Born in Christchurch.1,2

Apprenticeship in Worshipful Company of Vintners.3

Master - Ezekiel Delight (father), Citizen and Vintner, of the parish of St Bride's, London
Apprentice - Ezekiel Delight

Freedom of the City of London.3,5

From the Alphabets of Freedom :-
"Delight, Ezekiel, Vintner S"

From the Freedom Admission Papers :-
"that Ezekiel Delight son of Ezekiel Delight of the Parish of St Bride London Surveyor doth put himself Apprentice to his said Father Citizen and Vintner of London ..."

Livery Company in Vintners' Company.4

From the Freedom Registers :-
Serv. - Ezekial Delight Junr. of Earl Street Blackfriars London

Directories.6

Lowndes's London Directory for 1791 :-
Ezekiel Delight
Occupation - Oil & colour man dying/colouring
Address - 25 New Bridge Street, Blackfriars

Licence obtained for marriage to Catherine WRIGHT.14

Married Catherine WRIGHT in Hackney, St John at Hackney.22

Groom - Ezekiel Delight, bachelor, of the parish of St Anne Blackfriars
Bride - Catherine Wright, spinster, of this parish
By licence

Birth of daughter Ann DELIGHT in City of London, Bridewell.16

Death of daughter Ann DELIGHT in City of London, Bridewell Chapel.15

Birth of daughter Frances DELIGHT in City of London, Bridewell.1,17,18,19

Birth of son Ezekiel DELIGHT in St Ann Blackfriars.20

Birth of daughter Emma DELIGHT in City of London, Bridewell Chapel.21

Licence obtained for marriage to Sophia THOROWGOOD.23

Married Sophia THOROWGOOD in Clerkenwell, St James.27,28

Groom - Ezekiel Delight, widower
Bride - Sophia Thorowgood, spinster

Birth of daughter Louisa DELIGHT in City of London, St Mary Aldermanbury.24

Birth of daughter Maria DELIGHT in Stepney.25,26

Mentioned in Will.7

Of Charles Wright
Described as ""Ezekiel Delight of Saville Place North End Road"

Executor.7

of Charles Wright
Joint executor with :-
Philip Cooper the Elder
George Woodfall

Master to an Apprentice in Worshipful Company of Vintners.8

Master - Ezekiel Delight, Citizen and Vintner of London
Apprentice - George Charles Roberts, son of John Roberts, of White House Lane, Stepney, Gentleman.

Death of son Ezekiel DELIGHT

Wrote will.9

"This is the last Will and Testament of me Ezekiel Delight of North Place Grays Inn Lane in the county of Middlesex oil and colour man ..."

Names mentioned in Will :-
1. "my wife Sophia Delight"
2. "my friends Frederick Thorowgood"
3. "John Roberts of Copenhagen Place Limehouse"
4. "my four children"
5. "my daughter Louisa Delight"
6. "my daughter Emma"
7. "my said daughters Louisa Maria Frances and Emma"

Codicil to Will.9

"Whereas I Ezekiel Delight of North Place Grays Inn Road ..."

First Codicil

Names mentioned :-
1. "the late Robert Thorowgood"
2. "his brother William Thorowgood"

Recorded in census in Kingston, Hampton (Teddington, High Street).2

Head of household
Staff x 2

Codicil to Will.9

"Whereas I Ezekiel Delight formerly of North Place Grays Inn Lane in the county of Middlesex Oil and Colourman but now Teddington Middlesex gentleman ..."

Second codicil

Names mentioned :-
1. "John Roberts"
2. "James Cooper Junr of Waterloo Place Pall Mall Silk Mercer"

Recorded in census in Hackney (St Johns, Richmond Terrace, 6).1

Head of household
Staff x 1
Annotated as widower

Died in Hackney (Dalston, Richmond Terrace).10,11,12

From the Times :-
From the London Standard .-
"On the 24th inst., at Richmond-terrace, Dalston, Ezekiel Delight, Esq., aged 83"

Buried in Hackney, St John at Hackney.13

Abode - Richmond Road, Dalston

Probate.9

Joint Executors :-
James Cooper the Younger
William Thorowgood