Emma Chamberlayne (1794 - 1886)

Born 30 May 1794 in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England

Ancestors

Died 9 May 1886 at age 91 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Emma Chamberlayne was born in Essex, England.

Birth and Parentage

Emma Chamberlayne was born in the reign of George III, at Hatfield Broad Oak, at the house called The Ryes, on 30 May 1794, two days before the 'Glorious First of June', the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. She lived during the reigns of four British monarchs; George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria.

She was the third youngest child of Stanes Chamberlayne and Mary Brockett. She may have been weak as a baby - she was baptised privately on 1 January 1795 in Hatfield Broad Oak, (probably at home at The Ryes) and then fully, on 5 May 1795, in London, ^[1]probably at St Mary's Marylebone, not far from the family house in Welbeck Street.

She had six older siblings and grew up in Hatfield Broad Oak in the fields and woods of rural Essex. The 'sponsors' at her christening were Brampton Gurdon Dillingham and his second wife, Mary née Howard, and Mary Westbrooke.

Life

She never married, and lived at The Ryes until her father's death in April 1834, after which the house was sold to Sir Jacob Archer Houblon, and Emma and her unmarried sister Harriet went and lived with their elder brother John, Rector of Eastwick, Hertfordshire. Before the house was sold, an inventory of all its paintings and pictures was made, possibly by Emma herself.

1. Census 1841: ^[2]
2. Census 1851: ^[3][4]
3. Census 1861: ^[5][6]
4. Census 1871: ^[7][8]
5. Census 1881 ^[9][10]

Page 5, Painting Inventory

It has long been thought by the Chamberlayne family that this Emma was the author of the Chamberlayne notebook, in which has been written notes about the Chamberlayne ancestry, and sketches of different houses where they lived - including the sketch of The Ryes.

On 26 April 1883, she was 88, and living in London, and received news that her nephew Stanes B H Chamberlayne and his wife Norah Græme had just had a daughter, Mabel Alicia. Two days later on 28 April, Stanes received what is thought to be his Aunt Emma's reply; postmarked London on 27 April, and written with a scratchy nib in a spidery, elderly handwriting, addressed to Stanes Chamberlayne, Weddenton (sic) Grove, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The reverse of the envelope shows that the letter reached Nuneaton a day later.

It is possible that she is the Miss Chamberlayne referenced here. ^[11]

Death

She passed away at her house in Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London on 9 May 1886.^{[12][13][14][15]}

• Essex Archives Online. Anon, (1835)., Facts not Fables, relative to the family of the Chamberlaynes, in the county of Essex. Reference: LIB/B/CHAMBEL. Retrieved from eao (Here;) Accessed 27 Apr 2024.

Sources

1. ↑ Free Reg Baptism Entry for Emma Chamberlayne, 1795. Retrieved from Free Reg (Here;) Accessed 19 Oct 2022.
2. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne in England and Wales Census, 1841 Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Here;) Accessed 19 Oct 2022.
3. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne in England and Wales Census, 1851. Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Here;) Accessed 19 Oct 2022.
4. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne in household of John Chamberlayne, Eastwick, Hertfordshire, England. England and Wales Census, 1851. FamilySearch Online Database with images, citing Eastwick, Hertfordshire, England, p. 4, from 1851 England, Scotland and Wales census, citing PRO HO 107. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 24 Mar 2023.
5. ↑ Emma Chamberlyne in household of John Chamberlyne (sic), Eastwick, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Here;) Accessed 19 Oct 2022.
6. ↑ Emma Chamberlyne in household of Richd (sic - should be John) Chamberlyne (sic), Eastwick, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom in England and Wales Census, 1861. FamilySearch Online Database with images citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 24 Mar 2023.
7. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne, 1871 in England and Wales Census. Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Here;) Accessed 19 Oct 2022.
8. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne, 1871 in England and Wales Census, 1871 FamilySearch Online Database with images. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 24 Mar 2023.
9. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne, St Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England in England and Wales Census, 1881. Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Here;) Accessed 19 Oct 2022.
10. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne, St Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England in England and Wales Census, 1881. FamilySearch Online Database with images, citing p. 27, Piece/Folio 147/44, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,346. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 24 Mar 2023.
11. ↑ Taskforce- Kunstfund. Retrieved from Taskforce-Kunstfund (Here;) Accessed 6 Sept 2022.
12. ↑ The Bury and Norwich Post, Bury, Suffolk, England, 18 May 1886, Tuesday. Page 8. Retrieved from Newspapers.com (Here;) Accessed 1 Oct 2022.
13. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne, 2 Jun 1886 in England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957. FamilySearch Online Database, citing Probate, Ireland, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilmFamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 1 Oct 2022.
14. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995. Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Here;) Accessed 1 Oct 2022.
15. ↑ Emma Chamberlayne, Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom in British Newspaper Archive. FamilySearch Online Database with images, citing Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 15 May 1886, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 1 Oct 2022.