Churchyard Inscriptions

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Here are some churchyard inscriptions that may be of assistance to those who like research the lives of silversmiths.

These are from the Parish of St Mary, Islington (London).

John Cafe of Blackford, Co Somerset, Citizen and Goldsmith of London, August 7, 1757. (Grimwade 1203,1228).

Jane Freemantle, 6th December 1761, Margaret, Wife of Richard, Citizen and Goldsmith of London, 25th October 1767.

John Albright, Citizen and Goldsmith of London, 23rd June 1771. (Grimwade 53, 1094).

Thomas Evans, Son of Jeremiah Evans, Goldsmith of Foster Lane, London, March 16th 1802, in his 21st year.

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At Stoke Newington, Middlesex.

This tomb was erected by William Picket, of the City of London, Goldsmith, on the melancholy death of his daughter Elizabeth.

A testimony of respect from greatly afflicted parents;

In memory of Elizabeth Picket, Spinster,

Who died December 11th, 1781,

Aged 23 years.

This much lamented young person expired in consequence of her cloaths taking fire the preceding evening.

Reader, if ever you should witness such an affecting scene, recollect that the only method to extinguish the flame is to stifle it by an immediate covering.

So unaffected, so compos'd a mind,
So firm, yet soft; so stout, yet so refin'd;
Heavn as pure gold, by flaming tortnres try'd,
The angel bore them, but the mortal dy'd.
Not a sparrow falls on the ground
Without our heavenly Father.

(Grimwade 3257).

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At Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh.


William Cunningham, Goldsmith, Edinburgh, died 31st August 1848, aged 69 years.

Barbara Sinclair, wife of William Cunningham, Goldsmith, Edinburgh, who died 27th August 1847, aged 60. Much regretted.
William Cunningham, his 4th son, died 1st March 1827, aged 9 months.
William Cunningham, his 5th son, died I5th June 1836, aged 8 years.
Sacred to the memory of Isabella Brown CunningHam, second daughter of William Cunningham, Goldsmith, Edinburgh, born I2th June 1814, died 18th Sept. 1849.

and
Alexander Reid, jeweller, aged 28, died 1836.

John Reid, silk-mercer, aged 35, died 1841.
Alexander Reid, merchant, aged 67, died 1846.
Barbara Henderson, his wife, aged 72, died 1845.
Marion Reid, aged 46, died 1850.
"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord."

and
Mr Alexander Gardner, jeweller. Buried I4th April 1803.



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At Ecclesfield, Sheffield.

In Memory of Thomas Nicholson, Silversmith, Sheffield, who died May 19th, I860, in the 79th year of his age.
This memorial was erected by the workpeople over whom he presided for many years, in token of their affectionate esteem and appreciation of his genius and strict integrity.

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At Lambeth Church in London.

In Memory of Samuel Goodbehere Esquire, (Grimwade 2515-8)

Of This Parish,

Alderman of London,

Who Died 18th November 1818,

Aged 63 Years.


Mrs. Eliza Goodbehere,

Relict of the Above,

Died 17th August 1820.

Aged 59 Years.


Horatio Goodbehere, Esquire,

Son of the Above,

Samuel and Eliza Goodbehere,

Died 22nd August 1820,

Aged 24 Years.

Samuel and Eliza (Wood) were married on the 13th November 1790.

An account of Samuel Goodbehere's death:

At his house, China Terrace, Lambeth, of apoplexy, Alderman Goodbehere. A servant in an adjoining room, hearing her master fall, ran to his assistance, and found him on the floor gasping tor breath. She then hastened for Mr. Hyde, a surgeon, living close by, who immediately cupped the deceased, and the worthy Alderman so far recovered that he was able to walk up stairs to his bed-room. An express was sent to inform Mrs. Goodbehere and their son at Brighton, of the severe stroke, and also to bring up Dr. Bankhead, who had long attended the family. In the mean time Dr. Maton was called in, and every thing that skill or attention could do was tried, but a second attack of apoplexy was fatal, and ho died about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon. The Alderman was next in rotation to serve the office of Lord Mayor, and part of his wines were sent into the Mansion House.

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At Donnybrook Graveyard, Dublin.

Here lieth the body of Mr. Darby Kehoe, late of Dame St., Silversmith, aged 52 years, departed this life Dec' the 22nd, 1801.
Also Elizabeth, his wife, departed this life March the 12th, 1795, aged 40 years.
Likewise three of their infant children, viz., Wm. T., John N., and Elizabeth Kehoe.
Also Mr. John Kehoe, aged 19 years, died 10th Octr, 1802.

Darby Kehoe is noted as working out of 64, Dame Street (North Side). He was a former apprentice of Benjamin Stokes (Indentured 1756, Son of Isabella Kehoe), became a Quarter Brother in 1765, Freeman in 1771, and registered with the Dublin Assay Office in 1784.

(When you do the maths, either Darby was apprenticed when he was seven years old or nobody knew how old he was when he died.)

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Hello Trev,
The apparent anomolies in Keyhoe's biogaraphy intrigued me so a liitle research was called for.
A Darby Keyhoe born Dublin 1747 can be traced on the web.
The suspicion that his father was dead by 1756 can be inferred from Isabella signing him over to Mr Smith at the tender age of 9 years; perhaps she couldn't afford to keep him.
His admission as a quarterman or journeyman in 1765 would make sense even though he was only 18 years old. As you know a quarterman could be admitted to the Dublin Company provided he had completed his apprenticeship (normally 7 years) and wasn't then free of his master.
His freedom in 1771 may well have been a result of Smith's death in that year, no money changing hands to buy himself out but rather his master mentioning him in his Will.
Darby Keyhoe married Elizabeth Buloid in Dublin in 1777.
Darby would have been around 54 years old in 1801. In the days before Birth Certificates were required as a constant reminder of to how old he was his family weren't so far out in putting 52 years old on his headstone.
It seems to me Darby's biography now makes more sense. Except that is for the web record of a Darby Keyhoe marrying an Isabella Young in London in 1767! Whether that lady was previously Isabella Keyhoe and his stepmother is unclear but I'm informed by the lady of this house that marriage to a stepmother is legal although why anyone, especially a 20 year old, should want to is another story.
Incidentally if you are continuing to visit the country's churchyards for further details of headstones would you please wrap up warm. We can't afford to lose you. Or perhaps there's another source for that information?
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Hello again Trev,

I see I've incorrectly referred to Kehoe's master as Smith. It was of course Stokes who died in 1771.

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Hi Mike,

Interesting research, many thanks for posting this information.

Sorry for the delay in replying, but I was trying to find the source of the information on Darby Keyhoe's gravestone. I have a bad habit of forgetting to post the sources and then fail to remember where I found it in the first place, but that info came from:

Brief Sketches Of The Parishes Of Booterstown And Donnybrook, In The County Of Dublin by the Rev. Beaver H. Blacker. Published in 1860.

It's available to read on Gogglebooks at:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Vn4H ... navlinks_s

The book also reveals the probable whereabouts of Samuel Neville's resting place:

This stone and burial-place belongs to Samuel Neville, of Stafford-street, city of Dublin.
Here lieth the remains of his wife, Margaret, who departed this life November, 1810, aged 34 years.
Also two of his daughters, Frances and Charity. Frances died May, 1815, aged 16 years. Charity, March, 1818, aged 20 years.

Samuel did not die until 1851, but it appears to be an Irish custom at this time to place the name of the head of the family on the gravestone when the first member of his family died.

Samuel Neville was known to have worked out of 9, Hoeys Court (1796-1803), 30, Great Ship Street (1804-1806) and 28, Stafford Street as from 1806. Freeman 1795. Registered 1796. Warden 1804-1807. Elected to the Common Council City of Dublin 1807 and Master of the Dublin Goldsmith's Company in 1807 and 1827.

The same book contains brief details of George Harkness:

This burial-place belongeth to Mr. Geo. Harkness, of [79, Stephen-street, in] the city of Dublin, Jeweller, and his posterity. A. D. 1774.

George Harkness (Son of George Harkness) was indentured in 1763 to Jonathan Ruston (Jackson p. 684).
The book has further detail that George Harkness died on the 2nd June 1794. But is this father or son?

There is also information to be found here on Jerimiah D'Olier.

So, no muddy boots tramping through cold wet graveyards of yesteryear, just the warmth of home and the internet.

Regards Trev.
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Mike, I think you must have had a premoniton!

This weekend found me in Sheffield, and nearby to where I was staying I noticed a large, very overgrown and very gothic graveyard. Wondering if this may have been the final resting place of Thomas Nicholson (listed above) I ventured out on Sunday morning, armed with a camera in hopes of finding his grave or maybe that of another of his contemporaries. The autumn leaves and the incessant rain made sure of a zero result, but on the plus side I spoke with a member of a research group based at the cemetery, and hopefully contact with this group will unearth information relating to those connected to the silver trade that may be buried there.

I shall return there in the spring with hopes of a better result.

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At Old St. Pancras Churchyard, Middlesex.

Here Lieth the Body of

HENRY BURDETT,

Goldsmith & Citizen of London,

of ye Parish of St. Margarets

New Fish Street;

who Departed this life ye 9th

of August, 1736 Aged 36.

Desires ye Prayers of all Good People.

Here also Lieth the Body of
MARGARET his Wife,
who Departed this Life
November ye 1 , 1741.


Henry Burdett (Grimwade 948).

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At St Mary's Church, Hornsey:

Here Lie the Mortal Remains of

Joseph Brasbridge,

Who departed this life
in the 89 Year of His age.
For more than Half a Century
He had been a Silversmith
in the City of London.

Of Worth and Honor and of Truth possessed,
Lo Joseph Brasbridge sleeps within this Tomb :
At Nature's call to taste that Heavenly rest
Which Best Befits the good man's happiest Doom.

Also Mrs Elizabeth Brasbridge
Wife of the above
Who departed this life,
December 9th 1839. Aged 82 years.

Joseph Brasbridge See: viewtopic.php?t=14751


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At St Mary's Church, Hornsey:

In Memory of that Worthy and Pious

Mrs Samuel Bayley

Wife of Mr John Bayley of the
Parish of St Alban Wood Street
Citizen and Goldsmith of London
Who departed this life March 16 1755
Aged 2 years.

Equall'd by few Excelled by none

Somewhat confusing, this one.

John Bayley (Grimwade 1180)

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Charles Hougham and Solomon Hougham at
St Botolph's Church, London - note they had a coat of arms

http://royroyes.net/genealogy/showmedia ... inkID=1581

This site gives a tremendous amount of information on the Hougham family, including the link to the silversmith Solomon Royes.

Now can anyone tell me whre I can find FULL details of the George Smith and family memorial that was in St Michael Wood Street ?
The church itself was demolished in the late 19th century.

Grimwade got his details from somewhere but where ?
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John Bayley sounds very like the silversmith Grimwade 1180. His address was Wood Street and the deceased lady is given as the wife, rather than the widow, so his appearance in the PR1773 is not impossible.
The age of 2 is a problem - either a copying error somewhere or maybe she lied about her age . There could even be a line missing telling us of an infant aged 2 buried near her mother.
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Hi Clive,

I suspect you are correct about the missing lines on the gravestone of John Bayley, but I'm still confused as to the line Mrs Samuel Bayley unless John Bayley's real name was Samuel but known as John.

The Hougham details are a real find, many thanks for that.

Link to the trade card of Soloman & Charles Hougham:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/s ... umpages=10

Here are a couple more:

At St James, Friern Barnet.

Here lyeth the Body of

Mr Thomas Parr, many Years a Goldsmith

of Cheapfide London.
He died the 29th of June 1780,
Aged 70 Years.

Alfo the Body of
Mary his Wife, who died the 9th of Decr 1774 Aged 70 Years.

Thomas Parr II (Grimwade 2870, 2883-4)

At the Parish Church of Wyke, near Winchester.

Here 'lyeth ye body of William Godwin
Goldsmith and Citizen of London
Who died Oct ye 8th 1709
Aged 38 years.

I cannot find anything on William Godwin, but it would appear he was Free of the London Company.

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Hello Trev,
A couple of snippets:
Thomas Parr II was Warden of The Goldsmith's Company 1771-3 (Grimwade page 615).
On page 246 in the list of London makers Jackson's records a William Gladwin as first mentioned in 1696. Maybe there's been a misread somewhere? Grimwade mentions neither William Gladwin nor Godwin.
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At Tomnahurich cemetery, Inverness.

IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER DALLAS
WATCHMAKER INVERNESS
WHO DIED 29. SEP. 1906 AGED 66 YEARS
AND HIS WIFE MARGARET MACDONALD
WHO DIED 15 JANY 1911 AGED 66 YEARS
ALSO THEIR CHILDREN
PETER WHO DIED 8. JAN. 1868 AGED 6 MONTHS
ISABELLA WHO DIED 17. NOV. 1879 AGED 2 YEARS
ERECTED BY THEIR SIX SONS AND DAUGHTER
IN MEMORY OF JOHN DALLAS WRITER
SECOND SON OF ALEXANDER DALLAS
WHO DIED 22. DEC. 1916 AGED 45 YEARS

Alexander Dallas (b.1838, d.1906) was noted as a 'Watch & Clockmaker' and a 'Jeweller & Manufacturer of Highland Ornaments'. His silverwork was marked with 'A.D' and 'INVss', and somtimes with the Inverness 'Camel' mark.

His business, which started in Inverness in 1861, was continued, after his death, by his son Alexander Dallas junior until at least c.1930.

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At the Old High Church Yard, Inverness.

This stone was placed here in Memory of Donald McGuirman, Farmer in the Barnhill of Inverness who departed this life, 6th day of November 1822, Aged 73 years and his Spouse, Elizabeth Kerr who departed this life, the 4th day of February 1821, Aged 62 years, And their children, Martha, Simon and John, who died in childhood. Also of their son Thomas Stewart, Late Jeweller, Inverness, who departed this life on the 3rd March 1856. Aged 72 years. And of his wife Mary Lockwood. Who died 21st Oct' 1863. Aged 71 years.

Thomas McGuirman was apprenticed to the Inverness, and later Tain, silversmith Alexander Stewart in c.1798. Upon completion of his term in 1805, Thomas took on his Master's name and now became known as Thomas Stewart.

Following the path of many of his countrymen, Thomas went to to London to gain experience and it is likely that he secured a position as a journeyman to Richard Lockwood (Grimwade 2357, 2359) as it is recorded that Thomas married Richard Lockwood's daughter, Mary, at St Martin in the Fields, London on the 26th February 1812.

Thomas and Mary left London for Scotland later that same year, to set up business in Elgin and in 1813, Thomas was admitted as a Guild Brother of the Burgh of Elgin. The 1820's saw the Stewart's in severe financial difficulties, finally resulting in Thomas becoming bankrupt and losing all their possessions in 1828.

After this disaster the Stewarts departed Elgin for Inverness and it is thought that Thomas worked as a journeyman until 1835 when their circumstances seemed to have taken a marked improvement with Thomas's admittance into the Incorporation of Inverness Hammermen.

In business on his own account again, the 1841 Inverness census lists Thomas, aged 55 and Mary, aged 45, along with eight children and one servant all living at 15, Petty Street.

Thomas Stewart died 3rd March 1856, his business was continued by his eldest son, Richard Lockwood Stewart.

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At the Old Meeting House and Burial Ground, Birmingham.

In Memory of Samuel Pemberton who died Aug 16th 1784 Aged 80
Also of
Rebecca his Wife, who died Nov 28th 1769 aged 70
and of
Thomas Pemberton their son, who died Nov 6th 1768 aged 27
and of
Samuel Pemberton their son, who died Aug 14th 1803 aged 65
and of
Mary Grosvenor his wife, who died Nov 3rd 1817 aged 73
Likewise of
Samuel, Rebecca, Luciana, Caroline and George
Children of Samuel Pemberton jun
and Mary his wife
Who all died young
Also of
Thomas Pemberton who died March 18th 1830 aged 54
and of
Maria his wife who died 11th Sep 1836
Also of Edwin Pemberton Born 19th July 1785 died 1st August 1851

The Pembertons were a Quaker family until the mid 1750's, thereafter Nonconformists.

The Old Meeting House and Burial Ground were demolished to enlarge New Street Station.

Source: Memorials of the Old Meeting House and Burial Ground, Birmingham - by Catherine Hutton Beale - 1882

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