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1. | Frances Heseltine was born on 26 May 1801 in London, England (daughter of James Altham Heseltine and Laura Graham). |
2. | James Altham Heseltine was born on 5 Dec 1777 in London, Middlesex, England (son of James Heseltine and Frances Altham); died on 4 Aug 1858 in 46 Price street, Birkenhead, Cheshire.. Other Events:
Notes: James Altham Heseltine of St Bennet's, Pauls Warf, London. Matriculated from University College, Oxford . 10 Oct 1793 aged 15 years. James married Laura Graham on 6 Aug 1801 in Bushey, Herefordshire, England [by licence]. Laura was born about 1780 in Bushey, Herefordshire, England; died on 21 Nov 1860 in 46 Price Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Laura Graham was born about 1780 in Bushey, Herefordshire, England; died on 21 Nov 1860 in 46 Price Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire. Notes: laura was the daughter of Richard Robert Graham and his wife Ann Bowles. Richard was an Apothecary at Chelsea College Hospital.
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4. | James Heseltine was born in 1743 in West Burton, Wenslydale, Yorkshire, England; died on 5 June 1804 in 44 Bedford Square, Islington, London; was buried on 14 Jun 1804 in Choir Vault, St Mary's Church , Islington.. Other Events:
Notes: James's Father was John Heseltine. he had a brother Richard. He appears in the Land Tax records of the Upper Division of Castle Baynard in 1771-72 paying a land tax of six pounds a year, and in 1772-73 the tax had dropped to four pounds 10 shillings. In 1774-75 James appears in Thames Street, Castle Baynard untill 1784 where he rented two properties, one as a residence and the other as an office, paying two pounds twelve shillings and six pence exclusive of Hospital Rent, and one pound eight shillings for the office. He then appears in the Great Knight Street from 1785-86 untill 1804-05 where his rent changed from fifteen pounds in 1785 to seventeen pounds ten shillings in 1795 and down to Fourteen pounds seven shillings and sixpence in 1805 [?14 7s 6d] Whilst residing in Thames street, in the Parish of St Benet's Paul's Wharf he paid a poor tax to the church of 1/6 [1shilling & sixpence] a week . James was a Proctor at the Doctors Commons near St Pauls. The Doctors Commons consisted of five courts, which were, The Court of Arches, The Perogative Court, The Court of Faculties & Dispensation, The Consistory Court of the Bishop of London and the High Court of the Admiralty. He was initiated into the Freemasons LOdge #111 at the Queens Head, Grays Inn Road, Holdorn, London 1765, and he became the Grand Secretary of Freemasons 1769-1780. joint Grand Secretary 1780 to 1784, with William White. Grand Treasurer from 1785 untill his death in 1804. He was also the Senior Grand Warden in 1785. In 1781 James was a Founding member of the Toxophilite Society along with Sir Ashton Lever, as Presedent, and the few remaining Finsbury Archers, they met and shot in the grounds of Leicester House, Leicester Square untill 1784 James married Frances Altham on 26 Dec 1776 in St Mary Islington, (By Licence). Frances was born in 1745 in Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Frances Altham was born in 1745 in Middlesex, England. Notes: Frances was the Daughter of Roger & Mary Altham. Roger Altham Esq, was a Proctor at the Doctors Commons and a neighbour in Thames Street, Pauls Warf. Notes: Married:
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