SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION; William Demeza of Whitechapel proposed 14.3.1783 by John Satchell 2nded Edward Hall
Though the name was Portuguese Jewish this family must have gone native / Solomon Demeza = St James Clerkenwell 1.9.1734 Ann Hale botp banns / Isaac bapt Stepney 1737 of Solomon & Ann / will PCC 1771 of Solomon Demeza dated 16.6.1769 mentioned wife Ann sons William Hale & Isaac / William Hale Demeza = Bromley, Kent 31.12.1772 Susannah Ellis / their children bapt Whitechapel William 1773, John 1776, Sarah 1781, Richard 1782 (bur 1783 Bromley), George Ellis 1784, Mary Ann 1787 / will PCC 1775 of Isaac Demeza of Bromley sworn to 12.7.1775 by his brother William Demeza of Lambeth St, Goodmans Fields, Whitechapel papermaker / SunFire 1778-9 William Demeza paper & flock manufacturer 32 Leman St, Goodmans Fields, 1781 stationer & rag merchant 75 Whitechapel / directories 1783-1787 stationer 75 Whiechapel / 1785 governor of Kent Dispensary, Deptford / 1788 subscr to Alexander Bicknell's Patriot King / bankrupt 26.5.1788 sale of stock 2.7.1788 & 22.7.1788 / William Hale Demeza buried 7.8.1788 Bromley / his wife and children may have moved to Manchester area - Mary Ann Demeza age 12 bur Congleton, Cheshire 1799 / Elizabeth Demeza sp removal order to St Marylebone from Liverpool 1801 / Manchester Times 7.2.1849 William Demeza stationer Salford married Ann Moores in the Hope Chapel / Lancaster Gazette 2.7.1853 Wm Demeza of John & Wm Demeza paper makers of Castle Mills, Farnworth accused of uttering forged bills / Liverpool Mercury 23.8.1853 two months imprisonment and ten years' transportation / Liverpool Mercury 15.11.1862 marriage of dau of late W.H. Demeza paper manufacturer / Glasgow Herald 21.1.1868 ad for Wm Demeza paper maker Manchester