Family of Charles SMITH and Hannah SAVAGE

Husband: Charles SMITH

Charles SMITH Eliza SMITH Isaac SMITH Charles SMITH Timothy SMITH Ann SMITH William SMITH Ursula SMITH Nathaniel SMITH Hannah SAVAGE Samuel SMITH James SMITH Edward SMITH John Kein SMITH Mary SMITH Charity COLEMAN Mini tree diagram
  • Name:

  • Charles SMITH

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles SMITH (1699-1755)

  • Mother:

  • Charity COLEMAN (1694-1771)

  • Birth:

  • 1725

  • London, UK

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jul 1725 (age 0)

  • Aldgate, London, UK2

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • haberdasher

  • Death:

  • 14 Jul 1801 (age 77)

  • Horsham, Sussex, UK3

  • Burial:

  • 22 Jul 1801

  • Bunhill Fields Burial Ground4

Wife: Hannah SAVAGE

John SAVAGE Charles SMITH Isaac SMITH Charles SMITH Timothy SMITH Ann SMITH William SMITH Ursula SMITH Nathaniel SMITH John SAVAGE Mary WOODGATE Mini tree diagram
  • Name:

  • Hannah SAVAGE

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John SAVAGE (c. 1702, bur.1745)

  • Mother:

  • Mary WOODGATE (bur.1759)

  • Birth:

  • c. Feb 1729/30

  • Cowfold, Sussex, UK

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Feb 1729/30 (age 0)

  • Cowfold, Sussex, UK5

  • Death:

  • 23 May 1784 (age 54)

  • Bearbinder Lane, buried Bunhill Fields6

  • Burial:

  • 26 May 1784

  • Bunhill Fields Burial Ground7

Child 1: Isaac SMITH

  • Name:

  • Isaac SMITH

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 17538

  •  

  • Death (1):

  • 2 Jul 1831 (age 77-78)

  • Merton Abbey, Surrey, UK

  • Death (2):

  • 2 Jul 1831 (age 78)9

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 9 Jul 1831

  • Merton Parish Church8

  •  

  • Address: Merton, Surrey, UK

  • Will:

  • 22 Jul 1831 (age 77-78)

  • Merton Abbey10

  •  

  • Address: Merton, Surrey, UK

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Rear Admiral, British Navy

Child 2: Charles SMITH

  • Name:

  • Charles SMITH

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth LANCASTER (1780-1843)

  • Birth:

  • 18 Sep 1755

  • London, UK

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Oct 1755 (age 0)

  • Postern and Founder's Hall Chapel11

  •  

  • Address: Aldermanbury, London, UK

  • Occupation (1):

  •  

  • Wholesale manufacturer of clocks and watches, Bunhill Row12,13

  • Occupation (2):

  • 23 Mar 1780 (age 25)

  • Watchmaker, takes on apprentice14

  • Occupation (3):

  •  

  • watchmaker15

  •  

  • Address: 118 Bunhill Row, London, UK

  • Death:

  • 6 Sep 1827 (age 72)

  • Merton, Surrey, UK16

  • Burial:

  • 14 Sep 1827

  • St Marys Church17

  •  

  • Address: Merton, Surrey, UK

    Memorial inside the church

  • Will:

  • 10 Oct 1827 (age 72)18

  •  

  •  

  • Address: Merton, Surrey, UK

Child 3: Timothy SMITH

  • Name:

  • Timothy SMITH

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Mary TROTTER ( - )

  • Spouse (2):

  • Elizabeth ROBERTSON (1773?-1825?)

  • Birth:

  • 23 Aug 1757

  • London, UK

  • Baptism:

  • 20 Sep 1757 (age 0)

  • Aldermanbury, London, UK19

  • Occupation:

  • 11 Nov 1772 (age 17)

  • Apprenticeship20

  •  

  • Address: London, UK

  • Will (1):

  •  

  •  

  • Death:

  • 1817 (age 59-60)

  • London, UK

  • Burial:

  • 18 Dec 1817

  • Bunhill Fields Burial Ground21

  •  

  • Address: City Road, London, UK

  • Will (2):

  • 24 Jan 1818 (age 60)22

  •  

Child 4: Ann SMITH

  • Name:

  • Ann SMITH

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Richard WILSON (c. 1755-1828)

  • Birth:

  • 176023

  •  

  • Death:

  • 1797 (age 36-37)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 28 Apr 1797

  • Bunhill Fields Burial Ground24

  •  

  • Address: City Road, London, UK

Child 5: William SMITH

  • Name:

  • William SMITH

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 29 Nov 1765

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Dec 1765 (age 0)

  • Postern and Founder's Hall Chapel

  •  

  • Address: Aldermanbury, London, UK

    son of Charles Smith and Mrs Hannah Smith.

    Born on 29th November 1765

  • Death:

  • 1790 (age 24-25)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 22 Sep 1790

  • Bunhill Fields Burial Ground25

  •  

  • Address: City Road, London, uk

Child 6: Ursula SMITH

  • Name:

  • Ursula SMITH

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John CRAGG (1765-1839)

  • Birth:

  • 29 Mar 1767

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Apr 1767 (age 0)

  • Aldermanbury, London, UK26

  •  

  • Address: Postern and Founder's Hall Chapel

  • Death:

  • 1802 (age 34-35)

  • Islington, London, UK27

  • Burial:

  • 27 Feb 1802

  • Bunhill Fields Burial Ground28

  •  

  • Address: City Road, London, UK

Child 7: Nathaniel SMITH

  • Name:

  • Nathaniel SMITH

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 21 Mar 1769

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 21 Mar 1769 (age 0)

  • Postern and Founder's Hall Chapel29

  •  

  • Address: Aldermanbury, London, UK

  • Death:

  • 1810 (age 40-41)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 31 Dec 1810

  • Bunhill Fields Burial Ground30

  •  

  • Address: City Road, London, UK

Note on Child 1: Isaac SMITH

Unmarried, Rear Admiral

Note on Child 7: Nathaniel SMITH

Had several children by a coloured woman at St Helena (According to the book 'Coal and Calico' by J Goodman (Ed), Published 2008 by the Merton Historical Society, England.

Sources

1.

Non-conformist Records for Marriage of Charles Smith, bachelor, haberdasher and Hannah Savage, spinster, Unknown, clandestine marriage, both of St Michaels, Cornhill, London, England, 22 November 1751.

2.

Parish Register for Baptism of Charles Smith and son of Charles and Charity Smith of Squire Alley Minories, St Botolph, Aldgate, London, England, 7 July 1725.

3.

Judith Goodman (Ed), 2008, Coal and Calico, Merton Historical Society, 169.

"Charles Smith, who died July 14, 1801 aged 77 leaving 4 sons and 1 daughter & buried in Bunhill Fields, as was his wife Hannah 23 May 1784 aged 53."

4.

Bunhill Fields Burial Ground for Burial of Charles Smith aged 67 (should be 77) and brought from Horsham, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, 22 July 1801.

5.

Parish Register for Baptism of Hannah Savage and daughter of John and Mary Savage, Cowfold, Sussex, UK, 23 February 1729/30.

6.

Goodman, J (Ed), 2008, Coal and Calico, page 169, Merton Historical Society, England.

7.

Bunhill Fields Burial Ground for Burial of Hannah Smith and of Bearbinder Lane (was off Lombard Street), Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, 26 May 1784.

8.

Parish Register for Burial of Isaac Smith and aged 78, St Marys, Merton Abbey,, Merton, Surrey, England, 9 July 1831.

9.

Monumental Inscription. St Mary the Virgin Church, Merton, London, UK. Cit. Date: 2 July 1831.

Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Merton, London, UK

 

Inscription:

At the top of the memorial, four garlands surrounding the inscriptions:

REAR ADMᴸ ISAAC SMITH Obt 2 July 1831 Æt 78

ISAAC CRAGG SMITH Obt 7 Dec 1831 Æt 38

CAROLINE CRAGG SMITH Obt 4 Dec 1823 Æt 30

CHAS SMITH Obt 6 Sep 1827 Æt 72

 

At the bottom of the memorial:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY

OF

THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED

AND WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE FAMILY VAULT

ADJOINING THE CHANCEL OF THIS CHURCH.

 

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY

MRS ELIZABETH COOK

WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK THE CIRCUMNAVIGATOR

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE

OF THE MANY ESTIMABLE QUALITIES OF HER DEPARTED RELATIVES.

 

 

10.

Will. Cit. Date: 22 July 1831.

PROBATE (pg 373: 22.7.1831 P Court of Canterbury PROB 11/1788) IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Isaac Smith of Merton Abbey in Merton in the County of Surry lately of Clapham in said County Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy being in health of body and of sound mind and memory and understanding praised be God for the same but well knowing the uncertainty of this Life do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say I desire all my just debts to be paid and what debts are due to my Estate to be revived by my Executor (if from Legatees to be deducted from their legacies And I give and bequeath unto my dearest Cousin Mrs Eliz Cook of Clapham in Surry two hundred guineas for a ring and mourning and all or any part of my Effects in plate books or furniture at her house at Clapham she may chuse to accept as a mark of my great regard and respect for her knowing she does not wish a larger legacy Also I give and bequeath unto each of her servants fifteen pounds a piece Also I give and bequeath unto Mr Richard Wilson of Eastcheap one hundred pounds Also I and bequeath unto Mr John Cragg of Bunhill Row one hundred pounds Also I give and bequeath unto the sons and daughters of my late Cousin Charles Smith of Mile End Middlesex nineteen pounds to each of them for a ring as a mark of my remembrance Also I give and bequeath unto my Cousins Mr Thomas Savage and Mr William Savage of Clerkenwell Middlesex one hundred and five pounds to each of them for mourning Also I give and bequeath unto my Nephew William Wilson an annuity or yearly sum of one hundred and two pounds per annum for and during the term of his natural life And I give and bequeath unto James Wilson the sum of seventy two pounds per annum for and during the term of his natural life brother of William Wilson which said two annuities of one hundred and two pounds and seventy two pounds are to be paid by or from the dividends of five thousand and eight hundred pounds stock in the three per cent now South Seas annuities which said capital stock is to be left standing in my name for and during the lives of the said William and James Wilson and at their decease or at the decease of each or of either of them and the said Annuitants that part of the said Capital Stock then to fall into the residue of my Estate and my Will is that my Executor hereafter named do receive the dividends as they become due and pay the annuitants either half yearly or quarterly for their use and benefit and maintenance but not to pay it personally to either William Wilson or James Wilson themselves but for their use if my Executor should think it best nor is the said Annuity to be sold or alienated in any manner by the said William and James Wilson and if sold or alienated then my Will is that part so sold sink into the Residue of my Estate in the same manner as if the one so selling was actually dead and the first quarters annuities to be paid from the first dividends that are paid after my decease likewise I give and bequeath unto my niece Mary Adams two thousand four hundred pounds capital Stock in the three per cent reduced bank annuities likewise I give and bequeath unto my Niece Maria Bennett two thousand four hundred pounds capital stock in the three per cent reduced bank annuities likewise I give and bequeath unto my niece Jane Marshall two thousand four hundred pounds capital stock in the three per cent bank annuities likewise I give and bequeath unto my Niece Ursula Jew two thousand and four hundred pounds capital stock in the three per cent reduced bank annuities all which afore mentioned legacies to my said Nieces of Capital Stock in the three per cent bank annuities I give and bequeath unto my said Nieces for their own and separate uses and benefit and not to be subject to the control or debts of their present or future husbands and their receipt alone is to be a sufficient discharge to my Executor likewise I give and bequeath unto the children of the before mentioned nieces living at my decease fifteen pounds to each of them for mourning and to be paid to their parents for their respective use notwithstanding their minority and whose receipt shall be an acquittance of my Executor likewise I give and bequeath unto Mrs E Smith widow of my deceased brother fifty guineas for ring Also I give and bequeath unto Captain John Smith of the Royal Navy found hundred pounds capital stock I the three per cent new South Sea Annuities or to his wife Ann Smith in case of his decease before myself Also I give and bequeath unto my friend John Day Blake Esq of Palsgrave Place fifty pounds for a ring as a token of my remembrance Also I give and bequeath unto my nephews in laws Mr J Adams, Mr Rob Mackrell Mr John L Bennett the Rev John Marshall and Mr Jas Jew nineteen guineas each as a token of respect likewise I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Cragg of Horsham an annuity of twenty five pounds per annum to be paid or withdrawn at the direction of my Executor I likewise give and bequeath unto Miss Elizabeth Ann Stuart Miss Mary Maston and to Miss Mary Mayer eighteen pounds each for a ring as a mark of my remembrance I likewise give and bequeath unto each of my servants fifteen pounds and to my housekeeper and gardiner an additional five pounds for every year they may have been in my service And it is my wish that my Executor will see my body decently interred in the tomb by my brother in Merton Church Yard and I give and bequeath unto the Minister and Churchwardens of the said parish and to my Executor and after his decease to any person he may appoint in trust seven hundred pounds capital stock in the three per cent reduced bank annuities that they my trustees the said Minister Churchwardens and my Executor will receive the dividends on the said stock and with the money keep the said tomb in perpetual repair and after deducting that expense and the necessary expense they are put to in receiving and paying the money and request that the minister will act as Treasurer and that he will accept of two guineas per annum for his trouble and my said trustee will then distribute the sum that remains of the dividends annually at Christmas to such charitable purpose in the said parish as they may judge best

 

 

 

 

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likewise I give and bequeath unto my dear nephew Isaac Cragg Smith all my freehold and copyhold Estates in the parish of Merton in the County of Surry which I had before my brothers decease to him and his heirs for ever consisting of an Estate called the Church house with the Copyhold cottages and field adjoining which is surrendered to the use of my Will and let on Lease to the parish of Bermondsey also all the freehold land Estate let on lease to Mr Holden also all the Land tax for farm rents on the Estate of Merton which I purchased of the Commissioners Also I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid nephew Isaac Cragg Smith as his own freehold to him and his heirs for ever all the Estate bequeathed to me by my late brother Charles Smith as his heir at Law and Residue Legatee consisting of a freehold house and premises No 118 Bunhill row Middlesex in which my said nephew resides likewise the freehold houses in Kings Arms Yard Cripplegate in the City of London likewise the individual third part of the freehold and leasehold Estate called Merton Abbey in the parish of Merton in the County of Surry but subject to an annuity of three hundred and twenty five pounds per annum for and during the life of his widow Elizabeth Smith as stated in his Will dated 28th August 1827 and to be subject to all the restrictions and regulations of quarterly payments etc as if the whole was recopied in this Will. All which six different Estates I give and bequeath unto my dear nephew Isaac Cragg Smith his heirs and assigns for ever but should my dear nephew depart this life without leaving any issue of his body to inherit behind him in that case I earnestly wish that he would bequeath all the freehold and copyhold estates hereby bequeathed to him unto the oldest son of his sister Ann Mackrell living at his decease on condition of his taking the surname of Smith only Also I give all the rest and residue of my Estates and Effects whether real or personal or whatsoever situated lying or being I so give and devise the same unto my aforesaid nephew Isaac Cragg Smith his heirs and assigns as his own proper estate for ever And I do hereby constitute and appoint my aforesaid nephew Isaac Cragg Smith sole Executor of this my Will and his executors or administrators And it is my Will that my said Executor or the Executors or administrators of him shall in the first place deduct or retain to himself or themselves out of the money or dividends of the aforesaid trusts all such sums of money costs and charges damages and expenses whatsoever as he or they shall or may at any time actually bear pay or sustain for or by reason or on account of the trust hereby reposed in him or them in defence or execution thereof nor shall anyone be answerable but for their own proper acts and not one answerable one for another or accountable for more of the said property than shall come to their respective hands by virtue of those present nor for the loss or damage that shall or may happen to the said property save and except only such as may happen by his or their wilful default and neglect And revoking all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made I publish and declare those three sheets of paper written by own hand on one side only and each of them by myself signed and last of them sealed with my seal to be my last will and Testament this the 28th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven ISAAC SMITH Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator Isaac Smith as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of one and another that subscribed our names as witnesses the interlineation on the 14 line of the 3rd page being first made Isaac Cragg Smith likewise the interlineation on the 10th line of living at his decease our and only being first made Emma Elliotson, Eliza Elliotson ye daughters of John Elliotson, gent of Clapham Surry John Elliotson M D Grafton Street.

Whereas I Isaac Smith of Merton Abbey of Merton in the County Surry lately of Clapham in the said County Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy the Testator named in this Will have republished the same with an intent therein to make void all and every other will and wills at any time heretofore by me made and to confirm and establish this which I have declared to be my last Will and Testament in the presence of Elizabeth Elliotson John Elliotson and Mary Prestridge who I HAVE DESIRED TO SUBSCRIBE THEIR NAMES AS Witnesses here to and in witness whereof I the said Isaac Smith have hereunto subscribed my name this twenty eighth day of January in the year of our lord 1830. ISAAC SMITH Signed by the said Isaac Smith in presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses to the above republication Elizabeth Elliotson, wife of John Elliotson, gent of Clapham John Elliotson MD Mary Prestridge her mark, x wife of Charles Prestridge of Merton Surry

PROVED at London with a Codicil 22nd July 1831 before the Worshipful John Daubony Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Isaac Cragg Smith Esq the Nephew the sole Executor to whom admon was granted having Oath been first sworn to administer.

 

 

11.

Non-conformist Records for Baptism of Charles Smith and son of Mr Charles and Mrs Hannah Smith, Postern and Founder's Hall Chapel, Aldermanbury, London, England, 18 September 1755.

12.

Goodman, J. (Ed), 61.

Charles Smith was a wholesale watchmaker of Bunhill Row, between Old Street and Chiswell Street, just north of the City., and on page 123 - Wholesale clock and watchmaker of good repute and large business, in the early 1800s.

13.

Premises to Let. Cit. Date: 9 July 1806.

“To Watchmakers, Silversmiths, and Jewellers To be Let, and entered into immediately, most eligibly situated, in a considerable market town, about 16 miles from London, an old established Shop, now in full trade, in the above line of business. For further particulars enquire of Mr Charles Smith, Watchmakers, No 118 Bunhill row, London (9th July 1806, Morning Herald)

 

14.

Apprenticeship.

John Cragg gained his Freedom in 1780.

 

23.3.1780 John Cragg, free Clockmaker 5.May 1788, Master Charles Smith. John Cragg, son of John Cragg, Horsham, gardiner, apprenticed to Charles Smith, citizen and clockmaker £21 fee, five pounds of which is Charity Money from the Treasurer of Christ's Hospital. 7th February 1780.

 

So John Cragg was educated at Christ's Hospital school, he would be about 14 when he went to Charles Smith as an apprentice, and would probably start at Christ's Hospital at the age of 11 in 1776.

15.

(no text)

Charles Smith, wholesale watchmaker in London Directories 1755-1827

16.

Monumental Inscription. Merton Park, London, UK. Cit. Date: 6 September 1827.

Monument in St Mary the Virgin Church, Mweron, Lonson, UK

 

Inscription:

At the top of the memorial, four garlands surrounding the inscriptions:

REAR ADMᴸ ISAAC SMITH Obt 2 July 1831 Æt 78

ISAAC CRAGG SMITH Obt 7 Dec 1831 Æt 38

CAROLINE CRAGG SMITH Obt 4 Dec 1823 Æt 30

CHAS SMITH Obt 6 Sep 1827 Æt 72

 

At the bottom of the memorial:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY

OF

THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED

AND WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE FAMILY VAULT

ADJOINING THE CHANCEL OF THIS CHURCH.

 

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY

MRS ELIZABETH COOK

WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK THE CIRCUMNAVIGATOR

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE

OF THE MANY ESTIMABLE QUALITIES OF HER DEPARTED RELATIVES.

 

 

 

17.

Parish Register for Burial of Charles Smith, St Mary, Merton, Surrey, England, 14 September 1827.

18.

Will. Cit. Date: 10 October 1827.

IN THE NAME OF God Amen: This is the last Will and Testament of me Charles Smith of Merton Abbey in the County of Surrey Esquire I direct that all my debts funeral expenses and legatees shall be paid and discharged by and out of my personal estate not hereinafter specifically bequeathed and I hereby charge the same with the payment thereof accordingly and to such worldly estate and effects wherewith it hath pleased God to bless us I dispose thereof in manner following whereas previous to my marriage with my dear wife Elizabeth Smith then Elizabeth Lancaster I became bound to Samuel Lancaster of Saint Mary at Lill Thames Street in the City of London Esquire and John Day Blake of Palgrave place Temple Bar in the County of Middlesex. Entitlement in the penal sum of ten thousand pounds with a condition thereunder written that if I the said Charles Smith should and did in my lifetime or by my last Will and Testament in writing or any Codicil or Codicils thereto will and sufficiently secure to the said Elizabeth Lancaster her Executors admons or assigns an annuity or clear yearly sum of three hundred pounds free from all deduction and should well and effectually charge the said annuity upon real estate or upon stock in the parliamentary or public funds of Great Britain of sufficient annual value and should make such an annuity or yearly sum payable to or in trust for the said Elizabeth Lancaster her Executors admons or assigns by quarterly payments in each and every year during the life of the said Elizabeth Lancaster and should make the first of such quarterly payments payable at the farthest at the expiration of three calendar months after my decease and in case the said Elizabeth Lancaster should survive me and default should be made by me in securing to the said Elizabeth Lancaster such annuity or yearly sum of three hundred pounds as aforesaid then if my heirs Executors or admons or any of them should at or before the expiration of three calendar months from the time of my decease well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Elizabeth Lancaster her executors admons or assigns the sum of five thousand pounds with interest from the day of my decease at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum or if the said Elizabeth Lancaster should depart this life time then the said obligations was to be void and it was thereby agreed that the provision thereby made was to be in full bar and satisfaction of all dower or thirds and free bench to which the said Elizabeth Lancaster might otherwise have been entitled to into or out of my freehold copyhold and customary and states and whereas I did with the privity and approbations of my said dear wife and in satisfaction of the condition of the said bond and in pursuance of the true intent and meaning thereof on the twelfth day of June last purchase of the Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt a life annuity of three hundred pounds and sixpence for the lives of myself and my said dear wife Elizabeth Smith and the life of the longer liver of us now I do hereby from and immediately after my decease give and bequeath the said annuity or yearly sum of three hundred pounds and sixpence together with all arrears that maybe then due thereon unto my said dear wife Elizabeth Smith her Executors admons and assigns for her and their own use and bought and whereas a number of the Worshipful Company of Stationers I am a partner in their English stock to the amount of two hundred pounds and my reason thereof am intitled to an annuity of twenty five pounds for my life with mostly to bequeath the same English Stock and annuity to my Widow I do therefore in pursuance of each right and authority hereby also give and bequeath to my said dear wife in case she shall survive me all my said annuity of twenty five pounds as aforesaid and also all the said two hundred pounds share of the said English stock to and for her own use and benefit absolutely for ever I give and devise and bequeath unto my dear brother Rear Admiral Isaac Smith his heirs and assigns for ever all my freehold estates at Merton Abbey in the county of Surry to and for his and their own use and benefit for ever subject nevertheless and charged with the payment thereout unto my said dear wife Elizabeth Smith for and during the term of her natural life of a clear annuity of three hundred and seventy five pounds without any deduction or abatement thereout whatsoever and I do direct that the same shall be paid to my said wife by four equal payments on or at the days and times hereinafter mentioned that is to say the twenty fifth day of December in every year the first payment thereof to begin and be made on the first of such quarter days as shall next happen after my decease and it is my will that in case the said last mentioned annual sum of three hundred and seventy five pounds or any part thereof as shall be in arrear or unpaid for the space of twenty one days next after any of the said days or times whereon the same ought to be paid as aforesaid then and of any time or times thereafter when and as often as the case shall so happen it may and shall be lawful to and for the said Elizabeth Smith into and upon all or my said hereditaments premises situate in Merton aforesaid out of which the said Annual rent or sums of those premises situate in Merton aforesaid out of which the said annual rent or sum of three hundred and seventy five pounds to be issuing and payable as aforesaid or into at upon any part or parts thereof to outet and distrain for the said annual sum of three hundred and seventy five pounds or so much thereof as shall be then so in arrear be unpaid as aforesaid and the distress or distressed then and there found and taken to lead drive carry away and impound and in pound to detain and keep until the said annual sum of three hundred and seventy five pounds and all arrears thereof and all costs charges and expenses relating thereto or attending the said distress or distresses shall be fully satisfied and paid in default thereof in due time after such distress or distresses shall be so taken to appraise sell and dispose of the same or any part otherwise to remain therein according to law in like manner as in distresses taken for rent renewed by lease or common demise to the end and intent that thereby she my said wife may be fully satisfied and paid the said annual sum of three hundred and seventy five pounds and all arrears thereof and all costs charges and expenses related thereto to be attending the recovering or obtaining payment of the same. I give and bequeath unto my dear nieces Maria Bennett, Jane Marshall and Ann Mackrell Mary Adams and Ursula Jew and to each of them the sum of one thousand pounds stock of the three per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities and in case I should not have a sufficient sum standing in my name for the above purpose at the time of my decease then I direct my Executor hereinafter named to purchase so much in that stock as may be wanting to discharge the said legatees also I give and bequeath unto my dear nephew Isaac Cragg Smith my large silver tea tray as a testimony of my affectionate regard for him also I give and bequeath unto my dear cousin Mrs Cook of Clapham ten guineas for a ring in Testimony of my ever affectionate regard for her also I owe unto my dear old friend George Stark Esquire ten guineas for a ring also I give unto my old friends Mr Oraty and Mr Blake a ring of three guineas each as a remembrance of me I give and bequeath unto my Gardiner Samuel Small if he shall be living with me at the time of my decease a suit of mourning also I give unto my dear friend Mr Cragg the sum of one hundred pounds all the rest and residue of my estate and effects both real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature and kind soever I give devise and bequeath unto my dear brother Rear Admiral Isaac Smith whom I make constitute and appoint whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and I do recommend to my said dear brother that he will out of the residue of my estate give and devise unto my dear nephew Isaac Cragg Smith my freehold estate in Bunhill row wherein my nephew now resides and also my freehold Estate in Kings Arms yard Whitecross Street in London I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me heretofore made and do declare this alone to be and contain my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my Will contained in four sheets of paper set my hand and seal to this the fourth and last sheet thereof this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. Charles Smith. Signed sealed published and declared by the said Charles Smith the Testator and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the words and to each of them between the seventeenth and eighteenth line of the third sheet being first into lines. Essex Henry Bond B A Pl, Curate of Merton. William Daniel Servant to Mr Smith. The Mark x of Ruth Bradshaw of Haydous Lane Wimbledon Nurse and J D Blake of Palsgrave Place, Temple Atty at Law.

PROVED at London 10th Oct 1827 before the worshipful John Danbury……by the oath of Isaac Smith Esq the brother the sole executor to whom Admon was granted.

 

19.

Parish Register for Baptism of Timothy smith and son of Charles and Hannah Smith, Postern & Founder's Hall Chapel, Aldermanbury, London, UK, 20 September 1757.

20.

Apprenticeship. Cit. Date: 11 November 1772.

Apprentice - Timothy Smith

Master - Jn Scollough - Citizen and Tallow Chandler of London

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Bunhill Fields Burial Ground for Burial of Timothy Smith of Mitcham, Surrey and Aged 60 years, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, London, England, 18 December 1817.

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Will. Cit. Date: 24 January 1818.

This is the last Will and Testament of me Timothy Smith of White House, Upper Mitcham in the County of Surry who am of sound mind and memory ……be God for it First I commend my soul unto the hands of the Almighty God and commit my body to the Earth to be decently and frugally interred I direct that all my just debts funeral expenses and the expense of proving this my Will as first paid and satisfied I give and bequeath all my freehold and Leasehold Messuages and Tenements plate household furniture Goods Chattles Effects whatsoever and wheresoever I have or may be entitled to unto my dear wife Elizabeth Smith and my dear brother Isaac Smith of Clapham in the county of Surrey Esq upon trust that as soon after my decease as conveniently may be to sell and dispose threrof except such Plate and Furniture China etc that my said wife shall choose to keep for her own use the moneys arising from such sale to be applied and disposed of in the purchase of an Annuity for the benefit of my said dear wife for the term of her natural life for her own use and benefit exclusively and not to be subject to the control or liable to the debts of any future husband she may hereafter marry and I also give unto my said wife all the Dividends and interest arising from my share in the English Stock of the Company of Stationers of the City of London and in case of the death of my said wife or her marriage I direct that the money arising and to be received from the said Company be given unto James Dempster Robertson my said wifes son. I also appoint my said wife and my said brother Isaac Smith Executrix and Executor of this my will hereby revoking any will heretofore made by me and so declare this to be my last will and testament In witness thereof I the said Timothy Smith I have set my hand and seal this day of March in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Timy Smith Signed and sealed and declared and published as for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his honest and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. William Collins and William Armstrong and Henry Wheeler.

PROVED at London 24th January 1818, by the oaths of Elizabeth Smith widow the relict and Isaac Smith Esq the brother the Exors to whom Admon was granted.

 

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Goodman, J. (Ed), 2008, Coal and Calico, Merton Historical Society, England, 192.

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Non-conformist Records for Burial of Ann Smith, aged 36 and of Penton Street, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, London, England, 28 April 1797.

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Non-conformist Records for Burial of William Smith aged 24 and from Old Street, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, London, England, 22 September 1790.

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Non-conformist Records for Baptism of Ursula Smith and daughter of Charles and Hannah Smith, Postern & Founder's Hall Chapel, Aldermanbury, London, England, 26 April 1767.

Born on 29th March 1767

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Non-conformist Records for Burial of Ursula Cragg and aged 34, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, London, England, 26 February 1802.

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Non-conformist Records for Baptism of Nathaniel Smith and Born same date, Postern & Founder's Hall Chapel, Aldermanbury, London, UK, 21 March 1769.

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Non-conformist Records for Burial of Nathaniel Smith and of Commercial Rd, London, UK, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, London, UK, 31 December 1810.