John HASTINGS Hannah HASTINGS Barbara Ann HASTINGS Charlotte HASTINGS John HASTINGS George HASTINGS Arthur HASTINGS Barbara Ann BOWLES Sarah Anne DRAKE Anne LINDLEY Thomas HASTINGS Henry HASTINGS Ann READ Mini tree diagram

John Sutton HASTINGS

4th Dec 17901 - 9th Jul 186914,15,16,17,13,18,1

Farmer3

Life History

4th Dec 1790

Born.1

From the transcription of the Birthday Book of Lucy Miles Cooper :-
"Grandpa's birthday"

5th Dec 1790

Baptised in Mitford, Longham.2

Father - John Hastings
Mother - Ann Read

4th May 1796

Mentioned in Will.4

Of John Hastings (died 1796)
Annotated as "my eldest son"

3rd Apr 1815

Married Barbara Ann BOWLES in East Dereham.34,35

Information from the Parish Register :-
By licence
Groom - John Hastings, single man, of the parish of Longham
Bride - Barbara Ann Bowles, single woman, of this parish
Witnesses :-
Charlotte Bayley
C. Bowles
Clare Bowles
Barbara Bowles
Bernard Bowles
Sarah Otway

25th Mar 1816

Birth of daughter Hannah HASTINGS in Mitford, Longham.22

28th Mar 1818

Birth of daughter Barbara Ann HASTINGS in Mitford, Longham.23,1

18th Jul 1819

Birth of daughter Charlotte HASTINGS in Mitford, Longham.24

4th Feb 1821

Birth of son John HASTINGS in Mitford, Longham.25

12th Feb 1823

Birth of son George HASTINGS in Mitford, Longham.26,27

16th Mar 1827

Birth of son Arthur HASTINGS in Longham.29,30

26th Mar 1827

Death of son Arthur HASTINGS in Longham, St Andrew.28

8th Oct 1839

Witness at wedding in Mitford, Longham, St Andrew & St Peter.5

Of David Cooper & Barbara Ann Hastings

4th Jun 1840

Witness at wedding in Mitford, Longham, St Andrew & St Peter.6

Of Hannah Hastings & Frederick Cambridge

6th Jun 1841

Occupation Farmer.7

6th Jun 1841

Recorded in census in Mitford, Dereham (Longham).7

Head of household
Staff x 5

20th Oct 1847

Death of Barbara Ann BOWLES in Mitford & Launditch, East Dereham.31,32,33

5th Jan 1848

Business.8

From the Norfolk Chronicle :-
"Notice is here by given, that the business at Gressenhall Mill, which has hitherto been carried on by us the undersigned John Sutton Hastings, of Longham, Norfolk, Farmer, and John Reeve, of East Dereham, Merchant, as executors and trustees, under a will of Henry Hastings, deceased, having been disposed of to Mr. Robert Stammers, all persons having any demand on the said concern, are requested to send an account thereof to us or one of us, in order that the same may be examined and discharged : and all persons who stand indebted to the said concern are requested to pay the amount of their respective debts to us or one of us, within one month form the date hereof
Dated the Fifth day of January, 1848.
JOHN SUTTON HASTNGS.
JOHN REEVE."

9th Jan 1851

Witness at wedding in Mitford, St Nicholas East Dereham.9

Of John Hastings & Mary Alice Hunt

30th Mar 1851

Occupation Farmer.10

750 acres
Employing 29 labourers over 16

30th Mar 1851

Recorded in census in Mitford, East Dereham (Longham, The Hall).10

Head of household
Staff x 2
Annotated as "Widower"
Also in household - John Henry Hastings annotated as "Nephew"

23rd Nov 1852

Married Sarah Anne DRAKE in Depwade, Fritton Parish Church.42,36,43,44

From the Marriage Certificate :-
1) By licence
2) Vicar - J. R. Drake
3) Witnesses - John W. Drake, Ellen Fryer & Mary Browne
4) Groom - John Sutton Hastings, full, widower, farmer, Longham
5) Father of the groom - John Hastings, farmer
6) Bride - Sarah Anne Drake, full, spinster, Fritton
7) Father of the bride - John Drake, farmer

From the Ipswich Journal :-
"23rd ult., at Fritton, Norfolk, John Hastings, Esq., of Longham-hall, to Sarah Anne, eldest daughter of the late Mr. J. Drake of St. Faiths"

9th Jul 1857

Death of Sarah Anne DRAKE in Mitford.36,37,38,39,40,41

12th Apr 1858

Death of daughter Hannah HASTINGS in Downham.19,20,21

5th Oct 1858

Married Anne LINDLEY in Brentford, Acton Parish Church.45,46,47,48

From the Marriage Certificate :-
1) By licence
2) Vicar - John C. Smith
3) Witnesses - John Lindley, Barbara Lindley & Barbara Ann Cooper
4) Groom - John Sutton Hastings, full age, widower, Farmer, Longham Norfolk
5) Father of the groom - John Hastings, farmer
6) Bride - Anne Lindley, full age, spinster, Acton
7) Father of the bride - George Lindley, Nurseryman

From the Morning Post :-
"On the 5th inst., at Acton, Middlesex, by the Rev. J. C. Smith, John Hastings, Esq., of Longham Hall, near Dereham, Norfolk, to Anne, sister of Prof. Lindley, F.R.S."

7th Apr 1861

Occupation Farmer.11

600 acres
Employing 2 men & 12 young men

7th Apr 1861

Recorded in census in Mitford, East Dereham (Longham, The Hall).11

Head of household
Staff x 3
Visitor - Ellen Cooper - annotated as "Granddaughter"

6th Oct 1864

"Curious Occurrence".12

From the Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald :-
"On Thursday last a singular phenomenon took place in a field on the farm of Mr. Hastings, of Longham, (...). Suddenly, and without visible warning - for Mr. Hastings had driven over the spot twenty minutes before - the ground gave way, and there appeared a chasm of 30 feet in diameter, and of more than 17 in depth. Mr. Hastings had a narrow escape, for if the surface had sunk beneath his gig, he must have been buried alive. (...) Perhaps the cause is to be sought in the extraordinary dryness of the land, the like of which Mr. Hastings cannot remember during his occupation of half a century"

29th Nov 1867

Wrote will.13

1) I John Sutton Hastings of Longham in the County
2) of Norfolk Gentleman do hereby revoke all Wills and Testamentary
3) Dispositions by me hereforeto made and declare this to be my last Will
4) and Testament I appoint my son John Hastings my son in law David Cooper and Robert Leeds of West Lexham in the County of Norfolk
6) Gentleman Executors of this my Will I give and bequeath to my wife
7) Ann Hastings ... ... ...
8) ... ... ...

Some of the names mentioned :-
1) my daughter Charlotte
2) my son in law Frederick Cambridge
3) my brother Thomas Hastings
4) John Drake the brother of my late wife
5) Thomas Drake another brother of my late wife
6) George Cooper of East Dereham gentleman
7) Mary Hastings Horace Croft Hastings Edward Hastings and John Henry Hastings children of my brother Thomas
8) Elizabeth Chapman Long widow (...) of East Dereham
9) Clare Bowles (...) of East Dereham
10) the nine children of my deceased daughter Hannah the late wife of the said Frederick Cambridge
11) my daughter Barbara Ann the wife of the said David Cooper
12) I have already advanced to my said daughter Barbara Ann Cooper the sum of four thousand four hundred pounds sterling

Some places mentioned :-
1) the farm and lands at Longham held by me under lease from the Earl of Leicester
2) the land at Tilney St Laurence in the said County of Norfolk which I hold of Anthony Hammond Esquire
3) the several cottages or tenements with the gardens to the same belonging situate in Longham aforesaid and now in several occupations
4) that cottage or tenement and one acre of land (more or less) in Longham aforesaid in the occupation of ...
5) the adjoining field called the Longham Close in Longham aforesaid containing one acre and one rood (more or less)
6) all that cottage or tenement stables outbuildings and yard in East Dereham in the said county of Norfolk now or late in the occupation of Charles Woods
7) my freehold estate at Gressenhall aforesaid consisting of a capital messuage and offices a farmhouse and farm buildings and two hundred and forty eight acres two roods and twenty eight perches or thereabouts of land which the Capital messuage and offices and about four acres of land are now let on lease to Captain Henry Bathurst
8) the farmhouse and farm buildings and residue of the said land are now upon lease to William Devas Everington

Witnesses .-
Geo Halcott Cooper
Robert Mayhew

6th Mar 1868

Codicil to Will.13

1) This is a Codicil made by me John Sutton Hastings of
2) Longham ... ... ...
3) ... ... ...

Witnessed by :-
Geo Halcott Cooper
Robert Mayhew

22nd Apr 1868

Codicil to Will.13

1) This Memorandum I desire to be considered as a Codicil to my
2) last Will and testament and acted upon accordingly ... ... ...
3) ... ... ...

after 9th Jul 1869

Memorial or Grave Stone in Mitford, Longham, St Andrew & St Peter

Memorial tablet of South Wall of Church

"Near the South door of this church lies interred
all that could die of
JOHN SUTTON HASTINGS
to whose revered memory this tablet is erected
by his sorrowing widow.
He was born Dec. 4th, 1790, and died July 9th, 1869.
During more than half a century, he was the
steady friend and benefactor of this Parish
Honoured in life and lamented in death, he now rests
with the Saviour whom he loved and trusted
And for whose sake he speaks from his grave to
the living, saying
What man is he that feareth the Lord? Him shall
he teach in the way that he shall choose. Psm. 25-12."

9th Jul 1869

Died in Mitford (Longham, The Hall).14,15,16,17,13,18,1

Natural Decay
From :-
a) The Bury and Norwich Post and Suffolk Herald
b) The Morning Post
"On the 9th inst., at Longham-hall, in his 79th year, JOHN SUTTON HASTINGS"

From the Pall Mall Gazette :-
"HASTINGS, Mr. J. S., at Longham Hall, Norfolk, aged 78, July 9"

From the Death Certificate :-
1) Occupation - farmer
2) Description and residence of informant - H. C. Hastings, surgeon, In Attendance, Dereham
3) When registered - 13 July 1869

From the Birthday Book of Lucy Miles  Cooper :-
"9 July Dear grandpa died 1869"

after 9th Jul 1869

Buried in Mitford, Longham, St Andrew & St Peter

Buried alongside his three wives

NOTE:-
A photo of this grave can be seen in the "Churches, Graves and Memorials" page in the main part of this website.

Also it can be seen on the Gravestone Photographic Resource website - www.gravestonephotos.com

25th Aug 1869

Probate in Norwich.13

On the twenty fifth day of August 1869 the Will with two Codicils thereto of John Sutton Hastings late of Longham in the county of Norfolk Gentleman deceased who died on the ninth day of July 1869 at Longham aforesaid was probed in the District Registry attached to Her Majesty's Court of Probate at Norwich by the Oaths of John Hastings of Swanton Morley the son of the said deceased, David Cooper of 5 Shoe Lane in the City of London Ink Manufacturer and Robert Leeds of Castleacre in the said County of Norfolk Gentleman, the Executors therein named they having been first sworn duty to administer.
Under 12,000
Extracted by Messrs Cooper Son & Norgate of East Dereham Solicitors

Other facts

 

Occupation Farmer.3

Information from :-
1839 - Marriage Certificate of David Cooper & Barbara Ann Hastings

Sources

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