William Welbank

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• Note: 1827; Bequeathed £50 in will of his grandfather William Sadler, joiner. Also apparently an annuity for life after the death of his mother.
• Census: 1851; James Welbank, head, 71, law writer William " , son, 39, " Mary A " , son's wife, 33 Mary Burlett, 20
• Census: 1861, 5 Foundling Terrace, St Pancras, Middx (Foundling Terrace is now 141-153 Gray's Inn Rd); William Welbank lodger 48, Law writer Mary Ann Welbank 45, ditto., born Clekenwell
• Note: 1875; 1193 Sylvan Manuscripts Conveyance of 13 Rodney Street, Pentonville, Middlesex, between William Welbank of Chancery Registrars Office, Chancery Lane, Law Stationer and William Eustace of Clerkenwell, Gent. A piece of ground with house on the North side of Rodney Street in the parish of St. James Clerkenwell, known as No. 13
• Note: 27 Sep 1879, South London Press; Mr Welbank shows a "capital series of dissolving views representing several well-known scenes on the Continent" at a meetng of the Linden Grove Young Men's Association. Assegais from Zululand were also exhibited.
• Residence: 1881, Peckham Rye, Camberwell ; 1881 Census entry: Charlton House, Peckham Rye, Camberwell Schedule No. 98 William Welbank Head mar 68 Stationer Middx. St.Clements Mary Ann Welbank Wife mar 49 Middx, Chelsea Mary Ann Eliza Welbank Dau u/m 27 Middx, Chelsea John Henry Welbank Son u/m 23 Asst Chancery Clerk, Middx, Chelsea Mary Ann Sparrow servant u/m 22 gen domestic servant Surrey, Peckham
• Residence: 1891, 38 Angell Road, Lambeth; 1891 Census entry: 38 Angell Road, Lambeth William Welbank Head mar 78 Stamp distributor London Mary Ann Welbank Wife mar 59 Chelsea Mary Ann Welbank St. Daur single 37 London Chelsea Grace E Welbank Gr. Daur 4 Banbury Louisa M Bye Serv. 18 single General Servant Brockley

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Died:
effects c £6000. He had an annuity from his grandfather and seems to have lived modestly, eg lodging with his wife with no servants in 1861.

William married Mary Ann Pedolin on 5 Jan 1839 in Holborn, Middlesex, England. Mary (daughter of Paul Pedolin and Ann) was born on 16 Jan 1815; was christened on 9 Feb 1823 in St Leonards, Shoireditch, London, England.; died before 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Ann Hawkins on 19 Jun 1875 in St James, Clerkenwell. Cert 355.. Mary (daughter of John Gilbert Hayne Hawkins, Jr. Royal Navy and Elizabeth Gardiner) was born in 1832 in Kingsbridge, Devon, England; died on 21 Jun 1927 in Ferme Park Mansions, Ferme Park Road, Crouch End, Middx; was buried on 24 Jun 1927 in Old Brompton Cemetery, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 3 Sep 1794, London, England; Apprenticeship to Henry King Vintner
• Note: 6 Oct 1802, Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Vintners; This is to certify that on the 6th October 1802 James Welbank late apprentice to Henry King, Citizen and Vintner of London, was admitted into the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Vintners in right of his said Apprenticeship. As by the Books of the said company appears.
• Note: 15 Jun 1803, made a freeman of the Mayoralty of Charles Price Esq., Mayor; James Welbank, son of Christopher, late apprentice of Henry King, citizen and Vintner of London, was made a freeman of the Mayoralty of Charles Price Esq., Mayor, 15th June 1803.
• Occupation: 14 Apr 1804, Grocer
• Residence: 14 Apr 1804, Saint Martin le Grand in the City of London
• Occupation: 1825, 69 Queen Street, Cheapside; Grocers and Tea Dealers Pigot's Directory
• Census: 1841, Serle Street, Camden, Holborn, London WC2A ; Parish St Clement Danes, Westminster James Welbank 60, Law Writer, born in county William Welbank, 28, do., born in county Mary Ann Welbank, 24, born in county George Moody, 40, do., born in county Elizabeth Moody, 40, born in county Edward Harben, 60 Fish Monger, not born in county
• Census: 1851, 8 King Street, St George Bloomsbury, Mddlesex; James Welbank head 71, widower, Law writer William 39 son, ditto Mary A 33 his wife Mary Bartlett, 20, house servt?

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James Welbank, son of Christopher, late apprentice of Henry King, citizen and Vintner of London, was made a freeman of the Mayoralty of Charles Price Esq., Mayor, 15th June 1803.

This is to certify that on the 6th October 1802 James Welbank late apprentice to Henry King, Citizen and Vintner of London, was admitted into the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Vintners in right of his said Apprenticeship. As by the Books of the said company appears.

Buried:
Burial number 8295

James married Jane Sadler on 24 Jan 1808 in St Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex. Jane (daughter of William Sadler and Jane Sockett) was christened on 18 Jun 1780 in St George in East Stepney; was buried on 9 Oct 1845 in St Luke, Finsbury, Middlesex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 1827; Her father William bequeathed her £104 pa in equal shares with her sister for life.

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Buried:
Jane Welbank buried, born 1780. This record could refer to her.

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• Note: The problem here is to work out which of the many Christophers in England around that time was our Christopher who married Ann Knapp. I am pretty confident that this Christopher is the direct ancestor of all Welbanks in England today. His family with Ann Knapp are well documented as our branch.
• Occupation: Attorney at Law
• Note: 30 Jun 1760, ; Welbank Christopher the younger of Hatton Garden Middx gent [completes articles with] Christopher Welbank the elder of Hatton Garden gent. 5 years 30th June 1760. (Kings Bench, Registers of Affidavits of Due Execution, National Archives KB170/14) Christopher of Southampton Buildings is presumably Christopher the Younger. The same address and name suggests they were relatives. Christopher Welbank of Mount Pleasant Northallerton (1720-93) lived at Hatton Garden. He is a likely candidate for Christopher the Elder. At the moment Christopher, his older brother's son, is the most likely candidate for Christopher the Younger, as a fairly close relative who is the right age to complete articles in 1760 (at a pinch: he would have been articled in 1755, at age 12). So Christopher (new) Welbank has been given the birth details of Christopher of Mount Pleasant's nephew. On the other hand the record doesn't state that the two Christophers are nephew and uncle, so Christopher the Younger might be a related Christopher who doesn't appear in the parish records.
• Note: 1767; Admitted to the Queen's Bench (Rolls of Attorney, National Archives KB 172/1)
• Note: 1779; Joseph Lockall articled to Christopher Welbank of Dyer's Buildings. In the papers, Christopher says he is an attorney at the Queen's Bench and also in the Courts of Chancery. This will be Christopher the Younger, as the older Christopher has moved to Northallerton. Mr Welbank of Dyer's Buildings appears as attorney in many bankruptcy cases in 1776, 1778, 1779, then Mr Welbank of Gray's Inn in cases in 1781, 1783, Welbank and Rain of Gray's Inn in cases from 1784 and 1785 (various newspapers).
• Note: 2 Nov 1779, St Andrew's Holborn; 2 Nov 1779 by Licence Christopher Welbank, Bachelor of St Andrew, Holborn, London Ann Knapp, Spinster of St Andrew, Holborn Married by Tho's Clark 1st Witness: Catherine Knapp 2nd Witness: Margaret Knapp
• Note: 1782, Nat. Archives C12/2128/12; Lawsuit Price V Welbank against Christopher Welbank of Southhampton Buildings. Samuel Price, Dublin-based bookseller and brother of the deceased, is co-executor with Christopher Welbank and complains that Welbank has made decisions about the funeral without consulting him and has not paid over the proceeds from sale of annuities. Welbank agrees he didn't inform Price because they are not getting along, and admits he hasn't paid all the proceeds over, although he assures the court that he will do so shortly.
• Residence: 1782, Lamb's Conduit Street.; Address given in Mary Ann's christening record.
• Note: 1785; Christopher Wilbank attorney of 15 Southhampton Buildings, fire insurance for £400. Also land tax paid at Old Southampton Buildings in 1785 and 1786.
• Note: 25 Feb 1785; John Jones apprenticed to Christopher Welbank attorney of Gray's Inn.
• Residence: 1786, Southampton Buildings, Holborn; mentioned in son James Freedom of City record as 'son of Christopher Welbank late of Southampton Buildings, Holborn.
• Note: 10 Nov 1797; Dated 10 Nov 1797 "To our well beloved in Christ, Margaret Knapp spinster, the aunt, next of kin and ? or Guardian lawfully and ? to James Welbank, Mary Ann Welbank spinster, Richard Welbank and Frances Welbank spinster, minors, the natural, lawful and only children of Ann Smith formerly Welbank late of Fee Rent in the Parish of St Andrew Holborn in the county of Middlesex." [ document appoints Margaret Knapp guardian of minors and holder of money until one of them reaches the age of 21 ] " for the ? and benefit of the said minors and until one of them shall attain the age of 21 years." Margaret Knapp of Aldersgate St, London, is Ann's aunt and mentions all of Ann's children in her will. [Margaret KNAPP - PCC 1802] £5 to brother Thomas Knapp, and William his son, £2 to John his son. £5 to great-niece Mary Welbank. Frances gets a small mahogany bureau, a watch, earrings necklaces jewellery and "all the best of my wearing apparel" silks laces muslins and linen. Richard Welbank gets a bed, hangings, feather bed bolster and pillow, sheets blankets two small counterpanes and a large chest with two drawers at the bottom. James Welbank gets a large mahogany bureau, plate, damask tablecloths, Huckaback towels, a china punchbowl, etc, the residue to be sold and equally divided between James, Richard and Frances (?? Mary left out):: James and Richard Welbank to be the executors. Funeral expenses not to exceed £15.

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Died:
fever acquired while canvassing for the post of coroner for Middlesex.

Notices in the Daily Universal Register of the 24th and 26th June 1786, from Christopher regretting that he can't canvass the voters due to sudden illness, then notices from Ann Welbank announcing his death and suggesting the voters choose a candidate who is prepared to pay her an allowance out of the income. However, they chose the man who had already been filling in for the former coroner during his terminal illness, who had declined to pay her anything.

Buried:
the date fits his desth, although the location is puzzling.

Christopher married Ann Knapp on 1 Nov 1779 in St Andrew, Holborn. Ann (daughter of Richard Knapp and Mary Barker) was christened on 31 Oct 1756 in St Andrew, Holborn, London, England; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Joiner, Freedom of the City 1791

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Died:
Very long Will
brothers John and Thomas, sister Ann Simpson ten guineas each
sister Elizabeth Jackson, widow nineteen? guineas
grandchildren, children of son Thomas, £50 each
grandchildren, children of son Samuel, £50 each
grandson William Welbank, £50
daughter Mary Marianna Fletcher my silver watch with its appendages
land by the name of Whilbands in Borrowby, Yorks, formerly occupied by Wilfred Sadler, surrendered to Henry Hirst and John Smith of Northallerton for life, to be recovered since they have both died.

owns no 8 Savile Row, and nos 101-106 York Street, in Mile End, (Now called Myrdle Street and a Conservation Area; the exact houses haven't survived but others have).

£104 per annum to daughters Mary Fletcher and Jane Wellbank and after their deaths to any survivors
residue? to sons Thomas, Wilfred, John, Richard and Samuel.

William married Jane Sockett on 5 Apr 1773 in St Dunstan, Stepney. Jane was born about 1749 in Wellington, Shropshire; died in 1810 in Stepney Middx; was buried on 8 Jul 1810 in St Dunstan, Stepney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: shoemaker

Thomas married Mary Smith [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: 1750; Gentleman (in the marriage register)
• Occupation: 1790; Butcher (from his Will)
• Note: 7 Jan 1790, Will; His assets are to be held in Trust by his sister Margaret, for the benefit of his daughter Ann Welbank, widow and afterwards for his three (?) grandchildren Mary, Richard and Frances (does not mention James??). If Ann remarries a butcher and he survives her, he can continue to occupy the property for life if he continues in trade as a butcher from the premises. Ann is his executor. Anne married Henry Smith in Feb 1790, shortly after the Will was written, so did he know Ann planned to marry Henry, and Henry was a butcher?

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of Fullwood Rents, St Andrews, Holborn.
Will dated 1790, prov. 1st May 1796 [PCC 256 HARRIS]

Richard married Mary Barker on 07 Oct 1750 in Fleet,​ London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1798, Borrowby, Yorkshire, England; from land tax records. Also on records, James Sadler and Robert Welbank.
• Occupation: 1807, Borrowby, Yorkshire, England; Saddler
• Occupation: 1809; Wheelwright (from abstract of Will, Nat. Archives IR26/329/113)

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Birth:
from gravestone at St Mary the Virgin, Leake, died age 88

Wilfred married Mary Welbank [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]