Hephzibah Apletree1,2

#17485, (1726 - 1808)
FatherJohn Apletree3,2 (1694 - )
MotherHephzibah Jusley4 ( - 1768)
Pedigree
ChartsAncestors 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 1

William Newell (bt 1713 - 1716 - bt 1756 - 1762)
Children

Family 2

David Henry (1710 - 1792)
Children

Life Events

BaptismHephzibah Apletree was baptized on 1 Apr 1726 in Banbury, Oxfordshire. She was recorded as the daughter of John Apletree, apothecary, mother's name not noted.2
Hephzibah Apletree baptism, 1726
Banbury, Oxfordshire parish church
(Mentioned) WillLoving granddaughter Hephzibah Appletree, spinster, was mentioned in the will of Beata Apletree dated 6 Feb 1743. She was to receive £40 at age 25.5 
MarriageHephzibah Apletree married William Newell, son of John Newell, on 28 Mar 1751 in St Benet Paul's Wharf Church, London. The parish register stated that William Newell, bachelor, of St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex and Hephzibah Apletree of the same parish, spinster, were married by Mr Campbell.6,1
Marriage of William Newell & Hephzibah Apletree
1751, St Benet Paul's Wharf Church, London
Note.William Newell was master of the old Jerusalem Tavern in Clerkenwell.1 
(Heir) WillHepzibah Newell was named an heir in the will of Sarah West dated 16 May 1756. The relevant portion of the will reads:
(m) to Robert Appletree, son of testator's cousin John Appletree, apothecary at Deddington, £100;
(n) to Hepzibah Newell, daughter of John, £100;
(o) to the two grand children of John by his daughter Hester Usher, £50 apiece.3 
(Widowed) DeathWilliam's death (year as yet unknown) left Hephzibah a widow.7 
MarriageShe married David Henry in 1762.1
 
(Heir) WillHephzibah was named an heir in the will of her husband David Henry dated 1 Mar 1762. It was a large estate. Please see the will abstract for details.8
(Widowed) DeathHer husband David died on 5 Jun 1792.9 
(Mentioned) ObituaryShe was mentioned in David Henry's 1792 obituary but not by name other than "in 1762 married the widow of Mr. Newell, formerly the master of the Jerusalem tavern."9 
(Admon) ProbateHephzibah Henry was granted administration of the estate of her husband David Henry on 4 Jul 1792 in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.8 
(Heir) WillHephzibah was named an heir in the will of her son Richard Henry dated 25 Jan 1798. It is very interesting; click on the icon to read the details of his requests and bequests.10
WillHephzibah Henry wrote a will dated 17 Oct 1801. She was a widow, of Lewisham, Kent and left bequests to her son and her daughter, who was the executor.11
DeathShe died on 1 Feb 1808 in Charlton, Kent.1 
BurialShe was buried on 9 Feb 1808 in St Mary's Church, Lewisham, Kent. [Her obituary stated that Hephzibah was interred in the vault with her late husband on Feb 7]12,1 
ObituaryHer obituary was published in Feb 1808 in The Gentleman's Magazine :
Gentleman's Magazine (London)
February 1808, page 177
Obituary, with Anecdotes, of remarkable Persons

1 Feb 1808
At Charlton, in Kent, after a lingering illness, aged 82, Mrs. Hephzibah Henry; who, during a long and exemplary life, was loved and respected by all her acquaintance; and by whose death the poor near Clay hill at Beckenham, Mitcham, Lewisham, and Sydenham, at all which places she has of late years occasionally resided, have lost a friend, who knew how to sympathize with the unfortunate, and to relieve their distresses. Her maiden name was Appletree; and she was twice married. Her first husband was Mr. Newell, well known and respected as master of the old Jerusalem Tavern in Clerkenwell; by whom one daughter survives her, 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. The second husband (in 1762) was David Henry, esq. many years printer and Editor of this Magazine; whose death is recorded in our volume XII, pp. 578-671; and by whom she had one son, Richard Henry, esq. now a Major in the East India Company's Service; and one daughter, Hephzibah, married to Mr. M.F. Hommey, of Charlton, joint Proprietor (with Mr. Bonnycastle) of the Military Institution there. Mrs. Henry's remains were interred at Lewisham on the 7th, in the same vault where those of her late worthy husband were deposited.1
 
ProbateHer estate was proved on 31 Aug 1808 in Prerogative Court of Canterbury. By her daughter Hephzibah Hommey.11 
Last Edited27 Jan 2022

Citations

  1. Obituary of Hephzibah Henry in The Gentleman's Magazine February 1808 (Family History Library, 942 B2g, page 177).
  2. Bishop's Transcripts of Banbury, Oxfordshire, 1606-1817, missing 1607-1661, 1674, 1675, 1680, 1692. FHL film #095,208, Hephzibah Apletree baptism, 1726.
  3. Will of Sarah West of St. Andrew Holbourn, Middlesex, 16 May 1756, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 15 November 1756, extracted copy at the Somerset archives online at A2A.
  4. Comment: Parents John & Hepzibah were married in 1712/13. Although the baptisms of most of the children only included their father's name, those of the Samuel (1729) and Beata (1738) included Hepzibah's name.
  5. Will of Beata Appletree of Banbury, 6 February 1743, proved in the Banbury & Thames Peculiars, Oxfordshire, 31 July 1744. Original and copy wills viewed at Findmypast.
  6. Willoughby Aston Littledale ed. The Registers of St. Benet and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, London, 1607-1837, Harleian Society, London(1909-1912) (Family History Library, 942 B4ha).
  7. Comment: last child born in 1756 and wife remarried in 1762.
  8. Will and Administration of David Henry of Beckingham then Lewisham, 1 March 1762, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 4 July 1792.
  9. Obituary of David Henry in The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1792 (Family History Library, 942 B2g, page 578).
  10. Will and Administration of Richard Henry of London, 25 January 1798, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 22 August 1841.
  11. Will and Administration of Hephzibah Henry of London, 17 October 1801, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 31 August 1808.
  12. Microfilm of the Bishop's Transcripts of St Mary's Lewisham, 1801-1809 (Family History Library, 288425).
  13. Baptisms of St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. John Keeling Newell, 1752.
  14. Baptisms of St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. William Newell, 1753.
  15. Baptisms of St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. George Talmash Newell, 1755.
  16. Baptisms of St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Ann Newell, 1756.