Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 4399EB88CCD24520BB3EE637C564AB0D49F5
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Oystermouth, , Glamorgan, Wales; 1 Norton Cottage
• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Severn House, Baildwas Road, Madeley, , Shropshire, England
• Occupation: 5 Apr 1891, Madeley, , Shropshire, England; Article? Clerk (worker)
• Immigration: 14 Nov 1892, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, Prestbury, , Cheshire, England; The Common, Mottram St Andrew
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1901, Prestbury, , Cheshire, England; Chartered Accountant (Employer)
• Probate: 13 Jan 1912, London, , Greater London, England; of father Arthur Maw
• Probate: 13 Nov 1939, London, , Greater London, England

Notes:

Immigration:
given name: Sidney R. surname: Maw date of arrival: 14 Nov 1892 age at arrival: 20y ethnicity: England port of departure: Liverpool port of arrival: New York gender: Male ship of travel: Etruria


Probate:
Maw Arthur of The Homestead Aldwick Road Bognor Sussex died 19 November 1911 Probate London 13 January 1912 to Arthur John Maw Sidney Raymond Maw and Joseph Simpson esquires. Effects £1656 4s. 11d. Resworn £3191 4s. 11d.

Probate:
MAW Sidney Raymond of 34 Hillmorton Road Rugby Warwickshire died 6 Augustus 1939.
Probate London 13 November 1939 to Grace Mary Maw spinster and Norman Edyvean-Walker solicitor.
Effects £6865 2s. 7d. Resworn £6798 13s. 2d.

Sidney married Pearce, Mary Euphemia between Oct and Dec 1900 in District Cheltenham. Mary (daughter of Pearce, John and Wanklyn, Mary Emma) was born on 29 Oct 1876 in Eccles, , Lancashire, England; died on 1 May 1961 in The General Hospital, Barnet, , Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maw, Grace Mary was born on 26 Jan 1902 in Prestbury, , Cheshire, England; was christened on 15 Mar 1902 in Prestbury, , Cheshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1978 in 2 Marlborough Ct Grange Road, Cambridge, , Cambridgeshire, England.
2. Maw, Captain Arthur M.C. R.C.A. was born on 30 Jan 1903 in Prestbury, , Cheshire, England; was christened on 14 Mar 1903 in Saltersford Cum Kettleshulme, , Cheshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1966; was cremated on 10 Feb 1966 in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta, Canada.
3. Maw, George Raymond was born on 2 Apr 1905 in Madeley, , Shropshire, England; died on 22 Oct 1971 in 57 Bexhill Road, Eastbourne, , Sussex, England.
4. Maw, Eric was born on 12 Jun 1906 in Madeley, , Shropshire, England; died between Jul and Sep 1968 in District Worthing.
5. Maw, Dorothy Noel was born in Jan-Mar 1908 in Madeley, , Shropshire, England; and died.
6. Maw, Frederick Herbert was born on 24 Feb 1915 in District Madeley; died on 24 May 1983 in District Shrewsbury.
7. Maw, Margaret Euphemia was born on 15 Nov 1916 in District Madeley; died on 8 May 1989 in District Haverfordwest.
8. Maw, Elizabeth Octavia was born on 9 Feb 1920 in District Madeley; died on 21 May 1941 in 34 Hillmorton Road, Rugby, , Warwickshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 03937C4C255F4374953CF2A6CAA23281211D
• Residence: 1834, St Botolph, Aldersgate, London, England; Aldergate Street
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Hastings, , Sussex, England; West Hill House, St Clement
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, 1 London Road, Worcester, , Worcestershire, England; 1 London Road
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, 1 London Road, Worcester, , Worcestershire, England; Manufacturer of Encaustic Tiles
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Barratts Hill, Broseley, , Shropshire, England
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1861, Barratts Hill, Broseley, , Shropshire, England; Encaustic Tile Manufacturer as Maw & Co (employing 45 men, 21 boys and 17 women)
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Severn House, Baildwas Road, Madeley, , Shropshire, England
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1871, Severn House, Baildwas Road, Madeley, , Shropshire, England; Encaustic Tile Manufacturer (Employing 140 men and boys and 40 females)
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Severn House, Baildwas Road, Madeley, , Shropshire, England
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1881, Severn House, Baildwas Road, Madeley, , Shropshire, England; Justice of the Peace and Encaustic Tile Manufacturer
• Probate: 19 Aug 1885, Shrewsbury, , Shropshire, England; of father John Hornby Maw
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge, Knutsford, , Cheshire, England
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1901, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge, Knutsford, , Cheshire, England; Retired Encaustic Tile Manufacturer
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, The Homestead, Aldwick Road, Bognor Regis, , Sussex, England
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1911, The Homestead, Aldwick Road, Bognor Regis, , Sussex, England; Retired Manufacturer Tiles
• Probate: 13 Jan 1912, London, , Greater London, England

Notes:

Christened:
First name(s) Arthur Last name Maw Gender Male Birth year 1834 Birth place - Baptism year 1834 Baptism date 25 Nov 1834 Place - County London Country England Father's first name(s) John Hornby Father's last name Maw Mother's first name(s) Mary Ann Mother's last name - Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Births & baptisms Collections from United Kingdom


Probate:
19 August 1885.
The Will with a Codicil of John Horby Maw late of Broseley in the County of Salop Gentleman who died 28 June 1885 at Broseley was proved at Shrewsbury by George Maw of Benthall Hall in the said County and Arthur Maw of Severn House Coalbrookdale in the said County Encaustic Tile Manufacturers the Sons the Executors.

Personal Estate £6,875 18s. 11d.

Census:
IVENS, Arthur Somers Head Married M 60 1851 Retired Doctor Eydon Northants
IVENS, Clara Wife Married
30 years F 55 1856 Beyford Suffolk
DECK, Helen Mary Sister In Law Single F 47 1864 Beyford Suffolk
MAW, Arthur Boarder Widower M 76 1835 Retired Manufacturer Tiles Aldersgate London

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
5378 Reference:
RG14PN5378 RG78PN242 RD85 SD2 ED4 SN301

Registration District:
Westhampnett Sub District:
Bognor Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Bognor

Address:
The Homestead Aldwick Road County:
Sussex

Occupation:
IVENS, Arthur Somers Head Married M 60 1851 Retired Doctor Eydon Northants
IVENS, Clara Wife Married
30 years F 55 1856 Beyford Suffolk
DECK, Helen Mary Sister In Law Single F 47 1864 Beyford Suffolk
MAW, Arthur Boarder Widower M 76 1835 Retired Manufacturer Tiles Aldersgate London

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
5378 Reference:
RG14PN5378 RG78PN242 RD85 SD2 ED4 SN301

Registration District:
Westhampnett Sub District:
Bognor Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Bognor

Address:
The Homestead Aldwick Road County:
Sussex

Probate:
Maw Arthur of The Homestead Aldwick Road Bognor Sussex died 19 November 1911 Probate London 13 January 1912 to Arthur John Maw Sidney Raymond Maw and Joseph Simpson esquires. Effects £1656 4s. 11d. Resworn £3191 4s. 11d.

Died:
First name(s) ARTHUR Last name MAW Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1834 Age 77 Death quarter 4 Death year 1911 District Westhampnett County Sussex Volume 2B Page 431 Country England Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from United Kingdom

Arthur married Meyer, Grace between Jul and Sep 1863 in District Edmonton. Grace (daughter of Meyer, Johannes and Sussette Rosina) was born about 1842 in Demerara, , Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana; died on 4 Nov 1900 in Alderley Edge, , Cheshire, England; was buried on 7 Nov 1900 in Prestbury, , Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 1F38F3C4480A462F8FCBE328D3C433F2F6B6
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Severn House, Baildwas Road, Madeley, , Shropshire, England
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Oystermouth, , Glamorgan, Wales; 1 Norton Cottage
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1881, Oystermouth, , Glamorgan, Wales; Manufacturers Wife
• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Severn House, Baildwas Road, Madeley, , Shropshire, England; Severn House
• Probate: 15 Jun 1900, London, , Greater London, England

Notes:

Birth:
Born in Demarara, South America according to 1881 Wales Census.
British Subject.

Probate:
Maw Grace of Alderley Edge Cheshire (wife of Arthur Maw) died 4 November 1900 AdministrationLondon 15 June 1901 to Arthur John Maw encaustic tile manufacturer Effects £125.

Died:
First name(s) GRACE Last name MAW Gender Female Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1842 Age 58 Death quarter 4 Death year 1900 District Macclesfield County Cheshire Volume 8A Page 107 Country England Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from United Kingdom


Buried:
First name(s) Grace
Last name Maw
Gender Female
Age 58
Birth year 1842
Death year -
Burial year 1900
Burial date 07 Nov 1900
Place Prestbury
Residence Alderley Edge
County Cheshire
Country England
Reference item 4 p 513a
Record group Part 1 - 1
Record set Cheshire Diocese Of Chester Parish Burials 1538-1911
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Burials
Collections from England, United Kingdom
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Transcriptions © Family Search

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 5532EFA0EE9A4AB8B573CD6C7D594489A459
• Occupation: 1830, Aldermanbury, , London, England; Surgeon Instrument Maker
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Hastings, , Sussex, England; West Hill House, St Clement
• Occupation: 6 Jun 1841, Hastings, , Sussex, England; Ind.
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, London, , Greater London, England; 47 Bernard Street, Bloomsbury St George
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1861, London, , Greater London, England; Proprietor of Houses
• Probate: 30 Apr 1861, Principal Registry; of brother Solomon Maw
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Barratts Hill, Broseley, , Shropshire, England
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1871, Barratts Hill, Broseley, , Shropshire, England; Retired Manufacturer
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Barratts Hill, Broseley, , Shropshire, England; Barratts Hill House
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1881, Barratts Hill, Broseley, , Shropshire, England; "Income from Dividends"
• Probate: 19 Aug 1885, Shrewsbury, , Shropshire, England

Notes:

In 1850 John Hornby Maw, together with his sons George and Arthur, purchased the ailing, ceramic tile making business of the Worcester Porcelain Company.
The business was moved to Benthall, in the Iron Bridge Gorge in Shropshire, in 1852 and then again to a purpose built factory in Jackfield, Ironbridge, in the 1880's. By this time Maw and Company had become the world's largest producer of tiles and architectural ceramics selling more than 20 million pieces world-wide. In the late 1960's Maw and Company was acquired by H & R Johnson Tiles Ltd, of Stoke-on-Trent

Christened:
Name:John Hornby Maw
Gender:Male
Baptism/Christening Date:27 Apr 1800
Baptism/Christening Place:Owston, Lincoln, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name:George Maw
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name:Ann
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C03094-2
System Origin:England-EASy
Source Film Number:1450398
Reference Number:item 2



Probate:
MAW Solomon. 30 April 1861.
The Will of Solomon Maw formerly of Hornsey in the County of Middlesex but late of 11 Aldersgate Street in the City of London and of Heron Court Richmond in the County of of Surrey Surgical Instrument Maker deceased who died 25 February 1861 at 118 King's Road Brighton in the County of Sussex was proved at the Principale Registry by the oaths of John Hornby Maw of 5 Mall Terrace the Mall Bayswater Road in the County of Middlesex Esquire the Brother and Henry Harms of 13 Randolph Road Maida Hill Paddington in the County of Middlesex Esquire two of the surviving Executors.
Effects under £14,000.

Resworn at the Stamp Office June 1862 under £18,000.
Resworn at the Stamp Office June 1869 under $40,000.

Probate:
19 August 1885.
The Will with a Codicil of John Horby Maw late of Broseley in the County of Salop Gentleman who died 28 June 1885 at Broseley was proved at Shrewsbury by George Maw of Benthall Hall in the said County and Arthur Maw of Severn House Coalbrookdale in the said County Encaustic Tile Manufacturers the Sons the Executors.

Personal Estate £6,875 18s. 11d.

Died:
First name(s) John
Last name Maw
Death year 1885
Death date 28 Jun 1885
Probate year 1885
Probate date 19 Aug 1885
Residence town Broseley
Registry Shrewsbury
County Shropshire
Linked persons Arthur Maw
Country England
Record set England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England
© Findmypast

John married Johnson, Mary Anne in Aug 1826 in St Mark, Kensington, London, , England. Mary (daughter of Johnson, John and Wight, Mary) was born on 2 Jun 1794 in London, , Greater London, England; was christened on 9 Nov 1796 in St Mary Staining, City of London, Middlesex, England; died between Jul and Sep 1853 in District Madeley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 68CB2FD576904466B48AC163F399A29E1512
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, West Hill House, Hastings, , Sussex, England; St Clement
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, 1 London Road, Worcester, , Worcestershire, England; St Martin

Notes:

Birth:
Name Mary Ann Johnson
Gender Female
Birth Date 2 Jun 1794
Baptism Date 9 Nov 1796
Baptism Place St Mary Staining,London,London,England
Father John Johnson
Mother Mary
FHL Film Number 374494

Christened:
First name(s) Mary Ann
Last name Johnson
Gender Female
Birth year 1794
Birth place -
Baptism year 1796
Baptism date 09 Nov 1796
Place -
County London
Country England
Father's first name(s) John
Father's last name Johnson
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Mother's last name -
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Name Mary Ann Johnson
Gender Female
Birth Date 2 Jun 1794
Baptism Date 9 Nov 1796
Baptism Place St Mary Staining,London,London,England
Father John Johnson
Mother Mary
FHL Film Number 374494

Census:
Husband'shot?

Died:
First name(s) Mary Anne
Last name Maw
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year -
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1853
District Madeley
County Shropshire
Volume 6A
Page 364
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from United Kingdom, England
(c) brightsolid online publishing ltd

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 8E39960407954DE09BCD4550C9F60D8A7D87

Johannes married Sussette Rosina. Sussette was born about 1809 in Switzerland; died in Apr-Jun 1883 in District Hackney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 5E65775DDF5C44E3ABBF371E62602A23C7A1
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Madeley, , Shropshire, England; Severn House

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant
• _UID: 7DB5994148FA4C3B9473391D7C848E06C689
• Will: 2 Sep 1833
• Biography: 2005; PHARMACY HISTORY AUSTRALIA

Notes:

Correspondence with the Spectacle Makers Company

Dear Andrew Maw. Your email of the 10th September has been passed onto me as the Honorary Archivist of the Spectacle Makers Company. There are 5 members of the Maw family on our records. The first is Solomon Maw of 11, Aldersgate Street, London. His occupation is stated as "Surgical Instrument Maker". He became a Freeman of the Company 7/12/1843 and a Liveryman 2/5/1849. He died in 1861. He was the son of George Maw late of Peckham, Surrey, who was a Merchant by trade. The second is Charles Maw, also of 11, Aldersgate Street, London and also a Surgical Instrument Maker. Both Solomon and Charles became members of the Company by "Redemption" i.e. they paid for it. Charles is Solmon's son. Charles became Free of the Company and a Liveryman on the same day, not unusual at that time, 2/10/1856. It was Solomon who started the family connection with the Spectacle Makers Company. The next two, Charles Trentham Maw and Henry Trentham Maw, are the sons of Charles and became Freemen by "Servitude" i.e. their father was a Freeman of the Company at the time of their birth. Charles Trentham Maw was a Surgical Instrument Maker of 7/12, Aldersgate Street, London. He became Free of the Company and a Liveryman 15/5/1885. Henry Trentham Maw also of 7/12 Aldersgate Street, is shown as a Surgeon. He became Free and a Liveryman 8/9/1897. Finally comes Partrick Charles Maw grandson of Charles and son of Henry Trentham. He obtained his Freedom and Livery 6/2/1923 by Patrimony as the son of Henry Trentham. He is shown as a Druggist of 7/12, Aldersgate Street. There is no indication in the records of the date of birth of any of these 5 and the death of only one. You may already know of the Livery Company set-up. In case you don't a Freeman is the basic "member" of a Livery Company. The next step for those particularly interested is to become a Liveryman. To become a Freeman or a Liveryman would require the sponsorship of existing members of the Company. Of the three ways of becoming Free of a Company Freedom and Redemption I have already mentioned. The third way was by Servitude by virtue of an apprenticeship with an existing Freeman or Liveryman of the Company. I hope this information will add a little to your tracing of your family history. Colin Eldridge.

clerk@spectaclemakers.com

Birth:
Name:George Maw
Gender:Male
Baptism/Christening Date:07 Feb 1771
Baptism/Christening Place:OWSTON,LINCOLN,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name:George Maw
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name:Alice
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C03094-1
System Origin:England-ODM
Source Film Number:508024
Reference Number:



Christened:
Name:George Maw
Gender:Male
Baptism/Christening Date:07 Feb 1771
Baptism/Christening Place:Owston, Lincoln, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name:George Maw
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name:Alice
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C02230-8
System Origin:England-EASy
Source Film Number:1450398
Reference Number:item 2



Biography:
The Sons of Maw,
The name MAW has been associated with a whole range of British made chemist's sundries, dressings, surgical appliances and instruments, for nearly 200 years. Whilst it is more than likely that it is the older generation of pharmacists who best remember Maw, as their strictly "Chemists Only" products and their range of dressings and bandages were stocked by practically every community pharmacy.0 Unfortunately importation problems and increased competition have seen them disappear from Pharmacy shelves in Australia.
Today Maw products are now invisible in the UK as well, and the Maw name on all packaging has been re-branded as Tommee Tippee. This is another corporate name used by the Mayborn group of companies, for the US market, where Maw had won many awards for their innovative baby products which combined infant safety with function and style.
Apart from their huge pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution business, the Maw family was also associated with the manufacture of decorative tiles for walls and floors. A well known example of this craft are the floor and wall tiles in St.Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne.
Our story starts in 1807 when a Lincolnshire farmer, George Maw decided to start a new life in London with his wife Ann and their (then) three children. George established a wholesale druggist business in London with his wife's cousin named Hornby. In 1814 he parted from Mr Hornby and set up a pharmaceutical manufacturing business by purchasing a surgical plaster factory. Other sundries were soon added including surgeons' instruments.

When their eldest son, John Hornby Maw turned 15, his father placed him with a chemist at Croydon for two years and afterwards entered him at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London in order to get first hand knowledge which might benefit the family business. In 1826 J H Maw was taken into partnership with his father.
As well as being an instrument maker, George Maw is attributed with being the inventor of baby feeding teats, which revolutionised the infant care industry by adapting a baby's natural feeding process to create the world's first feeding teat.. (2) The Maw Company also manufactured feeding bottles of many different patent designs. One of the most successful of their early products was the Maws Fountain feeding bottle, which had a teat attached to a rubber tube which was connected to the bottle by a non return valve to prevent the milk draining back into the bottle. (3)
The family business prospered and in the early 1830s provided a secure financial basis for John Hornby Maw to begin to indulge in the collection of paintings. In 1835 he retired from the business for health reasons but its considerable commercial success continued throughout the nineteenth century under his brother Solomon and nephew Charles. In 1849 the family moved to Devon for a few months and it was here that an interest in decorative tile making was aroused. It struck him that it would not be difficult to imitate ancient encaustic tiles by using inlaid clays in the medieval fashion. Designs were traced in local churches and the prototypes were fired by a local potter.
J H Maw saw 'the germ of the business for his boys for which he had been searching and in 1850 a disused tile works was purchased at Worcester, and for two years floor tiles were made there. In 1852 the family, their workforce and equipment moved (by special train!) to Benthall in the Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire, to be closer to sources of coal and suitable clay. The family firm grew rapidly over the next decade, the demand for decorative floor tiles being fuelled by the building and restoration of churches and grand civic buildings. Wall tiling and glazed architectural faience was added to the product range and designs were commissioned from leading architects. A considerable quantity of tiles were exported to the countries of the British Empire and to the United States. By the 1880s Maws manufacturing site at Benthall had become too restricted and land was purchased at Jackfield, a mile downstream on the River Severn where a new Benthall Works was erected and opened on 1 May 1883.

John Hornby Maw's achievements fall into three distinct phases. His entrepreneurial flair was first demonstrated during his early years in London in the family manufacturing chemists business. The last 33 years of his life in Shropshire, saw his business flair linked to successful artistic manufacture - the epitome of a Victorian art industry. He saw decorative tile making develop from a few crude, handmade prototypes in 1849 to the opening of the largest decorative tile works in the world in 1883.
Meanwhile, the mainstream branch of the family kept expanding the medical side of the Maw business, which survived the disruptions and devastation of two world wars. It was not until 1970 that the last Maw descendent retired and the old firm was absorbed into one of the multi national companies that dominate the market today.
NOTE
The following article by Susan Watts., provides a complete picture of the progress of the MAW business from 1807 until the present day, and should be useful to the collector who needs a reliable reference for determining the age of an artefact.
REFERENCES
(1) Pharmaceutical Journal, R.P.S.G.B., September 28 1957 p 270
(2) Maw's Company profile.
(3) W.A.Jackson, Pharmacy History Australia, 4, Jan.1998. p11.

Buried:
Name George Maw Gender Male Death Date 1833 Burial Date 27 Jun 1833 Burial Place St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London, England FHL Film Number 566145 Reference ID item 5 Household Members
ntblName Agentbl George Maw

George married Hornby, Ann on 7 Jan 1799 in St Martin Parish Church Owston Ferry, , Lincolnshire, England. Ann (daughter of Hornby, Joseph and Hornby, Mrs. Mary) was born on 27 Dec 1768 in Barrow Upon Humber, , Lincolnshire, England; was christened on 27 Dec 1768 in Owston, , Lincolnshire, England; died on 22 Mar 1828 in Peckham, London, , England; was buried on 4 Apr 1828 in Fen Court, Fenchurch Street, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KCNZ-7Q7
• Name: Ann Maw
• _UID: A2FBE26CF9CC47BAA2BCDF3DD313001627A7

Notes:

Died:
Ann Maw the much beloved and the much lamented wife of me George Maw died at Peckahm on Saturday night about ten o'clock the 22nd day of March in the year of Our Lord 1828 aged 59 years and was buried in Fencourt Fenchurch Street London on Goof Friday the 4th of April

Signed George Maw, 30 Hill Street Peckham 7th Dec 1830

Buried:
St Margaret Pattens, City of London

Notes:

Married:
Groom's Name:George Maw
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name:Anne Hornby
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date:07 Jan 1799
Marriage Place:Owston, Lincoln, England
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:M03094-2
System Origin:England-EASy
Source Film Number:1450398
Reference Number:

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: MQMC-CST
• _UID: 82C8A5826F0444948B343429F09A9F43448C

Notes:

Misc:
Source: https://technology.matthey.com/article/61/3/257-261/

Two Hundred Proud Years – the Bicentenary of Johnson Matthey
Origins of the company and of today's research activities in science and technology

The story of the first 200 years of Johnson Matthey is told. The firm was started in 1817 by Percival Johnson, but in 1851 George Matthey became a partner and the present name was derived from these two partners. A number of milestones in its illustrious history are reviewed, and some of the current activities of the company are brought up to date, in this short article.IntroductionThirty-five years ago a magisterial volume was published by Johnson Matthey on "A History of Platinum and its Allied Metals", but despite its title that book is also a history of the firm itself from 1817 to 1982 (1). The present account marks Johnson Matthey's bicentenary, and is much indebted to that volume; many aspects of the story have also been chronicled by Platinum Metals Review and its 2014 successor, the Johnson Matthey Technology Review. Appropriate references to these journals are given wherever possible. A Platinum Metals Review paper marking the firm's sesquicentenary was published in 1967 (2), and a recent paper notes that Johnson Matthey is one of the oldest British chemical firms still in existence (3). In this survey we concentrate on the firm's formative years and, while highlighting its activities with platinum group metals (pgms), include some of Johnson Matthey's considerable recent non-pgm activities.The Johnsons of Maiden LaneThe forebears of Percival Norton Johnson, who in 1817 became the founder of the precursor of Johnson Matthey, came from a family well acquainted with metal assaying and refining (4, 5). His grandfather John Johnson (1737– 1786) had since 1777 been an assayer of ores and metals, mostly silver, gold and some base metals, at No. 7, Maiden Lane (now part of Gresham Street between Wood Street and Foster Lane, London EC2). His son, also John Johnson (1765– 1831) was apprenticed to him in 1779, and on his father's death took over his business, becoming the only commercial assayer in London. Around 1800 he became involved with the rapidly developing platinum metals industry, using crude 'platina' smuggled to Britain via Jamaica from what is now Colombia. His biggest early customer was probably William Hyde Wollaston (1766– 1826) (6), who made many purchases of platina between 1802– 1819 from Johnson. Wollaston developed a secret process for isolating platinum so pure that it could be fashioned into crucibles, chalices and other vessels and drawn into wires much thinner than a human hair; this business made him wealthy. In addition to isolating rhodium and palladium in 1802 (6, 7), he sold to his friend and partner Smithson Tennant some ore from which Tennant in 1804 isolated iridium and osmium (8, 9).Percival Norton Johnson (1792– 1866), was born on 29th September 1792 at 6– 7 Maiden Lane and was apprenticed to his father John Johnson. In 1812, aged only 19, he established his scientific credentials in a paper showing that platinum alloyed with silver and gold would dissolve in nitric acid (10, 11).The Early Years of Percival Johnson's New FirmThe date of foundation of what 34 years later would be called Johnson Matthey is established as January 1st 1817 (1, 2). On that day Percival Johnson left his father's business and set up his own business as an 'Assayer and Practical Mineralogist' with his brother John Frederick as assistant, although he would later collaborate with his father (2). The year 1817 was also that in which Humphry Davy showed that a platinum wire (almost certainly provided by Johnson) would catalyse the combination of oxygen and hydrogen – the first demonstration of heterogeneous catalysis (12, 13).In 1818 Percival moved to 8 Maiden Lane and in 1822 to 79 Hatton Garden, the latter being expanded in 1850. In 1826 he brought in another talented assayer, John Stokes, renaming the firm Johnson and Stokes in 1832. When Stokes died in 1835, William John Cock (1813– 1892), like Percival Johnson a founder member of the Chemical Society in 1841 (14), joined Percival in the firm which was now called Johnson and Cock. William was the son of Thomas Cock (1782– 1842), Percival's brother-in-law, also an assayer.William Cock was a considerable chemist and metallurgist, devising a new procedure for increasing the malleability of platinum, and published 'On Palladium – Its Extraction, Alloys &c.' (15, 16) in one of the earliest of the Chemical Society's papers. Johnson and Cock produced a platinum medal for Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838, and in 1844 made the platinum from which the standard pound weight was made. Cock resigned in 1845 from ill-health, but continued collaboration; Johnson's firm was now called P. N. Johnson & Co (1).Johnson's Firm Renamed Johnson and Matthey

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Eldest son of JJ-I:
John Johnson II (JJ-II)
born Feb 5th 1765
John Johnson II
married Mary Wright (niece of Martha Wright) 1787
JJ-II died in Paris, 1831.
In 1779 the 14 year old John Johnson II (JJ-II) was taken on as apprentice by his father for the statutory 7 years and was released from this aged 21, coincidentally the year his father died in July 1776. He took over the business and married his cousin Mary Wright in 1787.


Principally an assayer, dealing in scrap bullion and some pharmaceuticals. The scrap bullion included "sweep metal" the product of the Sweep Washers who bought the rubbish and sweepings from work places which used precious metals and recovered these by a process of incineration and extraction with mercury. So even in the late 1700s silver (and gold) recovery was good business. The pharmaceutical side was mainly concerned with making a potion against scurvy, being an infusion of spoonwort grass. But this laid the foundations of the chemical business.


In 1801 business expanded to include the assaying of ores and metals, reflecting the expansion of late 18th century exploration and exploitation of mineral wealth, culminating in the Industrial Revolution. The City of London was a centre for such enterprise.


Of particular interest was the sale of native platinum. This element was much in demand by scientists, particularly Dr Wollaston (the inventor of the periscopic lens for the camera obscura) who purchased from him between 1800 and 1821 about a fifth of the 47,000 ounces in total he used for his work. The only source of platinum was the Spanish colony of New Granada (now Colombia) and as exports were not officially allowed, there was a vigorous smuggling trade in the ore with JJ-II as middleman. Likewise the presence of palladium (discovered in 1804) he noted in Brazilian gold. These precious metals became important in photographic toning processes later in the century.

John married Wight, Mary on 9 Nov 1787 in Battersea, , London, England. Mary (daughter of Wight, Richard) was born about 1767 in Maiden Lane, London, , Greater London, England; died on 2 Mar 1863 in Richmond, , Surrey, England; was buried on 9 Mar 1863 in St Peter, Petersham, , Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Johnson
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Died:
First name(s) MARY Last name JOHNSON Gender Female Birth day - Birth month - Birth year - Age - Death quarter 1 Death year 1863 District Richmond (Surrey) County Surrey Volume 2A Page 169 Country England Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from United Kingdom


Buried:
First name(s) Mary
Last name Johnson
Sex Female
Event year 1863
Birth year 1767
Age at death 96y
Burial year 1863
Burial date 09 Mar 1863
Burial place Petersham Parish, Surrey, England
Place Petersham Parish
County Surrey
Country England
Record set England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Burials
Collections from England, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

First name(s) Mary Ann
Last name Johnson
Birth year 1767
Age 96
Death year 1863
Burial year 1863
Burial date 09 Mar 1863
Place Petersham
Church St Peter
Denomination Anglican
County Surrey
Country England
Record set National Burial Index For England & Wales
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Burials
Collections from United Kingdom, England
West Surrey Family History Society
Transcriptions © West Surrey Family History Society

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Married:
First name(s) Mary
Last name Wight
Licence year 1787
Licence date 08 Nov 1787
New calender date 08 Nov 1787
Bride's first name(s) Mary
Bride's last name WIGHT
Groom's first name(s) John
Groom's last name JOHNSON
Place Dioceses of England & Wales
Country England & Wales
Record set Faculty Office Marriage Licences
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom, Wales
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Transcriptions © Society of Genealogists


First name(s) Mary
Last name Wight
Marriage year 1787
Marriage date 09 Nov 1787
Marriage place Battersea
By licence or banns By Licence
Spouse's first name(s) John
Spouse's last name Johnson
Spouse's residence LND St Mary Staining
Source Parish Register Transcripts
County Surrey
Country England
Record set Surrey Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom
West Surrey Family History Society
copyright West Surrey Family History Society

Marriage License:
First name(s) JOHN Last name JOHNSON Licence year 1787 Licence date 08 Nov 1787 New calender date 08 Nov 1787 Bride's first name(s) Mary Bride's last name WIGHT Groom's first name(s) John Groom's last name JOHNSON Place Dioceses of England & Wales Record set Faculty Office Marriage Licences Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from United Kingdom