Maria Ferie

Maria Ferie is the grandmother of Catharina Fres and therefore Jerome´s Great Grandmother .
It was difficult to find her.
 Her name is spelled  different in all BMDbooks.Farri , Parrie, Ferrie,
There is a  plate  marked F  that could come from Catherine´s part of the family .
The name Veri and sounds the same as Ferie .
It is also in the familytree used as a middlename Catharine Veri Vlieland instead .
So it was worth researching.
We find Maria in Alkmaar in 1698 born as daughter of Henricus Farri and Johanna Jans Vromenbosch.
it is the first child to be found in Alkmaar and there is no marriage .
There is however a Captain Ferri in the army in Heusden .
 The Ferie (Farri ,Ferri) family could have been in the army.
They moved from Alkmaar to Leiden .

Baptism of Maria Ferie
Plaats Alkmaar
Bron Doop-, Trouw- en Begraafregisters (DTB)
Periode 1658-1720
Bevat Dopen, trouwen (St. Dominicus)
Inventarisnummer 112
Soort registratie doopakte
Religie Katholiek
Pagina 42463
Plaats doop Alkmaar
Datum doop 31-07-1698
Kind Maria
Vader Henricus Farri
Moeder Vromenbosch

Another child is Henricus Farri.
Farri Henricus vader Alkmaar 14-11-1700 doopakte
Plaats Alkmaar
Bron Doop-, Trouw- en Begraafregisters (DTB)
Periode 1658-1720
Bevat Dopen, trouwen (St. Dominicus)
Inventarisnummer 112
Soort registratie doopakte
Religie Katholiek
Pagina 42464
Plaats doop Alkmaar
Datum doop 14-11-1700
Kind Henricus
Vader Henricus Farri
Moeder Joanna Jans Vromenbosch

and another Henricus

Plaats Alkmaar
Bron Doop-, Trouw- en Begraafregisters (DTB)
Periode 1658-1720
Bevat Dopen, trouwen (St. Dominicus)
Inventarisnummer 112
Soort registratie doopakte
Religie Katholiek
Pagina 42465
Plaats doop Alkmaar
Datum doop 27-02-1703
Kind Henricus
Vader Henricus Farri
Moeder Joanna Jans Vromenbosch

Plaats Leiden
Datum 12-10-1712
Bron Doopboek RK Bakkersteeg
Kind Gerardus
Vader Henricus Farri
Moeder Joanna Froenenbosch
Getuige 1 Gerard Buijsch
Getuige 2 Anna Bartelomees
Aktejaar 1712
Catharina Ferrie

als getuige komt er in 1688 een getuige voor .

PlaatsLeiden

Datum22-05-1688
BronDoopboek RK Bakkersteeg
indHenricus
VaderNicolaes Ophaeren
MoederAnna Massaer
Getuige 1Henric Farri
Getuige 2Elizabeth Jans Broeckmans
Aktejaar1688

Plate with F

This plate is in the Vlieland family for years .

It has a bird and crown but a gold F in script on the front.
That is what Gilly told mealready in 2000 .
Looking at the picture 12 years later  I still have not found anything else .

It was made of Hard Paste Porcelain. It is either Chinese export or more probably French. The French were trying to copy the Chinese original at this time so it is hard to tell. It is either late 1780s or early 1790s. The decoration is French, hand painted and is a pattern of sprigs typical of this period in France, later being copied at English works.
Is it Delft or is it Quimper or is it English.?
Who can tell us more .
Gran always insisted that “Catherine, JNV mother was the daughter of a French Count De Verie and that the plate was from that line of the family.

Well we know Catherines last name is Fres  born  in Leiden 1756.
"Dopeling Catharina
Vader Joannis Fris
Moeder Maria Engelbrecht
Getuige Paulus Kriek
Getuige Catharina Engelbrecht
Plaats Leiden
Datum doop 27-11-1756
Bronverwijzing DTB Leiden Doopboek RK Utrechtse Veer,"

So her last name starts with an F.
But then it is getting interesting.
Catharines Mother is Maria Engelbrecht
She is the daughter of Joannis ENGELBRECHT, lakenwerker)drapery maker ), en Maria FERIE
Also written as (FRIE,PARIE,PERRIE,PRÉ,PARRI,PRI.)
Johannes Philippus Engelbrecht (Engelbregt), born1695  Leiden, bapt (rk) on 02-05-1695 Leiden witness  Martinus Jansen).
Banns (1) on 13-04-1720  Leiden witness  his father  Claas Engelbregt and her mother  Jannetje Jans), married on 04-05-1720  Leiden to Maria Frie (Ferie, Parrie), born abt 1700 te Alkmaar,
We found the baptism of Maria in Alkmaar .

The grandparents of Catharina Fres (Jeromes greatgrandparents ) are Johannes Engebrechts and Maria Ferie so that starts with F
But that was not to be .
Then the  plate should be from 1700 and that does not seem  right.
So we are looking for an other F and another count .
We found a count de Vere in 1600 .Maybe we can adopt him ? Although he starts with a V

J.N.Vlieland and Cowper

Bury and Norwich Post 24 November 1847

This William Cowper is the great poet who wrote Amazing Grace.
Bury and Norwich Post 24 November 1847
The only son by any of these marriages to survive adulthood was John by his father’s third wife Catharine Donne born 15th July 1740 and daughter of the Rev. Roger Donne, (Rector of Catfield 1732-1773) and his wife Harriet Judith Rival. It would seem Roger was the brother of Ann who was the mother of the great English poet and writer William Cowper.
This made William Cowper the cousin of John Johnson’s mother Catharine.
Roger and Ann were both Children of Roger Donne of Ludham Hall 1678-1722 and Catharine Clench 1675-1733
It is said John Johnson first met William Cowper when he was in his early 20s and during his time at Cambridge.
Cowper is said to have formed an affection for this “wild and bashful boy” which was reciprocated and named him his “Johnny of Norfolk”.

The Cowper name stays in the johnson family .
Rev.William Cowper JOHNSON

   Born: 18 AUG 1813      at: Sarratt, Hertfordshire  
   Died: 16 OCT 1893      at: Norwich (83 Newmarket Rd)  

He was the son of John Johnson of Ludham and Maria Dorothia Livius .

He married
Marianne Patteson, b. 10 Jan 1812, Norwich, Norfolk, England , d. 25 Jan 1894
Married 25 Jun 1840 Cringleford, Norfolk, England
Children
1. Mary Elizabeth Johnson, b. 8 Mar 1841, Yaxham, Norfolk, England , d. Yes, date unknown
2. Frederick [twin] Johnson, c. 2 Nov 1841, Yaxham, Norfolk, England , d. Yes, date unknown
3. [Unknown] [twin] Johnson, b. 1841, Yaxham, Norfolk, England , d. Infant
4. Catharine Cowper Johnson, b. 29 Oct 1842, d. Yes, date unknown
5. Reverend William Cowper Johnson, b. 4 Jul 1844, Yaxham, Norfolk, England , d. 6 Apr 1916, Christ Church Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England
6. Maria Theodora Johnson, b. 10 Dec 1845, Yaxham, Norfolk, England , d. Yes, date unknown
7. Eleanor Gertrude Johnson, b. 29 Oct 1847, Yaxham, Norfolk, England , d. 12 Apr 1864
8. Mary Cowper Johnson, b. 11 Sep 1849, d. Yes, date unknown
9. Anne Elizabeth Cowper Johnson, b. 3 Feb 1854, d. Yes, date unknown
10. Henrietta Cowper Johnson, b. 5 Apr 1856, d. Yes, date unknown

The father of John Johnson married three times .

The first or second time to Hannah .

And their child was Ann Johnson the wife of William Heath.

John Johnson is from the marriage from John Johnson and Catherine Donne.

John Johnson of Ludham 

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The Harpy

The Harpy is a name familair to the Dutch Vlieland family.
Let me explain why.
Hendrik Vlieland  the brother of Jeroen Vlieland sailed with his ship de Jonge Elisabeth from Rotterdam to Havre Le Grace.

On this trip he sailed under Prussian flag to avoid the Anglo-Dutchwar.
But during this trip he was taken as prize by the Kingsship Harpy by commander Henry Bazely.
Being taken as prize meant losing your ship , your cargo ,and taken on board of the privateer and ending as  a prisoner of war in one of the prisons specially built on the Thames.
The prizeship was then towed to an English harbour with aid of some seamen of the kingsship .
The prize was sold ,and the money was shared by the crewmembers of the crew of in this case the Harpy.
In the case of Hendrik Vlieland it was even worse .
His son and crew were killed.
He went to declare first thing on arrival in Dover what had happened to him and his crew .
You can read all this (in English ) in the photocopies below.
He did the same in Rotterdam and in Noordwijk where he lived.
So when he arrived in Dover he went straight to Phineas Kennets to report what had happened.

Later he learned that parts of his ship ended up on the beach of Noordwijk and the parts were recognised by him as well as by Maarten Kruijt mayor of Noordwijk and by Jan de Booy blacksmith.
The crew however was lost and never heard of.
His son Aldert Vlieland (18)among them.
The wifes and mother of the lost crewmembers made a declaration in Noordwijk about the loss of the "jonge Elisabeth"
Date August 20, 1798 January standing before me Jan Gerard Crameris, secretary and Jan Hoekman and Job van der Weijden, sheriffs of both Northern Districts, and Langeveld Offem:
Marijtje Arrishoek, wife of Hendrik Vlieland, Annetje van Duin, wife of Zacharias de Jong, Aaltje Dirkx van Duin, wife of Dirk Pietersz. Balkenende, residing on the first and third in Noordwijk aan Zee and the second to Catwijk aan Zee, which claimed the benefit of all whom this would by no allowed to enter and serve each other when necessary and that her sons in quality as the first captain and her son Aldert Vlieland and the two men also his companions on "de jonge Elisabeth", which was reported last seen in the month of October or beginning of the month November 1797 in Rotterdam and that the English King Ship according to testimony of the first witness husband was Hendrik Vlieland taken deposantes and her first husband was repatriated. All the other men were gone and never heard off.
 So that they true and also truly believe it to be on the grounds that they witnesses to this day and the best of knowledge of life or residence of their men and son .
Despite all efforts and searches that have been obtained.
Being witnesses they are prepared to swear an oath to confirm all this.

Hendrik declares being the captain ,he was taken on board the Harpy and taken to Dover .
Because of the rough seas he could not see his ship any longer.
After landing in Dover he complains to Phineas Kennets  and is repatriated to Holland.
Assuming his ship is wrecked and the crew death.
Later parts of the ship were found on the beach of Noordwijk where they washed ashore and were recognised by the Mayor , the black smith and the shipbuilder.
In 1804 Hendrik buys a new ship , again a bomship (nothing to do with boms but with flat bottomship)
de Aufwarter  or The attendant.
And to avoid any trouble with France or England he declares himself inhabitant of Prussia of the county of Knijfshaulen.

In several pieces in the blog you can find parts of the story in.
In the London Gazette you can find the sale of some goods of de jonge Elisabeth
The harpy .

Phineas Kennet .in 1805 Mayor of Dover
Phineas Kennett was Mayor when the guns, twenty-four and twelve pounders were landed at Dover to arm the MartelloTowers, which were then being erected round the coast from Folke-stone to Lydd.

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Ariane

Looking for a captain with the name of Vlieland on the internet , we found something completely different.

The handsome captain Johan Vlieland is ill, victim of the sinking of his ship. But on the coast of Madagascar where he arrives there is a sweet lady, Ariane. 
and that in Italian

Il bel capitano Johan Vlieland sta male, vittima del naufragio della sua nave. Ma sulle coste del Madagascar dove approda c'è una dolce signora, Ariane, ...

Ariane by Marteen Dee Graham

description


HER HEART BEAT WITH THE SAVAGE SPLENDOR OF THE TROPICAL SEAS....

Raised in an exotic world apart, beautiful raven-haired Ariane was content with her island paradise until the sea swept Captain Johan Vlieland onto Madagascar's shores.

His hair was golden copper; his eyes, the color of storm clouds. He ignited a passion such as Ariane had never known before, yet her own beloved uncle swore he'd see her dead before he'd let this rugged Dutchman take as his wife.

A prisoner in her own home, Ariane vowed to escape, to sail away across the wild seas, to unlock the secrets of her past and find her future in the rapturous embrace of her bold captain, her perfect and forbidden love.

So if you ever see this book read it and tell us if they used the name or the story of the sinking Vlieland captain.

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Babyshow

 The baby show in 1930.

Influenza

S.S Marama

Finding that Mrs Vlieland and infant Vlieland were on board Marama in1919



you google for Marama and come up with a lot of things .

Photo´s of ss Marama  


9 May 1919 Ship: Marama P&O Arrival: London, England (alight at Plymouth) age 32 with 2 year old infant - "577 specially selected passengers mostly ladies and children" - ("specially diverted to Singapore to remove the large number of civilians for whom conveyance to the United Kingdom was urgently required for medical reasons." - Colonel L. WILSON MP - Hansard - House of Commons Debate 20 May 1919 vol 116 c227W227W))

SS. "MARAMA."

HC Deb 20 May 1919 vol 116 c227W227W

Sir WATSON CHEYNE

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller, if he is aware of the hardships to the passengers on board the ss. "Marama" due to overcrowding and defective sanitation; and if he will look into the matter?

Colonel L. WILSON
My right hon. Friend is not aware that any hardships were experienced by the passengers on board the ss. "Marama." This vessel was specially diverted to Singapore to remove the large number of civilians for whom conveyance to the United Kingdom was urgently required for medical reasons. The whole of the accommodation and the sanitary arrangements were inspected by experienced Board of Trade surveyors on arrival of the ship in this country and before the passengers left. It is clear from the report of these surveyors that there was no overcrowding, that the sanitary arrangements were quite satisfactory and that there was no reasonable cause for complaint.

Edward Vlieland

At the Immigration and travel site and along with Archie, Dorothy and Margaret there is an 'Edward Vlieland' and an 'Infant Vlieland'

Another search is started .

Who is Edward and who  is Infant Vlieland ?

Also Gilly  found in the passengerslist. 

This infant is Margaret Frances Morgan Vlieland who was born 1917 In Kuala Lumpur. 

  and about the ship Marama we found that is was a hospital ship.

From Edward we know now a bit more .

Edw Vlieland

Birth Date:abt 1887
Age:22
Port of Departure:Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Arrival Date:14 Oct 1909
Port of Arrival:Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage:Boston
Ship Name:Saxonia

Who can this Edw.

He is born 1865.

Thanks to Ray we know even more

This Edward Vlieland is able seaman born in Norway in  Kristiansand .

So maybe it is just the name that led to the search but has sofar nothing to do with Jeromes Family.

Mary Thomas maiden name Holman

Mary Thomas was the second  wife of George Heath Vlieland.
Mary Vlieland nee Thomas nee Holman:
fortunately Mary is with her daughter Mary Julia (her executor) and her grandson (who is with her when she dies) in later censuses (variously shown as Wheland and Flieland) and the baptism for her daughter gives us the address they were at and allows us to confirm her siblings by her first marriage - whose baptism shows the same address and allows us to trace them in the earlier censuses.

 One of them, the first born son is given his fathers first name and Mary's maiden name as his second name and so we can trace Mary's first marriage:
1834? birth of first child Ellen

14/08/1835 address Camberwell at baptism of son Edward Holman at St Giles Camberwell

20/08/1837 address:Park Place at baptism of son Walter at St Giles Camberwell

19/01/1838 address:Park Place Peckham at baptism of daughter Emma at St Giles Camberwell

17 Nov 1838 Parish Register entry for marriage of Mary Holman to Edward Thomas both of Full Age at Finsbury St Luke Islington (married by licence) Father Name: John Holman Spouse Father Name: Ralph Thomas witnesses: John Parker and E Chambers - both signed their name

Marriage reg: Edward Thomas=Mary Holman Q4 1838 St Luke London Volume Number: 2 Page Number: 266

NOTE: since the couple already had four children, it is not surprising that they were neither married in the church where their children were baptised nor by banns)

1841 census: Craven Place, Camberwell, Peckham,with spouse (husband Edward) and 4 children and servant

24 Dec 1845 address: 12 Park Street at baptism of daughter Mary at All Souls St Marylebone

Marriages Sep 1852 VLIELAND George Heath = Mary THOMAS Hackney 1b 419

widow and widower both of full age at West Hackney Parish Church - witnesses: George N Chambers and Rosa Chambers

Note: Emily Hannah Thomas was godmother to Husband's brother William Heath Vlieland's second daughter in 1854 - possibly Mary's sister in law?

1861 census: Cheriton Terrace with spouse (2nd husband) and 2 daughters from first marriage age 40

1871 census: Wellington Villas, Hammersmith shown as Mary G H Flieland annuitant married age 56 with son in law Albert E Tomlinson 33 book-keeper at wool brokers born Leeds daughter Mary Julia (nee Thomas) age 25 born London (Marriages Jun 1864 Islington 1b 362) 2 grandchildren and servant

1881 census: 346, Gold Hawk Rd, Hammersmith Bank Annuiant age 68 with son in law Albert Edwin Tomlinson 42 clerk book-keeper wool broker born Leeds daughter Mary Julia (nee Thomas) age 34 born Marylebone, 3 grandchildren (2 sons b Islington and younger daughter b Hammersmith) and servant

died 12 Oct 1888 at 346 Goldhawk road Shepherds Bush aged 73. died of heart disease and dropsy 'ANE' Tomlinson grandson was present at death

Court of Probate record for 1888 shows entry for Mary Vlieland affidavit 10867 executor Mary Julia Tomlinson - court of Probate (daughter) "formerly of 233 but late of 346 Goldhawk Road ...widow" estate: £97 11s 10d
All the above  information thanks to Ray !

Mary  was born in 1815
George Heath  marries again as widower,Customs,Islington Middlesex 15th July 1852 parish of West Hackney Middlesex to Mary Thomas Widow of West Hackney.

She died Oct 1888 Goldhawk road Sheperds Bush aged 73.

Topsham

We know that Jeroen Vlieland sailed his Post of Topsham from Rotterdam to Topsham and back  for many years .

But what do we know about Topsham .

Just four miles away from Exeter city centre lies the historic port of Topsham. Famed for its shipbuilding and maritime history, Topsham on the Exe Estuary was once a larger port than Exeter itself. Now still delightfully self-contained, it offers a mixture of fascinating architecture including the Dutch style merchants houses is home to antique shops, tea rooms, pubs and restaurants of character.

The Nineteenth Century

In the nineteenth century trade through the port was healthy, with few predicting the decline that would follow the coming of the railway to Exeter, in 1844. A great storm in 1823 moved the channel between Exmouth and Dawlish Warren just at a time when ships were becoming larger. Additional silting of the channel into the port and the completion of the last great extension of the canal to Turf, saw an increasing number of ships unloading their cargoes into lighters, for transportation up the recently enlarged canal or to Topsham quay. The quays at Topsham were serving smaller ships, especially fishing vessel. Ship building went through a revival from around 1790 when there were at least seven shipbuilders in the town, up until 1815. From the turn of the century until 1830 at least 92 vessels were built in the Topsham yards.

TOPSHAM IN SLATER'S DIRECTORY OF 1852
Topsham is a seaport, market town and parish in the Hundred of Wonford, about 4 miles south from Exeter, and nearly 5 above the junction of the River Exe with the sea, and is within the port of Exeter. The river expands here to a considerable width, forming, at high tides, a noble sheet of water. About a mile to the south, on the opposite side of it, are the sea locks opening into the Canal leading to Exeter. A quay was constructed here by Hugh Courtney in the early part of the 14th century; in 1778 it was purchased by the Coporation of Exeter, who improved it and rendered it convenient. The coald and timber trades, ship-building, and rope, twine and sack-making were the chief branches of business carried on here, but they have considerably declined of later years. The beautiful Strand at this place, which is generally admired for the extensive and diversified prospects obtained from it, embracing views on the River Exe, the Canal, the railway and the road, within the distance of a mile, will principally arrest the observation of every stranger.

The places of worship at Topsham are the parish church, and meeting houses for Independents, Unitarians and Wesleyan Methodists. The church is dedicated to St Margaret, and contains some good monuments by Chantrey, and the view from the churchyard is considered very fine.


Topsham, the former port of Exeter, has a long and ancient history. Originally a Roman hamlet, as well as an Anglo-Saxon settlement, it is sited on land bounded by the Exe estuary and the Clyst river.

The Exe estuary was once navigable as far as Exeter, though Topsham’s importance increased when Countess Isabella de Fortibus built a partial weir across the river in 1290 to run her mills. This cut Exeter off from the sea and allowed Topsham to control all maritime trade.

Topsham’s town charter dates back to 1300. Its shipyards supplied three boats to sail against the Spanish Armada. The town was an important Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War. Though Exeter recovered some of the maritime trade when it commissioned England’s first ship canal to be cut between Turf Locks and Exeter Quay, Topsham continued to be a seafaring town of some importance. Shipbuilding was an important trade through the 19th century, and ships still came up to Topsham Quay until the end of the 20th century. Maritime trade with the Netherlands is reflected in the Dutch architecture of The Strand.

Now we know that at least 5 times each year het went to Tiverton.

Loving Spoonfull

An interesting thing happened yesterday. I was looking for something in the depths of a cupboard when I found some silverware which belonged to my grandmother, I have not looked at these items for years, well I had a quick look through and spotted a spoon with a monogram on the handle, the monogram was a stork!! I suddenly thought I wonder if this is the same monogram that is spoken about in the letter. This stork does not carry the eel in it's beak but has it's foot raised on a cross, it is also standing on a twisted rope style ground.
One family member mailed

So here is the stork and of course there  is a back on this spoon

Then another  family member explains this back side .

The duty mark. This is the monarchs head, in this case George III. This was to show duty had been paid to the crown on this spoon before it has its assay mark struck. In this case he is what is called “in cameo” as he has an oval mount around him.

Then the lion is what is called passant (standing on 3 legs) also he is not looking ahead of himself but at you. Hard to tell I know but if you saw one looking ahead you would see how it differs.

The date letter is a Roman uppercase K in a cartouche that is flat at the top with slants either side and a shield shape at the bottom.

Every year and City has variations of these things, the date letter especially, as it can be one of many fonts with a different surround.
The only place that has all these ingredients at one time is London 1805-1806.
And this is what the first familymember had discovered as well
The makers marks of
Thomas Wallis II

as you can see here as well .

So we know it is made in 1805 in London by Thomas Wallis .

Then the stork 

The third familymember asked  help at the Dutch  heraldic society about the stork.

And they explained
It  is possible Anglo-Saxon, as the stork with the knob cross under his foot stands on a knot .

This is a so-called crest In the English part of the world it can be used separately without helmet marks on the weapon., As a kind of synecdoche.
Very heraldic and maybe quite understandable but it does not make sense for this familymember .

But we can conclude that it is British and about the time Jerome was born obviously we have no way of knowing if this was part of the Vlieland silver but it is nice to think it could be.

The stork 

The stork is also a symbole of birth . Of the city of the Hague in Holland .Of the Stork family in England 

the letter of Charles James .


Otterden
Barnfieldroad
Exeter
June 11 1905

Dear Sir
In November 1902 you wrote me in answer of an advert, I put in a Dutch Newspaper
I have, owing to certain circumstances let the matter drop .for the time.
I am now desirious of getting certain information if possible.
A certificate of the birth of my grandfather which would I suppose give the name ,social position place of residence of his father also whether there was a family crest
Certain of my relatives think it was a stork with a snake in its bill.
The following details are all I can give you.
If you consider that with them it is useless to proceed please say so
I state you for giving such advice
If you think it is worthwhile kindly let me now what your charges will be ( inclusive)
I will tell you what I am prepared to do.
My Grandfather was born June 27 1796 his name was Jerome Nicholas Vlieland.
(like the island in the Zuijderzee) shown in maps of Holland
His ancestors supposed to have been de Vlielands
One of his grandchildren , a cousin of mine was christened Janson de Vlieland Vlieland
I do not know where in Holland he was born probably at or in near the Hague or Amsterdam
He came to this country with some other members of his family when probably about 25 years old.
He is said to have come as a “refuge” but why I do not know. personally he seems to have had some kind of hatred of the French
He is said to have had an uncle an officer in the Dutch Navy John Vlieland who was killed fighting by the French.
My Grandfather would have been a well educated man ,as he made his living as a professor of languages and wrote volumes in French German and Italian
I should say he was certainly not a Roman Catholic
I am
Yours faithfully
C.J.Vlieland

George Orred

I George Orred  of Liverpool Gentleman
do hereby certify that I have known Nicholas Jerome Paris who
is a native of France but now residing in Liverpool for the
 last nine yeats that he is a person of good conduct and has
always conducted himself towards his majestys Government
and all his majestys liege subject in a friendly and peaceable
manner Witness my hand this fifteenth day of March 1824

George Orred

William Macmurdo Duncan

I William Macmurdo Duncan  of Liverpool Merchant
do hereby certify that I have known Nicholas Jerome Paris who
is a native of France but now residing in Liverpool for the
 last nine yeats that he is a person of good conduct and to the best of my knowledge during that period
 conducted himself towards his majestys Government
and all his majestys liege subject in a friendly and peaceable
manner Witness my hand this sixteenth day of March 1824

William Pulford

I William Pulford of Liverpool doctor of Divinity
do hereby certify that I have known Nicholas Jerome Paris who
is a native of France but now residing in Liverpool for the
 last nine yeats that he is a person of good conduct and has
always conducted himself towards his majestys Government
and all his majestys liege subject in a friendly and peaceable
manner Witness my hand this  day of March 1824
          W.Pulford

John Gladstone

I John Gladstone  of Liverpool Merchant
do hereby certify that I have known Nicholas Jerome Paris who
is a native of France but now residing in Liverpool for the
 last nine yeats that he is a person of good conduct and has
always conducted himself towards his majestys Government
and all his majestys liege subject in a friendly and peaceable
manner Witness my hand this nineteenth day of March 1824

                     John Gladstone

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Charles Lawrence

I Charles Lawrence Mayor of the Borough of Liverpool
do hereby certify that I have known Nicholas Jerome Paris who
is a native of France but now residing in Liverpool for the
 last nine yeats that he is a person of good conduct and has
always conducted himself towards his majestys Government
and all his majestys liege subject in a friendly and peaceable
manner Witness my hand this twelfth day of March 1824
                       Chas Lawrence Mayor


We find a lot about him and the Railway in Liverpool  on google

Joseph Pilkington Brandeth

Joseph Pilkington Brandeth of Liverpool Doctor of Medicin
do hereby certify that I have known Nicholas Jerome Paris who is a
native of France but nowresiding in Liverpool for the last eight years
that he is a person of good conduct and has always conducted
himself towards his Majestys Government and all his majestys
liege subjects in a friendly and peaceable manner
Witness my hand this thirteenth day of March 1824
J.P.Brandeth.


Dr, Joseph Pilkington Brandreth, M.D. (1781-1858) was married
Alice Harper (1791-1852)

his grandfather was
Joseph Brandreth
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Joseph Brandreth M.D. (1746-April 10, 1815) was an English physician.

He was born at Ormskirk, Lancashire, in 1746. After graduating M.D. at Edinburgh in 1770, where his thesis, De Febribus intermittentibus,was published, he exercised his profession in his native town until about 1776, when he succeeded to the practice of Dr. Matthew Dobson, at Liverpool, on the retirement of that gentleman to Bath. He remained at Liverpool for the remainder of his life, and became an eminently successful and popular practitioner. He was a man of wide and various reading, and possessed a most accurate and tenacious memory, which he attributed to his habit of depending on it without referring to notes. He established the Dispensary at Liverpool in 1778, and for thirty years gave great attention to the Infirmary. The discovery of the utility of applying cold in fever is ascribed to him.[1] This remedy he described in a paper On the Advantages arising from the Topical Application of Cold Water and Vinegar in Typhus, and on the Use of Large Doses of Opium in certain Cases. He died at Liverpool, 10 April 1815.
and his grandmother Catherine Pilkington.

John Hodgson

Nicholas Jerome Paris of  Liverpool.

in the county of Lancaster Dancing Master

and John Hodgson of Liverpool a foresaid Gentleman

severally make oath and say and first deponent 

Nicholas Jerome Paris for himself saith that the contents 

of the parchment writing here unto annexed purporting 

to be a petition to the things most excellent majesty

from this deponent and signed by him this deponent are true and this deponent John Hodgson for himself saith that he was present and did see the said

Nicholas Jerome Paris sign the said petiton herunto annexed and that the name `Nicholas Jerome Paris `

therets subscribed is of the proper handwriting of the said 

Nicholas jerome Paris and that the name J Hodgson 

thereto subscribed as the witness attesting the execution 

thereof is of the proper handwriting of the deponent John 
Hodgson and the deponent John Hodgson further saith 
that he had received instructions ffrom the said Nicholas 
Jerome Paris to prepare a conveyance to him of a piece 
of land situate in a certain street caleed Hardman 
street in Liverpool aforesaid held under the corporation 
of Liverpool for lives and years which the said
Nicholas Jerome Paris has contracted to purchase 
from one Peter Mainwaring Whitnall of Liverpool
aforesaid school Master but by reason of the said
Nicholas Jerome Paris being an alien born he cannot 
take a legal conveyance of the said estate unless his 
Majestys Letters of Denization are granted him


The deponents Nicholas Jerome 
Paris and John Hodgson severaly 
sworn at Liverpool aforesaid the
twelfth day of March 1824
before me 

Nicholas Jerome Paris

Always interested in any Nicholas or  Jerome who pops up in a newspaper or archive .
And specially  has something to do with teaching or Holland or  France you go on alert .

So when finding all this combined at the right time  in 1824 and  in denizationpapers as well in the National Archives in Kew  you think this could be it.

Now the story of Jerome Hollander Vlieland will be reveiled.

As there is no more information to gain in advance ,only the entry in the catalogue of the National Archives ,

 you order the copies not knowing what to expect .
And when they finally arrive in a big brown envelope A3 size .

You feel like winning  the lottery .

But no,it was truely about a  Nicholas Jerome Paris .who was Dance Master in Liverpool, who was an alien and wanted denization papers so he could buy some property ,without giving up his foreign nationality .

So let me tell you what was in the envelope.

I will trancribe the first page
Nicholas Jerome Paris son of Louis Jerome Paris by
Catherine Marguerite Mahieu his wife born at Havre de Grace
in the kingdom of France now of Liverpool in the County of
of Lancaster maketh oath and saith that he had resided for
fourteen years and upward in that part of the United Kingdom
called England to which he has removed with his effects and
being an alien born is desirous to settle in England and his
deponent  saith he intends to make England his future and permanent place of residence.
And this deponent further saith that he is well affected
towards his Majestys person and  Government

Sworn at Liverpool
aforesaid the first day of June 1824


Charles Winn

Master  Extea. in chancery

sworn at the public
office southampton
buildings London
this 33 th daay of July 1824
before me 

And we find in Gore s  book and in Liverpool Schools 

Paris Nicholas Jerome, dancing master, 4, Hardman street
....................academy, 1, Pilgrim street

But that is not all it will be continued.
From now on each day here will be a declaration of a citizen of Liverpool appear .
William Macmurdo Duncan.
George Orred
William Pulford
John Gladstone
Charles Lawrence
Joseph Pilkington Brandeth
John Hodgson

Exeter soup kitchen

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Thomas Pearman 1829

Jerome Nicholas Vlieland in Havre le Grace

In this add from Saturday 13 January 1849 in the Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette .

Jerome is on the continent in Havre Le Grace  France .

Do you think that place sounds familiair ?

It was in 1848 that the first train arrived there from Paris.

It was a famous port for the immigrant ships to America.

And also of the stories of Jeroen Vlieland .The captain of the mail line to Topsham .

His brother Hendrik Vlieland sailed with his ship `The young Elisabeth`  from Rotterdam to Havre le Grace and was captured by Henry Bazely and his Kingsship `The Harpy`.

The ship ended as prizeship  and was sold .

The son of Hendrik was killed .

Hendrik complained to the clercks office 

Parts of his ship were later recovered in the place he lived Noordwijk.

Where they washed ashore.

Of this event is a lot of documentary.

The documents of the ship where discovered by us in the National Archives in Kew  where they 

were kept.

Letters  of complaints and the the complaints of the wifes and widows of the crewmembers .

Here are the links again to reread those stories.

Hendrik Vlieland and his ship de Jonge Elisabeth.