Thanks for replies.
I am trying to discover, if there might be any HOOD links to John James, Solicitor of 11 Gray's Inn Place, (Richard Gibson's London Solicitor 1807 to circa 1810), mainly before 1812?
John James (apparently) Married Hester Combe? (some claim Caroline Combe). Who were the Wedding witnesses and when & where was their Wedding held please?
It would seem the Wife of John James, was called Hester, as their eldest daughter was called Hester ...
1845 Marriage
... to Hester, eldest dau. of John James, Esq., Secondary of London, of Brunswick Square and of Worthing, Sussex.
23 July 1852, Morning Chronicle
On the 21st inst. John James, Esq., of Worthing, Sussex, Secondary of the City of London, aged 68.
The Spectator, July 1852
On the 21st, in Artillery Place, Finsbury Square, John James, Esq. for twenty-one years Secondary of the City of London; in his 69th year.
His Son Edwin James went to school at Gray's Inn and John James address was Gray's Inn Place, so it would seem likely I have the correct John James, Solicitor, according to a Directory and the Dictionary of National Biography ...
James, (John) Edwin (1811-1882), barrister, was born in London on 20 November 1811, the eldest son of John James, solicitor and secondary of the City of London (d. 1852), and his wife, Hester (1791/2-1874), eldest daughter of Boyce Combe. He was educated at a private school. ...
John James, would have been born about 1784.
Also any HOOD link in his parentage please?
Regards Mark
