Frederick James HAND [2041]

  General Notes:

Frederick was a solicitor.

29 May 1838 - Frederick James Hand batchelor of full age solicitor of Sherrand St. Father John Staples Hand Clergyman. married. Ann Marsh spinster minor of Silveris St. Father George Marsh Solicitor. By Banns
Some pedigree's have used Ann Marsh as Fredericks wife but all the evidence herein points to Ann Vanderzee, it is most unlikely Ann Vanderzee had an earlier marriage, her mother was Ann Marsh.

Marriages.
May 29, F James, youngest son of the late Rev J S Hand, of Billericay, Essex, to Ann, 2nd surviving daughter of the late G Vanderzee, Esq, of the Exchequer office, Temple.
Saint James's Chronicle 2 June 1838.

Frederick of 30 Guildford St Russell Sq MDX Esq was a Trustee in the estate of Capt Henry Vanderzee Esq.

THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me FREDERICK JAMES HAND of Tinwell Lodge St Peters Square Hammersmith in the County of Middlesex and No 5 New Inn Strand in the same County Solicitor
I direct that my remains may be buried in the Grave which I purchased in the Hammersmith Cemetery wherein are laid the remains of my dear son Frederick Augustus Hand and my dear brother Admiral George Sumner Hand C.B. and at as small an expense as possible I give devise and bequeath to my dearly loved wife Ann Hand who has, ever been for more than 50 years a most affectionate wife devoted mother and a most pious exemplary Christian All that my freehold messuage or dwellinghouse garden stabling outhouses and appurtenances situate and being Tinwell Lodge in which I reside for and during the term of her natural life and from and after her decease I give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof to my dear son George Weightman Hand a Post Captain in the Royal Navy Retired his heirs and assigns for ever
I give and bequeath to my said dear wife all the furniture plate linen china books musical instruments pictures wines and spirits garden implements and other effects in and about the same premises at the time of my decease for her own use and benefit absolutely together with all monies in my house or any Bankers hands I direct my executors hereinafter named to sell all my Office furniture books bookcases iron chest and deed boxes unless I dispose of them in my lifetime for the best price that can be obtained for the same by private contract to an incoming tenant if possible through the Steward of the Inn who will readily assist I am certain if not by public auction and to pay the clear proceeds of such sale together with any book debts that may be owing to me at the time of my decease to my said dear wife absolutely
And I direct my executors to employ my Clerk if in my employ at the time of my decease for two or three weeks at his salary of 30/- a week to arrange papers & hand over all documents which ought to be handed over to Clients respectively I give and bequeath to my dear son my gold watch and appendages the watch and chain having been presented to me by different lady clients and anything he may choose to select in my chambers I give and bequeath all my new consols foreign bonds and other securities and all other my residuary estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever to my said dear wife for the term of her natural life with liberty to sell convert the same or any part thereof into other securities and investments without being liable for any loss that may be incurred thereby and from and after her decease I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof to my said dear son for his absolute use and benefit And I appoint my said dear son and wife EXECUTOR AND EXECUTRIX of this my sole and last Will and Testament
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty sixth day of November One thousand eight hundred and ninetysix F.J. HAND
Signed published and declared by the testator Frederick James Hand as and for his last Will,and Testament in the presence of us both present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
FRITH NEEDHAM 10. New Inn London Solicitor
JOHN KNIGHT Vernon House Farnham Surrey Solicitor.
ON the 11th day of August 1898 Probate of this Will was granted to George Weightman Hand one of the Executors.

Hand Frederick James of Tinwell Lodge St Peter's Square Hammersmith and of 5 New Inn Strand both in Middlesex Solicitor died 6 July 1898 at Tinwell Lodge Probate London 11 August 1898 to George Weightman Hand Admiral in the Royal Navy.
Effects £13,385 3s 7d.
National Probate Calendar.

  Research Notes:

A Frederick James Hand was married June Qtr 1838 Westminster MDX

A Frederick James Hand died Sept Qtr 1898 Fulham MDX
Rosie Flower writes 2008:
It's really most puzzling as it's impossible to see how the newspaper item could have made a mistake with her father. I see that you have no baptism for Ann daughter of George VANDERZEE as neither have I, and she's not mentioned in his will. I've come up with a fanciful scenario which could possibly explain it. Ann MARSH (b. c1820) is the daughter of spinster Ann MARSH (b. c1786, 2^nd wife of George VANDERZEE) by a liaison with George VANDERZEE whilst he was still married to Mary HAMMOND. That would leave the only error in the two sources being George MARSH named as her father on the marriage certificate. That could be explained if she'd responded just "George" when asked for her father's name - I have come across occasional errors like this in fathers' names. By the time of the marriage of Ann the daughter, George was married to the elder Ann MARSH, and doubtless her illegitimate daughter would have been living with them.

10 Sep 2008
Seeking further proof for Frederick HAND's bride Ann MARSH, daughter of George VANDERZEE, I thought I'd check the IGI for a baptism of an illegitimate Ann in St Pancras c1820, finding this:
Event(s):
Birth: 19 DEC 1820
Christening: 24 JAN 1821 Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England
Parents:
Father: GEORGE VANMARSH
Mother: ANN
It seemed to me an awfully strange coincidence and "VANMARSH" an unusual surname. I've just checked on freeBMD and there are no hits for that surname for any event at all from the beginning of civil registration through to 1900. I can only conclude that this has to be our Ann, a cunning ruse to hide her illegitimacy.
Best wishes,
Rosie

ELF replies:
Mary Hammond's bap I have adopted 29 Sep 1770 noting the inconsistencies with her father.

I think Mary died before 1809, in the letter of 1809 that Geo V wrote to Geo Alston he only mentions Philla, was his sister living with him? As a housekeeper?

Georgiana - if Mary H died before 16 Oct 1809 then she is not Georgiana's mother.
Further, Geo V Will 21 May 1836 clearly names Henry (and grandsons Geo and Henry), Marian and George as his children "now living by my first wife" the Will then refers to his children by his wife Ann not by name and in the most generalised but nevertheless specific way as: "Upon Trust to pay the same interest dividends and annual produce unto my said wife Ann Vanderzee and her assigns during the term of her natural life for her sole and separate use and benefit independently of any future husband whom she may happen to marry but subject nevertheless to the maintenance thereout of such of my Children by my said present wife as being Sons shall for the time being under the age of twenty one years and as being daughters shall for the time being under that age and unmarried and from and after the decease of my said wife I direct that my said Trustees or Trustee shall stand possessed of and interested in the last mentioned Stocks funds and Securities In Trust for all and every my Children or Child by my said present wife living at my decease or born in due time afterwards in such parts shares and proportions or for any one or more of such Children in exclusion of any other or others (children?) and at such age or ages time or times and subject to such Trusts provisions conditions and limitations over for the benefit of or relating to some or one of such Children as the said Ann Vanderzee at any time or times during her life by and Deed or Deeds instrument ….

This is repeated later in the Will Ann is appointed "guardian of my children during their respective minorities" all the first family were then past their majority.
So why not mention the children by name? Was it possible that in doing so that name could be challenged as not the lawful issue of George? The Will places great responsibility in Ann for the care and inheritance of his children by her.
His oldest son George by Mary is specificately restrained from challenging the Will by penalty, was this because he was at odds with Ann and or the second family?

1851 Census describes Georgiana as daughter of Ann

So Georgiana is I believe the daughter of Geo and Ann Marsh as also were Ann, John, and Alexander (perhaps).
Therefore as Ann was described as single at the time of her marriage to Geo these children were either conceived out of wedlock either by George as the father or the children of Ann and another. Was Ann Marsh his housekeeper and "below his class" for a marriage until at age 66 he made an honest women of her (and himself). Did this "family secret" have an impact on the mental health of two of the children?

The strange way the Will is drafted suggests an irregularity

Ann Vanderzee nee Marsh you report the entry for her in the Probate Calendars proved 4 Apr 1865 effects under 3000. As I am sure you have looked for her on PRODI. Do you have any ideas whether we can find this Will it looks as if it may be misspelt?

Then we come to the riddle of Ann married to Frederick James Hand - this further bears out the view of the irregular nature of Geo V's relationship with Ann Marsh prior to their marriage in 1833. Why the vicars colluded, first with Geo Vanmarsh at her baptism, then at her marriage with father George Marsh we will never know ? Such oversights, if caught out, were a serious matter in those days.
For the sake of clarity I have continued to call Ann, Ann Vanderzee with AKA entries as Ann Marsh and Ann Vanmarsh. The dates speak for themselves.
What are your thoughts.

  Other Records

1. Census: England, 7 Jun 1841, 39 Guildford St Grays Inn Lane St Pancras. Frederick is recorded as a Solicitor married aged 25 not born London

2. Census: England, 30 Mar 1851, Tinwald Lodge St Peters Sq Hammersmith LND. Frederick is recorded as head of house married aged 36 a solicitor born Billericay

3. Census: England, 8 Apr 1861, Tinwald Lodge St Peters Sq Hammersmith LND. Frederick is recorded as head of house married aged 46 a solicitor born Billericay ESS

4. Census: England, 2 Apr 1871, Tinwald Lodge St Peters Sq Hammersmith LND. Frederick is described as head of house married aged 57 Solicitor born Gt Burstead ESS ?

5. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, Tinwald Lodge St Peters Sq Hammersmith LND. Frederick is recorded as head of house married aged 66 a solicitor born Billericay ESS

6. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, Tinwald Lodge St Peters Sq Hammersmith LND. Frederick is recorded as head of house married aged 76 a solicitor born Billericay ESS

7. Frederick James Hand: Will, 26 Nov 1896.
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me FREDERICK JAMES HAND of Tinwell Lodge St Peters Square Hammersmith in the County of Middlesex and No 5 New Inn Strand in the same County Solicitor I direct that my remains may be buried in the Grave which I purchased in the Hammersmith Cemetery wherein are laid the remains of my dear son Frederick Augustus Hand and my dear brother Admiral George Sumner Hand C.B. and at as small an expense as possible
I give devise and bequeath to my dearly loved wife Ann Hand who has ever been for more than 50 years a most affectionate wife devoted mother and a most pious exemplary Christian All that my freehold messuage or dwellinghouse garden stabling outhouses and appurtenances situate and being Tinwell-Lodge in which I reside for and during the term of her natural life and from and after her decease I give devise and bequeath the same and every part thereof to my dear son George Wrightman Hand a Post Captain in the Royal Navy Retired his heirs and assigns for ever I give and bequeath to my said dear wife all the furniture plate linen china books musical instruments pictures wines and spirits garden implements and other effects in and about the same premises at the time of my decease for her own use and benefit absolutely together with all monies in my house or any Bankers hands I direct my executors hereinafter named to sell all my Office furniture books bookcases iron chest and deed boxes unless I dispose of them in my lifetime for the best price that can be obtained for the same by private contract to an incoming tenant if possible through the Steward of the Inn who will readily assist I am certain if not by public auction and to pay the clear proceeds of such sale together with any book debts that may be owing to me at the time of my decease to my said dear wife absolutely
And I direct my executors to employ my Clerk if in my employ at the time of my decease for two or three weeks at his salary of 30/-a week to arrange papers & hand over all documents which ought to be handed over to Clients respectively I give and bequeath to my dear son my gold watch and appendages the watch and chain having been presented to me by different lady clients and anything he may choose to select in my chambers I give and bequeath all my new consols foreign bonds and other securities and all other my residuary estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind soever to my said dear wife for the term of her natural life with liberty to sell convert the same or any part thereof into other securities and investments without being liable for any loss that may be incurred thereby and from and after her decease I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof to my said dear son for his abeolute use and benefit
And I appoint my said dear son and wife EXECUTOR AND EXECUTRIX of this my sole and last Will and Testament
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twentu sixth day of November One thousand eight hundred and ninety six
F.J.HAND
Signed published and declared by the testator Frederick James Hand as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us both present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:
FRITH NEEDHAM 10 New Inn London Solicitor
JOHN KNIGHT Vernon House Farnhara Surrey Solicitor.
ON the 11th day of August 1898 Probate of this Will was granted to George Weightman Hand one of the Executors.

Hand Frederick James of Tinwall Lodge St Peters Sq Hammersmith MDX and of 5 New Inn Strand MDX Solicitor died 6 Jul 1898 at Tinwall Lodge. Probate London 11 Aug 1898 to George Weightman Hand Admiral RN. Effects £13385 3s 7d
National Probate Calendar

Frederick married Ann VANDERZEE [361] [MRIN: 39], daughter of George VANDERZEE Esq [1377] and Ann MARSH [6702], on 29 May 1838 in St James Westminster LND. (Ann VANDERZEE [361] was born on 19 Dec 1820 in St Pancras London, baptised on 24 Jan 1821 in St Mary Marylebone LND and died on 20 Apr 1904.)