Maria Sophia FORDYCE

17651 - 18th May 18581,2

Life History

1765	Born.1
26th Oct 1796	Married Samuel BENTHAM in St Clement Danes.5,1,6,7 From the Scots Magazine :- "General Bentham, Surveyor General of Naval Works, to Miss Sophia Fordyce, daughter of Dr. Fordyce, of Essex street, London" From Lloyd's Evening Post :- "Wednesday, General Bentham, Surveyor-General of Naval Works, to Miss Sophia Fordyce, eldest daughter of Dr. Fordyce, of Essex-street" Information from the Parish Register :- By licence Groom - Samuel Bentham Esq of the Parish of St Margaret's bachelor Bride - Maria Sophia Fordyce of this parish spinster Witnesses :- G Fordyce M Fordyce
30th Apr 1831	Death of Samuel BENTHAM in London.1,4
18th May 1858	Died in St George Hanover Square (Shaftesbury Crescent).1,2
12th Jun 1858	Probate in Principal Registry.3 of the will and codicil of Maria Sophia Bentham, formerly of Heath-street Hampstead, and late of 23 Shaftesbury-crescent Vauxhall-bridge-road, widow Executor - George Bentham, of 91 Victoria-street Westminster the son Effects - under GBP 4,000

1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - BENTHAM - Samuel Bentham
- http;//www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2155
2. BMD Death Index - BENTHAM - Mary Sophia Bentham - was Fordyce
- 1858, Q2, Maria Sophia Bentham, St George Hanover Square, 1a, 160
3. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, 1858 - BENTHAM - Maria Sophia Bentham - was Fordyce
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
4. Morning Post - Deaths - Sir Samuel Bentham - 1831
- The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, May 02, 1831; Issue 18842
5. Scots Magazine - Marriages - Bentham & Fordyce - 1796
- The Scots Magazine, Tuesday, 01 November, 1796
6. Lloyd's Evening Post - Marriages - Bentham & Fordyce - 1796
- Lloyd's Evening Post (London, England), October 26, 1796 - October 28, 1796; Issue 6112
7. Westminster Marriages - Bentham & Fordyce - 1796
- http://www.findmypast.co.uk