Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Frank Derwent Wood
• Occupation: Artist / Sculptor
• _UID: EAB663F490A1455FA30082215E6DA0A9263D
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, 284 Kings Road, Chelsea, , Middlesex, England
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1911, 284 Kings Road, Chelsea, , Middlesex, England; Artist Sculptor

Notes:

More information about the artist can be found here:

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Wood%2C_Francis_Derwent_(1871-1926)_sculptor


Sculptor R.A., born in Keswick, Cumberland, in England's Lake District. He studied in Germany and returned to London in 1887 to work under Edouard Lanteri and Sir Thomas Brock; he taught at the Glasgow School of Art from 1897 through to 1905 and was professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art from 1918 through to 1923. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1920. He produced a good deal of architectural sculpture typical of the time, including four large roof figures for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, the British Linen Bank also in Glasgow, and the Britannic House in London for architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Freestanding sculptures by him may also be seen in various galleries, such as his 1907 Atalanta (Manchester Art Gallery, with a bronze cast of it now in Chelsea Embankment Gardens. When he was too old (at 41) to enlist in the Army at the onset of World War I, Wood volunteered in the hospital wards and his exposure to the gruesome injuries inflicted by the new war's weapons eventually led him to open a special clinic: the Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department, located in the Third London General Hospital, Wandsworth. Instead of the rubber masks used conventionally, Wood constructed masks of thin metal, sculpted to match the portraits of the men in their pre-war normality, as did Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd, of Pennsylvania, at a similar Paris clinic.

Birth:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110929442/francis-derwent-wood

First name(s) Francis Derwent
Last name Wood
Birth quarter 4
Birth year 1871
Mother's maiden name Maw
District Cockermouth
County Cumberland
Country England
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Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Births
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Census:
WOOD, Francis Derwent Head Married M 38 1873 Artist Sculptor Keswick Cumberland VIEW
WOOD, Florence Mary Wife Married
8 years F 35 1876 Queensland Australia VIEW
GARLICK, Rosa Servant Single F 20 1891 General Servant Domestic Croydon Surrey VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
377 Reference:
RG14PN377 RG78PN12 RD4 SD1 ED5 SN20

Registration District:
Chelsea Sub District:
Chelsea North Enumeration District:
5 Parish:
Chelsea

Address:
284 Kings Road Chelsea County: London

Occupation:
WOOD, Francis Derwent Head Married M 38 1873 Artist Sculptor Keswick Cumberland VIEW
WOOD, Florence Mary Wife Married
8 years F 35 1876 Queensland Australia VIEW
GARLICK, Rosa Servant Single F 20 1891 General Servant Domestic Croydon Surrey VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
377 Reference:
RG14PN377 RG78PN12 RD4 SD1 ED5 SN20

Registration District:
Chelsea Sub District:
Chelsea North Enumeration District:
5 Parish:
Chelsea

Address:
284 Kings Road Chelsea County: London

Died:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110929442/francis-derwent-wood

Derwent Wood died on the 19th February 1926 after having undergone a serious operation. He had lung cancer. He was 54 years of age. He is buried in Amberley in Sussex and over his grave in St Michael's Church churchyard is a bronze "Pieta". It is dated 1909 and was originally carved for All Saints Church in Ennismore Gardens. The grave is that of Derwent Wood and his wife

First name(s) Francis D
Last name Wood
Gender Unknown
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1872
Age 54
Death quarter 1
Death year 1926
District Marylebone
County London
Volume 1A
Page 658
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110929442/francis-derwent-wood

Francis married Schmidt, Florence Mary between Jan and Mar 1903 in District Paddington. Florence (daughter of Schmidt, Heinrich and O'Kelly, Mary) was born on 21 Jun 1873 in Rockhampton, , Queensland, Australia; died in Jun 1969 in District Stratton; was buried in Jun 1969 in St. Michael's Churchyard, Amberley, , Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wood, Oliver Derwent was born on 20 Jun 1904 in South Kensington, London, , England; died in Sep 1996 in District Teignbridge.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: CF4097BBE32A4B3FB1A0DA2E517B28377C2E
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Eskin Terrace, Castlerigg St John, , Cumberland, England; Keswick St John
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1871, Castlerigg St John, , Cumberland, England; Pencil Manufacturer employing 5 men and 2 boys
• Residence: 1907, Tanhouse, Church Stretton, , Shropshire, England
• Probate: 9 Aug 1907, Shrewsbury, , Shropshire, England

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223130977/alpheus-bayliss-wood

Probate:
Name Alpheus Baylies Wood
Death Date 15 Jul 1907
Death Place Shropshire, England
Probate Date 9 Aug 1907
Probate Registry Shrewsbury

Died:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223130977/alpheus-bayliss-wood

First name(s) Alpheus Bayleis
Last name Wood
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1826
Age 81
Death quarter 3
Death year 1907
District Bath
County Somerset
Volume 5C
Page 301
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from United Kingdom, England
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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223130977/alpheus-bayliss-wood

Alpheus married Maw, Anne Mary on 10 Oct 1863 in District Pancras. Anne (daughter of Maw, John Hornby and Johnson, Mary Anne) was born on 12 Feb 1830 in London, , Greater London, England; was christened on 12 Mar 1830 in St Mary The Virgin, Aldermanbury, London, , England; died between Jul and Sep 1916 in District Croydon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Anne Maw
• _UID: DE9D8D4DCD05491E989F417C78C9EF691BFA
• Residence: 1830; 55 Aldermanbury
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, West Hill House, Hastings, , Sussex, England; St Clement
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, 1 London Road, Worcester, , Worcestershire, England
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, 47 Bernard Street, London, , Greater London, England; Bloomsbury St George
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Eskin Terrace, Castlerigg St John, , Cumberland, England; Keswick St John
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Stretton Heathhurst Road, Sanderstead, , Surrey, England; South Croydon
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1911, Stretton Heathhurst Road, Sanderstead, , Surrey, England; Private Means

Notes:

(Research):Check in more detail "The Johnsons of Maiden Lane"

Birth:
Born in Aldmanbury, London, England according to 1861 census.

Christened:
First name(s) Mary Anne Or Anne Mary Last name Maw Gender Female Birth year 1830 Birth place - Baptism year 1830 Baptism date 12 Mar 1830 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


Died:
First name(s) Anne M
Last name Wood
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1830
Age 86
Death quarter 3
Death year 1916
District Croydon
County Surrey
Volume 2A
Page 269
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from United Kingdom, England
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Notes:

Married:
Johnson John Pancras 1b 294
Maw Ann Mary Pancras 1b 294
Mitchell Sarah Pancras 1b 294
Wood Alpheus Baylies Pancras 1b 294

First name(s) ANNE MARY Last name MAW Marriage quarter 4 Marriage year 1863 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ ANNE MARY MAW married one of these people
John Johnson, Alphens Baylies Wood District Pancras District number - County London Country England Volume 1B Page 294 Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from United Kingdom

First name(s) ALPHENS BAYLIES Last name WOOD Marriage quarter 4 Marriage year 1863 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ ALPHENS BAYLIES WOOD married one of these people
Sarah Mitchell, Anne Mary Maw District Pancras District number - County London Country England Volume 1B Page 294 Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from United Kingdom

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
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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
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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:
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Bride's Father's Name:
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Groom's Race:
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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