Working on the San Antonio Rail Road, Texas

Returned to England 1890 on the Inman Line steamship "SS City of New York"

1901: Oil and colourman, 54 Lewisham Rd, Lewisham.

Francis John Attfield (1828-1877)

Born: 14 Jan 1828, Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
Bap: 10 Feb 1828, St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
Census: 1841, Living with parents.
Census: 1851, Census Enumerator for Whetstone, Friern Barnet.
Census: 1851, Living with parents at census, unmarried.
Occup: 15 Apr 1854, Builder & brickmaker, 2 Waterloo Place, Shepherds Bush (in debtors prison, L.Gazette, 18.4.1854).
Occup: 1855, Brickmaker & builder, 2 Portland St, Wandsworth Road, Surrey (on marriage cert.).
Marr: Rebecca Carter 13 Mar 1855, Parish Church, Kennington, Surrey.
Witnesses: 13 Mar 1855, John Attfield, John Davey.
Occup: 18 Aug 1857, Gas fitter, 1 Murray Terrace, Londonderry Road, Camberwell (on daughter Laura's birth cert.).
Census: 1861, Plumber & painter, Church Lane, Lee.
Resid: 1861, Dacre Place, Lee, Kent.
Occup: 1861, Plumber (A.C.Attfield's birth certificate).
Census: 1871, General contractor, 15 Brandram Road, Lee.
Death fact: 1877, 1877 Sept Qtr, Lewisham, 1d/500 (listed as Francis Joseph).
Occup: 17 Aug 1877, Builder and decorator (on death cert.).
Died: 17 Aug 1877, 15 Brandram Road, Lee, Kent.
Cause of death (Facts Pg): 17 Aug 1877, Inflammation of brain, congestion of lungs.

Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, 16.5.1854.

Francis John Attfield. sued as F. J. Attfield, and as Frederick John Attfield, formerly of No. 6, Foxley-terrace, Earls-court, Kensington, Builder, then of No. 40, Kensington-place, Notting-hill, and late of No. 2, Waterloo-place, Shepherds-bush, all in Middlesex, and whilst at two last places carrying on business at Starch-green, Hammersmith, Middlesex, in partnership with Barnabus Jennings, and John Rayson, as Dealers in Gravel, and Brickmakers, under the style of Francis John Attfield.

London Gazette, 2.5.1854, p.1395.

Further activity in Raphael Street [Kensington] took place in 1852/3 with the erection of a row of five shops (which became Nos 33/37) on the shallow plots opposite the Pakenham Tavern. They were the work of a Kensington builder, Francis J. Attfield. Another builder, George Day of New Kent Road, was responsible for the remainder of the south side of the street, built up in 1854/5, and Nos 10 and 11 on the north side, built in 1854. Both Attfield and Day were presumably working under contract not as speculators, for in August 1853 all their houses ... were leased directly by Raphael's heirs to a West End solicitor, Frederick William Dolman ....

Day's houses ... were built close to the pavement edge, with gratings to light the basements or cellars. They had stuccoed window surrounds and roundarched entrances. The Pakenham Tavern was large and showy; its curved and fully stuccoed façade was echoed across the road by Attfield's shops.

Source: 'Knightsbridge Green Area: Raphael Street', Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge (2000), pp. 91-2. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45911

The source also includes a photograph of one of Attfield's buildings.

6 February 1878. The Will of Francis John Attfield late of 15 Brandram Road Lee in the County of Kent who died 17 August 1877 at 15 Brandram Road was proved at the Principal Registry by Rebecca Attfield of 15 Brandram Road Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate under £600.

John Attfield (1796-1873)

Born: 22 Mar 1796, Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
Bap: 10 Apr 1796, St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
Marr: Ann Lines 16 Aug 1820, St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
Witnesses: 16 Aug 1820, Francis Lines, Sarah Lines, W.P.Attfield.
Occup: 1824, Surveyor, Whetstone (at daughter Harriet's baptism).
Will: 21 Nov 1825, Executor to father's will.
Fact1: 5 Jan 1837, Executor to will of Eleanor Baker.
Census: 1841, Surveyor, Black Horse Lane, Whetstone, Friern Barnet.
Occup: 1848, Estate agent, Whetstone, Middx (on Harriet's marriage cert.).
Census: 1851, Auctioneer & surveyor (Post Office Directory Middlesex - Whetstone).
Census: 1851, Surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet.
Occup: 1862, Surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet (on wife Ann's death cert.).
Census: 1871, Land proprietor, High Street, Friern Barnet.
Death fact: 13 Jun 1873, Cause of death: bronchitis.
Death fact: 1873, 1873 Jun Qtr, Barnet, 3a/109.
Died: 13 Jun 1873, Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.

Auctioneer & surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

Land proprietor, High Street, Friern Barnet (1871 census)

8 July 1873. The Will of John Attfield late of Whetstone Friern Barnet in the County of Middlesex Gentleman who died 13 June 1873 at Whetstone was proved at the Principal Registry by Francis John Attfield of Brandram Road Lee in the County of Kent Land Agent and John Attfield of 18 Beacon Hill Camden Road in the County of Middlesex Professor of Chemistry the Sons the Executors. Effects under £5,000.

Richard Attfield (1757-1825)

Born: 4 Jan 1757, Chertsey, Surrey.
Bap: 16 Jan 1757, St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey (Richard Field).
Resid: 19 Oct 1770, Living with parents, Chipping Barnet (aged 14).
Marr: Ann Lane 13 Apr 1777, St Thomas, Southwark, Surrey.
Will: 21 Jun 1825, Date of will.
Occup: Surveyor.
Died: 22 Jul 1825, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
Buried: 27 Jul 1825, St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 69).
Estate probated: 21 Nov 1825, Probate (London) to Ann Attfield, John Attfield & William Poole Attfield.

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).

Witnesses to marriage: Jonathan Sharp & Nathaniel Harris

Source for marriage information: Surrey Marriage Index, 4th Edition (2010).

Henry Attfield (1722-1793)

Born: 1722, Windlesham, Surrey.
Marr: Jane Bramstone 24 Oct 1744, St Michael The Archangel, Warfield, Berkshire.
Will: 9 Nov 1745, Mentioned in father's will.
Resid: btw 1761 and 1765, Living in Weybridge, subject of removal order to Windlesham.
Occup: 1765, Labourer.
Resid: 19 Oct 1770, Chipping Barnet (Poor Law Examination).
Died: 1793.
Buried: 24 Mar 1793, St John the Baptist, Windlesham, Surrey.

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.

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Henry Attfield (bef1677-1746)

Born: bef 1677.
Resid: 8 Sep 1716, Windlesham, Surrey (MLA).
Marr: Ann Lunn 8 Sep 1716.
Will: 9 Nov 1745, Date of will (see notes).
Died: 1746, Windlesham, Surrey.
Buried: 3 Aug 1746, Windlesham, Surrey (as "Henry Field").
Estate probated: 16 Oct 1746, Probate to Ann Atfeild, widow.

ATTFIELD, Henry, of Winglisham [sic.], co. Surrey, & Ann Lun, of the same, 8 Sep 1716. Thomas Lun, of Farnborough, so Surrey, bondsman.

Hampshire MLA, Bishop of Winchester, 1689-1837.

Who were this Henry Attfield's parents? Possibly Henry Attfield (or Field) and his wife Martha. Henry was buried at Windlesham on 1 Dec 1718, and Martha on 1 Jun 1722.

Henry's will, dated 3 Jun 1717 and proved on 26 Feb 1718/19, provides (in summary) as follows: All to my executors. Henry Field and John Field being a house, land and all my goods; to my youngest son Edmund Field £10 in 3 years; to my daughter Elizabeth Bagance £10 in 3 years; to my daughter Ann Field £5 in 3 years; to my granddaughter Elizabeth Bagance £5 at 21 "and to pay for her education so she can read the Bible".

The youngest son, Edmund, was baptised at Windlesham on 9 Feb 1681/82, so the elder son Henry must have been born several years earlier, presumably before 1677 when the surviving Windlesham parish registers start. Edmund's descendants settled in Berkshire, and later around Blackheath in Kent.

The evidence for this line is scant, but the re-use of the names Martha and Edmund is suggestive, as is the re-use - through three generations - of the names Henry and John for the two eldest sons.

Will of Henry Atfeild:

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Henry Atfeild the elder of the parish of Windlesham in the County of Surrey Yeoman being aged but in good health and of perfect mind memory and understanding praise be given to Almighty God for the same do take this present opportunity to make and publish this my last Will and Testament principally resigning my soul to the Mercies of Almighty God and my body to be buried in the church yard of Windlesham at the discretion of my Executrix after named and first of all I devise give and bequeath unto my loving wife Ann Atfeild and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life all that my freehold messuage or tenement barns buildings yards edifices gardens orchards backsides lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances whatsoever and wheresoever thereunto belonging situate lying and being in Windlesham aforesaid and after her death or second marriage then my will is and do hereby further devise limit and bequeath all and every that my above named freehold estate lands tenements and hereditaments in the parish of Windlesham aforesaid unto my three children Martha Barrow widow John Atfeild and William Atfeild and to their respective heirs and assigns for ever share and share equally alike / I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Barrow the relict of Theophilus Barrow late of the parish of Chertsey deceased all the goods which belonged to her before marriage the childbed linen and also all the other linen and my wife’s wearing apparel / I give and bequeath unto my youngest son William Atfeild all my own wearing apparel / I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Henry Atfeild five shillings in money and also all the rest and residue of my goods chattels and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not above given I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife Ann whom I hereby nominate constitute and appoint sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament she paying and discharging all my debts legacies funeral expenses and probate of Will and do hereby disannul and make void all former and other Wills by me heretofore made and this is to be taken for my last Will and Testament in witness thereof I the said Henry Atfeild the elder have hereto set my hand and seal this ninth day of November in the nineteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty five --- The Mark of Henry Atfeild --- Signed sealed published and declared by the said Henry Atfeild the Testator for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at the request and in the presence and sight of the Testator and of each other subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto --- Henry Street junior, James Street, William Pigg

129	Ann Lunn ( -1758) Will: 16 Oct 1746, Executrix to husband's will. Died: 1758, Windlesham, Surrey. Buried: 26 Mar 1758, Windlesham, Surrey (Ann Attfield, widow).

65	Jane Bramstone ( -1794) Died: 1794, Friern Barnet, Middlesex. Buried: 3 Dec 1794, St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.

Ann Lane (c. 1757-1827)

Born: c. 1757.
Died: 1827, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
Buried: 24 Oct 1827, St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 70).

Banns: 14 - 21 - 28 Apr 1776.

Witnesses: Jonathan Sharp, Nathaniel Harris

Original marriage register entry available online at Ancestry.co.uk

Died: At Whetstone, aged 69, Mrs. Attfield, relict of Mr. R. Attfield, auctioneer.

Jackson's Oxford Journal, 27.10.1827.

17	Ann Lines (1800-1862) Born: 1800, Friern Barnet, Middlesex. Bap: 17 Aug 1800, Saint Andrew, Holborn. Census: 1841, Present at census. Death fact: 1862, 1862 Sep Qtr, Barnet, 3a/76. Death fact: 25 Aug 1862, Cause of death: Cancer. Died: 25 Aug 1862, Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.

Francis Lines (c. 1757-1830)

Born: c. 1757.
Marr: Winifred Green 9 Nov 1790, Saint Clement Danes, Westminster.
Resid: 1 Aug 1802, Charles Street, Holborn (daughter Sarah's baptism).
Resid: 1825, Whetstone.
Resid: Formerly of Finchley.
Fact1: 1825, Witness to Richard Attfield's Will.
Will: 19 Oct 1830, Will proved.
Died: 1830, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
Buried: 20 Oct 1830, Independent, Barnet, Hertfordshire (aged 73).

35	Winifred Green (c. 1765-1855) Born: c. 1765, Friern Barnet, Middlesex. Census: 1841, Living with John & Ann Attfield, Whetstone. Census: 1851, Fundholder, widow, living with John & Ann Attfield, Whetstone (deaf). Census: 1855, Death: 1855 Mar Qtr, Barnet, 3a/_7. Died: 1855, Barnet.

Rebecca Carter (1829-1909)

Born: Nov 1829, North Mimms, Hertfordshire.
Bap: 22 Nov 1829, North Mimms, Hertfordshire.
Census: 1841, Living with father.
Census: 1851, House servant, living with parents.
Resid: 1855, 12 Portland St, Wandsworth Road (on marriage cert.).
Census: 1871, Wife in household.
Census: 1881, Plumber & decorator, 15 Brandram Road, Lee.
Census: 1901, 72 South St, Greenwich.
Census: 1901, Living with daughter Alice & her 2nd husband John Graves.
Death fact: 1909, 1909 Jun Qtr, Lewisham, 1d/564 (aged 79).
Death fact: 19 Apr 1909, Cause of death: Senile decay & heart failure (J.W.Graves son-in-law in attendance).
Died: 19 Apr 1909, 32 Rosenthal Road, Catford.

George Carter (1792-1875)

Born: 1792, Shenley, Hertfordshire.
Bap: 6 May 1792, Shenley, Hertfordshire. Parents: Edward Carter & Rebecca
Marr: Margaret Wilkinson 27 Feb 1826, Ridge, Hertfordshire.
Occup: 5 Oct 1839, Gardener, Potters Bar, South Mimms (on son Thomas's birth cert.).
Census: 1841, Gardener, Potters Bar, South Mimms, Middlesex.
Occup: 31 May 1843, Labourer, Little Heath near Potters Bar (son James's baptism).
Census: 1851, Gardener, Potters Bar, South Mimms, Middlesex.
Occup: 1855, Florist (on Rebecca's marriage cert.).
Census: 1861, Gardener, lodger, Mutton Lane, South Mimms (widower).
Census: 1871, Agricultural labourer, lodger, Potters Bar (widower).
Occup: 1875, Gardener, Potters Bar, South Mimms (on death cert.).
Death fact: 1875, 1875 Mar Qtr, Barnet, 3a/119 (aged 82).
Died: 18 Feb 1875, Potters Bar, South Mimms, Middlesex.
Cause of death (Facts Pg): 18 Feb 1875, Decay of nature.
Buried: 22 Feb 1875, St Johns, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire (aged 82).

Gardener and florist.

36	Edward Carter ( - )

37	Rebecca Unknown ( - )

Margaret Wilkinson (c. 1797-1851)

Born: c. 1797, South Shields, Durham.
Census: 1841, Absent at census.
Census: 1851, Wife in household.
Death fact: 1851, 1851 Dec Qtr, Barnet, 6/333.
Died: 4 Oct 1851, Potters Bar, South Mimms, Middlesex.
Cause of death (Facts Pg): 4 Oct 1851, Fever from the effects of a severe scald on both legs which happened a month since.
Buried: 9 Oct 1851, St Johns, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire (aged 54).

Mary Louisa Otten (1872-1927)

Born: 17 Apr 1872, 7 Aldred Street, Bermondsey.
Birth fact: 1872, 1872 Jun Q, St Olave Southwark, 1d/208.
Resid: 1891, 45 Park Terrace, North Woolwich (on marriage cert.).
Census: 1921, Housewife, 54 Lewisham Road, SE13.
Census: 1927, Death: Greenwich, Jun Qtr, 1d/803.
Death fact: 1927, 1927 Jun Q, Greenwich, 1d/803.
Died: 4 Jun 1927, Lewisham, Kent.
Buried: 8 Jun 1927, Ladywell Cemetery, Grave 3472 Plot D.

John Hermann Otten (c. 1831-1900)

Born: c. 1831, Hannover, Germany.
Immigrated: 17 Sep 1852, to Arrival London from Hamburg on "John Bull" (Johann Heinrich Otten, sugar baker, native of Hanover).
Occup: 25 Dec 1852, Tobacconist, Lambeth St (on marriage cert.).
Marr: Jane Ayerst 25 Dec 1852, Parish Church, St Mary Whitechapel.
Witnesses: 25 Dec 1852, Thomas Ayerst, Eliza Ayerst.
Occup: 21 Jun 1857, Sugar refiner, 36 York St.
Occup: 20 Feb 1859, Sugar baker, St Georges Place, Back Road, Whitechapel.
Occup: 18 Oct 1863, Sugar baker, 3 St Georges Place, Whitechapel.
Census: 1871, Skin dresser, 7 Aldred St, Southwark.
Occup: 1872, Leather dresser, 7 Aldred St, Bermondsey (on Mary Louisa's birth cert.).
Census: 1881, Gas fireman, 26 Winsor Terrace, Beckton.
Occup: 1883, Foreman in gas works (on son John's marriage cert.).
Census: 1891, Fireman in gas works, 51 Winsor Terrace, East Ham.
Occup: 7 Dec 1891, Fireman (on daughter Mary's marriage certificate).
Death fact: 1900, 1900 Mar Qtr, West Ham, 4a/160 (age 69).
Died: 1900, West Ham, Essex.

20	Hermann Otten ( - ) Occup: Farmer. Farmer.

Jane Ayerst (1831-1917)

Born: 26 Dec 1831, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
Bap: 27 Jan 1832, Saint Leonards, Shoreditch.
Census: 1841, Living with parents.
Census: 1851, Seamstress, Wellclose Sq, Aldgate, Middlesex (in mother's household).
Census: 1871, Wife in household.
Census: 1891, Wife in household.
Census: 1901, Living with daughter Hannah & Charles Thick, East Ham (widow).
Census: 1911, Inmate (formerly housewife), West Ham Union Workhouse, Low Leyton, Essex (widow).
Death fact: 1917, 1917 Mar Qtr, West Ham, 4a/75 (aged 84).
Resid: 1917, Roman Road, East Ham (on death cert.).
Died: 10 Mar 1917, Forest Gate Sick Home, Essex.

Edward Ayerst (1809-aft1867)

Born: 1809, Sutton Valence, Kent.
Bap: 8 Feb 1809, St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent.
Marr: Elizabeth Ayerst 20 May 1829, St.Mary Magdalen, Gillingham, Kent.
Occup: 12 Mar 1830, Clerk, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch.
Occup: 11 Sep 1833, Ship agent, Earle Street, Shoreditch.
Census: 1841, Clerk, King Row, St Mary Newington, Lambeth.
Emigrated: 1844, from Moved to Australia (see notes).
Occup: 25 Dec 1852, Ship agent (on Jane's marriage certificate).
Died: aft 1867, Australia.

Marriage register, Gillingham, 20.5.1829:

Edward Ayerst of St Mary Newington, bachelor, and Elizabeth Ayerst of this parish, spinster, by licence

Witnesses: Thomas Ayerst, D Bensted

Evidence for Edward Ayerst's move to Australia:

Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, whose brother, John Ayerst, resides in Water Lane, Lower Thames Street, London, and whose uncle, William Ayerst, resides in Sutton, Kent. He left England for Australia about 16 years ago and is said to have been connected with a steam mill in Melbourne.

Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1866; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.9.1866

Missing Friends: A second enquiry has been made respecting Edward Ayerst, and the following additional particulars are now given. He had been employed as clerk by Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, Benet’s Place, Gracechurch Street, London. His first employment was that of clerk to a Mr. Parsons, owner of a steam mill. There is a possibility of his having assumed the name of Austin.

Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1867; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.12.1866

Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, who left England for Australia in the year 1844. Prior to leaving England he was employed as employed as clerk to Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, of London. An Englishman. This inquiry is made at the instance of his son, Edward Ayerst, who is now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

The South Australian Police Gazette, 20.9.1867

44	John Ayerst (1774-bef1841) Born: 1774, Horsmonden, Kent. Bap: 23 Feb 1774, St Margaret, Horsmonden, Kent. Resid: 1805, Sutton Valence, Kent. Marr: Elizabeth Betts 23 Dec 1805, Langley, Kent. Occup: 11 Jun 1817, Farmer (son Francis's baptism). Died: bef 1841.

88	William Ayerst (1749-1791) Born: 1749. Marr: Elizabeth Pope 15 Nov 1771, Hawkhurst, Kent. Died: 1791, Chatham, Kent. Buried: 26 Jun 1791, St Mary, Chatham, Kent. No further details in parish register

176	Thomas Ayerst (1721-1779) Born: 1721. Marr: Mary Mercer 29 Nov 1744, Marden, Kent. Died: 1779.

352	John Ayerst (1692-1765) Born: 1692. Marr: Hannah Collins 23 Apr 1721, Goudhurst, Kent. Died: 1765.

353	Hannah Collins (1694-1766) Born: 1694. Died: 1766.

177	Mary Mercer (1719-1780) Born: 1719. Died: 1780.

89	Elizabeth Pope (1747-1818) Born: 1747. Died: 1818, Sutton Valence, Kent. Buried: 11 Nov 1818, St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent (aged 71).

178	Ambrose Pope (1722- ) Born: 1722.

45	Elizabeth Betts (c. 1783- ) Born: c. 1783. Census: 1841, Living with son Francis.

Elizabeth Ayerst (c. 1812- )

Born: c. 1812, Chatham, Kent.
Census: 1841, Wife in household (aged 25).
Census: 1851, School mistress, Wellclose Sq, Aldgate, Middlesex (aged 39, b. Chatham, married, husband absent).

Possible death record for Elizabeth Ayerst:

1878 S Quarter in GREENWICH Volume 01D Page 615 (aged 69, b.1809)

3	Sarah Sadie Barmes (1907-2004) Born: 14 May 1907, Lewisham, Kent. Birth fact: 1907, 1907 Jun Qtr, Lewisham, 1d/1141. Census: 1911, Living with parents. Census: 1921, Living with parents. Died: 22 Oct 2004, Rosengarten-Klecken, Germany.

Moses (Morris) Barmes (1865-1938)

Born: 7 Nov 1865, 24 Shepherd St, Spitalfields.
Census: 1881, Cigar maker, 38 Old Kent Road.
Resid: 1887, 73 Blackman Street, Borough.
Marr: Kate Abrahams 9 Nov 1887, The Borough New Synagogue, Southwark.
Census: 1891, Manager, tobacconists, 40 Burton Crescent, St Pancras.
Census: 1901, Fruiterer, 165 New Cross Road (recorded as Charles M Barmes).
Census: 1911, Greengrocer, 284 High Street, Lewisham.
Census: 1921, Commercial traveller, 5 Algiers Road, Lewisham.
Occup: 1921, Commercial traveller, employer B M Abrahams, 5 Lincoln Street, Bow E3.
Death fact: 1938, 1938 Dec Qtr, Battersea, 1d/312 (aged 73).
Died: 7 Oct 1938, St James Hospital, Balham.

Fruiterer, 165 New Cross Road (1901 census).

12	Nathan David Barmes (1830-1911) Born: 18 May 1830, Amsterdam, Holland. Marr: Sarah Boekman 8 Nov 1854, Amsterdam, Holland. Census: 1871, 20 Palmer St, Spitalfields, cigar maker. Census: 1881, Cigar manufacturer, 38 Old Kent Road. Census: 1891, Tobacconist. Died: 11 Jan 1911, London.

24	David Pinas Barmes (1793-1851) Born: 1793, Amsterdam, Holland. Marr: Kaatje Nathan (Golde) Sodig 20 Jan 1819, Amsterdam, Holland. Died: 16 Feb 1851, Amsterdam, Holland.

25	Kaatje Nathan (Golde) Sodig (1794-1881) Born: 1794, Amsterdam, Holland. Died: 28 Feb 1881.

13	Sarah Boekman (1831-1910) Born: 7 Mar 1831, Amsterdam, Holland. Death fact: 1910, 1910 Sep Qtr, Southwark, 1d/25. Died: 14 Aug 1910, 38 Old Kent Road, London.

26	Moses Eliezer Boekman (1780-1843) Born: 1780, Amsterdam, Holland. Marr: Femmetje Meijer Kuijt 20 Aug 1824, Amsterdam, Holland. Died: 3 Oct 1843, Amsterdam, Holland.

27	Femmetje Meijer Kuijt (1795-1872) Born: 24 May 1795, Amsterdam, Holland. Died: 9 May 1872, Amsterdam, Holland.

Kate Abrahams (1865-1933)

Born: 27 Jul 1865, 19 Calvert St, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
Birth fact: 1865, 1865 Sep Qtr, Shoreditch, 1c/93 (as "Catherine").
Census: 1871, Living with parents.
Occup: 9 Jul 1879, Indenture to Barnett Flatau, ostrich feather maker, 18 King St, Finsbury.
Census: 1887, 9 Spital Square (before marriage).
Census: 1921, Wife in household.
Death fact: 1933, 1933 Dec Qtr, Lewisham, 1d/1039 (aged 68).
Died: 7 Oct 1933, 390 High Street, Catford, Lewisham.

Mark Henry Abrahams (c. 1832-1879)

Born: c. 1832, White Lion Street, Whitechapel, London.
Census: 1851, Printer, living with parents.
Census: 1861, Compositor, living with parents.
Occup: 4 Mar 1862, Printer, 35 St Mary Axe (on marriage cert., recorded as "Mordecai").
Marr: Esther Victoria Rogers 4 Mar 1862, Great Synagogue Chambers, St James Dukes Place, City of London.
Occup: 1865, Printer, 19 Calvert St, Shoreditch (on daughter Kate's birth cert.).
Census: 1871, Printer, 27 Heneage Street, Spitalfields.
Div: 15 May 1878, Decree Nisi.
Resid: 9 Jul 1879, 53 St Mary Axe, City of London (on daughter Kate's indenture cert.).
Died: 24 Sep 1879, 53 St Mary Axe, London.

4 November 1879. The Will of Mark Abrahams late of 53 St Mary Axe in the City of London Printer and Publisher who died 24 September 1879 at 53 St Mary Axe was proved at the Principal Registry by Marcus Newmark of 151 Camberwell Road in the County of Surrey Warehouseman the sole Executor. Personal Estate under £200.

Will of Mark Abrahams printer and publisher of No.53 St Mary Axe in the City of London, 8 Sep 1879

All my furniture and household effects to be not sold or divided but retained for the use of my five unmarried children Annie Kate Henry Barron and Julia Abrahams; I bequeath all money due to me at the time of my decease and my share of book debts stock in trade interest on business and all other estate and effects to my dear mother Ann Abrahams for her own use, in consideration of which she shall pay the sum of twenty five shillings weekly to my daughter Annie towards the support of my five children, to be chargeable to the business so long as they are unmarried and unable to support themselves and provided always that they do not visit or remain in any way under the influence of their mother my late wife; should any one of them have any intercourse with their mother, he or she shall be excluded from any portion of the weekly allowance; my son Barron Abrahams now a pupil at the Jews Hospital Lower Norwood I leave my Executor to act as best he deems fit for his benefit when he leaves the Hospital; Mr Marcus Newmark of 151 Camberwell Road, exec.

Witnesses: Henry P Cohen, 18 Elgin Road W, Caroline Jacobs, 50 Warwick Road W

Proved London 4 Nov 1879 by exec.

Henry Abrahams (c. 1795-1865)

Born: c. 1795, Rosemary Lane, Middlesex.
Marr: Ann Barnett 25 Nov 1829, Great Synagogue, St James Dukes Place, City of London.
Occup: 1846, Printer & publisher, 25 Houndsditch (London PO Dir, 1846).
Occup: 18 Sep 1846, Hebrew bookseller, printer & publisher, 25 Houndsditch (JC, 18.9.1846).
Census: 1851, Printer, 2 Hanover Court, Houndsditch, St Botolph Aldgate.
Census: 1861, Printer & publisher, 35 St Mary Axe, London.
Died: 20 Nov 1865, 35 St Mary Axe, London.

56	Yechiel Michael Abrahams (c. 1760- ) Born: c. 1760. Source: Angela Shire, Great Synagogue Marriage Registers 1791-1850 (Frank J Gent, Crediton, 2001).

Ann Barnett (c. 1808-1881)

Born: c. 1808, Great Alie Street, Goodmans Fields, Middlesex.
Occup: 1867, Ann Abrahams & Son (successors to the late Henry Abrahams), Jewish Chronicle 4.10.1867 and others.
Census: 1871, Printer & publisher, 35 St Mary Axe, St Andrew Undershaft, London (widow).
Will: 30 Dec 1879, Date of will (see notes).
Census: 1881, Bookseller, 53 St Mary Axe, St Andrew Undershaft (widow).
Died: 13 Apr 1881, 53 St Mary Axe, London.

Printer & publisher, 53 St Mary Axe, St Andrew Undershaft (1881 census)

Ann Abrahams & Sons, London, Printer & Publisher:-

- Daily,Sabbath, Festival and Occasional Prayers (London, 1874)

- Daily, Sabbath and occasional prayers according to the custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (London, 1876)

- The Festival Prayers, according to the Ritual of the German and Polish Jews (London, 1882)

Publishing address (1882): 61 Commercial Street, London E.

ABRAHAMS Ann, 22 October 1881. The Will of Ann Abrahams late of 53 St. Mary Axe in the City of London Widow who died 13 April 1881 at St. Mary Axe was proved at the Principal Registry by Barnett Henry Abrahams of 149 Camberwell Road Camberwell in the County of Surrey Fancy Warehouseman the Son and Henry Philip Cohen of 85 Warwick Road Maida Hill in the County of Middlesex Commission Agent the Executors. Personal Estate £256 19s. 3d.

Will of Ann Abrahams of 53 St Mary Axe, City of London, 30 Dec 1879

Household furniture, linen, plate, pictures and china remain for the benefit and use of my dear children namely Hannah, Rebecca, Isaac and Michael Abrahams; the pianoforte shall be the property of my daughter Rebecca and my wearing apparel shall be fairly distributed between my aforesaid daughters; I desire that the printing and publishing shall be carried on as heretofore under the style of Ann Abrahams and Son by my son Philip and my daughter Hannah under the supervision of my executors; twenty five shillings per week to be paid out of the business to my granddaughter Annie daughter of my late son and partner Mark Abrahams in accordance with his will that my son Philip shall then receive one half of the profits and my daughter Hannah the remaining half towards the support of herself her sister Rebecca her two brothers Isaac and Michael Abrahams; it is also my desire that my son Ralph shall keep books and enter accounts of all business transactions of goods sold and money disbursed and shall render such accounts to my executors whenever requested; all printed stock stereotyped plates type and plant to be the property of Philip and Hannah Abrahams in the same proportions as the profits and for the purpose of carrying on the business, and if my executors consider at any time that the business cannot be carried on successively and they find it necessary to sell the said stock plant type fixtures etc., the money arising from the sale shall be equally divided between my five children Philip Hannah Rebecca Isaac and Michael and my granddaughter Annie in lieu of the twenty five shillings weekly; I desire that neither of my children shall have recourse to a court of law to settle any dispute the might arise but that they shall consult my executors with the view of settling the same and their decision shall be final; should my daughter Hannah marry her interest in the business shall be given to her sister Rebecca, and in the event of both marrying the interest shall be equally divided between my sons Isaac and Michael; I nominate my son Mr. Barnett Henry Abrahams of No. 149 Camberwell Road and Mr. Henry Philip Cohen of No. 18 Elgin Road St Peters Park Paddington execs.

Witnesses: E Behrens, 78 Sutherland Sq, Walworth Road, T Boyce, 100 Sidney Street, Mile End

Proved at London, 22 Oct 1881, to execs.

Personel Estate Gross £256 19s. 3d., Net £12 9s. 3d.

58	Mordecai Barnett ( - )

Esther Victoria Rogers (1839-1891)

Born: 28 Apr 1839, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex.
Bap: 7 Oct 1839, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex.
Census: 1841, Living with parents.
Census: 1851, Living with parents.
Resid: 4 Mar 1862, 13 Artillery Lane, Bishopsgate (on marriage cert., recorded as Sarah Rogers).
Marr: Thomas Shortland 1887, Shoreditch, Middlesex.
Marriage Fact: 1887, 1887 Sep Q, Shoreditch, 1c/256 (Esther Victoria Rogers).
Death fact: 1891, 1891 Sep Q, Holborn, 1b/434 (aged 52).
Census: 1891, Wife in household.
Died: 10 Aug 1891, 57 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.

SHORTLAND Esther Victoria, 25 August 1891. The Will of Esther Victoria Shortland (Wife of Thomas Shortland) formerly of 9 Cloth Fair Smithfield in the City of London but late of 57 Great Sutton Street Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex who died 10 August 1891 at 57 Great Sutton Street was proved at the Principal Registry by Christopher William Pegrum of 1 Franchise Place Waltham Abbey in the County of Essex Assistant Proof Master the sole Executor. Personal Estate £75 16s. 3d.

Thomas Rogers (1800- )

Born: 18 Sep 1800, St James, Westminster, Middlesex.
Bap: 12 Oct 1800, St James Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex.
Marr: Susanna Mary Presley 8 Jul 1821, St Anne Soho, Westminster, Middlesex.
Occup: 7 Oct 1839, Carver & gilder, Eagle Court (daughter Esther's baptism).
Census: 1841, Dean Street, Soho (no occupation recorded).
Census: 1851, Gilder, 26 Houghton St, St Clement Danes, Westminster.
Census: 1861, Gilder, 14 Serles Place, St Clement Danes, Westminster.
Occup: 1862, Dealer (on daughter Esther's marriage cert.).

60	Thomas Rogers ( - )

61	Mary Unknown ( - )

31	Susanna Mary Presley (1802- ) Born: 16 Nov 1802, St Martins, Westminster, Middlesex. Bap: 25 Dec 1802, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex. Census: 1841, Wife in household. Census: 1851, Wife in household. Census: 1861, Wife in household.

William Presley (c. 1761-1816)

Born: c. 1761.
Marr: Susanna Gurney 23 Dec 1787, Old Church, Saint Pancras, Middlesex.
Resid: 1816, 11 Dukes Court, St Martins Lane.
Died: 1816, St Martin, Westminster, Middlesex.
Buried: 26 Dec 1816, St Anne, Soho (aged 55).
Estate probated: 20 Feb 1817, Admon (Consistory Court of London) to Susannah Presley, widow.

63	Susanna Gurney (1769- ) Born: 1769, Whitechapel, Middlesex. Bap: 3 Dec 1769, St Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex.