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    Axford, John

    Male 1787 - 1847  (~ 60 years)


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    • Name Axford, John 
      Christened 1 Aug 1787  St Lawrence Pountney, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 6 Dec 1847  St Pancras, Camden, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I07809  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 16 Nov 2017 

      Family Brown, Sarah,   c. 15 Apr 1794, St Michaels, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1875, Kilburn, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
      Married 25 Oct 1823  Ashbury, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F02322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • The son of John Axford, Grocer of Ludgate Hill sho leaves a will dated 1817.

        Parents?
        The Gentleman's Magazine. vol 43. 1773.
        Married, John Axford, Esq; 1 Ludgate-hill to Mrs. Reed, Frith Street, Soho.

        Will of John Axford Grocer Ludgate Hill, City of London 17 May 1817 Proved 10 December 1822 Mentions son Charles, John and daughter Mary Wood Axford.

        John and Sarah had 5 children - John Brown AXFORD, Sarah, Mary Ann, William and Martha.

        There is a will of a William Axford, grocer of Ludgate who mentions going into business with his brother John Axford. Also children Martha Bedwell, Elizabeth and Thomas Bedwell Axford. Wife is Mary Bedwell daughter of Bernard of Abindon, Berkshire.
        Children baptised between 1760 and 1775 including a Ann Walton Axford in 1767. William and wife buried at Ludgate. William born about 1735. A connection to Devizes? or coincidence?

        Will mentions brother John, Robert, James and sister Ann, brother in law Bernard Bedwell (There is such a combination of sibling born to a William and Hester at Warmister, Wiltshire in the 1720's and 1730's)

        Had two daughter Martha and Mary, listed with mother on 1851 census at Islington.