Philip GURDON Elizabeth GURDON Sarah RICHARDSON Jemima GURDON John GURDON Letitia GURDON Elizabeth PELHAM Mini tree diagram

Rev'd. Philip GURDON

Philip GURDON

approx. 17471 - 7th May 18175,1,6

Life History

approx. 1747

Born.1

From Oxford University Alumni :-
"s. Philip, of Bures, Suffolk, cler."

30th May 1764

Educated Oxford, Queen's College.1

Matric

between 1765 and 1768

Educated Oxford, Magdalen College.1

1768

Qualification in Oxford University.1

B.A.

between 1770 and 1778

Career in Oxford University.1

Fellow

1770

Qualification in Oxford University.1

M.A.

22nd Jan 1778

Licence obtained for marriage to Sarah RICHARDSON in Faculty Office.8

Groom - Philip Gurdon
Bride - Sarah Richardson

3rd Mar 1778

Married Sarah RICHARDSON in Birmingham, Saint Martin.9,10

From the Parish Register :-
"3 / The Rev Philip Gurdon of the Parish of Assington in the County of Suffolk & Sarah Richardson of this Parish by Licence"

7th Nov 1780

Mentioned in Will.2

Of Philip Gurdon (died 1780)
Annotated as "my son Philip Gurdon"

30th Nov 1812

Wrote will.3

"In the Name of God Amen I the Reverend Philip Gurdon of Assington Hall, in the County of Suffolk ..."

Amongst the names mentioned in the Will are .-
1. "my dear and much beloved wife Sarah"
2. "my late cousin John Gurdon Esquire"
3. "my son John Gurdon"
4. "my daughter Elizabeth the wife of the Reverend Joseph Adam Stephenson Rector of ..."
5. "my sisters Elizabeth Gurdon and Jemima Ray"
6. "my dear sister Letitia Gurdon deceased"
7. "Brampton Gurdon Gillingham"
8. "my said daughter Jemima Gurdon"

13th Sep 1814

Codicil to Will.3

"I the Reverend Philip Gurdon of Assington Hall in the County of Suffolk Clerk do by this Codicil ..."

Names mentioned :-
1. "my daughter Jemima Gurdon"
2. "my daughter Elizabeth Stephenson"

24th Jan 1815

Mentioned in Will.4

Of Jemima Ray née Gurdon
Annotated as "of Assington Hall"
Appointed as sole Executor

7th May 1817

Died in Assington Hall.5,1,6

From the Morning Post :-
"On the 7th instant, after a short illness, at his family residence, Assington Hall, in the county of Suffolk, in his 71st year of his age, universally regretted, and sincerely lamented, the Rev. Philip Gurdon, M.A."

From the Bury and Norwich Post :-
"Same day, in the 71st year of his age, the Rev. Philip Gurdon, of Assington, in this county"

16th May 1817

Buried in Assington, St Edmund.7

Age 70

1st Jul 1817

Executor.4

Of the Will of Jemima Ray née Gurdon
Annotated as :-
"Rev'd Philip Gurdon "the brother, the sole Executor named in the said Will survived but died without having taken upon himself the (?) thereof."

4th Jul 1817

Probate.3

Executors :-
1. "Sarah Gurdon widow the relic"
2. "the Reverend John Hallward the Elder clerk"
3. "Mr. John Gurdon Esquire the son"

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