John EDMONDS [ 004 ]
Ruth HINTON [ 005 ]
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These are the parents of William Bennett
Edmonds who married Elizabeth Ann Evans in Poplar Msx in 1838.
Source file for "The Cloth Dynasty That Went Nowhere".
Source file for "The Cloth Dynasty That Went Nowhere".
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9/1/1781 to 8/1/1782 –
The Ruth Edmonds who was married to John Edmonds, and died in Bradford-on-Avon
in 1856, was born [u]
24/6/1781 to 23/6/1782
– The John Edmonds who died in Bradford-on-Avon in 1856, was born [u]
8/6/1781 to 7/6/1782 -
A John Edmonds born in Wiltshire [a]
31/3/1782 to 30/3/1783
– The John Edmonds who was living in Church St Bradford-on-Avon with wife Ruth
in 1851, was born in Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire [b]
31/3/1782 to 30/3/1783
- A Ruth, who may have been nee Hinton, was born in Wiltshire. She is the Ruth who was the wife of John
Edmonds of Bradford-on Avon, who is believed to be the father of William
Bennett Edmonds [002] [a] [b]
27/10/1782 – John
Edmonds born in Bradford-on-Avon, to Elimelech and Ann (nee Bennett) [x]
27/10/1782 - A John
Edmonds was bapt in the B-on-A parish church (as an infant, as "as an
adult" usually shown if the case), the son of Elimelek and Ann
Edmonds [d]
27/1/1785 - An Ezekial
Edmonds was bapt in the B-on-A parish church (also presumably as an infant as
per above), the son of Elimelek and Ann Edmonds [d]
(This is Ezekiel, John’s
younger brother, that acquires the qualifier “Snr” once John’s first son
Ezekiel starts to figure in public life and is referred to as “Jnr”)
27/1/1785 - An Elimelek
Edmonds was bapt in the B-on-A parish church, specifically "as an
adult" [d]
1789 - The Ezekiel
Edmonds (Snr) who mar Mary Hart, born BoA
[d]
1790 to 1800 ? - The
Ezekial Edmonds (Snr) who was before the Wilts Qtr Sessions on 4 occasions 1821
to 1848, was born? [r]
31/3/1791 to 30/3/1792
- The Ezekiel Edmonds (Snr) who was living in Bradford-on-Avon in 1851, was
born in Bradford-on-Avon [b]
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MARRIAGE -------------------
15/3/1803 - A John
Edmonds, batchelor of B-on-A married (aged 20-21) a Ruth Hinton, spinster of
B-on-A (aged 20-21) in the B-on-A Anglican parish church by licence. Both
signed, witnesses being Wm Tayler and Ezekiel Edmonds [c]
It's presumed that the
witnesses were John's brother, and Wm Tayler either the Grocer, Draper, and
Harness Maker of the Shambles, or the Ropemaker of Church St (or these are the
same person) [k]
1805 - A ref to an
"E. Edmonds, Clothier", B-on-A
[k]
(This is presumably
Elimelech the father)
1807 – The Bull Pit factory was sold to Yerbury, Tugwell and (Elimelech)
Edmonds. [s]
1807 - The Mary Hart
who mar Ezekiel Edmonds (Snr), born BoA to Samuel Hart, Clothier of
Bradford-on-Avon [b] [an]
From abt 1808 –
“…Samuel Hart & Co occupied (Church St Mill)… a fair sized factory… in 1816
employed 73 hands … remained in business till early 1820s … ownership passed to
a Mr Lovegrove… “ [ad]
by 1811 – “… the
Greenland Lower Mill had been taken over by Elimelech Edmonds and Mawbey
Tugwell at a rent of £460.” [s]
14/10/1811 - Church
Poor Rates (Ref EdmEtc file for full list) [s]
Occupier / Owner / Description
Occupier / Owner / Description
Church St & Druces
Hill -
Edmonds Jn / Ely Edmonds / House
"
/ " / Shops
Edmonds Ely J Yerbury Sr House
Woolley St -
White Betty / Jn Hinton / House & Stock
Godwin Saml
/ " / House
Wiltshire Wm / " / House
Jennings Thos / " / House
St Margarets St -
Cook
? / Jams Edmonds? / House
Hinton Jams / P Shrapnel / House, Garden,
Stock
Hinton Jno / Himself / House, Garden, Shops
England Geo / Jno Hinton / Shops
Jones Saml / " / House
Newtown -
Hinton Thos / Thos Dike / House
Clothiers Stock -
Hinton & Edmonds / Himself / Stock
Upper Rank -
Hinton / Edw Luxford / House
Green Thos / Jams Hinton / House
31/3/1812 to 30/3/1813
– The Ezekiel Edmonds “Jr” who was living in Belcomb House in 1851, was born in
Bradford-on-Avon, the eldest son of John Edmonds [b] [af]
(John and Ruth were 30 and
had been mar for 10 years)
Abt 1813 – The Ezekiel
Edmonds who mar Sophia Ann Steer abt 1846,
born in Bradford-on-Avon [x]
c 1813 to 1824 –
Saunders & Co were replaced in the Bradford (rlwy side) Avoncliff Mill by
Yerbury, Tugwell, & Edmonds, who were still in there in 1835 (but not in
1841) [ad]
(Elimelech died in 1829)
1814 - A ref to a clerk
to "Tugwell & Edmonds" in B-on-A
[j]
16/4/1814 – A will was
made out by Daniel Hinton, Clothier, of Bradford-on-Avon, appointing
brothers-in-law John Edmonds and William Heal executors, and witnessed by
Elimeleth Edmonds and Ezekiel Edmonds (Snr).
In it he leaves…
£500 (plus 5% interest until his death) to
his sister Elizabeth the wife of William Heal of Bradford-on-Avon Baker,
£100 to his father John Hinton of
Bradford-on-Avon Clothier, “…upon trust for the benefit of my nephew John Heal,
son of my late sister Ann Heal…”
£50 to “Mrs Sarah Hisket of Froome in Co
Som Widow, my Late mistress…” (but if she is dead at his death it’s to go to
her son “by a former husband” Samuel Singer).
And the balance to “…my sister Ruth the
wife of John Edmonds…”
When proven 26/7/1814 note attached
verifying that “the effects of the deceased are of the value of £1,500 and
under £2,000” [ag]
(Suggests that Ruth’s
balance was worth about £850 to £1350 ?)
1815 – Ezekiel Edmonds
(Snr) was an anti-Corn Laws supporter
[j]
(See EdmEtc file for Corn
Laws bit)
1815 – “(Elimelech’s
partner) Mawbey Tugwell died, but the firm known as Yerbury, Tugwell &
Edmonds remained there (Greenland Lwr) until 1824…” [s]
15/4/1815 – Ruth’s
father John Hinton made a will, and among other things leaves his "two
daughters Elizabeth Heal and Ruth Edmonds" to dispose of his wearing
apparel as they think fit, then gets into what sounds like a decent lump of
real estate and business interests, to be liquidated and invested, and the
proceeds divided equally between his two daughters "Elizabeth the wife of
William Heal of Bradford, Innholder, and Ruth the wife of John Edmonds of
Bradford, Clothier".
He also directs that any balance of each
daughters estate go on down to their children on the daughter's death, but adds
"...in case John Edmonds shall be desirous of retaining or borrowing at
interest any sum not exceeding the value of (Ruth's) half part..." the
trustees must get his personal bond or security. [ah]
1/3/1817 - John Hinton
adds two codicils to his will, with complicated provisos about Heal
grandchildren, seems as though at least one of them have now married, (now
refers to his daus husb William as an Innkeeper), and specifically makes the
point that his dau's inheritances are for their own benefit regardless of
husbands present of future. [ah]
1816 / 1817 - William
Bennett Edmonds born [h] .. to a John Edmonds [f]
(John and Ruth now 34, mar
14 yrs)
abt 1817 – Son William
Bennett Edmonds born in Bradford-on-Avon [x]
31/3/1817 to 30/3/1818
- A Samuel E Edmonds was born in Bradford in Wilts [b]
29/10/1818 – John
Hinton adds a third codicil to clarify some trust points, but seems to take the
opportunity to once again spell out that all this is for the sole benefit of
his daughters (as they see fit) and their children (as though concerned?), and
adds "...and whereas my sons in law Mr Heal and Mr Edmonds stand indebted
to me for money lent and advanced to them at interest ...", and directs
that these be taken into account in each dau's estate, and adds what sounds
like some leverage for the daus in case of default. [ah]
6/12/1818 - A Samuel
Edwin Edmonds bapt to a John & Ruth Edmonds in B-on-A, Wilts [p]
c1818/19 - A Samuel
Edmonds was born in Wilts [a]
“In the early 19th
century” – “…(Hortons House, 15 Church St) entire property fell into the hands
of the Edmonds family (the last of Bradford's senior clothiers) with Abbey
House continuing to serve as their residence. Horton's House meanwhile
continued to serve as their workshop, now being known as the Abbey Weaving
Shops.” [s]
1820s – Trinity Fair in
Bradford-on-Avon was held in Church St, “…from Swan Inn to Edmonds’ factory
(presumably the Abbey/Church St Mills) and nearly up to Market St…” [j]
9/1/1821 – At Wilt Qtr
Sessions Ezekiel Edmonds of Bradford-on-Avon was a “Victim or Witness” [r]
30/10/1821 - A Mary
Hooper (prob Samuel's wife to be) was bapt at Christ Church Bristol to Richard
and Mary. Also Eliz (“Lilly”?) Martha
14/11/1822, and Ellen Anna 12/9/1826
[p]
Late 1821, early 1822 –
Ruth’s father John Hinton died, prob BoA
[ah]
22/7/1822 – John
Hinton’s will was proved at London in the normal manner [ah]
1822 - A ref to John
Edmonds, Clothier, Druceshill, B-on-A
[k]
(This is his first Directory
entry extant)
1822 - A ref to
"Yerbury, Tugwell, Edmonds & Co", Clothiers, Druceshill,
B-on-A [k]
(This is possibly Elimelech,
aged about 60?, but more ilkely to be sons John and/or Ezekiel, aged about
37-40, together?)
1822 – Woollen cloth
manufacturers (Frank) Yerbury, (John) Edmonds, & (Ezekiel) Edmonds
operating in Church St Bradford-on-Avon
[j] [s]
1822 - A ref to
Ezekiall Edmonds, "Atlas" Fire (ins), B-on-A [k]
(This is probably John's
brother)
1824 – Saunders, Fanner
& Co (who at the time had the separate “Church St Mill”) “…exchanged
factories with Yerbury Tugwell & Edmonds which till then had been in the
smaller Greenland Lower Mill”. [ad]
1824 – “In that year
Edmonds (having been in the Greenland Lower since 1814) assigned the remainder
of the leasehold to Saunders, Fanner & Saunders, and moved his business to
their larger factory in Church St.” [s]
(Is this dad Elimelech? Or him and his sons?)
17/2/1824 – The
trustees of an Indenture of Lease connected to the Bradford Baptist Chapel were
“…John Edmonds the elder, Ezekiel Edmonds and John Edmonds the younger
(has to be the brothers), clothiers (and several other local businessmen and
doctors etc) …. of whom John Edmonds the younger and Samuel Munday are
dead….” [aa]
This report appears to have been written in the 1850s.
Among other trustees for
another older part of the property was John Hinton [dead by time of this
report], clothworker, William Hart the elder, Posthumus Bush, Samuel Stevens,
William Hart the younger.
In 1850 John Edmonds the
younger was still alive. In 1824, when they served as trustees together he
would’ve been about 50, and “John the elder”, whoever he was, was say 20-40yrs
older, which makes him born say 1740-1760?
See Pre-Ely file ).
31/3/1824 to 30/3/1825
- A Ruth Edmonds, dau of a John Edmonds and Ruth, was born in Bradford
Wilts [b]
6/4/1824 – Dau Ruth
Edmonds born in Bradford-on-Avon, John and Ruth now 44, mar 23 yrs [x]
3/12/1825 - [Patents]
“To Ezekiel Edmonds (Snr) of Bradford Wilts, for improvements on machines for
scribbling and carding sheep’s wool, cotton, or any fibrous articles requiring
such process” [s]
30/12/1825 - An
Elimelech Edmonds of B-on-A, a Clothier by trade, made a will naming his two
sons John and Ezekial (in that order) as executors. He left £150 pa to his wife
Ann and the balance of his estate equally to his two sons. [m]
Jan/March 1826 -
Elimelech Edmonds died (prob in B-on-A)
[m] [ab]
22/3/1826 – Notice is
hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between John Yerbury,
Mawbey Tugwell (deceased) [died 1815], Elimelech Edmonds, (deceased), and
Ezekiel Edmonds, of Bradford, in the County of Wilts, Clothiers, expired on the
31st day of December last by efluxion of time —
Witness, our hands the 22d day of March 1826
-
John Yerbury, Thos Tugwell, John Yerbury
(Executors of Mawbey Tugwell)
John Edmonds, Ezekiel Edmonds (Executors of Elimelech Edmonds)
John Edmonds, Ezekiel Edmonds (Executors of Elimelech Edmonds)
Ezekiel Edmonds [ab]
28/7/1829 – Elimelech’s
will was "Proved" on the oaths of John and Ezekiel Edmonds [m]
(Over three years after
his death!?)
1830 - A ref to
Ezekiall Edmonds (Snr), "Atlas" Fire (ins), Church St,
Bradford-on-Avon [k]
1830 - A ref to
"Yerbury, Edmonds & Edmonds", Woollen Cloth Mfs, Church St,
B-on-A [k]
(Presume this to now be John
and Ezekiel in business together)
1830 – “Yerbury,
Edmonds & Edmonds were running the business (in Church St, but in 1839
Edmonds was on his own)… but during these years a firm called Yerbury, Edmonds
were also trading at Greenland Upper Mill… (although) it’s possible that at
that time the dividing line between the two mills had become blurred)…” [ak]
1832 - "By 1832
the tenants (of Greenland Upper Mill, owned - and ran by - John Hinton until
1810) were Yerbury, Edmonds, & Co… by 1841 the mill was nearly empty and in
1844 the executors of John Hinton's estate put it up for sale…” [s]
1832 - A "British
School agreement renewed with Ezekiel Edmonds (Snr), Charles Cadby, and William
Taylor", concerning the old Quaker Mtg House property. [s]
(William Taylor probably the
witn at John's wedding, Charles Cadby was one of the executors of John Hinton's
will)
18/2/1833
– Indenture made between Ezekiel Edmonds of Bradford-on-Avon Clothier, Mary
Hart of Bradford-on-Avon the eldest dau of Samuel Hart of Bradford-on-Avon
Clothier (Samuel Slater of Trowbridge and Joseph Overbury of Cheltenham,
Trustees) in order to make some provision for Mary Hart in the marriage,
Ezekiel Edmonds agreed to payment (to the Trustees) of £3,000 in Trust (£1,000
1/3/1833, 1/3/1854, 1/3/1835) to invest in secure Govt Stocks [an]
27/2/1833 - An Ezekiel
Edmonds (bn BoA 1789 =44) married a Mary Hart (bn BoA 1807 =26) at Holy
Trinity [d] [p]
(This is Ezekiel “Snr”,
marrying late-ish in lfe, to a much younger woman. Mary Hart was a Bradford-on-Avon girl, the dau of Samuel Hart,
Clothier of Bradford-on-Avon, pres the same Samuel Hart that sold the mill to
the Edmonds)
1833 – “They (the two
mills at Greenland Lower and Upper?) employed 200 plus 100, which made it the
largest mill in the town at that time…”
[ak]
1833 - On (Thomas?) Tugwell’s death in 1833 Church
St Mill was put up for sale (inc 10hp Boulton & Watt), and was bought by
Edmonds & Co (who were in the adjoining Abbey Mill since 1824) and the two
mills were combined. [ad]
17/1/1834 - A Frederick
Ezekiel Edmonds born to an Ezekiel and Mary (later bapt with sister Marianne
29/11/1835 at Morgans Hill Ind) [p]
1835 ? – From “Reminiscences of Bradford 50 Years Ago by an Old
Bradfordian” (Daniel Batchelor of Utica, New York), reproduced from the North
Wilts Mercury March 6th, 1885...
"I think it must be nearly 50 years
ago that Ezekiel Edmonds or some other deft rhymster, posted
in the Swan club room, at Bradford, an electioneering rhapsody, the first verse
of which, as near as I can remember, was thus…
"The
knight of Foremark sprang from his bed, where gout had long confined him / And
he swore that principle no more, should in its trammels bind him / And "
O, Corruption dear," he cried, “Corruption, O my Charmer! / Do thou arise,
be Thou my guide, and buckle on my armour."
“Jack Hibberd`s
mutton pies, old Forth`s baked fagots, and mother Haswell`s black puddings were
incontinently devoured by the roarers, and huge pots of swipes were given to
those who yelled the loudest at the headquarters of the opposing candidates.
Great was the seething commotion, neighbours disputing with neighbours. Old
Caddler Mead, Tommy Cleveland and polite Samuel Nicholls, held warm discussions.
Joey Everett, Benny Spender, and Hunt, of the Royal Oak, made it warm at the Bridge Foot. Nightly meetings
were held at the Swan, where
George Lucas, the Schoolmaster, George Rolf, the Coppersmith, and Joey Collar,
the Collector, were the chief spokesmen, while ever and anon the portly frame,
the handsome face, and the eloquent voice of William Hale enlivened the scene.
“Sometimes Ezekiel Edmonds Junior,
elegant in form and fiery in action, would stir up the Reformers till the old
club-room would reverberate with his eloquent words…
‘How dare the Westminster renegade, this
hoary old turncoat, ask for the votes of the electors of North Wiltshire?’ But
old Burdett was not only mendacious, he was audacious, tojous l`audace, and he boldly asked, and was triumphantly
elected.”
12/8/1835 - A Marianne
Edmonds born to an Ezekiel (Snr) and Mary (and bapt with 18mo Fredk 29/11/1835
at Morgans Hill Ind) [p]
7/4/1837 - An Anna
Maria Edmonds born to an Ezekiel (Snr) and Mary (bapt 20/8/1837 at Morgans Hill
Ind) [p]
15/3/1838 - William
Bennett Edmonds married Elizabeth Ann Evans (on his parent's 35th wedding
anniversary?) in the Poplar parish church in Middlesex (where Elizabeth lived
with her parents?), both of "full age" and previously unm. William’s rank "Gent", residing
Bradford Wilts, father John Edmonds "Gent". Elizabeth residing Poplar, father John Evans "Silk
Mercer". Witnesses Eliza Jane
Payne and James Lovegrove [b]
(On 1841 Tithe Map – 157, House and Shops owned and occupied by a Charles
Washington Lovegrove, by Ezekiel Edmonds’ home)
(Charles Washington
Lovegrove’s father Charles was a wool merchant who eventually settled in
Wiltshire. In 1831 Charles Washington Lovegrove was “of Turnwheel Lane, City of
London, merchant” – Rootsweb)
1839 – In Robsons for
Bradford-on-Avon, under “Cloth & Kerseymere Mfrs” – E & J Edmonds. Also Samuel Hart in Masons Lane [k]
31/12/1839 – At Wilt
Qtr Sessions Ezekiel Edmonds of Bradford-on-Avon was a “Victim or Witness” [r]
(Could be Snr, now abt 55,
or Jnr abt 25)
Jan 1840 - An S.E
Edmonds (Samuel would have been about 22) signed a drawing in Elizabeth's
scrapbook, in England [g]
Jan to March 1840 -
Dated contributions to Elizabeth's scrapbook in Bristol and London. People making entries include (sisters?)
Mary, Lilly, and Ellen Hooper, and Isabel Chapman and John Chapman. Others include names Dingle, Hickes, Wilson,
James, Porter [g]
By 1841 – “The
Greenland Upper Mill was empty except for the fulling mill, which was occupied
by Thomas Spackman Jnr…” [s]
1841 - "By the
1830s the cloth trade was in decline and in 1841 the local bank failed because
it was very heavily involved with two of the local mills (not John’s
though), many people were out of work and it was said that 400 had to go to the
workhouse. Many factories closed .. and
the 1840s were a time of great depression.
The only major textile company to survive this period was Edmonds &
Co of Abbey Mill."
Abbey Mill was then
owned and operated by John's brother Ezekiel and others (ref #148 of 1841
Tithes Map). [s]
“Almost alone among the Bradford
businesses, Edmonds & Co (as it was known by 1838) survived the great
depression of the 1840s in the town (operating the Abbey/Church St Mill). [ad]
1841 - (Uniting Church history) "These were difficult years for the
people of the town and district. Many clothiers were bankrupt with, or after
the financial collapse of the Hobhouse Bank in Church Street in 1841. This
effected everyone. Many of our congregation were either out of work, or those
who were tradesmen and shopkeepers had less money, so the œ89 owing to Charles
Cadby from 1835 had not been paid. Gradually trade was improving, and the
Edmonds', who supported our church, were still in business, so Thomas Silcock
managed to collect half the amount in 1846..." [s]
1841 to 1851 – No
Ezekiel Edmonds (Jnr) marriage to Sophia anywhere in UK, although they must
have married somewhere in that time between the ‘41 and ‘51 Census [e]
1841 - Tithes Map &
Listing - Prop No / Descr / Owner / (Occupier)
[s]
142 / Rope Walk / Ezekiel Edmonds / {Edward Taylor)
143 / Stable and garden
/ Ezekiel Edmonds / (John Dory)
144 / Garden / Ezekiel
Edmonds / (Cornelius Taylor)
145 / Garden and stable
/ Ezekiel Edmonds / (Himself)
146 / Garden / Ezekiel
Edmonds / (Himself)
147 / Garden / Ezekiel
Edmonds / (Himself)
148 / Abbey weaving
shops / Ezekiel Edmonds / (Himself)
151 / Tenement, stable,
close adj pasture / Ezekiel Edmonds / (Himself)
152a / Garden / Ezekiel
Edmonds / (George Martin)
155 / House, lawn, and
garden / Ezekiel Edmonds / (Himself)
181 / Three houses and
old shops / Ezekiel & John Edmonds / (Themselves)
705 / Field near Stumps Cross (arable) / Ezekiel Edmonds Jun / (Thomas Wheeler)
731 / Horsehouse Ground
& pasture / Ezekiel & John Edmonds / (Thomas Wheeler)
744 / Greenland Orchard
& pasture / Reps of John Hinton / (Yerbury Edmonds &Co)
745 / Four tenements /
Reps of John Hinton / (Yerbury Edmonds &Co)
746 / Sideland / Reps
of John Hinton / (Yerbury Edmonds &Co)
747 / Greenland Factory
& land adj / Reps of John Hinton / (Yerbury Edmonds &Co)
748 / Greenland Factory
& land adj / Reps of John Hinton / (Yerbury Edmonds &Co)
779
/ Two houses, and garden / Herbert Bird / (Isaac Edmonds & John
Long)
1288
/ Orchard / John Edmonds / (Benjamin Hart)
1289 / Three houses,
and garden / John Edmonds / (Benjamin Hart)
(Ref Nos 144 to 155 above - "In the early 1800s the entire
property fell into the hands of the Edmonds family, the last of Bradford's
senior clothiers, with Abbey House continuing to serve as their
residence...")
[s]
1841 - Tithe Map (Extract)... [s]
(Map number / Name / Age / Occpn
444 / Ezekiel Edmonds /
52 / Clothier
“
Mary Edmonds / 34
“
Frederick Edmonds / 7
“
Mary Edmonds ? / 5
“
Anne Edmonds / 2
“
Four servants
1841 – Church Rates for
Bradford-on-Avon [s]
(
Place / Occ / Owner / Descr )
Church St / Edmonds Ezek / E & J Edmonds
/ Shops, Tent Factory
“
/ “ / Stable Close ?
“
/ “ / Weaving Shops
“
/ Edmonds Jno / E & J Edmonds / House
“
/ Edmonds Ezek / E Edmonds / House, Stables Gdns Etc
“
/ Bishop & James / A Bishop / House
“
/ Taylor Cornelius / Wm Taylor / House
“
/ “ / E Edmonds / Garden
“
/ Widow White / Butterworth / House
“
/ Lowther Mrs / E & J Edmonds /
“
“ / Hillier Jno
/ “ / “
“
/ Coles Mattw / “ /
“
Market Place / Taylor / Ezl Edmonds / Rope
Yard
Woolley St / Bate Wm / J Edmonds “Snr” ? / House
Well Path / Martin Daml / Ezell Edmonds /
Garden
Canal Bridge / Isaac Edmonds / Herbert Bird
/ House
“
/ Long John / “ /
“
7/6/1841 - A John
Edmonds (59, a Clothier, born in Wilts), lived in a house in Church St B-on-A,
with a Ruth (59, born in Wilts), and a Samuel (22, a Clothier, born in Wilts),
as well as two servants [a]
(Where was their daughter
Ruth aged ap 15-16?? – visiting Isaac Edmonds?? Not found anywhere else!)
7/6/1841 - An Ezekiel
Edmonds (52, Clothier, born in Wilts), lived in Church Yard B-on-A, with his
wife Mary (34, Clothier) and their children Frederick (7), Mary (5), and Anne
(1.5), who were all born in Wilts, plus three servants [a]
7/6/1841 - Ezekiell
Edmonds (25, Clothier, born Wilts) living in "Greenland" (Mills)
Bradford-on-Avon [a]
(This has to be Ezekiel Jnr, born 1813-1816, John’s eldest son)
Jan to Mar 1842 - A
Samuel E Edmonds mar in Bristol, and a Mary Hooper mar in Bristol, with same
Index ref [e]
15/3/1842 – Samuel
Edwin Edmonds (Full Age, Bach, Clothier, of Bradford-on-Avon, father John Edmonds,
Clothier) married Mary Hooper (20, Spin, of Wine St Bristol, father Richard
Hooper, Silk Mercer) in Christ Church Bristol, bu License. Win Richard Hooper,
Elizabeth Hooper, Ezekiel Edmonds
[am]
28/6/1842 – At Wilt Qtr
Sessions Ezekiel Edmonds of Bradford-on-Avon was a “Victim or Witness” [r]
(Could be either Snr or Jnr)
1842 and 1844 - A ref
to Edmonds & Co, Woollen Cloth Mfs, Church St B-on-A [k]
1842 and 1844 - Mr
Ezekiel Edmonds, Abbey House Bradford-on-Avon, under "Gentry &
Clergy" (although older brother John not listed here) [k]
c 1846 – John’s eldest
son Ezekiel Edmonds must have married Sophia Ann Steer somewhere (she was the
dau of Charles William Steer and Jane Woodburne Watson, born in Cape of Good
Hope in 1823 [b] [x]
22/12/1847 – A £38,000 loan secured by Bond to John
Edmonds, Ezekiel Edmonds “the younger”, and Samuel Edwin Edmonds all of
Bradford-on-Avon Clothiers, at interest of 5% to be paid to Ezekiel Edmonds
(Sr) on 1/1/1855, unless required earlier where then to be paid by 3 equal
payts 6 months apart from that date.
[an]
27/6/1848 – At Wilt Qtr
Sessions Ezekiel Edmonds of Bradford-on-Avon was a “Victim or Witness” [r]
(Could be either Snr or Jnr)
1848 - Directory for
Bradford on Avon [s]
Gentry, Clergy, Etc. -
Edmonds Ezekiel, jun. Belcombe Brook
house
Edmonds Ezekiel, senr. Belcombe Brook
Edmonds Ezekiel, senr. Belcombe Brook
Edmonds John, Church street
Edmonds Saml. St. Margaret st.
Beer Retailers.-
Edmonds Robert, Frome road
Woollen Cloth Manufacturers.-
Edmonds Henry and King John Greenland
mills.
Edmonds John and Co. Church st
Residential -
Edmonds Mr. Ezekiel, Frankley
Edmonds Mr. Ezekiel,jun. Belcombe house
Edmonds Mr. John, Church street
Edmonds Mr. Samuel, St. Margaret St
Commercial -
Edmonds & Co. clothiers, Church
street factory
Edmonds Henry, clothier, Greenland
factory
Edmonds Robert, beer retailer, Canal lock
1849 - PO Directory
– [k]
Edmonds Mr Ezekiel, Frankley
Edmonds Mr Ezekiel Jnr, Belcombe House
Edmonds Mr John, Church St
Abt 1849 – Augusta
Isabel Edmonds (later mar William Dyer or Mealand) bn to Ezekiel and Sophia in
Bradford-on-Avon [x]
19/9/1849 – An insurance policy with the Caledonian Life Ins Co,
whereby £2,999-19-0 was to be paid to Ezekiel Edmonds (Sr) on the death of John
Edmonds (later used as security for part of the loan of £35,000. [an]
22/9/1849 - Ezekiel
Edmonds Esquire (Snr) "of Berryfield House" B-on-A made a will
leaving his “…household goods and furniture… plate linen china… pictures wine…
horses carriages… and £200…” to his wife Mary, made a £20,000 investment trust
overseen by Rev John Little of Swindon and John Hator of Trowbridge for her
income, £10,000 of which to go to his son Fredk on her death, and the balance
as two £5,000 lots remaining in investment trust for each of his two daus Mary
Anne and Anna Maria (and then on to their children on their demise), then
another £3,000 each in investment trust for his two daus income till they are
21, and bal of his (mostly Real) estate to son Frederick Ezekiel, with provn
that if all kids die before 21 everything went to his brother John Edmonds.
Signed, witnesses John Bush Solicitor of
Bradford-on-Avon and George Martin (Bush’s clerk) [t]
(Son Frederick Ezekiel went
on to marry an Emma Calthorp in Bath in 1855, and was living with 4/5 servants
in a large house in Devon in 1881)
1850 – Thomas
Butterworth let the Bullpit Factory to a firm called Edmonds (Henry) & King
(but King, the only proprietor by 1858, went bankrupt and it went up for
sale. In 1865 this mill was bought by
Henry Edmonds & James Harper). [ad]
14/6/1850 - A Samuel
Edwin Edmonds was bapt "as an adult" at Holy Trinity
Bradford-on-Avon [d]
(This is William's brother,
presumably at last getting "properly" baptised as an Anglican? But 8
years after he married? Why??)
17/7/1850 - Ezekiel
Edmonds "the younger" of Bradford, Cloth Mfr, applied for a patent
concerning "Woollen fabrics"
[s]
30/3/1851 - A John
Edmonds (68, Head, a Clothier, who was born in the parish) lived in Church St
B-on-A Wilts, with his wife Ruth (69, also born in the parish), plus their
daughter Ruth (26, unm, also born B-on-A), plus two servants, Garrett Johnson
(32, bn Bradford-on-Avon), and Charlotte Mead (17, bn Bradford-on-Avon. (Neighbour was a James (a Wool Sorter, aged
26) & Jane (21) Fisher [b]
30/3/1851 - A Samuel E
Edmonds (33, Head of the household, Clothier, born B-on-A) lived in Woolley St
B-on-A, with his wife Mary (29, born in Bristol), along with
"Visitor" Ellen Hooper (24, unm, born Bristol), and two servants [b]
(There are entries in
Elizabeth's scrapbook from an Ellen and a Mary Hooper, made in early 1840. This Mary is probably that Mary Hooper)
(The Census header is
"All that part of the Tything of Leigh and Woolley commencing with Mr
Samuel Edmonds' house in Woolley St and ending with the Wood Cottage at
Forwards Common ... ")
30/3/1851 - An Ezekiel
Edmonds (59, Head, Cloth Mfr, born B-on-A) lived in Berryfield House, with wife
Mary (44, born B-on-A), and daughters Mary Ann (15, scholar, born B-on-A), and
Anna Maria (11, " ) and five servants.
(Fredk 17, is a “Pupil” in Hampstead Msx, pres a private bdg school) [b]
30/3/1851 - An Ezekiel
Edmonds "Jnr" (38, Head, JP, Woollen Mfr, born B-on-A) lived in
Belcomb House, with wife Sophia Ann (28, born Cape Good Hope), and daughters
Alice (3, born B-on-A), Augusta (2, " ) and Gertrude (8m, " ) and four servants [b]
by 1852 – The Limpley
Stoke Mill (worked by Saunders Fanner & Co till bankrupt in 1842) was being
run by a firm called Kemp & Edmonds (which one??). On Xmas Eve 1853 the main building was
gutted by fire and the factory then put up for sale, but “unsightly remains”
didn’t find a buyer till 1861. [ad]
10/8/1852 – Ezekiel
(Snr) made a codicil to his will adding “…my friend John Overbury of Fredericks
Place Old Jewry in the city of London Merchant…” as a fourth executor of his
will, witnessed by George Hackman “Servant of Mr Edmonds” and John Bush [t]
17/8/1852 – Commissions
signed by Lord Lieutenant of Wilts, to be Deputy LLs, included Ezekiel Edmonds Jnr of Berryfield (along with
11 others) [ab]
Sept Qtr 1852 – An
Ezekiel Edmonds died in Bradford-on-Avon
[e]
21/8/1852 – Ezekiel
Edmonds (Sr) died at Berryfield House aged abt 60, and was interred in an
expensive tomb in nearby Christ Church churchyard [an]
21/8/1852 – Ezekiel
Edmonds a Gt West Rlwys shareholder (from will data?), also listing against
20/9/1852 (interested parties?) Mrs Mary Edmonds Widow, Rev John Little Exec,
John Overbury Exec, John Slater Exec [ac]
21/8/1852 – At Ezekiel Edmonds (Sr) death he was entitled
to £32.000 (the bal of the £38k secured by Bond dated 2/12/1847 to John
Edmonds, Ezekiel Edmonds “the younger”, and Samuel Edwin Edmonds all of
Bradford-on-Avon Clothiers, by which the £32k and interest at 5% to be paid to
Ezekiel Edmonds (Sr) on 1/1/1855, unless required earlier where then to be paid
by 3 equal payts 6 months apart from that date. [an]
21/8/1852 (to 4/4/1855)
– Ezekiel Edmonds (estate) household
accounts, being ap £21,800 in and outgoing.
“Income” includes… Dividends ex Govt Bonds, Rlwy Shares, sale
of Bonds, rents from “Edmonds & Co” (£260 for ½ year) & £800 ½ year
interest on their Bond (5% on 32k balance), rent from Spackmans, from “Mrs
Beams of Holt”, from Edw Taylor, Cornelius Taylor, R Hole, the £12k part payt
from Edmonds & Co, Bradford Turnpike Bond interest, extra int from Edmonds
& Co, another £5k off Edmonds Bond.
Residuals owing to the estate…
Edmonds & Co £15,000
IOU Joseph G Jones £200
Cash at Bank £4,255
Bradford Turnpike Trust £100
Shares Bradford Gas Co £192
Bal of 3% Annuities £1,350
“Expenses” include… Fredk Ezekiel
Edmonds’s mourning clothes £5-16-0
Vet bill £4-6-0 Legacies (inc
“Mr Edmonds” £300 ?) Lithograph of House and Adverts (!)
£7-5-0 The allowances (Mum £150/qtr, Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds £100,
girls £22-10-0) “Water Bed for Mrs
Edmonds” (from Surgeon A Adye) £5
Ezekiel Edmonds’s outstandings at death
inc Butcher £34, Doctor £64, Brewer £19, Wine Mchnts £2-8-0, Undertaker £148,
Tune Piano £1-1-0, Paid Revd Wm Popham £6-6-0 for “Tomb”, mason for Tomb
(Jones) £25-12-0, Advert Berryfield £20-6-2, G Wilson(?) Blacksmith Tomb
£33-7-8, Lawyers £110, Thomas Wheeler for Malt & Hops(!) £27-4-0, Adv to
Wadham Locke, Revd J H Bradney one years rent of “Land” £29 (first paid
6/5/1853), “Horses” for Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds £75, and for another Fredk
Ezekiel Edmonds horse £100. (Also incs
Gravel, Carpenter, Mason, Appraiser, Deeds)
[an]
20/9/1852 – John’s
brother Ezekiel's will proved in London (son Fredk now 17-18) [t]
1852/3 - A ref to
Ezekiel Edmonds esq, Berryfield house, B-o-A, under "Gentry &
Clergy" [k]
(Must be delayed print entry
for Ez Snr)
1852/3 - A ref to
Ezekiel Edmonds "Jnr", of Belcomb, B-o-A, under "Gentry
& Clergy" [k]
(Ez Jnr moved straight into
Berryfield on Snr’s death ??)
1852/3 - A ref to
Edmonds & Co, Woollen Cloth Mfs, Church St
[k]
1850s -
"Berryfield (or Bearfield) House was built in the early 1800s, in an area
north of the town .. called Bearfield .. and in the mid 1800s it was the home
of Ezekiel Edmonds, Liberal MP, and Deputy Lord Lt for Wiltshire." [s]
(Clearly Ezekiel Snr lived
here till his death, then some time later Ezekiel Jr must have taken the house)
28/9/1853 - Walter John
Rastall Edmonds born to an Ezekiel and Sophia Ann (bapt at Holy Trin
26/12/1853) [p] [x]
17/1/1855 – Fredk Ez
Edmonds turned 21 [an]
8/5/1855
– Marked “In Chancery” (with a cover note dated 6/12/1867 re Fredk Ezekiel
Edmonds to his mum and arbitration over Church St Mill)…
An Agreement made between Fredk Ezekiel
Edmonds esq of Berryfield House and Ezekiel Edmonds jr of Bradford-on-Avon
Clothier, re an estate free from encumberances, of 3/4 share in property “…in
Church Street Bradford-on-Avon built by John Saunders deceased and late in
occpn of John Edmonds, Ezekiel Edmonds jr, and Samuel Edwin Edmonds, and now of
Ezekiel Edmonds jr and William Charles Webb his partner… all those clothing
mills or factories adloining and the stock mill, warehouses, workshop, wool
lofts, drying stoves, ware rooms, cottages, dye houses, and other buildings in
and about the said mills factories and workshops…”, and Ezekiel Edmonds jr has
possession (unencumbered) of fourth part, and Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds and Ezekiel
Edmonds jr desire to effect a partition, Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds nominates George
Haden of Trowbridge (“Engineer”) and Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds nominates Charles
Gane of Tbr (“Builder”) as Arbitrators, and Arbts in turn nominate “Withers of
Norton St Phillip, Builder” as Umpire.
The Arbts must define that apportionment
without dividing walls or actual division” except by boundary marks “during the
continuance of a Lease agreed to be granted” by Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds, to
Ezekiel Edmonds jr and WC Webb “of the divided portion… allotted to Fredk
Ezekiel Edmonds…” (although the Arbts can devise a partition wall as long as it
doesn’t diminish the market value of either part or compromise the 3:1 shares,
or render either part less useful??) (or agree to a value in compensation??),
and each part will belong to Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds and Ezekiel Edmonds jr
through a Deed of Covenant and all this has to be done by 1/7/”next” (1855),
but no later than 1/8/1855 else it goes to the Umpire for decision by 1/10/1855
at latest and binding on all.
Signed by Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds and
Ezekiel Edmonds “jr”
Note added, signed by very shaky John
Edmonds, that he agrees to all this
[an]
10/5/1855
– Release from Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds to Execs/Trustees of his dad’s will (John
Slater of Tbridge, Mary Edmonds of Berryfield House, his widow, & John
Overbury of Fredericks Place Old Jewry London, Merchant). [an]
before 15/5/1855 – Son
Samuel died [an]
15/5/1855
– Notice to Execs of Samuel Everard’s will (late of Spalding), by Emma
Calthrop, of her share in $3,506. Ref
to Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds’s Marriage Settlement of 9/5/1855, Emma assigns to
Ezekiel Edmonds “…1/13th part a share and all that other the part
share and interest… in the sum of £3,506 (being one Morihy(?) of a sum of
£7,012 the purchase money secured on the Sale of a certain Estate devised by
the will of Samuel Everard in trust for sale as mentioned) to which she was
entitled under the will of her grandfather the said Samuel Everard dated
13/12/1827)…” subject to her mum’s interest, with full power for Ezekiel
Edmonds to discharge the money.
Copy to Will’s execs 31/7/1855 [an]
15/5/1855
– Notice to Trustees of Ezekiel Edmonds (Sr) (late of Frankley) will by Ezekiel
Edmonds (of Berryfield House) (copy to his mum of Berryfield House in other
doc) re (ref to Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds’s Marriage Settlement) Ezekiel Edmonds
assigning £10,000 from his entitlement under his dad’s will of 22/9/1849, being
part of £20,000 mentioned in that will, (possibly to?) satisfy terms of his
Marriage Settlement. [an]
15/5/1855
– Notice to John Edmonds and Ezekiel Edmonds (Jr) and William Charles Webb, all
of Bradford-on-Avon, ref to Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds (of Berryfield House) &
Emma’s Marriage Settlement, that Ezekiel Edmonds assigned to the Trustees
£15,000 to which Ezekiel Edmonds was entitled to as the residual legatee of his
late father Ezekiel Edmonds (Snr) of Frankley House nr Bradford-on-Avon, being
part of monies secured to his Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds’s father at 5% pa by Bond,
dated 22/12/1847 by John Edmonds, Ezekiel Edmonds (Jr) and Samuel Edwin Edmonds
since deceased, and also by another Bond dated 8/5/1855 of Ezekiel Edmonds (Jr)
and Wm Charles Webb, and also by an insurance policy dsated 19/9/1849 with the
Caladonian Life Ins Co, whereby £2,999-19-0 was to be paid to Ezekiel Edmonds
(Sr) on the death of John Edmonds, the policy having been assigned by Ezekiel
Edmonds (Jr) to Ezekiel Edmonds as security for £3,000 of the said
£15,000. And also the “equitable
change” by Ezekiel Edmonds (Jr?) of freehold property and “hereditaments” at
Greenland, the property of Ezekiel Edmonds (Jr?), for £2,000 further part of
the £15,000.
Signed bt John Edmonds (very shaky hand),
Ezekiel Edmonds (jr), and Webb [an]
15/5/1855
– Notice to Trustees of 1813 Marriage Settlement, that Emma Calthrop assigned
to Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds (son of Ezekiel Snr) a 1/13th part and all
other part (?) of £7,000 as entitled under the MS. Also mentions Marriage Settlement re Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds &
Emma Calthrop (of Lansdowne Tce, Bath)
[an]
1855 – There were only
4 cloth manufactureres in Bradford-on-Avon – Edmonds & Co, John King, H
Applegate, and J Applegate. [j]
1855 - PO Directory
Bradford-on-Avon [k]
Magistrates - Ezekiel Edmonds Esq,
Belcombe House
Principle Seats – Fairfield House, E
Edmonds Esq
Gentry – Ezekiel Edmonds Esq, Fairfield
John Edmonds Esq, Church St
Traders – Edmonds & Co, Woollen Cloth
Manufacturers
Wilts Courts Directory (?) – Edmonds J
Esq, Church St
Edmonds E Esq, Bradford Leigh [k]
(The ref to Ezekiel esq, Fairfield
House is "Jnr", now a JP.
John, now aged ap 70, and retired?)
by 1855 – “…the
ownership of the Abbey/Church St factory was vested in Fredk Ezekiel Edmonds of
Berryfield House and Ezekiel Edmonds of Bradford, who then entered into a deed
of partition. The firm (which?) remained in occupation until the early 1860s
when it was apparently bankrupt. In 1866 Abbey Mill with a 25hp steam engine
was offerred for sale by auction”.
[ad]
Jan-March 1856 - A Ruth
Edmonds died in "Bradford"
[e]
4/1/1856
– Note from John M(?) Bush to Bailey Shaw & Bailey, ex “Edmonds Mill”
Bradford-on-Avon (re costs of £1-1-0 ?)…
Sirs,
Enclose herewith are attested copy of the settlement of Real Estate by
Mr John Edmonds of this place which Mr Edmonds informed me you wished to have
and on the other side is account of my charges for same.
Yours Sincerely... John M(?) Bush
(attached) – A/c Bush to Bailey Shaw &
Bailey, sundry costs 1856 (year of?) for settlement of estate of John Edmonds
£1-2-1, and “Edmonds v Edmonds” “In Chancery” A Court (?) cover note dated 16/12/1867) [an]
8/1/1856 – A Ruth
Edmonds, 74, wife of John Edmonds, a Clothier, died in Church St
Bradford-on-Avon of “Dropsy of the Pericardium (several months, bronchitis 14
days)”. Infmt was Elizabeth Harding (present) of Whiteheads Lane
Bradford-on-Avon. (Regd 4 days later)
[u]
April-June 1856 - A
John Edmonds died in "Bradford"
[e]
23/6/1856 – A John
Edmonds, 74, occpn “Esquire”, died of “Gradual decay several years” at
Abbey-Church St Bradford-on-Avon. Infmt was Harriett Johnson (present) of
Abbey-Church St. Regd 4 days
later) [u]
27/12/1856 – An
Intestate affidavit was drawn up in which the “Bounden” (person bound by it)
was “Ezekiel Edmonds, one of the lawful sons of and one of the next of kin and
Administrator… (of the estate) …of John Edmonds, late of Bradford, widower,…
the deceased…” in which the estate was “…under the value of £200”
Swearing that “…John Edmonds, late of
Bradford in Co Of Wilts, Gentleman, your late father, deceased, died without
leaving any last Will…”
Signed by “Ezekiel Edmonds Jnr”
Witnessed by Charles Webb and John
Bush [af]
1859 - (Rev Jones Hist
of Bradford-on-Avon) "..no doubt that the present workshops in what is
called the Abbey Yard, belonging to Messrs Edmonds, formed part of Horton's
House." [s]
1859 - A list of the
Magistrates of Wilts includes "Ezekiel Edmonds Jnr esq JP" of
Berryfield Bradford-on-Avon. Also “In
the mid 19th cen Berryfield was the home of Ezekiel Edmonds, Liberal
MP and a Deputy Lord Lieutant for Wiltshire…”
[j] [k]
1859 - A ref to Edmonds
& Co, Woollen Cloth Mfs, Church St
[k]
1859 - A ref to S E
(Samuel) Edmonds & E (………) Tayler, "Atlas" Insurance, BoA [k]
1859 – In PO directory,
Ezekiel Jnr and Samuel Tayler as Atlas Insurance [k]
8/4/1861 – Ezekiel
Edmonds (H, aged 48, [=bn c1813], born Bradford-on-Avon, Landed Proprietor and
Woollen Manufacturer, JP for Wilts) living at Berryfield House
Bradford-on-Avon, with wife Sophia A (38, =bn c1823, born Cape Good Hope [when
parents on way home from India??] ), and children Alice B 13, Augusta J 12,
Gertrude 10, all bn Bradford-on-Avon, Walter J 7, Dora 3. Also niece Sophia J Steer 16 bn Exeter
Devon, and a governess and 4 servants
[x]
8/4/1861 - Can't find
John’s dau Ruth Edmonds (aged 36) anywhere. (Why??) [n]
8/4/1861 – Frederick
Ezekiel Edmonds (with his wife Emma nee
Calthorp, was born c1835 Swinehead Lincs) bn c1834 Bradford-on-Avon Head, living in Lindfield, Sussex [n]
11/6/1861
– Mary Edmonds (nee Hart) widow of Ezekiel Edmonds Snr is living at No 1
Paragon Bldgs in Bath, gives permission(?) for dau Anna Maria to marry William
Collings(?) Lukis(?) Green? (Geurin? Guerin?) of Horstey Keynes Sussex Esq
1867 - No Ezekiel
listed in Bradford-on-Avon Directory.
Only the Greenland Mill (Applegates) and Bull Pit Mill was left in
Bradford-on-Avon [k] [j]
1/7/1867 – Notice to
Separate Creditors of Ezekiel Edmonds.
In the Matter of Ezekiel Edmonds and William
Charles Webb, of Bradford and Staverton, in the county of Wilts, Cloth
Manufacturers and Copartners. (the?) trustees of the assignment executed by the
above-named for the benefit of their creditors, hereby give notice, that they
will on Wednesday, the l(?)th July instant, proceed to declare a Dividend under
the separate estate of the above-named Ezekiel Edmonds, and will divide the
assets thereof among such of his separate creditors only who shall, on or
before that day, have sent in the particulars of their claims to the
undersigned, or to Messrs. Ladbury, Collison, and Viney, of No. 99, Cheapside,
London, Accountants.
The trustees further give notice, that
they will not be liable for the assets, or any part thereof, so distributed, or
be answerable or accountable to any person or persons of whose claim or demand
they shall not then have had notice, and have been substantiated by proof if
required.
Dated this 1st day of July, 1867
WM. MARDON, Solicitor, No. 99,
Newgate-street, London. [ab]
2/4/1871 – A Ruth
Edmonds (Boarder, unm, 38 [s/be 46??], no occ, born Bradford-on-Avon) was
living at 40 (or 110) Wellington Pk, Clifton Bristol, in the house of Hester
Stroud, a 75 yo widowed “Annuatant” bn
Somerset, and 2 servants [w]
(This can’t be John’s dau as
she’s too young? So where is she then?)
2/4/1871 - Ezekiel
Edmonds (“Jr”) and family not found anywhere
[w]
2/4/1871 - Frederick
Ezekiel Edmonds (wife Emma), bn c1834
Bradford-on-Avon Head, in
Lynton, Devon, with 1 servant [w]
1872 - The old Saxon
Church chancel (then a separate "property") was purchased from one of
the Edmonds family. [s]
1875 - No Edmonds'
listed in the cloth trade at all in BoA
[k]
(In fact the only two Edmonds' in the town by this time (who ???) are
both in the beer business, an association that commenced back c. 1852,
coincidentally? about the time that WBE was trying the brewing business in SA)
1875 – “… Freshford
Mill was (purchased and) worked by the partnership of James Moore and Ezekiel
Edmonds, manufacturers of wool and piece dyed black doeskins.” (Up for sale in 1878) [ad]
(Is this Henry’s son ??)
8/10/1875 – NOTICE is
hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the
undersigned, James Moore and Ezekiel Edmonds (Henry’s son ???), carrying on business as Woollen Cloth
Manufacturers, under the style or firm of Moore and. Edmonds, in Freshford, in
the county of Wilts, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.
As witness our hands this 8th day of
October, 1875.
James Moore. Ezekiel Edmonds. [ab]
3/4/1881 – A Sophia
Edmonds (nee Steer) 58, bn Cape G Hope, staying at the house of her bro-in-law
Alexander Jackson in 14 Harley Rd, Hampstead Msx. [x]
3/4/1881 - Frederick E.
EDMONDS, Head, M, 47, bn Bradford-on-Avon Wilts Gentleman Emma EDMONDS,
Wife, M, 46, Twins Head, Lincoln, Eng
Plus 5 servants, all
living in Clooneavin, Lynton, Devon, England
[q]
3/4/1881 - A Ruth
Edmonds living at 13 Victoria Pl, Clifton (Gloucs), a "Lodger" (but
also "Head"), unm, 56 (=c1825), born B-on-A, income from
"Interest of Money & Railway Shares". There are no other BoA-born lodgers, but are all women, aged
33-65, widows or unm, all living on investments. Houses either side look like genteel boarding houses too) [q]
3/4/1881 - Ezekiel
Edmonds (“Jr”) not found anywhere [q]
Dec Qtr 1881 – An
Ezekiel Edmonds died at Fulham in London, aged 69 (=bn c1812) [e]
(If this is “Jr”, where were
they for ’71 and ’81 Census??)
Dec Qtr 1889 –
Frederick Ezekiel Edmonds died aged 55, in Devon [e]
1891 (Census) – Sophia
A Edmonds (H, widow, age 68) Living On Own Means, bn Cape GH, living in Hampstead
with dau Dora Stokes (widow, 31, bn Bradford-on-Avon) plus 2 servants [x]
10/3/1892 - A Ruth
Edmonds, the "sister of William Bennett Edmonds of Goolwa SA" died,
bequeathing money to WBE's children (through law firm in Bristol) [y]
Jan to Mar 1892 - A
Ruth Edmonds died in Axbridge (just by Cheddar in Som) aged 68 [e]
June 1899 – Sophia Ann
Edmonds (nee Steer) died [x]
-------------------------------
ALSO CHECK -
Sophia Edmonds Hooper,
who died Bristol 4th qtr 1850, has a will in the Bristol Index
(William’s brother
Samuel mar a Hooper)
============================================
SOURCES ....
[a] 1841 Census data (LDS)
[b] 1851 Census data (LDS)
[c] Marriage data (Wilts CRO)
[d] Birth/bapt data (Wilts CRO)
[e] FreeBMD online
[f] WBE's Marriage certificate (in files)
[g] Elizabeth's Scrapbook (Mortlock)
[h] WBE death certificate (in files)
[j] Sundry B-on-A records (Wilts CRO)
[k] Wilts Trade Directories (online)
[m] The will of Elimelech Edmonds (PRO)
[n] 1861 Census (Ancestry)
[p] IGI (LDS)
[q] 1881 Census (LDS)
[r] Wilts Qtr Sessions (FHO)
[s] Freshford website
[t] Will of Ezekiel Edmonds - GRO
[u] Death certif
[w] 1871 Census
[x] Rootsweb Notice Board website
[y] Sundry original records
[z] Supposition based on facts
[aa] History of Baptists - online
[ab] London Gazette online
[ac] Soc of Gen online
[ad] Book “Wilts & Som Woollen Mills”
[ae] Book “The Cloth Ind in West of Eng”
[af] John Edmonds intestate affidavit
[ag] Will of Daniel Hinton
[ah] Will of John Hinton
[ak] “Structure of Wilts-Som Border Woollen
Mills 1816-40” – K G Ponting
[am] Samuel Edmonds Mar Certif
[an] The “888” Series data ex Wilts CRO
[xx] Refer forebear's data
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