Jane BELFOUR James BELFOUR Okey BELFOUR Thomas BELFOUR John BELFOUR Jane OKEY Margaret HOWARD Mini tree diagram

John BELFOUR

- Jan 17712

Life History

22nd Oct 1720

Married Jane OKEY in All Hallows, London Wall.7

From the Parish Register .-
"John Belfour and Jane Okey"

approx. 1732

Birth of daughter Jane BELFOUR

17th Dec 1738

Birth of son James BELFOUR in St George in the East, Pell Street Independant Chapel.5

before 17th Aug 1762

Death of son Okey BELFOUR.6

28th Aug 1766

Licence obtained for marriage to Margaret HOWARD.8

Groom - John Belfour of St John Wapping, gentleman, widower
Bride - Margaret Howard, spinster
Bond - GBP 200.

30th Aug 1766

Married Margaret HOWARD in Wapping, St John  of Wapping.9

Groom - John Belfour of this parish, widower
Bride - Margaret Howard, of this parish, spinster
Witnesses :-
Mark Wayne
Susan Wayne

17th Mar 1769

Death of daughter Jane BELFOUR in Goodmans Field Presbytarian Chapel.4

8th Nov 1770

Wrote will.1

1) In the name of God Amen
2) I John  Balfour of the parish of Saint John of
3) Wapping in the county of Middlesex Merchant ... ...

Some name mentioned :-
1) my ship the ...
2) my wife Margaret Belfour
3) my friend Thomas Cotton of Hackney in the county of Middlesex
4) my grandson Okey Belfour
5) my grandson John Daniel Belfour
6) my son James Belfour
7) my granddaughter hereinafter married but who was baptised by the name of Elizabeth Belfour
8) my son Thomas Belfour (who is now I suppose somewhere in the East Indies)
9) my two grand-daughters baptised in the names of Elizabeth Belfour and Rebecca Holmes the daughters of my dear daughter Jane formerly Jane Belfour (My Note : Surname = Mayo)
10) my son John Belfour

27th Nov 1770

Codicil to Will.1

Jan 1771

Died in Wapping.2

From the London Gazette, 26 February 1771 :-
"All persons who have a Claim on the Estate and Effects of Mr. John Belfour, late of the Parish of St John Wapping in the County of Middlesex, Merchant, deceased, are desired to send in their Demands forthwith to Mr. Thomas Cotton, Attorney at Law, in Church-street, Hackney, or to Mr. Okey Belfour, at the said Mr. Cotton's, two of the Executors named in the last Will and Testament of the said John Belfour and all Persons who are in any way indebted to the said Estate are desired to pay their respective Debts to the said Thomas Cotton or Okey Belfour, without further notice."

12th Feb 1771

Signature on Will attested to.1

1st Feb 1771

Buried in Bunhill Fields.3

From the Parish Register .-
"Mr John Belfour from Wapping in a grave - 0=13=6."

14th Feb 1771

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.1

Executors :-
Thomas Cotton
Okey Belfour

Other facts

 

Birth of son Okey BELFOUR

 

Birth of son Thomas BELFOUR

 

Birth of son John BELFOUR

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