Matthew Thomas Francis Hommey1

#17491, (c 1759 - 1831)
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Family

Hephzibah Henry (bt 1767 - 1771 - 1850)
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Life Events

BirthMatthew Thomas Francis Hommey was born circa 1759 in Sees, Normandy, France.2,3
 
Item Matthew Thomas Francis Hommey and John Bonnycastle conducted a school at Woolwich for young gentlemen preparing for the Army. The attached advertisement describes the course of study.4
Notice in the London Gazette
31 May 1803
MarriageMatthew Thomas Francis Hommey married Hephzibah Henry on 19 Jul 1806 in St Mary's Church, Lewisham, Kent.
The parish register reads: Matthew Francis Hommey of the Parish of Charlton in the County of Kent, Bachelor & Hephzibah Henry of this Parish, spinster, married by Licence. The witnesses were J Bonnycastle [Hephzibah's brother in law], C Bonnycastle [niece Charlotte?], and Thos N Longman. A comment in the margin noted that Matthew was born in French[?] Flanders and Hephzibah in Beckenham Kent.5 
Item On 3 Mar 1810, Matthew Thomas Francis Hommey and John Bonnycastle dissolved their partnership in the Firm of Bonnycastle and Hommey, which conducted an Academy at Charlton, Kent for boarding, lodging, and instructing young Noblemen and Gentlemen. Hommey intended to continue it on his own.6
Notice in the London Gazette
3 March 1810
(Witness) Marriage M.F. Hommey witnessed the marriage of Henry Gritton and his niece Charlotte Bonnycastle on 27 Feb 1813 in St. Mary Church, Woolwich, Kent.7,8
Henry Gritten & Charlotte Bonnycastle
Marriage from Woolwich parish register, 1813
WillMatthew Thomas Francis Hommey wrote a will dated 6 Oct 1830.2
DeathHe died on 21 Jun 1831 in Brixton Hill, Surrey.9 
BurialHe was buried on 27 Jun 1831 in St Mary's, Lewisham, Kent. The parish register stated he was Mathew Thomas Francis Hommey of Brixton Hill Streetham Surry, Gentleman, age 72.1 
ObituaryHis obituary was published in 1831.
June 21. At Brixton Hill, Surrey, M.T.F. Hommey, esq. He was a native of France, and a highly intelligent and agreeable man. He formed a partnership with the late celebrated Mr. Bonnycastle, mathematical master of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, in the establishment of a private Military Institution at Charlton, near Woolwich Common; which was carried on with success for some years, under the firm of Bonnycastle and Hommey, and afterwards by Mr. Hommey alone. He married a half-sister of Mrs. Bonnycastle, the only daughter of the late David Henry, esq. of Lewisham, by his second wife. Mr. Henry had married to his first wife Mary, sister to Edward Cave, the founder of the Gentleman's Magazine; and Mr. Henry and Mr. Hommey were successively its chief proprietors (see vol. LXII. pp. 578, 671, 697). Mr. Hommey has left his widow and an only daughter to lament his loss.9
 
ProbateHis estate was proved on 7 Jan 1832 in Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London. Administration granted to Owen Rees Esquire (bookseller at Paternoster Row) with power reserved to widow Hephzibah Hommey.2 
Last Edited31 May 2009

Citations

  1. Microfilm of the Bishop's Transcripts of St Mary's Lewisham, 1820-1837 (Family History Library, 307680).
  2. Will and Administration of Matthew Thomas Francis Hommey of London, 6 October 1830, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 January 1832.
  3. Microfilm of the Bishop's Transcripts of St Mary's Lewisham, 1820-1837 (Family History Library, 307680), Mathew thomas Francis Hommey burial, 1831.
  4. The London Gazette, online at www.gazettes-online.co.uk, Issue 15589, 31 May 1803, page 9.
  5. Microfilm of the Bishop's Transcripts of St Mary's Lewisham, 1801-1809 (Family History Library, 288425), No. 992.
  6. The London Gazette, online at www.gazettes-online.co.uk, Legal Notice re Bonnycastle and Hommey, Issue 16347, 3 March 1810, page 7.
  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. Obituary of M.T.F. Hommey in Gentleman's Magazine June 1831, page 571 (viewed on Google Books).
  10. Microfilm of the Bishop's Transcripts of St Mary's Lewisham, 1801-1809 (Family History Library, 288425).