Jno Joseph william Maseret Courtoy

ID: I488 Name: Jno Joseph William Maseret COURTOY Given Name: Jno Joseph Surname: Courtoy Sex: M Note: There is some suggestion that William is aka William Jerkins and fathered children with Eliza Sewell Flitt - the wife of his son George. This appears to be at best some romantic notion as the evidence provided by certain key dates do not lead to that conclusion:

William Jerkins/Jarkins witnessed baptism of Agnes in November 1838 in Adelaide; William Courtoy witnessed the death of his son William on 18 August 1838 and then registered the death on 21st August at Bromley, London. The trip to South Australia frequently took 4 months.

William Jerkins is found in 1841 census of Adelaide (1st January) with Eliza and children; William Courtoy is at Church Street, Forest Gate on 6 June 1841. William Courtoy found in 1851 census (on 30 March) at 12, Lion Street, Poplar, London whilst there are various entries for William Jerkins early in the New Year of 1851 in the Government Gazette.

William Courtoy was also at Church Street, Forest Gate for the death of his wife on 26 March 1846 and the registration of that death on 3 April. If the claims that William Courtoy aka Jerkins is one and the same then he must have been a regular traveller between England and South Australia - not a trip taken lightly in the mid 19th Century. It is doubtful that William Courtoy ever left England.

Searched West Ham Electoral Register 1845/6 - no entry for Courtoy. The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Michaelmas 1851 to Michaelmas 1852: Vol: XXI: Page 292. Courtoy v Vincent. John Courtoy, in his will of 28th May 1814 left certain amounts in investments in order to pay annuities - some of these to the children of William Courtoy after the death of his brother George in 1848. Frederick Courtoy, with his regiment in India, was unable to personally take receipt of his share (some GBP589-6-6) which was received by his father William Courtoy under the terms of a power of attourney. William Courtoy only paid GBP70 over to Frederick who then bought an action against his father in the Court of Common Pleas. On 22nd December 1851 final judgement was made in the sum of GBP519-6-6 plus costs of GBP9-5-5. The Sheriff of Middlesex was unable to recover the amount from any properties so made an order against the payment to William of the annuity. This case reversed that claim on the basis that the annuity was payable to William and not transferrable or otherwise assignable.

Some father!

There is a burial at St Leonard, Shoreditch in 1806 of William COURTOY age 6 months - possible son? URN 429 Society of Genealogists (Ancestry) Birth: 24 JAN 1777 in London 1 2 Death: 9 APR 1852 in Commercial Road, Limehouse, London 3 4 Burial: 14 APR 1852 Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London 5 Note: Buried as "William Cortoy" in a Consecrated, common grave. Occupation: Army Navy Agent Note: re: Judy Jerkins Census: 1851 12, Lion Street, Poplar, London 6 Occupation: Annuitant 1851 6 Census: 6 JUN 1841 Church Street, Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex 7 Occupation: Independent 6 JUN 1841 7 Residence: 22 MAY 1814 2, Bury Place, Bloomsbury, London 8 Residence: 19 MAY 1816 2, Bury Place, Bloomsbury, London Residence: 22 SEP 1817 2, Bury Place, Bloomsbury, London Residence: 12 JUL 1826 East Indies Road, Barking, Essex 9 Residence: 15 JUN 1814 Bury Street, Bloomsbury Square, London Note: The will of John Courtoy dated 15/6/1814 PROB 11/1612 at National Archives. Residence: 3 APR 1846 Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex 10 Residence: 26 MAR 1846 Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex 10 Occupation: Gentleman 12 JUL 1826 9 Baptism: 22 JUL 1777 St Mary, St Marylebone Road, London 11 2 Occupation: Stock & Insurance Broker 1 APR 1805 Note: The dissolution of this partnership with James BATEMAN is announced in the London Gazette April 20 1805. Event: WITNESS 18 AUG 1838 2, Diamond Point, Bromley, Middlesex Note: At the death of his son William.

More About Jno Joseph William Maseret Courtoy:

Burial: 10 Apr 1852, Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London.

Census: 1851, Poplar, London..207

Christening: 22 Jul 1777, St Mary, St Marylebone Road, London.208

Occupation: 1851209

Residence: 1851, 12, Lion Street, Poplar, London.209

Hannah Peters: — On the 2 1st December 1821 was brought into custody under and by virtue of the following order: Lord Chancellor. Friday, 3d August 1821. Between Mary Courtoy, Elizabeth Courtoy and Susanna Courtoy, infants, by Hannah Peters, their mother and next friend, plaintiffs ; George Norborne, Vincent Rowland, Edward William Charles Drummond, George Courtoy, William Courtoy and Louisa Courtoy, defendants

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