Capel Hanbury (abt. 1720 - 1769)

Born about 1720 in England

Husband of Mary (Lunn) Hanbury — married 14 Jun 1750 in London, England

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1769 at about age 49 in London, England

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Biography

Capel was a Friend (Quaker)

On 14 June (Quaker 4th month) 1750 Capel married Mary Lunn at Devonshire House Quaker Meeting House. The Quaker marriage record describes him as a London merchant, son of Capel Hanbury, deceased merchant of Bristol, and his surviving wife Elizabeth; and her as daughter of William Lunn, deceased wine-cooper of London, and his surviving wife Mary.^[1] They had the following children:

• John, born in London on 8 August (Quaker 6th month) 1751^[2][3]
• Capel, who died, age 8 days, on convulsions on 10 November 1752 and was buried at Bunhill Fields Quaker burial ground, London on 13 November^[4]
• another Capel. who died, age 10 days, on 18 December 1755 "of the Watry Gripes" and was buried on 22 December at Bunhill Fields Quaker burial ground^[5][6]
• Elizabeth, said in one Quaker record to be born in London on 26 December 1755^[7][8] (the death record for her brother Capel who died, age 10 days, that month casts doubt on the year) she died of smallpox on 19 May 1763 and was buried on 22 May at Bunhill Fields Quaker burial ground with her age given as about 9 in the Quaker death and burial record^[9] (one transcript on Familysearch gives her birth year as 1753^[10])
• William, born in London on 7 January 1757^[11][12]
• Mary, born in London on 9 January 1760,^[13][14] died of smallpox at Clapham, Surrey on 16 November 1762 and was buried at Bunhill Fields Quaker burial ground, London on 18 November^[15]
• Anna, born in London on 8 April 1761^[16][17]
• Charlotte, born in London on 15 July 1762^[18][19]
• another Capel, born in London on 9 July 1764^[20][21]

Capel died on 2 June 1769 and was buried at Bunhill Fields Quaker burial ground, London on 11 June. The Quaker death and burial record describes him as a London merchant, age 49, pointing to a birth year of about 1720. It gives the cause of death as a paralytic disorder.^[22] His will, dated 15 November 1765, was proved on 16 June 1769. In it he:^[23]

• describes himself as a London merchant
• named, among others:
  • his wife Mary
  • his sons John, William and Capel
  • his daughters Anna and Charlotte
  • his sister Elizabeth Beaufoy and her husband Mark Beaufoy of Cuper's Bridge, Surrey
  • his late cousin John Hanbury, merchant
  • his cousin Osgood Hanbury
  • John Lewis of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and his son John
• appointed as executors his wife, Mark Beaufoy and John Hunter of Westminster

Capel's wife survived him. She died at Stoke Newington, Middlesex on 30 May 1793 was buried on 7 June at Winchmore Hill Quaker burial ground with her age given as about 64 in the Quaker record.^[24]

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/495, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex: Marriages, FindMyPast
2. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1103, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Births, FindMyPast
3. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7MD-LYT : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury in entry for John Hanbury, 08 Aug 1751, Birth; citing p. 71, London & Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
4. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/673, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Burials, FindMyPast
5. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/673, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Burials, FindMyPast
6. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQSF-4PB : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury, 22 Dec 1755, Burial; citing p. 791, London & Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
7. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1103, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Births, FindMyPast
8. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQKB-SRK : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury in entry for Elizabeth Hanbury, 26 Dec 1755, Birth; citing p. 44, Devonshire House, Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
9. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/500, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex: Burials, FindMyPast
10. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQFY-B2S : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury in entry for Elizabeth Hanbury, 26 Dec 1753, Birth; citing p. 92, London & Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
11. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1103, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Births, FindMyPast
12. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQKT-V3F : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury in entry for William Hanbury, 07 Jan 1757, Birth; citing p. 46, Devonshire House, Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
13. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1103, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Births, FindMyPast
14. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWZ7-TV6 : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury in entry for Mary Hanbury, 09 Jan 1760, Birth; citing p. 187, London & Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
15. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/673, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Burials, FindMyPast
16. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1103, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Births, FindMyPast
17. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VF-DM1 : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury in entry for Anna Hanbury, 08 Apr 1761, Birth; citing p. 199, London & Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
18. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1103, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Births, FindMyPast
19. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQGW-K8H : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury in entry for Charlotte Hanbury, 15 Jul 1762, Birth; citing p. 55, Devonshire House, Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
20. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1103, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Births, FindMyPast
21. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWNH-582 : 11 December 2014), Capel Hanbury, 09 Jul 1764, Birth; citing p. 58, Devonshire House, Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
22. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/673, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Burials, FindMyPast
23. ↑ The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/949/189, Will of Capel Hanbury, Merchant of City of London, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
24. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1369, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex: Burial notes, FindMyPast