The descent of JOHN PEROW(PEROAN, PEROWN)(b.1701)
(3) JOHN PEROW,+ 8-Jan-1701 at St Martin@Oak, Norwich; pres. JOHN PEROAN,
m.1) 1720c, Martha --?--;
also, as JOHN PEROWN,
m.2) 30-Aug-1752, by banns at St Mary, Coslany, Norwich, Hannah Calver, widow (prob. nee Ricebrook; m.8-Jul-1738, John Carver, St Martin@Oak); d., leaving issue by his first wife:
(a) Jane, b.16-Apr-1722 (+ St Michael, Coslany); d.15-Jul- 1722.
(b) JOHN (Peroan), + 3-Jun-1728, of whom presently.
(c) (prob) DAVID + 30 Jul 1732, at St Mary, Coslany, Norwich.Parents stated as John and Martha Perone
(d) (poss.) Martha, + (adult) 25-Nov-1759, at St John de Sepulchre, Norwich.
(4) JOHN PEROAN (PEROWNE), + 3-Jun-1728, at St Mary, Coslany, Norwich; worsted manufacturer; m.18-Apr-1749, at St Michael, Coslany, Norwich, Isabella Short (b.1726; d.23-Jul- 1828 (She fell over a cat at the top of the stairs and broke her neck - letter dated 12-Jul-1956 from Bernard Perowne); monument in Stalham churchyard, Norfolk, which reads:
Here lieth the Body of
Mrs Isabella Perowne
Widow of
Mr John Perowne
Formerly of St Martin@Oak in the City of Norwichand mother of
Margaret Perowne
Who was buried in East Derehamnear the Body of William Cowper Esqre.
A woman highly respected by all to whom she was known and dearly
Beloved by eight children. Died July 23rd, 1828Aged 102.)
JOHN PEROWNE d.1787, 1eaving issue:
(a) Martha, + 21-Sep-1750, at St Michael, Coslany, Norwich;
m.7-Jul-1776, at St Martin@Oak, Norwich, Richard Colls, of North Walsham.(1 s., Alfred)
(b) Margaret, b.1752 (+ St Michael, Coslany) in Norwich; devoted nurse and companion to William Cowper (Poet, 1731-1800, who suffered recurrent bouts of madness) at Dunham Lodge, near Swaffham, and from October, 1796, at East Dereham, where he died; she d.unm., 1816; bd. in the churchyard at East Dereham (monument in Church,
Which reads:
"Margaret entitled to the purest praise
Kind nurse of Cowper in his final days;
Thou who hast propt him with thy guardian arm,
And o'er his troubles shared a peaceful charm;
His fav'rite aid in sufferings dark abyss
Now share thy christian friend's celestial bliss,
Ye both have toil'd your heavenly home to gain,
Through a dark pilgrimage of earthly pain,
But, taught to suffer by your suff'ring Lord,
With Christ ye find the fullness of reward." )
(c) WILLIAM SHAW PEROWNE, b.1754, 0f whom presently.
(d) Isabella; m.8-Ocr-1786, at St Martin@Oak, Norwich, John Monsey, of St Peter, Mancroft, Norwich; having issue:
(i) Lucretia, b.29-Jun-1788 (+ St Martin@Oak) in Norwich; m. --?-- Smith, t nonconformist minister:
(ii) Charlotte, b.1796; m.WILLIAM PEROWNE, of Howe (5)(b) below d.20-May-1839, at Hockering, Norfolk.
(e) RICHARD, b.1755c (+ adult 27-Nov-1774 at St Martin@Oak, Norwich); m.1774c Sarah -~?--,?d.9-Nov-1777 bd, St Augustine's having issue:
(i) Elizabeth, + 1778, at St Martin@Oak, Norwich.
(f) ROBERT, b.1758c; m.22-Apr-1787 at St Martin@Oak, Norwich, Susanna Airs ("both of this Parish"); issue?
(g) JOHN, + 6-Apr-1761, at St Martin@Oak, Norwich; gent., of Aldersgate Street, London ("close to the "Castle Falcon" Inn); oil and tallow merchant; Freeman of London (admitted, on presentation of the Innholders' Company, as "Citizen and Innholder by Redemption (i.e. by purchase), the son of John Perowne of Norwich, a Worsted Manufacturer”, June, 1796 (letter d/6th February, 1973, from the Clerk of the Chamberlain's Court, Guildhall, London); he was a Wesleyan, and d.unm.29-Jun- 1826; monument.inStalham churchyard, which reads:
Here lieth
interred the Body of
Mr John Perowne, Gent.,
of the Parish of'Stalham
in the Countyof Norfolkand late of AldersgateStreet, London,
youngest son of Mr John Perowne
Formerly of the Parish of
Saint Martin@Oak
in the City of Norwich,
Who died June 29th, 1826
Aged 65 years.
Highly respected by all who knew him.
(h) Sarah; m.James Bailey, having issue:
(i) Robert (Bailey), b.10-Jul-1803.
(ii) James (Bailey), + 1805, at St Miles, Norwich.
(j) (poss?) Maria Perowne + 15-Oc-1769 at St Martin@Oak with parents John Perowne and Isabella, There is also record of a Maria Perowne infant burial at St Augustines 1-May-1771.
(5) WILLIAM SHAW PEROWNE, b.1754 (+ St Michael, Coslany) in Norwichsurgeon the Royal Navy and, later, in practice at Downham Market, Norfolk, and at Fulnetby-cum-Rand, Lincs ("a prime mover in the vaccination discoveries and campain of Jennerll); after retiriring, resided at Stalham, Norfolk, and farmed at Horsey, Norfolk; m.13-Ocr-1789, at the Parish Church, Sloley, Norfolk, Ann (b.25-Nov-1764, at Stalham; d.2-Dec-1834, at Horsey), daughter of Benjamin CubittEsqre, of Stalham, and sister of Rev Benjamin Cubitt, of Sloley, who, dying without issue, left all the family money to the brother of his second wife (White). WILLIAM SHAW PEROWNE d.30-Jul-1842, at Barney; bd., together with his wife, at Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk(memorial in church);having issue:
(a) Mary Ann, b.19-Ocr-1790, at Downham Market, Norfolk; landowner; d.unm.14-May-1866, at Denmark Farm, Sprowston, Norfolk.
(b) WILLIAM, b.5-Feb-1792, at Downham Market, Norfolk; farmer, of Howe, Norfolk (cowkeeper, 1842;Isalesman, 1849), and of Wildfield, Worplesdon, Surrey (1852); farm bailiff, res. Southsea, Hants (1872);.m.1) 1P)18c, (not at Howe), his first cousin Charlotte (b.1796;d.20-May-1839, at Hockering, Norfolk), daughter of John and Isabella (nee Perowne - (4)(d) above) Monsey; m.2) 7.v:1849, at the Parish Church, West Hackney, Middlesex, Hannah (b.1826';d.22:.Lii:1893, at 101, St James Road, Southsea), daughter of William Gathercole, Yeornan; d.1872-Q1, at the age of 80 years, at Southsea, having issue:
By his first wife:
(i) Charlotte, b.7-Sep-1819 at Howe, Norfolk; d.inf?
(ii) Harriet (Plate Var.Harriette) Isabella, b.11-Jul-1821 (+ lj-Jul-1821) at Howe, Norfolk; witness at the death of her mother, 20-May-1839;m.l-Feb-1842, at the Parish Church, Stepney, Middlesex, John Rose, son of Joseph Rose, grocer, of 1, Devonport Street, Shadwell; res.(1870) at 93, New Church Road, Camberwell, Surrey.
(iii) Ann Eliza, b.12-Nov-1823 (+ 17-Nov-1823) at Howe, Horfolk; needlewornan; d.unm.20-Nov-1870, at Henry's Cottage, Coleman Street, Camberwell, Surrey.
(iv)(prob.) WILLIAM RUFUS, b.1825c (no record at Howe); with Selina Perowne (poss.his wife) was a witness at the second marriage of his(?) father in 1849. (no further record of either)
and by his second wife:
(v)GEORGE, b.11-Jan-1852, at Wildfield, Worplesdon, Surrey; insurance agent, of 29, Clarendon Road, Redhill, Surrey; m.25-Jan-1883, at St Martin's Church, Brighton, Sussex, Elizabeth Kate (b.1865; m.2) 11-May-1901, at St Oswald's, Collyhurst, Manchester, Samuel Heywood Hesslegrave, actor) daughter of Lewis Hart, house decorator, of 147, Lewes Road, Brighton, Sussex; d.12-Jun-1896, at Redhill.(? issue)
(vi) JOHN, b.1857-Q4, at Wildfield, Worplesdon, Surrey; sewing-machine salesman (1898), tailor's traveller (1900) and tailor's assistant (1903), of 101 st James' Road, Southsea, Hants; m.14-Sep-189 Anna Grace Lyle Honey (b.1863; d.2?-Nov-1944, at 11, GrosvenorStreet, Southsea); d.1903-Q1, at Southsea; having issue:
a. JOHN BURT, b.20-Sep-1898, at 101, St James' Road, Southsea. d. unm. 1941-Q1, at Portsmouth
b. Margaret Annie, b.2-Jun-1900, at 101, St James' Road, Southsea; m.1925-Q2, at Portsmouth, William H.Lambert of 28 Solihull House, Meridin Rd, Southsea Reginald b.1926-Q1
c. ARTHUR b.1901-Q3; d.1902-Q1, at Southsea.
(c) GEORGE, b.19-May-1795, at Downham Market, Norfolk; Veterinary Surgeon, of All Saints Green, Norwich; res.(1845) in WastlegateStreet, Norwich, where he owned a 'veterinary forge’ (White's "Norwich Directory"); in July, 1838, a Norwichwoman of the name of Maxey appeared before the magistrates and alleged that he stole the
body of her husband, his late employee, for anatomical dissection.(see Appendix for an account of the hearing, and subsequent trial of this case); d.unm., in Norwich,
1-May-1844, aged 48 years.
(d) Elizabeth, b.24-Jan-1797, at Fulnetby-cam-Rand, Lincs; m.George Ives, auctioneer of 53, Prince of Wales-Road, Norwich(d.29-May-1874); d.7-May-1880 s.p.
(e) Hannah, b.19-Jun-1799, at Fulnetby-cum-Rand, Lincs; m. 16-Jan-1832, at St George, Tombland, Norwich, William Tomlinson, of St Peter, Mancroft, Norwich (d.ante 1866); d.post 1869 s.p.
(f) Jane, b.2-Jan-1802, at Fulnetby-cum-Rand, Lincs; m. 2-Jan-1832, at St George, Tombland, Norwich, George Snape (d.ante 1866), of Haverhill, Suffolk, resident of St Clement's Hill, New Catton, Norwich; d.18-Jan-1887 s.p., at Cathedral Street, Norwich.
(g) Isabella, b.17-Mar-1804, at Fulnetby-cum-Rand, Lincs; d.unm., at Norwich, 10-Jan-1887.
(h) BENJAMIN b.30-Jan-1806, of whom presently. .
(6) BENJAMIN PEROWNE, b.30-Jan-1806, at Fulnetby-curn-Rand, Lincs (“had small pox by innoculation from the cowpox in 1808”); found himself at the age of 20 responsible for rnanaging the farm at Stalham left to him, his brothers and sisters, under the Will of his uncle JOHN PEROWNE, of Aldersgate (see 4(g) above. In 1870, he sold his share in this property to the sitting tenant for £200 (Account Books, Great Snoring). He farmed at Barney, Norfolk, as a tenant of Sir Charles Chad and, later, at Manor Farm, Great Snoring; m., at Barney (after a ten year engagement), 31-Ocr- 1845, Frances Mary (b.8-Jul-1810; d.17-Feb-1885; bd. Great Snoring), daughter of Jean Marc Barrat (formerly of Aubonne, Switzerland) and his wife Frances(nee Summers).
Jean Marc Barrat was the trusted secretary/courier of George Chad Esquire, of Thursford, sometime British Minister at Dresdenand in Colombia&c, who was the patron of the Barrat family and provided a dowry for Frances Mary. BENJAMIN PEROWNE d.25-Aug-18811; bd. at Great Snoring; having issue:
(a) Georgiana Elizabeth, b.23-Jun-1847; d.unm., 18-May-1872.
(b) BENJAMIN CUBITT, b.26-Jul-1848, of whom presently.
(c) Elizabeth, b.9-Nov-1849, at Great Snoring, Norfolk; m.13-Ocr-1875, at Great Snoring, Whitbread Roberts, farmer, of Kings Walden, Herts (d.1894); having issue:
(i) Whitbread Priest (Roberts), b.8-Ocr-1876; m. 1911, Winifred Lucas (b.26-Nov-1880; d.5-Dec- 1953); d.14-Nov-1952.(2 s.)
(ii) George Perowne (Roberts), b.24-Mar-1878; m. 27-Apr-1905 at NewgateStChurch, Dora, Kate, youngest daughter of J.H.Johnson Esquire, of Little Berkamstead Manor, Herts; d.2-Feb-1961.(1 son. 2 daughters.)
(iii) Dorothy Perowne (Roberts), b 1916; m D.H Parker residing 1974 The Round House Ickleford, Hitchin, Herts
(d) Ann Frances, b.21-May-1851; d.29-Apr-1868 s.p.
(7) BENJAMIN CUBITT PEROWNE, b.26-Jul-1848; farmer, of Great brick-kiln at Barney; m.22-May- 1878, at Carlton, Cambs, Augusta Louisa (b.18-Aug-1858; d.16-Dec-1934; latterly of Beeleigh House, Fakenham, Norfolk), daughter of Richard Kent (b.1831; d.v:1864) and Emma (nee Sharp) Long; d.6-Sep-1915, having issue:
(a) BENJAMIN RICHARD.1879-Q2; poultry farmer, of Doddinghurst, near Brentwood, Essex;
m.1)Elizabeth Cowan (d.22-May-1921, in Belfast);
m.2) 1921-Q4 at Croydon, Surrey, Charlotte Albinia Norah Kathleen Tisley (Callaby, or Parrett-Parry) (b.1881; d. 4-May-1933, at Chipping Ongar, Essex); d. 1940-Q3 at Epping, Essex, s.p.
(b) JOHN b.1880-Q4; farmer, of White Hall, Saham Toney, Thetford, Norfolk;
m.1) 1910-Q1, at Risbridge, Agnes Maud Gurteen (b. 1876: d.18-Nov-1948);
m.2) 1951-Q1, at Lothingland, Mabel Violet LilianCharman (b. 8-Ocr-1897, d.3-May-1969, at 47, Southwick Street, Southwick, Sussex); d.20iii: 1956 s.p.
(c) BERNARD CUBITT b.12-Mar-1883, of whom presently.
(d) Gladys Augusta, b.10-Aug-1884; m.17-Feb-1911, at Great Snoring, Charles Percy Andrews (b.9-Sep-1879; d-Ocr-1961), seed-buyer, of Sprowston, Norwich; d.31-Jan- 1959; leaving issue:
(i) Paul Perowne (Andrews), b.l-Dec-1911; m. Marion Jarvis; d x:1970. (1son. 1 daughter.)
(ii) Barbara Mary, b.9-Jun-1914; of Chapel House, Shelley, Suffolk.
(iii) Ruth, b.2-Nov-1918; m.8-Nov-1947, at Colombo, Ceylon, Anthony Capper Moore Hingley.(2 sons. 1 daughter.)
(e) Annie Frances, b.20viii:1886; m.17-Ocr-1916, at Great Snoring, Norfolk, William Hudson (b.12-Dec-1884; d.1-Feb-1966), of Quarles, Norfolk; d.16-Mar-1956; leaving issue: .
(i) Elizabeth Mary, b.26-Aug-1917; m.9-Jun-1943, at St Mary, North Creake, Norfolk, John NiedieckSavory.(b.10-Jul-1914, at Chertsey), eldest son of Tudolph Claude Savory (1884-1952) and Ilse Lydia Bertha (1893-1972; nee von Heimendahl), MBE, stockbroker, of Thorpland Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk.(1 son. 2 daughters.)
(ii) Nancy Veronica, b.12-Apr-1920; m.10-Mar-1944, Phillip Farley Dickson, of Perth, W.Australia. (2 sons. 1 daughter)
(iii) Margaret Jill, b.10-Aug-1922; m.30-Sep-1947, Claude Henry Bennion, youngest son of ClaudBennion, of BildestonCoplow, Leics. (1 son 1 daughter)
(f) HERBERT, b.14-Mar-1888 of whom presently [see the descent of Herbert]
(g) FRANCIS LESLIE, b.30-Jun-1896; farmer, of Great Snoring, Norfolk; m.24-Jul-1924, at Plomesgate, Edith Constance Woodgate (b.22-Sep-1901), of Framlingham, Suffolk; d.6-Sep-1969; leaving issue:
(i) (FRANCIS) WILLIAM, b.23-Dec-1925; Educated at Malvern College; served in Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm); farmer, of the Manor House, South Creake, Norfolk; Chairman, Docking R.D.C. 1971-1974; m.28-Nov-1957, Cynthia Whittall (b.28-May-1929); daughter of Major Arthur Whittall, OBE, HM Diplomatic Service, formerly of Istanbul and has issue:
a. Angela, b.2-Ocr-1959.
b. CHRISTOPHER, b.4-Nov-1961.
(ii) (Kathleen) Mary, b.22-Dec-1926; of School Farm, Great Snoring, Norfolk.
(iii)(ERIC) JAMES, b.29-Ocr-1931; Educ.Gresham’s School, Holt; farmer, of Top Farm, Great Snoring, Norfolk;
m. 1954-Q3 ElizabethPeacock (b.20-May-1930), daughter of William Henry Cambridge Peacock, of South Runcton; and has issue:
a. ROBERT WILLIAM, b.11-May-1956.
b. Jennifer Mary, b.7-Jun-1959.
c. DAVID JAMES, b.11-Jun-1965.
(iv) Diana Margaret, b.19-May-1934; of Brooke, Nr Norwich.
(8) BERNARD CUBITTPEROWNE, b.12-Mar-1883; latterly of 65, Victoria Avenue, Hunstanton, Norfolkfarmer;
m-7-Aug-1915, Gertrude Dorothy Tingey (b.28:1:1886), daughter of John Thomas Tingey, farmer, of Dunton, Norfolk, and Gertrude Eliza (nee Orris) Tingey; res (1922) Testerton Hall, Testerton, Norfolkd.11-May-1957; leaving issue:
(9) BENJAMIN CUBITT PEROWNE, b.18-Feb-1921(reg.Walsingharn); Captain, Royal Navy; of Shortacre, Mill Lane, Headley, Bordon, Hants; m.12-Ocr-1946, at Burton, Christchurch, Hants, Phyllis Marjorie Peel (b.3-Jun-1919), daughter of Reginald Vincent Peel, Commodore Royal Naval Reserve (also Commodore of the Cunard Line), of Rockferry (Bebington), Cheshire, and Ella Janet (nee Bushe) Peel; having issue: