Capel Hanbury (1791)

Born 14 Oct 1791 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen (Franklin) Hanbury — married 8 Jun 1818 in Marylebone, MIddlesex, England

Biography

Capel was a Friend (Quaker)

Capel was the son of Quakers John Hanbury and Elizabeth Bell. He was born at Tottenham, Middlesex on 14 October 1791. His father is described as a brewer in the birth record of Tottenham Quaker Monthly Meeting.^[1][2]

Capel married Ellen Franklin at Marylebone, London. The parish register of St Marylebone, London gives the date as 8 June.^[3] So too does a report of the marriage in the Gentleman's Magazine gives it as 8 June. It describes him as of the Royal Scots, and her as daughter of the late William Franklin, former Governor of New Jersey.^[4] This was a Church of England wedding, suggesting that Capel was no longer a Quaker. This appears to the confirmed by their daughter Maria being baptised. They had at least one child:

• Maria, baptised at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London on 24 January 1828, with her birth date given as 23 June 1820^[5][6]

Research Notes

Mariage Date

The database "England Marriages 1538-1973" gives Capel's marriage date as 24 May:^[7] this is incorrect, as the parish register cited above proves. 24 May was the first of the Sundays on which banns for the marriage were read out in church.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/549, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Tottenham: Births, FindMyPast
2. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWZH-94M : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury, 14 Oct 1791, Birth; citing p. 26, Tottenham, Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
3. ↑ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1922135:1623?tid=&pid=&queryId=8695ffd4-7670-44e2-a936-224e477772b1&_phsrc=vVL1&_phstart=successSource Ancestry.co.uk} and linked image of parish register
4. ↑ Gentleman's Magazine, June 1818, p. 562, Hathi Trust
5. ↑ City of Westminster Archives Centre, Westminster Baptisms, p. 152, transcript on FindMyPast
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP29-LMK : 4 February 2023), Maria Hanbury, 1828
7. ↑ England Marriages 1538-1973, FindMyPast
8. ↑ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, Ancestry.co.uk and linked image of parish register