Elizabeth Parker

1799 - 1872  (72 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Parker  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	30 Oct 1799	Durham   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  	on Wednesday Forenoon at 5 Minutes past 10 o'Clock [4]
  Baptism	30 Oct 1799	Durham   [4, 7]
  	privately baptized the same Day being the 30th Day of Oct [4]
  Christening	18 Dec 1799	St Mary the Less, Durham   [4]
  	Sponsors Mrs. Ellison Mrs. Haslewood, Mrs. S. Hopper [4]
  Marriage	29 Apr 1824	St Katharine-by-the-Tower, London
  	Meaburn Tatham,   b. 14 Dec 1784, Barton, Whittingham ,   d. 02 Apr 1875, Merton Lodge, Highgate
  Residence	Jun 1841	Oriel Place, Cheltenham   [6]
  	with Anne Smith (mother-in-law), Mary Tatham (sister-im-law), William Tatham (son), Mary Ann Tatham (daughter)
  Residence	Mar 1851	2 Highgate Hill on the left, Highgate   [8]
  Residence	Apr 1861	Merton Lodge, Highgate   [2]
  Residence	Apr 1871	Merton Lane, Highgate   [5]
  Death	14 Jan 1872	Merton Lodge, Highgate   [1, 9]
  	1872 14th January - Elizabeth wife of Meaburn Tatham died at Merton Lodge Highgate ... [4]
  Burial	19 Jan 1872	St Andrew, Great Ryburgh   [1]
  	... buried January 19th 1872 at Ryburgh - Aged 73. [4] At Ryburgh Church I saw the grave of my great grandfather, great grandmother, and great great aunt (Aunt Mary). [Silvia Tatham, diaries, 20 May 1911]
  		Elizabeth Parker (1799-1872) Memorial Window in Great Ryburgh Church
  Notes	About the year 1824 my Father married my dear Mother, Elizabeth Parker of Durham. She and her sister Sarah Parker were the only children of one the Rev. Edward (I think that was his Christian name) Parker, Vicar of a Church in Durham. He, as well as his wife, died whilst my Mother and Aunt were still children; the Rev. George Louisa Nicholay, one of the Brethren of St. Katharine in the Tower of London, was their Guardian. His father was, I believe, a Tutor in the family of King George III. George Louisa Nicholay, my Mother's Guardian, was I have been told, a godson of George III, after whom he was called George Louisa. We, my Mother's children, always knew him as our Grandfather. [Charles Tatham Recollections]
  Person ID	I0020	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Spouse
  Last Modified	05 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Edward Parker,   b. abt Jan 1763, Gloucester ,   d. 27 Apr 1809, Durham  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Mother	Jane Robinson,   b. est 1774, Durham? ,   d. abt 1809, Durham?  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Marriage	28 Aug 1794	Christ Church, Tynemouth   [4]
  	Edward, Son of Thomas & Ann Parker of the City of Gloucester, and Jane, Daughter of Robert & Mary Robinson of the City of Durham, were married the 28th Day of Aug. AD 1794 at the Parish Church of Tynemouth, in the County of Northumberland, by the Revd. Mr. Allison. [First entry in Meaburn Tatham family bible, inscribed 'Edward Parker, 1792. Gift of Mary Smith, Old Elvet, Durham, 1792.']
  Notes	3 daughters: - Mary Ann born 15 Dec 1795, bapt 17 Dec 1795; - Elizabeth born 30 Oct 1799 , bapt same day; - Sarah Jane born 27 Dec 1800, bapt 01 Jan 1801. [Parish Register: baptisms, St Mary in the South Bailey, Durham (IGI)] Eldest daughter Mary Ann: - born on Tuesday Morning Dec. the 15th 1795 at 3 o'Clock A.M. - baptized Dec. the 17th '95 & christened May the 12th 1796; sponsors Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Mills, & Mr. Haigh. - inoculated by Mr. Ward 14 Mar 1796; - had the Hooping Cough Dec 1800. - March the 21st 1802 Sunday 1/2 past 2 o'Clock, Mary Ann was Providentially preserved from being burn't, having fallen over the dining room Fender: was lifted up by Sarah Alderson, and not materially hurt. Laus Deo. - Nov. the 26th 1802. The Measles appeared in Mary Ann, who recovered very well. - Mary Ann, on her [7th] Birth Day the 15th of Dec. [1802] appeared unwell, & on the 18th grew much worse; from which Time she gradually lost Strength till the 5th. of Feb. 1803, when at 20 Minutes past Six o'Clock on Saturday Even. without a Struggle, she left her Parents to lament her Loss !!! [Meaburn Tatham family bible] Youngest daughter Sarah Jane: - born at Durham 27 Dec 1800; - marr to William Mitchell on 24 Feb 1824 at St Katharine-by-the-Tower; minister Rev. G. F. L. Nicolay [her & Elizabeth's guardian]; witnesses Thos. Porrett Hayes, Hannah Maria Wells, Elizabeth Parker [her sister], John Peace Mitchell, George G Mitchell; - not identified in 1841, 1851 census; - resid Apr 1861 at Richmond, Croydon, with son-in-law Marcus H Johnson, 35 b Tamerton Foliot, Master of the Court of the Exchequer; dau Frances, 29 b Benton Crescent, London; grandsons Henry (2), Herbert (1), Philip (<5m); + 6 serv. (grandson Charles Graham Johnson died 13 May 1858 age 10m); - resid Apr 1871 at Church Lane, Haslemere, with husband William Mitchell, 74 b Haslemere, formerly a clerk in the War Office (superannuated); dau Harriet, 30 b Highgate; + 2 serv; - Mr. Mitchell, husband of Sarah Mitchell sister to Elizabeth Tatham, died at Haslemere, 28th October 1872. [Meaburn Tatham family bible]. - resid Apr 1881 at Lamerton House, Eltham, widowed, with son-in-law Marcus H Johnson, 56 b Tamerton, Master of the Supreme Court of Judicature; dau Frances E, 49 b London; grandsons Herbert W (21?), Philip P (20), Frederick G (19); granddau Ada F E (16); + 4 serv; (grandson Herbert Walter Johnson marr at Shabbington 31 May 1890 to Mary Bros, of Springfield, Upper Clapton); - resid Apr 1891 at Stella Cottage, Waverley, Surrey, with granddaughter Minisa Johnson, single, 31 b Melbourne; + 2 visitors: + 4 serv. - death reg Farnham 4Q1891 age 91. My dear Mother, Elizabeth Parker of Durham ... and her sister Sarah Parker were the only children of one the Rev. Edward (I think that was his Christian name) Parker, Vicar of a Church in Durham. He, as well as his wife, died whilst my Mother and Aunt were still children; the Rev. George Louisa Nicholay, one of the Brethren of St. Katharine in the Tower of London, was their Guardian. His father was, I believe, a Tutor in the family of King George III. George Louisa Nicholay, my Mother's Guardian, was I have been told, a godson of George III, after whom he was called George Louisa. We, my Mother's children, always knew him as our Grandfather. [Charles Tatham Recollections]
  Documents » Slide Show		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 1: 1792-1800
  		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 2: 1800-1824
  		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 5: death on 28 Oct 1872 of William Mitchell, husband of Sarah Jane Parker, sister of Elizabeth Parker, wife of Meaburn Tatham
  Family ID	F0015	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Meaburn Tatham,   b. 14 Dec 1784, Barton, Whittingham ,   d. 02 Apr 1875, Merton Lodge, Highgate  (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1824	St Katharine-by-the-Tower, London   [1, 4, 10, 11, 12]
  	Marriage settlement of Meaburn Tatham of Lincolns Inn, gentleman and Elizabeth Parker of St Catherine's Cloisters near the Tower of London. 27 April 1824. [Durham Diocesan Records, Add.MS. 1632/7] Minister: G F L Nicolay [her guardian]. Witnesses: Thomas Porrett Hayes [1772-1850, solicitor in Bloomsbury], Sarah Jane Mitchell [her sister], Hannah Maria Wells, [...] Parker [unidentified], William Mitchell [her brother-in-law]. [Sarah Jane Parker & William Mitchell were married 2 months earlier on 24 Feb 1824, at the same church, by the same minister and with 2 of the same witnesses]
  		Meaburn Tatham & Elizabeth Parker Marriage register
  Notes	It is curious fact that one day, two or three years it may be before our going to Highgate, my Father and a friend of his, taking a long walk from Town, reached a field on the left of West Hill, Highgate, from which there was a beautiful view, comprising Caen Wood, a large pond, almost like a small lake in the next field between them and the open country as far, I believe, as Dutton Gap in Surrey. Stopping there for a few moments my father said: "This is the spot where I should like to build a house if I was ever to build one". It was the very spot where, two or three years later, he did build his house. It was, I think in the year 1834 that we left London and went into lodgings in Highgate, when the building began. [Charles Tatham, Recollections] (about the cottage on Highgate Hill where the family lived before Merton Lodge was completed). My Father returning home one evening from Town found my Mother in the little front garden shedding tears of despair because she could not get all the furniture - which had been brought from where it had been stored, I suppose - put inside the house. She was sitting in the midst of it, like Marius on the ruins of Carthage. It was all ultimately put in. [Charles Tatham, Recollections] Sunday, August 6th 1837. ... in the evening we took a walk up Milfield Lane & went to look at the new house which young Mr Tatham [sic; then aged 52] is building for himself; it is a very nice one & the situation lovely; ... . [Diary of Parthenia Pardoe, wife of Allen Williams Block. Their daughter Elizabeth (Betha) married Meaburn Tatham's son George at Highgate, 20 years later. ] Merton Lane was cut when Mr Meaburn Tatham built Merton Lodge, now in the possession of Mr John Glover, J.P. It was an ancient footpath leading across the fields in Hampstead; it was a field path in the time of Coleridge and was his favourite and constant walk. [John H Lloyd, History of Highgate, 1888] 1861 census: 3 live-in servants + 3 next door. In Apr 1881 Merton Lodge was the residence of John Glover, shipowner, age 51 b South Shields, his wife Louisa and 5 children.
  Children	1. Ralph Tatham,   b. 05 Mar 1825, Torrington Square, Bloomsbury ,   d. 13 Jul 1826, Torrington Square, Bloomsbury  (Age 1 years)   2. Elizabeth Jane Tatham,   b. 06 Jun 1826, Torrington Square, Bloomsbury ,   d. 05 Jan 1827, Torrington Square, Bloomsbury  (Age 0 years) + 3. Charles Meaburn Tatham,   b. 21 Sep 1828, 45 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury ,   d. 12 Jul 1924, Cary Castle, St Marychurch  (Age 95 years) + 4. George Edmund Tatham,   b. 12 Nov 1830, 45 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury ,   d. 25 Oct 1910, Good Shelter, Penn  (Age 79 years) + 5. Meaburn Smith Tatham,   b. 22 May 1832, 45 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury ,   d. 05 Oct 1870, Bournemouth  (Age 38 years)   6. William Tatham,   b. 05 Aug 1834, 45 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury ,   d. 22 Dec 1876, Brooke House Asylum, Upper Clapton  (Age 42 years)   7. Mary Ann Tatham,   b. 17 Sep 1835, West Hill, Highgate ,   d. 11 May 1915, 35 Brunswick Place, Hove  (Age 79 years)   8. Ralph Edward Tatham,   b. 09 Mar 1843, Merton Lodge, Highgate ,   d. 16 Sep 1907, 20 York St, Marylebone  (Age 64 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Merton Lodge, Highgate Only known image of house in 20th century. Cropped from photo of former Holly Court School, closed 02 Aug 1990. Building then demolished and built over.
  		Merton Lodge Coach House, Highgate. Photo abt 1900. Part of Merton Lodge, formerly the home of Meaburn Tatham (1784-1875) & family.
  		Merton Lodge, Highgate In about 1888. Home of Meaburn Tatham (1784-1875) and family from its construction in 1838; house & contents sold after his death.
  		Meaburn Tathams: Family grave Churchyard of St Andrew's, Great Ryburgh
  		Meaburn Tathams: Family grave Detail of headstone showing damaged lettering
  		Meaburn Tatham Family Vault Plaque set in south wall of St Andrew's Church, Great Ryburgh
  		Meaburn Tathams - Family Grave at Great Ryburgh
  Documents » Slide Show		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 3: 1825-1831
  		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 4: 1832-1872
  		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 6: 1872-1917
  Histories		The Tatham family and Ryburgh parish, Norfolk
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F0013	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S01] Census, UK, 1861. [S42] Charles Meaburn Tatham - Recollections. [S28] Family Bible, Meaburn Tathams. [S01] Census, UK, 1871. age 71 [S01] Census, UK, 1841. age abt 35 [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Mary, in the South Bailey, Durham (IGI), 30 Oct 1799. [S01] Census, UK, 1851. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Pancras, 1Q1872. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Katharine-by-the-Tower, 29 Apr 1824. [S53] Marriage Licence, Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations, 27 Apr 1824. [S22] IGI / BVRI, batch M019072.