A-Z of Entries

First in list of "unnumbered division" (QV) joined 22.1.1794 address 2 Artillery St Bishopsgate (2 Artillery St SunFire 1790, 1800, 1818 Joseph Pegrom baker).

Isaac Lestourgeon born 3.1.1752 bapt 26.1.1752 son of Pierre & Marie Lestourgeon of St Giles parish at Savoy French chapel, Strand by Mr. Lestourgeon lecturer of Spring Gardens chapel
Isaac Lesturgeon apprenticed 16.1.1766 for 7 yrs to Peter Perigall, Merchant Taylor's Co, premium £20
Isaac Lestourgeon patterndrawer bach otp married St James Piccadilly 28.7.1773 Susanna Matilda Douxsaint sp of Christchurch…

31.7.1794 mrs Luneham at Holcroft's (& Porson) / 7.12.1794 mrs Lunan at Holcroft's (& Porson) / 2.3.1795 Lunan at Mackintosh's (& Porson & Perry) / 17.8.1795 mrs Lunan at Holcroft's /  20.9.1795 Lunan at Holcroft's (& Porson & Perry) / 24.7.1796 M A Lunan at Holcroft's / 17.8.1796 meet mrs Lunan / 8.11.1797 M A Lunan at Holcroft's (& Perry) / 5.3.1802 miss Lunan at tea (& Perrys) / 19.10.1805 miss Bentley at Perry's / 21.10.1805 Perry femme & miss Bentley call / 15.6.1806 miss Bentley at Perry's / 7.6.1809 Lunan at…

(see Francis Place's Autobiography ed. Mary Thale pages 117-118 engraver, 16.8.1833 now nearly 70 yrs old, vagabond, wife & 2 daus dead)

James Howard Lymans son of James & Elizabeth Lymans bapt 14.4.1765 St Bride's born 28.3.1765 New Street

James Lymans of New St Square St Brides stationer & chandler will PCC 13.8.1772 wife Elizabeth. He was son of Francis Lymans peruke maker of St Clement Danes and apprenticed 1748 to Francis Cogan stationer.

James lymans of St Dunstan i t West bach = St Geo Han Sq 12.4.1761 Elizabeth Hammatt otp sp by Archbishop…

George Manwell  12 Burrows Buildings Blackfriars joined 5.5.1794 "unnumbered division" (QV)

I found no good identity yet. Possibles:
directory 1791 George Manwell builder 10 Newman St Oxford St
Oracle & Daily Advertiser 21.5.1806 died 10.5.1806 at Brompton, Middlesex Mrs manwell wife of Mr George Manwell of Walton-on-Thames
George Manwell otp wid 3rd banns at Christ Church Southwark 7.5.1809 Ann Ward Holden sp otp

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONALINFORMATION: John Martin of Richmond Buildings, Soho proposed Honorary Member 4.5.1792 by John Horne Tooke 2nded John Frost

Born Scotland 1754 according to an Ancestry user-submitted tree, because of James Bannantine mentioned below 1791 I guess he may have been John Martin son of John Martin & Elizabeth Bannatine bapt Melrose 12.11.1752 (John Banatine writer Edinburgh SunFire 1780) but many John Martins in Scotland / London Sessions 28.2.1783 John Martin clerk to William Johnstone attorney 4 Inner Temple Lane (may not have been him) / I have a note I…

Thale p127n, report from spy Metcalfe of LCS Div 11 on 1.4.1794 (Nat Arch TS 11/956/3501) enclosed 'A New Song by J_ M_' which starts 'Come my Sons of true Liberty, let us agree/ To form an Alliance firm honest and free/ Lets join hand in hand, as Reason upholds/ Her bright Torch to Friendship. Ah! let us be bold.' Thale added that the author may be Matthews, a bookseller who published a volume of songs. Thale p144 report from spy Nodder at LCS meeting Shire Lane 21.4.1794, chairman Scofield "mention was made of a Vol: of Songs published by a Man whose name N-dd-r thinks is Mathews and for…

Maxwell fist appears in Thale p256 as a member of the Executive Committee of LCS on 2.7.1795. He remained on it , scoring high in ballots from the General Committee, till he resigned on 9.9.1795. John Maxwell cheesemonger of 39 Broad St Bloomsbury was on list for receiving subscriptions and signatures 12.11.1795. He was secretary of Div 17 on 2.10.1797 and 5.2.1798. He was arrested at a meeting of the United Englishmen at the Nags Head, St John St 9.4.1799 (but not imprisoned?)

He was possibly the John Maxwell bach of St Giles in the Fields who married by license 24.5.1795 at…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Robert Merry Esq of Osbourne's Hotel, Adelphi proposed member 3.6.1791 by John Horne Tooke 2nded Jeremiah Batley

GODWIN DIARY: 13.6.1796 call on Inchbald with My

Robert Merry DNB 1755-1798. Since he was named in full both before and after this on 13.6.1796, this My was certainly Robert Merry

LCS: attended its 3rd meeting at the Bell, 8.2.1792 (Thale p7note10)

Government spy, a good description of his career on Thale p126n.

William Metcalfe son of Jeffery Metcalfe of St Bartholomew the Less articled 5.2.1772 to Edward Reynolds of Dowgate Hill, Vintners Co.

Jeofrey Metcalfe of St Bartholomew the Less married 23.3.1754 Jane Jackson of St Andrew Holborn, Mayfair non-parochial register

Law List 1792 William Metcalfe Tallow Chandlers Hall Dowgate Hill, clerk to the Company (till 1797)

Will PCC 29.10.1836 William Metcalfe of St Mary Newington Surrey (seen but inconclusive)

Reported on LCS Divs 6, 11, 9, 23 and…

Their parents John Moody = Holborn 1.11.1767 Magdalen Hinton by banns, wits Wm Hinton, Jas Johnson. Baptisms of whose children at St James Piccadilly, Elizabeth born 17.10.1768 bapt 1.11.1768/ John born 26.6.1770 born 22.7.1770/ Samuel born 27.10.1772 bapt 15.11.1772/ Jane born 3.5.1775 bapt 26.5.1778/ William Owen born 7.1.1780 bapt 30.1.1780.

John Moody carpenter Carnaby St voted 1774 Mountmorres & Mahon/ voted 1780 Fox & Rodney/ voted 1790 Hood.

Will proved PCC  5.6.1787 James Faldes victualler Carnaby St, exec John Moody carpenter Carnaby St, wife Sarah,…

William Murray, Clements Lane, Lombard St joined 28.5.1794 the "unnumbered division" (QV)

William son of William & Elizabeth Murray born 16.10.1793 bapt 3.11.1793 All Hallows Lombard St
Elizabeth dau of William & Elizabeth Murray born 30.4.1796 bapt 22.5.1796 All Hallows Lombard St

 2nd in list of "unnumbered division" (QV) joined 5.2.1794, address Steward St Bishopsgate. Curly brackets {} for records probably not closely related to the listed member

{City of London sessions 22.1.1783 statement of Rebekah wife of William Page of 118 Bishopsgate St as to how her husband apparently tried to poison her}
SunFire 1784 William Page wine merchant Devonshire St, Bishopsgate St, his will PCC 1785 dated 19.7.1785 mentioned wife Catherine, two daughters Catherine & Sarah, two sons Malachi and William, his wife's niece Jane Daily of Deal, Kent, his brother…

Panther 26.8.1804 at Tooke's / 21.9.1806 again

Jonathan Panther coachmaker White Lion Yard 74 Oxford St will London Consistory 1810 (Nat Arch IR26) sworn under £7500 mentioned brothers George & Thomas. He was buried St Andrew Enfield 13.9.1810 age 58. Signed 1792 Friends to Liberty of Press (printed as John Panther), contributed 1794 1gn to LCS for relief of families of those arrested for treason,1795 Friends of the People, 1795 Friends of Freedom steward for dinner (tickets 7s 6d), 1797 Friends of Parliamentary Reform steward for dinner (8s 6d), contribution to London…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: James Parkinson of Hoxton square proposed member 26.10.1792 by Dr George Edwards 2nded John Moore

James Parkinson DNB 1755-1824

GODWIN DIARY: Parkinson 29.6.1788 at Holcroft's. This is possibly neither of the James Parkinsons discussed in the GD website person record, but since Holcroft's other guests (except Godwin himself) were musicians (Shield, Clementi, and Bossy) this may be one of three brothers Jeremiah (d.1803), John (b.1761) and William (d.1834) all instrumentalists found in Highfill, Burnim & Langhan's Biog Dict of Actors…

Joseph Phelps bach otp = St Katherine by the Tower 4.12.1768 Susannah Russell sp otp by banns

Robert William s of Joseph & Susanna Phelps bapt 10.12.1768 St Katherine by the Tower

Mary d of same bapt 10.12.1771 there / Sarah d of same bapt 14.11.1773 there / George Russell s of same bapt 11.7.1776 there / Joseph s of same bapt 24.1.1779 there

SunFire 1792 Robert William Phelps 82 Parsons St, Ratcliff Highway stationer book seller & binder

British Book Trades Index Richard William Phelps stationer 24 Angel St, St Martins le Grand 1795-1802

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ROBERT POLLARD 1755/6-1839

SUGGESTED ADDITION <In 1794 he was suspected of membership of Republican societies by Alexander Cumming of Pentonville, watchmaker and informant of Alexander Brodie, MP.>

NOTES Nat Arch HO42/29/210

SUGGESTED ADDITION <Three of his unmarried daughters were described as needleworkers in Islington in the 1841 census, but by 1851 as annuitants.>

NOTES 1841 Islington, Catherine Pollard age 60, Ann do age 45, Iley do age 35 / 1851 24 Park St Islington, Catherine Pollard age 71, Iley do age 50 / 1871 72 Hulton St,…

in {} brackets, probably not the right James Powell, but possibly

{SunFire 1786 James Powell gent, corner of John St, Tottenham Court Rd}

Customs 1788 James Powell £25 per annum Examiner of Journals for Northern Ports. In 1795 he stated he had been a clerk in the Customs Office for 12 years. Thale p256 note 34

The Narcotic and Private Theatricals Two Dramatic Pieces by James Powell of the Custom House. London, printed for & sold by the author, H D Symonds, Vernor, R Gyfford, Harrison, I Axtell, and Riley & Willis, published March 1793, 8vo 2 shillings.
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curly brackets {} not clearly same John Powell but maybe him or relative. A very common name

Old Bailey sessions 26.11.1772 John Powell baker of Goodge St accused of selling loaves underweight, discharged informant not appearing

{John Powell baker of Denmark Court St Martin in the Fields voted 1774 Mountmorres & Mahon 1780 Fox 1784 Fox (painter of Denmark Court)}

{SunFire 1780 James Powell victualler Northumberland Arms Goodge St / SunFire 1786 James Powell gent corner of John St, Tottenham Court Rd}

John Powell Land Tax 8 Goodge St 1781 to 1797 value £4…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

John Rogers Pride 23 Poland St (Kings Arms) ratebooks 1795-1800 / 14.11.1792 "Pride scotchman" Marquis of Granby 33 Castle St Oxford Market meeting place of Div 5 of London Corresponding Society August 1792 (Thale, Selections p 17, 27, 29) / Old Bailey 28.5.1800 murder of Bartolomichi (QV*) witness William Hearne potboy at Kings Arms Poland St / John Rogers Pride victualler Chandos St, St Martins voted Graham 1802 / SunFire 1807 51 Chandos St exec of will PCC 1807 of John Christie cabinet maker / will of Samuel Pride PCC 1808…

Land Tax 22 St Mary Axe 1790 to 1800 David Ross £9

Telegraph 22.6.1795 LCS tickets from D Ross 22 St Mary Axe, Leadenhall St

Morning Herald 21.3.1798 ad for position, apply Mr Ross's hairdresser 22 St Mary Axe, Leadenhall St

SunFire 1794 Francis Ross smith 32 St Mary Axe / SunFire 1810 Daniel Ross & co merchants 7 Bury Court, St Mary Axe

Ann d of David & Ann Ross born 9.2.1789 bapt 8.3.1789 St Andrew Undershaft (church in St Mary Axe)

David s of David Ross from the workhouse bapt 5.8.1795 St Andrew Undershaft

Elizabeth Ross buried 30.…