Descendants Thomas Aynscombe

six generation ancestral table connecting families of aynscombe, smith, challoner, wight, townsend, bisse, de salis, inter alia.



the 5 eldest (right left) children of robert smith (died 1748), depicted james maubert (1666–1746). oil on canvas, 62 69 inches. aynscombe s son-in-law, lillie smith, wearing feathered headress.

all sons philip, thomas , chew pre-deceased him. philip (died 1737, aged c. 30) admitted gentleman commoner december 24, 1724 , matriculated @ trinity college, cambridge in 1725, , had given ma in 1728, having been admitted lincoln s inn on 4 february 1725/26. married valentina wight, of st. george, hanover square (died 1745), granddaughter of daniel wight younger (died 1705), of southwark, distiller, , owner of, amongst other things in holborn , borough, george inn, southwark.

a marriage settlement (q/ev/116) dated 3 january 1706/07, shows extent of property remained aynscombe family 1840s.

contents:

(1) daniel wight [iii], of southwark, distiller, son , heir of daniel wight, citizen , distiller, of london, dec. (2) thos. malyn of southwark, brewer, & valentina [malyn], eldest daughter; saml. wight, citizen , skinner, of london; & edmond halsey of southwark, brewer:

12 messuages in johnsons court [ dr. johnson lived @ no. 7 johnsons court c. 1759–1776) ] alias morecrofts ct., fleet st., st. dunstan s in west, purchased jn. & wm. morecroft; george inn, st. saviours, southwark, purchased of sir jn. sweetaple, knt.; 3 messuages in compter [counter] lane, st. saviours [west-side of borough], purchased of susan morell & son, richard m.

philip aynscombe died @ boulogne in 1737, in debt, subsequently thomas aynscombe became entrusted son s property (see above) , spent end of life defending this, granddaughter s, valentina s, inheritance (£12,000) in courts; see frederick v aynscombe (1738–39).

aynscombe s granddaughter, heir-at-law , devisee, valentina (died 3 april 1771, near windsor), child of surviving son philip, married lillie smith (c. 1715 – 10 february 1791, buried clewer). demanded of thomas aynscombe, act of parliament 1747 (20 geo ii, c.7), lillie smith changed surname aynscombe, or house of lords journal, of february 9, 1747, called it: smith s bill take name of aynscombe . in 1757 used private act of parliament re-settle father-in-law s property. lillie elder son of robert smith (c. 1672 – mortlake 11 january 1748), freeman of london , eminent merchant, of thames street, of parish of st james garlickhythe, worcester place (near kennet wharf), of mortlake, , coldashby in northamptonshire.

29 x 24.5 inch oil on canvas portrait of lillie smith aynscombe (c1715-1791), director of sun fire office, reynolds.

robert smith had given lillie £10,000 , moiety or half part of trade on marriage valentina in c. 1746; , left him in 50 shares in sun fire office. smith had acquired share of sun fire office on 24 august 1720 (dickson, page 271).

a distant prospect of post-1773 st. leonard s hill. jones s views of seats, 1829

lillie smith aynscombe director of sun fire office from, @ latest, 1754 until death in 1791. around 1750 bought , rebuilt hermitage, st. leonard s hill, clewer, windsor, , lived there 1773 when sold duke of gloucester renamed sophia farm. site formed part of windsor safari park , today within legoland. when lillie aynscombe died in 1791 scots magazine, (vol. 53, p. 102), reported thus:

10. @ seat @ mortlake, lillie ains-
combe, esq; 1 of directors of sun
fire assurance-office. has left 7 sis-
ters, ages, computed own,
some little time before death, made 572
years.

he left 3 daughters (all died sine prole (d.s.p.)):

valentina aynscombe (c. 1749 – 23 march 1841 (gm 556), aged 92), of cromwell house, mortlake. on death gentleman s magazine described remaining daughter of late lillie smith aynscombe of st. leonard s hill, berks . in 1828 donated £100 towards establishment of king s college, london. (old) cromwell house demolished in 1857, though gate piers remain (down aynscombe lane). controversial bristol benefactor , slave-dealer edward colston died there in 1721.
mary aynscombe (died 1828) married rev. john mossop (1774–1849), vicar of hothfield in kent 1802 1849. mossop remarried, 1 august 1843, , had 2 children: john henry mossop , mary aynscombe mossop. (john henry mossop captain of boats (rowing) @ eton in 1865, , in oppidan wall , field xis of 1864. after christ church, oxford lived @ 50 charles street, berkeley square).


cromwell house, mortlake. aynscombe family home down 1841



charlotte aynscombe , alexander cozens landskip, circa 1750s, in british museum.



charlotte anne aynscombe, (1760 @ clewer - died 1799, mortlake), there tablet in vestry of church in mortlake. drawing maestro alexander cozens thought have taught (see kim sloan), , both siblings, , first cousin, henry stebbing (1752–1818). acquired in 1794 album of cozens contained amongst 121 etchings, prints , drawings, work alexander cozens, john robert cozens, , possibly own copies of cozens work (christie s, june 1982 , july 1991, , see kim sloan).

a great-nephew of thomas aynscombe s grandson-in-law lillie smith aynscombe, thomas-chaloner bisse-challoner (1788-1872), of portnall park, virginia water, family s eventual heir.