Life History
26th Aug 1683 |
Baptised in St Botolph Aldgate.1 From the Parish Register :- |
Nov 1705 |
Freedom of the City of London.2,3 By Servitude |
17th Dec 1706 |
Married Rebecca TABOR in St Botolph Aldergate.6,10 Groom - Jeremiah Bentham |
7th Aug 1707 |
Mentioned in Will.4 of John Tabor |
2nd Dec 1712 |
Birth of son Jeremiah BENTHAM in Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate.6,9 |
3rd Nov 1741 |
Wrote will.5 "In the name of God Amen I Jeremiah Bentham the Elder of the parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate London gentleman ... ..." |
23rd Nov 1741 |
Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury Executor - |
Nov 1741 |
Died.6,7 From the London Evening Post :- |
18th Nov 1741 |
Buried in Great Baddow.8 |
Sources
- 1. London, England, Church of England Baptisms. Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - BENTHAM - Jeremiah Bentham - bap.1683
- 2. Alphabets of Freedoms of the City of London, 1701-1713
- LMA - Microfilm X109/002
- 3. City of London, Freedom Admissions Papers, 1706 December - BENTHAM - Jeremiah Bentham
- LMA - COL/CHD/FR/02/228
- 4. Will of John Tabor, Clerk of Ramsden Belhouse, Essex
- TNA - PROB 11/507/259
- 5. Will of Jeremiah Bentham, Gentleman of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, City of London
- TNA - PROB 11/713/515
- 6. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - BENTHAM - Jeremy Bentham
- 7. London Evening Post - Deaths - Jeremiah Bentham - 1741
- London Evening Post (London, England), November 12, 1741 - November 14, 1741; Issue 2186
- 8. Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960 - Jeremiah Bentham - bur.1741
- 9. Will of Jeremiah Bentham of Saint Margaret City of Westminster, Middlesex
- TNA PROB 11/1217/47
- 10. England Marriages, 1538-1973 - Bentham & Tabor - 1706