Person:William Lens (1)

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Reverend William Lens
b.15 Jan 1739
m. 6 Jul 1734
  1. Anne Lens1735 -
  2. Edward Lens1737 -
  3. Reverend William Lens1739 - 1820
  4. Charlotta Lens1738/39 -
  5. Martha Lens1741 -
  6. Edward Lens1742 - 1743
  7. Mary Lens1744 -
  8. Sarah Lens1745 -
  • HReverend William Lens1739 - 1820
  • W.  Elizabeth Berkenhead (add)
m. 21 Jun 1788
  • HReverend William Lens1739 - 1820
  • W.  Elizabeth Simmmons (add)
m. 29 May 1798
m. 14 Jun 1816
Facts and Events
Name[8] Reverend William Lens
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Jan 1739
Christening[1] 24 Jan 1739 London, London, EnglandSt Sepulchre
Occupation[7] From abt 1786 to 1820 master of Trotman's school in Bunhill Row
Marriage 21 Jun 1788 London, London, EnglandFinsbury St Luke
to Elizabeth Berkenhead (add)
Residence[5] 1796 London, London, EnglandBunhill Row
Marriage 29 May 1798 London, London, EnglandSt Bride Fleet Street
to Elizabeth Simmmons (add)
Residence[6] 1800 London, London, EnglandBunhill Row
Marriage 14 Jun 1816 London, London, EnglandSt Leonard Shoreditch
to Sarah _____
Death[4] London, London, EnglandHaberdashers school, Bunhill-row
Burial[2][3] 1 Mar 1820 London, London, EnglandSt Luke, Old Street
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NTBY-85P : accessed 17 Jul 2013), William Lens, 15 Jan 1739., in England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).
  2. City of London burials, 1813-1853 (including a few later burials): parts 1 & 2 (merged into one index). (Woking, Surrey: West Surrey Family History Society, 1997?).

    age at death 80
    address: Bunhill Row (Rev)

  3. Parish register.

    Rev'd William Lens, Bunhill Row, 80
    (image available on Ancestry.com)

  4. The Christian Rembrancer
    p. 255, 1820.

    At Haberdashers school, Bunhill-row, in his 79th year, the rev. William Lens, the master of that foundation; chaplain to the City of London Lying in Hospital, and to the worshipful Company of Apothecaries.

  5. Poll book.

    (an image is available on Ancestry.cm)

  6. The Gentleman's magazine 1731-1907
    88:1221.
  7. Parliamentary Papers, House of Cmmons and Command
    Vol. X, p. 274, 1819.
  8. William is mentioned in his great aunt Charlotte Byne's will.