John Towgood

1757 - 1837

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Banker in Clements Lane, the son of Matthew Towgood (q.v.) and Mary Mills (sister of John Mills of Great St Helens, City of London,q.v.), baptised Walthamstow[e] Essex 16/07/1757.

  1. Married Martha Rogers, the daughter of Thomas Rogers, 30/04/1792 at St Mary Islington, when he was described as of Walthamstow. Children Charles, George, Lucy and Samuel were baptised at four different London/Essex churches between 1800 and 1804: another daughter Maria appears marrying William Morgan the younger 04/04/1819 at St Mary Islington. She is described in the ODNB entry for the older William Morgan as 'the beautiful niece of Samuel Rogers.' The John Towgood a barrister not practising aged 62 in the 1861 census, living with his wife Mary P Towgood and being visited by Samuel Towgood a solicitor aged 56 is almost certainly another son. Will of John Towgood banker of Clements Lane City of London proved 19/04/1837.

  2. John Towgood was described as mortgagee-in-possession of Somersalls on St Kitts between 1817 and 1831, with various lessees and 'renters', including Stedman Rawlins and Jedediah Kerie Edmead; he claimed the compensation for unpaid purchase money, having apparently sold the estate to the latter in 1834.


Sources

Ancestry.com, England and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database online].

  1. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]; Ancestry.com, England and Wales Christening Records 1530-1906 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1918 [database online]; ODNB William Morgan (1750-1833) Actuary; PROB 11/1877.

  2. Ancestry.com, Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [database on-line], St Kitts, 1822, 1828, 1831.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Martha Rogers
Children
John [?], Maria, Charles, George, Lucy, Samuel
Occupation
Banker

Associated Claims (3)

£1,129 2s 0d
Awardee
£5,402 13s 10d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Attorney)
£1,626 10s 8d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Attorney)

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Name partner
 
Director
 
notes →
1. General Court of Proprietors called 1/6/1837 to elect a director in place of the late John Towgood...

Relationships (2)

Nephew → Uncle
Son → Father

Addresses (2)

Clements Lane, City of London, Middlesex, London, England
Upper Bedford Place, Russell Square, London, Middlesex, London, England