Robertson, James

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see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addressesdataset

SunFire 1784 James Robertson gent Poland St (at a guess 37 Poland St as James Bine was a cabinet maker like James Robertson, but perhaps another of nos 34 to 37 to which Turst owned the ground rent) / the will PCC dated 12.12.1785 of James Robertson cabinet maker of Poland St mentioned his agreement for a lease of house "I now live in" in Poland St from Philip Elias Turst (QV*) Esq for 31 years from 5.12.1785 his wife Ann his mother Jean Hodge (£3 p.a. annuity) of Airth Stirlingshire £50 from Yeomen of the Guard proved 4.2.1786 by widow Ann, her will PCC dated 5.10.1786 of Poland St widow mentioned dau Frances wife of Thomas Holroid & dau Elizabeth wife of Joseph Archer, execs Michael Livoir of North St, St Pancras chair carver & Robert George of Swallow St, St James carpenter proved 30.10.1786 / admon of James Robertson's will taken 13.12.1786 by attorney of his mother Jean Hodge, the execs of Ann Robertson's will having renounced (which suggests there wasn't much value left in the estate) / Mr James Robertson from St James bur 1.2.1786 Bunhill Fields / Thomas Holroyd = Hull 13.6.1786 Frances Arey / possible marriages James Robertson otp = St James 30.5.1773 Ann Roberts of Soho by Archbishop's lic / James Robertson otp = St Martin i t Fields 11.1.1774 Ann Twight of Bury St Edmunds Suffolk by Archbishop's lic wits Roger Rush, Henry B Twight / James Robertson bach otp = 1785 Ann Jannattee widow

Work notes
a plethora of James Robertsons, researched before I found the right one above - in 1784 voters named James Robertson in the Westminster election (all coincidentally voting Hood & Wray) were a grocer of Chapel St Soho (also upholder of Chapel St voted 1780 Rodney & Lincoln) / a victualler of Drury Lane, St Martin i t Fields (also in SunFire 1782, voted 1802 Graham) / a clerk of Marlborough St, St James (also Oracle 22.12.1789 his house robbed Boyle's Court Guide 1792 &1793 Rev Mr Robertson 39 Gt Marlborough St 1798 & 1800 Rev Mr Robertson 6 Mortimer St) / and a framework knitter of Leicester St, St James (also voted 1780 Rodney & Lincoln, SunFire 1780 stocking maker, Bailey's directory 1785 stocking maker Wardour St, stocking maker Orange St on Westminster coroners jury 1797, SunFire 1804 stockingmaker 13 Marsham St, SunFire 1807 stocking maker 21 Queen St, Golden Sq) / while in SunFire 1781 there was a tailor of Monmouth St / in SunFire 1785 an oilman of Fleet St (also LMA O/262/010 William Hills vs the oilman 1.12.1783 Guildhall, bankrupt with partner James Hutchinson1790, Boyles City Companion 1793 oilman 54 Fleet St) / in SunFire 1786 a medical doctor of Argyle St (Alum Ox later Robertson-Barclay MD 1783 physician to St Georges Hospital 1785-1800, will PCC 1827) / on a coroners jury 1787 a hairdresser 44 Bedford St (also voted 1788 Hood, 1790 Hood & Horne Tooke) / on 29.1.1787 a servant to Aaron Morritt pawnbroker of Rose St near Long Acre was witness at the Old Bailey (Sessions papers) / on 1.10.1791 a labourer of 12 Tottenham Court Rd (Middlesex Sessions) / a Major (1798) then Colonel (1800) of the Royal Westminster Volunteers of 9 Gerrard St, Soho (Nat Arch HO 42/43/91 & 42/53/74) (also 1795 member of Whig Club SunFire 1807 Colonel 70 Warren St, Fitzroy Sq) perhaps the same as the wine merchant of Gerrard St Soho voted 1802 Fox & Gardner (also Boyles City Companion 1793 wine merchant Gerrard St) / a baker of Carnaby St, St James voted 1806 Paull (also SunFire 1809 baker 52 Gt Windmill St, Haymarket). These were just in Westminster and not including thieves and paupers. Those in St James parish in the 1780s were the Reverend, the stocking maker and the doctor, and relevant baptisms in St James were Mary 1767 & Matthew 1771 of James & Elizabeth (perhaps James Robertson = St Martin i t Fields 1760 Elizabeth Hoggett) Sarah 1777 & Elizabeth 1781 of James & Sarah (probably James Robertson = St James 14.2.1774 Sarah Ladbrook botp by lic) Lucy Ann 1796 of James & Ursula (James Robertson = St Martin i t Fields 24.2.1794 Ursula Dunn botp banns). James Robertson adult was buried 27.3.1794 St James.