PIERCY, Josiah (Grimwade p.624)
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:55 am
Josiah senior
He was christened in 1759 the son of Josiah and Sarah Piercy at St Saviour, Denmark Park, Surrey.
As a bachelor in 1783 he married Sarah Hughes at St Vedast, Foster Lane; both were from that parish.
Their son George (Grimwade p.624) was born in 1784 and applied for freedom by patrimony in the Goldsmiths Company in 1824.
William Cragge of Jewin Street signed indentures in 1790 to be his apprentice as a silver polisher at Gutter Lane.
Josiah’s son Josiah (see below) was born in Gutter Lane in 1794 and applied for freedom by patrimony in 1865.
As a widower in 1798 he married the spinster Catherine Hughes (presumably a relation of his first wife Sarah) at St Bartholomew the Great; both were from that parish.
In 1802 their daughter Sarah aged 4 months was buried at St Botolph, Aldersgate and their daughters Mildred, Mary and Catherine christened there in 1800, 1803 and 1806 respectively.
Thomas Merryweather (Grimwade p.595) of St George in the East parish signed indentures in 1803 to be his apprentice as a silver polisher at Aldersgate Street.
His burial aged 60 years in 1819, late of St Bartholomew the Great parish, was registered at St Botolphs’ church.
Josiah junior
He was born in 1794 and free by patrimony in the Goldsmiths Company in 1865.
As his father Josiah had died in 1819 the mark registered at Goldsmiths Hall in 1828 from 15 Ashby Street should be attributed to Josiah junior.
He married Jacintha Huff at St Luke, Finsbury in 1824.
Four of their children were christened on the same day in 1837 at St Leonard, Shoreditch. Their address was registered as from St Mary, Islington and their father as a silversmith.
By 1851 he had become a silversmith’s clerk at Upper Adelaide Terrace, Islington and was listed in 1861 at 8 Shepperton Place, Islington doing the same work.
The burial in 1870 of Josiah Piercy aged 75 years, late of East Acton, registered at St Mary, Acton is probably relevant. He had become a freeman of the Goldsmiths Company in 1865 and entitled to ask for accommodation in the Company’s alms houses in Acton.
He was christened in 1759 the son of Josiah and Sarah Piercy at St Saviour, Denmark Park, Surrey.
As a bachelor in 1783 he married Sarah Hughes at St Vedast, Foster Lane; both were from that parish.
Their son George (Grimwade p.624) was born in 1784 and applied for freedom by patrimony in the Goldsmiths Company in 1824.
William Cragge of Jewin Street signed indentures in 1790 to be his apprentice as a silver polisher at Gutter Lane.
Josiah’s son Josiah (see below) was born in Gutter Lane in 1794 and applied for freedom by patrimony in 1865.
As a widower in 1798 he married the spinster Catherine Hughes (presumably a relation of his first wife Sarah) at St Bartholomew the Great; both were from that parish.
In 1802 their daughter Sarah aged 4 months was buried at St Botolph, Aldersgate and their daughters Mildred, Mary and Catherine christened there in 1800, 1803 and 1806 respectively.
Thomas Merryweather (Grimwade p.595) of St George in the East parish signed indentures in 1803 to be his apprentice as a silver polisher at Aldersgate Street.
His burial aged 60 years in 1819, late of St Bartholomew the Great parish, was registered at St Botolphs’ church.
Josiah junior
He was born in 1794 and free by patrimony in the Goldsmiths Company in 1865.
As his father Josiah had died in 1819 the mark registered at Goldsmiths Hall in 1828 from 15 Ashby Street should be attributed to Josiah junior.
He married Jacintha Huff at St Luke, Finsbury in 1824.
Four of their children were christened on the same day in 1837 at St Leonard, Shoreditch. Their address was registered as from St Mary, Islington and their father as a silversmith.
By 1851 he had become a silversmith’s clerk at Upper Adelaide Terrace, Islington and was listed in 1861 at 8 Shepperton Place, Islington doing the same work.
The burial in 1870 of Josiah Piercy aged 75 years, late of East Acton, registered at St Mary, Acton is probably relevant. He had become a freeman of the Goldsmiths Company in 1865 and entitled to ask for accommodation in the Company’s alms houses in Acton.