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| Moyns |
As we saw in the first post the original Gent owners of Moyns died out in the direct line with the death of the childless George Gent in 1818. In his will he originally left his estates to the use of George William Gent, the eldest son of Major General William Gent and then to his second son, John Gould Gent, and, if his line should fail, then to the sons of Rev John Gent, late Vicar of Stoke by Nayland, John & George Gent who also received legacies of £500 each in a codicil to his will [along with a legacy of £500 to John Gent of City Road, London, brother to Gen Gent].
In the same codicil he writes "And I do hereby revoke the reversion of the fee simple of my estate heretofore given to the late William Gent, General in His Majesties service, & after to his son, George William Gent, both which devises I do hereby revoke and make void, in witness my hand this 25 Apr 1814" but subsequently undermines this in a later codicil by declaring "And my will and desire is that the remainder of the fee simple of all my landed estates shall go in such way as the law may direct, witness my hand and seal this 14 May 1818" - the law apparently decided that George William Gent was the right heir.
Other branches of the Gent family have proved to be a brick wall research wise but it's safe to assume that both Major General William Gent and the Rev John Gent were cousins of George.
Why the General and his sons were cut out of the will is unknown but George obviously intended Moyns to descend with the Suffolk Gents - it appears that George was a "difficult" man, his wife's biography ends with "her piety, benevolence and charity were very conspicuous to all that knew her, and her placid temper was a striking contrast and corrector of her husband's irritability".
Incidentally the last Gent owners of Moyns appear to be George Gent and his wife Jane d, 1872 then his daughter, Eleanor Mary Gent 1823-1911, presumably cousins of this family [and by extension of the original owners].
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| George Gent |
First Generation
1. Gen William Gent was born in 1749 and died on
29 Jan 1811 in Bath, Somerset, aged 62.
General Notes: In the name of God amen I, William Gent, Major General in the service of the Limited East India Company being of sound mind & memory do make this my last will and testament in manner & form following, that is to say:
I give to my dear wife, Mary Gent, all my horses, carriages & swivels and my household linen & plate & china for her whole & sole use & disposal.
I give, devise and bequeath unto my two sons, George William Gent and John Gould Gent, and John Wilson of Caster Street, Holborn, London, attorney at law, and their heirs, exors & admors all that my messuage or tenement with the yard or garden, fixtures, rights, [illegible] & appurts thereunto belonging in which I now live situate in [illegible] Street in the city of Bath & also all my house goods and implements of household whatsoever not hereinbefore bequeathed that may be in or about or belonging unto my said house at my death or which are or may be normally used therein nevertheless upon the [illegible] trust, ends, intents & purposes hereinafter mentioned, expressed & declared of & concerning the same, that is to say to the use of & in trust for my said dear wife, Mary Gent, and her assigns to have, hold, use, take & enjoy the same for and during so many years of her natural life as she shall continue my widow single & unmarried, she my said wife or they my said sons paying the ground rent issuing thereout & keeping the premises & furniture insured from loss or damage by fire to at least two thirds of the value thereof & reinstating the same if burned or destroyed for the further use of my said wife & from and after the death or second marriage of my said wife whichever shall first happen then to the use of & in trust for my said sons, George William Gent and John Gould Gent, equally to be divided between or among them, share and share alike, to take as tenants in common & not as joint tenants, his or their heirs, exors, admors & assigns.
And I direct my exors to take an inventory of the furniture my said wife is to have the use of for her widowhood as aforesaid and that two copies shall be made thereof and both signed by my said wife and my exors & one kept by my exors & the other by my said wife and I direct that all fair allowance shall be made for the wear & tear of such furniture during the term my wife is to enjoy it.
And I make no other provision for my said wife, Mary Gent, by this my will as she & also my children by her begotten or to be begotten are already provided for by my marriage articles bearing date 18 Jan 1803.
I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Anna Maria Gent, the sum of five thousand pounds to be paid to her if she attains her age of twenty one years or marriage solemnized in England, which ever shall first happen but not otherwise but with lawful interest in the meantime by half yearly payments to be applied for her maintenance & support which legacy and the interest thereof I do hereby charge my property accordingly save & except my said house & furniture above specifically devised and bequeathed.
All the rest, residue & remainder of my estates, real and personal and of what nature or kind soever and where ever situate I give, devise and bequeath the same unto & to the use of sons, George William Gent and John Gould Gent, their heirs, exors, admors & assigns for ever, share & share alike, as tenants in common.
And I do hereby appoint my wife, Mary Gent, and my said sons, George William Gent and John Gould Gent, guardians of my daughter Anna Maria Gent until she arrives at the age of twenty one years, the interest of my said daughter, Anna Maria Gent's, fortune to be also used for her maintenance & education.
And I hereby appoint my said sons, George William Gent and John Gould Gent, and the said John Wilson exors of this my last will and testament...23 July 1806.
Proved at London 18 Feb 1811.
William married Anna Maria Fleetwood, daughter of John Fleetwood and Barbara Wynne. Anna was born in 1755 and died on 24 Aug 1801 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, aged 46.
General Notes:
Near this place lie the remains
of Anna Maria Gent,
wife of Colonel William Gent,
and daughter of John Fleetwod, Esq.,
late of Clapham, in the County
of Surry.
She departed this life
the 24th day of August , 1801,
aged 45.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 2M i George William Gent was born in 1780
in the East Indies, died on 17 Mar
1855, aged 75, and was buried on
24 Mar 1855 in Steeple Bumpstead,
Essex.
+ 3M ii. John Gould Gent was born on 11 Nov
1784 in East Indies, died on 26 May
1856, aged 71, and was buried in
Steeple Bumpstead, Essex.
+ 4F iii. Anna Maria Gent was born in 1795,
died on 15 Nov 1845, aged 50, and was
buried in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
William next married Mary Towgood French on 20 Jan 1803. Mary was born about 1786 in Ireland.
Noted events in her life were:
• Address: 1841, Charles Street, W1, London.
• Address: 1851, Little Dalby Hall, Little Dalby,
Leicestershire.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 5F i. Maria Georgina Gent was born in Bath,
Somerset, was baptised on 4 Mar
1805, and died on 20 Mar 1861, aged
56. She had no known marriage and no
known children.
+ 6F ii. Honoria Barbara Gent was baptised
on 5 Nov 1809 and died in 1850, aged
41.
Second Generation
2. George William Gent (William (Gen) 1) was born
in 1780 in East Indies, died on 17 Mar 1855,
aged 75, and was buried on 24 Mar 1855 in Steeple
Bumpstead, Essex.
General Notes: This is the last will and testament of me, George William Gent, of Moyns Park in the parish of Steeple Bumpstead, esquire, I direct that my mortal remains may be placed in the vault I have built for my dear deceased wife, Eliza Mary Gent, next my pew in the quire aisle of the church in the above parish and that an inscription to my [illegible] be inserted on the [illegible] monument that I have erected for her and that my funeral be conducted as a private one without any unnecessary display or expense.
I direct the all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.
I give and devise unto my brother, John Gould Gent, and his assigns during his natural life thereunto arising from all my landed property as [illegible] from all my personal property whatsoever or wheresoever or whet nature or kind or quality and after the decease of my brother, John Gould Gent, I give the whole of my landed property of whatsoever kind or sort to my executors and trustees hereinafter named and appointed in trust for the use and benefit of my nephew and godson, William Montagu Tharp, the youngest son of my late sister, Anna Maria Tharp, that is to say all my farm called Boarded Barn or [illegible], the Manor Farm or Wood or Shore Hall and Lake House in the parish of Finchingfield, Sampford and Hempstead or elsewhere in the county of Essex as well as all my property of Gent Town or Cornish Hall End in the parish of Finchingfield in the county of Essex and all and every my various messuages, lands, hereditaments and real estates wheresoever and what nature or kind or quality whatsoever unto Charles Tenant, William Stephens and John Manners Tharp, my executors and trustees herein named and appointed and their heirs nevertheless upon the trusts and for the several uses, ends, intents and under and subject to the several powers, provisions and limitations hereinafter mentioned, expressed and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say to the use of my said nephew, William Montagu Tharp, and his assigns for and during his natural life and from and after the determination of that estate by forfeiture or otherwise in his lifetime then to the use of the said Charles Tenant, William Stephens and John Manners Tharp and their heirs during the natural life of the said, William Montagu Tharp, in trust to preserve and support the contingent uses and estates hereinafter given or limited from being defeated...and after his decease to his first son...and in default of such to the second son...and in default of such to the third, fourth and fifth etc...and in default of such to my nephew, Frederick Tharp, the second son of my said sister Anna Maria Tharp and Joseph Sidney Tharp aforesaid and his assigns...and to the use of his first born son etc...and in default of such to my nephew, John Manners Tharp, (the eldest son of said sister Anna Maria Tharp and Joseph Sidney Tharp etc...and in default of such to my niece, Georgiana Eliza nee Tharp the wife of Alfred Bond etc...and I default of such to my right heirs
Provided always that any person having the surname or arms different from the surname or arms hereinafter required to be used and who shall become entitled in possession as a beneficial tenant or entitled under the above limitations or shall become entitled in possession, if of the age of twenty one years, shall endeavour to gain an act of parliament or licence from the Crown authorising such person to assume and use the name of Gent but so that the arms shall be quartered with his or her family name and that the name of Gent shall be the first and principal name and in case of neglect or refusal to comply with all or any of the requisitions of the proviso the estate or estates hereby limited for the life of the person or persons above named shall cease and subsequent limitations shall be accelerated.
I bequeath onto my brother, John Gould Gent, all my wine, beer, coals, corn in my granary, hay and whatsoever there may be in my farm yard at Moyns, also all my pigeons and poultry and every thing that is in my hothouse, green house and tool houses and every thing that is in my painting room closet, the French secretary in my library and the secretary that is in my bedroom upstairs and any of my carriages he may wish to have, also any two horses in my stables he may fancy, also my two Alderney cows or any cows he may fancy belonging to my dairy and whet farming implements he may wish to have and what saddles and bridles and harness that is in my harness room he may also wish to reserve for his use.
And I give my brother, John Gould Gent, the use of all my furniture, linen and plate, glass, china and ornamental china, pictures, books, prints, drawings, busts and statues during his natural life that are in my mansions house at Moyns Park allowing for the wear and tear thereof, my trustees and executors hereinafter named having an exact inventory of the same, one kept by them and the other by my brother, John Gould Gent, and after his death I desire that the whole of my furniture shall be sold by public auction and the monies arising from the sale to form a part of my personal property and be invested in the funds for that purpose.
And I give to each of my indoor servants who shall be living in my service at the time of my decease and who shall have been in it one year and upwards five pounds each over and above their wages due to them respectively and unto all my outdoor servants or labourers who have lived in my service two years and upwards and shall be in my service at the time of my decease five pounds each over and above their wages due to them respectively.
And to my old and faithful servant Isaac Tweed, my bailiff and gardener, in case he be living in my service at the time of my death I bequeath the sum of one hundred pounds free of legacy duty and I leave to him besides an annuity of twenty six pounds to be paid to him weekly during his natural life at the rate of ten shillings per week.
I bequeath unto George Rallings, now in my service as under gardener, in case he be living in my service at the time of my death an annuity of thirteen pounds to be paid to him weekly during his natural life at the rate of five shillings weekly.
I also bequeath unto John Rallings, the son of the above George Rallings, an annuity of thirteen pounds to be paid to him weekly during his natural life at the rate of five shillings weekly.
I give unto my housekeeper, Emily Harding, for her kind attention to my dear departed wife and to myself during my long and severe illness the sum of fifty pounds free of legacy duty if she shall be living in my service at the time of my death and an annuity of twenty six pounds to be paid weekly at the rate of ten shillings weekly.
I give unto Joseph Sidney Tharp (my brother in law) of Chippenham Park Cottage in the county of Cambridge, my oriental dagger (called Tippoos dagger) with an agate handle set with precious stones, also my old carved gold headed sheriff's sword which I used on the occasions of serving the office of sheriff for the county of Essex in the years 1834 and 1835, memento mori.
I give unto my nephew, John Manners Tharp, the eldest son of my late sister, Anna Maria Tharp, after the death of my brother, John Gould Gent, my four large embossed silver candlesticks and branches and silver teak kettle and stand with the lamp as heirlooms and, also after the death of my brother, John Gould Gent, I give him as heirlooms all my paintings, prints, books, busts and statues at my mansions house at Moyns and my two japanned china cabinets with the carved gilt stands now standing in my hall at Moyns Park, also my marble tables as heirlooms at Chippenham Park, Cambridgeshire with the sum of two hundred pounds to build a room in Chippenham Park to contain them all.
And I bequeath to my nephews Frederick Tharp and William Montagu Tharp after the decease of my said brother, John Gould Gent, all my silver plate and plated articles except what I have left my said nephew, John Manners Tharp, as heirlooms to be equally divided between them for their own absolute use.
And I hereby nominate and appoint Charles Tenant , esquire, of Gray's Inn Square in the county of Middlesex, solicitor, William Stephens, esquire, of Child's Banking House, Temple Bar, London and my said nephew John Manners Tharp executors and trustees of this my will...i give each of them twenty five pounds to purchase a watch [illegible].
And I desire that all the gifts and legacies bequeathed by this my will shall be free of duty.
I hereby bequeath to the treasurer and trustees of the Colchester Hospital in the county of Essex the sum of two hundred pounds sterling to be paid out of my personal estate for the use of that excellent institution.
I direct my said trustees and executors as soon as conveniently may be after my decease to invest a sufficient part of my personal estate in the purchase of so much three per centum consolidated bank securities as will produce the annual sum of twenty pounds and to pay and apply the dividends arising there from as and when the same shall become due and be received for the use and support of a schoolmaster for the school I have erected and endorsed at Gent Town in the of Finchingfield aforesaid to be paid regularly half yearly to the trustees of the said school whom I shall hereafter name (that is to say) the owner, for the ime being, of Moyns in the parish of Steeple Bumpstead, the Vicar, for the time being, of the parish of Finchingfield, the Minister, for the time being, of St John's chapel, Gent Town aforesaid, the tenant, for the time being, of Cornish Hall Farm, the tenant, for the time being, of Boarded Barn Farm and the tenant, for the time being, of Sakeld Farm, the tenant, for the time being, of [illegible] Hall Farm and the owner, for the time being, of [illegible] Farm and it is my wish and desire that the above trustees of the school will cause the catechism of th Church of England to be read or repeated every Sunday throughout the year by the scholars there educated under the strictures of the Established Church.
And I direct my trustees and executors strictly or as soon as conveniently may be after the decease of my brother, John Gould Gent, to invest the sum of two hundred pounds three per centum consolidated bank annuities in the joint names of the owner, for the time being, of the mansion house of Moyns Park aforesaid, the Vicar, for the time being, of the said parish of Steeple Bumpstead and the Minister, for the time being, of Saint John's chapel, Gent Town in the parish of Finchingfield in the county of Essex upon trust for ever in the first place to apply the dividends and annual produce thereof in keeping in good order and repair the vault I have built in the quire aisle next my pew in the church of Steeple Bumpstead aforesaid as well as all the monuments I have erected particularly those to the memory of my dear departed wife and the late George Gent, esquire, and also the painted glass window and pew belonging to the family and the mansion house of Moyns and as to the stained or painted glass now in my mansion house at Moyns Park as well as the four coats of arms in the windows of my dining and drawing rooms at Moyns I desire and request that the same be removed after the death of my brother, John Gould Gent, and properly arranged in the window of Saint John's chapel, Gent Town, Finchingfield at the expense of my trustees and the inferior part of the said glass, if any to spare, I request that it may be put up in the School House.
And I hereby declare it to be always my desire and intention that there shall be three trustees acting under this my will and if any of my trustees for the time being shall die or...
And now with respect to all my personal and funded property of whatsoever kind or sort and wheresoever or money in my bankers [illegible] bonds, notes of hand or other securities I request my trustees and executors above named as soon as possible after my decease to collect and get in all and every such part of my residuary and personal property as may consist of debts or monies owing to me and securities as above mentioned at the time of my decease and invest the same in the funds of Great Britain in their names in trust or on good mortgages of real estate in Great Britain and to stand in trust of the monies arising from such sale, collection or getting in as aforesaid and to apply the interest, dividends or profits of the whole of my residuary or personal property to the use and benefit of my brother, John Gould Gent, as aforesaid during his natural life and from and immediately after his decease to divide the residue of my said personal estate or the stocks, funds and securities in or upon which the same shall be invested or secured into four equal parts.
And to pay the interest, dividends and proceeds arising from one fourth part thereof unto my said nephew, John Manners Tharp and his assigns during his natural life and from and immediately after his decease I give and bequeath the principal of such fourth part of the residue of my personal estate unto his only child if there shall be but one or unto all his children if there shall be more than one living at his decease in equal shares and proportions and in case my said nephew, John Manners Tharp, shall die without leaving any child or children surviving him then I give and bequeath the principal of such fourth part of the residue of my personal estate unto the person or persons who under the statutes for the distribution of the effects of intestates would at the decease of my said nephew, John Manners Tharp, have become entitled to the real residue of his personal estate if he had died intestate and he were possessed of the same one fourth part of the residue of my personal estate and such persons, if more than one, to take in the shares in which they would have become entitled under the said statutes to such personal estate.
And to pay the interest, dividends and proceeds arising from one other fourth part of the residue of my said personal estate unto my said nephew, Frederick Tharp and his assigns...
And as to one other fourth part of my of my said personal estate unto my said nephew, William Montagu Tharp and his assigns...
And I do hereby declare that the remaining fourth part be paid to my said niece, Georgiana Eliza Bond and her assigns...
And I do hereby declare my will and mind to be that in case my said nephew, John Manners Tharp shall live to inherit or become entitled in possession to the Chippenham Park estate the interest of the once fourth part or any other portion of the residue of my said personal estate which he may be entitled to under this my will at the time of his coming into possession of that estate shall cease to be payable to him and on such event shall go and be disposed of in the same manner as if he the said, John Manners Tharp, were then dead.
And in case my said nephew, Frederick Tharp shall live to inherit or become entitled in possession to the Chippenham Park estate...
And I direct and empower my said trustees to exchange, dispose of or purchase if advisable any lands that may do of advantage to my landed property or real estate as opportunities may offer from time to time and particularly to dispose of at good prices all lands that are not immediately connected with my farms and the interest and profits thereof to be added to the income of my said nephew William Montagu Tharp during his natural life.
I give to my sister in law, Susanna Adelaide, the wife of my brother, John Gould Gent, an annuity of fifty pounds which I request my executors to pay to her out of my personal estate half yearly in equal proportions namely twenty five pounds every half year during her natural life free from all deductions whatsoever and the first payment to be made in six months after my decease.
And I do hereby declare my will and mind to be that the receipt or receipts of my trustees...
And I declare that a decent suit of mourning shall be given to any and all my indoor servants as soon as possible after my decease.
And I request my brother to give away such part of my clothes and wardrobe as he shall think proper.
I hereby revoke all former wills...17 May 1851.
This is a codicil to the last will and testament of me, George William Gent, of Moyns Park in the parish of Steeple Bumpstead, esquire,...I give to James [illegible] of West [illegible] near Taunton in Somerset a legacy of fifty pounds.
I give to Dr William Gent now residing at Meulan in France my old gold snuff box with a crest on it and a legacy of thirty pounds.
I give to my cousin Miss Barbara Fleetwood one hundred pounds, to her sister Mrs Kempson one hundred pounds, to Miss Lydia Hills, daughter of Asunzai Hills, three hundred pounds, to Edward Raymond of Bentham Hall near Clare, Suffolk, my late wife's godson fifty pounds, to my nephew Frederick Tharp my French secretary in my library and my two Sevre jars and liqueur stand placed above it.
Whereas I have by my will given to my housekeeper, Emily Harding, an annuity of twenty six pounds to be paid to her weekly at the rate of ten shillings weekly now I do hereby revoke the bequest of the said annuity to her and in her and instead thereof do give to her an annuity of fifty pounds to be paid to her during her natural life by quarterly instalments at Lady Day, Midsummer Day, Michaelmas Day and Christmas Day in every year and the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such of the days of payment as shall happen after my decease.
I give to Mr Emmanuel Moumerou, late of Moorgate Street, London, and now or lately residing in Paris, an annuity of one hundred pounds per annum during his natural life and I direct the same annuity to be paid to him half yearly on the fifth day of January and the fifth day of July in every year and the first payment to be made on such of the days of payment as shall happen next my decease. I also give to the said Emmanuel Moumerou my large gold watch and my French ormolu clock with the glass and stand, also a legacy of fifty pounds and in addition thereto I [illegible] all debts owing to me by the said Emmanuel Mormerou.
I give to John Turner of Steeple Bumpstead, draper, and his wife, Sarah, the sum of five shillings weekly and every week during their respective natural lives, the first weekly payment to be made on the Saturday next after my decease.
I give to Sarah Saville the sum of five shillings weekly and every week during her natural life the first weekly payment to be made on the Saturday next after my decease.
I give to Martha Langford, the wife of [illegible] Langford, an annuity of twenty six pounds per annum to be paid her weekly at the rate of ten shillings per week and to commence from the day of my decease. Also I give to the said Martha Langford a legacy of fifty pounds and I direct that the said annuity and legacy shall be paid into her own proper hands for her sole and separate use and that the same annuity and legacy shall not be subject to the debts, contract or engagements of her present or any future husband...
And I desire that all the said legacies and the said annuities shall be paid to the said legatees respectively free from legacy duty.
I confirm my said will...26 July 1852.
Proved at London...10 April 1855.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation/Address: Independent, 1841, Marylebone,
London.
• Occupation/Address: Landed proprietor, Magistrate,
DL, 1851, Moyns Park, Birdbrook, Essex.
George married Eliza Mary Nation in 1818. Eliza was baptised on 12 Jun 1791, died on 18 Jan 1846, aged 54, and was buried on 24 Jan 1846 in Steeple Bumpstead, Essex. They had no children.
Noted events in her life were:
• Address: 1841, Marylebone, London.
3. John Gould Gent (William (Gen) 1) was born on 11
Nov 1784 in the East Indies, died on 26 May 1856,
aged 71, and was buried in Steeple Bumpstead,
Essex.
General Notes: This is the last will and testament of me, John Gould Gent, of Moyns Park in the parish of Steeple Bumpstead in the county of Essex, esquire, I nominate and appoint my wife, Sophie Suzanne Adelaide Gent, and Emmanuel Mounerou Gent, now residing at No 40 Place de la Bourse in Paris, esquire, executrix and executor of this my will.
I give and bequeath all the estate vested in me upon any trust or by way of mortgage and which I have power to dispose of by this my will unto and to the use of my said wife, Sophie Suzanne Adelaide Gent and the said Emmanuel Mounerou and their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns according to the nature and quality thereof respectively upon trust to hold or dispose thereof in the manner in which they ought to be held or disposed of pursuant to the said trusts and upon payment of the money secured on mortgage to convey or assign the estates in mortgage to the person or persons entitled thereto for the time being.
Whereas I have since my marriage with my present wife, Sophie Suzanne Adelaide Gent, received at different times in her right several sums of money amounting together to two thousand pounds sterling now I do hereby give and bequeath to my said wife a legacy of two thousand pounds sterling for her own absolute use and benefit.
And I direct that the same shall be paid to her as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.
Also I give and bequeath to my said wife for her own absolute use and benefit all my plate.
And as to all the rest of my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever I give and bequeath the use but not the property thereof to my said wife and during the term of her natural life subject to the payment thereout of all my just debts, my funeral expenses and the charges of proving this my will.
And from and immediately after her decease I give and bequeath to Sarah Lenillette, widow, now living in my service a legacy of one thousand pounds sterling to be paid to her within six months next after the decease of my said wife free from legacy duty.
And I give and bequeath the rest and residue of my personal estate the use of which I have hereinbefore given and bequeathed to my said wife for her life as aforesaid, that is to say one third part to Dr William Gent now residing at Meulan, Seine and Aire in France for his own absolute use and benefit, one other third part thereof to the said Emmanuel Mounerou for his own absolute use and benefit and the remaining third part thereof unto my nephew, Charles Guerin, fo 178 Fauxbourge, Saint Honore, Paris, for his own absolute use and benefit.
And my will and mind is that my said executrix and executor or either of them...
In witness whereof...8 Sep 1853.
Proved at London 14 June 1856.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation/Address: Visitor, Annuitant, 1851, Moyns
Park, Birdbrook, Essex.
John married Mary Panton on 8 Jul 1811. Mary was born about 1773 and was buried on 22 Sep 1833.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 7F i. Mary Georgiana Priscilla Gent was
born on 3 Aug 1811, was baptised on
5 May 1812, died on 18 May 1853,
aged 41, and was buried in Steeple
Bumpstead, Essex. She had no known
marriage and no known children.
John next married Sophie "Suzanne" Adelaide Guerin on 28 Mar 1836. Sophie was born about 1801.
Noted events in her life were:
• Address: 1851, Moyns Park, Birdbrook, Essex.
4. Anna Maria Gent (William (Gen) 1) was born in
1795, died on 15 Nov 1845, aged 50, and was
buried in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
Anna married Joseph Sidney Tharp on 15 Dec 1825. Joseph was born on 26 Aug 1797 in Weymouth, Dorset, died on 4 Mar 1875, aged 77, and was buried in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
General Notes: Joseph was appointed to manage the Chippenham estate for his first cousin, 'John the Lunatic', at which time the estate was let for shooting and the Hall occupied only periodically. Following Joseph's death in 1875 and his cousin John's in 1883, the estate eventually passed to Joseph's third and only surviving son, William Montagu Tharp.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation/Address: Annuitant & magistrate, 1851,
The Cottage, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
• Occupation/Address: Visitor, Landed proprietor,
1861, East Langton, Leicestershire.
• Occupation/Address: Landowner, 1871, The Cottage,
Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 8M i. John Manners Gordon Tharp was born
in 1826 in Paris, France, was
baptised on 30 Oct 1829 in
Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, died
on 21 Apr 1875, aged 49, and was
buried on 28 Apr 1875 in Chippenham,
Cambridgeshire. He had no known
marriage and no known children.
+ 9F ii. Georgiana Eliza Tharp was born in
1829 in Chippenham Park, Chippenham,
Cambridgeshire and died on 23 Nov
1878, aged 49.
+ 10M iii. Frederick Sidney Gould Tharp was
born about 1833, died on 9 Feb
1873, aged about 40, and was buried
on 15 Feb 1873 in Chippenham,
Cambridgeshire. He had no known
marriage and no known children.
+ 11M iv. William Montagu Tharp was
born in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire,
was baptised on 20 Jul 1837, died on
12 Nov 1899, aged 62, and was buried
in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
5. Maria Georgina Gent (William (Gen) 1) was born in
Bath, Somerset, was baptised on 4 Mar 1805, and
died on 20 Mar 1861, aged 56. She had no known
marriage and no known children.
Noted events in her life were:
• Occupation/Address: Independent, 1841, Charles
Street, W1, London.
• Address: 1851, Little Dalby Hall, Little Dalby,
Leicestershire.
• Address: 1861, Warrior Square, St Leonards on Sea,
East Sussex.
6. Honoria Barbara Gent (William (Gen) 1) was
baptised on 5 Nov 1809 and died in 1850,
aged 41.
Noted events in her life were:
• Address: 1841, Brook Street, London.
Honoria married Edward Bourchier Hartopp, son of Edward Hartopp and Anna Eleanora Wrey, on 18 Feb 1834. Edward was born on 14 Dec 1809 and died on 31 Dec 1884, aged 75.
General Notes: He was educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford. In 1833 he was made High Sheriff of Leicestershire and was MP for North Leicestershire from 1859–1868. In 1834 he married Honoria Gent the daughter of Major-General William Gent. He owned the parishes of Burton Lazars, Scraptoft and Little Dalby.
He died 31 December 1884 at his residence at 21 Thurloe Square in London. His son, William Hartopp, was a first-class cricketer.
Noted events in his life were:
• Address: Burton Lazars, Leicestershire.
• Address: Scraptoft, Leicestershire.
• Occupation/Address: Independent, 1841,
Brook Street, London.
• Occupation/Address: Visitor, MP, JP, DL, 1861,
Parsonage House, Shillingford, Devon.
• Occupation/Address: Landowner, 1871, Little Dalby
Hall, Little Dalby, Leicestershire.
• Occupation/Address: JP, 1881, 21, Thurloe Square, London.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 12F i. Honoria Juliana Hartopp was born
about 1842 in Little Dalby Hall,
Little Dalby, Leicestershire and
died on 16 Apr 1927
in Buckinghamshire, aged about 85.
Third Generation
7. Mary Georgiana Priscilla Gent (John Gould 2,
William (Gen) 1) was born on 3 Aug 1811, was
baptised on 5 May 1812, died on 18 May 1853,
aged 41, and was buried in Steeple Bumpstead,
Essex. She had no known marriage and no known
children.
Noted events in her life were:
• Address: Visitor, 1851, Moyns Park, Birdbrook,
Essex.
8. John Manners Gordon Tharp (Anna Maria Gent 2,
William (Gen) 1) was born in 1826 in Paris,
France, was baptised on 30 Oct 1829 in
Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, died on 21 Apr
1875, aged 49, and was buried on 28 Apr 1875 in
Chippenham, Cambridgeshire. He had no known
marriage and no known children.
Noted events in his life were:
• Address: Visitor, nephew, 1851, Moyns Park,
Birdbrook, Essex.
• Address: Visitor, 1861, East Langton,
Leicestershire.
• Address: 1875, Chippenham Park, Chippenham,
Cambridgeshire.
9. Georgiana Eliza Tharp (Anna Maria Gent 2, William
(Gen) 1) was born in 1829 in Chippenham Park,
Chippenham, Cambridgeshire and died on 23 Nov
1878, aged 49.
Georgiana married Rev Alfred Bond on 26 Nov 1850. Alfred was born on 31 May 1827 and died on 20 Oct 1912, aged 85.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation/Address: Esquire, 1851, Gun Hill,
Southwold, Suffolk.
• Occupation/Address: Rector, 1861, Rectory,
Freston, Suffolk.
• Occupation/Address: Rector, Landowner, 1871,
Woodlands, Holbrook, Suffolk.
• Occupation/Address: Esquire, 1881, Grand Hotel,
Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex.
• Occupation/Address: Living on own means, 1901,
Northwoods Grange, Frampton Cotterell,
Gloucesterhire.
• Occupation/Address: Private means, 1911, The Park,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Noted events in her life were:
• Occupation/Address: Independent, 1841, The
Cottage, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
• Address: 1851, Gun Hill, Southwold, Suffolk.
• Address: 1861, Rectory, Freston, Suffolk.
• Address: 1871, Woodlands, Holbrook, Suffolk.
10. Frederick Sidney Gould Tharp (Anna Maria
Gent 2, William (Gen) 1) was born about 1833,
died on 9 Feb 1873, aged about 40, and was
buried on 15 Feb 1873 in Chippenham,
Cambridgeshire. He had no known marriage and
no known children.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation/Address: Independent, 1841, The
Cottage, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
• Occupation/Address: Pupil, 1851, Great Burstead,
Essex.
• Address: 1873, Eastbourne, East Sussex.
11. Capt William Montagu Tharp (Anna Maria Gent 2,
William (Gen) 1) was born in Chippenham,
Cambridgeshire, was baptised on 20 Jul 1837,
died on 12 Nov 1899, aged 62, and was buried in
Chippenham, Cambridgeshire. Another name for
William was William Montagu Tharp-Gent.
General Notes: William Montagu Tharp took up residence in Chippenham Hall and made extensive alterations to it in 1886. His widow Annabella continued to live at Chippenham after her husband's death in 1899 and was succeeded, in 1916, by her nephew Gerard Tharp. Gerard and his wife Dora registered the estate as the Chippenham Park Estate Company in 1932, two years before Gerard died.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation/Address: Independent, 1841, The
Cottage, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
• Occupation/Address: Pupil, 1851, Nethergate
Street, Clare, Suffolk.
• Occupation/Address: Late Capt 62nd Regt, 1871, 66,
Sloane Street, London.
• Occupation/Address: Visitor, Magistrate & landed
proprietor, 1881, 9, Grosvenor Place, London.
• Occupation/Address: Living on own means, 1891,
Chippenham Park, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
William married Annabella Lucy Annesley, daughter of Arthur Lyttelton Macleod and Mary Bradley, on 7 Jul 1868. Annabella was baptised on 13 Apr 1841 in Broadwas, Worcestershire and died on 7 Dec 1929, aged 88. They had no children.
Noted events in her life were:
• Address: 1841, Broadwas Court, Broadwas,
Worcestershire.
• Occupation/Address: Scholar at home, 1851, 25,
Gros Place, Walcot, Somerset.
• Address: Visitor, 1861, 9, Portland Place, Walcot,
Somerset.
• Address: 1871, 66, Sloane Street, London.
• Address: 1891, Chippenham Park, Chippenham,
Cambridgeshire.
• Occupation/Address: Private means, 1911,
Chippenham Park, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.
12. Honoria Juliana Hartopp (Honoria Barbara Gent 2,
William (Gen) 1) was born about 1842 in Little
Dalby Hall, Little Dalby, Leicestershire and
died on 16 Apr 1927 in Buckinghamshire, aged
about 85.
Noted events in her life were:
• Occupation/Address: Scholar at home, 1851,
Little Dalby Hall, Little Dalby, Leicestershire.
• Address: 1861, Little Dalby Hall, Little Dalby,
Leicestershire.
• Address: 1871, Little Dalby Hall, Little Dalby,
Leicestershire.
• Address: 1881, 26, Lexham Gardens, Kensington,
London.
• Address: 1891, 14, Bolton Gardens, SW5, London.
• Address: 1901, 97, Hanover Square, W1, London.
• Occupation/Address: Private means, 1911,
Langworth, Portmore Park Road, Weybridge, Surrey.
Honoria married Charles Arkwright, son of Rev Joseph Arkwright and Anne Wigram, on 10 Sep 1864 in Little Dalby Hall, Little Dalby, Leicestershire. Charles was born on 9 Sep 1823 in Latton, Essex, died on 1 Dec 1892 in Kensington, London, aged 69, and was buried on 6 Dec 1892 in Kensal Green, London.
General Notes: Charles Arkwright of Ashlands, co. Leicester; born at Mark Hall, co. Essex, 9 September 1823; educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, admitted Pensioner 19 June 1841; entered the Army as Cornet 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards 24 February 1843, Lieutenant 27 June 1845; died at 14 Bolton Gardens, South Kensington, London, aged 69, on Thursday, 1 December, bur. in Kensal Green Cemetery, London, on Tuesday, 6 December 1892. Will dated 5 March 1885, proved (Prin. Reg., 87, 93) 3 February 1893, by Honoria Arkwright, relict, and William Evans Hartopp and Edward Charles Shuttleworth Holden.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation/Address: Pupil, 1841, The Vicarage,
Helions Bumpstead, Essex.
• Occupation/Address: Army (retired), 1861,
Langton Hall, West Langton, Leicestershire.
Visitor.
• Occupation/Address: Income from dividends &
landowner occupy 37 acres, 1871, The Ashlands,
Illston on the Hill, Leicestershire.
• Occupation/Address: Income derived from
dividends & interest of money, 1881, 26, Lexham
Gardens, Kensington, London.
• Occupation/Address: Living on own means, 1891,
14, Bolton Gardens, SW5, London.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 13M i. Maj Cecil Edward Arkwright was born
on 27 Dec 1868 in Illston on the
Hill, Leicestershire and died on 9
Mar 1942 in Barnstaple, Devon, aged
73.
+ 14M ii. Alan Joseph Arkwright was born on
25 Jan 1875 in Illston on the Hill,
Leicestershire and died in 1934 in
Sussex, aged 59.
Fourth Generation
13. Maj Cecil Edward Arkwright (Honoria Juliana Hartopp 3, Honoria Barbara Gent 2, William (Gen) 1) was born on 27 Dec 1868 in Illston on the Hill, Leicestershire and died on 9 Mar 1942 in Barnstaple, Devon, aged 73.
Noted events in his life were:
• Address: 1871, The Ashlands, Illston on the Hill,
Leicestershire.
• Occupation/Address: Scholar, 1881, 26, Lexham
Gardens, Kensington, London.
• Occupation/Address: Agricultural Student, 1891,
14, Bolton Gardens, SW5, London.
• Address: 1901, New Zealand.
• Address: 1911, New Zealand.
• Occupation/Address: Poultry farmer, 1921, New
Moore Farm, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex.
• Occupation/Address: Retired Major, 1939,
Beaconwood Hotel, Minehead, Somerset.
Cecil married Rachel Evelyn Gurney in 1905. The marriage ended in divorce before 1939. Rachel was born on 21 Jul 1878 in Plymouth, Devon.
Noted events in her life were:
• Address: 1881, Somerset Villa, Mount Avenue,
Ealing, Middlesex.
• Address: 1891, Sculcoates, East Yorkshire.
• Address: 1901, New Zealand.
• Address: 1911, New Zealand.
• Address: 1921, New Moore Farm, Hurstpierpoint,
West Sussex.
• Occupation/Address: Private means, 1939, Tree
Cottage, Worthing, West Sussex.
14. Alan Joseph Arkwright (Honoria Juliana Hartopp 3, Honoria Barbara Gent 2, William (Gen) 1) was born on 25 Jan 1875 in Illston on the Hill, Leicestershire and died in 1934 in Sussex, aged 59.
Noted events in his life were:
• Address: 1881, 26, Lexham Gardens, Kensington,
London.
• Occupation/Address: Student, 1891, 14, Bolton
Gardens, SW5, London.
• Occupation/Address: Assistant schoolmaster, 1901,
Hereward Hall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
• Occupation/Address: School master, 1911, Chipping
Ongar, Essex.
• Occupation/Address: Assistant Master Mercers
School, Holborn, London, 1921, 28, Sunny Gardens
Road, Hendon, Middlesex.
Alan married Hilda Madeline Snape. Hilda was born circa 1883 in Chipping Ongar, Essex.
Noted events in her life were:
• Address: 1911, Chipping Ongar, Essex.
• Occupation/Address: Home duties, 1921,
28, Sunny Gardens Road, Hendon, Middlesex.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 15F i. Elizabeth Lillian Arkwright was born
on 23 Aug 1906 in Hendon, London and
died on 27 Oct 1958, aged 52.
Elizabeth married Lionel Cecil Osmaston (b. 29 Apr 1901, d. 30 Jul 1979) on 26 Jan 1929.
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