Silvanus Bevan (1743–1830)
Silvanus Bevan | |
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Born | 3 October 1743 London, England |
Died | 1830 |
Occupation | Banker |
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Children | 7 sons, including Timothy Bevan Elizabeth Barclay |
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Silvanus Bevan (a.k.a. Silvanus Bevan III) (3 October 1743 – 25 January 1830) was a British
Early life
He was born on 3 October 1743 in Plough Court
Career
In 1767, he joined his uncle James Barclay, and in 1776, their firm became "Barclay, Bevan and Bening".[1] He was a sleeping partner in the Barclay and Perkins brewery (Anchor Brewery) at Southwark.
Personal life
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On 10 April 1769, he married Isabella Wakefield (1752–1769), the daughter of Edward and Isabella Wakefield, from an old Westmorland Quaker family. She died of fever on 17 November 1769, aged 17.[1]
On 23 September 1773, Bevan married Louisa Kendall (1748–1838), the daughter of Henry Kendall, a banker, of Lincoln's Inn Fields. They had seven sons. On marrying a non-Quaker, he was expelled from the Society of Friends.
Silvanus and Louisa Bevan had seven children:
- David Bevan (1774–1846).,[1] married Favell Bourke Lee (1780–1841)
- Henry Bevan (1776–1860), married Harriet Droz (1783–1852).
- Rev. Frederick Stephen Bevan (1779–1859), married Ann Elizabeth Buxton (1782–1848).
- Charles Bevan (1781–1832), married Mary Johnstone (1789–1854).
- Rev. George Bevan (1782–1819), married Anne Buchanan (1782–1831).
- Robert Bevan (1784–1854), married Mary Peele Taylor (1786–1853).
- Richard Bevan (1788–1870), married Charlotte Hunter (1801–1835) then Sarah Dewar (−1883). He was a banker based in Brighton.[1]
Death
He died in 1830.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "More about the Bevans". Regency Town House. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ Powell, J. H. “Robert Proud, Pennsylvania’s First Historian”, in Pennsylvania History, Vol. XIII, No. 2, April 1946. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Free Library of Pennsylvania, 1946, p. 90 (retrieved online August 4, 2018).