John Marchant
- Born: 1786
- Christened: 19 Dec 1787, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire England
- Marriage (1): Sarah Pratt on 20 Nov 1804 in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex England
- Died: 22 Apr 1848, Brighton Workhouse, Sussex England at age 62
- Buried: 27 Apr 1848, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex England Gravestone
General Notes:
Baptism shows "of WILLIAM MARCHANT Surgeon and ELIZABETH his wife"
If JOHN was born in Cheshunt in 1787 he was only about 17 when he married . A s a n orphan it may be that his guardian was interested in marrying him of f earl y? H is age at death seems to indicate that this is JOHN of Cheshunt.
In 1839 JOHN was living in Hailsham according to AMS698. No trace in 1841.
Died in Brighton Workhouse of diseased kidney and buried at Hurstpierpoint w i t h 2nd son William, William's wife Jane and their son, Morton (great-great-gr an ds on of Elizabeth Morton) Gravestone next to son THOMAS
Before gambling his fortune away his lawyer persuaded him to settle £2,000 o n e a ch of his children.
CHECK c1841 BRIGHTON WORKHOUSE
HURSTPIERPOINT HOLY TRINITY
Inscription: (Right side) Sacred / to the memory of / JOHN MARCHANT / who di e d A pril 22nd / 1848 / aged 62 years / ... / Also MORTON son of / WILLM and JA N E / MARCHANT / who died Augt 12th / 1847 / aged 11 months / (Left side) I n / lo ving m emory of / WILLIAM MARCHANT / who departed this
life / October 20th 1879 / aged 70 years / ... / Also of / JANE MARCHANT /
wife of the above / who fell asleep in Jesus / May 19th 1891 / aged 81
years / (F.S.) (Left side) J.M. / 1818 / M.M. / 1817 / (Right side) W.H. / 1879
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Ian & Hilary Marchant added:
There is no doubt that my ancestor the diarist was well-to-do, but it looks as though his grandson William was straightforwardly rich. He was an apothecary, Dr Marchant, and Surgeon to the Royal Powder Mills in Waltham Abbey. As well as Little Park (the house and land in Hurstpierpoint that Thomas the Diarist farmed) he owned property in Cheshunt and Edgeley. There are records of how much property tax he paid. The kind of chap bound to do well out of the Napoleonic Wars. A baronetcy, at the very least, beckoned. Sadly, he was killed in Waltham Cross in a coach accident on the 13th December 1790. (The 13th of December was my Dad's birthday, incidentally).
His eldest son John was 14 at the time of his Father's death. We can't say that he inherited a vast fortune, but it was a fair old bit. We can't say for sure how John might have turned out if his Father had lived. But we do know that John lost the lot through gambling, and that he died in Brighton Workhouse in 1848. His grandson Elkanah, my great-great grandfather, would have been seven at the time.
Noted events in his life were:
• connection. 896
John married Sarah Pratt on 20 Nov 1804 in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex England. (Sarah Pratt was born in 1777.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Certificate: (PR) /Crowhurst.
Marriage Notes:
Ref. number: F37 FX6
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