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Facts and Events
Nathaniel Haggar was baptised on 1st March 1767 at Knebworth in Hertfordshire, son of Newman and Elizabeth Haggar.
Nathaniel's next sighting is on 24th November 1787, in the neighbouring parish of Welwyn, aged 20, when he married Catherine Hornet. They went on to have five children together baptised at Welwyn between 1788 and 1798.
Nathaniel was a yeoman farmer. He is listed in polling lists from 1832 as renting land for £50 at Potter's Heath Farm in the parish of Welwyn.
Nathaniel wrote his will on 16th September 1836, and a codicil to it the next day. He left his estate to his wife Catherine for her lifetime, and after her death directed that £100 was to go to one of his granddaughters and the remainder to be split equally between his children. Nathaniel appears to have died shortly after writing his will, as the will was proved on 18th October 1836, although no burial record has been found for him. He was 69 years old. Catherine survived him by over five years.
References
- ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Knebworth (Hertfordshire). Knebworth Parish registers, 1596-1950. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).
Baptized 1767 / Nathaniel Son of Newman & Elizabeth Hagger March 1st
Whilst no named connection has been found to confirm that the Nathaniel baptised in 1767 was the same person who married Catherine Hornet in 1787, and no burial has been found for him to give an implied age, this baptism is in the adjoining parish to that in which he married and at a plausible time.
- UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 (London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library / ancestry.co.uk).
1832
WELWYN
Hagar, Nathaniel / Potter's Heath Farm / Rental of 50l. Land / Potter's Heath Farm
- ↑ Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related probate jurisdictions: Will registers. (Kew, England: The National Archives)
PROB11/1868/44.
I Nathaniel Haggar do this 16th day of September 1836 make this my last Will In the first place I desire that my just debts & Funeral Expences be paid and after that I give unto my wife Catherine Haggar for her life the interest of whatever Personal property I possess & after her death I give a Legacy of one hundred pounds to Ellen Haggar daughter of my daughter Elizabeth Ashby & I desire the remainder to be equally divided among my children share and share alike I appoint Catherine Haggar my wife Executrix and my son George Haggar Executor of this my will
Nathaniel Haggar X his mark
John Butcher witness
Tho[ma]s J. Robson Witness
By this codicil to my will dated the 17th day of Sept[embe]r 1836 I appoint my son Joseph Haggar joint Executor with Catherine Haggar my wife and my son George Haggar
Nathaniel Haggar X his mark
Tho[ma]s J. Robson witness
In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
In the Goods of Nathaniel Hagger otherwise Haggar deceased
Appeared Personally Sarah Phipps wife of John Phipps of Codicote in the County of Hertford and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists to depose the truth made oath that she knew and was well acquainted with Nathaniel Hagger otherwise Haggar late of Potters Heath Farm in the Parish of Welling in the County of Hertford Yeoman deceased and having now with care and attention particularly viewed and observed the paper writing now hereunto annexed and marked with the letter A purporting to be and contain the last Will and Testament and a Codicil thereto of the said Deceased the said Codicil beginning thus "By this Codicil to my Will" ending thus "& my son George Haggar" and subscribed by the said Deceased making his mark thereto she this Appearer doth say that she was present with the said deceased on the seventeenth day of September last being the day of the date of the said Codicil when the said deceased gave directions to Thomas J. Robson the subscribed witness thereto to draw up and write such Codicil which he accordingly did and the said deceased at such time fully understanding and approving of the said Codicil only executed the same by making his mark thereto in manner as now appears thereon in the presence of her this appearer and the said Thomas J. Robson who then subscribed his name as a witness thereto in the presence of her this appearer and the said deceased - Sarah Phipps - On Friday the fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six the said Sarah Phipps was duly sworn to the truth of the aforegoing affidavit Before me T. Addams Surr[ogate] [?] Jo[h]n Wills Not[ary] Pub[li]c
Proved at London with a Codicil the 18th October 1836 before the worship T. Addams Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oaths of Joseph Hagger and George Hagger (both in the Codicil written Haggar) the sons two of the Executors named in the Codicil to whom adm[inistrati]on was granted having been first sworn duly to admin[iste]r Power reserved of making the like grant Catherine Hagger (in the Codicil written Haggar) Widow the Relict the other Executor named in the Codicil when she shall apply for the same
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