Henry Featherstone^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]}

1817 - 1877  (59 years)

• Name	Henry Featherstone  [1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Born	28 Dec 1817	Tunbridge Wells, Kent   [2, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	06 Feb 1818	King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, Kent   [2]
  	son of William & Ann Featherstone
  Occupation	1841  [15]
  	journeyman baker
  Residence	1841	Nevill Street, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Sussex   [15]
  	age 23
  Occupation	1845  [5]
  	baker
  Residence	1845	Deptford, Kent   [5]
  Occupation	1851  [7]
  	baker
  Residence	1851	6 Nevill Street, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Sussex   [7]
  	age 33; relationship to head: head
  Occupation	1861  [9]
  	baker
  Residence	1861	4 Vaux Cottages, Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Sussex   [9]
  	age 43; relationship to head: head
  Occupation	1862  [4]
  	baker
  Residence	1862	Nevill Street, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Sussex   [4]
  Occupation	1871  [12]
  	baker
  Residence	1871	6 Nevill Street, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Sussex   [12]
  	age 54; relationship to head: head
  Residence	1872	Brighton, Sussex   [10]
  Residence	1872	Frant, Sussex   [17]
  Occupation	1873  [3]
  	baker
  Residence	1873	Frant Road, Frant, Sussex   [3]
  Died	11 Jun 1877	Nevill Street, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Sussex (Jun 1877 Ticehurst SSX 2b 63)   [13, 16]
  	age 58
  Notes	Tunbridge Wells Chapel Baptism solemnized in the Parish of Tonbridge in the County of Kent in the Year 1818 pr February 6th Henry son of William & Ann Featherstone of Tunbridge Wells labourer Baptism solemnized in the Tunbridge Wells Chapel belonging to the Parishes of Tunbridge and Speldhurst in the County of Kent & Frant in the County of Sussex in the Year 1818 Feby 6 Henry son of William & Ann Featherstone of Tunbridge hostler born Decr 28th 1817 1841 census HO107/1117/9/13/13 Nevill Street, Tunbridge Wells, Sussex (Parish of Frant) Edward Vaux 46 baker n Elizabeth Vaux 40 y Ann Vaux 36 y Cornelia Leure? 17 n Edwin Skelton 25 journeyman n Henry Featherstone 23 journeyman n Thomas Page 20 journeyman y Thomas Young 20 journeyman y Mary Baker 20 FS y William Page 23 MS y marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of St Paul, Deptford in the County of Kent and Surrey May 18 1845 Henry Featherstone full age bachelor baker of this parish father Wm Featherstone agricultral? Jane Russell full age widow of this parish father George Startup Plasterer married in this parish church after banns both signed in the presence of E Dickinson? ??? Thos Featherstone 1851 census HO107/1639/597 6 Neville Street, Tunbridge Wells, Frant Henry Featherstone head M 33 Baker jm Kent, Tunbridge Wells Jane Featherstone wife M 32 Baker's wife Kent, Southborough Surrey Gazette 17 April 1860 Tunbridge Wells - Henry Jackson a youth about 16 charged with stealing a portmonnie containing half a sovereign and a number of silver coins from Mr Henry Featherstone. Witness Mrs Jane Featherstone wife of Mr H Featherstone baker Frant Road. Sentenced to six months hard labour 1861 census RG9/573/60/3 4 Vaux's Row, Frant Road, Frant, Tunbridge Wells, Sussex Henry Featherstone head M 43 baker Kent Jane Featherstone wife M 43 baker's wife Kent, Tunbridge William Featherstone father W 83 late laundryman Kent, Southboro George Featherstone partner of? brother M 33 baker Kent, Bromley Mordecai Cormical serv U 27 baker Sussex, Mayfield Joseph Maukelow serv U 19 baker Sussex, Frant Walter Woolman serv U 19 baker Kent, Tunbridge Wells Elizabeth Lamb serv U 22 house servant Kent, Tunbridge Wells next property is Nevill House 1862 Kelly's Directory of Kent H Featherstone baker Nevill Street, Tunbridge Wells 1871 census RG10/1049/83/17 6 Nevill Street, bakers shop, Tunbridge Wells, Frant, Sussex Henry Featherstone head widow 54 baker employing 4 men and 3 boys born Kent, Tunbridge Wells Samuel J Gammon serv U 21 baker Surrey, Camberwell William A Mills serv U 15 baker Kent, Tunbridge Wells Thomas W Hall serv U 20 baker Kent, Edenbridge William Farrant serv U 21 baker Devon, Sidwell John Buckingal? U 20 baker Surrey, Guildford Albert Maysted U 19 baker Sussex, Havant Thomas W???us U 18 baker Middlesex, Putney Mary J Bancent? U 24 domestic servant Dorset Holy Cross? Mary E Chase U 23 assistant Norfolk, Kings Lynn 1872 Marriage solemnized at St Nicholas Church in the Parish of Brighton in the County of Sussex Feb 24 1872 Henry Featherstone 54 widower baker of Frant Co Sussex father William Featherstone deceased coachman Louisa Kipping Cox 31 spinster father of 4 St James St father William Cox auctioneers clerk Married in the Parish Church by Licence Both signed in the presence of Thos Hanson and Elleanor Henson? death registration index Henry Featherstone Jun 1877 Ticehurst SSX 2b 63 age 58 Probate 1877 Henry Featherstone Effects under £2000 6 July. The Will of Henry Featherstone formerly of Tunbridge Wells but late of Neville Street in the Frant Road in the Parish of Frant both in the county of Sussex Baker who died 11 June 1877 at Neville street was proved at the Principal Registry by Thomas Ablott printer and Thomas Read bookseller both of Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent the executors. This is the last will and testament of me Henry Featherstone of Tunbridge Wells in the county of Sussex Baker and Confectioner. I revoke all former wills made by me and I appoint Thomas Abbott of Tunbridge Wells aforesaid Printer and Thomas Reed of Tunbridge Wells aforesaid Bookseller Executers and Trustees hereof I give all my plate linen china glass books pictures prints wines liquors and other household effects to my dear wife Louisa Kipping Featherstone absolutely. And I also give to her the sum of two hundred pounds to be paid within three calendar months after my decease I give devise and bequeath all my real and Personal Estate not hereinbefore otherwise disposed of unto my said trustees their heirs executers administrators and assigns respectively upon trust to sell and convert into money such parts thereof as shall not consist of money with full discretionary powers to sell in such manner and subject to such conditions as they my said trustees shall think proper with power to buy in and resell without being responsible for loss occasioned thereby and also with power to suspend with the written consent of my said wife the sale or conversion of any part of my said trust estate for such period as they may think expedient And as to the monies to arise by such sale calling in and conversion of my said trust estate upon trust in the first place to pay or retain all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies by this my Will And upon further trust to reinvest the ultimate surplus of the said trust monies in the names of my said trustees in or upon permanent Public stocks funds or securities of the United Kingdom or on the security of a mortgage of mortgages of any freehold copyhold property in England or Wales, but not elsewhere and from time to time with the written consent of my said wife during her life and afterwards at the discretion of my said trustees to vary the said investments or any of them into others of the same or a like nature and to stand possessed of my said trust estate and the stocks funds and securities on which the same may be invested upon trust to permit my said wife to receive the income and annual proceeds arising there from and from such parts of my said trust estate as shall from time to time be or remain unsold or unconverted she there out maintaining educating and clothing such of my children as shall be under the age of twenty one years or unmarried until each of my children living at my death shall have attained the age of twenty one years or shall die or until the death of my said wife whichever event shall first happen and when and as soon as each of my said children shall attain the age of twenty one years or shall die then upon trust to pay to my said wife if she shall then be living the income or annual produce to arise from one half part of my said trust estate during her life and as to the remaining half part of my said trust estate and after the decease of my said wife as the whole of my said trust estate to stand possessed of the same in trust for all my children in equal shares if more than one but only if such child then the whole to such child and I declare that if any child of mine shall die during my lifetime or prior to the period for the distribution of my said trust estate amongst my children as aforesaid leaving a child or children who shall attain the age of twenty one years or marry then and in every such case the last mentioned child or children shall take (and if more than one in equal shares) by substitution the share which is his or her parent would have been entitled to under this my Will if such parent had survived the period fixed for the distribution of my said trust estate And I declare that in case no child or other issue of mine shall acquire an absolutely vested interest in the said trust fund by virtue of my Will then as to the same trust fund in trust for such person as my said wife shall by Will appoint and in default of appointment and subject to any partial appointment in trust for such persons as at the decease of my said wife who under the statutes for the distribution of the personal estates of interstates would be entitled to my personal estate And I empower my said trustees with the written consent of my said wife to carry on for such period as they may think proper any business that I may be carrying on at the time of my decease and for such purpose to use and employ any portion of my trust monies and estate as they may deem advisable And I direct that any profit arising from the carrying on of such business shall be applied in the same manner and subject to the like trusts as I have hereinbefore declared concerning the income of the said trust estate and I devise and bequeath to my said trustees their executers administrators and assigns all estates vested in me as trustee or mortgagee subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively And I appoint my said wife Guardian of my infant children during her life and after her decease I appoint my said trustees to be such Guardians and I bequeath to them respectively the sum of fifty pound each as a complement to them for the trouble they may have in the trustship and executorship under this my Will And I direct them to retain the same immediately after proving the same In witness whereof I have to this and to the preceding sheet of this my last Will and Testament set my hand this twelfth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven Henry Featherstone - signed by Henry Featherstone the testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us we being both present at the same time who at his request in his sight and presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses R T S Andrew Sol. T. Wells E G Ramsbotham his clerk. Proved at London 6th July 1877 by the oath of Thomas Abbott and Thomas Read (in the Will written Reed) the Executors to whom admon was granted the London Gazette, July 20, 1877 Henry Featherstone, Deceased. Pursuant to Act of Parliament 22 and 23 Vic., c. 35. Notice is hereby given, that all persons having any claims and demands against or any interest in the estate of Henry Featherstone, late of Nevill-street, in Tunbridge Wells, in the parish of Frant, in the county of Sussex, Baker and Confectioner (who died on the 11th day of June, 1877, and whose will, dated the 12th day of January, 1877, was proved in the Principal Registry, Probate Division, of the High court of Justice, on the 6th day of July, 1877, by Thomas Abbott, of Tunbridge Wells, in the county of Kent, Printer, and Thomas Read, of Tunbridge Wells aforesaid, Bookseller, the executors), are requested to send particulars of such claims, demands, or interest to us, the undersigned, on or before the 18th day of September next, after which day the said executors will distribute the assets of the said deceased among the parties entitled thereto; and they will not be liable for any debt or demand, or in respect of any such interest, of which they shall not then have had notice.-Dated this 18th day of July, 1877. Andrew and Cheale, Tunbridge Wells; Solicitors to the said Executors.
  Person ID	I372421957111	Southern England
  Last Modified	14 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William Featherstone,   b. 22 Mar 1778, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent ,   d. 1864, Frant, Sussex (Mar 1864 Ticehurst SSX 2b 63)  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Ann Payn,   b. Abt. 1781, Wadhurst, Sussex ,   d. 1853, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Sep 1853 Tunbridge KEN 2a 207)  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1803	St Peter and St Paul, Wadhurst, Sussex   [18, 19]
  Family ID	F6297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Startup,   b. Abt. 1818, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent ,   d. 1866, Sep 1866 Ticehurst SSX 2b 52  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Married	18 May 1845	St Paul, Deptford, Kent (Jun 1845 Greenwich KEN 5 333)   [8, 11, 14]
  Last Modified	14 May 2024
  Family ID	F4016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Louisa Kipping Cox,   b. 07 Feb 1842, Newington, Surrey (Mar 1842 Newington SRY 4 344) ,   d. 06 Mar 1922, Mar 1922 Wandsworth LND 1d 967  (Age 80 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1872	St Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex (Mar 1872 Brighton SSX 2b 256)   [6, 10, 17]
  Children	1. Amy Nellie Featherstone,   b. 15 Jan 1873, Frant Road, Frant, Sussex (Mar 1873 Ticehurst SSX 2b 102) ,   d. 04 Feb 1961, The Chesterton Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (Mar 1961 Cambridge CAM 4a 283)  (Age 88 years)   2. May Louisa Featherstone,   b. 1875, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Dec 1875 Ticehurst SSX 2b 97) ,   d. 1969, Sep 1969 Richmond upon Thames LND 5d 1606  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	14 May 2024
  Family ID	F4027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 28 Dec 1817 - Tunbridge Wells, Kent Residence - 1845 - Deptford, Kent Residence - 1872 - Brighton, Sussex Residence - 1872 - Frant, Sussex Residence - 1873 - Frant Road, Frant, Sussex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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