The Times newspaper of 14th May 1823 carried a notice of the sale of the stock, safe, shop furniture and other effects of Stephen Adams, silversmith of 3 St Ann’s Lane, Aldersgate Street.
Subsequent notifications to Goldsmiths Hall of changes of address in 1824 and 1825 suggest the sale did not herald the entire closure of his silversmith business.
ADAMS, Stephen II (Grimwade p.420)
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Re: ADAMS, Stephen II (Grimwade p.420)
He was christened at St Mary Staining in 1763 the son of Stephen (Grimwade p.399, 419-20, 734) and Sarah Adams.
He was apprenticed in 1777 to Joseph Walton of the Goldsmiths Company at a premium of £30. His father was referred to on the indentures as a goldsmith but a freeman of the Lorimers Company. Walton is referred to as an oilman. The indentures state Stephen was to learn the art of being an oilman.
As a bachelor from St John Zachary parish he married Amelia Soames at St Andrew, Holborn on 15th February 1789. Stephen Adams I was a witness to the marriage.
Amelia Adams was buried at St John Zachary on 10th December 1789.
As a widower from St John Zachary parish he married the spinster Elizabeth Stevens of Gloucester at that church in 1792. Stephen Adams senior was again a witness to the marriage.
Four children of Stephen and Elizabeth, including a daughter Elizabeth in 1796, were christened at St John Zachary between 1796 and 1809.
Robert Kelley (Grimwade p.568) in 1789, John Lacey Hawkins (Grimwade p.540) in 1794, James Stradling of Essex in 1791 and Richard Henry Plater of London in 1798 all signed to be his apprentices.
A mark in partnership between Elizabeth Adams, whether his wife or daughter, and Charles Henry Rich was entered at Goldsmiths’ Hall on 13th June 1823 from St Ann’s Lane. Stephen II was assessed to Land Tax on the property for that year. Both Stephen Adams I & II had entered marks and been assessed to Land Tax from this address since 1764. The property was empty in 1824.
He was burial aged 76 years in 1840, late of Turner Square, was registered at St John, Hoxton.
He was apprenticed in 1777 to Joseph Walton of the Goldsmiths Company at a premium of £30. His father was referred to on the indentures as a goldsmith but a freeman of the Lorimers Company. Walton is referred to as an oilman. The indentures state Stephen was to learn the art of being an oilman.
As a bachelor from St John Zachary parish he married Amelia Soames at St Andrew, Holborn on 15th February 1789. Stephen Adams I was a witness to the marriage.
Amelia Adams was buried at St John Zachary on 10th December 1789.
As a widower from St John Zachary parish he married the spinster Elizabeth Stevens of Gloucester at that church in 1792. Stephen Adams senior was again a witness to the marriage.
Four children of Stephen and Elizabeth, including a daughter Elizabeth in 1796, were christened at St John Zachary between 1796 and 1809.
Robert Kelley (Grimwade p.568) in 1789, John Lacey Hawkins (Grimwade p.540) in 1794, James Stradling of Essex in 1791 and Richard Henry Plater of London in 1798 all signed to be his apprentices.
A mark in partnership between Elizabeth Adams, whether his wife or daughter, and Charles Henry Rich was entered at Goldsmiths’ Hall on 13th June 1823 from St Ann’s Lane. Stephen II was assessed to Land Tax on the property for that year. Both Stephen Adams I & II had entered marks and been assessed to Land Tax from this address since 1764. The property was empty in 1824.
He was burial aged 76 years in 1840, late of Turner Square, was registered at St John, Hoxton.