Tennessee descendants of the Hazlerigg baronets

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Tennessee descendants of the Hazlerigg baronets

Legg inn av John Brandon » 01 sep 2004 21:22:12

_The Manuscripts of Shrewsbury and Coventry Corporations; The Earl of
Radnor, Sir Walter Corbet, Bart., and Others_ [i.e., Historical
Manuscripts Commission, 15th Report, Appendix, Part X], pp. 95-95:

NOTES FROM THE AMERICAN LETTER-BOOKS [OF RALPH CARR]

1768, Apr. 29.---Mr. Ralph Inman [of Boston] is requested to make a
quest for "a very unfortunate poor lady at Roxbury," Lady Hesilrige,
wife of the son [Robert] of Sir Arthur Hesilrige, who is enquired for
by Mr. Jonathan Ormston, Sir Arthur's trustee, and who must make proof
of her marriage.

1768, Nov. 18.---Letter to Lady Hesilrige at Boston: 120l. to be paid
to her as the interest due on the 500l. legacy from the death of her
father[-in-law], Sir Arthur Hesilrige, and 20l. annually. "I most
sincerely lament that your unhappy situation and worth were not known
before the death of Sir Arthur; sure I am you and yours would have
been provided for, but it is the hand of Providence, which is still
able to conduct and assist you. No doubt you heard that Sir Arthur
left his estate to the youngest of five sons, and even thought him
very unworthy of it, and [I] doubt he has not been mistaken by the
accounts I have of him. He is not yet of age; when he is I pray God
he may have an inclination equal to his ability to assist you. For
your son, as he will have the title, ought to have the estate
likewise. I had much talk with Mr. Ormston as to paying you in the
500l., but this he apprehends cannot be done till your children are of
age, but when they get an estate in this neighbourhood sold for the
payment of legacies and the other sons' fortunes, he will consult the
nobleman [lord Maynard] who was left joint trustee with him."

1770, July 2.---Letter to Lady Hesilrige, urging her to send her
eldest son over to England; he hopes the sight of him would warm lord
Maynard (who is 80 years old) into compassion for the unmerited loss
of his birthright.

1771, Apr. 4---Letter to Lady Hesilrige, congratulating her on the
reception her son has met with from Lord Maynard, who in letters to
Mr. Ormston "expresses more of a parental fondness for him than my
most sanguine wishes could even hope for." Enclosing a copy of a
letter of thanks to lord Maynard, dated 30 March. [It is subsequently
mentioned that the latter sent his young relation to school as
Chiswick, and in April 1773 sent him to Calcutta. He died in the East
Indies in 1805. Several original letters from Lady Hesilrige are
preserved.]

John Brandon

Re: Tennessee descendants of the Hazlerigg baronets

Legg inn av John Brandon » 02 sep 2004 18:28:16

I found a few references to Jonathan Ormston on A2A:


LAMB FAMILY PAPERS
Catalogue Ref. NRO 2659/1-100

Creator(s):
Lamb family
Lamb Family of Newcastle upon Tyne


Business Interests

FILE [no title] - ref. NRO 2659/74 - date: 1763-1764
[from Scope and Content] (Jonathan Ormston was Agent to Sir
Arthur Hesilridge).

FILE [no title] - ref. NRO 2659/75 - date: 26 May 1771
[from Scope and Content] Letter to (Jonathan) Ormston at St.
Pauls Church Yard, London from Arthur Hesilrige jnr. requesting that
he visit Easton

FILE [no title] - ref. NRO 2659/76
[from Scope and Content] Letter to Jonathan Ormston,
merchant of Newcastle upon Tyne, probably as agent of Sir Arthur
Hesilridge, Bart., from Daniel Fox of the Chancery office, London, re
the sale of "Estates in Northumberland"

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I think Lord Maynard was a maternal uncle (or great-uncle) of these
Hesilriges.

The Hazlerigg Collection

FILE - Abstract of the Will of Charles Lord Viscount Maynard - ref.
DG21/144 - date: 15th Feb. 1775
[from Scope and Content] Bequests of money (inter alia) to
members of Hesilrige family as great nephews and great nieces of
testator; Arthur Hesilrige (son of Sir Robert Hesilrige bart.) in
remainder to various real estate of the testator in Essex, Cambs,
Northants, and Leics. (Full details of bequests given).

John Brandon

Re: Tennessee descendants of the Hazlerigg baronets

Legg inn av John Brandon » 03 sep 2004 21:30:44

Samuel C. Williams, "Colonel David Henley," _East Tennessee Historical
Society's Publications_, no. 18 (1946), p. 21:

"Young Arthur [H. Henley], after the death of his mother, was taken to
nearby Mt. Vernon and was, according to family tradition, under the
nurture of General and Mrs. Washington. Later he was reared in the
home of Haselrigg relatives and by them sent to school. He received a
good education, especially in the classics. His mother's brother,
raised to [the] peerage as Lord Maynard, sent from England a large sum
of money to aid in his education. ..."

It was Arthur H. Henley's uncle, Arthur Hesilrige, who was a protege
of Lord Maynard, but it is interesting that the American descendants
had a tradition concerning association with Lord Maynard.

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