Born in Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate.1,2

Extract from his will signed on 19 June 1788 and probated on 5 April 1792 :-
"in the seventy sixth year of my own age having been born in the parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate London on the second day of December 1712"

Baptised in St Botolph Aldgate.3

From the Parish Register :-
"Jeremiah Bentham son of Jeremiah and Rebecca"

Mentioned in Will.4

of Jeremiah Bentham
Described as :-
"my son Jeremiah Bentham"

Executor.4

of the will of Jeremiah Bentham
Described as :-"Jeremiah Bentham the son"

Licence obtained for marriage to Alicia Woodward GROVE.8

From the marriage licence :-
"Appeared personally Jeremiah Bentham of the Parish of Barking in the county of Essex Gentleman and a Batchelor of the age of thirty years and upwards and alledged that he intendeth to marry with Alicia Whitehorn of the Parish of St Andrew Holborn London widow. And that he knoweth of no lawfull let or hinderence by reason of any Precontract, Consanguinty, Affinity of any other lawful means whatsoever to hinder the said intended marriage of the truth of which he made Oath and prayed a Licence to solemnize the said marriage in the Parish Church of All Hallows on the Wall London
(signed) Jereh. Bentham"

Married Alicia Woodward GROVE in All Hallows, London Wall.14,15,16

From the Parish Register :-
"Jeremiah Bentham and Alicia Whitehorn"

From the General Evening Post :-
"ON Thursday last was married, at the Church of Allhallows London Wall, Mr. Bentham, an eminent Attorney at Law in this City, to Mrs. Whitehorn, an agreeable young Lady of a considerable fortune; and after the Ceremony was over they set out for his House at  Barking in Essex"

Birth of son Jeremy BENTHAM in St Botolph Aldersgate.1,9

Mentioned in Will.5

of John Ray
"my cousin Jeremy Bentham the son of my cousin Jeremiah Bentham Esquire"
"my said cousin Jeremiah Bentham and Alicia his wife"

Birth of son Samuel BENTHAM.10

Death of Alicia Woodward GROVE in Essex, Crutched Friars.1,11,12,13

Married Sarah FARR in Westminster, St Margarets.17

Wrote will.2

"With humble submission to the Will of Almighty God I Jeremiah Bentham Queen Square Place St James's Park in the parish of St Margarets in the city of Westminster Esquire ... ..."

Some names mentioned :-
1. "my dear wife Sarah Bentham"
2. "my worthy friend John Sharp Palmer"
3. "my dear sons Jeremy & Samuel"

"in the seventy sixth year of my own age having been born in the parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate London on the second day of December 1712"

Codicil to Will.2

Name mentioned :-
1. "my dear wife Sarah Bentham

Died in Bath.6

From Lloyd's Evening Post :-
"Lately, at Bath, Jeremiah Bentham, Esq. of Queen-square place, Westminster, aged 80 years"

Buried in Bath, St Peter & St Paul.7

Research Note :- Now Bath Abbey

From the Parish Register :-
"March 28 / Mr Jeremiah Bentham was buried under a blue stone by the (illegible) Door"

Signature on codicil attested to in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.2

by :-
John Farr Abbot of Lincolns Inn Fields Esquire
Edward James Culsha of Threadneedle Street Stationer

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.2

Joint Executors :-
Jeremy Bentham Esquire the son
Sarah Bentham widow the relict
Samuel Bentham Esquire the son
John Sharp Palmer Esquire