Letters collected by JSH Vine
Letter from 57, York Street, York Road, Lambeth Dated 1/9/1853 Addresed to "My Dear Jemmy" From Your Uncle ??? Fernandez Extract: Your sisters Eleanor and Charlotte were expected from Louvaine yesterday. On their arrival they are, for a time, to be at Richard Paddison's Eleanor Clarke writes in 1857from "Grove House" (possibly a school?) James Howard Clarke Admitted a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons 4/3/1859. Qualified to act as Apothecary 9/8/1860.
Letter from Eleanor Clarke dated 23/2/1856 refers to Sophy Paddisson James Fernandez Howard Clarke Qualified to practise apothecary 8th may 1884 admitted a member of The Royal College of Surgeons in England 20/4/1886. Docteur en Medicine, Chirurgie et Accouchements Universite Libre de Bruxelles 11/2/1893
Copy of a letter addressed to Howard Jackson Esq., North Reston Hall, Lincs From Dr John Jackson BMS 5, Brunswick Terrace, Brighton 12/2/1886 My Dear Howard I send you a very curious pedigree of the Corrie family, which I had known of for many years, chiefly through Henry Corrie, but which however the particulars, until the papers came into my hands through Mrs Holyer(?) as executrix. Dr Corrie was always unwilling to speak of his ancestry and refused to give any information of his parentage to some of the members who applied to him but when the Bishop of Madras came into this country they wished to have an augmentation of their arms the matter was fully entered into in the Herald's office, and in the time of William IV a grant was given the Bishop to use the MacPherson arms as well as MacNab. You will see a curious circumstance of a MacPherson having to fly the country and take the name of Corrie whence the family of our late friend the three sons of John Corrie, namely the Bishop, Henry and George Corrie, all died and left no male descendant. By the grant of William IV the male descendants of the Corrie family are permitted to use their arms. I have sent to Col. Corrie Walker of the Bengal Engineers that the application at the Herald's office permission will be granted, and this I believe he is going to make. As the wife of Bishop Corrie was our relative it will be well for our family to have possession of this document I therefore send it to you to be kept in preservation. Your affectionate brother J. Jackson
7 Francis? Or Marius?Road Balham London 10/1/1911 My dear Cousins "pater et filium (crossed out) filius?" I have recently returned from India and during my stay there, deeply interested myself in the history of our family. It gives me great pleasure to send you the enclosed copies of documents, letters etc. etc. all of which have some bearing upon the subject. I have by no means exhausted my search, but owing to my occupation, the sea; my absence from the libraries etc. is frequent, and I am unable to make as much headway as I should wish. If you could throw any further light upon the matter, either by alterations or corrections, I should be more than glad, no detail is too small to be of the greatest importance to me. I am pending? Copies, similar to the enclosed to each family descending from my Great Grandfather George Jackson. I have expended a great amount of time and a fair amount of money upon my searches (possibly it may please you to ? me pecuniarily) as I intend to make a thoroughly authoritative and exhaustive search, my ultimate aim being to discover or to secure and to obtain a Grant For Family Armorial bearings, but I think it is quite possible that they already exist. I here acknowledge, with pleasure the very great assistance I have already received from my Relatives and Friends. I am With all regard Your faithful kinsman George Howard Jackson
Mrs FRASER (Sophia Elinor PADDISON) writes 18/6/1911 My Grandfather JACKSON was from Grantham (I think) of quite respectable parentage, but nothing great; at 13 or 14 he ran away to sea, I think he was born at and left Grantham [Lincolnshire] and became a brave and successful sea captain, made a good deal of money for those times, and returned to England and bought Reston. He had the sense to marry a lady and various good marriages helped to raise the family. My Grandfather married MARY HOWARD, the daughter of a solicitor of Calcutta. I believe that her mother's name was MITFORD. She was married twice, first to her cousin, a Mr EYRES from Somerset with whom she went to India and then she married Mr HOWARD, also a solicitor. Then as you know, my Grandfather had a large family of nine children. Reston was but a small property and after his death and my grandmother's death it was sold and bought for a comparatively small sum by one of his own son's your husband's father, my Uncle HOWARD (JACKSON) at his death it was again disposed of -----... One of my grandfather's sons, my Uncle WILLIAM, also went out to India, and became a solicitor and married a Miss EWING (I believe) and had two children, the daughter married in Ireland, the son enlisted in the army and returned to England. When about 30 died at home, I never heard that he left money etc. From the information in this letter, it could have been written to Christine Hamilton (wife of Alfred) or Alice Daniels (wife of William) or Anne Williams (wife of George)
Mrs John Hampden Jackson [Rose Fitzgerald according to the Biography family Tree], wife of Revd J H Jackson North and South Reston Vicarages, Lincolnshire writes June 1st 1911. Our Grandfather Jackson came to North Reston first about 1800, he was the first JACKSON there; the name is not in the church register, they came from somewhere near Gainsborough [Lincolnshire] but we do not know where, I am sorry I cannot be of any use, I can only add that Sir John FRANKLIN was a friend of your grandfather and North Reston Hall was the last friend's house he stayed in before he left for his expedition etc. etc. P.S. 1 have several very interesting relics of my great grandfather, and ??? viz."A catalogue of Sale of Furniture , Carriages , Horses , books etc. The property of George Jackson Esq., proceeding to Europe." The House etc; etc; to be sold on the premises by auction, Cossital (?) Grants Lane, Tuesday July 1st 1803. Auctioneers Thomas Rownorth & Co. Calcutta. The list printed by S. Greenway - India Gazette Press. A copper or gunmetal Mortar engraved 'Capt. Jackson, Asia 1794" (said to have been cast fromher guns G.H.J.) The original Diary, copy of which is enclosed. A Masonic apron (of George Jackson) also a piece of his queue. A number of mother of pearl counters engraved with a monogram G.M.J. (George Mary Jackson). A sword (once the property of William (?)Jackson) who fell at Seringapatam A tatele (?) of Cayabuca & Amboyna wood. 1 understand that this was given to Mrs Howard by alady of Honour to Queen Caroline or Charlotte. A wooden sextant, once "the property of G. Jackson H.E.I.C. If you should know of the existence of any jewels, portraits (particularly) or family relics of any kind, I should be extremely pleased if you would send me a short description , and their history as it is more than probable that a seemingly trivial matter may be to me of great importance and give the clues 1 need. 1 shall thus succeed in, my desire to establish or discover arms for the family of which I have the honour to be the head. G.H.J. |
