John Juxon (abt. 1612 - 1643)

Born about 1612 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Susan (Langham) Juxon — married 14 Jun 1631 in Mortlake, Surrey, England

Died 1643 at about age 31 in London, England

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Research Note:

Owing to the proliferation of individuals of this name at this time, disambiguation of Captain John Juxon is especially difficult. Not all the individuals have been clearly identified.

Particular care should be taken to distinguish Captain John Juxon from the John Juxon, probably John Juxon of Albourne "of the parish of St Gregory's in London, gent", or perhaps John Juxon "Of Poplar" who married a Susan Dethicke of Poplar Middlesex at St Dunstan and All Saints Stepney on 29 September 1631, ^[1] as opposed to Captain Juxon's wife Susan Langham, married 14 June of the same year. Susan Dethicke Juxon died in childbirth and was buried on 20 September 1632. ^[2] The death of Susan Langham Juxon has not been discovered, but she lived to give birth to at least three sons before 1643.

Biography

Family

Captain John Juxon was the eldest son of John Juxon, Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, sugar refiner, and his first wife Elizabeth Kirrell. His birth was probably about 1612, based on the known birth of his younger brother Thomas in 1614. The records of the Merchant Taylors School do not list him, unlike his younger brother Thomas, recorded from 1619-21. ^[3] Their father John Juxon died in 1626 and both parents were buried at St. Laurence Pountney. ^{[4] [5]}

John Juxon married Susan Langham on 14 June 1631 at his manor at Mortlake Surrey. ^{[6] [7]} Their marriage had a son John, named in the 1643 Will ^[8]of his paternal grandfather George Langham. The language of this Will suggests that Susan may have died before this date. It is also possible that there was a son George, buried 27 December 1632 at Mortlake, ^[9] but it is also possible that the father of the child was a different John Juxon. A daughter Elizabeth was baptised on 1 April 1638 at Allhallows, Bread Street, London, to a John Juxon. A note on the register reads: "Mr [JUCKSON] of Godlieman in Surrey from Mr GETTINGS house", which can be parsed as "Mr Juxon of Godalming in Surrey from Mr Gethin's house", Maurice Gethin being the husband of Elizabeth Juxon, John's sister. ^[4]

Susan Juxon died some time before 1643, when John Juxton's Will named his children as "motherless". In this Will, ^[10] he named his four children: John - son and heir , Thomas, George (probably a second of that name), and daughter Elizabeth. He also named as executors and guardians a committee of his brothers and sisters: brother Thomas Juxton, father-in-law George Langham, brother-in-law Edmund Harvie, brother-in-law Maurice Gethin, brother-in-law William Wagstaffe, brother-in-law Henrie Langham, sister Elizabeth Gethin, sister Sara Wagstaffe. He urged them to "Christianly, and carefully see to the godly and religious educating of my poor fatherless and motherless children."

"Captain John Juxon died in the Allhallows, Bread Street, home of his brother-in-law, Maurice Gethin, where he had been nursed during his last days by his sister, Mrs Elizabeth Gethin. Thomas Juxon was also at his dying brother's side. John was buried in St Lawrence Pountney near his parents on 16 October 1643 after a hero's funeral, with military honours provided by Colonel Harvey and his horse regiment. He was buried with his parents at St Laurence Pountney." ^[4]

In his own 1659 Will ^[11] his son John Juxon expressed the wish to be buried there near his father. (He made no mention of his mother, who died when he was younger.) He also named two younger brothers: Thomas as his heir and executor, and George, under age 21, but not a sister Elizabeth.

Military

Both Juxon brothers showed an inclination toward military service and joined the Honorable Artillery Company of London. In April 1642, John Juxon was an ensign in the White Regiment of the London Trained Bands, in which his father-in-law, George Langham was Lt-Colonel and George Langham the younger a lieutenant. ^[12] By the time the London forces marched out to the relief of Gloucester in August 1643, he was captain of a troop of horse in the regiment of his brother-in-law Edmund Harvey, while his brother Thomas became a captain in the Green Regiment.^[5]

Upon raising the siege, the London regiments turned back to London, but the Royalist forces met them on the way near Newbury in Berkshire. In the resulting battle, Captain Juxon was mortally wounded. "His Horse was Shott by a Cannon bullet in the Forehead being Stunnd wth the blow, ran wth him violently right on, in to his Ma(jes)ties Army where the Horse Fell down dead, & He was mortally wounded & left dead, but the body of the Army leaving the place left him too, & by that time he recovered his Sences, & was carried to London, & dyed wthin few dayes." ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Parish Register St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney 1609-1632 Ancestry UK
2. ↑ Parish Register Tower Hamlets St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney 1622-1666 Ancestry UK
3. ↑ Robinson, Charles John. A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors' School : from A. D. 1562 to 1874, Vol. 1, p. 100. Lewes: 1882. p. 100
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Introduction: The Journal of Thomas Juxon, 1644–1647 (Camden Fifth Series, Series Number 13): Juxon
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} British Army, Honorable Artillery Company: Juxon FindMyPast
6. ↑ Parish Record, Mortlake Surrey FindMyPast
7. ↑ Ancestry Marriage Index [1]
8. ↑ "Will of George Langham, Merchant Tailor of London", dated 30 March 1643, proved 6 December 1644. PROB 11/192/109
9. ↑ Parish Register Mortlake, St Mary 1599-1678 Ancestry UK
10. ↑ J. S. Burn, Registrum ecclesiae parochialis (1862), p. 107; Lambeth Palace Library, VH 96/1508, the will of John Juxon of Mortlake, Surrey [DGS8050660_FamilySearch]
11. ↑ "Will of John Juxon, Merchant of Saint Mary Aldermansbury, City of London", proved 6 December 1659, PROB 11/296/240
12. ↑ The London Trained Bands: April 1642 1642
13. ↑ "Surnames beginning 'J'." The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers . Ed. Stephen K Roberts. British History Online, 2017. British History Online. Web. 18 November 2023. Juxon