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William Clark Boyd (1800 - 1838)

William Clark Boyd
Born in St. Giles in the Fields, London, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 29 Mar 1827 in St John, Hackney, London, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 38 in College House, Clapton, London, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

William Clark Boyd was born on 13 February 1800 and was baptised on 9 March 1800 at St Giles in The Fields, Camden, London[1]. He was the son of Thomas Boyd and Grace Varty.

His father Thomas was a Linen Draper of Skinner Street, Snow-Hill. William was indentured as an apprentice to his father, Citizen and Draper of London, to learn his Art, and with him (after the manner of an Apprentice) to serve him for seven years. The document is dated 18 April 1814.

27 year old William and Mary Steinmetz (the daughter of William Steinmetz and Mary Saunders) obtained a Marriage Licence on 28 March 1827. He was a Bachelor of the parish of St. Sepulchre in the city of London. They were subsequently married on 29 March 1827 in the Parish of Hackney by Edward Irish (Curate). The witnesses were many family members of both the Steinmetz and Boyd families.

Morning Herald (London) 30 March 1827, page 4:
MARRIED.
On the 29th inst., at Hackney, William Clark Boyd, Esq., of Skinner-street, to Mary Steinmetz, eldest daughter of John Steinmetz, Esq. of Upper Homerton.[2]

They went on to have at least seven children. Sadly his daughter Mary Steinmetz Boyd died in February 1833 at 6 months of age.

William Clark Boyd was in Partnership with his brother John Boyd, his father Thomas Boyd, Thomas French and William Morley Burnett as Wholesale Drapers. This firm was dissolved in 1836 as follows:

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership subsisting between the undersigned, Thomas Boyd, Thomas French, William Clark Boyd, William Morley Burnett and John Boyd, of 44, Skinner-Street, Snow Hill, in the city of London, Wholesale Drapers and Warehouseman, was this day dissolved by mutual consent (as regards the said Thomas Boyd and Thomas French retiring from the said concern); and that all debts to and from the said late copartnership will be received and paid by the said William Clark Boyd, William Morley Burnett, and John Boyd, at Skinner-Street aforesaid; As witness our hands this 31st day of December 1836.

Thomas Boyd
Thomas French
William Clark Boyd
William Morley Burnett
John Boyd.

In the 1838 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers (1538-1893) William Clark Boyd was recorded as being of College House, Clapton (a freehold house).

Tragically William passed away on 21 May 1838 at the age of 38 after a fall from his horse[3]. His last address was recorded as Upper Homerton.

Morning Herald (London) 22 May 1838, page 7:
DIED.
At College House, Clapton, on the 21st Inst., William Clark Boyd, of the firm of Boyd, Burnett, and Boyd, Skinner-street, of a locked jaw, occasioned from Injuries he received by his horse falling on the 30th ult.[4]

William was buried on 28 May 1838 at St. John at Hackney Churchyard, Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England[5][6].

His widow Mary died seven years later on 21 January 1845.

Sources

  1. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DL/T/036/001. Year: 1800-1809. Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  2. Morning Herald (London) 30 March 1827, page 4, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).
  3. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NRQ-1DB : 31 December 2014), William Clark Boyd, 1838; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006,"
  4. Morning Herald (London) 22 May 1838, page 7, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).
  5. "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66HN-VCCF : 11 July 2022), William Clark Boyd, 1838.
  6. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210859732/william-clark-boyd), memorial page for William Clark Boyd (13 Feb 1800–21 May 1838), Find A Grave: Memorial #210859732, citing St. John-at-Hackney Churchyard, Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London, England ; Maintained by Linda Prole (contributor 49254308)
  • The London Gazette, Part 1 [[1]]




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