Descendants
of Thomas Benjamin Sumerfield
Thomas Benjamin
Sumerfield
married in 1818 at St. Mary, Whitechapel (or St. Mary,
Lambeth), London, England,
Sarah
Terrey 8.
The 1849 marriage
record of
daughter Sarah to Augustus Raymond gave the
occupation of her father as coal merchant. He and
James Eversfield, coal dealers, jointly held a Sun
Fire Office insurance policy dated 30 Dec 1824 on
premises at 9 Whites Row, Spitalfields - an area in
the Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of
London
9.
In April 1829 there was an advertisement in "The Times"
that the partnership trading a Sumerfield & Co.,
coal-merchants, of Vauxhall-Wharf, Lambeth had been
disolved
10. Likely
it was the same partnership as Thomas Benjamin's first
four children were baptised at St. Mary, Lambeth. The
last four of his ten known children were baptised
at Oystermouth, located 6 kilometres from Swansea -
the second largest city in Wales. The seaport
there was developed in the 18th century to export
the coal mined in South Wales. The move by Thomas
to the area in the late 1820s was presumably in order
to deal directly with the smaller colliery owners who
did not sell their output to coal merchants through a
factor.
He was possibly
born in Wales as the 1841 Wales census had instances
of the name variant of Summerfield in Swansea and
nearby areas. Whether he remained based in the
Swansea area after the birth of his last child there
ca. 1833 is not known. It is possible his wife died
and he remarried in London as the marriage indexes
have a March Qtr. 1840 (v.3, p.126) Islington
registered marriage of a Thomas Benjamin Sumerfield.
Thomas Sumerfield deaths noted in the indexes
available in 2008 were - Thomas Sumerfield reg.
Mar. Qtr. 1848 at Chorlton near Manchester
(V. 20, p. 239) and a Thomas William Sumerfield,
aged 76, in Dec. Qtr. 1873 reg. Camberwell
(V. 1d, p. 469) who may have been a brother.
Children of Thomas Benjamin
Sumerfield & Sarah were:
1
1.
i.
Thomas Darlington Sumerfield
2.
ii.
Benjamin Terrey
Sumerfield
3.
iii.
Margaret Terrey
Sumerfield
4.
iv.
Edward Terrey Sumerfield
5.
v.
Sarah Terrey
Sumerfield
6.
vi.
Rebecca Sumerfield
7.
vii.
Elizabeth Darlington
Sumerfield
8.
viii.
Amelia Ann Sumerfield
9.
ix.
Edith T Sumerfield
10.
x.
Ellen Terrey Sumerfield
SECOND GENERATION
1. Thomas Darlington Sumerfield
chr. 16 Jun 1819
1 St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England.
2. Benjamin Terrey Sumerfield
chr. 28 Feb 1821
1 St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England.
3. Margaret Terrey Sumerfield
chr. 24 Jul 1822
1 St.
Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England; died unmarried in June
Qtr. 1898 at a recorded age of 75, registered Chestney (v. 2a, p.25).
At the 1851 census she was residing in Tower Hamlets,
Hackney with three of her younger sisters - Rebecca,
Edith and Ellen. Also in the household was a border
George White, aged 9, and a visitor Sarah Asheley, age 84.
As Sarah Asheley was born ca. 1769 she was perhaps
one of Margaret's grandmothers who had remarried after
the death of a first husband. Both Margaret's and
Rebecca's occupations were given as stationers which
suggests they had their own retail
shop
4.
At the 1861 census
Margaret was residing with her sister Elizabeth and
husband Edward Power, a chemist, and their family
in Walton on Thames in the Chestney district. At the
1871 census she was with sister Rebecca and husband
John Cocks, a stationer, and their family at Weybridge
in Surrey, and in 1891 at her last census appearance
before her death was again listed in the Cocks
household in Weybridge
5.
Margaret was one
of the witness's at the 1849 marriage in London of
her sister Sarah Terrey to Augustus Raymond. Sarah
died before 1856 on a voyage to Australia with her
husband. Another witness at the 1849 wedding was the
groom's only brother Mead Terrey Raymond who had married
a decade earlier in 1839 and died in 1866. Margaret
must have maintained a close association with his
widow Sarah as fifteen years after his death at the
1881 census she was listed as a visitor in the Sarah
Raymond household at 9 Waborley Rd., Penge, Surrey.
4. Edward Terrey Sumerfield (sic)
chr. 16 Jul 1823
1 St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England (the IGI bapt. extraction has surname as Summerfield).
5. Sarah Terrey Sumerfield
chr. 28 Jul 1824
1 St. John The Baptist, Croydon,
Surrey, England; died between 1849 and 1856 on a voyage
to Australia. She married on 1 Feb 1849
2 in
St. Giles Parish Church, Camberwell, Surrey,
Augustus Raymond,
born 1821 at Camberwell, London, Surrey, England, christened
4 Jan 1822
1 at Christ Church, Southwark, London,
England; died 18 Jan 1877
3
aged 55 years in Sydney, NSW, Australia, buried in the
Old Church of England section of Rookwood Cemetery
(section E, row 10), son of Mead Raymond (1785-1843)
and Ann Chapman (1785-1830). There were no issue of
the marriage.
6. Rebecca Sumerfield
chr. 16 Nov 1825
1 St.
John The Baptist, Croydon, Surrey, England. She
married reg. St. Giles district in Sep. Qtr. 1857
(v.1b, p.539),
Ambrose John Cocks "John",
born ca 1826
6,
Stepney, Middlesex. The marriage is incorrectly
indexed as Rebecca Sumerfield to Ambrose John Cock.
At the 1851 census, when they were sharing the same
household with two other sisters, the occupations
of Rebecca and sister Margaret were given as
stationers. Neither Rebecca or husband John Cocks
were noted in the 1861 census indexes. All census
listings at which they were subsequently noted
have her husband's name just as John Cocks so
apparently he did not use his first given name of
Ambrose. At 1871 census, when residing at Weybridge,
Surrey, his occupation was given as stationer.
They were at the same address at the 1881 census
when his occupation of was still stationer. Their
son William's occupation was was given as wood
turner and printer as that of the eldest son
Edward. That year a Maud Cooke, aged 21 and born
Epsom, Surrey, was listed in the household as a
visitor. No doubt she was the Maud Jane Cooke
who the next year married eldest son Edward. At
both the 1871 and 1891 census Rebecca's sister
Margaret was listed as as a visitor. In 1891 the
occupation of Rebecca's youngest son Walter was
given as stationer suggesting he likely carried
on the business when his parents retired.
Children of John Cocks and Rebecca Sumerfield were:
11.
i. Edward Cocks
12.
ii. William Cocks
13.
iii. Walter Cocks
7. Elizabeth Darlington Sumerfield
chr. 10 Mar 1829
1 Oystermouth, Glamorgan, Wales. She
married in Sep. Qtr. 1852 (v. 1c, p.396), registered Shoreditch,
London,
Edward Power, born
ca. 1829
7,
Shoreditch, London, son of Mary Power.
At the 1861 to 1881 census the family was listed residing
at Walton on Thames, Chestney, Surrey. In 1861 the
occupation of Elizabeth's husband was given as chemist
and sub-postmaster, and her birth place as Oystermouth,
South Wales. Both their ages were given as 31, and in
addition to her first four children, Elizabeth's
sister Margaret also resided in the household with
her status given as visitor. In 1871 the household
included Edward's mother Mary Power, aged 78 years,
with her status given as widow, and birthplace as
Bishopgate, Middlesex.
By 1881 the
total number of Elizabeth's children listed
in the various census's had become eleven born over
a twenty-two year period, with only Jane who was
aged six in 1871, and Charles aged 4 in 1871, not
listed in the household in 1881. Edward's occupation
was still chemist and that of his eldest son Thomas
H. was dentist. The family unit was not noted in
the 1891 and 1901 census indexes. It is understood
there are descendants in New Zealand.
Children of Elizabeth Darlington Sumerfield and Edward Power were:
14.
i. Mary E. Power
15.
ii. Thomas H. Power
16.
iii. Ellen Power
17.
iv. William Power
18.
v. George Power
19.
vi. Jane Power
20.
vii. Charles Power
21.
viii. Florence R. Power
22.
ix. Constance Power
23.
x. Kate M. Power
24.
xi. Frederick J. Power
8. Amelia Ann Sumerfield
Chr. 08 Apr 1830
1 Oystermouth, Glamorgan, Wales
(the IGI bapt. extraction has the Summerfield variant
spelling); died Jun. Qtr. 1868 (v. 1d. p.371) reg.
Camberwell, Surrey. She married in Dec. Qtr. 1855
(v.1c, p.123) reg. West London,
Adam Glendining,
chr. 27 Apr 1817 Saint Leonard, Colchester, Essex, son
of Adam Glendining and Mary Ann Penney.
In
the 1861 census her age was given as 29 years and
her birth place as Swansea, Glamorganshire, with her
husband's age given as 44, and there were four male
children aged from 1 to 5 years all listed as born
Bermondsey, Surrey. There were likely more children
born after 1861. James Quintus was obviously one
because of the employment of Latin words for second
given names seemingly to denote order of birth.
Although doubtful, because a Harriot Hughes Glendining
birth was registered at Bermondsey in 1869 after
Amelia's death, suggesting another Glendining family
in that locality, three possibles noted in the
birth indexes were: (1)
Douglas William Glendining born Sep. Qtr. 1863
(v.1d, p.60) reg. Bermondsey. (2) William Henry
Glendining born Jun. Qtr. 1865 (v.1d, p.67) reg.
Bermondsey; died Jun. Qtr. 1865 (v.2a, p.53) reg.
Farnham, Surrey. (3) Lizzy born 1866 (v.1d, p.46)
reg. Bermondsey; died Sep. Qtr. 1866 (v.1d, p.55)
reg. Bermondsey.
The
residence in 1861 was in Maismore Square, Park Road,
Camberwell. Her husband Adam's occupation was not
clearly readable in the census record but may have
been cattle trader & manufacturer. At the 1871
census he was listed, aged 54, without his occupation
or a birth place given, with son Halbert aged 11,
at 8 Langdale Rd, Peckham, Camberwell. Despite the
death index by then no longer being hand written
he may well have been the Adam Glendenning (sic)
whose death at the given age of 59 years was
registered in Sep. Qtr. 1876 (v.1d, p.116) at St.
Olave, Southwark as it adjoined Bermondsey and
the age of 59 calculates to a 1817 birth.
Children of Amelia Ann Sumerfield
and Adam Glendining were:
25.
i. Adam
Glendining
26.
ii. Secundus
Glendining
27.
iii. William Tertius
Glendining
28.
iv. Halbert
Duartus Glendining
29.
v. James Quintus
Glendining
9. Edith T Sumerfield
b. 1831, chr. 26 Jul 1831
1 Oystermouth,
Glamorgan,
Wales. (IGI chr. extract has surname as Summerfield); d.
aged 81 years, Sep. Qtr. 1912 (v.1b, p.383) reg. Hackney.
She married in Dec. Qtr. 1856 (v. 1b, p. 678) registered
Clerkenwell, Middlesex,
Thomas Plester, b.
ca. 1829 in Spitalfields, Middlesex, England; d. aged 67, Sep.
Qtr. 1896 (v.1b, p.300) reg. Hackney, son of Joseph &
Mary Plester.
Suggesting she had a second given name of Terrey is that
she was listed as Edith T. at the 1851 census in her
sister Margaret's household in Hackney, aged 18 years,
born Swansea, Glamorganshire, with the occupation of
governess (i.e. a teacher). In the 1871 census her
birth place was given as Oystermouth, Glamorgan.
In the 1861 and
1871 census the occupation of her husband Thomas was
given as commercial traveller (Berlin Wool). In
1881 it was commercial traveller and corn dealer and
in the 1891 census was just corn dealer. In 1861
they resided in Islington and from 1871 to 1891 in
Camberwell. In 1861 the household included an annuitant
Ann Ward aged 63 and in 1891 a nephew Albert J McCloud,
aged 19 years, who would have been the son of John
William McCloud & Eliza Jane Plester who had married
at Hackney in June Qtr. 1869, who likeewise to
eldest daughter Edith had his occupation given as
assistant which is assumed to have meant an assistant
to his uncle Thomas in his business as a corn dealer.
At the 1901 census daughters Edith 43, Elizabeth 42
& Florence 26 were listed in their mother's
household. No BDM record has been noted of their
subsequent marriage.
Children of Edith T Sumerfield and Thomas Plester were:
30.
i. Edith Plester
31.
ii. Elizabeth Sarah Plester
32.
iii. Frank Thomas Plester
33. iv. William Alfred Plester
34. v. Florence Beatrice Plester
10. Ellen Terrey Sumerfield b.
ca. 1833 Mumbles, Wales chr. 10 Jul 1833
1 Oystermouth,
Glamorgan, Wales (IGI chr. extraction had just
Ellen as given name whilst marriage registration
had Ellen Terrey). She married in Mar. Qtr. 1860
(v.1d, p.586) registered Camberwell,
Richard Tidy,
b. ca. 1834, England.
She
was listed at the 1851 census in her sister Margaret's
household in Hackney, aged 17, born Swansea. In the
1861 census they were in Peckham, with one child
Catherine then aged 5 months, and her husband's
occupation was given as commission agent. In the 1871
census the family of three were in the household of a
Henry Atkins in Epsom in Surrey with their status given
as lodgers and Richard's occupation given as corn dealer.
They were not noted in any of the three England census
indexes from 1881 to 1901. Neither their deaths or the
marriage of Catherine were noted in the BDM indexes.
The failure to note any record after the 1871 census
suggests they may have left England.
Children of Ellen Terrey Sumerfield and Richard Tidy were:
35.
Catherine Tidy
THIRD GENERATION
11. Edward
John Cocks b. ca. 1858 Weybridge, Surrey. He married Sep. Qtr. 1882 (v.1d, p.1363)
reg. Greenwich,
Maud Jane Cooke b. ca 1860.
12.
William Cocks
b. ca. 1862 Weybridge, Surrey
13.
Walter Cocks
b. ca. 1867 Weybridge, Surrey
14.
Mary E. Power
b. ca. 1853 Shoreditch, Middlesex
15.
Thomas H. Power
b. ca. 1856 Walton on Thames, Surrey
16.
Ellen Power
b. ca. 1858 Walton on Thames, Surrey
17.
William Power
b. ca. 1859 Walton on Thames, Surrey
18.
George Power
b. ca. 1863 Walton on Thames, Surrey
19.
Jane Power
b. ca. 1864 Walton on Thames, Surrey
20.
Charles Power
b. ca. 1866 Walton on Thames, Surrey
21.
Florence R. Power
b. ca. 1868 Walton on Thames, Surrey
22.
Constance Power
b. ca. 1870 Walton on Thames, Surrey
23.
Kate M. Power
b. ca. 1874 Walton on Thames, Surrey
24.
Frederick J. Power
b. ca. 1875 Walton on Thames, Surrey
25.
Adam
Glendining TWIN b. Dec. Qtr. 1855 (v.1d, p,74) reg.
Bermondsey, Surrey; d. Mar. Qtr. 1910 (v.4a, p.7) reg West Hampshire.
26. Secundus
Glendining TWIN b. Dec. Qtr. 1855 (v.1d, p,74) reg.
Bermondsey, Surrey. He married Dec. Qtr. 1884 (v.1b, p.815) reg.
Hackney either Eleanor Mattison or Mary Ann P Berry.
27.
William Tertius
Glendining b. Jun Qtr. 1857 (v.1d, p.73) reg.
Bermondsey, Surrey
28.
Halbert
Duartus Glendining b. Dec. Qtr. 1859 (v.2a,p.111) reg.
Dorking, Surrey
29.
James Quintus
Glendining b. Mar. Qtr. 1864 (v.1d, p.538) reg.
Camberwell, Surrey; d. Dec. Qtr. 1869 (v.1d, p.210) reg.
Camberwell.
30.
Edith Plester,
b. Dec. Qtr. 1857 (v.1b, p.518) reg. Clerkenwell, Middlesex
31.
Elizabeth Sarah Plester,
b. Mar. Qtr. 1859 (v.1b, p.551) reg. Clerkenwell, Middlesex
32.
Frank Thomas Plester,
b. ca. 1860, Clerkenwell, Middlesex. He married Jun.
Qtr. 1883 (v.1d, p.966) reg. Camberwell,
Jane Shaw. He was
was listed in the 1901 census with wife Jane, both aged 40,
and a 17 year-old son Charles F., residing in
Battersea, London.
33.
William Alfred Plester, b. Jun. Qtr. 1868 (v.1b, p.668) reg. Clerkenwell; d. age 1 year, Sep. Qtr. 1869 (v.1b, p.473) reg. Holborn.
34.
Florence
Beatrice Plester, b. Peckham Dec. Qtr. 1873 (v.1d, p.772) reg Camberwell.
35. Catherine Tidy
To
add to the genealogy or family history contact the
compiler: 
SOURCES:
1 International Genealogical Index (IGI).
2 Australia - New
South Wales Death Index
#1877-112
3 St. Catherine's House
Marriage Index - at 2008 the microfiche copies and
online indexes had the marriage indexed as - March Qtr.
1849, vol. 4, p. 38. under groom's name of
AUGUSTUS RAYMON (sic) and double indexed under bride's
name of Sarah TERRY Sumerfield and Sarah TERREY
Sumerfield. The linked to copy of the marriage
registration record was provided courtesy of
Carmel Stuart née Laverty
of NSW. Compiler Note
- York Grove, Camberwell where the bride resided
was the same as where a marriage witness and the groom's
brother Mead Terrey Raymond was residing at the 1851
census.
4 At
the 1851 Englnd Census - M. T. Sumerfield, age
28, born South Lambeth, Surrey, with sister R. Sumerfield,
age 25, born Croydon. Their occupations were given as
stationers. Also in the household were two other sisters -
Edith T, age 18, a governess, born Swansea, Glamorgan,
and Ellen, 17, born Swansea, plus a border George
White, age 9, a scholar, and a visitor Sarah Asheley,
age 84, an annuitant, born Devon.
5 At the 1891
England census Margaret
Summerfield (sic), age 68, was listed as a ‘visitor’ in
the household of John Cocks, a stationer, and his
wife Rebecca, both aged 65, with sons William
H. Cocks aged 28, a turner, and Walter 23 also a
stationer.
6 Age 55
given in 1881 census.
7 Age 51
given in 1881 census.
8 Pallot's
Marriage Index - Thomas Benjamin Sumerfield married Sarah
Terrey in 1818 at Saint Mary, Whitechapel (the original
index card has Whitechapel stamped on it but there is
some doubt as to the church as an addition in another
handwriting has "St. Mary, Lambeth" in brackets). St. Mary,
Lambeth was also where the first 4 children were baptised.
The LMA has the original St. Mary, Whitechapel marriage
registers from Jan 1813 to Oct 1828 on microfilm X024/100
and the index film is X102/108. The Bishop's Transcripts
of Marriages from Jan 1818 to Dec 1818 are on film X100/416.
9 The
A2A database
catalogue of the Guildhall Library - index to the policy
registers of the Sun Fire Office from 1811-1834.
10 The
Times of London, Thurs. 16 Apr. 1829, p.3, col F.
Researched
& compiled by John Raymond, Brisbane, QLD.,
Australia
Posted 5 Aug 2008 - last updated 27 Oct 2008
