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ASTRONOMER MATHEMATICIAN Immanuel Halton 18th century
If anyone has any details of him I would be very grateful as he is related to the Imison family.
I know that he is supposed to have influenced Flamsteed.
He resided in Wingfield Manor Derbyshire.
He was famous for his sundial which he had.
Thank you very much for your help
IMISON
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Hello,
Go onto Google and do a search for Immanuel Halton - there are loads of pages with info about him.
Best of Luck
Legs
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Hello,
Go onto Google and do a search for Immanuel Halton - there are loads of pages with info about him.
Oh thank you - I couldn't find much
Best of Luck
Legs
xxxxx
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Immanuel Halton was born in Cumberland, studied at Grays Inn, London during the later stages of the English Civil War and, during the Commonwealth, entered the service of Henry Howard, later 6th Duke of Norfolk. He pursued his mathematical and astronomical interests while auditor to the Duke of Norfolk. He met with John Flamsteed, encouraged the latter's interest in mathematics and astronomy and became his first patron, as well as contributing observations to Flamsteed's published works. A short biographical piece on Immanuel Halton appeared in the Journal in the early 1950s, consisting mostly of quotations from Flamsteed's 'Self Inspections' and Baily's 'Life of Flamsteed'. 1996 is the 350th anniversary of Flamsteed's birth, and it is hoped that this fuller account will flesh out the bones of his first patron.
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Immanuel Halton was born in Cumberland, studied at Grays Inn, London during the later stages of the English Civil War and, during the Commonwealth, entered the service of Henry Howard, later 6th Duke of Norfolk. He pursued his mathematical and astronomical interests while auditor to the Duke of Norfolk. He met with John Flamsteed, encouraged the latter's interest in mathematics and astronomy and became his first patron, as well as contributing observations to Flamsteed's published works. A short biographical piece on Immanuel Halton appeared in the Journal in the early 1950s, consisting mostly of quotations from Flamsteed's 'Self Inspections' and Baily's 'Life of Flamsteed'. 1996 is the 350th anniversary of Flamsteed's birth, and it is hoped that this fuller account will flesh out the bones of his first patron.
Hello Alllegs
How very kind of you to send this through. It expands my knowledge greatly.
I wonder if the Howard family would have any extra information about the family of Immanuel Halton in their records?
Best wishes and thanks
IMISON
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About Wingfield Manor.....
http://www.timetravel-britain.com/05/April/wingfield.shtml
South Winfield manor-house was built by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, Lord High Treasurer to Henry VI. It was afterwards the seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury, of whom George, the fourth Earl, died here 1541. In the church was buried Immanuel Halton, mathematician and philosopher, 1699
Anstey Parish Church, Leicestershire
1723 - The five largest bells were cast by Immanuel Halton. It is likely that the 3 earlier bells were melted down and the material incorporated. It is understood that he had been in partnership with Hedderly at the Bawtry bell foundry, but that when Halton cast the bells he was on his own, based at South Wingfield in Derbyshire, and travelled. In view of the difficulties of transport in those days - (until the enclosures in the mid-18th Century, Anstey had only narrow tracks leading to it) - it is likely that the casting of the bells was done near the church
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It might be worth looking up the Howard's to see if he is recorded anywhere, I did find a website about Arundel (Sussex) which is where the Norfolks live, it mentioned Immanual but I couldn't get it to work properly on my pc and now I can't find it!
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found it.....
http://www.treetonweb.co.uk/history/refs.htm
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[quote author=alllegs link=topic=108343.msg467413#msg467413 Dear ALLEGS
How kind of you to go to all this trouble - the information is most useful and interesting.
Best wishes
Imison
date=1132696655]
About Wingfield Manor.....
http://www.timetravel-britain.com/05/April/wingfield.shtml
South Winfield manor-house was built by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, Lord High Treasurer to Henry VI. It was afterwards the seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury, of whom George, the fourth Earl, died here 1541. In the church was buried Immanuel Halton, mathematician and philosopher, 1699
Anstey Parish Church, Leicestershire
1723 - The five largest bells were cast by Immanuel Halton. It is likely that the 3 earlier bells were melted down and the material incorporated. It is understood that he had been in partnership with Hedderly at the Bawtry bell foundry, but that when Halton cast the bells he was on his own, based at South Wingfield in Derbyshire, and travelled. In view of the difficulties of transport in those days - (until the enclosures in the mid-18th Century, Anstey had only narrow tracks leading to it) - it is likely that the casting of the bells was done near the church
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No problems at all, I hope it helps. It is all from Google, there's so much there.
Happy Hunting
Legs
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Dear Legs
What did you put into the Google search engine as clearly I did not do the right one!
No problems at all, I hope it helps. It is all from Google, there's so much there.
Happy Hunting
Legs
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I just typed Immanuel Halton
Make sure you don't just search the UK, go for the whole web option
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THANK YOU SO MUCH - I will go there now
I just typed Immanuel Halton
Make sure you don't just search the UK, go for the whole web option
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No probs - Good Luck!
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Oxford DNB has (I'll just abstract it so Copyright_Editor doesn't get mad at me. :))
Immanuel Halton, b. 1628 d. 1699, astronomer, eldest of ten (!) children of Miles Halton and Dorothy Wybergh. 13 May 1660 m. Mary Newton daughter of John, six of their nine children were living in 1699.
There's also Timothy Halton, his younger brother (second son of Miles and Dorothy), 1633-1704, who studied at Oxford and was there for many years: he died unmarried.
From the IGI, some of the children of Immanuel and Mary were probably:
John, chrs. 07 Mar 1662 South Wingfield
Timothy, chrs. 09 Nov 1665 South Wingfield
Miles, chrs. 03 Apr 1668 South Wingfield
Mary, chrs. 06 Apr 1670 South Wingfield
Dorothy, chrs. 05 Nov 1672 South Wingfield
Rebecca, chrs. 21 Jul 1675 South Wingfield
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Samuel, chrs. 24 Aug 1677 South Wingfield
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Oxford DNB has (I'll just abstract it so Copyright_Editor doesn't get mad at me. :))
Immanuel Halton, b. 1628 d. 1699, astronomer, eldest of ten (!) children of Miles Halton and Dorothy Wybergh. 13 May 1660 m. Mary Newton daughter of John, six of their nine children were living in 1699.
There's also Timothy Halton, his younger brother (second son of Miles and Dorothy), 1633-1704, who studied at Oxford and was there for many years: he died unmarried.
From the IGI, some of the children of Immanuel and Mary were probably:
John, chrs. 07 Mar 1662 South Wingfield
Timothy, chrs. 09 Nov 1665 South Wingfield
Miles, chrs. 03 Apr 1668 South Wingfield
Mary, chrs. 06 Apr 1670 South Wingfield
Dorothy, chrs. 05 Nov 1672 South Wingfield
Rebecca, chrs. 21 Jul 1675 South Wingfield
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Samuel, chrs. 24 Aug 1677 South Wingfield
DEAR JOROSE
A VERY BIG T H A N K Y O U - I now know more about the family and can dig ever deeper for more connections!
I know that Immanuel was an astronomer of some repute as NASA mention him.
According to one of the items, one of the family married 'OATES' but it is speculation as to who this MALE 'Oates' was, for example.
I understand that some of the descendants were naval and clock-making people.
Thank you again
IMISON
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Hello Everyone
My 5 x great grandfather was Salathiel Halton of Greystoke 1737 to 1811
yours
Lynn
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Hello
Dorothy Wybergh is the daughter of Thomas Wybergh and Ann Lowther.
Thomas Wybergh is the son of Thomas Wybergh(son of William Wybergh and Margaret Whe (a)rton) and Elizabeth Lancaster (dau of Jeffrey Lancaster and Isabel Bartram)
Ann Lowther is the daughter of Sir Hugh Lowther knt (son of Sir John Lowther and Lucy Curwen) and Dorothy Clifford (dau of Lord Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford and Anne St John).
The Wyberghs, Lowthers, Cliffords, Percys, Nevilles et al are recorded in various visitations to Cumberland, Westmorland etc, along with a number of historical documents within archives and the internet.
Regards,
Thorby