William Featherstone

Abt 1797 - 1863  (~ 66 years)

• Name	William Featherstone
  Born	Abt 1797	Offham, Kent, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	16 Sep 1797	Offham, Kent, England   [2]
  	son of John Featherstone and Lucy
  Occupation	1840  [3]
  	a shoe maker
  Residence	1840	Wateringbury, Kent, England   [3]
  1841 Census	06 Jun 1841	Ellis Buildings, Old Road, Wateringbury, Kent, England   [4]
  	Shoemaker
  Occupation	06 Jun 1841  [5]
  	a shoe maker
  1851 Census	30 Mar 1851	Lime Tree Cottage, Wateringbury, Kent, England   [6]
  	shoemaker and farmer employing four men
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851  [1]
  	a shoemaker and farmer employing four men
  Anecdote	04 Jun 1859  [7]
  	MR. W. FEATHERSTONE'S APOLOGY. To Mr. J.B. JUDE, Brewer, Wateringbury. I, the undersigned William Featherstone, of Wateringbury, in the County of Kent, Shoemaker, hereby admit that for several months last past at Wateringbury and other places, to various persons, I have used expressions towards you of a very slanderous character, and particularly in relation to matters connected with the Clubs held at the North Pole and Duke's Head Inns, I now publicly retract such expressions, and I further admit that what I said on the occasions referred to was wholly untrue, and that the charges I then made were without any foundation. I therefore beg to offer you sincere apology for having made such statements and charges, and I promise and undertake not to repeat on any future occasion, any expressions of slanderous character concerning you, and in consideration of legal proceedings being withdrawn, through the advice of my solicitor, consent to pay the costs connected herewith, and I further authorise you to make known this apology in any way you think proper, by publication in the newspapers or otherwise. Dated this 4th day of June, 1859, WILLIAM FEATHERSTONE, Witness, HENRY D. WILDES.
  Occupation	1863  [8]
  	a shoe maker
  Residence	1863	Wateringbury, Kent, England   [8]
  Died	Jun 1863	2a.259, Malling, Kent, England   [9]
  Death	03 Jun 1863	Wateringbury, Kent, England   [8]
  Reference Number	5545
  Reference Number	P893
  Buried	Aft 03 Jun 1863	Parish Church, Wateringbury, Kent, England   [10]
  	The grave is in the front of Wateringbury Parish Church "to the sacred memory of Willm Featherstone of this parish who died June 3rd 1863 aged 65 years leaving two sons and one daughter viz William John and Mary. also Mary wife of the above who died Feby 14th 1880 aged 85 years"
  Notes	1840 Pigots Directory shows BOOT & SHOE MAKERS Featherstone William, Wateringbury http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_-_loose_&c_.htm 1841 census HO107/464/02/20 Ellis Buildings, Old Road, Wateringbury William Featherstone 42 shoemaker y Mary Featherstone 43 y William 8 y John 6 y Mary 3 y Emily Borman 16 F.S. y Amy Crother 18 F.S. y 1851 census Lime Tree Cottage, Wateringbury, Kent William Featherstone head M 53 shoemaker and farmer employing four men Kent, Offham Mary Featherstone wife M 54 laundress Kent, Woolwich William Featherstone son U 18 carpenter Kent, Wateringbury John Featherstone son U 16 carpenter Kent, Wateringbury Mary Featherstone dau U 13 scholar Kent, Wateringbury Hannah Paine serv U 20 servant Sussex, Forest Row Lilly Webster serv U 18 servant Kent, East Malling Henry Hubbard lodger U 30 ag labourer Kent, Wateringbury 1851 William Featherstone was born in Offham, Kent, in 1798. His wife Mary was born in Woolwich in 1797. William Featherstone was already living in Wateringbury at Ellis's Buildings (now Cooks Cottages) in 1841. By 1851 he was living in Lime Tree Cottage, page 43. He was a shoemaker and farmer (smallholding) employing four men. Dail dwwr@btopenworld.com The grave is in the front of Wateringbury Parish Church "to the sacred memory of Willm Featherstone of this parish who died June 3rd 1863 aged 65 years leaving two sons and one daughter viz William John and Mary. also Mary wife of the above who died Feby 14th 1880 aged 85 years" From Wateringbury Revisited by George Newman p42 "I now took my departure from the consecrated spot, fraught with so many stirring memories, and on my way down to the footpath leading to the high road, noticed, on the right hand side, the headstone in memory of William Featherstone, who died June 3rd, 1863, aged 65 years. Mr Featherstone was a remarkable man in many ways. I remember hearing him tell my father he came into the village a working man, early in the century; and by sturdy perseverance became a very useful and prominent figure in the parish. At the time I remember him he was the principle village boot and shoe maker (I believe he taught himself), parish constable, florist, and fruit and hop grower in a small way, and I believe at the time of his death he also had collected material for a history of Wateringbury which, however, has never been brought to light. On the tombstone beneath the usual inscription, age, date of death, etc., are the following lines: Farewell vain world, I've had enough of thee, And now I care not what thou sayest of me; Thy smiles I court not, nor thy frowns I fear; My days are past, my head lies quiet here. Whatever fault in me take care to shun. And look at home, enough there's to be done." p43 appears a picture of William Featherstone's cottage - Lime Tree House, recorded in 1851 as Lime Tree Cottage. p64 a map shows Lime Tree Cottage (1868) death registration index Jun 1863 William Featherstone Malling KEN 2a.259 Letters of administration of the personal estate and effects of William Featherstone late of Wateringbury in the county of Kent shoemaker and farmer deceased who died 3 June 1863 at Wateringbury aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Mary Featherstone of Wateringbury aforesaid widow the relict of the said deceased she having been first sworn £200
  Person ID	I5545	Featherstone Main
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	John Featherston
  Mother	Lucy Smethe
  Married	22 Apr 1797	Offham, Kent, England   [2]
  	||M14953
  Family ID	F2325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Sharp,   b. Abt 1797, Woolwich, Kent, England ,   d. 14 Feb 1880, Mereworth, Kent, England  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	27 Jul 1824	Maidstone, Kent, England   [11]
  	botp spotp
  Children	1. William Featherstone,   b. 05 Sep 1832, Wateringbury, Kent, England ,   d. 12 Nov 1912, Mereworth, Kent, England  (Age 80 years)   2. John Featherstone,   b. Abt 1834, Wateringbury, Kent, England ,   d. 20 Apr 1919, Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 85 years)   3. Mary Featherstone,   b. Jun 1838, 5.315, Malling, Kent, England
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2022
  Family ID	F2495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1851] 1851 Census England & Wales, UK Gov., (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851.Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): PublicRecord Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National A;). [S864] IGI Record, (1998). [S144] Pigot's Directory, 1840 Pigots Directory shows BOOT & SHOE MAKERS Featherstone William, Wateringbury http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/pigots_1840_-_loose_&c_.htm. [S1841] 1841 Census England & Wales, (2008), 1841 census HO107/464/02/20 Ellis Buildings, Old Road, Wateringbury William Featherstone 42 shoemaker y Mary Featherstone 43 y William 8 y John 6 y Mary 3 y Emily Borman 16 F.S. y Amy Crother 18 F.S. y. [S1841] 1841 Census England & Wales, (2008). [S1851] 1851 Census England & Wales, UK Gov., (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851.Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): PublicRecord Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National A;), 1851 census Lime Tree Cottage, Wateringbury, Kent William Featherstone head M 53 shoemaker and farmer employing four men Kent, Offham Mary Featherstone wife M 54 laundress Kent, Woolwich William Featherstone son U 18 carpenter Kent, Wateringbury John Featherstone son U 16 carpenter Kent, Wateringbury Mary Featherstone dau U 13 scholar Kent, Wateringbury Hannah Paine serv U 20 servant Sussex, Forest Row Lilly Webster serv U 18 servant Kent, East Malling Henry Hubbard lodger U 30 ag labourer Kent, Wateringbury. [S180] newspaper, Apology to J.B. Jude (1859) posted Mar 28, 2013, 5:02 AM by Terry Bird [ updated Mar 28, 2013, 5:02 AM ] Extract from Maidstone Telegraph 18th June 1859. MR. W. FEATHERSTONE'S APOLOGY. To Mr. J.B. JUDE, Brewer, Wateringbury. I, the undersigned William Featherstone, of Wateringbury, in the County of Kent, Shoemaker, hereby admit that for several months last past at Wateringbury and other places, to various persons, I have used expressions towards you of a very slanderous character, and particularly in relation to matters connected with the Clubs held at the North Pole and Duke's Head Inns, I now publicly retract such expressions, and I further admit that what I said on the occasions referred to was wholly untrue, and that the charges I then made were without any foundation. I therefore beg to offer you sincere apology for having made such statements and charges, and I promise and undertake not to repeat on any future occasion, any expressions of slanderous character concerning you, and in consideration of legal proceedings being withdrawn, through the advice of my solicitor, consent to pay the costs connected herewith, and I further authorise you to make known this apology in any way you think proper, by publication in the newspapers or otherwise. Dated this 4th day of June, 1859, WILLIAM FEATHERSTONE, Witness, HENRY D. WILDES. . [S103] Administration, Administration 18 July 1863 William Featherstone Effects under £200. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of William Featherstone late of Wateringbury in the County of Kent Shoemaker and Farmer deceased who died 3 June 1863 at Wateringbury aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Mary Featherstone of Wateringbury aforesaid Widow the Relict of the said Deceased she having been first sworn. [S3] death registration index, (1837-2010), Taken from death indexes General Register Office (Reliability: 3). {TMG Surety 3.210} [S110] Memorial Inscription, Various, (Various), The grave is in the front of Wateringbury Parish Church "to the sacred memory of Willm Featherstone of this parish who died June 3rd 1863 aged 65 years leaving two sons and one daughter viz William John and Mary. also Mary wife of the above who died Feby 14th 1880 aged 85 years". [S2] Index Marriage registration England & Wales, (1837-1965).