Eighth Generation (Continued)
Family of Mary COMPTON (96) & George JENNINGS
139. Ann JENNINGS (Mary COMPTON7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1) 
. Born in 1759 in Hampshire, England. Ann died in Ringwood, Hampshire, England, in Q4 1847; she was 88.
- 1783 England Marriages, 1538–1973
Name Stephen Tucks
Spouse's Name Ann Jennings
Event Date 01 Dec 1783
Event Place Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number I07135-8
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1596258
Reference ID item 4 [no image]
Which John Westcott is this? He’s the right age, and his father and brother Charles were both surgeons. Ann Tunks living at same address was likely this John’s aunt (his mother’s sister Ann Jennings) ...
- 1841 England census, living in Ringwood, Hampshire - Poulner? Lane
Name Age
Charlotte Daman 15 - F, 15, teacher of music, Hants
John Westcott 50 - M, 50, surgeon, Hants
Ann Lockyer [Leckyer?] 14 - F, 14, [crossed out occupation], Hants
Class: HO107; Piece: 398; Book: 21; Civil Parish: Ringwood; County: Hampshire; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 4; Page: 3; Line: 17; GSU roll: 288800
NOTE: in the previous household and at the same address was Ann Tunks, age 80 Wid’r born Hants
Probable death registration:
- 1847 freeBMD Deaths Dec 1847
Tunks Ann Ringwood 8 129
[Lots of other choices for this name but this is the only one in Ringwood within date range]
From other researchers:
- From images of an inlaid cabinet and handwritten notes about its provenance:
“This Cabinet was given by Mr Mrs Stephen Tunks? of Ringwood to their nephew Charles Stephen Westcott a? Surgeon of Ringwood on his marriage about 1830. [1825]
Mrs Tunks, [and] his mother the wife of William Westcott also Surgeon of Ringwood were daughters of Jennings Esquire of Barnfield? near Ringwood, Mrs Jennings their [end of image 1]
mother was the daughter of Thos. Compton Esqr, was born at Foschiten? [could this be Foxcot in?] Hants in 1763. The Comptons were of the first Branch of the Comptons of Wiltshire Landowners there before the Conquest.
The Cabinet was left to Sophia daughter of Charles Wesscott wife of James Appleford of Ringwood, then to his daughter Annie wife of E P S Jones. [end of image 2]”
- The cabinet is (unusually) dated 1654 on an inlay. ... We know there are similar cabinets (not dated like ours!) at Glamis and Lindisfarne castles. [Initials “PWD” also inlaid]
We have been on Antiques Roadshow with it a couple of years ago - here's a link to a YouTube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-sX9jsrugQ
[From video: This cabinet is authentic back to the mid 1600s. One of the earliest examples of the use of veneer using expensive ebony (hand cut thicker-than-modern-usage). Inlaid are ivory tulips and mother of pearl shapes that would have reflected the candle light nicely. The deep top draw was for large plumed hats. The botton doors open to reveal shallow drawers for valuable linens, tapestries etc. Even in current condition, worth £3000-£4000 as of 2012]
. Born in 1759 in Hampshire, England. Ann died in Ringwood, Hampshire, England, in Q4 1847; she was 88.- 1783 England Marriages, 1538–1973
Name Stephen Tucks
Spouse's Name Ann Jennings
Event Date 01 Dec 1783
Event Place Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number I07135-8
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1596258
Reference ID item 4 [no image]
Which John Westcott is this? He’s the right age, and his father and brother Charles were both surgeons. Ann Tunks living at same address was likely this John’s aunt (his mother’s sister Ann Jennings) ...
- 1841 England census, living in Ringwood, Hampshire - Poulner? Lane
Name Age
Charlotte Daman 15 - F, 15, teacher of music, Hants
John Westcott 50 - M, 50, surgeon, Hants
Ann Lockyer [Leckyer?] 14 - F, 14, [crossed out occupation], Hants
Class: HO107; Piece: 398; Book: 21; Civil Parish: Ringwood; County: Hampshire; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 4; Page: 3; Line: 17; GSU roll: 288800
NOTE: in the previous household and at the same address was Ann Tunks, age 80 Wid’r born Hants
Probable death registration:
- 1847 freeBMD Deaths Dec 1847
Tunks Ann Ringwood 8 129
[Lots of other choices for this name but this is the only one in Ringwood within date range]
From other researchers:
- From images of an inlaid cabinet and handwritten notes about its provenance:
“This Cabinet was given by Mr Mrs Stephen Tunks? of Ringwood to their nephew Charles Stephen Westcott a? Surgeon of Ringwood on his marriage about 1830. [1825]
Mrs Tunks, [and] his mother the wife of William Westcott also Surgeon of Ringwood were daughters of Jennings Esquire of Barnfield? near Ringwood, Mrs Jennings their [end of image 1]
mother was the daughter of Thos. Compton Esqr, was born at Foschiten? [could this be Foxcot in?] Hants in 1763. The Comptons were of the first Branch of the Comptons of Wiltshire Landowners there before the Conquest.
The Cabinet was left to Sophia daughter of Charles Wesscott wife of James Appleford of Ringwood, then to his daughter Annie wife of E P S Jones. [end of image 2]”
- The cabinet is (unusually) dated 1654 on an inlay. ... We know there are similar cabinets (not dated like ours!) at Glamis and Lindisfarne castles. [Initials “PWD” also inlaid]
We have been on Antiques Roadshow with it a couple of years ago - here's a link to a YouTube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-sX9jsrugQ
[From video: This cabinet is authentic back to the mid 1600s. One of the earliest examples of the use of veneer using expensive ebony (hand cut thicker-than-modern-usage). Inlaid are ivory tulips and mother of pearl shapes that would have reflected the candle light nicely. The deep top draw was for large plumed hats. The botton doors open to reveal shallow drawers for valuable linens, tapestries etc. Even in current condition, worth £3000-£4000 as of 2012]
On 1 Dec 1783 when Ann was 24, she married Stephen TUNKS / TUCKS in Penton Mewsey, Andover, Hampshire, England. Born ca 1755.
From other researchersz;
- Stephen Tunks was a Ringwood brewer who was a member of the Ringwood Bank directorate and he married Ann Jennings, the daughter of Mary Compton (cousin to Harry Compton, husband of Charlotte Lisle Newman). Charlotte’s mother Joanna (Whitaker) Newman left Stephen her pew place in church at two guineas a year. George Jennings was a witness at the wedding of Harry and Charlotte. The Jenningses lived in Penton Mewsey, a short ride from the Lains.
- From a posting on curiousfox: Your Stephen Tunks was a banker and brewer, he appears in the Hampshire newspapers as a chairman of committees and so on He died in 1821 and appears to have left his financial affairs in disarray- I have not looked extensively at this but in one notice he appears to have come from Blythwood Southwold. I can't find a baptism in Suffolk after a very brief look but there is a baptism in Westminster for this name, son of Stephen and Jane born 18/04/1746 and baptised 08/05/1846.
This couple had a previous child of this name bapt in 1740. The original images are on Findmypast.
Stephen senior maried Jane Thacker in April 1731, at St James Picadilly- both were of the parish so
can't see where Southwold comes in-the family may have come from there originally. There seems to be plenty of information available. Yrs etc Pat Thompson
- 1798 land tax register for Ringwood Parish, Tithing of Kingston, Southton County:
Proprieter Step’n Tunks Esq’r Brays, self occupied, assessed at 0 17
See also UK poll books and electoral register on ancestry:
- 1790 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
Name: Stephen Tunks
Poll Year: 1790
Parish or Rectory: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Original data: London, England, UK and London Poll Books. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library.
Image [701] page 47 for Ringwood. Freeholders included Stephen Tunks, abode Ringwood - voted for H & C [Sir Wm Heathcote, Bart & William Chute, Esq] Booth No I, Alton Division [image doesn’t say Winchester]
- 1806 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
Name: Stephen Tunks Esquire
Poll Year: 1806
Parish or Rectory: Ringwood
County: Hampshire
Original data: London, England, UK and London Poll Books. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library.
Image [739] pg 76: freeholder Tunks, Stephen Esq, Ringwood, voted for C & M [William Chute Esq & Sir HP St John Mildmay?. Booth I, Alton North Division
- 1807 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
Name: Stephen Tunks Esquire
Poll Year: 1807
Parish or Rectory: Ringwood
County: Hampshire
Original data: London, England, UK and London Poll Books. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library.
1807 image [321], page 23, Freeholder Tunks, Stephen, Esq, abode Ringwood, voted C & M
From other researchersz;
- Stephen Tunks was a Ringwood brewer who was a member of the Ringwood Bank directorate and he married Ann Jennings, the daughter of Mary Compton (cousin to Harry Compton, husband of Charlotte Lisle Newman). Charlotte’s mother Joanna (Whitaker) Newman left Stephen her pew place in church at two guineas a year. George Jennings was a witness at the wedding of Harry and Charlotte. The Jenningses lived in Penton Mewsey, a short ride from the Lains.
- From a posting on curiousfox: Your Stephen Tunks was a banker and brewer, he appears in the Hampshire newspapers as a chairman of committees and so on He died in 1821 and appears to have left his financial affairs in disarray- I have not looked extensively at this but in one notice he appears to have come from Blythwood Southwold. I can't find a baptism in Suffolk after a very brief look but there is a baptism in Westminster for this name, son of Stephen and Jane born 18/04/1746 and baptised 08/05/1846.
This couple had a previous child of this name bapt in 1740. The original images are on Findmypast.
Stephen senior maried Jane Thacker in April 1731, at St James Picadilly- both were of the parish so
can't see where Southwold comes in-the family may have come from there originally. There seems to be plenty of information available. Yrs etc Pat Thompson
- 1798 land tax register for Ringwood Parish, Tithing of Kingston, Southton County:
Proprieter Step’n Tunks Esq’r Brays, self occupied, assessed at 0 17
See also UK poll books and electoral register on ancestry:
- 1790 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
Name: Stephen Tunks
Poll Year: 1790
Parish or Rectory: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Original data: London, England, UK and London Poll Books. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library.
Image [701] page 47 for Ringwood. Freeholders included Stephen Tunks, abode Ringwood - voted for H & C [Sir Wm Heathcote, Bart & William Chute, Esq] Booth No I, Alton Division [image doesn’t say Winchester]
- 1806 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
Name: Stephen Tunks Esquire
Poll Year: 1806
Parish or Rectory: Ringwood
County: Hampshire
Original data: London, England, UK and London Poll Books. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library.
Image [739] pg 76: freeholder Tunks, Stephen Esq, Ringwood, voted for C & M [William Chute Esq & Sir HP St John Mildmay?. Booth I, Alton North Division
- 1807 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
Name: Stephen Tunks Esquire
Poll Year: 1807
Parish or Rectory: Ringwood
County: Hampshire
Original data: London, England, UK and London Poll Books. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library.
1807 image [321], page 23, Freeholder Tunks, Stephen, Esq, abode Ringwood, voted C & M
140. Mary (Molly) JENNINGS (Mary COMPTON7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born in 1763.
141. Martha (Patty) JENNINGS (Mary COMPTON7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born on 17 Dec 1765 in Foxcott, Hampshire, England. Martha (Patty) died in Ringwood Reg Dist, Hampshire, England, on 5 Feb 1838; she was 72.
- 1788 England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Martha Jennings
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1788
Marriage Place: Christchurch,Hampshire,England
Spouse: William Westcott
FHL Film Number: 1041290
- 1838 freeBMD Deaths Mar 1838
Westcott Patty Ringwood 8 158
WESTCOTT Patty Ringwood 8 [45][5_][1_]
From other researchers:
- It looks as though Martha and William [Jennings] had two "mass christening" for their children - 20/07/1797 and 06/11/1811
- 1788 England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Martha Jennings
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1788
Marriage Place: Christchurch,Hampshire,England
Spouse: William Westcott
FHL Film Number: 1041290
- 1838 freeBMD Deaths Mar 1838
Westcott Patty Ringwood 8 158
WESTCOTT Patty Ringwood 8 [45][5_][1_]
From other researchers:
- It looks as though Martha and William [Jennings] had two "mass christening" for their children - 20/07/1797 and 06/11/1811
On 17 Apr 1788 when Martha (Patty) was 22, she married William WESTCOTT in Christchurch Priory, Hampshire, England. Born on 16 Nov 1763 in Martock, Somerset, England. William died in Ringwood Reg Dist, Hampshire, England, on 22 Dec 1840; he was 77. Occupation: Surgeon of Ringwood Hants.
From other researchers:
- From image of handwritten note, showing 4 lines only at top of a page (this is on a scrap of paper - very odd feel - almost stretchy):
William Westcott was born at Martock in the county of Somerset November 16th 1763
Martha Jennings wife of the above W Westcott was born at Foxcott in the County of Hants, Dec’r 17th 1765?
In a different handwriting:
And Died February 5th 1838
William Westcott died Dec’r 22nd 1840. [or 1841, as part of the 0 seems to be crossed out?].
- 1840 freeBMD Deaths Dec 1840
Westcott William Ringwood 8 126
RESEARCH NOTES:
- Looking on freeREG for Martock All Saints Somerset, there are a total of 63 Westcott entries over time starting in 1669, but primarily burials and marriages.
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_queries/59a8fd4d791e3bb4664e39ab
The only baptisms in the 1700s are:
> Stephen Westcot, baptism * * 1732, s/o Wm Westcot & Mary [section: Children of Dissenters born & not baptised in the Church)
> Amie Westcott, baptism 28 May 1740, d/o Stephen Westcott & Edeth
> Samuel Westcott, baptism 6 Mar 1744/45, s/o Stephen Westcott & Edeth
Marriages (1700s) of note in Martock:
> Stephen Westcott & Edeth Pipe, marr 22 Oct 1739
> Stephen Westcott batchelor & Anne Bishop maiden, both of Martock, marr 2 Feb 1761 by license; witnesses: George Glister & Moses Sparks
> William Westcott, Surgeon & Ann Petenger, spinster, both of Martock, marr 11 Oct 1770 by license, witnesses: Geo Glister & Tho Petinger,
Burials (1700s) of note in Martock:
> William Westcott, burial 5 Jun 1760, farmer
> Ann Westcott, burial 31 Jul 1764, daughter of Wm? Westcott? (something after surname)
> Stephen Westcott, burial 2 Jun 1765
> Stephen Westcott, burial 5 Jan 1791
This is the closest baptism date I could find in Somerset:
- 1760 FreeReg Baptism entry
Field Value
County Somerset
Place Crewkerne [south of Martock]
Church name St Bartholomew
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 10336
Baptism date 07 Dec 1760
Person forename William
Person abode Curre Mallet
Father forename George
Father surname WESTCUTT
Or perhaps he came from Devon??? North Molton is a significant distance west of Taunton, let alone Martock; it is roughly east of Barnstaple and Bideford on the north coast of Devon...
- 1764 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Report issue
Name: William Westcott
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 28 Feb 1764
Baptism Place: North Molton,Devon,England
Father: William Westcott
Mother: Margaret
FHL Film Number: 917207
- Can’t find a death registration for him in 1848 I think the handwriting says he died in 1840 instead of 1848.
- Another tree on ancestry says William (born 1765) died in 1807 (unsourced)
- Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. [wikipedia] It is east of Taunton, S of Glastonbury, and SW of Bristol and Bath.
From other researchers:
- From image of handwritten note, showing 4 lines only at top of a page (this is on a scrap of paper - very odd feel - almost stretchy):
William Westcott was born at Martock in the county of Somerset November 16th 1763
Martha Jennings wife of the above W Westcott was born at Foxcott in the County of Hants, Dec’r 17th 1765?
In a different handwriting:
And Died February 5th 1838
William Westcott died Dec’r 22nd 1840. [or 1841, as part of the 0 seems to be crossed out?].
- 1840 freeBMD Deaths Dec 1840
Westcott William Ringwood 8 126
RESEARCH NOTES:
- Looking on freeREG for Martock All Saints Somerset, there are a total of 63 Westcott entries over time starting in 1669, but primarily burials and marriages.
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_queries/59a8fd4d791e3bb4664e39ab
The only baptisms in the 1700s are:
> Stephen Westcot, baptism * * 1732, s/o Wm Westcot & Mary [section: Children of Dissenters born & not baptised in the Church)
> Amie Westcott, baptism 28 May 1740, d/o Stephen Westcott & Edeth
> Samuel Westcott, baptism 6 Mar 1744/45, s/o Stephen Westcott & Edeth
Marriages (1700s) of note in Martock:
> Stephen Westcott & Edeth Pipe, marr 22 Oct 1739
> Stephen Westcott batchelor & Anne Bishop maiden, both of Martock, marr 2 Feb 1761 by license; witnesses: George Glister & Moses Sparks
> William Westcott, Surgeon & Ann Petenger, spinster, both of Martock, marr 11 Oct 1770 by license, witnesses: Geo Glister & Tho Petinger,
Burials (1700s) of note in Martock:
> William Westcott, burial 5 Jun 1760, farmer
> Ann Westcott, burial 31 Jul 1764, daughter of Wm? Westcott? (something after surname)
> Stephen Westcott, burial 2 Jun 1765
> Stephen Westcott, burial 5 Jan 1791
This is the closest baptism date I could find in Somerset:
- 1760 FreeReg Baptism entry
Field Value
County Somerset
Place Crewkerne [south of Martock]
Church name St Bartholomew
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 10336
Baptism date 07 Dec 1760
Person forename William
Person abode Curre Mallet
Father forename George
Father surname WESTCUTT
Or perhaps he came from Devon??? North Molton is a significant distance west of Taunton, let alone Martock; it is roughly east of Barnstaple and Bideford on the north coast of Devon...
- 1764 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Report issue
Name: William Westcott
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 28 Feb 1764
Baptism Place: North Molton,Devon,England
Father: William Westcott
Mother: Margaret
FHL Film Number: 917207
- Can’t find a death registration for him in 1848 I think the handwriting says he died in 1840 instead of 1848.
- Another tree on ancestry says William (born 1765) died in 1807 (unsourced)
- Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. [wikipedia] It is east of Taunton, S of Glastonbury, and SW of Bristol and Bath.
They had the following children:
218i.
John Jennings WESTCOTT (1791-)
219ii.
George James WESTCOTT (1793-1865)
220iii.
Mary WESTCOTT (1795-)
221iv.
Harriet WESTCOTT (1797-)
222v.
Charles Stephen WESTCOTT (1800-<1861)
223vi.
Robert Compton WESTCOTT (1803-1832)
224vii.
Sophia Ann WESTCOTT (1805-)
142. George JENNINGS (Mary COMPTON7, Ann6, John5, John4, Tristram3, John “the Elder”2, Edward1). Born in 1771. George died abt 1856; he was 85.
Penton Mewsey
Penton Mewsey