Nicholas Hacket Carew Bt (abt. 1720 - 1762)

Born about 1720 in Beddington, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Martin) Carew — married Apr 1741 (to 1762) in Overbury, Gloucester, England

Died 19 Aug 1762 at about age 42 in Beddington, Surrey, England

Biography

The birthdate for Nicholas Hacket Carew is estimated to be 1720 based on the note included in his death record (see below). He was the son of Nicholas Carew MP (1686-1727) and Anne (Hacket) Carew (abt.1694-1740). His middle name is his mother's birth surname. He was born into an old Surrey family, seated at Beddington since the end of the 14th century.

2nd Baronet of Beddington, Surrey

On the death of his father in 1727, he succeeded his father to the Baronetcy of Beddington, co. Surrey as the 2nd Baronet. He was about 7 years old.

The Baronetcy of Beddington, co. Surrey had been created on 11 Jan. 1714 / 1715 ^[1]for his father Nicholas Carew MP (1686-1727) 1st Baronet, due to his land holdings and political services to the Liberal Party as a Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1727. ^[2]

Marriage & Children

Nicholas Hacket Carew married Catherine Martin on 25 Apr 1740 / 1741 daughter of John Martin, Esq., of Overbury, co. Worcester. They were married at Holy Trinity Church in Clapham, Lambeth, Surrey, England.^[3]

They had 2 daughters:

1. Catherine Carew - Batised 20 May 1742 ^[4]
2. Elizabeth Carew - Baptised 8 Mar 1745 ^[5]

In the Electoral Registers of 1742 he is recorded as living in Beddington Surrey. ^[6]

Military Service

Like his father, Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew was a colonel of the Surrey Militia.

He served in the the First or Eastern Independant Battalion of the Surry Militia (see details below). ^[7]

1758: ...5th of October following, Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, of Beddington, Bart., was appointed colonel; the Hon. George Onslow being appointed lieutenant colonel on the 3rd March, 1759.

1759: ...his Majesty having on the 2nd March, 1759, been pleased to appoint the Adjutant and Serjeants accordingly. Croydon Company Commanded by Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, Colonel.

1761: That on the 10th March following, at a General meeting of the Lieutenancy, the Regiment consisted of 800 private men, and was formed as follows: Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, Colonel and Captain.

1761: A proclamation was issued on the 25th June, 1761, by order of George m., continuing for the space of four months, all persons in their respectiye offices who had not received new commissions since the demise of the crown. The original date of the commissions being afterwards ratified as signed by the crown.

1762: During the time the two regiments were embodied from 3rd July, 1759, until their disembodiment in December, 1762, they were constantly ordered to change their quarters, and did duty in guarding and escorting the French prisoners of war. Scarcely a month passed but orders were sent for the regiments to march to new quarters. (Nicholas Carew died in Aug. of 1762)

Maryland Land Owner

In 1748 there is a record of Nicholas Hacket Carew traveling from England and arriving in Maryland. ^[8] There are records of land patents he held in Maryland under the name Nicholas Hacket Carew & Co. ^[9].

Nicholas Hacket Carew & Co. of Great Brittain.

(Sir Nicholas Hacket, Mary Witwick, Thomas Russell, Osgood Gee, John Price and Heirs of Lawrence Washington):

Land Owned in the county of Baltimore:

• Company's Lot | 100 Acres | 4 May 1748
• Wilmot's Refuge | 30 Acres| 2 June 1748
• Carpenter's Yard | 2 Acres | 30 Oct 1756
• Carroll's Pursuit | 200 Acres | 10 Aug 1753
• What You Please | 213 Acres | 10 Aug 1753
• Wilmot's Refuse Addition | 33 Acres | 24 June 1756

Death & Burial

He died on 18 Aug 1762. He was buried St Mary's Church in Beddington, Surry. In the notes section of this burial record it states that "Sir Nicholas d 18 Aug in 42nd year" which would make his birth year 1720. ^{[10] [11]}

His death is recorded in the August, 1762 issue of Gentleman's Magazine. ^[12]

Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew Died: 18th. August, 1762; Death Place: Bedington, Surry.

Monument in Beddington Church (St Mary), Surrey dedicated to him.

A description of the Nicholas Hackett Carew monument (with other monuments also shown) is recorded by Bob Speel with thanks to the Church authorities for permission to show pictures of the monuments inside: http://www.speel.me.uk/surrey/beddingtonstmary.htm

Will

His will was proved on 3 Sep 1762. ^{[13] [14]}

On the death of Nicholas Hackett Carew there was no male heir and the Baronetcy of Carew of Beddington co. Surrey became extinct.

Estate

Included below are descriptions of the disposition of the estate from various souces.

The Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet

Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, bart. by his will, dated July I, 1762, left his estates to his daughter for life after her decease, to the eldest son of John Fountain, dean of York, and his issue male: in default of such, to every other of the dean's sons, in succession. On the failure of issue male, from the dean of York, the estate was entailed upon the eldest son of Richard (Gee) Carew (abt.1748-1816), esq. of Orpington, in kent, who is now the next in the remainder; the dean's only son having died before the age of twenty-five, when he was to inherit. Richard Gee, esq. pursuant to the will of sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, bart. has taken the name and arms of that family. ^[15]

Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain

The descendants of the elder line from that gentleman became extinct in a female, Catherine Carew, who died in 1769, when the estates passed, under a settlement made by the will of her father, Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, Baronet, first, to the heir male of the Fountaynes, of Melton in Yorkshire, secondly, to that of the family of Gee, of Orpington, in Kent, each descended by female lines from the subject of this memoir. Both these remainders have now failed, and the estates are possessed by the relict of the late Richard Gee, Esq. whose elder brother assumed the surname of Carew, under the authority of an act of Parliament.^[16]

Surrey: Highways, Byways, and Waterways

To him succeeded his grandson, Nicholas Hacket Carew, who died in 1762, and was the last male of the direct line. To his unmarried sister Catherine Sir Nicholas left Beddington for life, on condition that she did not marry. Catherine Carew died at the age of twenty-seven. Now the estates were left in tail male to three different sets of people in succession, and it happened that the heirs died off, so that on the death of Miss Carew, Beddington passed to a distant cousin, one Richard Gee. Richard Gee died unmarried in 1816, having in 1780 eissumed the name and arms of Carew. He left Beddington to the widow of his brother, a certain Mrs. Ann Paston Gee, who.was also childless. Mrs. Gee, on her death in 1828, bequeathed the property to Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell, g.c.b., who assumed the name and arms of Carew. Sir Benjamin died in 1834, and was succeeded by his son, Captain Charles Hallowell. The estates were sold in 1865. A part of the park became a sewage farm; the remainder was preserved; while the remains of the house, purchased for charitable purposes, rebuilt, became the Female Orphan Asylum. ^[17]

Topographical History of Surrey

Sir Nicholas Hacket Carew, bart; whose decease occurred on the 8th of August, 1762. By his will, dated on the 1st of July in the same year, he devised all his estates to Mr. William Pellatt, an attorney in trust, to permit his only surviving daughter, Catherine, to hold the manor of Beddington for life, and to pay her the net amount of the rents, if she continued single; but on her death, or marriage, the estate was to devolve on the eldest and other sons of his cousin, Dr. John Fountain, dean of York, in tail-male; remainder to the eldest son of his kinsman, William Farrer, in tail-male; remainder to the eldest son of Richard Gee, esq., of Orpington in Kent, descended from Philippa Carew, an aunt of Sir Nicholas Carew, bart, mentioned above. Miss Catherine Carew died unmarried in 1769; and the only son of the dean of York having died in 1780, before he had attained the age of twenty-five, at which he was to inherit, the estate came into the possession of Richard Gee, esq.; who, in 1780, obtained an act of parliament, authorizing him to take the name and arms of the family of Carew. ^[18]

Research Notes

Other surname Throckmorton.

Nicholas (Throckmorton) Carew M.P (1562-1644) was the 5th surving son of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton of Paulerspury and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington. This Nicholas Thockmorton inherited under the will of his uncle Francis Carew of Beddington and he then changed his name to Carew in May 1611.

From that point the succeeding line of Nicholas Thockmorton males in Beddington Surrey were known by the surname of Carew.

For more info see: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Throckmorton_(alias_Carew)

Sources

1. ↑ Baronetcy: Complete baronetage. by Cokayne, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1911 Publication date 1900. Page 26. accessed [July 2023]. https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta05coka/page/26/mode/1up?q=carew
2. ↑ Father-MP: History of Parliament. CAREW, Sir Nicholas, 1st Bt. (1687-1727), of Beddington, nr. Croydon, Surr. accessed [July 2023]. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/carew-sir-nicholas-1687-1727
3. ↑ Marriage-1741: Surrey Marriages. Clapham, Surrey, England. accessed [July 2023]. Nicholas Hacket Carew marriage to Catherine Martin on 25 Apr 1741 in Clapham, Surrey, England. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FORSURREYMAR%2F00072699%2F1.
4. ↑ Birth of Child-Catherine: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYLJ-56D : 5 February 2023), Nico Carew in entry for Katherine Carew, 1742.
5. ↑ Birth of Child-Elizabeth: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWHJ-KFN : 5 February 2023), Nicholas Carew in entry for Elizabeth Carew, 1745.
6. ↑ Electoral Register: UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893. London, England, UK and London Poll Books. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library. 1742; Sir Nicholas Hackett Carew; Wallington, Bedington, Surrey. accessed [July 2023]. Ancestry Record 2410 #2516608
7. ↑ Military: Historical records of the Second Royal Surrey : or Eleventh Regiment of Militia by Davis, John, 1834-1902. Publication date 1877. Publisher London : M. Ward. Pages 77, 82, 93. accessed [July 2023]. https://archive.org/details/historicalrecor00davigoog/page/n139/mode/1up?q=%22Nicholas+Hacket+Carew%22
8. ↑ Maryland Immigration: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Maryland; Year: 1748; Page 103. accessed [July 2023]. Ancestry Record 7486 #4229474
9. ↑ Maryland Land Holdings: Ancestry.com image: Coldham, Peter Wilson. Settlers of Maryland, 1679-1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. No eBook available. accessed [July 2023]. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/49058/images/FLHG_SettlersMaryland2-0117?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=101763&rcstate=FLHG_SettlersMaryland2-0117%3A44%2C2379%2C152%2C2410
10. ↑ Burial: Surrey : Beddington : St Mary : "Other Transcript" database, FreeREG. Nicholas Hackett Carew Burial date, Aug 1762. accessed [July 2023]. https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818ffa6e93790de6a52800d/nicholas-hackett-carew-burial-surrey-beddington-1762-08-?locale=en
11. ↑ Death-Obit: Obituaries prior to 1800; Author: Musgrave, William, Sir, 1735-1800; Armytage, George J. (George John), Sir, 1842-1918. Page 310. Nich.Hacket (Sir), Bt., Surrey. 18 Aug. 1762. Title ext. (G.M. 391; L.M. 449). accessed [July 2023]. https://archive.org/details/obituarypriorto144musg/page/344/mode/1up
12. ↑ Death-Obit: The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 32, 1762. Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998. Died: 18th. August, 1762; Death Place: Bedington, Surry. Page 504. accessed [July 2023]. https://archive.org/details/sim_british-magazine-or-monthly-repository_1762-09_3/page/504/mode/1up?q=%22Nicholas+Hacket+Carew%22
13. ↑ Will of Sir Nicholas Hackett Carew: Will of Sir Nicholas Hackett Carew of Beddington , Surrey; Date: 03 September 1762. The National Archives Kew, Richmond. accessed [July 2023]. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D481657
14. ↑ Image of will. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858. The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 879. accessed [July 2023]. Ancestry Record 5111 #520298
15. ↑ Estate: The Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet: Containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most ... by James Sargant Storer , John Greig. Publication date 1810. Publisher W. Clarke. Volume 7. Page n79. https://archive.org/details/antiquarianandt06greigoog/page/n82/mode/1up?q=%22Nicholas+Hacket+Carew%22
16. ↑ Estate: Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain... With biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. by Lodge, Edmund, 1756-1839. Publication date 1835. Publisher London, Harding and Lepard. Page 4. accessed [July 2023]. https://archive.org/details/illustriousperso01lodguoft/page/n133/mode/1up?q=%22Nicholas+Hacket+Carew%22
17. ↑ Estate: Surrey: Highways, Byways, and Waterways by Charles Raymond Booth Barrett. Publication date 1895. Publisher Bliss, Sands, & Foster. Page 41. accessed [July 2023]. https://archive.org/details/surreyhighwaysb00barrgoog/page/n71/mode/2up?q=%22Nicholas+Hacket+Carew%22
18. ↑ Estate: A Topographical History of Surrey by Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton , Gideon Algernon Mantell, John Hodgkinson, Charles Savile Roundell. Publication date 1844. Publisher R. B. Ede. Page 56. accessed [July 2023]. https://archive.org/details/atopographicalh00roungoog/page/n74/mode/2up?q=%22Nicholas+Hacket+Carew%22

See Also:

• The Carews of Beddington.

https://archive.org/details/carewsofbeddingt0000mich/mode/2up

• The Peerage:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p20427.htm#i204264

• Wikipedia: Carew baronets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carew_baronets

• The National Archives: THE CAREW FAMILY OF BEDDINGTON: DEEDS AND ESTATE RECORDS. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/5146ec30-d1ed-4124-a369-01ee532c612b

• British History Oline: Environs of LondonThe Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey Beddington.

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol1/pp49-67

Acknowledgments

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