Hewletts of Oxford
William (1720-1799) & Thomas Hewlett (1743-1807)
Both Thomas and his father, William, were Churchwardens at the Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford.
The signatures of William and Thomas Hewlett, reproduced from the parish registers of the Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford, bearing witness to their trusted role within the parish.
Thomas Hewlett, was the father of James Philip Hewlett, later husband of Esther Hewlett Copley.
Thomas Hewlett & Elizabeth Edmonds
Thomas Hewlett (1743-1807), son of William Hewlett was a slatter and plasterer who married Elizabeth Edmonds (1747-1786) of Bampton on December 30, 1763. The ceremony was held in the parish church, Bampton, a village on the edge of the Cotswolds and close to Oxford.
The couple moved from Bampton to Oxford in about 1765 a year after the birth of their first child, Thomas (1764). Original record of the Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Oxford shows an entry, third from the top, for the baptism of Thomas Hewlett, the son of William Hewlett on April 14, 1764.
Thomas was a church warden of the Parish of St. Mary Magdalen in 1781 and again in 1782, but not thereafter; and, in 1813-14 he acted as a Poor Law Guardian for that Parish.
Elizabeth Edmonds died in 1786; her youngest child, Sophie, was 4 years old. Thomas died intestate in 1807 and his burial is recorded in the Parish records of the church St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford. Administration of his estate was granted to his eldest son, Thomas William, on February 1, 1808, and the value of his recorded assets was less than £100.
Thomas and Elizabeth had 8 children:
Thomas William Hewlett (1764-1833) married Charlotte Cock (1781-1849) at the Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford in 1801. Thomas had a son, Thomas William Hewlett (1806-1878) who married Mary Greening (1828-1908) in 1846 at Thame, Oxfordshire.
Elizabeth Hewlett (1765-1802)
b. Oxford, England
m. William Shepherd on March 23, 1785 at St. Aldates, Oxford.
d. Oxford, England.
Mary Hewlett (1768-)
b. Oxford, England
m. James Allen in1843 at Felmersham, Bedfordshire
d. 1860 at Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England.
John Valentine Hewlett (1771-1792)
b. Oxford, England
d. 1792. Barnstaple, Devon, England
Sarah Hewlett (1772-1852)
b. Oxford, England
d. 1852, Unknown
William Hewlett (1776-1820)
b. Oxford, England
m. Elizabeth Griffith Meredith (1781-1863)
in Besselsleigh, Berkshire in 1803
d. 1851, England
**James Philip Hewlett 1 (1780-1820)
b. Oxford, England
m. Esther Beuzeville (1786-1851) at the
Independent Chapel, Henley on Thames in 1808
d. 1780
Sophia Hewlett (1782-)
b. Oxford, England
m. Unknown
d. Unknown
Advertisements in Jackson's Journal - Oxford
WANTED immediately, two Journeymen SLATERS:
If good Workmen, will met with conftant Employ,
by Applying to Thomas Hewlett, Slater and Plafterer,
in George-Lane, Oxford.
1773
TO be SOLD by AUCTION
by Mr. Hart.
On Thurfday next, the Tenth Day of January, 1782, at
the Houfe on the Steps in George-Lane, and at the Dwelling-Houfe (if wanting) of Mr. Hewlett, Slater and Plaifterer, in Oxford, under a Diftrefs by Order of the Commiffioners of the Window Tax for the City of Oxford; All the ESTATE and EFFECTS of the faid Mr. Hewlett, consisting of the Tenement on the Steps, held by Leafe under the City of Oxford for Forty Years, Thirty-fix Years of which are un-expired; with a large Garden, Yard, and Out-houfe, &c. and now let at Eleven Pounds per Aunum. Alfo about Six Thoufand of Faggots, and about Ten Thoufand Laths, in Lotd, two Fat Hogs, about Fifteen Hundred new Slates, a Quantity of Ladders, Tube Treffels, Barrows, Houfhold Good, &c. ... The Whole may be Viewed the Day preceding, and the Morning of Sale till Eleven o'Clock, at which Time the Sale will begin.
Catalogues may be had in due Time at the Place of Sale; and of the Auctioneer, in the High-ftreet, Oxford.
Sources
Thanks to Christopher Green, who searched and shared documents from St. Mary Magdalen's archives.
Signatures of William and Thomas Hewlett from registrars of church of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford.
Thanks to Jim Hewlett, Melbourne, Derby for sharing the above advertisements from Jackson's Oxford Journal.