Tomson Warner (1738 - 1816)

Born 2 Dec 1738 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Applegarth) Warner — married 1770 in Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died 26 Jun 1816 at age 77 in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Tomson was a Friend (Quaker)

From Uxbridge Meeting People Through the Ages^[1]

Tomson Warner (1738-1816)^[2], brassfounder, born in St Albans, son of Jacob Warner (1700-1762) and Ruth Tomson (1712-1778).

Settled in London, firstly married in 1770, Mary Applegarth (1744-1777) of Basingstoke, daughter of Robert Applegarth (1701-1775) and Jane Sanger (1706/7-1771) and had two sons and three daughters, one of whom died in infancy.

He married secondly in 1782, Elizabeth Tilbury (1757-1791) daughter of Stephen Tilbury of Alton and Elizabeth his wife. There were two sons, one of whom died aged 17, and one daughter.

Edward Milligan says in the Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers that he suffered considerable distraint for his refusal to pay tithes, church rates or war tax, but on the other hand was under dealing by Peel MM 1794-5 for unnecesary frequenting of public houses and because "he otherwise demeaned himself in an improper manner."

He moved to Uxbridge in 1800 and died there in 1816.

His daughter Jenny (b.1771) married William Hull in 1794.

Sources

1. ↑ http://captionsfordisplay.blogspot.com/2008/09/h.html
2. ↑ http://captionsfordisplay.blogspot.com/2008/09/w.html