Henry Netherton (abt. 1650 - 1705)

Husband of Jane (Glower) Netherton — married 15 Apr 1688 in Aldgate Ward, City of London, England

Husband of Sarah (Saymnes) Netherton — married 23 Feb 1698 in Aldgate Ward, City of London, England

Descendants

Died Nov 1705 at about age 55 in Bishopsgate Ward, City of London, England

Biography

Master Blacksmith of Angell Alley, Bishopsgate, London, and a trading and mining investor in the Carolinas. In addition to his blacksmith trade operating with multiple apprentices in London, Henry Netherton invested in an Indian trading and silver mining venture in South Carolina, along with his partner Thomas Cutler.^[1] Netherton sent his eldest son Henry (1680-1716) there in 1698 to represent his interests.^[2] But in a letter dated December 27, 1700, future colonial governor James Moore wrote to his associate Thomas Cutler: 'Mr. Netherton is by land on his way to Virginia', after requesting £30 to pay for his freight and 'to buy a servant woman' with whom 'he had kept company all voyage'. Moore only advanced him £14 to pay for his freight of goods. On May 1, 1701 the elder Henry Netherton of London appointed Edward Laughton, joiner, of South Carolina as his factor.

Bishopsgate Street Ward showing Angell Alley

Marriages and Offspring

By his first wife Sarah, Henry was the father of: (1) Sarah Netherton, infant (bur. 22 Jul 1679), (2) Henry Netherton (bapt. 14 May 1680), (3) Prosper Netherton (bapt. 26 Feb 1681/2), and (4) Mary Netherton, infant (bur. November 10, 1687). Married (2) Jane Glower, 15 Apr 1688, St. James Dukes Place, London.^[3] Married (3) Sarah (Saymnes) Wetwang, 23 Feb 1698/9, St. James Dukes Place, London.^[4]

Marriage Entry for Henry Netherton & Sarah Wetwang, 1698/99

His profligate son, Henry Netherton (1680-1716), went on to marry an heiress in Virginia named Sarah Tucker,^[5] by whom he left a daughter Elizabeth (Netherton) Walker (1708-1737) and a son Henry Netherton, who settled in Shenandoah County, Virginia and was the father of my 5th-great-grandmother Sarah (Netherton) Mathes (note by Todd Whitesides). Henry's widow, Sarah (Tucker) Netherton, remarried William Veale in 1717.

Parish Register for St Botolph Without Bishopsgate

Burial

Aged 55, he was buried 25 Nov 1705 at St. Botolph Bishopsgate, London, England.^[6][7]

Burial Register for St Botolph Bishopsgate

Burial Record for Henry Netherton

Research Notes

Bridewell Royal Hospital: Minutes of the Court of Governors. LL ref: BBBRMG202030292. Image 292 of 748. 25th May 1705. Also upon the Severall humble Peticons of Jno. Sleamaker Wm. Bennett Thos. Robingson Jno. Keeling Henry Netherton Wm. Redding and Jno. Hall for one of them to be Admitted Blacksmith of the Hosplls of Bridewell & Bethlem in the Roome of Mr. Coulbourne deced And they being all Severally putt in nominacon & Reduced by degrees to Two as those who had the Majority of hands Vizt. Jno. Sleamaker & Henry Netherton and they being agen putt in nominacon for one of them to be Elected Blacksmith It appeared plainely by plurality of hands That the said Jno. Sleamaker is thereunto duely Elected And thereupon it is Ordred by this Court That the sd. Jno. Sleamaker be admitted to do the Blacksmiths work of these Hosplls hee doing the Same as Well and as Cheap as any other dureing the pleasure of this Court.

Sources

1. ↑ Headlam, Cecil. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America's and West Indies, 1700, Preserved in the Public Record Office. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910. Henry Netherton, p. 428.
2. ↑ Huler, Scott. A Delicious Country: Rediscovering the Carolinas Along the Route of John Lawson's 1700 Expedition. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Henry Netherton, p. 180.
3. ↑ Church of England. St. James Duke's Place Church (London). Parish registers, St. James' Duke's Place Church, 1665-1872. Marriages, 1665-1692. Henry Netherton and Jane Glower, 1688.
4. ↑ Church of England. St. James Duke's Place Church (London). Parish registers, St. James' Duke's Place Church, 1665-1872. Marriages, 1692-1868. Henry Netherton and Sarah Welwing, 1698/99.
5. ↑ Tucker, Norma. Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1994. Henry Netherton, p. 45
6. ↑ Hallen, A. W. Cornelius. Registers of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, vol. II. Henry Netherton, p. 378.
7. ↑ Church of England. St. Botolph Bishopsgate Church (London). Parish registers for St. Botolph Bishopsgate, 1559-1901. Burials, 1670-1717. Henry Netheron, 1705.