Life History
2nd Dec 1712 |
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 :- |
7th Dec 1712 |
Baptised in St Botolph Aldgate.3 From the Parish Register :- |
3rd Nov 1741 |
Mentioned in Will.4 of Jeremiah Bentham |
23rd Nov 1741 |
Executor.4 of the will of Jeremiah Bentham |
3rd Sep 1745 |
Licence obtained for marriage to Alicia Woodward GROVE.8 From the marriage licence :- |
3rd Oct 1745 |
Married Alicia Woodward GROVE in All Hallows, London Wall.14,15,16 From the Parish Register :- |
14th Feb 1747/8 |
Birth of son Jeremy BENTHAM in St Botolph Aldersgate.1,9 |
9th Mar 1753 |
Mentioned in Will.5 of John Ray |
11th Jan 1757 |
Birth of son Samuel BENTHAM.10 |
7th Jan 1759 |
Death of Alicia Woodward GROVE in Essex, Crutched Friars.1,11,12,13 |
1766 |
Married Sarah FARR in Westminster, St Margarets.17 |
19th Jun 1788 |
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 ... ..." |
31st Oct 1791 |
Codicil to Will.2 Name mentioned :- |
Mar 1792 |
Died in Bath.6 From Lloyd's Evening Post :- |
28th Mar 1792 |
Buried in Bath, St Peter & St Paul.7 Research Note :- Now Bath Abbey |
5th Apr 1792 |
Signature on codicil attested to in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.2 by :- |
5th Apr 1792 |
Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.2 Joint Executors :- |
Sources
- 1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - BENTHAM - Jeremy Bentham
- 2. Will of Jeremiah Bentham of Saint Margaret City of Westminster, Middlesex
- TNA PROB 11/1217/47
- 3. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - BENTHAM - Jeremiah Bentham - bap.1712
- 4. Will of Jeremiah Bentham, Gentleman of Saint Botolph without Aldgate, City of London
- TNA - PROB 11/713/515
- 5. Will of John Ray, Gentleman, Lieutenant of Infantry in the Service of the Honourable East India Company of London
- TNA - PROB 11/833/110
- 6. Lloyds Evening Post - Deaths - Jeremiah Bentham - 1792
- Lloyd's Evening Post (London, England), April 6, 1792; Issue 5426
- 7. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 - Jeremiah Bentham - bur.1792
- 8. London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 - Bentham & Whitehorn - 1745
- 9. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - BENTHAM - Jeremy Bentham - bap.1747
- 10. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - BENTHAM - Samuel Bentham
- http;//www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2155
- 11. Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer - Deaths - Alicia Bentham - 1759
- Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer (London, England), January 9, 1759 - January 11, 1759; Issue 1999
- 12. Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle - Deaths - Alicia Bentham - 1759
- Lloyd's Evening Post and British Chronicle (London, England), January 10, 1759 - January 12. 1759; Issue 232
- 13. Public Advertiser - Deaths - Alicia Bentham - 1759
- Public Advertiser (London, England), Thursday, January 11, 1759; Issue 7544
- 14. England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 - Bentham & Whitehorn was Grove - 1745
- 15. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 - BENTHAM & Whitehorn - mar.1745
- 16. General Evening Post - Marriages - Bentham & Whitehorn - 1745
- General Evening Post (London, England), October 3, 1745 - October 5, 1745; Issue 1876
- 17. Boyd's Marriage Index, 1538-1850 - Bentham & Abbot