Thermuthes (Chamberlayne) Fauquier (1748 - 1823)

Born 27 Oct 1748 in London, England

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Fauquier — married 13 Oct 1787 in St Mary's Church, Marylebone, London, England

Died 8 Apr 1823 at age 74 in Long Itchington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Birth and Parentage

Thermuthes Chamberlayne - birth [1]

Thermuthes (sometimes spelt Thermuthis or Thermutis) was born at Ryes, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England at 8:30 am on 27 October 1748. It was a Thursday according to the old calendar. ^[2][3] She was the eldest child of Stanes Chamberlayne and Thermuthes Smith. ^[4] She was named after her mother, Thermuthes, who in turn, was named after her step-great grandmother, Thermuthes Plomer. The unusual first name Thermuthes has its origin in ancient mythology

...the idea of health ... intimately associated with the serpent is shown by the crown form of the asp, or sacred Thermuthes, having been given particularly to Isis, a goddess of life and healing.^[5]

It was also, according to Josephus, the name of the princess of Egypt, the foster mother of Moses.^[6]

She had a brother, Stanes, and three younger sisters.

Children of Stanes I Chamberlayne and Thermuthes Smith

Marriage and Family

Marylebone Church [8]

On 13 Oct 1787 in the church of St Marylebone in Middlesex, she married Francis Fauquier, ^[9]son of Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Virginia^[10], and his wife, Catherine née Dalston. ^[4] The witnesses who signed the marriage register were Thermuthes' father, Stanes, and her brother-in-law, Samuel Leightonhouse. Samuel was the husband of Thermuthes' sister Hannah. They had married 10 years before.^[11]

She lived with her husband at Stoney Thorpe, the mansion Francis had inherited from his great uncle Francis Chamberlayne, father of Elizabeth Chamberlayne. They had no children and when Francis died in 1805, Thermuthes continued to live at Stoney Thorpe until her death.

In 1819, she was a subscriber for £1.1d. (in 2017, this was equivalent to £60.30) ^[12] to the Eye and Ear Infirmary, Southam, Warwickshire, the first hospital of its kind dedicated to providing free treatment for the rural working poor. ^[13][14]

Death

St James's Southam [15]

She died aged 74 on 8 April 1823 and was buried on 17 April in the parish church of St James, Southam, Warwickshire, England. ^[3][16]

Sources

1. ↑ Entry Chamberlayne Family Bible - Courtesy - Ed Chamberlayne
2. ↑ Poole, Robert. Give Us Our Eleven Days! Calendar Reform in Eighteenth-Century England. Past & Present, no. 149. (1995): (pp.95-139). Retrieved from Jstor (Here;) Accessed December 16, 2020.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Thermuthes Fauquier, 17 Apr 1823. England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963. Family Search Online Database. Burial, Southam, Warwickshire, England, Warwick County Record Office, England. Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 23 Aug 2021.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Chamberlayne in entry for Francis Fauquier, 1787. England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988. Family Search Online Database. Retrieved from Family Search (Here;) Accessed 23 Aug 2021.
5. ↑ Wilson Jr, R., (1922). The Caduceus and its Symbolism. Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 23 Aug 2021.
6. ↑ Josephus; Jewish Antiquities. (Vol 1-4). with an English translation by H. St. J. Thackeray, in nine volumes. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 23 Aug 2021.
7. ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine. (1834). Retrieved from [Here;) Accessed 19 June 2021.
8. ↑ Wikipedia. (Marylebone Church), Marylebone. Retrieved from Wikipedia (Here;) Accessed August 23, 2021.
9. ↑ Ed. Cave. E., (1787). The Gentleman's Magazine, (Vol. 62, p.1022). Retrieved from Google Books (Here;) Accessed 9 Sept 2021.
10. ↑ Huguenot Society of London. (1886). Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London. London: Huguenot Society of London. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 23 Aug 2021.
11. ↑ England Marriages, 1538–1973. Hannah Chamberlayne in entry for Samuel Leightonhouse, 1777. FamilySearch Online Database. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 23 Aug 2021.
12. ↑ National Archives Currency Convertor, 1819. Retrieved from The National Archives (Here;) Accessed 31 Dec 2021.
13. ↑ Smith, Henry Lilley., (1819)., Observations on the Prevailing Practice of Supplying Medical Assistance to the Poor: Commonly Called the Farming of Parishes : with Suggestions for the Establishment of Parochial Medicine Chests Or Infirmaries in Agricultural Districts, (p.28). Philanthropic Society, 1819 Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) Accessed 31 Dec 2021.
14. ↑ Southam Heritage Collection. Henry Lilley Smith. Retrieved from Southern heritage Collection (Here;) Accessed 31 Dec 2021.
15. ↑ From the Free Internet Repository: Wikipedia. Southam. Retrieved from Wikipedia (Here;) Accessed 23 Aug 2021.
16. ↑ Find My Past Search Results for Thermuthes (Chamberlayne) Fauquier. Retrieved from Find My Past (Here;) Accessed 22 Dec 2022.

• Insured: Thermuthes Fanquier, Upper Berkeley Street, widow, Samuel Leightonhouse Oxford (sic) (Orford) House, Essex. Retrieved from The National Archives (Here;) Accessed 22 Oct 2022.