Margaret Chapman

Notes:

Died:
age 89

Margaret married George Welbank on 4 Aug 1732 in St. Mary's, Gainford, Durham. George was born about 1708; died in 1767 in Stockton on Tees, Durham; was buried on 13 Jul 1767 in St Thomas a Becket, Stockton on Tees, Durham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1789, 8, Paradise Row, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England; The Browns owned and occupied No. 8, Paradise Row, Stockton; which was afterwards inhabited by the Misses Welbank. [Genealogical Additions to the History of Stockton upon Tees. Page 102] Father George moved to London around 1750; presumably mother stayed in the house until her death, after that it was occupied by the unmarried sisters, the Misses Welbank, and sold off after Mary's death in 1818.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: 1776, Stockton Church Graveyard; Gravestone inscription: Under this stone are deposited the remains of Margaret, daughter of George Welbank and wife of George Brown, gent, in whom were united the social and domestic virtues which are the best ornament of a Christian. A cultivated mind gave her a more perfect knowledge of her duty : the practice of it, an unaffected piety rendered habitual. Deprived of so amiable a pattern of conjugal and maternal affection, her surviving family mourn daily their irreparable loss ; whilst the many to whom she endeared herself by her benevolence of mind and conversation, shed the involuntary tear of friendship to her memory. She departed this life November 14, 1776, in the 40th year of her age." Also, here lie interred the remains of the above-named Geo. Brown, gent, who was blessed with a long life, and died the death of the righteous on the 15th day of March, 1805, in the 80th year of his age."

Margaret married George Brown on 6 Feb 1758 in St Alphage, Greenwich. George (son of Henry Brown and Mary) was born about 1726; died on 15 Mar 1805 in London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Broker. of St. James' Place, London SW
• Note: 25 Jan 1768, London; Freedom of City: Fletcher
• Note: 1781; Many documents related to hemp dealing at the National Archives dated 1780-3 eg: Reference: ADM 106/1263/474 Description: Mr. Barr, Symons Wharf. Complains of his treatment by Mr. Welbank of Deptford Yard on his unloading a cargo of hemp at Symons Wharf for delivery to the Admiralty. Date: 1781 Oct 19 Held by: The National Archives, Kew
• Note: 1787; The tenders for a breadfruit ship: On 10 May, 1787, government advertised for a vessel for the breadfruit voyage. The incoming tenders were made into a short list of five ships by 16 May. Campbell on 15 May tendered his ship Lynx, 300 tons, with a third flush deck able to be put on her, new sheathed. Campbell considered her "a compleat little ship". This was all a handy idea as Bligh had sailed Lynx and knew her well. Campbell Letter 162: Adelphi 15 May 1787 Honble Commissir of the Navy I have a ship the Lynx well known to your Board having formerly been one of His Majesty's Sloops of War, tho' constructed for the Merchant service, if her burthen being above 300 tons measurment can be dispensed with she may from having a third flush deck be navigated with very little more expence than a vessel of 250 Tons being a full burthensome Roomy Vessel & if intended for a long voyage will in my opinion have many advantages in point of all sorts of accomodation. Should she upon examination be found fit for the Service intended, my price is £2200...About three years since I gave to your Board £2300 - for this very Ship with hardly any Stores. She is now well found was new Sheathed last year & is as compleat a little Ship as any in the Thames. With the greatest respect I am She lyes in the Greenland Dock Lockt up with the keys in my possession - ([83]) Other merchants tendering included: ([84]) Dawson of King Edward Stairs, the William Pitt 240 tons, value £1200; Etches of Newcastle offered a new ship of 240-250 tons for £9/10/- per ton. The hemp contractors Welbank, Sharpe and Brown offered their 270-ton Shepherdess, lying at Pickle Herring Chain, value £2050. That is, Welbank Sharp and Brown tendered two ships, Shepherdess and Bethia. A late offer was Harriott. ([85]) (Since the 1960s, Australian historians have argued that a desire for flax as one of Britain's necessary naval stores was one of the reasons Britain settled Australasia - an argument about Imperial strategy - but they have not noticed flax merchants Welbank, Sharpe and Brown offering a ship for breadfruit, nor, after 1800, Welbank, Brown and Petyt taking contracts for convict transportation. [Bethia was chosen and the name changed to Bounty. National Archives have many documents relating to Welbank Sharpe and Brown's hemp trading. Perhaps this was the point that they moved from hemp trading to broking ships to the Government].
• Note: 1789; An Account of the Number of Vessels, with the Amount of their Tonnage, their Names, the Port to which they belong, and the Names of the respective Owners of each, that have cleared out from the Ports of London, Bristol and Liverpool, to the Coast of Africa, for the Purpose of purchasing slaves, in the Three Years preceding the 5th of January 1792. House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 82, pp. 329-37. London: .....George Sharpe & George Browne & William Christopher & William Welbank & Rowland Webster & John Middleton & Robert Smith plus executors of the late John Langley; ....
• Note: 1791, Croydon; William WALBANCKE d. 1791 Church of Croydon In the south aisle, those of Mary, wife of John Smith, rector of Weybridge, who died in 1787; John Vade, vicar of Croydon, who died in 1765; James Wilkins, Capt. of Dragoons, who died in 1769; James Douglass, Esq. Major General, who died in 1743; William Welbancke, Esq. who died in 1791; and Richard Peers, Esq. alderman of London, who died in 1765. Against the south wall, is a tablet to the memory of Francis Tirrel, who was a benefactor to the town, and died in 1600. Source: 'Croydon', The Environs of London: volume 1: County of Surrey (1792), p. 187. (www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45377)
• Occupation: 1791; Welbank, -, broker, Suncourt, Cornhill. 17 Oct 1791. (E.M. 320; G.M. 975.)
• Residence: 1780-1791, Croydon, Surrey, England; Land tax records, occupying a house & garden

William married Mary Amory on 8 Aug 1769 in St. Martin Outwich, Middx.. Mary (daughter of Rev Thomas Amory and Mary Baker) was born in St Olave, Old Jewry; died in c. 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Jemima Jones on 20 Apr 1776 in St. Botolph Without Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England. Jemima was born about 1754 in of Stratford le Bow, Middx.; died in 17 Aug 1840 in Ramsgate, Kent, England - Age 86. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Frequently mentioned with her sister Jane in Ralph Jackson of Great Ayrton's diaries, 1780s. He dines with them, takes tea, and they go on drives and walks in the locality. Monday the Fifth; I rode to Stokesley did business there with Mr. Preston & dined at my Bror. Wilson?s, Miss Jane Welbank & her Sistr. Mary there. Tuesday the Sixth; a very cold day. Wednesday the Seventh; my Bror. & Sistr. Wilson, their three Daughters, & Visitors Miss Jane & Miss Mary Welbank & my Sister Esther, breakfasted with me & stayed till past one; then home
• Note: 1772; Lampooned by Joseph Ritson in his "Versees addressed to the Ladies of Stockton" published in the Newcastle Miscellany, 1772. The LEARNED SISTERS next demand my lays; Few outward charms they boast to speak their praise, But by their mental they shall lovers thrall, And, with goodnature, make them bless'd in all.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: George Brown the younger mentions an aunt Jane Welbank in his Will, around 1814. She must have been born after her older sister Jane died, and died between 1814 and 1818 when her sister Mary died, as the house in Paradise Row was then sold. Ralph Jackson of Great Ayrton wrote diaries in which he talks of socialising with Mary and Jane Welbank, confirming that there was an adult daughter Jane.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: the late Mr Brown of Threadneedle Street, London, ~1760 The alms-houses, in their present improved state, derive their origin from the princely munificence of the late George Brown, Esq., of Stockton, and of Threadneedle Street, London. For this benevolent purpose he bequeathed £3,000, and likewise £1,000 to the treasurer of the school for the blue-coat boys and girls at Stockton, for the general purpose of the charity. This excellent gentleman died in Londpon in Oct 1814. Stockton: an historical, biographical and descriptive poem ...By Thomas Webber p33 Pub. Jennett, 1830
• Note: 1814; very long Will, mentions sister Jemima Gilpin, sisters Elizabeth Preston and Margaret Brown, George Welbank and Captain Robert Welbank, aunts Jane and Mary Welbank of Stockton, "Mary Arnold or Brown" residing in Huntingdon, Sarah Hill residing in Huntingdon, Jemima Welbank of Ramsgate, Mary Bethell, Mrs Harriet Sampson wife of WIlliam Sampson (one of his executors), Lady Baird wife of Sir David Baird, bart., Miss Catherine Preston sister to Lady Baird

Notes:

Died:
Will of the Revd John Gilpin of Sedbury
jewels and ... namely a sprig ornament for the head a Maltese Cross a pair of ear rings a Song Broach two pins and a pair of bracelets diamond clasps with Roman pearl all of which belonged to Dame Elizabeth Preston the late sister of my wife Jemima Gilpin to Richard Bethell of Rise...Esquire and William Sampson of York Place in the County of Middlesex Esquire upon trust
[to be held according to the will of Elizabeth Preston - not clear whether they are to be sold]

Elizabeth married Sir Robert Preston, Bart on 27 Apr 1790 in St Andrew's Holborn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
outlived her brother George as she is mentioned in his Will.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: George Brown, esq., who died in October 1814, and who was proprietor of two- thirds of the manors Arkingarthdale otherwise Arkindale and the New Forest, built a school in Arkindale about a year before his death, for the education of all the children of that manor on the Madras system, allowing the master 441. a year in addition to the fixed stipend of 161. above-mentioned. Mr. Brown, by his Will, dated the 16th February 1811, devised his two-thirds of the manors and all his lands and hereditaments, formerly the estate of Charles Bathurst the elder and Charles Bathurst his son, in Arkindale and New Forest, Kirby Hill and Kirby Ravensworth, in the county of York, to George Welbank, William Sampson and Robert Clarke, esqrs. and Mr. George Alderson, upon certain trusts, for the benefit of his sisters Jemima, wife of the Rev. John Gilpin, and Dame Elizabeth Preston, wife of Sir Robert Preston, bart., and others of his family or relations; and by a Codicil to his Will, dated the 19th of Feb- ruary 1811, he gave to the said trustees in his Will named, the sum of 3,000l., upon trust, as soon as conveniently might be after his decease, to pay and apply so much thereof as they should see necessary (for to their discretion he entirely submitted the same), in the building of two schools within the parish of Arkingarthdale, in such situations as in their opinion should be most con- venient for and best adapted to the education of the children residing within the said parish ; and upon further trust, to invest upon government or real securities, the residue of the said sum of 3,000l., which should not be so paid and applied as aforesaid, and to pay the dividends or interest thereof to the masters for the time being of the said schools, in equal proportions, as the sole and only recompence for teaching the said children; and he directed that the person or persons who for the time being should be seised of his two-thirds of the manor of Arkingarthdale, should have the sole conduct and direction of the said schools, and that they should as soon as the said schools should be inhabitable, nominate and appoint two proper masters thereto, and from time to time nominate and appoint others, as often as any vacancy should happen, and should from time to time fix and appoint the number of children to be instructed at each school, and make and ordain such rules for the manage- ment of the said schools as they should conceive would be the most conducive to York.] FOR INQUIRING CONCERNING CHARITIES. 609 to the education of the children, to the improvement of their morals and for promoting christian virtue. Since Mr. Brown's death, Lady Preston's trustees having purchased the third of the two manors which had belonged to a different proprietor, the entirety is now vested in William Sampson, of Copthall-court, Throgmortonstreet, London, esq., Robert Clarke, of Stockton-upon-Tees, esq., Robert Welbank, of Tandridge, Surrey, esq., and William Bethell, esq., of Rise in the county of York; the two last named being substituted trustees for the purposes of Mr. Brown's Will. The trustees of the Will being advised that the bequest of the 3,000l. was void under the Statute of Mortmain, took no steps to carr the bequest into effect, but Mrs. Gilpin and Lady Preston and their husban have continued the school at Arkindale, upon the same footing on which it was supported by Mr. Brown at the time of his death. With respect to the two payments of 4 l. each for apprenticing a boy, or other purposes mentioned in the Will of Dr. Bathurst, we do not find that these sums have usually been specifically paid or applied; and in answer to our inquiry on this subject we are informed that the |. of the manors and estates have allowed to each of the respective schoolmasters at Arkindale and in the New Forest a house to live in rent-free, and also a schoolroom and some little land, and that the two sisters of Mr. Brown also supply the school at Arkindale with bibles and other books; and it is suggested, that thus, in fact as to the Arkindale school at least, effect is given to Dr. Bathurst's donation of 4l, and it is added, that the salary of the master at Arkindale and his house to live in, with some land, amount in the whole to 721. a year. It seems, however, to us proper and desirable, that the directions of Dr. Bathurst should be complied with as to the specific payments of the two sums of 41. each, and the application of them to the purposes mentioned in the Will, or such of those purposes as can conveniently be effected. The school at Arkindale was numerously attended at the time of our inquiry, there being occasionally 150 scholars. They are instructed in reading, writing and accounts, with the Church Catechism. The school for the children of New Forest is kept at Helwith in that district, and all children of the New Forest who apply are admitted, and instructed as free scholars in reading, writing and accounts; but the number of children attending that school is much less considerable, the New Forest being much more thinly peopled than Arkindale, which contains three villages, besides several scattered farms and miner's houses.

Notes:

Died:
Plaque in Arkengarthdale Church

Family/Spouse: Rev John Gilpin. John was born in c. 1770; died on 17 Feb 1844 in Sedbury Hall, Yorks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christened:
baptised by his maternal grandfather, Thomas Amory

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Broker of St James Place, London SW
• Note: 15 Jan 1799, London; Freedom of City of London
• Occupation: 1800; ship's broker or "Russian" broker and warehouse manager for the East India Company. Initially in company with George Brown the Younger of Stockton, his cousin (1800 Brown, Welbank and Petit)
• Note: 1801; Offer of Welbank Sharpe and Browne, TI/671. In 1801 there sailed to NSW Welbank Sharpe and Browne's convict transports Canada, Minorca and Nile. Bateson, The Convict Ships, pp. 13-14. Brown, Welbank and Petyt also had contracts for the convict transports Coromandel and Perseus in 1801.
• Note: 1802; Charter of the Coromandel and Perseus, 19 Jan 1802. Welbank Brown & Petyt will be paid £10 per convict taken aboard and a further £5 for every convict delivered alive; half the rate for children. Lots of other detail. Historical Records of Australia Series 1 Governors Despatches to and from England Volume 3 1801-2 Published by The Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, 1915
• Note: 31 May 1805, London Gazette; George Brown, George Welbank and John Petyt, of Sun Court, Russia Ship Brokers, partnership dissolved
• Note: 1808; A Mr Welbank esq of London and Ravensworth Cowton, Yorks, is a Grantee of Arms in 1808. Erminois on a Chevron Azure between three Bucks trippant Sable in the mouth of each a Sprig of Hazel proper an Anchor erect between two Bees volant Or Crest: On a Wreath Or and Azure A Buck Erminois attired Or in the mouth a Sprig of Hazel proper the dexter forefoot resting on an Anchor Sable Vol XXIV fol 396 Personal Grants of Arms on record at the College of Arms. Grant books at the Herald's College, printed books and MSS in the British Museum, by John Foster, Grantees of Arms vol 2.
• Residence: 1809, 6 Scotland Yard, Whitehall; From the birth announcement of his son George. Perhaps he had offices in St James Place and lived here? An advert the same year says he lives at Little Scotland Yard, adjoining a mansion called Fife House.
• Residence: 1812, Wilsden-house, Middlesex, England; The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol 112, P402 Sep 22nd 1812: At Wilsden-house, Middlesex, the wife of G. Welbank Esq of St James's-place and eldest daughter of James Trotter of Horton Place, Surrey.
• Note: 31 May 1815; Case Rex v Welbank and others, King's Bench George Brown the Younger had died in 1811 and established a trust under his Will, to carry out charitable works in Arkengarthdale. George Welbank was one of the trustees until his death, so would have been the Welbank named in the case. The case concerns the rates payable on land which had been leased for mining, and was quite influential.
• Note: 1820; IN 1820 he was involved in buying a mortgage through Messrs Hanby Holmes, solicitors of Durham: Ref No. D/HH 3/1/21/26 1820 (1) Robert Johnson of Ploughlands, Crosby Garratt, Westmorland (2) Ann Hutchinson of Barningham, Yorks., widow (3) George Welbank of St. James' Place, Middlesex, Esquire; William Sampson of Copthall Court, Throgmorton Street, London, Esquire; Robert Clarke of Stockton, gentleman Draft assignment by (2) to (3) of two messuages and lands (Kidley Close etc.) as specified in Arkengarthdale, Yorks., for the remainder of two terms of 2,000 years. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £500 (to (2) in part redemption of mortgage money due from (1) to (2)) [George Brown the Younger, his business associate and cousin, had died a wealthy man and established a charitable trust that owned land in Arkengarthdale and was managed by several of his relatives. William Sampson was his sister Harriet's husband. Captain Robert Welbank and Richard Bethell, his sister Mary's husband, were also involved.]

George married Anne Trotter on 24 May 1808 (Licence) in Parish Church, Epsom, Surrey, England. Anne (daughter of James Trotter and Elizabeth Meyrick) was born in 1784; died on 21 Sep 1812 in Wilsden-house, Middlesex, England. aged 28; was buried on 28 Sep 1812 in Christ Church, Epsom, Surrey, England.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Captain of East Indiaman
• Note: 4 Feb 1778, St Botolph's, Bishopgate; Robert Welbank, 18 Days Old, son, of William and Jemima
• Occupation: 1793; Robert Welbank was only fifteen when he joined the Company in 1793 as captain's servant and he must have had exceptionally good commercial connections asw he was appointed captain of HEICS Cuffnells in 1806, only thirteen years later. from: Gifts from the Gardens of China By Jane Kilpatrick
• Note: 1811; Captain Robert Welbank imported varieties of Camellia into England from China as the Commander of an East India Company ship. The following 'Curtis Monograph' about the Japanese Rose (or Camellia) contains references to Captain Welbank and Captain Rawes. The essential info contained below is that Captain Welbank brought back Camellias from China in 1811 and 1816. The name of the Warren Hastings, East Indiaman is associated with Rawes [Cuffnells with Welbank].~ [The Origin of Plants by Maggie Campbell Culver (2014) says that Captain Welbank had a good reputation for transporting plants, and 90 of 100 plants survived the voyage on the Cuffnells in 1816. A white Camellia was named "Welbankiana" in his honour. He imported the wisteria for his brother-in-law Charles Hampden Turner who was a keen botanist and gardener. Turner was his residuary beneficiary.]
• Note: 13 Jun 1812, Madras, India; GILBERT LAIRD Has the pleasure to inform his Friends and the Public, that he has purchased the well-chosen Investment of Captain Welbank, of the Honourable Company's ship Cuffnells, and which will be exposed for sale at his Shop under the Exchange, as soon as loaded. English claret, from Paxton, Bell and other houses. Port wine, from Gledstanes and Beachcroft. Hock and champaign Bottled ale, porter and cyder. Ale in butts and hogsheads, from Hedgson. Hams, pine, berkley, and gloster cheeses. Europe butter in firkins. Neats tongues, red herrings, in wickered jars, and salted salmon. Oilman's stores, a general assortment. Confectionary, from Hoffman, a general assortment. Grocery, a general assortment. Essence of spruce. Sadlery, from Simpson, a general assortment. Perfumery, from Smyth and Nephew. Cloth, of various colours, from Viguere and Randall. Welsh Flannel Boots and Shoes, from Laidlow Straw Bonnets, an elegant assortment Garden Seeds, from Swinden Glass-Ware, from Nash. Hosiery and Cutlery. Hats and Gloves, from Bicknell Paints in Kegs, of various colours Blank Books and Stationary Best Mogul Cards Ephemeries, from Heather Nests of Morocco Trunks Blankets and Boat Cloaks Gold and Silver Thread, from Bodley and Etty Ironmongery, a general assortment Beer and Wine Corks, and a variety of other articles Madras, June 13, 1812
• Occupation: 1814, Book; 248. INSTRUCTION BOOK & CHARTER PARTY FOR EAST INDIAMAN "CUFFNELLS" given to Capt. Robert Welbank by the ship's owners, on sailing to the East Indies. 16 pg printed booklet of 67 instructions to the captain. Marbled wrappers. Quarto. London: 1814. Part of paper spine lacking; covers lightly soiled; vertical fold along center; else, very good condition. Particularly interesting, as the standard demands are supplemented by several amusing ms. instructions on the last 2 blank leaves regarding purchase of drugs in India. Plus 27-pg. Charter Party, folded in half, laid in. $600.00.
• Occupation: 28 Aug 1814, Portsmouth; East India Company Register EAST-INDIA SHIPS FOR THE SEASON 1814-15, ABROAD, WITH THEIR MANAGING OWNERS, COMMANDERS, PRINCIPAL OFFICERS, TIME OF SAILING, &c.; When and from Whence sailed: Portsmouth, 28th Aug. 1814 Ship: Cuffnells Voyage: 8 Charter Tonnage: 1200 Managing Owner: Francis P. Martin, Esq. Commander: Robert Welbank First Officer: Richard Roger Second Officer: John Vincent Third Officer: George Roberts Fourth Officer: James Drayner Surgeon: Edmund Paul Purser: William Kershaw Consignment: Bengal, Madras & China [James Drayner is distantly related to Jean Drayner, who married Peter John Welbank. He later became an East India Captain himself, of the Carnatic. He died on a voyage in 1844.]
• Note: 4 May 1816, England; Captain Robert Welbank brings back the first specimen of Wisteria sinensis to the country, as well as the white camellia japonica later called Welbankia, in a consignment of 100 plants. Captain Hawes also sailed from China with specimens of these two plants and arrived in England on the 11th May. Captain Robert gave his plants to his brother-in-law Charles Hampden Turner and both bloomed in 1819, his gardener propagated cuttings of the wisteria and two were given to the Royal Horticultural Society and Loddiges Nursery in Hackney. Loddiges seem to have been offering plants for sale in 1823. Turner's wisteria was still growing at his home in 1835. Kew Gardens believe they have the oldest wisteria plant in the UK, they believe it was planted about 1820 but it is not mentioned in their records. Fullers Brewery in Chiswick suggest that the wisteria growing on the Griffin Brewery site is the oldest and it comes from a cutting brought back in a separate voyage in 1818. This seems odd, as it would be easier to get a cutting from a plant in England. The camellia also flowered in 1819 and was appearing in lists of garden plants by 1826. Chiswick House has two in its greenhouse but they don't appear to be very old. There are some large trees in NZ and Australia. WISTERIA SINENSIS ON THE SLOW BOAT FROM CHINA: THE JOURNEY OF WISTERIA TO ENGLAND James A. Compton, Curtis Botanical Magazine, 28 October 2015
• Residence: 1817, Tandridge, Surrey; Retired in 1816 and moved to Oxted Priory in Tandridge, which was owned by Charles Hampden Turner.
• Note: 18 Apr 1831, The Globe, London; Report of an interesting case brought before Capt Welbank and some other local magistrates. A farmer was accused of setting fire to a barn on his farm where Irish labourers were sleeping. It was thought to be the work of an "incendiary" as there had been reports that all farmers employing Irish labourers would have their property burnt down. A reward was offered for evidence, and months later a convicted sheep-stealer said he knew it was done by the farmer, the magistrates said it was their duty to commit him for trial. Earlier, Evening Mail 22 Oct 1830, a man was arrested and brought before Mr Welbank, following a series of arson attacks on a local farm, who had "receipts .. to set fire to and blow up houses" and "political prophecies of his own invention... that a revolution was at hand in this country" as well as home-made brass weapons he had invented.
• Occupation: 1836, Surrey; Listed as JP in Parliamentary Papers - 7 - relating to Courts, Juries, Elections - Session 4 Feb - 20 August 1836 VOL XLII page 71?
• Residence: 1851, The Priory, Tandridge, Surrey; sister Harriet Sampson is also living there in 1851.
• Note: 10 May 1851, Wellbank Bay, Nunavut, Canada; 11 Nov 1851 London Evening Standard Report from Arctic explorer John Rae of an expedition for the Hudson Bay Company (he reports he found no trace of Sir John Franklin's party); on the 10 May he reached a bay which he named after a Director of the Company. Captain Welbank "one of the most honest and excellent men in existence" was made a Director of the Hudson Bay Company in 1848 (letter from James Edward Fitzgerald to Wm. Gladstone, 27 Nov 1848, British Columbia Historical Quarterly, Jan 1949, p12, Paul Knaplund.) I haven't verified if the bay is still called after Captain Welbank.
• Note: 1825-1857; elder brother of Trinity House, corresponded with Michael Faraday about possible uses for his discoveries for lighthouses. Travelled the coast making notes which are held at the National Archives.
• Note: 10 Jul 1857, The Priory, Tandridge, Surrey; Summary of the Will of Robert Welbank of the Priory, Parish of Tandridge in the County of Surrey. proved 10th July 1857 Executors: Sarah Welbank (wife), Edward Hawkins the younger and Major Rohde Hawkins, (nephews of wife) mentions sister Jemima; living at 2 Prospect Row, Ramsgate, Kent; she is left the house; and nephew George Welbank owns property in Ravensworth, nr. Richmond, Yorks. leaves much property and estates, after wife's death, to Charles Hampden Turner of Rook's Nest, Surrey; and to Eliza Turner, daughter of Charles Turner. Robert's two nephews are Hawkins!

Notes:

Christened:
Baptism record:
St Botolph's, Bishopgate. - 4th Feb 1778 - Cert. 180
Robert Welbank, 18 Days Old, son, of William and Jemima

Robert married Sarah Rohde [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Prospect Row, Ramsgate, Kent; Jemima Wellbank 60 independent means Harriet Tence 35 family servant

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1800 onwards, Rise Park, near Hull, Yorks
• Residence: 1800, Ramsgate, Kent, England

Mary married Richard Bethell on 27 Apr 1800 in St Peter Le Poor. Richard was born on 10 May 1772; died on 25 Dec 1864 in Rise Hall, Rise Park near Hull. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: Her husband WIlliam Sampson was a business associate of her brother George.
• Residence: 105 Eaton Square and later 3 Cambridge Square (from probate calendar)
• Census: 1861, 3 Cambridge Square, Marylebone; Harriet Sampson head, 78, fundholder Rebecca Smith, 57, housekeeper Charles Hancock, 32, butler Sarah Longhurst, 36, Lady's maid Eliza Taphouse, 32, housemaid Catherine Longhurst, 21, ditto
• Note: 3 Apr 1868; Will proved, effects of ?45,000.

Harriet married WIlliam Sampson on 28 Sep 1803 in St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent. WIlliam (son of William Sampson and Mary Elizabeth) was born about 1776; died about Nov 1850 in St George Hanover Square District, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Changed his name to Gilpin-Brown because he inherited George Brown the Younger's estate. His sons were entitled to bear arms including the Gilpin motto "dictis factisque simplex" (plain in word and deed) probably granted to him when he changed his name.

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• Note: 4 Jul 1828, St John's College Cambridge; Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 about George Welbank Name: George Welbank College: ST JOHN'S Entered: Michs. 1828 More Information: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, July 4, 1828. Parents deceased. B. in Westminster. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1828; Scholar, 1828.
• Residence: 1832, 32 Cannon Place, Brighton (Pigot's Directory)
• Note: 8 Jan 1838, New York, USA; Name: George Welbank Arrival Date: 8 Jan 1838 Age: 29 Gender: M Port of Arrival: New York Port of Departure: London Place of Origin: Great Britain Occupation: Merchant Destination: United States of America Ship: Ship Quebec Microfilm Serial Number: M237 Microfilm Roll Number: 35 List Number: 14 New York, 1820-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003
• Note: 1842; This is the last will and testament of George Welbank of Brighton in the County of Sussex gentleman I give to friend Samuel Goodman one hundred pounds and I give devise and bequeath all my estate of what kind soever amd all the residue of my personal estate unto my friend Emma(?) Ekin(?) daughter of the late Mr Ekin of Huntingdon(?) to ?crow? to her the said Emma Ekin and her executors and administrators absolutely and for ever ... ... whereof I the said George Welbank have to this my last will and testament set my hand and affixed my seal this 9th June 1834 . George Welbank ... published and ... by the said George Welbak the testator as and for his last will and testament in the present of us whio in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other had hereunto set our names as witnesses, Fredk Cooper solr Brighton -- Albert Geary W J Williams his clerks. The probate clause was: Proved at London 30th Nove 1842 before the worshipful Robert Thomas(?) Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of Samuel Goodman the sole executor to whom admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer this letter of admon of the goods of the said deceased granted in the months of July last to Mary Elizabeth Brown wife of William Brown the natural and lawful sister and one of the next of kin of the said deceased un the the suggestion the he died intestate having ??? voluntarily brought in and ??? by interlocutory decree as by acts of Court appear.
• Residence: 1842, Brighton, Sussex, England; Will of George Welbank, Gentleman of Brighton, Sussex - 30 Nov 1842
• Note: 18 Apr 1843; GEORGE WELBANK Esq., deceased - All persons having any CLAIMS upon the ESTATE of GEORGE WELBANK Esq formerly of Brighton, but who died at Quebec; in Lower Canada on or about the 3d day of March, 1842 are requested forthwith to send the particulars of their demands to us in order that they may be examined by the Executor and if found correct discharged; and all persons indebted to the estate are requested to pay the same to us F COOPER and WILLIAMS Solicitors to the Executor of the said George Welbank London Times, 20 Apr 1843

Notes:

Buried:
"George Welbank esq a native of Sussex in England, aged thirty-three years, died on the third, and was buried in the fifth"

Register of births marriages and deaths, Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral Quebec

Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Her death certificate, Epsom district no 478 (or possibly 418) says she died on the 15th Feb 1885 at Horton Manor, Epsom, Surrey, aged 72, of "Ascites Anasarca", informed by W Sampson Trotter her son who was present at the death and lived at Horton Manor, Epsom and registered on the 17th February 1885 by James Andrews, registrar.
• Occupation: Eventual sole heir to her uncle John Trotter.
• Note: 21 Aug 1834, Bryanston Square, St Mary; Marriage: William Brown, Bachelor of St James, Westminster Mary Elizabeth Welbank, Spinster of St Mary, St Marylebone, by licence Witnesses include Robert Welbank, Sarah Welbank, W Sampson, H Sampson Her parish being in Marylebone, suggests she was living with the Sampsons after the loss of her father and mother.

Mary married William Trotter (born Brown) on 21 Aug 1834 in Bryanston Square St Mary, Westminster. . William (son of George Brown and Margaret Balfour) was born on 1 Oct 1800 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England ; died on 26 Mar 1887 in Horton Manor, Epsom, Surrey, England ; was buried in Christ Church, Epsom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: + WELBANK, Robert, Esq., of Tandridge Priory, Surrey. Son of the late Robert Welbank, Esq., of Tandridge Priory, by Sarah his wife ; b. 18 ? . Is a J.P. and D.L. for Surrey; was formerly a Capt. in the Army. ?The Priory, Tandridge, near Godstone, Surrey. THE COUNTY FAMILIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.OR, ROYAL MANUAL OF THE TITLED AND UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. BY EDWARD WALFORD, M.A. THIRD EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED. LONDON: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. 1865. He isn't mentioned in Captain Welbank's Will, or in electoral registers for Surrey in the years after Capt. Welbank's death. Rather shaky evidence for his existence.