Baptised in St George in the East, Pell Street Independant Chapel.1

From the Parish Register :-
"Oct. 23rd 1752, I baptised the son of Capt Oaky Belfour of Hermitage Street St Georges and Sarah his wife & called him Oaky"

Research note :-
He was baptised as Oaky but thereafter his name was always spelt Okey

Apprenticeship.2

Apprenticed to "Thos. Cotton of Red Lion Street Gent."

Research Note :_
Thomas Cotton was a solicitor. and was also attorney-clerk to the Williams Library in the City of London. He was later executor together with Okey Belfour and Margaret Belfour (the widow) of the estate of John Belfour who died in Wapping in early 1771. He was also the solicitor who wound up the affairs of Okey Belfour who died c.1762. His son Bayes Cotton was a witness of at the marriage Okey Belfour and Margaret Wright in 1779. Thomas Cotton married the sister of Thomas Bayes of "Bayes Theorem" fame, so Bayes Cotton was the nephew of Thomas Bayes.

Mentioned in Will.3

of John Belfour
Described as - "my grandson Okey Belfour"

Executor.3

of the will of John Belfour
Joint executor with Thomas Cotton

Apprenticeship.4,5

Master :-
Okey Belfour of Surgeons Hall London gentleman, one of the sworn attorneys of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westminster and also one of the solicitors of His Majesty's High Court of Chancery.

Apprentice :-
Charles Wright son of Thomas Wright of the Parish of St John at Hackney, wine merchant.

Term - 5 years

One of the witnesses :-
Bayes Cotton

Licence obtained for marriage to Margaret WRIGHT.16,17

Groom - Okey Belfour of the Parish of St John  at Hackney, Bachelor
Bride - Margaret Wright of the Parish of St John at Hackney, Spinster, a Minor.

From the Marriage Licence :-
Faculty Office
"Appeared personally Okey Belfour and Thomas Wright (... illegible ...) first the said Okey Belfour for himself made Oath that he is of the parish of Saint John Hackney in the County of Middlesex a bachelor of the age of twenty one years and upward and intendeth to marry with Margaret Wright of the parish of Saint John Hackney aforementioned Spinster a Minor of the age of Seventeen years and upwards but under the age of Twenty one years by and with the consent of the said Thomas Wright the natural and lawful Father of the said Minor ... ...
Then appeared personally the said Thomas Wright of the said Parish of Saint John Hackney and made Oath that he is the natural and lawful Father of Margaret Wright the Minor aforesaid and is consenting to the Solemnization of the above intended marriage
Okey Belfour
Thos. Wright"

Married Margaret WRIGHT in Hackney, St John at Hackney.21,22

By licence and with father's consent
Groom - Okey Belfour, of this parish, bachelor
Bride - Margaret Wright, of this parish, minor
Witnesses :-
Thomas Wright
Bayes Cotton

From the Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser .-
Yesterday was married at Hackney, Mr. Belfour, attorney at Surgeon's-hall, London, to Miss Wright, of Hackney"

Research Note :-
Bayes Cotton was the son of Thomas Cotton, an attorney at law to whom Okey had been apprenticed to in 1766. Bayes Cotton was also the nephew of Thomas Bayes of Bayes Theorem fame.

Partnership.6

From the London Gazette :-

"Surgeons Hall, London
The Copartnership between Mess. Joseph Cruttenden and Okey Belfour, of Surgeons Hall, London, Attorneys at Law, being this day dissolved by mutual Consent, all Persons indebted thereto are desired to pay their several Debts to Mr. Okey Belfour, at Surgeons Hall aforesaid, who is hereby authorised to received the same; and all Persons having any Demands upon the said Copartnership will be paid by the same by the said Okey Belfour. Dated this 4th Day of March, 1780.
Jos. Cruttenden
Okey Belfour"

Apprenticeship.7,8

Master :-
Okey Belfour of Surgeons Hall London gentleman, one of the sworn attorneys of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westminster and also one of the solicitors of His Majestys High Court of Chancery.

Apprentice :-
Edward Holden Pott of the Parish of St George Hanover Square, son of Percivall Pott of the Parish of St George Hanover Square, Surgeon

Term :- 5 years

RESEARCH NOTE :-
For more information about Edward Holden Pott please see his entry in the "Day, Elton and Home family tree" elsewhere on this website

Birth of daughter Frances BELFOUR.18

Birth of daughter Anna BELFOUR in London, Great Alie Street Presbyterian Chapel.19

Mentioned in Will.9

of Percivall Pott, Surgeon of Hanover Square
Described as :-
"Mr Okey Belfour of Surgeons Hall in the City of London the sum of five guineas for a ring"

RESEARCH NOTE :-
For more information about Percivall Pott see his entry in the "Day, Elton and Home family tree" elsewhere on this website. Also see his entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Signature on Will attested to in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.9

The signature of Percivall Pott
"Appeared personally Okey Belfour of Surgeons Hall in the parish of St Martin Ludgate London gentleman"

RESEARCH NOTE :-
For more information about Percivall Pott see his entry in the "Day, Elton and Home family tree" elsewhere on this website. Also see his entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Birth of son Edmund BELFOUR

Birth of son Henry BELFOUR

Mentioned in Will.10

of Jervas Wright
Described as .-
Okey Belfour of Surgeons Hall London gentleman

Birth of daughter Emma BELFOUR in Walthamstow.20

Mentioned in Will.11

of Thomas Wright
Described as - "my son in law Okey Belfour"

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.11

Second codicil of Thomas Wright
Described as - "Okey Belfour of Lincolns Inn Fields"

Witness at wedding in Holborn, St Giles in the Fields.12

of Frances Belfour & Robert Brattle

Apprenticeship.13

Edmund Belfour apprenticed as a clerk
Master - Okey Belfour
Clerk - Edmund Belfour
Term of apprenticeship - 5 years
Witnesses .-
S. Lawrence
Henry Belfour

Buried in Chediston, St Mary.14

Probate in London Consistory Court.15

"On the tenth day of November one thousand one hundred and twelve admon of all and singular of the goods chattels and credits of Okey Belfour  formerly of Surgeon's Hall in the Old Bailey London but late of the Royal College of Surgeon's in Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex  deceased was submitted and granted to Margaret Belfour widow the lawful relict of the said deceased having been first sworn to duly administer"
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Probate in London Consistory Court.15

"On the twenty first day of November one thousand one hundred and twelve admon of all and singular of the goods chattels and credits of Okey Belfour  formerly of Surgeon's Hall in the Old Bailey London but late of the Royal College of Surgeon's in Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex  deceased was resubmitted and granted to Margaret Belfour widow the lawful relict of the said deceased having been first sworn to duly administer for the letters of Admon  granted to the said Margaret Belfour widow on the tenth instant under the sum of forty pounds having been (???) voluntarily bought in and declared .... ..."
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