Hannah Chapman (Gurney) Backhouse (1787 - 1850)

Born 8 Feb 1787 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Backhouse — married 23 Apr 1811 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1850 at about age 62 in Darlington, Durham, England

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Biography

Hannah was a Friend (Quaker)

Hannah Chapman was the daughter of Joseph Gurney and Jane Chapman. She was born at Norwich, Norfolk on 9 February 1787.^[1][2]

Hannah married Jonathan Backhouse of Darlington, Durham at Norwich, Norfolk on 24 April 1811. The Quaker marriage record describes her as daughter of Joseph Gurney, banker of Norwich, and Jane; and her husband as a banker of Darlington, County Durham, son of Jonathan Backhouyse of Darlington, banker, and Ann.^[3] They had the following children:

• Jonathan, born at Blackwell near Darlington, County Durham on 5 September 1812 and died there on 17 September 1820^[4]
• Jane Gurney, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 23 May 1814^[4]
• Ann, born at Exmouth, Devon on 31 December 1815^[4]
• Joseph, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 15 September 1817, died at Darlington, County Durham on 23 November 1824^[4]
• Henry, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 15 July 1819, died at Tottenham, Middlesex on 16 April 1836 and was buried at Winchmore Hill Quaker burial ground^[4]
• Edmund, born at Darlington, County Durham on 28 November 1824^[4]

Hannah died on 6 May 1850 and is buried at the Friends Burial Ground in Darlington, County Durham.^[5] Her death was registered at Darlington in the second quarter of 1850.^[6]

Travels

Hannah and Jonathan visited fellow Quakers in Bucks, Pennsylvania, in 1830.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/981, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Births, FindMyPast
2. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWXF-37Q : 11 December 2014), Joseph Gurney in entry for Hannah Chapman, 09 Feb 1787, Birth; citing p. 73, Norwich, Norfolk, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
3. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/544, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Quarterly Meeting of Norfolk: Marriages, FindMyPast
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} The National Archives, ref. RG6/1540, DURHAM: Monthly Meeting of Darlington: Darlington Births; Marriages; Burials, FindMyPast
5. ↑ findagrave.com
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J9Y-VTV : 31 December 2014), Hannah Chapman Backhouse, 1850; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Darlington, Durham, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
7. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, ancestry.com: Hannah Chapman Backhouse. Residence 6 Apr 1830, Bucks, Pennsylvania. Spouse: Jonathan Backhouse. Event Type: Admittance. Monthly Meeting: Bucks Quarterly Meeting. Historical Meeting Data: Bucks Quarterly Meeting. Type (Orthodox or Hicksite): Orthodox. Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Meeting State: Pennsylvania. Meeting County: Bucks. My own transcription of manuscript: "Our esteemed friend Hannah Chapman Backhouse and her husband Jonathan Backhouse being on a religious visit to friends in these parts attended this meeting and produced a Certificate from Darlington Monthly-meeting dated the 16th of the 3rd mo. 1830 and endorsed by Durham Quarterly-meeting England the 6th of the 4th mo. same year expressive of their unity therein whose company and gospel labours was acceptable & satisfactory."

• "Family Tree," FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 January 2017, 10:34), entry for Hannah Chapman Gurney(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LH68-RZG); contributed by various users.