Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds1
M, #18332, b. June 1912, d. 6 September 1968
His birth was registered in the quarter ending June 1912 in the Islington, London, registration district.1 Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds was the son of Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds and Florence Anaise Le Gallais.1 Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds emigrated in 1927 to Queensland, Australia.2 He married Eileen May Hammond in 1936 in Sydney, New South Wales.3 Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds died on 6 September 1968 in Newtown, New South Wales, at the age of 56.4,5
Child of Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds and Eileen May Hammond
- Kenneth Maxwell Symonds+ b. 20 May 1940, d. 1 Jun 2000
Citations
- [S120] Free BMD.
- [S89] Family Search, Australia, Queensland, Immigration indexes, 1864-1940.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/…
- [S34] Unverified internet information, https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/…
- [S205] Newspaper, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 September 1968.
Harry Gordon Symonds1
M, #9754, b. 10 October 1878, d. 5 March 1916
Harry Gordon Symonds was born on 10 October 1878 in St. Helier, Jersey.1,2 He was the son of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Maria Louisa Cottam.1 Harry Gordon Symonds was baptised on 7 November 1878 at St Helier.2 He died on 5 March 1916 in Pas de Calais, France, at the age of 37 serving as a private in the 11th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment. His name appears on the Loos Memorial. The Memorial forms the side and back of Dud Corner Cemetery, and commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the First Army, east and west of Grenay. Loos-en-Gohelle is a village 5 kilometres north-west of Lens, and Dud Corner Cemetery is located about 1 kilometre west of the village, to the north-east of the N43 the main Lens to Bethune road.3
Capt. Herbert Frank Gordon D'Arcy Symonds1
M, #4728, b. 14 April 1899, d. 7 July 1936
Capt. Herbert Frank Gordon D'Arcy Symonds. Of The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). He was born on 14 April 1899 in Steyning, Sussex.1,2 He was the son of Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds and Beatrice Mary Ledsam.3 Capt. Herbert Frank Gordon D'Arcy Symonds married Hester Dorothy Cook, daughter of Rev. Thomas William Cook, on 29 January 1929 in St. Gabriel's, Pimlico, London.1 Capt. Herbert Frank Gordon D'Arcy Symonds died on 7 July 1936 in Egypt at the age of 37 He was killed as a passenger in a Vickers Valentia which crashed on a night approach into Mersa Matruh.1,4
FLYING ACCIDENT. The Air Ministry greatly regrets to announce the undermentioned casualties to Army and Royal Air Force personnel as the result of an accident which occurred at Mersa Matruh on July 7, to an aircraft of No. 216 (Bomber Transport) Squadron, Heliopolis, whilst engaged in a night flying exercise in co-operation with the Army.
Royal Air Force personnel. (Pilots and crew of the aircraft.) Killed:-Sergt. Pilot Ronald George Allan, L.A/C. Edward Adams, A/C.1 Albert George Hassall, and A/C.1 John White. Seriously injured:-F/O. Norman de Warrenne Boult (pilot). Injured: - L.A/C. Thomas Sellars. Army personnel. (Passengers of the aircraft.) Killed:-Capt. Francis Edward MacKay Barford, Essex Regiment, Capt. Herbert Frank Gordon D'arcy Symonds, The Buffs, and Lt. Douglas Elliott Mackintosh, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Dangerously injured:- Capt. John Park Weir, R.A.M.C., and Capt. Thomas Brodie, Cheshire Regiment. Seriously injured: - Capt. Duncan Scott Cochrane, R.A.M.C. Injured:- Lt. Thomas Leslie Gwyther Charles, Essex Regiment. Flight, 16 July 1936.
FLYING ACCIDENT. The Air Ministry greatly regrets to announce the undermentioned casualties to Army and Royal Air Force personnel as the result of an accident which occurred at Mersa Matruh on July 7, to an aircraft of No. 216 (Bomber Transport) Squadron, Heliopolis, whilst engaged in a night flying exercise in co-operation with the Army.
Royal Air Force personnel. (Pilots and crew of the aircraft.) Killed:-Sergt. Pilot Ronald George Allan, L.A/C. Edward Adams, A/C.1 Albert George Hassall, and A/C.1 John White. Seriously injured:-F/O. Norman de Warrenne Boult (pilot). Injured: - L.A/C. Thomas Sellars. Army personnel. (Passengers of the aircraft.) Killed:-Capt. Francis Edward MacKay Barford, Essex Regiment, Capt. Herbert Frank Gordon D'arcy Symonds, The Buffs, and Lt. Douglas Elliott Mackintosh, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Dangerously injured:- Capt. John Park Weir, R.A.M.C., and Capt. Thomas Brodie, Cheshire Regiment. Seriously injured: - Capt. Duncan Scott Cochrane, R.A.M.C. Injured:- Lt. Thomas Leslie Gwyther Charles, Essex Regiment. Flight, 16 July 1936.
Citations
- [S105] [Bell], Bell Family Papers, Bell Birthday Book.
- [S120] Free BMD.
- [S17] John Gask, Les Jumelles and their families, p.96.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1930s/… (April 2009).
Irene Rosetta Violet Symonds1
F, #24750, b. 26 September 1904
Irene Rosetta Violet Symonds was born on 26 September 1904 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.1,2 She was the daughter of Thomas Edward Symonds and Violet May Gass.1 Irene Rosetta Violet Symonds was baptised on 3 February 1905 at Transvaal, South Africa.
Jermyn Symonds1
M, #20890, b. 28 December 1726
Jermyn Symonds was baptised on 28 December 1726 at Horringer, Suffolk.1 He was the son of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring.1 Jermyn Symonds probably died young.
Citations
- [S524] Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey, Horringer Parish Registers, p. 42.
Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI1,2
M, #1277, b. 19 October 1820, d. 14 December 1897
Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI was born on 19 October 1820 in Boldre, Hampshire.3 He was the son of Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.1,2 Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI was christened on 6 August 1822 at the Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire, after the wedding of his Aunt to Alexander Gordon.4 He married firstly Susan Campbell Kennedy, daughter of John Campbell Kennedy, on 26 September 1850 at St. Ann's Church, Belfast.5 Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI married secondly Maria Louisa Cottam, daughter of Henry Cottam, on 26 November 1874 at the parish of St. Saviour, Jersey.6,7 Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI appears on the census of 4 April 1881 at 8 The Terrace, Grosvenor Street, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, where he is enumerated with his wife and four children (and three servants). He is described as Major Gen. R M (Retired.)6 He died on 14 December 1897 in 5 Alfred Place, St. Andrew, Plymouth, at the age of 77.8
He entered the Marines in 1837, obtained his lieutenant's commission in 1841, and was promoted to captain in 1851. He served with the Marines against the Carlists on the north coast of Spain. He was also with the Baltic expedition in 1855, for which he received the medal, and engaged with the batteries at the bombardment of Sveaborg on August 9. In 1858-60 he served in China with the expeditionary force, including the occupation of Canton, the campaign in the North of China, the action of the Sinho, the taking of Tonghu, and the storming and capture of the North Taku forts. For these services he was mentioned in dispatches, and received his brevet rank of major and the medals with two clasps. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1867, and major-general in 1869 in which year he retired. He was awarded a Greenwich Hospital pension in 1877
A Gallant Officer restored to his Rank.- Her Majesty has ordered that, in consequence of distinguished services performed by Captain Jermyn Charles Symonds, of the Royal Marine forces, while serving with the Royal Marine brigade in China, that officer shall be restored to his original rank in the corps. Captain Symonds was, we understand, tried by a naval court-martial on some trifling charges some years back while serving on board her Majesty's ship Trincomalee, in the West Indies, and hence his suspension of rank, to which he has now been restored.9
He entered the Marines in 1837, obtained his lieutenant's commission in 1841, and was promoted to captain in 1851. He served with the Marines against the Carlists on the north coast of Spain. He was also with the Baltic expedition in 1855, for which he received the medal, and engaged with the batteries at the bombardment of Sveaborg on August 9. In 1858-60 he served in China with the expeditionary force, including the occupation of Canton, the campaign in the North of China, the action of the Sinho, the taking of Tonghu, and the storming and capture of the North Taku forts. For these services he was mentioned in dispatches, and received his brevet rank of major and the medals with two clasps. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1867, and major-general in 1869 in which year he retired. He was awarded a Greenwich Hospital pension in 1877
COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUTENANT SYMONDS, R.M. Plymouth, August 15. - This morning, at nine o'clock, a naval court-martial assembled on board her Majesty's ship Impregnable, 104, for the purpose of trying Jermyn Charles Symonds, a first lieutenant of Royal Marines, on the following charges :-
1st. For that the said first Lieutenant Jermyn Charles Symonds, of her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces, while borne on the books of her Majesty's ship Trincomalee, in commission, did not, on the 4th of April, 1850, return to the said ship, then being in the harbour of St. Jago de Cuba, until after eleven o'clock p. m. that day, whereas he ought to have I returned on board the said ship at eight o'clock on the evening of that day.
2. For that the said First Lieutenant, Jermyn Charles Symonds, while so borne as aforesaid, when he returned to the said ship after eleven o'clock p.m. of the said day, as aforesaid, did force his way on board the said ship, when, ordered by the officer of the watch and sentry on the gangway of the said ship to keep off.
The Court vas composed of the following officers: - President, Lord John Hay, C.B., Commodore of the first class, and second in command of her Majesty's ships and vessels at this port; Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B., of the Impregnable; Captain Nias, C.B., of the Agincourt; Captain William Hope Johnstone, of the Albion ; and Captain Augustus L. Kuper, of the Thetis. Mr. William Eastlake, officiated as deputy-judge advocate. The usual warrants for ordering the holding of a court-martial having been read, tho prisoner pleaded not guilty to both charges. The first witness then called, was Lieut. John Seacombe, who said : I was first lieutenant of the Trincomalee on the 4th April last, at St. Jago de Cuba. The prisoner was borne on the ship's books, and was doing duty on hoard that ship. During the prosecutor's absence from that ship on that day I gave prisoner leave to go on shore. I acquainted him thait he must be on board by eight p.m., telling him that it was the captain's orders that everybody should be on board. He did not return at that time. I reported his absence to the captain on my reporting my usual rounds a few minutes after nine o'clock. I gave other officers leave on that day. They all returned at the time, to the best of my knowledge, with the exception of Mr. Bastow, the acting mate; but I have, for the first time to-day, officially known that he was out of the ship-so much so, that on the captain asking me at nine o'clock on the evening of the 4th of April, if all the officers were on board, I told him they were all on board, with the exception of the prisoner.
By the President: It was not the practice of the ship to name any particular time to be on board, when giving officers leave. On every occasion when the ship was under sailing orders, the officers were desired to be on board at eight o'clock. Mr. Bastow might have got leave to be later, as the captain was on shore; but when the other officers came on board, I thought that he was amongst them.
By Captain Johnstone: I was not on deck when the prisoner returned that night.
By Captain Sir T. Maitland: I said publicly at the mess table, that there was no leave after eight o'clock. I don't think that I gave prisoner clearly and distinctly to understand that the ship was under sailing orders, but I said, "You know the orders."
By the President: l am not positive that the prisoner was at the mess table when I gave the orders.
By the Prisoner: At the time, I did not know that Mr. Bastow came on board with you, but I heard it some time afterwards rumoured that there was some person in the boat with you when you came on board on that occasion. When the officer of the watch and the sergeant of the Marines made their report to me the next morning, neither of them mentioned anything about Mr. Bastow being in the boat. I said to Mr. Bastow a day or two after that, when I heard that there was some one in the boat, I thought he was the likely man, and it was lucky for him that I did not know it.
Second Lieutenant Charles Goodwin Fagin stated that on the 4th April, on the captain leaving the deck, he ordered witness to allow no boat alongside without the captain's permission The prisoner got on board during his watch about twelve o'clock. The boat that the prisoner was in was hailed before she came alongside, and was ordered to lay off. After the boat had been hailed by the sentry on the port gangway several times, the mate of the watch, Mr. Dent, made a report to witness, and in consequence of that report he went over to the port gangway, and saw the shore-boat, at a little distance from the ship, with the sitters in her. The sentry at the port gangway was standing at the time in the gangway. Witness immediately ordered Mr. Dent upon no account to allow the boat alongside until he had reported the circumstance to Captain Warren. Witness went below, and Captain Warren ordered no shore-boat to come alongside till daylight, or after. Witness at once went on deck towards the port gangway, where he saw the prisoner talking to the *[line missing]* the night before had forced the sentry's post on the port gangway.
By Captain Johnstone: When I saw the prisoner on deck, Mr. Dent reported that the sentry's post had been forced by the prisoner, or words to that effect.
By Sir T. Maitland: I saw the boat at the end of the swinging boom; there was at the time a light breeze, and it was starlight.
Albert Dent examined: I was mate of the Trincomalee on the 4th of April last at St. Jago de Cuba. I was then officer of the watch. A boat came alongside about seven bells, in which was the prisoner. I heard her hailed, and ordered to lay off before she got alongside. In my opinion she was sufficiently near to hear the hail to keep off. The officer of the watch went down to report it to the captain, and during his absence I had charge of the deck, and while he was away I looked over the gangway, and said to the prisoner, "You must not come up the side until the officer of the watch has seen the captain" I walked aft, to see if the officer of the watch was coming, and on returning towards the gangway I saw the prisoner standing on the gangway. I told him he would get into trouble, it being the captain's order that no boat should come alongside. The officer of the watch then returned.
By Sir T. Maitland: The prisoner came up the side of the vessel, but I did not see the sentry oppose him.
By the Prisoner: When I reported to the officer of the watch that the boat was alongside, he was leaning on the netting, on the starboard side of the quarter-deck, by the main rigging. I did not hear him intimate to you, in any way, that you were not to come on board or alongside.
Sergeant Smith, a non-commissioned officer, proved that he was on deck on the night in question when the boat came alongside, and that he heard it said that no one was to come on board, and that after that the prisoner came on deck.
By the Court: The orders were given clearly, loudly, and distinctly to the boat to keep off, and for no one to come on board.
Private Slater, of the Royal Marines, fully corroborated this.
This was the case for the prosecution.
The court having been cleared for a short time, The prisoner made a statement to the effect that be did not force his way on board on the night in question. But he believed there was a strange feeling exhibited towards him by having him kept four months' in confinement, without asking him for an explanation. When he was alongside in the boat, the midshipman of the watch looked over the side, and, laughing, said, "You must not come onboard," and he thought it was a joke of his, and he treated it as such by walking on board immediately after. He then called John Parker, the quartermaster of the watch, who stated that the officer of the watch was asleep in the Jacob's ladder when the boat was first hailed. Mr. Symonds was not made a prisoner of while he was there. He heard a reply from the boat after the hail, which was " aye, aye."
Private Robert Wilcher fully corroborated this statement, and The prisoner then called the midshipman, Mr. Fortescue, who denied laughing when he looked over the side.
Louis Bastow was also called, and a question was put to him by the prisoner, "Were you in the boat with me on the night of the 4th of April last at St. Jago de Cuba ?"
The President: You need not answer any question that will tend to criminate yourself.
Witness: Then I decline to answer.
Prisoner: I shall ask nothing else.
Private James Bridle deposed to the prisoner not being taken into custody when he came on board.
The court was then cleared for two hours, and on its reopening the Court declared the first charge to be in part proved, and the second charge to be fully proved ; and adjudged the prisoner to lose two years' rank as a lieutenant, and to be severely reprimanded, and he was reprimanded accordingly. The court then broke up.
1st. For that the said first Lieutenant Jermyn Charles Symonds, of her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces, while borne on the books of her Majesty's ship Trincomalee, in commission, did not, on the 4th of April, 1850, return to the said ship, then being in the harbour of St. Jago de Cuba, until after eleven o'clock p. m. that day, whereas he ought to have I returned on board the said ship at eight o'clock on the evening of that day.
2. For that the said First Lieutenant, Jermyn Charles Symonds, while so borne as aforesaid, when he returned to the said ship after eleven o'clock p.m. of the said day, as aforesaid, did force his way on board the said ship, when, ordered by the officer of the watch and sentry on the gangway of the said ship to keep off.
The Court vas composed of the following officers: - President, Lord John Hay, C.B., Commodore of the first class, and second in command of her Majesty's ships and vessels at this port; Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B., of the Impregnable; Captain Nias, C.B., of the Agincourt; Captain William Hope Johnstone, of the Albion ; and Captain Augustus L. Kuper, of the Thetis. Mr. William Eastlake, officiated as deputy-judge advocate. The usual warrants for ordering the holding of a court-martial having been read, tho prisoner pleaded not guilty to both charges. The first witness then called, was Lieut. John Seacombe, who said : I was first lieutenant of the Trincomalee on the 4th April last, at St. Jago de Cuba. The prisoner was borne on the ship's books, and was doing duty on hoard that ship. During the prosecutor's absence from that ship on that day I gave prisoner leave to go on shore. I acquainted him thait he must be on board by eight p.m., telling him that it was the captain's orders that everybody should be on board. He did not return at that time. I reported his absence to the captain on my reporting my usual rounds a few minutes after nine o'clock. I gave other officers leave on that day. They all returned at the time, to the best of my knowledge, with the exception of Mr. Bastow, the acting mate; but I have, for the first time to-day, officially known that he was out of the ship-so much so, that on the captain asking me at nine o'clock on the evening of the 4th of April, if all the officers were on board, I told him they were all on board, with the exception of the prisoner.
By the President: It was not the practice of the ship to name any particular time to be on board, when giving officers leave. On every occasion when the ship was under sailing orders, the officers were desired to be on board at eight o'clock. Mr. Bastow might have got leave to be later, as the captain was on shore; but when the other officers came on board, I thought that he was amongst them.
By Captain Johnstone: I was not on deck when the prisoner returned that night.
By Captain Sir T. Maitland: I said publicly at the mess table, that there was no leave after eight o'clock. I don't think that I gave prisoner clearly and distinctly to understand that the ship was under sailing orders, but I said, "You know the orders."
By the President: l am not positive that the prisoner was at the mess table when I gave the orders.
By the Prisoner: At the time, I did not know that Mr. Bastow came on board with you, but I heard it some time afterwards rumoured that there was some person in the boat with you when you came on board on that occasion. When the officer of the watch and the sergeant of the Marines made their report to me the next morning, neither of them mentioned anything about Mr. Bastow being in the boat. I said to Mr. Bastow a day or two after that, when I heard that there was some one in the boat, I thought he was the likely man, and it was lucky for him that I did not know it.
Second Lieutenant Charles Goodwin Fagin stated that on the 4th April, on the captain leaving the deck, he ordered witness to allow no boat alongside without the captain's permission The prisoner got on board during his watch about twelve o'clock. The boat that the prisoner was in was hailed before she came alongside, and was ordered to lay off. After the boat had been hailed by the sentry on the port gangway several times, the mate of the watch, Mr. Dent, made a report to witness, and in consequence of that report he went over to the port gangway, and saw the shore-boat, at a little distance from the ship, with the sitters in her. The sentry at the port gangway was standing at the time in the gangway. Witness immediately ordered Mr. Dent upon no account to allow the boat alongside until he had reported the circumstance to Captain Warren. Witness went below, and Captain Warren ordered no shore-boat to come alongside till daylight, or after. Witness at once went on deck towards the port gangway, where he saw the prisoner talking to the *[line missing]* the night before had forced the sentry's post on the port gangway.
By Captain Johnstone: When I saw the prisoner on deck, Mr. Dent reported that the sentry's post had been forced by the prisoner, or words to that effect.
By Sir T. Maitland: I saw the boat at the end of the swinging boom; there was at the time a light breeze, and it was starlight.
Albert Dent examined: I was mate of the Trincomalee on the 4th of April last at St. Jago de Cuba. I was then officer of the watch. A boat came alongside about seven bells, in which was the prisoner. I heard her hailed, and ordered to lay off before she got alongside. In my opinion she was sufficiently near to hear the hail to keep off. The officer of the watch went down to report it to the captain, and during his absence I had charge of the deck, and while he was away I looked over the gangway, and said to the prisoner, "You must not come up the side until the officer of the watch has seen the captain" I walked aft, to see if the officer of the watch was coming, and on returning towards the gangway I saw the prisoner standing on the gangway. I told him he would get into trouble, it being the captain's order that no boat should come alongside. The officer of the watch then returned.
By Sir T. Maitland: The prisoner came up the side of the vessel, but I did not see the sentry oppose him.
By the Prisoner: When I reported to the officer of the watch that the boat was alongside, he was leaning on the netting, on the starboard side of the quarter-deck, by the main rigging. I did not hear him intimate to you, in any way, that you were not to come on board or alongside.
Sergeant Smith, a non-commissioned officer, proved that he was on deck on the night in question when the boat came alongside, and that he heard it said that no one was to come on board, and that after that the prisoner came on deck.
By the Court: The orders were given clearly, loudly, and distinctly to the boat to keep off, and for no one to come on board.
Private Slater, of the Royal Marines, fully corroborated this.
This was the case for the prosecution.
The court having been cleared for a short time, The prisoner made a statement to the effect that be did not force his way on board on the night in question. But he believed there was a strange feeling exhibited towards him by having him kept four months' in confinement, without asking him for an explanation. When he was alongside in the boat, the midshipman of the watch looked over the side, and, laughing, said, "You must not come onboard," and he thought it was a joke of his, and he treated it as such by walking on board immediately after. He then called John Parker, the quartermaster of the watch, who stated that the officer of the watch was asleep in the Jacob's ladder when the boat was first hailed. Mr. Symonds was not made a prisoner of while he was there. He heard a reply from the boat after the hail, which was " aye, aye."
Private Robert Wilcher fully corroborated this statement, and The prisoner then called the midshipman, Mr. Fortescue, who denied laughing when he looked over the side.
Louis Bastow was also called, and a question was put to him by the prisoner, "Were you in the boat with me on the night of the 4th of April last at St. Jago de Cuba ?"
The President: You need not answer any question that will tend to criminate yourself.
Witness: Then I decline to answer.
Prisoner: I shall ask nothing else.
Private James Bridle deposed to the prisoner not being taken into custody when he came on board.
The court was then cleared for two hours, and on its reopening the Court declared the first charge to be in part proved, and the second charge to be fully proved ; and adjudged the prisoner to lose two years' rank as a lieutenant, and to be severely reprimanded, and he was reprimanded accordingly. The court then broke up.
A Gallant Officer restored to his Rank.- Her Majesty has ordered that, in consequence of distinguished services performed by Captain Jermyn Charles Symonds, of the Royal Marine forces, while serving with the Royal Marine brigade in China, that officer shall be restored to his original rank in the corps. Captain Symonds was, we understand, tried by a naval court-martial on some trifling charges some years back while serving on board her Majesty's ship Trincomalee, in the West Indies, and hence his suspension of rank, to which he has now been restored.9
Children of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy
- Lucinda A. Symonds10
- Thomas Cunningham Lewis Symonds+10 b. Sep 1854, d. 29 Jul 1915
- Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds+11 b. Dec 1855, d. 16 Feb 1933
- Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds+10 b. Sep 1857, d. 6 Apr 1941
- Charles Oates FitzSimon Symonds12 b. Sep 1862, d. 18 Nov 1864
- Selina May Symonds+6 b. 29 May 1866, d. 3 Apr 1962
- John Tindal Cornwallis Symonds6 b. 20 Feb 1869, d. Jun 1955
Children of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Maria Louisa Cottam
- Charles Edward Symonds6 b. 19 Jul 1876, d. 4 Jan 1944
- Harry Gordon Symonds6 b. 10 Oct 1878, d. 5 Mar 1916
- Clement Symonds11 b. 1881
- Francis Herbert Malet Symonds11 b. 16 Jul 1881, d. Sep 1902
- Edwin Symonds11 b. 1882
Citations
- [S17] John Gask, Les Jumelles and their families.
- [S12] Christopher John Rees, CJR family tree.
- [S89] Family Search, Parish Registers, 1617-1840. Parish Church of Boldre.
- [S89] Family Search, Parish Registers, 1617-1840. Parish Church of Boldre.
- [S205] Newspaper, Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), October 1, 1850.
- [S50] British Census 1881.
- [S232] Ancestry.com, Jersey, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1940.
- [S232] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941.
- [S117] The Times Newspaper, 18 December 1897.
- [S100] 1871 British.
- [S94] 1891 British Census.
- [S89] Family Search, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds1
M, #575, b. December 1855, d. 16 February 1933
Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending December 1855 in the Alverstoke, Hampshire, registration district.2 He was the son of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy.1,3 Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds married Beatrice Mary Ledsam, daughter of William Ledsam and Merelina Victoria Gordon, on 17 October 1889 in St. John's, Hampstead, London.4,5 Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds appeared in the 1891 census at St. Helier, Jersey. He is listed as a lieutenant in the 16th Queen's Lancers. He and his wife appear to be visiting his father at the time.1 He died on 16 February 1933 in Bicker, Lincolnshire, at the age of 77. The notice of his death describes him as late Straits Settlements Police and one time 16th Queen's Lancers.4
Child of Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds and Beatrice Mary Ledsam
- Capt. Herbert Frank Gordon D'Arcy Symonds6 b. 14 Apr 1899, d. 7 Jul 1936
Child of Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds and Florence Anaise Le Gallais
- Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds+2 b. Jun 1912, d. 6 Sep 1968
Lt. Jermyn John Symonds R.N.1
M, #1296, b. 15 November 1765, d. 3 November 1796
Lt. Jermyn John Symonds R.N. was christened on 15 November 1765 at St. James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.2 He was the son of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Mary Ann Noble.1,3 Lt. Jermyn John Symonds R.N. was promoted third lieutenant on his father's ship Charon on 16 June 1780. He died on 3 November 1796 at the age of 30 when commander of the sloop Helena, 14 guns, which was lost with all hands off the coast of Holland. She foundered in a squall and about 80 men and boys were lost.4
Citations
- [S17] John Gask, Les Jumelles and their families.
- [S89] Family Search, Bury St. Edmunds, St. James parish registers. Hervey, Sydenham Henry Augustus.
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://www.sailingnavies.com/show_person.php
John Symonds1
M, #20891, b. 10 February 1727/28, d. February 1728
John Symonds was baptised on 10 February 1727/28 at Horringer, Suffolk, twin to Thomas.1 He was the son of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring1 and is buried on 14 February 1727/28 in Horringer, Suffolk.2
Dr. John Symonds
M, #16003, b. 19 February 1729/30, d. 18 February 1807
Dr. John Symonds. Regius professor of modern history at Cambridge University.1 He was baptised on 19 February 1729/30 at Horringer, Suffolk.2,3 He was the son of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring. Dr. John Symonds died on 18 February 1807 in Bury St. Edmunds at the age of 76 unmarried.1
PROFESSOR JOHN SYMONDS. 1730—1807. He was the third, but eldest surviving, son of the rector of Horringer where he was baptized. He was educated at Bury Grammar School and St. John’s College, Cambridge, and took his B.A. degree in 1752, being 4th Jun. Optime. In 1753 he was elected a fellow of Peter-house, and M.A. in 1754. In 1768 he was appointed Recorder of Bury. This office he resigned in Oct. 1801, when the Corporation voted him a piece of plate of the value of £50 for his long and eminent services. In 1771, probably through the influence of the Duke of Grafton, Chancellor of the University, he was appointed Professor of Modern History, succeeding Thomas Gray the poet, and in the next year was created LL.D. and migrated to Trinity College. He afterwards travelled in France and Italy, and on his return to England built the house on the east side of Bury St. Edmunds which he called St. Edmund’s hill, though the name has since been changed to the Mount. He records in his diary that the foundation stone was laid on April 2, 1773. The architect was Adam. It was built on ground which was part of his maternal grandmother’s share of the Jermyn property. He was one of the small party which dined weekly at Ickworth when the Earl-Bishop of Derry made his occasional stays there. He was also a great friend of Arthur Young, to whose “ Annals of Agriculture" he frequently contributed articles. He is frequently mentioned in Arthur Young’s Autobiography, who mentions paying him several visits at St. Edmund’s hill during a very dangerous illness in December, 1805. He survived this illness rather more than a year, and died in Feb., 1807, aged 77 exactly, and was buried at Pakenham. He died unmarried. His house at St. Edmund’s hill he sold to Mr. Cocksedge, whose son, Martin Thomas Cocksedge, married Mary Le Heup, who was granddaughter to Mrs. Discipline, the Professor's aunt. His property at Pakenham he left to the Rev. John Walter Spring Casborne, his sister’s grandson.
His portrait was painted by George Ralph, and engraved in 1788 by J. Singleton.
There is a memoir of him in the Dict: of Nat: Biography, which wrongly gives the year of his birth as 1728/9 instead of 1729/30. It also wrongly gives the year of his mother’s death as 1774 instead of 1763.4
PROFESSOR JOHN SYMONDS. 1730—1807. He was the third, but eldest surviving, son of the rector of Horringer where he was baptized. He was educated at Bury Grammar School and St. John’s College, Cambridge, and took his B.A. degree in 1752, being 4th Jun. Optime. In 1753 he was elected a fellow of Peter-house, and M.A. in 1754. In 1768 he was appointed Recorder of Bury. This office he resigned in Oct. 1801, when the Corporation voted him a piece of plate of the value of £50 for his long and eminent services. In 1771, probably through the influence of the Duke of Grafton, Chancellor of the University, he was appointed Professor of Modern History, succeeding Thomas Gray the poet, and in the next year was created LL.D. and migrated to Trinity College. He afterwards travelled in France and Italy, and on his return to England built the house on the east side of Bury St. Edmunds which he called St. Edmund’s hill, though the name has since been changed to the Mount. He records in his diary that the foundation stone was laid on April 2, 1773. The architect was Adam. It was built on ground which was part of his maternal grandmother’s share of the Jermyn property. He was one of the small party which dined weekly at Ickworth when the Earl-Bishop of Derry made his occasional stays there. He was also a great friend of Arthur Young, to whose “ Annals of Agriculture" he frequently contributed articles. He is frequently mentioned in Arthur Young’s Autobiography, who mentions paying him several visits at St. Edmund’s hill during a very dangerous illness in December, 1805. He survived this illness rather more than a year, and died in Feb., 1807, aged 77 exactly, and was buried at Pakenham. He died unmarried. His house at St. Edmund’s hill he sold to Mr. Cocksedge, whose son, Martin Thomas Cocksedge, married Mary Le Heup, who was granddaughter to Mrs. Discipline, the Professor's aunt. His property at Pakenham he left to the Rev. John Walter Spring Casborne, his sister’s grandson.
His portrait was painted by George Ralph, and engraved in 1788 by J. Singleton.
There is a memoir of him in the Dict: of Nat: Biography, which wrongly gives the year of his birth as 1728/9 instead of 1729/30. It also wrongly gives the year of his mother’s death as 1774 instead of 1763.4
Citations
Rev. John Symonds
M, #16002, b. 1695/96, d. 12 October 1757
Rev. John Symonds. Rector of Horningsheath alias Horringer (Church of St. Leonard).1 He was born in 1695/96.1 He married Mary Spring, daughter of Sir Thomas Spring bt and Merilina Jermyn, in January 1725/26 in Hengrave Church, Suffolk.2 Rev. John Symonds died on 12 October 1757.3 He was buried on 16 October 1757 in the chancel of St Mary's Parish Church, Pakenham, Suffolk.3
REV. JOHN SYMONDS, D.D., rector of Horringer from 1725 to 1758.
He was born in 1696, was educated at Bury Grammar School, and by parentage was thoroughly Buriensis.
For his grandfather was Henry Symonds, a rich clothier of Bury, who married Suzan, daughter of John Craske of Bury.
And his father was John Symonds of Bury, who died in 1704 when young John was only 8 years old. And his mother's maiden name was Ann Hovell, and she was sister to Richard and Thomas Hovell, two active members of the Bury Corporation.
These two uncles are now and then mentioned in the letters of John, Lord Bristol, and not being political friends or supporters of his were regarded by him with great indignation.
In Sept., 1713, Lord Bristol writes from Bath to Mr. Richard Hovell, Alderman of Bury, to thank the Corporation for returning his son and brother-in-law (Porter) as their representatives in Parliament. (Letter 436.)
In Aug., 1721, Lord Bristol writes from Ickworth to his wife in London, and says, “Yesterday I dined with ye Corporation, who received me with more universal kindness and respect (if possible) than ever, except ye two Hovells." (Letter 619.) A week later he writes again to his wife, “On Thursday next I am to treate the Corporation at the Angel in Bury; they have given the Hovells a fresh mortification by choosing a kinsman of Mr. Macro's for their Preacher in exclusion of their nephew Symonds ; this, they say, they may take for offering to sett up an interest in opposition to Lord Bristol's. (Letter 627.)
In Oct., 1723, one of the two Hovells had lately passed out of reach of Lord Bristol's indignation, for writing then from Bath to Alderman Ray he says, “ Alderman Hovell being called to give an account of his past conduct, I shall leave him to that great tribunal with this short remark, that I have been young and now am old, yet did I never see any man prosper after deserting truth or his professed principles for any worldly interest whatsoever, an observation honest Mr. Hall would do well to consider of in time." (Letter 783.) But we must leave the uncles and go back to the nephew, merely expressing the hope that honest Mr. Hall was not too late.
After leaving Bury Grammar School young John Symonds, who lived with his mother at Bury in Eastgate Street, went up to St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was admitted in 1712. He was Spalding scholar and Symonds exhibitioner, and in 1716 took his B.A. degree, M.A. in 1720. In 1718 he became a fellow of his college. In Bishop Monk’s Life of Bentley, p. 456, it is told that there was much heat shown in the appointment of Dr. Conyers Middleton to be librarian of the University library, and that the indignation against Symonds and another member of his college who had voted against Middleton was so great, that they were hooted the whole way back from the Schools to St. John’s College.
Having survived the hooting he was in August, 1724, presented by Sir Jermyn Davers to the rectory of Rushbrooke, which he resigned in 1726. In June, 1725, Sir Jermyn presented him to Horringer and Nowton, which both became vacant by the death of Rev. Thomas Smith. About 6 months afterwards, in Jan., 1725/6, he was married in Hengrave Church to Mary Spring. This marriage connected him with several of the big houses in the neighbourhood of Bury, t.g., Hengrave, Rushbrook, Pakenham and others, and surrounded him with cousins and connections of all sorts at Bury, Horringer and elsewhere, and eventually brought lands and houses to him and his children. So we must see who Mary Spring was.
She was the daughter of Sir Thomas and Merilina Spring. Sir Thomas Spring of Pakenham, 3rd baronet, was the descendant of Springs who were wealthy clothiers at Lavenham three hundred years before this, and to whom Lavenham Church owes some of its stately beauty. His wife Merilina was one of the five daughters and co-heiresses of Thomas, Lord Jermyn, of Rushbrook. As another of those five daughters had married Sir Robert Davers of Rushbrook, and was the mother of Sir Jermyn Davers, it follows that Sir Jermyn, the patron of Horringer rectory, and Miss Spring, who was now going to be married to the new rector of Horringer, were first cousins. Merilina, Lady Spring, survived Sir Thomas and married secondly Sir William Gage of Hengrave, where she was living at the time of this marriage, which consequently took place in Hengrave Church.
Miss Spring, now become Mrs. John Symonds, was evidently a smart woman. A letter from a Bury lady to Mrs. Ross of Helmingham, dated Feb. 4, 1725,6, says, “ Mr. Symonds was married to the gay, the admired Molly Spring last week ; they are yet at Hengriff, are expected to spend some time at his mother's in East gate St.J before they go to housekeeping; if so we must do ourselves the honour to visit these great people, but I'm determined not to go to see 'em at Horringer till I've a coach, you may guess when that will be. Her first suit a pinke sattin lined with silver tissue, the next a chmt silk lin’d with white tabby, and so on, have hired six servants, 3 men in liveries, a Berlin and four horses; they must have a great deal of Oeconomy to support this figure with their fortune. Poor Mrs. King, Sir Jermyn [Davers' sister, died last week, a mighty pretty woman; tis surprising how that family goes off." If the writer of that letter had been writing about 40 years later, she would have had still more reason to say of the Davers family, Tis surprising how they go off. Mrs. Symonds had been before her marriage the object of several poems addressed to her by Col. Richardson Pack and printed in his miscellany.
She had one brother, William, and one sister called after their mother, Merilina. Merilina married Thomas Discipline, Alderman of Bury, and had two daughters; from one of whom are descended Le Heups and Cocksedges; the other married John Godbold, who lived for many years in Bury and died in Oct. 1822 in the 93rd year of his age.
Her brother William succeeded their father, Sir Thomas Spring, as 4th baronet in or about 1710, and flied unmarried in 1737, when the Spring property at Pakenham came to his two sisters, Mrs. Symonds and Mrs. Discipline. This was divided between them, Mrs. Symonds having New hall and the great tithes, etc., Mrs. Discipline having the old hall or mansion and the advowson.
I must wander a little from Horringer to state a very shocking fact which I find recorded in a folio MS. volume by Rev. George Jermyn giving the history of certain families, and given to my father by his son Archdeacon Jermyn. Mr. Jermyn says that the old manor house of the Springs at Pakenham passed from Mrs. Discipline to her two daughters, Mrs. Le Heup and Mrs. Godbold, and was by them pulled down and the site sold: and when it was pulled down several of the family pictures in it were (apparently on purpose) burnt!! 1 However, Mr. Godbold preserved a few of them. One of Sarah (Cordell) Lady Spring he gave to Miss Casborne; another of Elizabeth (Le Strange) Lady Spring he gave to Mr. Jermyn.
To go back to the rector of Horringer. In 1737 his wife succeeded to her share of the Spring property at Pakenham. In 1738 he took the degree of S.T.P. or D.D., so that henceforth we may call him Dr. Symonds, but must not confound him with his son, the Professor. In or about 1738 his mother died at her house in Eastgate Street, Bury, and soon afterwards, I imagine in 1742, he left Horringer and went to live there. In 1742 he was appointed preacher at St. Mary’s Church in Bury, having, as we have already seen, been disappointed twenty years before. He was also now made a J.P. for Suffolk.
He had eight children baptized in Horringer Church. Jermyn, the eldest, baptized in 1726, must have died young, though there is no known record of his burial. John and Thomas, twins, 1728, and Mary 1729, died in infancy. Of John, 1730, and Thomas, 1731, some account will be found below. Delariviere, 1732, married Rev. John Casborne, and their grandson, Rev. Walter John Spring Casborne, inherited the Symonds’ share of the Spring property at Pakenham. Anna Maria, 1742, died in 1758 aged 16 years, and was buried in the same grave as her father.
I do not find much about Dr. Symonds in Lord Bristol's letters. There is one letter written by him from Ickworth in August, 1738, addressed to Mrs Henrietta Howard, who I think lived at Bury, and who had incurred Lord Bristol's anger by acquainting “ the whole company at Dr. Symonds' ” with something to his disadvantage. “ I must insist upon knowing who your informant was, or whether they will make good or retract their evidence." (Letter 1089.)
I have not much more to say about Dr. Symonds. So far as one can see at this distance of time he was a very prosperous man and things went well with him. With his own estate, with the two livings of Horringer and Nowton, with the preachership at St. Mary’s, with his wife’s share of the Spring property and of the Jermyn property, he must have been very comfortably off. He had an estate at Horringer which he sold soon after 1750 to George, Lord Bristol, for £4,500. This may have been part of the Jermyn property which his wife inherited from her mother, or it may have been bought by him. He kept the rectories of Horringer and Nowton and the preachership at St. Mary's till his death.
He died Oct. 12, 1757, in the 61st year of his age, and was buried in the chancel of Pakenham Church. The flat stone there tells us that “ he was a wise and an honest man, a tender master, parent and husband; and, without which none can be truly great, a charitable and a sincere Christian.”
Another flat stone close by is sacred to the memory of Mary his widow, last surviving daughter of Sir Thomas and Merilina Spring, who was born in 1698, and died in the 67th year of her age.
Her sister Mrs. Discipline lies not far off. She died in Nov., 1761, aged 66 years.
Their mother Lady Spring, afterwards Lady Gage, also lies there. She died in Aug., 1727, aged 52 years.4
REV. JOHN SYMONDS, D.D., rector of Horringer from 1725 to 1758.
He was born in 1696, was educated at Bury Grammar School, and by parentage was thoroughly Buriensis.
For his grandfather was Henry Symonds, a rich clothier of Bury, who married Suzan, daughter of John Craske of Bury.
And his father was John Symonds of Bury, who died in 1704 when young John was only 8 years old. And his mother's maiden name was Ann Hovell, and she was sister to Richard and Thomas Hovell, two active members of the Bury Corporation.
These two uncles are now and then mentioned in the letters of John, Lord Bristol, and not being political friends or supporters of his were regarded by him with great indignation.
In Sept., 1713, Lord Bristol writes from Bath to Mr. Richard Hovell, Alderman of Bury, to thank the Corporation for returning his son and brother-in-law (Porter) as their representatives in Parliament. (Letter 436.)
In Aug., 1721, Lord Bristol writes from Ickworth to his wife in London, and says, “Yesterday I dined with ye Corporation, who received me with more universal kindness and respect (if possible) than ever, except ye two Hovells." (Letter 619.) A week later he writes again to his wife, “On Thursday next I am to treate the Corporation at the Angel in Bury; they have given the Hovells a fresh mortification by choosing a kinsman of Mr. Macro's for their Preacher in exclusion of their nephew Symonds ; this, they say, they may take for offering to sett up an interest in opposition to Lord Bristol's. (Letter 627.)
In Oct., 1723, one of the two Hovells had lately passed out of reach of Lord Bristol's indignation, for writing then from Bath to Alderman Ray he says, “ Alderman Hovell being called to give an account of his past conduct, I shall leave him to that great tribunal with this short remark, that I have been young and now am old, yet did I never see any man prosper after deserting truth or his professed principles for any worldly interest whatsoever, an observation honest Mr. Hall would do well to consider of in time." (Letter 783.) But we must leave the uncles and go back to the nephew, merely expressing the hope that honest Mr. Hall was not too late.
After leaving Bury Grammar School young John Symonds, who lived with his mother at Bury in Eastgate Street, went up to St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was admitted in 1712. He was Spalding scholar and Symonds exhibitioner, and in 1716 took his B.A. degree, M.A. in 1720. In 1718 he became a fellow of his college. In Bishop Monk’s Life of Bentley, p. 456, it is told that there was much heat shown in the appointment of Dr. Conyers Middleton to be librarian of the University library, and that the indignation against Symonds and another member of his college who had voted against Middleton was so great, that they were hooted the whole way back from the Schools to St. John’s College.
Having survived the hooting he was in August, 1724, presented by Sir Jermyn Davers to the rectory of Rushbrooke, which he resigned in 1726. In June, 1725, Sir Jermyn presented him to Horringer and Nowton, which both became vacant by the death of Rev. Thomas Smith. About 6 months afterwards, in Jan., 1725/6, he was married in Hengrave Church to Mary Spring. This marriage connected him with several of the big houses in the neighbourhood of Bury, t.g., Hengrave, Rushbrook, Pakenham and others, and surrounded him with cousins and connections of all sorts at Bury, Horringer and elsewhere, and eventually brought lands and houses to him and his children. So we must see who Mary Spring was.
She was the daughter of Sir Thomas and Merilina Spring. Sir Thomas Spring of Pakenham, 3rd baronet, was the descendant of Springs who were wealthy clothiers at Lavenham three hundred years before this, and to whom Lavenham Church owes some of its stately beauty. His wife Merilina was one of the five daughters and co-heiresses of Thomas, Lord Jermyn, of Rushbrook. As another of those five daughters had married Sir Robert Davers of Rushbrook, and was the mother of Sir Jermyn Davers, it follows that Sir Jermyn, the patron of Horringer rectory, and Miss Spring, who was now going to be married to the new rector of Horringer, were first cousins. Merilina, Lady Spring, survived Sir Thomas and married secondly Sir William Gage of Hengrave, where she was living at the time of this marriage, which consequently took place in Hengrave Church.
Miss Spring, now become Mrs. John Symonds, was evidently a smart woman. A letter from a Bury lady to Mrs. Ross of Helmingham, dated Feb. 4, 1725,6, says, “ Mr. Symonds was married to the gay, the admired Molly Spring last week ; they are yet at Hengriff, are expected to spend some time at his mother's in East gate St.J before they go to housekeeping; if so we must do ourselves the honour to visit these great people, but I'm determined not to go to see 'em at Horringer till I've a coach, you may guess when that will be. Her first suit a pinke sattin lined with silver tissue, the next a chmt silk lin’d with white tabby, and so on, have hired six servants, 3 men in liveries, a Berlin and four horses; they must have a great deal of Oeconomy to support this figure with their fortune. Poor Mrs. King, Sir Jermyn [Davers' sister, died last week, a mighty pretty woman; tis surprising how that family goes off." If the writer of that letter had been writing about 40 years later, she would have had still more reason to say of the Davers family, Tis surprising how they go off. Mrs. Symonds had been before her marriage the object of several poems addressed to her by Col. Richardson Pack and printed in his miscellany.
She had one brother, William, and one sister called after their mother, Merilina. Merilina married Thomas Discipline, Alderman of Bury, and had two daughters; from one of whom are descended Le Heups and Cocksedges; the other married John Godbold, who lived for many years in Bury and died in Oct. 1822 in the 93rd year of his age.
Her brother William succeeded their father, Sir Thomas Spring, as 4th baronet in or about 1710, and flied unmarried in 1737, when the Spring property at Pakenham came to his two sisters, Mrs. Symonds and Mrs. Discipline. This was divided between them, Mrs. Symonds having New hall and the great tithes, etc., Mrs. Discipline having the old hall or mansion and the advowson.
I must wander a little from Horringer to state a very shocking fact which I find recorded in a folio MS. volume by Rev. George Jermyn giving the history of certain families, and given to my father by his son Archdeacon Jermyn. Mr. Jermyn says that the old manor house of the Springs at Pakenham passed from Mrs. Discipline to her two daughters, Mrs. Le Heup and Mrs. Godbold, and was by them pulled down and the site sold: and when it was pulled down several of the family pictures in it were (apparently on purpose) burnt!! 1 However, Mr. Godbold preserved a few of them. One of Sarah (Cordell) Lady Spring he gave to Miss Casborne; another of Elizabeth (Le Strange) Lady Spring he gave to Mr. Jermyn.
To go back to the rector of Horringer. In 1737 his wife succeeded to her share of the Spring property at Pakenham. In 1738 he took the degree of S.T.P. or D.D., so that henceforth we may call him Dr. Symonds, but must not confound him with his son, the Professor. In or about 1738 his mother died at her house in Eastgate Street, Bury, and soon afterwards, I imagine in 1742, he left Horringer and went to live there. In 1742 he was appointed preacher at St. Mary’s Church in Bury, having, as we have already seen, been disappointed twenty years before. He was also now made a J.P. for Suffolk.
He had eight children baptized in Horringer Church. Jermyn, the eldest, baptized in 1726, must have died young, though there is no known record of his burial. John and Thomas, twins, 1728, and Mary 1729, died in infancy. Of John, 1730, and Thomas, 1731, some account will be found below. Delariviere, 1732, married Rev. John Casborne, and their grandson, Rev. Walter John Spring Casborne, inherited the Symonds’ share of the Spring property at Pakenham. Anna Maria, 1742, died in 1758 aged 16 years, and was buried in the same grave as her father.
I do not find much about Dr. Symonds in Lord Bristol's letters. There is one letter written by him from Ickworth in August, 1738, addressed to Mrs Henrietta Howard, who I think lived at Bury, and who had incurred Lord Bristol's anger by acquainting “ the whole company at Dr. Symonds' ” with something to his disadvantage. “ I must insist upon knowing who your informant was, or whether they will make good or retract their evidence." (Letter 1089.)
I have not much more to say about Dr. Symonds. So far as one can see at this distance of time he was a very prosperous man and things went well with him. With his own estate, with the two livings of Horringer and Nowton, with the preachership at St. Mary’s, with his wife’s share of the Spring property and of the Jermyn property, he must have been very comfortably off. He had an estate at Horringer which he sold soon after 1750 to George, Lord Bristol, for £4,500. This may have been part of the Jermyn property which his wife inherited from her mother, or it may have been bought by him. He kept the rectories of Horringer and Nowton and the preachership at St. Mary's till his death.
He died Oct. 12, 1757, in the 61st year of his age, and was buried in the chancel of Pakenham Church. The flat stone there tells us that “ he was a wise and an honest man, a tender master, parent and husband; and, without which none can be truly great, a charitable and a sincere Christian.”
Another flat stone close by is sacred to the memory of Mary his widow, last surviving daughter of Sir Thomas and Merilina Spring, who was born in 1698, and died in the 67th year of her age.
Her sister Mrs. Discipline lies not far off. She died in Nov., 1761, aged 66 years.
Their mother Lady Spring, afterwards Lady Gage, also lies there. She died in Aug., 1727, aged 52 years.4
Children of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring
- Jermyn Symonds5 b. 28 Dec 1726
- John Symonds5 b. 10 Feb 1727/28, d. Feb 1728
- Thomas Symonds5 b. 10 Feb 1727/28, d. Feb 1728
- Mary Symonds5 b. 29 Jan 1728/29, d. Apr 1729
- Dr. John Symonds b. 19 Feb 1729/30, d. 18 Feb 1807
- Capt. Thomas Symonds RN+ b. 10 Aug 1731, d. 25 May 1792
- Delariviere Symonds+6 b. 14 Jan 1732
- Anna Maria Symonds6 b. 4 Feb 1741/42, d. 11 Jan 1758
Citations
- [S21] Various editors, Dictionary of National Biography, Symonds, John.
- [S524] Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey, Horringer Parish Registers, p. 349.
- [S524] Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey, Horringer Parish Registers, p. 352.
- [S524] Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey, Horringer Parish Registers, pp. 348-352.
- [S524] Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey, Horringer Parish Registers, p. 42.
- [S450] Edmund Farrer, Portraits in Suffolk houses, p. 198.
Capt. John Charles Symonds R.N.1,2
M, #17956, b. 6 February 1790, d. 17 December 1841
Capt. John Charles Symonds R.N. was born on 6 February 1790.1 He was the son of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.1 Capt. John Charles Symonds R.N. was christened on 13 July 1792 at St. James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.1 He married Helen Susan Chatterton on 28 October 1831 in Milford, Hampshire.3 Capt. John Charles Symonds R.N. died on 17 December 1841 in Keyhaven, Hampshire, at the age of 51.2
John Jermyn Symonds
M, #10206, b. 4 January 1816, d. 3 January 1883
John Jermyn Symonds. Resident Magistrate and Native Land Court Judge, New Zealand. He was born on 4 January 1816.1 He was the son of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe. John Jermyn Symonds was christened on 11 September 1816 at Fawley, Hampshire.1 He matriculated on 16 October 1834 from Trinity College, Oxford, and was a student of the Inner Temple, 1838.2 He married Alithea Seymour Wilson, daughter of John William Delap Wilson and Selina Frances Irwin, on 24 February 1849 in Milford, Hampshire.3 On 7 March 1849 under the command of Capt John Jermyn Symonds (brother of Capt. Cornwallis Symonds from the Ann 1840) The Berhampore, which was the seventh Fencible ship, sailed from London. Most of the 7th Detachment on board hailed from London, the Midlands, and a few from Scotland and Ireland. These Fencibles settled mainly Onehunga, Auckland.4 John Jermyn Symonds died on 3 January 1883 in Onehunga, New Zealand, at the age of 665 and is buried in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland Council County, Auckland.6
Considerable surprise and regret was expressed in town on January 4 when the tidings of the sudden death of Captain Symonds, of Onehunga, on the previous night became generally known. It appears that on Wednesday night about 9 o'clock he felt some symptoms like those of heartburn, but did not feel seriously indisposed. Some members of his family were desirous of sending for his son-in-law, Dr. Scott, but as he did not feel very unwell he thought it unnecessary. Shortly afterwards, however, Captain Symonds got worse, and they sent for the doctor, but before his arrival the ailing gentleman was dead, his illness having lasted little more than half-an-hour. Dr. Scott was quite satisfied that the cause of death was heart disease, and in consequence Dr. Philson decided that it was unnecessary to hold an inquest. Captain Symonds was a very old settler, having arrived in New Zealand in 1842 with his elder brother, who was afterwards drowned in the Manukau under very distressing circumstances, while engaged in carrying out a mission of humanity. He was at one time acting as sub-Protector of Aborigines, and was also engaged in the survey and purchase of native lands for the Crown. During the Heke war he volunteered into H.M. 99th, when he received his commission, afterwards exchanging into the Ceylon Rifles, when he got a staff appointment. He went home, and retiring from the army, got a staff appointment in the New Zealand Fencibles, coming out with the company allocated to Onehunga, under Major Kenny. In 1860, Captain Symonds represented the Pensioner Settlements in the General Assembly. For many years he acted as Resident Magistrate at Onehunga, and subsequently at Kaipara. Latterly he had been fulfilling the duties of a Judge of the Native Lands Court, but within the last few months had resigned. His family are all grown up and nearly all married, and comfortably settled. His son is an officer in the Auckland Telegraph Department. Deceased was a brother of Admiral Sir William Symonds, who was for some time Chief Constructor of the British Navy. New Zealand Herald, 29 January 1883.7
Considerable surprise and regret was expressed in town on January 4 when the tidings of the sudden death of Captain Symonds, of Onehunga, on the previous night became generally known. It appears that on Wednesday night about 9 o'clock he felt some symptoms like those of heartburn, but did not feel seriously indisposed. Some members of his family were desirous of sending for his son-in-law, Dr. Scott, but as he did not feel very unwell he thought it unnecessary. Shortly afterwards, however, Captain Symonds got worse, and they sent for the doctor, but before his arrival the ailing gentleman was dead, his illness having lasted little more than half-an-hour. Dr. Scott was quite satisfied that the cause of death was heart disease, and in consequence Dr. Philson decided that it was unnecessary to hold an inquest. Captain Symonds was a very old settler, having arrived in New Zealand in 1842 with his elder brother, who was afterwards drowned in the Manukau under very distressing circumstances, while engaged in carrying out a mission of humanity. He was at one time acting as sub-Protector of Aborigines, and was also engaged in the survey and purchase of native lands for the Crown. During the Heke war he volunteered into H.M. 99th, when he received his commission, afterwards exchanging into the Ceylon Rifles, when he got a staff appointment. He went home, and retiring from the army, got a staff appointment in the New Zealand Fencibles, coming out with the company allocated to Onehunga, under Major Kenny. In 1860, Captain Symonds represented the Pensioner Settlements in the General Assembly. For many years he acted as Resident Magistrate at Onehunga, and subsequently at Kaipara. Latterly he had been fulfilling the duties of a Judge of the Native Lands Court, but within the last few months had resigned. His family are all grown up and nearly all married, and comfortably settled. His son is an officer in the Auckland Telegraph Department. Deceased was a brother of Admiral Sir William Symonds, who was for some time Chief Constructor of the British Navy. New Zealand Herald, 29 January 1883.7
Children of John Jermyn Symonds and Alithea Seymour Wilson
- Theresa Juliana Marie Symonds+8 b. 18 Jul 1850, d. 21 Apr 1921
- Merelina Grey Symonds+9 b. 28 Oct 1851, d. 2 Mar 1928
- Alithea Mary Symonds Symonds9 b. 4 Mar 1854, d. 29 Sep 1909
- William Cornwallis Symonds10 b. 30 Jul 1855, d. 6 Sep 1892
- John Jermyn Symonds11 b. 8 Mar 1857, d. 16 Oct 1857
- Selina Irwin Symonds10 b. 5 Sep 1860, d. 18 Aug 1890
Citations
- [S89] Family Search, Parish registers, 1678-1876 Church of England. Parish Church of Fawley (Hampshire).
- [S236] Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses.
- [S239] Annual Register, 1849, p. 199.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://www.geocities.com/wlorac/berham49.txt
- [S205] Newspaper, The Homeward Mail, 21 March 1883.
- [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 183559613, CPT John Jermyn Symonds."
- [S205] Newspaper, New Zealand Herald, 29 January 1883.
- [S205] Newspaper, New Zealander, 20 July 1850.
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://nzgenealogy.rootschat.net/birthsauck.html
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~funeralnotices/…
John Jermyn Symonds1
M, #13299, b. 8 March 1857, d. 16 October 1857
John Jermyn Symonds was born on 8 March 1857 in Onehunga, New Zealand.1,2 He was the son of John Jermyn Symonds and Alithea Seymour Wilson.1 John Jermyn Symonds died on 16 October 1857 in Hunston, Onehunga, New Zealand, Funeral notice.
Southern Cross, 23rd October. 1857
At Hunston, Onehunga, on the 16th instant, John Jermyn, infant son of John Jermyn Symonds, aged 7 months.1,3
Southern Cross, 23rd October. 1857
At Hunston, Onehunga, on the 16th instant, John Jermyn, infant son of John Jermyn Symonds, aged 7 months.1,3
Citations
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~funeralnotices/…
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://nzgenealogy.rootschat.net/birthsauck.html
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017.
John Michael Symonds1
M, #24756, b. circa 1917, d. 1974
John Michael Symonds was born circa 1917 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.1 He was the son of Thomas Campbell Symonds and Norah Tindal Bamber.1 John Michael Symonds married Marjorie Eunice Lamond on 26 January 1946 in St Alphege's Church, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.1 John Michael Symonds died in 1974 in South Africa.1
Citations
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017.
John Tindal Cornwallis Symonds1
M, #9752, b. 20 February 1869, d. June 1955
John Tindal Cornwallis Symonds was born on 20 February 1869 in Forton Barracks, Gosport, Hampshire.2 He was the son of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy.3 John Tindal Cornwallis Symonds was baptised on 7 August 1870 at St. Helier, Jersey.1 John's death was registered in the quarter ending June 1955 in the Bury St. Edmunds registration district.
Citations
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/…
- [S205] Newspaper, Hampshire Telegraph, 27 February 1869.
- [S50] British Census 1881.
Julian Frederick Anthony Symonds1
M, #20898, b. 10 December 1813, d. 8 August 1852
Julian Frederick Anthony Symonds was better known as Anthony Symonds. He was born on 10 December 1813.1 He was the son of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe.1 Julian Frederick Anthony Symonds was baptised on 11 September 1816 at Fawley, Hampshire.1 He died on 8 August 1852 in Argostoli, Cephalonia, Greece, at the age of 38.
Julian Frederick Anthony Symonds was commissioned into the Royal Engineers as a Second Lieutenant from the R.M.A. Woolwich on 1 August 1833. After a period of Field Instruction at the R.E. Establishment at Chatham he was for eight years employed on Engineer Duties in Bermuda. Devonport and at Woolwich. In November 1840 he was sent on special duty in Syria, under the Foreign Ofice. and remained there until February 1842. During that time he took part in the operations off the coast of Syria and, in company with Lieut-Colonel R. C. Alderson, was in charge of a detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners aboard the steam frigate Hecate.
In August 1842 Symonds was attached, by permission of the King of Prussia, to the Prussian Corps of Engineers, for the purpose of witnessing the construction of Federal fortresses in Germany. From August 1846 to April 1847 he was engaged in engineer duties in Malta, and was ordered to Corfu during February of the latter year. In April 1847 he was posted for service in the Ionian Islands and, from March 1849, he held the post of Resident to administer the Government of Cephalonia. Major Symonds died in that service, at Argostoli on 8 August 1852 aged 38 years.
Major Symonds was part of a small group mapping the Holy Land. It was he who first measured by trigonometry, the depression of the Dead Sea as 1300 feet.2
In August 1842 Symonds was attached, by permission of the King of Prussia, to the Prussian Corps of Engineers, for the purpose of witnessing the construction of Federal fortresses in Germany. From August 1846 to April 1847 he was engaged in engineer duties in Malta, and was ordered to Corfu during February of the latter year. In April 1847 he was posted for service in the Ionian Islands and, from March 1849, he held the post of Resident to administer the Government of Cephalonia. Major Symonds died in that service, at Argostoli on 8 August 1852 aged 38 years.
Major Symonds was part of a small group mapping the Holy Land. It was he who first measured by trigonometry, the depression of the Dead Sea as 1300 feet.2
Citations
- [S89] Family Search, Parish registers for Fawley, 1678-1876 Church of England. Parish Church of Fawley (Hampshire).
- [S34] Unverified internet information, https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/lot-archive/lot.php
Juliana Symonds1,2
F, #1283, b. 11 May 1826, d. 18 January 1899
Juliana Symonds was born on 11 May 1826 in Boldre, Hampshire.3 She was the daughter of Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.1,2 Juliana Symonds was christened on 26 August 1826 at the Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire.3 She and Anne Penelope Grant Symonds appear on the census of 4 April 1881 Annie P. Symonds and Juliana Symonds are recorded as visitors in the house of John Brown Gray a grocer of 1 & 2 Lennox Street Waterloo, Melcombe Regis, Dorset.4 Juliana Symonds died on 18 January 1899 in Crofton House, Lennox Street, Weymouth, Dorset, at the age of 72.5,6,7
Citations
- [S12] Christopher John Rees, CJR family tree.
- [S17] John Gask, Les Jumelles and their families.
- [S89] Family Search, Parish Registers, 1617-1840. Parish Church of Boldre.
- [S50] British Census 1881.
- [S105] [Bell], Bell Family Papers, Bell Birthday Book.
- [S120] Free BMD.
- [S205] Newspaper, Hampshire Telegraph, 28 January 1899.
Juliana Symonds1
F, #1302, b. 15 March 1785, d. 24 January 1873
Juliana Symonds was christened on 15 March 1785 at St. Stephen By Saltash, Cornwall.2 She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.1 Juliana Symonds died on 24 January 1873 in Ivy Bank, Milford, Hampshire, "in her 88th year," unmarried.3
Kenneth Maxwell Symonds
M, #18337, b. 20 May 1940, d. 1 June 2000
Kenneth Maxwell Symonds was born on 20 May 1940.1,2 He was the son of Gerard Heliabird Sinclair Symonds and Eileen May Hammond. Kenneth Maxwell Symonds married Mavis Jean Bayliss on 21 October 1961 in St. Clements, Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.1 Kenneth Maxwell Symonds died on 1 June 2000 in New South Wales at the age of 60 and is buried in Point Clare Cemetery, Point Clare, Central Coast Council County, New South Wales.3,4
Citations
- [S394] Mavis Symonds, "Symonds Family," e-mail to John Rees, 12 August 2007.
- [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 48654295."
- [S232] Ancestry.com, Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007.
- [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 48654295, Kenneth Maxwell Symonds, includes gravestone photograph."
Lucinda A. Symonds
F, #10017
Lucinda A. Symonds was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy.1 Lucinda A. Symonds was baptised on 5 September 1852 at Hordle, Hampshire.2 She married Francis George Shute Price on 29 October 1874 in St Saviour, Jersey.3
Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds1,2
F, #1278, b. 31 March 1820, d. 10 July 1883
Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds was born probably on 31 March 1820.3 She was the daughter of Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.1,2 Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds was christened on 20 September 1820 at The Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire. She married Rev. Clement Hammond Gosset M.A. on 17 December 1857 in The Parish Church, Hordle, Hampshire, the service being conducted by the Rev. C. Möller.2,4 Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds and Rev. Clement Hammond Gosset M.A. appear on the census of 4 April 1881 at Langton Herring Rectory House, Langton Herring, Dorset, together with their son, two boarders, Septimus S.W. Smith and William H. Andrews (both described as students for holy orders); Mary Trevett, aged 15, of Abbotsbury was the general servant at the house.5 Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds died on 10 July 1883 in 8 Pulteney Buildings, Weymouth, Dorset, at the age of 63.3,6
Child of Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds and Rev. Clement Hammond Gosset M.A.
- Clement Isaac Symonds Gosset5 b. 23 May 1860, d. 12 Jun 1934
Maria Louisa Symonds1,2
F, #20920, b. 3 September 1846, d. 29 September 1865
Maria Louisa Symonds was born on 3 September 1846 in Stonehouse, Devon.3 She was the daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds GCB and Anna Maria Heywood.1 Maria Louisa Symonds died on 29 September 1865 in H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, at the age of 19.2
Mary Symonds1
F, #20893, b. 29 January 1728/29, d. April 1729
Mary Symonds was baptised on 29 January 1728/29 at Horringer, Suffolk.1 She was the daughter of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring1 and is buried on 30 April 1729 in Horringer, Suffolk.2
Mary Ann Symonds1
F, #20908, b. 1769, d. 1815
Mary Ann Symonds was born in 1769.1 She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Mary Ann Noble.1 Mary Ann Symonds and John Benjafield married by licence dated 29 November 1796 on 2 December 1796 in St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.2 Mary Ann Symonds died in 1815 in Pultney Street, Bath.1
After a lingering, though not painful, illness, Mary Ann, the wife of John Benjafield, esq. of Bury St. Edmunds, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Suffolk. This much lamented lady was the daughter of Capt. Symonds, of the Royal Navy, and niece of the late John Symonds, LL.D. professor of modern history in the university of Cambridge; during her infancy she lost her mother, whilst her father was serving his country, in his profession, on a foreign station; at this period she became the adopted daughter of J. Godbold esq. of Bury St. Edmunds, and his wife, from the accidental circumstance of taking her to their house for a few days, whilst her mother lay dead (Mrs. Godbold being nearly related to Mrs. Benjafield, and coheiress with her paternal grandmother;) but the loveliness of person, the sweetness of temper, and the engaging manner of this amiable child, so delighted these valuable persons, that they were unwilling to part with her, and, with the consent of her father, retained her with them, having no child of their own, and adopted her. She was elegantly and most accomplishedly educated by them, and lived with these invaluable and estimable parents until she was married to her present husband, in the year 1796, and uninterruptedly experienced from them such rare and valuable marks of regard and affection, not possible to be exceeded by the fondest and most indulgent parents, and which she, on her part, studied through her life, even to the last moment of it, to repay with the most dutiful and marked affection. Her disposition was highly charitable, her temper amiable, innocent, and affectionate. In the character of wife and mother, which her husband and and children fully experienced, nor in any of the relative duties of friend and Christian, she could not he excelled. She possessed those mild virtues which, in a manner, commanded friends, and never gave real cause to create one personal enemy--
As she lived deservedly esteemed,
So she died deeply lamented.
Monthly magazine and British register, Vol. 40, p. 285.1So she died deeply lamented.
Children of Mary Ann Symonds and John Benjafield
- Rev. John Frederick Benjafield b. 12 Jun 1800, d. 24 May 1837
- Rosa DeLa Riviere Benjafield b. bt 1801 - 1803, d. 14 Jan 1881
- Marianne Elizabeth Benjafield+ b. 1 Dec 1806, d. 9 Dec 1855
Mary Anne Theresa Symonds1
F, #1300, b. 18 December 1783, d. 5 August 1850
Mary Anne Theresa Symonds was born on 18 December 1783. She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.1 Mary Anne Theresa Symonds married Capt. John Whitby RN, son of Rev. Thomas Whitby and Mabella Turton, on 13 October 1802. After her husband died in 1806 she continued to live at Newlands with Admiral Cornwallis until his death in 1819. The latter left her virtually all his estate, which naturally led to speculation that their relationship had been more than platonic, in spite of the vast age difference. She continued to live at Newlands and used the inheritance to buy further large parts of the parish, having bought the manors of Milford Barnes and Milford Montagu in 1810 and that of Milford Baddesley in 1819. By 1844, the tithe award shows her to be the owner of about a third of Milford, with 1400 acres there and 500 more in Downton. She had also increased the size of Newlands from 60 acres to 200. Mary Anne Theresa Symonds died on 5 August 1850 in Newlands, Hampshire, at the age of 662 and is buried on 12 August 1850 in Milford, Hampshire.3
Child of Mary Anne Theresa Symonds and Capt. John Whitby RN
- Theresa John Cornwallis Whitby+4 b. 1 May 1805, d. 18 Sep 1886
Merelina Symonds1
F, #1305, b. 9 May 1788, d. 22 February 1818
Merelina Symonds was born on 9 May 1788 (the transcription of the record gives her name as Martina.)2 She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.1 Merelina Symonds was first christened on 4 June 1788 at St. Stephen By Saltash, Cornwall, (the transciption of her name is Merilina.)3 She was again christened on 13 July 1792 at St. James', Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.2 She married Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, son of Robert Tindal and Sarah Pocock, on 2 September 1809 in Milford, Hampshire.4 Merelina Symonds died on 22 February 1818 probably at in Brunswick Square, London, at the age of 29.5,6
Children of Merelina Symonds and Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal
- Isabella Juliana Tindal6 d. 18 Feb 1818
- Rev. Nicholas Tindal M.A.+5 b. 6 Jul 1810, d. 25 Aug 1842
- Vice-Admiral Louis Symonds Tindal+6 b. 29 Aug 1811, d. 4 Feb 1876
- Charles John Tindal5 b. a 1812, d. 26 Sep 1853
- Robert John Tindal6 d. 3 Feb 1814
- Merelina Tindal+6 b. 31 May 1815, d. 2 Sep 1852
Citations
- [S17] John Gask, Les Jumelles and their families, p.27.
- [S89] Family Search, Bury St. Edmunds, St. James parish registers. Hervey, Sydenham Henry Augustus.
- [S527] Parish Record Transcript, "Cornwall Parish Record Transcripts, St. Stephen By Saltash."
- [S205] Newspaper, The Morning Post, September 05, 1809.
- [S21] Various editors, Dictionary of National Biography.
- [S82] John Bernard Burke, Colonial Gentry, p. 479.
Merelina Grey Symonds1
F, #17945, b. 28 October 1851, d. 2 March 1928
Merelina Grey Symonds was born on 28 October 1851 in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand.2 She was the daughter of John Jermyn Symonds and Alithea Seymour Wilson.1 Merelina Grey Symonds married James Meacham Batham on 20 August 1878 in St. Peter's Church, Onehunga, New Zealand, the marriage was performed by the Rev. A.R. Tomlinson.3,4 Merelina Grey Symonds died on 2 March 1928 in Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 76.5
Children of Merelina Grey Symonds and James Meacham Batham
- Alithea Mary Batham6 b. 18 Aug 1879, d. 11 Apr 1958
- Irwin Meacham Batham b. 7 Jan 1881, d. 1905
- Helen Maude Batham1 b. 20 Feb 1883, d. 24 Apr 1975
- Guy Symonds Meacham Batham+7 b. 25 Oct 1885, d. 1968
Citations
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017.
- [S205] Newspaper, New Zealander, 1 November 1851.
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017, citing the Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 207, 31 August 1878.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/…
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017, citing the Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 50, 3 March 1928.
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://shadowsoftime.kiwiwebhost.biz/university1.html
- [S34] Unverified internet information, http://archives.presbyterian.org.nz/marriageregisters/…
Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds1
F, #10018, b. September 1857, d. 6 April 1941
Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending September 1857 in the Alverstoke, Hampshire, registration district; (though the record of her death gives a date of 27 July 1858.)1,2 She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy.3 Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds married Lt. Colonel Frederick Henry Seymour circa 1877 in Jersey. Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds died on 6 April 1941 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, at the age of 83.2
Children of Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds and Lt. Colonel Frederick Henry Seymour
- Merilina Evelyn Lucinda Seymour4 b. 5 May 1878, d. 22 Jul 1967
- Frederick Conrad Gordon Seymour5 b. 21 Nov 1880
Citations
- [S606] Findmypast.com, England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription.
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017, citing Family Search, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953.
- [S100] 1871 British.
- [S232] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915.
- [S376] Rosemary Haden, "Haden E-Mail," e-mail to John Rees, 2007-2017, citing http://theislandwiki.org/index.php/…
Octavius Cumby Symonds RN1
M, #1284, b. 27 April 1830, d. September 1845
Octavius Cumby Symonds RN was born on 27 April 1830.2 He was the son of Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.1 Octavius Cumby Symonds RN was christened on 23 February 1831 at the Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire.2 He died in September 1845 at the age of 15 of plague aboard the steam sloop HMS Eclair to which he had been appointed as a cadet on 6 September 1844.1,3
There is a memorial in Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth which reads: "Sacred to the memory of Commander W.(alter) G.(rimsonton) B. Estcourt Late in command of Her Majesty's steam sloop Eclair who died on 16th September 1845 aged 38 years on passage from Bona Vista to Madeira, from fever, contracted on the coast of Africa while employed in the suppression of the Slave Trade. His brother officers and friends to whom he had become endeared by his many virtues have erected this tablet to record the deep sense of their loss, and perpetuate the memory of his worth. With Commander Estcourt, perished 65 Officers and Men in the short period of two months."
There is a memorial in Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth which reads: "Sacred to the memory of Commander W.(alter) G.(rimsonton) B. Estcourt Late in command of Her Majesty's steam sloop Eclair who died on 16th September 1845 aged 38 years on passage from Bona Vista to Madeira, from fever, contracted on the coast of Africa while employed in the suppression of the Slave Trade. His brother officers and friends to whom he had become endeared by his many virtues have erected this tablet to record the deep sense of their loss, and perpetuate the memory of his worth. With Commander Estcourt, perished 65 Officers and Men in the short period of two months."