James Thomas
Huskisson
James Thomas Huskisson
was born abt. 1814 at 12 Little St. Martin's Lane,
Westminster. He was christened at St. Martins in the fields
Church, Westminster on January 30, 1815.
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Christening of James Thomas Huskisson |
According to James' apprenticeship
indenture - transcribed below, he trained
under George Hinton of Prince's Street, Soho to become a Carpenter.
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This indenture witnesseth that James Thomas Huskisson of No 7, Chapel Place,
Crown Street in the Parish of St Anne within the liberty of Westminster
in the county of Middlesex, one of the poor boys lately
belonging to the Charity School of the said parish by and with the
consent of the trustees of the said school
doth put
himself Apprentice to George Hinton of Princes Street in the
said Parish of Saint Anne, Carpenter. to learn his art of a Carpenter and with him (after the manner of
an Apprentice) to serve from the day of the date here of unto the full End and Term of
Seven Years from thence next
following, to be fully; complete and ended. During which Term the said
Apprentice his said master faithfully shall serve his Secrets keep his
lawful Commands every where gladly do. He shall do no Damage to his said
Master nor see it to be done of others, but that he to his power shall
let or forthwith give warning to his said Master of the same he shall
not waste the Goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any,
he shall not commit Fornication nor contract Matrimony within the said
Term he shall not play at Cards, Dice, Tables, or any other unlawful
Games whereby his said Master may have any loss with his own Goods or
others during the said Term without licence of his said Master he shall
neither buy nor sell he shall not haunt Taverns nor Play-houses nor
absent himself from his said Master's Service Day nor Night unlawfully.
But in all things as a faithful Apprentice he shall behave himself
towards his said Master and all his during the said Term.
And the said George Hinton in consideration of the faithful services of
the said James Thomas Huskisson doth hereby for himself his executors
and administrators covenent promise and agree to pay or cause to be paid
unto the said James Thomas Huskisson the sum of four shillings per week,
weekly, and every week during the whole of the second year of the said
term, the sum of eight shillings per week, weekly during the third year
of the said term, the sum of ten shillings per week, weekly, during the
fourth year of the said term, the sum of twelve shillings per week,
weekly during the fifth year of the said term the sum of fourteen
shillings per week, weekly, during the sixth year of the said term, and
the sum of sixteen shillings per week, weekly, during the seventh and
last year of the said term. He the said James Thomas Huskisson finding
unto himself board lodging washing and all other necessities during the
said term of seven years. And the said George Hinton in further
consideration of the sum of two pounds now paid him out of the funds of
the said school and of a like sum of two pounds to be paid him when the
said James Thomas Huskisson shall have served half the term of his said
Apprenticeship doth hereby for himself his executors or administrators
also covenant and agree his said Apprentice in the art of a Carpenter
which he useth by the best means that he can teach and instruct or cause
to be taught and instructed.
And for the true performance of all and every the said Covenants and
Agreements either of the said Parties bindeth himself unto the other by
these presents IN WITNESS whereof the Parties above named to these
Indentures interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals the Sixth Day
of November in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George
the Fourth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and (twenty seven.)*
not written
James Thomas Huskisson
George Hinton
Signed Sealed and delivered
in the presence of
William F. Mortyn
Clerk to Messrs Allen & Co
Carlisle Street, Soho. |
James may or may not have married Susan \\ (born in Enfield,
Middlesex, bet. 1812 - 1813). They lived as man and wife but no marriage
registration has been found, and nor have they been found in either the 1841 or
1851 censuses.
James and Susan
had at least one daughter (Annette Helen Huskisson) in Marylebone. But no birth
registration has been found for her. James Thomas Huskisson is identified as her
(late) father on her marriage certificate, and Annette was living with her
widowed mother Susan in the 1871 census.
There is a
possibility that Annette had been adopted. The only 'Annette Helen'
birth registration for the Marylebone district that matches her given
age in various sources is the following:
Surname
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First name(s)
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District
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Vol
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Page
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Births Sep 1849 (>99%)
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MERCER
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Annette
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Marylebone
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1
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139
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A Christening record also exists which corroborates with the above
birth:
Annette Helen Mercer
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Female
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Event(s):
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Birth:
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Christening:
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12 AUG 1849
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Holy Trinity, Saint Marylebone,
London,
England
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Source Information:
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Batch No.:
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Dates:
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Source Call No.:
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Type:
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Printout Call No.:
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Type:
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C021139
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Film
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Sheet:
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Research continues to determine if James and
Susan Huskisson were Annette's natural parents
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James was working a
carpenter / journeyman at the time of his death on November 2, 1857 at 18
Buckingham Place, Marylebone. The cause of death was, according to the death
certificate, Asthma (? years), effusion in chest - 14 days.
Susan died in St Pancras bet. October
- December 1880.
Nothing more is known.