CONEN, George (Grimwade p.295, 336-7)

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He was christened at St Mary, Aldermanbury in 1772, the son of Richard and Sarah Conen.
Indentures were signed for him in 1786 to be the apprentice of Nathaniel Appleton (Grimwade p.442), goldsmith of Aldersgate Street. The document shows his father Richard was a goldsmith at Philip Lane, Aldermanbury.
He married Sarah Young in 1798 at St George the Martyr.
Sons George in 1802, Edward in 1804 and James in 1806 were christened at St Luke, Finsbury.
Son George was apprenticed in 1816 to William Strong, Goldsmith and watch case maker of London Wall. The Indentures show his father was a watch case maker of Bath Street, Hackney Road. Subsequent Indentures for his (George 1802) sons show he became a pocket book maker.
Son Edward was apprenticed in 1818 to John Warren, Goldsmith, box maker and undertaker of Stationer’s Court, Ludgate Hill. The Indentures show his father as watch case maker of Sion Court, Philip Lane, London Wall which appears to be Richard Conen’s old address.
He entered maker’s marks at Goldsmiths Hall in partnership with George Yeates in 1818 as watch case makers from Jerusalem Court, St John’s Square and alone from 1820-32 as either a case maker or a watch case maker from Hull Street, St Luke’s.
Son James applied for Freedom of the City of London by patrimony in the Company of Goldsmiths in 1828. The document shows his father was free of that Company in 1793.
Subsequent Indentures for George’s (1802) sons reveal that three generations of the Conen family relied on charities for the payment of apprentice premiums.
George Conen’s burial aged 67 years in 1839 was recorded at St Luke, Finsbury; his last address was Hull Street.

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The Will of George Conen, watch case maker late of St Luke, was proved for probate on 22nd October 1839 (National Archives reference PROB 11/1917/101).