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Personal Details of John Charles Thomas Leathwait

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Buried:	24/10/1860

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Memorial Details

	South slope of copestone: In Memory of/ John William Tomlinson Leathwait/ who departed this life Oct. 19th. 1860/ aged 69./ "By grace ye are saved." South side of chest: In Memory of Mary Leathwait/ who departed this life Oct.28 1859 aged 32./ "Be ye also ready." North slope of copestone: In Memory of Hannah relict of / John William Tomlinson Leathwait/ who departed this life Jan. 24th. 1870 aged 79./ "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." North side of chest: In Memory of Elizabeth, daughter of the above and wife of / Joseph Frederick Hickman/ who departed this life July 11 1877 aged 60./ "Asleep in Jesus."

Name on Memorial	John William LEATHWAIT
Date of death	19/10/1860
Age	69
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Chest tomb with copestone top
Construction Material	Granite with engraved letters
Condition of memorial	Good
Pattison Location Code	W139
Others named on memorial
Mary Leathwait
Hannah Leathwait
Elizabeth HICKMAN

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	John Charles Thomas Leathwaite
Date of burial	24/10/1860
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated Ground - Family Vault
By whom buried	Rev'd. W.F. Norris
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 53
Transcription comments	FreeBMD list name as John Charles Tomlinson Leathwait

Accounts Entry for John Charles Thomas Leathwait
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Biographical Information

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John William Tomlinson Leathwait

John William Tomlinson Leathwait

He was born c. 1791 in Stepney, Middx. He was the son of John Thomas Leathwait and Elizabeth Ann Scheck (a widow). His father was a Citizen and Grocer of The Royal Exchange, Cornhill, City of London. In 1807 he was apprenticed to his father for 7 years. Electoral Registers show that in 1834 he had a house in Aldermanbury; in 1835 a shop at South Front, Royal Exchange, Cornhill; and in 1855, under the heading of Grocers he is based at Clapham Rise, opposite the Bedford Arms.

His occupations were variously Bookseller, News Agent and Grocer.

Records show that he and Hannah had 7 children: John Richard born 24/8/1813; Hannah born 21/10/1814; Thomas born 11/1/1816; Elizabeth born 5/5/1817 who married Joseph Frederick Hickman of Newbury as his third wife; Mary born 21/7/1820; Ann born 21/10/1821 and Sophia born 14/4/1824 who married Thomas Simmons of Newbury.

In 1851, aged 59, he is living at 23 Canterbury Terrace, Newington, London, with his wife Hannah, daughters Elizabeth, Sophia and Mary, and one domestic servant, Elizabeth Williams.

He died on 19 October 1860, Newbury, aged 69 years. Probate was granted to George Adey of Newbury, Builder, and to his nephew John Edward Simmons, News Agent, of Pope’s-Head-Alley, Cornhill, City of London (from Tax Records this is the same address as his grandfather John Thomas Leathwait who paid £2 10s in 1857). effects under £9000

The gravestone inscription includes his name together with that of his wife Hannah and their daughters Mary Leathwait and Elizabeth Hickman (nee Leathwait).

Sources: Freedom of the City Admission Papers (1681-1925) sealed 3/9/1807; Electoral Registers; 1851 Census; BMD 4Q 1860 Death; National Probate/Wills.

Mrs. P. Code W 139, page 22.

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