Person:Sarah Griffyths (1)

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Sarah Griffyths
b.Abt 1724
d.8 Jun 1789 London, England
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  1. Sarah GriffythsAbt 1724 - 1789
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m. Abt 10 Jun 1749
  1. Sarah WebbAbt 1750 - 1797
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Name[2] Sarah Griffyths
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] Abt 1724
Marriage Abt 10 Jun 1749 to Lieut. Colonel Richmond Webb
Death[1][2][3] 8 Jun 1789 London, England"... Sarah his inconsolable widow, who only surviv'd his melancholy loss four years, and died on the 8th June 1789 aged 66 years. ... The journals of the day say that she died in Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square. ...."
Will[4] 10 Jun 1789 London, England'Will of Sarah Webb, Widow of Saint Marylebone , Middlesex' > "Sarah Webb of Upper Seymour Street in the parish of Saint Mary le Bone in the County of Middlesex the Widow of the late the Colonel Richmond Webb deceased being of sound mind and memory but of infirm body do make my last Will and Testament ... In witness whereof I the said Sarah Webb have subscribed my hand to the five preceding sheets of paper of this my last Will and Testament contained in six sheets of paper and to this Sixth and last sheet thereof I have set my hand and Seal this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty-nine—S. Webb"
Burial[1][2][3] 14 Jun 1789 London, England"Colonel Richmond Webb and his wife are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey. ...." "1789 / June 14 Mrs. Sarah Webb ; died the 8th, aged 65 : in the East Cloister."
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Londinium Redivivum, or, An Ancient History and Modern Description of London by James Peller Malcolm - Volume 1, p. 199 - published 1803.

    Westminster Abbey / The Cloisters / East Side
    « Another (memorial) to lieutenant-colonel Richmond Webb, who died the 27th May, 1785, aged 70. Sarah, his widow, the 8th June, 1789, aged 66. »

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St Peter, Westminster, Volume 10, edited and annotated by Joseph Lemuel Chester, published London, 1876, p. 446.

    « 1789 / June 14 Mrs. Sarah Webb;3 died the 8th, aged 65 : in the East Cloister. »
    3 « The Funeral Book says that she was buried on her husband, Colonel Richmond Webb (see his burial 5 June 1785). The pedigrees of his family describe her as "daughter of J. Griffyths, of Downton, co. Radnor. Esq." The journals of the day say that she died in Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square. Her will, dated 9 May 1789. was proved 10 June following, by her sons-in-law, William-Makepeace Thackeray, Esq. (husband of her dau. Amelia), and Peter Moore, Esq. (husband of her dau. Sarah). Her other children named were her son Richmond Webb, and her daughters Charlotte Webb and Augusta, wife of Thomas Evans. »
    Accessed at: Google Books, from where it may be downloaded as a pdf file.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Westminster Abbey website > 'Richmond Webb'.

    « Colonel Richmond Webb and his wife are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey. The tablet to him, over the door into the Pyx Chamber, has now lost its inscription. A record had been made of it and it read:
    "Near this monument are interred the remains of Lieut. Colonel Richmond Webb who was born of a distinguish'd family of soldiers, served his King and country with honour, truth, humanity and bravery. He was the best of fathers, most affectionate of husbands, and most amiable of men: he was sensible, modest, kind and good, and united the softest heart with the strongest mind. He departed this life on the 27th May 1785, aged 70 years. In the same grave are deposited the remains of Sarah his inconsolable window, who only surviv'd his melancholy loss four years, and died on the 8th June 1789 aged 66 years. She was the tender, faithful and worthy partner of his distinguish'd virtues. In all goodness they were truly one!"
    « He was the only son of Richmond Webb, captain in the Guards, descended from the family of Richmond alias Webb of Wiltshire, and his wife Anne. Sarah was the daughter of J. Griffyths. Their children were Sarah who married Peter Moore, Richmond, Charlotte, Augusta who married Thomas Evans, and Amelia who married W.M. Thackeray and was grandmother of the famous author of that name. »
    Accessed at Westminster Abbey Commemorations: Richmond Webb

  4. ↑ 'Will of Sarah Webb, Widow of Saint Marylebone , Middlesex' - written 9 May, 1789; proved at London 10 June, 1789. National Archives Ref: PROB 11/1180/112.

    « Sarah Webb of Upper Seymour Street in the parish of Saint Mary le Bone in the County of Middlesex the Widow of the late the Colonel Richmond Webb deceased being of sound mind and memory but of infirm body do make my last Will and Testament ...
    ... In witness whereof I the said Sarah Webb have subscribed my hand to the five preceding sheets of paper of this my last Will and Testament contained in six sheets of paper and to this Sixth and last sheet thereof I have set my hand and Seal this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty-nine—S. Webb Ø »
    Accessed at nationalarchives.gov.uk from where a copy may be ordered and downloaded in pdf format.

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