Will of Joseph Quinion, 1837

... I give and bequeath all my household furniture plate linen books china stock and utensils in trade with the goodwill of my business of a saddler carried out by me in Old Brentford ... unto my said son Joseph George Quinion ... subject to his permitting my dear wife Ann to enjoy the use of the said furniture and effects

(threat to change bequest from Joseph George to his wife if he neglect to provide for her)

... three copyhold messuages or tenements with the appurtenances situate near the Cage in Old Brentford ... in tenures or occupations of William POLLIQUET ?, William LUCAS and William WHITE ... after her decease ... unto said son Joseph George Quinion ... and after his decease ... to all and every the child or children of ... Joseph George Quinion

... if Joseph George Quinion predeceases (my) wife ... son Samuel Quinion and my said daughters Caroline NEVILLE and Joyce HARRADINE

... two leasehold messuages and shops in the High Street of Old Brentford and now in the occupation of myself and James AYRES and also all those my fourteen leasehold cottages and one shop situate in Cannon Row and Burdett Row in Old Brentford ... son-in-law James NEVILLE of Brentford

... to son Samuel Quinion and said James NEVILLE .. two freehold messuages or tenements situate in Catherine Wheel Yard New Brentford and being the two nearest the High Street of New Brentford aforesaid

... grandchildren Samuel NEVILLE and George NEVILLE the sons of the said James NEVILLE by my said daughter Caroline NEVILLE until ... attain ... 21 years

... three freehold messuages ... in Irish Lane Hounslow

... land in Isleworth in tenure or occupation of Joseph BENHAM

... two grandchildren Charles PENROSE and Joyce PENROSE ... of my deceased daughter Eliza PENROSE ... until 21 years

(more detail)

... I appoint my said son Samuel Quinion and the said James NEVILLE Executors

... dated 23 January 1837

... witnessed by Jno SWAPP, New Brentford; Thomas NEALE, New Brentford; Henry COX clerk to Mr Geo CLARK, New Brentford

... proved 16 October 1837 by the oaths of Samuel Quinion the son & James NEVILLE the executors

Notes

This will shows how a family tree can be constructed from the bequests made to family member, in this instance names of those from three generations are given. Quinion is an unusual surname and using the search facility on this site brings up a few matches.

The testator

D.Q. is a descendant of Joseph Quinion who wrote in April 2021. He sent information about the Quinion family including documents concerning land on Hounslow Heath, purchased by Quinion.

Some additions have been made to the notes below in light of this contact.

Joseph Quinion was buried at St George's Old Brentford 24 Sep 1837 (Findmypast); the GRO death registration gives his age as 60 years. His death was in the first quarter covered by civil registration.

Joseph Quinion lived in Old Brentford later in his life, but in the 1810s and 1820s was a tenant of property on the south side of High Street in New Brentford (Land Tax records, Ancestry). The first record found of him is from the land tax of 1810, shortly before the 1811 census. Research into who lived where suggests he lived at 107 High Street, next door to Ann NAPPER at no. 106. This seems likely to be a relative of his Joseph's wife, Ann NAPPER, whom he married at St Lawrence, New Brentford, 7 Oct 1804, by licence.

Note: the 1811 census transcript records the occupant as 'John Quinion', it could be 'Joseph Quinion', the forename abbreviated to 'Joh' or similar.

Land tax records for New Brentford show Joseph Quinion at the same location in New Brentford in 1812 and 1829, in each case as a tenant. His son Joseph George was baptised at St Lawrence, New Brentford, in 1817. His father's occupation was recorded as 'collar maker' (for horses, not men's shirts).

Joseph's daughter Caroline married James NEVILLE and the site has much material about the NEVILLEs. Daughter Joyce's married name is difficult to make out in the will Alladine was my first attempt), but a marriage at Hanwell in 1835 suggests the surname was HARRADINE: John HARRADINE married Joyce Quinion on 4 May, witnessed by Joseph and Ann Quinion.

In 1836 Quinion was recorded in the Poor Rate record for Old Brentford High Street.

Property

The will lists extensive properties held by Quinion and London Metropolitan Archives has a number of documents describing purchases and sales of property involving members of this family.

Joseph died before the tithe enumeration was undertaken so it is his son Joseph George who was recorded living at 265 High Street, next door to his brother-in-law James NEVILLE at 264. Joseph's son, Joseph George Quinion, inherited his father's business in 1837 but died not long after in early 1839 at the age of 21. The 1841 census shows Robert FOX had taken over the saddlery business at the same address. The other son, Samuel Quinion, was also a saddler who was living in Hayes in the 'precinct of Norwood' in 1841 and 1851: his children were born there, the eldest around 1836, suggesting Samuel was already established in Norwood when his father died.

Tenants

In Old Brentford, near the Cage : William POLLIQUET, William LUCAS and William WHITE Finally, one tenant named in the will was William POLLIQUET (or similar); the burial of a 3 year old William POLLIKET of Old Brentford in the churchyard of St Mary Ealing seems likely to be the same family and be the more commonly used spelling.

How to see this will in full

A copy of the original will can be downloaded from The National Archives Documents Online service, or it can be viewed free of charge by visiting TNA at Kew.

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Published August 2016; updated August 2021