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Last Will and Testament of San Hancock of Lambeth, Gentleman
The following is my transcription of the last will and testament of my 6 × great grandfather San Hancock (1). The will provides some context to the family stories of a Hancock fortune!
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People: Ann Lindsay ( -1791), Joseph Hancock (c.1745- ), San Hancock ( -1783), Thomas Smith, William Pierrepont
Places: Hermitage Bridge, Lambeth, London, Stepney
Joseph Coles’ indenture
In 1813, my 4 × great grandfather Joseph Coles was apprenticed to George Adcock of Holywell Street, a tinsmith. A copy of Joseph’s indenture was written into the minute book of the Somersetshire Society following the minutes of the committee meeting held at the Turk’s Head, Strand on Tuesday, 21 September 1813 (Somersetshire Society, 1813, September 21).
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People: Benjamin Coles (c.1767-1815), George Adcock, Joseph Coles (c.1798-1869)
Places: Middlesex, Strand, Westminster
Coroner’s inquiry into the death of Louisa Hewett, a child
From the pages of the West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser (1). comes a report of the coroner’s inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Louisa Hewett. Louisa was the second daughter of Samuel Hewett and Harriet Curtis and granddaughter to James Hewett, brother to my 3 × great grandfather Hugh Hewett.
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March was a good month
March was a good month for extending the family tree. I managed to find four older siblings for my great great great grandfather George George. George, son of George George, a baker, and Mary, was born in 1813 and baptised the following the year. There is a candidate marriage between a George George and Mary Fage in 1805, leaving a gap of eight years before the first known child was born. The indexed London baptisms at Ancestry begin in 1813 and browse-able images of registers for Stepney are limited.
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People: David Draper (c.1787-1867), George George, George George (1813-1843), Jane Catling (c.1782-1850), Mary Fage, Mary George (1810- ), Sophia George (1806- ), Susannah George (1812- ), William George (1808- )
Places: All Saint's Edmonton, Enfield, Middlesex, Old Church St Pancras, Ratcliff, St Dunstan's Stepney
Report into the conduct of the apprentice Joseph Coles
I have finally managed to find some time to transcribe some of the documents I photographed on my recent visit to the Somerset Record Office in Taunton. The first is a report into the conduct of my 4 × great grandfather Joseph Coles as an apprentice to the tinsmith George Adcock. The report was provided to the Committee of the Somersetshire Society in London by John Moore—a copy of which was written into the minutes of the committee meeting held at Albion House on Monday, 15 March 1819 (Somersetshire Society, 1819, March 15).
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