Birth28 Aug 1741, Stockton on Tees, Co Durham
Death16 Oct 1791
Burial17 Oct 1791, St John the Baptist, Croydon (from will)
GeneralMerchant.
Spouses
1Jemima Jones [9, Paul Welbank, 10 Dec 2004, "Welbank Arms"], [3, Her death, Q3 of 1840, I of Thanet dist, vol 5, p. 210], [5, Her death cert no 362 of 1840 for Isle of Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent], [14, George Welbank’s pedigree of 1827, MS 12D14.53]
Marriage16 Apr 1776, St Botolph's, Bishopsgate [9, Paul Welbank, 10 Dec 2004, "Welbank Arms"], [21, Their marriage, 20 Apr 1776, St Botolph, batch No M001611, Source call No 0380147], [14, George Welbank’s pedigree of 1827, MS 12D14.53]
Notes for William Welbank
TFPL, Sep 2004, found on
Ancestry.com (any relation?) (
TFPL, Dec 2004: Sounds like, from Paul Welbank, an ancestor alright.)
The Harleian Society. Obituary Prior to 1800 (as Far as Relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland), Compiled By Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him "A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where Some Account of Their Character is to be Found." Volume 49.
County: General
Country: England
Welbank, -, broker, Suncourt, Cornhill. 17 Oct 1791. (E.M. 320; G.M. 975.)
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Paul Welbank also reports that he m. (1) Mary Amory on 8 Aug 1769 at St. Martin Outwich, Middx, (2) Jemima Jones on 16 Apr 1776 at St Botolph's Bishopsgate. The latter name corresponds with RCL P-L's notes.
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Will notes for William Welbank
His will in the PRO is dated 12 Dec 1789 (I think); it was proved on 1 Dec 1791.
The executors were his wife and George Sharp and George Brown.
He named in his will:
His dear wife Jemima,
His partners in trade George Sharp and George Brown the younger,
and, after four pages, no-one else, though his children generally were mentioned.
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Armorial Blazon notes for William Welbank
Arms: Erminois on a Chevron Azure between three Bucks trippant Sable in the mouth of each a Sprig of Hazel proper an Anchor erect between two Bees volant Or
Crest: On a Wreath Or and Azure A Buck Erminois attired Or in the mouth a Sprig of Hazel proper the dexter forefoot resting on an Anchor Sable
Blazon source notes for William Welbank
Arms Grant of 26 April 1808 by College of Arms to his son George, including to all George’s siblings and thus by normal extension also, posthumously, to their father.
Notes for William & Jemima (Family)
He also made a settlement on his wife on the 12th April 1776; this is referred to in his will of 12 Dec 1799.