James Fearnley 1777-1863

Born Westminster

1777. James Fearnley was born to James Fearnley & Sarah Hodgeson

1805.James Fearnley married Dinah Mesnard St Michael, Wood Street, London 16/3/1805, witnesses Stephen & ?? Mesnard - London Ancestry marriages

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1807. James Fearnley was baptised to James & Dinah , address Village, on 30/7/1807 Lewisham - Ancestry London C of E baptisms, image available

In Conrad's memoirs he says: I have heard there were 11 brothers . I can only find 6; as well as James & Matthew, Stephen 1808; Benjamin 1812; Joseph 1818 and Thomas 1819 . Also 4 girls: Rebekkah, Dinah, Rachael & Lucy

1823. Matthew Fearnley was baptised to James & Dinah on 18/3/1823, father a Coal Merchant. He became a curate, then a missionary in China, married in Hongkong , then a vicar by 1871 in Moreton, and officiated at the wedding of his niece, Eliza, in 1872 - Ancestry London C of E baptisms, image available

1826. He is a Corn Dealer on the baptism record of daughter Dinah -Ancestry London baptisms

1841C. James Fearnley is living Botany Bay, Lewisham. Not born Kent.

James Fearnley Male 60 1781 coal merchant-
Dinah Fearnley Female 55 1786 -
Stephen Fearnley Male 30 1811 tailor Kent, England
Sarah Fearnley Female 25 1816 -
Sarah Fearnley Female 3 1838 -
Stephen Fearnley Male 1 1840

1851C.. James Fearnley, landed proprietor, is living Turnpike Road, Deal, Eastry, Kent

James Fearnley Head Married Male 73 1778 Landed Proprietor Westminster, Middlesex, England
Dinah Fearnley Wife Married Female 67 1784 - -St Johns Southwark
Lucy Fearnley Daughter Unmarried Female 40 1811 - LewishamKent, England
Rachel Fearnley Daughter Unmarried Female 29 1822 - Lewisham Kent, England
Sarah Brett Servant Unmarried Female 20 1831 House Servant Eastry, Kent, England

1853 His wife dies and is buried in St Leonards Church, Deal

1861C.. James Fearnley is living Upper Deal, Deal, Eastry, Kent

James Fearnley Head widower Male 83 1778 Landed Propriter And Fund Holder Westminster, Middlesex, England
Lucy Fearnley Daughter Unmarried Female 50 1811 - Lewisham, Kent, England
Rachel Fearnley Daughter Unmarried Female 39 1822 - Lewisham, Kent, England
Caroline Goddard Servant Unmarried Female 20 1841 House Servant Deal, Kent, England

 

1863. James Fearnley, formerly of Hope Wharf Greenwich but late of Eastry, dies 19/10/1863 Eastry Dec 1863. Probate <£30000

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He was buried in St Leonards Churchyard, Deal, next to his wife's grave

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