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Francis Wight Lea Wilson

(born 5 May 1827 Beckenham, Kent)

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Maternal grandmother: Mary Pritchett (born 1751 St David’s died 1834 Beckenham, Kent)   View NotesHide notes  

Marriage record from January 1774 states she was upwards of twenty one years of age and from St Olave, Southwark, Surrey. Probably died 1834 Beckenham, Kent, giving birth year of 1754 — Kent Burials.

Her daughter’s baptism shows her father to have been Delabere, and his will kindly suppplied to me by a descendant shows the Delabere in question was the Rev Delabere Pritchett subchanter of St David’s Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.

married 9 Jan 1774 Saint Olave, Southwark

Maternal grandfather: Richard Lea (born 1747 died 1828 Beckenham, Kent)   View NotesHide notes  

Richard Lea paid £200 for marriage to Mary Pritchett in 1774, record shows he was “upwards” of 26 years.

 

Paternal grandmother: not known

Paternal grandfather: not known

 

Mother: Jemima Lea (born 7 Dec 1792 died 1865)   View NotesHide notes  

This from http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=536&p=surnames.lea and needs to be investigated further

IGI gives above birth date and baptism a month after on 7th January

married 9 Jul 1813 Beckenham, Kent

Father Samuel Wilson (born 1792 died 7 Jul 1881)   View NotesHide notes  

This from http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=536&p=surnames.lea and needs to be investigated further

Attached obituary shows the Colonel was son of John Wilson and Elizabeth Wyght

Marriage confirmed on IGI. Samuel was Lord Mayor of London in 1838

 

Wilson, Colonel Samuel (1792-1881)

Lord Mayor was born on an uncertain date in 1792 and married in 1813. His father, John Wilson, was a farmer of Stenson, Derbyshire. Wilson served in many capacities: magistrate in Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Middlesex, Commander of the East London militia and Colonel in the Royal London militia from 1854 to 1878. As a Whig, he was a member of the Weavers’ Company, Alderman of Castle Baynard from 1831 and in Bridge Without from 1853 to 1871, Sheriff 1833-34 and Lord Mayor 1838-39. After living for many years in Kemptown, Brighton, he died in his ninetieth year at The Ceders, Beckenham Kent, 7 July 1881.

http://www.london-city-history.org.uk/biography.htm


Brother: Cornelius Lea Wilson (born 25.7.1815 Beckenham, Kent died 19.12.1911 Beckenham, Kent)   View NotesHide notes 1 children  

Baptised 2nd Oct 1815, IGI.

The last squire of Beckenham.

“When we talk of The Village we naturally think of the High Street as the centre of village life, with tradesmen, shops and public houses serving the Manor Houses and Estates and the workers on those estates. The central figure was the Village Squire, the last of whom in Beckenham was Cornelius Lea Wilson, who died at Village Place in December 1911 at the age of 96.”

Partner: Mary Anne Wilcocks (born 1825 Stockwell, Surrey )  

Daughter: Maria Wilson (born 1849 Beckenham, Kent )  

Brother: Arthur Lea Wilson (born 15.3.1818 Beckenham, Kent )   View NotesHide notes  

Baptised 30th April 1818, IGI


Francis Wight Lea Wilson Notes:

Baptised 30th June 1827, IGI



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Census records (3):

1841 Beckenham Street Village Place, Kent
  
Wilson Samuel M 45 1796 Independent 2795
Wilson Jemima F 45 1796 2794
Wilson Cornelius M 25 1816 2798
Nash Alan M 25 1816
Watts Robert M 25 1816
Drake Olive F 35 1806
Hoeg Mary F 30 1811 Kent
West Ann F 35 1806
Hanist Emma F 25 1826 Kent

1851 Eastern Terrace, Brighton, Sussex
  
Wilson Samuel Head Married M 59 1792 Magistrate Islington, Middlesex 2795
Wilson Jemima Wife Married F 58 1793 London 2794
Hoig Mary Servant Unmarried F 44 1807 Lady,s Maid Woolwich, Kent
Hyde Mary Servant Married F 54 1797 Cook Wallingford Devon
Smith John Servant Married M 29 1822 Footman Berkshire
Hanes William Servant Married M 38 1813 Coachman Leicestershire
Ayling William Servant Unmarried M 16 1835 Page Bromley

1881 The Ceaders, Beckenham, Kent
  
Wilson Cornelius L Head Married M 65 1816 J.P.For Kent Westminster & Middx Islington, Middlesex 2798
Wilson Mary A Wife Married F 56 1825 Stockwell, Surrey 2799
Wilson Maria Daughter Single F 32 1849 Beckenham, Kent 2800
Wilson Samuel Father Widower M 89 1792 J.P.For Kent Westminster Middx Surrey & Sussex Islington, Middlesex 2795
Walders Selina Servant Single F 58 1823 Upper Housemaid Shermanbury, Sussex
Sherwood Mary A Servant Single F 50 1831 Cook (Domes) Farningham, Kent
Pyne Ellen Servant Single F 63 1818 Nurse (Doms) Fowey, Cornwall
Newman Mary A Servant Single F 34 1847 Ladys Maid East Leach, Gloucestershire
Holden Ann Servant Single F 27 1854 Laundrymaid Telescombe, Sussex
Green Esther Servant Single F 28 1853 Housemaid Southgate, Middlesex
Smith Ellen L Servant Single F 20 1861 2nd Laundrymaid Puttenham, Surrey
Tovey Elizabeth Servant Single F 25 1856 Kitchenmaid Greenwich, Kent
Davis James Servant Married M 36 1845 Butler Lynn, Norfolk
Dawer Henry Servant Single M 16 1865 Page Littleborough, Kent
Mears Jesse Servant Married M 36 1845 Coachman Uckfield, Sussex