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A genealogy of the Selwyn family
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| 10. | John Adey Curtis, (Rev) was born in 1761; was christened on 1 Oct 1761 in Wickwarr Gloucestershire, England (son of Thomas Curtis and Anne Jobbins); died on 23 Jan 1812. Other Events:
- Occupation: Vicar Of Bitton
Notes:
Monument in Bitton church to :
In the churchyard on the north side of this church are deposited the mortal remains of the Rev John Adey Curtis M.A. formerely Fellow of All Ssouls college Oxford and for the last 13 years vicar of this parishHis unaffected modesty and benevolence and the peculiar sweetness of his disposition endeared him to his family and his friends.Zeal ever tempered by sound judgement, ardent piety and unfeigned humility were the leading features of his minisrerial character and by his unwearied activity in the discharge of the sacred duties of his pastoral office he obtained th elove
and respect of all his parishioners.Tothe sick and the afflicted he was a kind and constant benefactor and while he imparted to them the consolations of religion his hand was ever open to relieve them with temporal necessities.Looking forward in faith to a blessed immortality, leaving an afflicted widow and 8 childrento lament his irreparable loss. The numerous inhabitants of this extensive parish being desirous of bearing testimony to the private and public virtues of the vigilant and faithful pastor of whom they have been deprived have, by the permission of his widow, erected this
monument to perpetuate his memory.
Never took the name Hayward
John married Albinia Frances Hayward on 23 May 1799 in Bath Somerset England. Albinia (daughter of William Hayward Winstone and Elizabeth Wayne) was born on 29 Jul 1773; died on 19 May 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | Albinia Frances Hayward was born on 29 Jul 1773 (daughter of William Hayward Winstone and Elizabeth Wayne); died on 19 May 1860. Notes:
Was always much attached to Oldbury having been born there.
At the time of her marriage her father did not have possession of Quedgeley and did not declare his intention of making her an "elder son" until after her husbands death.
As a widow assumed upon succeeding her father in 1818 the name, arms of Hayward and the Quedgeley property.
The donative of Quedegely used to belong to the Dukes of Manchester. In William HW's time it belonged to a Mrs Fletcher the widow of a clergyman. She asked an exorbitant sum for it, and when he refused to give it she cut down some fine old elms in the churchyard to spite him though he offered twice what they were worth if she would leave them standing. Soon afterwards the donative was put up for auction and bought cheaply by Mrs Curtis. Before completing Mrs Fletcher told her that she had made a good purchase and one likely to increase in value since after the death of the present owner of Quedegely his succesor would probably enclose the common, "no " said Mrs Curtis " I am not the least likely to do that." After the sale Mrs Fletcher sent to fetch away the felled trees but was stopped by William HW who pointed out that they were now his daughter's property.
Lived at 18 Park S't Bath where her father probably died. She took over 13 Great Bedford S't from Phillip stanbury and was there in 1822 but not in 1826
Portrait in collection Mark Heywood Haresfield
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