Bridget Newell1,2

#11, (1754 - 1825)
FatherWilliam Newell2 (bt 1713 - 1716 - bt 1756 - 1762)
MotherHephzibah Apletree2,3 (1726 - 1808)
Pedigree
ChartsEarly Bonnycastles - Descendants of William
Ancestors of Hope Lyall Rudd (Jen's line)
Ancestors of Allan Lorne Bonnycastle (Dick's line)
Bonnycastle Ancestors of Alan H C Lankford (Deborah's line)

Family

John Bonnycastle (1751 - 1821)
Children

Life Events

BirthBridget Newell was born on 10 Apr 1754.4,5
 
BaptismShe was baptized on 30 Apr 1754 in St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex. She was the daughter of William and Hephzibah Newell.5
Bridget Newell baptism
St James Clerkenwell, 1754
(Mentioned) WillShe was mentioned in the will of her stepfather David Henry dated 1 Mar 1762.3
MarriageBridget Newell married John Bonnycastle on 7 Oct 1786 in St Martin Ludgate, London.
Information from the certificate: John Bonnycastle of parish of Woolwich, Kent, widower & Bridgett Newell of this parish [St Martin Ludgate], spinster, married in this church by licence by Nathl Moore, Curate. Witnesses were David Henry [Bridget's stepfather], Mary Cave, J Johnson [John's publisher], Wm Wilson Parish Clerk.1
Marriage of John Bonnycastle & Bridget Newell
7 Oct 1786 at St Martin Ludgate, London
Newspaper Published Oct 1786.

Marriages: "Mr. Bonnycastle, of the Royal Academy at Woolwich, and author of some valuable publications, to Miss Newell, of Lewisham.6
 
(Heir) CodicilBridget was named an heir in the codicil to her stepfather David Henry's will dated 9 Oct 1788. In it he left to his "daughter in law" the produce of his Leasehold Estate at Clayhill amounting to 40£, she paying the land tax of the small freehold adjoining said premises.3 
(Mentioned) ObituaryShe was mentioned in her mother Hephzibah Henry's 1808 obituary as the "wife of Mr. Bonnycastle, a name well known in the Republick of Letters as the Author of many valuable scientific publications, and Mathematical Master of the Royal Academy at Woolwich.2" 
(Witness) Marriage B. Bonnycastle witnessed the marriage of Henry Gritton and her daughter Charlotte Bonnycastle on 27 Feb 1813 in St. Mary Church, Woolwich, Kent.7,8
Henry Gritten & Charlotte Bonnycastle
Marriage from Woolwich parish register, 1813
(Executor & Heir) WillBridget Bonnycastle was named an executrix and an heir in the will of her husband John Bonnycastle dated 17 Aug 1816.9
(Widowed) DeathHer husband John died on 15 May 1821.10 
Item.
Extract from Minutes
17th July 1821
Lord Fitz Roy Somerset, Secretary to the Master General, having by letter of the 20th instant, in answer to the Board's communication of the 11th, signified his Grace's desire that the Widow of the late Professor Bonnycastle of the Rl Military Academy may be granted the regulated pension.
Ordered that Mrs Bonnycastle be paid the regulated pension of £30 per annum, from the decease of her husband.
Clerk of the Ordnances Office

The file also contained an extract from the church register of St Martin Ludgate with the particulars of the Bonnycastles marriage in 1786. The certificate was returned to Mrs Bonnycastle 13 March 1822.11 
Residence In 1825, Bridget lived in Plumstead, Kent.4 
DeathBridget died on 19 Oct 1825 in Woolwich, Kent.12
 
BurialShe was buried on 24 Oct 1825 in St. Luke's, Charlton, Kent. She shares a tombstone with her husband.4,10 
Gravestone The gravestone inscription reads:
Sacred to the memory of John Bonnycastle, Esq., late Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, born Janry., 1752, died May 15, 1821.
Also the body of Bridget, his wife, who departed this life Oct 19th, 1825, aged 73 years.
John & Bridget's burial place
St Lukes, Charlton, Kent
ObituaryHer obituary was published in 1826 in the Annual Register.

Death - Oct 19 - At Woolwich, aged 73, Mrs. Bonnycastle, widow of the late professor Bonnycastle, of the Royal Military Academy. She was the daughter of Mr. Newell, many years master of the famous Jerusalem tavern at Clerkenwell.12
 
ProbateAdministration of her estate was granted in Canterbury Prerogative Court in Feb 1826 to Richard H Bonnycastle of Woolwich
volume 1 folio 43.13 
Last Edited28 Apr 2016

Citations

  1. Microfilm of the Parish Registers of St Martin Ludgate, 1558-1812 (Family History Library, 374477).
  2. Obituary of Hephzibah Henry in The Gentleman's Magazine February 1808 (Family History Library, 942 B2g, page 177).
  3. Will and Administration of David Henry of Beckingham then Lewisham, 1 March 1762, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 4 July 1792.
  4. Microfilm of the Parish Register of St. Luke's Church, Charlton next Woolwich, Kent, 1815-1872 (Family History Library, 0254596), Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1815-1837; baptisms and burials, 1838-1839; baptisms, 1867-1871; burials, 1860-1861, 1865-1871; baptisms, 1872.
    The parish church of St. Luke's Charlton next Woolwich became Old Charlton in 1908., No. 457.
  5. Baptisms of St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Bridget Newell, 1754.
  6. Edward Cave and others, "Gentleman's Magazine" (publication, London, 1731-), Oct 1786, p.995.
  7. Microfilm of the Bishop's Transcripts of St Mary Woolwich, Kent, 1813-1818 (Family History Library, 307732), Gritten/Bonnycastle marriage, 1813.
  8. Marriages of the parish of Woolwich. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Henry Gritten & Charlotte Bonnycastle, 1813, #12.
  9. Will and Administration of John Bonnycastle, Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Military Academy Woolwich, 17 August 1816, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 27 September 1821.
  10. Leonard Morgan May Charlton: Near Woolwich, Kent: Full & Complete copies of all Inscriptions in the Old Parish Church & Churchyard...", Blackbeath Press, London (1908) (Family History Library, 477361).
  11. British Army Records WO42/66/B444. Mrs Bonnycastle pension file.
  12. Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, of the Year 1825. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; C. and J. Rivington. 1826. Viewed on Google Print.
  13. Index to Death Duty Registers, 1796-1903. Originals at The National Archives. Image viewed at Find My Past. Bridget Bonnycastle, 1826.
  14. Edward Cave and others, "Gentleman's Magazine" (publication, London, 1731-), 7 Oct 1786, p.995.
  15. Baptisms of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich, Kent. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Charlotte Bonnycastle, 1788.
  16. Baptisms of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich, Kent. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Mary Bonnycastle, 1790.
  17. Baptisms of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich, Kent. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Richard Henry Bonnycastle, 1791.
  18. Baptisms of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich, Kent. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. William Joseph Bonnycastle, 1793.
  19. Baptisms of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich, Kent. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Humphrey Bonnycastle, 1795.
  20. Baptisms of St Mary Magdalene Woolwich, Kent. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Charles Bonnycastle, 1796.