Cornelius Lea Wilson
(born 25 Jul 1815 Beckenham, Kent died 19 Dec 1911 Beckenham, Kent)
Maternal grandmother: Mary Pritchett (born 1751 St David’s died 1834 Beckenham, Kent)
View Notes
Marriage record from January 1774 states she was upwards of twenty one years of age and from St Olave, Southwark, Surrey. Probably died 1834 Beckenham, Kent, giving birth year of 1754 — Kent Burials.
Her daughter’s baptism shows her father to have been Delabere, and his will kindly suppplied to me by a descendant shows the Delabere in question was the Rev Delabere Pritchett subchanter of St David’s Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.
married 9 Jan 1774 Saint Olave, Southwark
Maternal grandfather: Richard Lea
(born 1747 died 1828 Beckenham, Kent)
View Notes
Richard Lea paid £200 for marriage to Mary Pritchett in 1774, record shows he was “upwards” of 26 years.
Paternal grandmother: not known
Paternal grandfather: not known
Mother: Jemima Lea (born 7 Dec 1792 died 1865) View Notes
This from http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=536&p=surnames.lea and needs to be investigated further
IGI gives above birth date and baptism a month after on 7th January
married 9 Jul 1813 Beckenham, Kent
Father Samuel Wilson (born 1792 died 7 Jul 1881) View Notes
This from http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=536&p=surnames.lea and needs to be investigated further
Attached obituary shows the Colonel was son of John Wilson and Elizabeth Wyght
Marriage confirmed on IGI. Samuel was Lord Mayor of London in 1838
Wilson, Colonel Samuel (1792-1881)
Lord Mayor was born on an uncertain date in 1792 and married in 1813. His father, John Wilson, was a farmer of Stenson, Derbyshire. Wilson served in many capacities: magistrate in Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Middlesex, Commander of the East London militia and Colonel in the Royal London militia from 1854 to 1878. As a Whig, he was a member of the Weavers’ Company, Alderman of Castle Baynard from 1831 and in Bridge Without from 1853 to 1871, Sheriff 1833-34 and Lord Mayor 1838-39. After living for many years in Kemptown, Brighton, he died in his ninetieth year at The Ceders, Beckenham Kent, 7 July 1881.
Brother: Arthur Lea Wilson (born 15.3.1818 Beckenham, Kent ) View Notes
Baptised 30th April 1818, IGI
Brother: Francis Wight Lea Wilson (born 5.5.1827 Beckenham, Kent ) View Notes
Baptised 30th June 1827, IGI
Partner: Mary Anne Wilcocks (born 1825 Stockwell, Surrey )
Daughter: Maria Wilson (born 1849 Beckenham, Kent )
Baptised 2nd Oct 1815, IGI.
The last squire of Beckenham.
“When we talk of The Village we naturally think of the High Street as the centre of village life, with tradesmen, shops and public houses serving the Manor Houses and Estates and the workers on those estates. The central figure was the Village Squire, the last of whom in Beckenham was Cornelius Lea Wilson, who died at Village Place in December 1911 at the age of 96.”
1841 Beckenham Street Village Place, Kent | |||||||||
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S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
Wilson | Samuel | M | 45 | 1796 | Independent | 2795 | |||
Wilson | Jemima | F | 45 | 1796 | 2794 | ||||
Wilson | Cornelius | M | 25 | 1816 | 2798 | ||||
Nash | Alan | M | 25 | 1816 | |||||
Watts | Robert | M | 25 | 1816 | |||||
Drake | Olive | F | 35 | 1806 | |||||
Hoeg | Mary | F | 30 | 1811 | Kent | ||||
West | Ann | F | 35 | 1806 | |||||
Hanist | Emma | F | 25 | 1826 | Kent | ||||
1851 Eastern Terrace, Brighton, Sussex | |||||||||
S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
Wilson | Samuel | Head | Married | M | 59 | 1792 | Magistrate | Islington, Middlesex | 2795 |
Wilson | Jemima | Wife | Married | F | 58 | 1793 | London | 2794 | |
Hoig | Mary | Servant | Unmarried | F | 44 | 1807 | Lady,s Maid | Woolwich, Kent | |
Hyde | Mary | Servant | Married | F | 54 | 1797 | Cook | Wallingford Devon | |
Smith | John | Servant | Married | M | 29 | 1822 | Footman | Berkshire | |
Hanes | William | Servant | Married | M | 38 | 1813 | Coachman | Leicestershire | |
Ayling | William | Servant | Unmarried | M | 16 | 1835 | Page | Bromley | |
1881 The Ceaders, Beckenham, Kent | |||||||||
S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
Wilson | Cornelius L | Head | Married | M | 65 | 1816 | J.P.For Kent Westminster & Middx | Islington, Middlesex | 2798 |
Wilson | Mary A | Wife | Married | F | 56 | 1825 | Stockwell, Surrey | 2799 | |
Wilson | Maria | Daughter | Single | F | 32 | 1849 | Beckenham, Kent | 2800 | |
Wilson | Samuel | Father | Widower | M | 89 | 1792 | J.P.For Kent Westminster Middx Surrey & Sussex | Islington, Middlesex | 2795 |
Walders | Selina | Servant | Single | F | 58 | 1823 | Upper Housemaid | Shermanbury, Sussex | |
Sherwood | Mary A | Servant | Single | F | 50 | 1831 | Cook (Domes) | Farningham, Kent | |
Pyne | Ellen | Servant | Single | F | 63 | 1818 | Nurse (Doms) | Fowey, Cornwall | |
Newman | Mary A | Servant | Single | F | 34 | 1847 | Ladys Maid | East Leach, Gloucestershire | |
Holden | Ann | Servant | Single | F | 27 | 1854 | Laundrymaid | Telescombe, Sussex | |
Green | Esther | Servant | Single | F | 28 | 1853 | Housemaid | Southgate, Middlesex | |
Smith | Ellen L | Servant | Single | F | 20 | 1861 | 2nd Laundrymaid | Puttenham, Surrey | |
Tovey | Elizabeth | Servant | Single | F | 25 | 1856 | Kitchenmaid | Greenwich, Kent | |
Davis | James | Servant | Married | M | 36 | 1845 | Butler | Lynn, Norfolk | |
Dawer | Henry | Servant | Single | M | 16 | 1865 | Page | Littleborough, Kent | |
Mears | Jesse | Servant | Married | M | 36 | 1845 | Coachman | Uckfield, Sussex | |