Harman, Thomas
1810 - 1873 (~ 62 years)
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Name Harman, Thomas [1, 2, 3] Born Jun 1810 Reading, Berkshire, England 
- St Giles
Gender Male Baptism 15 Mar 1811 Reading, Berkshire, England St Lawrence Parish Find A Grave Memorial 157473591 Occupation 1841 Wood Carver Residence 1841 Reading, Berkshire, England [4] St Mary's Residence 1861 Lambeth, Surrey, England [5] Waterloo Road Occupation 1871 [6] Wood Carver Residence 1871 Lambeth, Surrey, England [6] Waterloo Road Died 6 Feb 1873 Lambeth, Surrey, England [1] Cause: Chronic Hepatitis, J. T. Stirling in attendance - 82 James Street
Buried 16 Feb 1873 Tooting, Surrey, England - 51°25'37.58"N 0°10'54.16"W
- Lambeth Cemetery, Blackshaw Road
Research Done or Questions Nov 2016 www.sandisullivan.com Occupation Journeyman Residence Reading, Berkshire, England [2] Person ID I7453 Sullivan Burgess Family Tree Last Modified 15 Sep 2018
Father Harman, Thomas M, b. 7 Mar 1785, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. 2 May 1842, Reading, Berkshire, England (Age 57 years) Relationship natural Mother Barnes, Elizabeth, b. 1785, England , d. 8 Jan 1843, Reading, Berkshire, England (Age 58 years) Relationship natural Married 31 Jan 1806 Reading, Berkshire, England [7] Family ID F2732 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Benson, Kezia, b. 13 Mar 1812, Southwark, Surrey, England , d. 8 Mar 1890, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 77 years) Married 5 Jul 1829 Reading, Berkshire, England [2] Minister John Cecil Hall Witness John Cumber and Mary Staply Notes - Reading, a borough and market town, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the hundred of Reading, of Berks, 26 miles south southeast of Abingdon, and 39 southwest of London, on the road to Bath, lies less than 4 mi. from Beenham (See Also Parishes within 10 miles of Beenham). "In the beginning of the reign of Charles I., the courts of Chancery, King's Bench, and Common Pleas, with the court of Exchequer, and the courts of Wards and Liveries, were held at Reading, in Michaelmas term, in the year 1625, and again in 1635, in consequence of the prevalence of the plague, which was then raging in the metropolis, and a commission under the great seal, for putting in force the laws against the Popish recusants, was read in the courts here. At the commencement of the parliamentary war in this reign, the town was garrisoned for the parliament, but was abandoned by the governor on the approach of the royal forces in 1642; after which it was held by the King's troops, till taken for the parliament by the Earl of Essex, in the following year, after a siege of eight days. After the battle of Newbury, Essex marched to Reading, where he remained for two days; on his departure, it was again garrisoned for the King, who, on his visit in 1644, ordered the military works which had been erected, to be demolished: there are still many extensive remains of the outworks in the Forbury. The inhabitants suffered severely from the contributions levied by both parties, who had alternate possession of the town. In 1688, some Irish and Scottish troops belonging to the army of James ll. were posted at Reading, from which they fled on the approach of the Dutch troops under the Prince of Orange; but returning soon after, a skirmish took place in the town, in which the only officer in the prince's army who lost his life in the expedition, was killed: the anniversary of this battle, which was called "Reading Fight, " was annually commemorated till about the year 1788, when it was discontinued. The town comprises the parishes of St Giles, St Lawrence, and St Mary's, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury. The living of St Giles' is a vicarage. in the patronage of the Crown. The living of St Lawrence's is a vicarage. in the patronage of the President and Fellows of St John's College, Oxford. : The living of St Mary's is a vicarage. in the patronage of the Crown. " (Lewis, 1830)
Children + 1. Harman, William Benson, b. 24 Dec 1830, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. 2 Sep 1864, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 33 years) [natural]+ 2. Harman, James Alfred, b. 16 Aug 1835, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. 17 Sep 1884, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 49 years) [natural]3. Harman, George, b. 11 Jun 1838, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. Jan 1881, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 42 years) [natural]+ 4. Harman, Thomas Benson, b. 11 Jun 1838, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. Jul 1884, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 46 years) [natural]+ 5. Harman, Sarah Jane, b. 16 May 1841, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. 25 Nov 1926, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (Age 85 years) [natural]+ 6. Harman, Joseph Charles I, b. 7 Jul 1844, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. 16 Mar 1899, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 54 years) [natural]+ 7. Harman, Samuel John I, b. Jul 1846, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. Bef 1921 (Age ~ 74 years) [natural]8. Harman, Amos, b. 14 Nov 1848, Reading, Berkshire, England , d. Between Oct and Dec 1902, Lambeth, Surrey, England [natural]+ 9. Harman, Ebenezer Albert, b. 27 Jul 1851, St. Luke's, Middlesex, England , d. 21 Aug 1911, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 60 years) [natural]+ 10. Harman, Edward Arthur, b. 21 Jan 1854, Lambeth, Surrey, England , d. Jul 1883, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 29 years) [natural]+ 11. Harman, Phoebe Benson, b. 8 Dec 1857, Lambeth, Surrey, England , d. Dec 1927, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 70 years) [natural]+ 12. Harman, Mary Ann Kezia, b. 14 Jun 1860, Lambeth, Surrey, England , d. Sep 1922, Greenwich, Suffolk, England (Age 62 years) [natural]Last Modified 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F2361 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - Jun 1810 - Reading, Berkshire, England 
Baptism - St Lawrence Parish - 15 Mar 1811 - Reading, Berkshire, England Married - 5 Jul 1829 - Reading, Berkshire, England Residence - St Mary's - 1841 - Reading, Berkshire, England 
Residence - Waterloo Road - 1861 - Lambeth, Surrey, England Residence - Waterloo Road - 1871 - Lambeth, Surrey, England Died - Cause: Chronic Hepatitis, J. T. Stirling in attendance - 6 Feb 1873 - Lambeth, Surrey, England 
Buried - 16 Feb 1873 - Tooting, Surrey, England Residence - - Reading, Berkshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Lambeth Cemetery
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Lambeth Cemetery
Family Crest Harman Family Crest
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Notes - "Tooting Cemetery" lat=51. 4264690105, lon=-0. 181449360431
Kezia Benson and Thomas Harman (wood and stone carver and gilder) had twelve children. Seven sons and one daughter (Sarah Jane Harman) were born in Reading Berkshire. The last child to be born in Reading was Samuel John Harman (born 1849). The records indicate that after 1849 the family had moved to London. The eldest child, William Benson Harman (1830-1864), (jeweler and rug merchant) was married in Camberwell, London in June 1851 and the 8th child Albert Ebenezer Harman was born in The City of London in July 1851. The remaining son was born in the parish of St Lukes, London, in 1854 (Edward Arthur Harman); and finally two daughters were born in Lambeth, London (1857 &1860). Lambeth is also the area in London in which the parents died.
The male children grew up to have middle to working class occupations in London, ranging from jeweler rug merchants to plumbers, carpenters, cab men, post office porters, plasterers, and bricklayer’s labourers. One daughter, Phoebe Benson Harman (1857-1927) married Henry Timson an engineer printer waiter and then married William Raynsford (1857-1935) a gas stoker. This last union gave rise to four children including Ellen Eliza Raynsford, the grandmother of Rodney M Hewick (1946-), David S Hewick (1943-) and Ronald W Hazell (1940-). The youngest daughter of Kezia Benson and Thomas Harman, Mary Ann Kezia Harman (1860-1922), married Alfred Picket, a cabinet maker.
With the family moving to London, the eldest daughter, Sarah Jane Harman (1841-1926), is recorded as living with her mother’s brother Samuel Suckley Benson and his Wife, Catherine Sarah Storer, in the London suburb of East Wickham (Welling postal area) (9 yrs. old, 1851 Census). The precise reason for Sarah Jane living in her uncle’s household, rather than with the rest of the family in Lambeth, as a child is unclear; but at this time S.S. Benson and his brother James William were establishing Bensons, Jewelers and clockmakers (later to become J. W. Benson, Ltd), and were probably becoming quite prosperous. Samuel and Catherine’s marriage was childless in 1851; so it might have been a good fit, providing a more comfortable environment for a young girl who might have shown early signs of musical talent. The 1861 census shows that Sarah Jane (19 yrs. old) was still living with her aunt Catherine but now in nearby Erith, Kent (Catherine was widowed by 1861 with two children of her own). Sarah’s occupation is recorded as”Organist”. Her sisters, Phoebe Benson and Mary Ann Kezia, were only 4 and 2 years old at this time and living with their parents along with 8 brothers (ranging from 7-26 years of age) in Lambeth. A year later in Sept.1862, Sarah married the Reverend Samuel March, 17 years her senior (1824-1891) in Dartford, Kent. As an Organist it is reasonable to assume that Sarah Jane was a Church Organist and that she had met her Husband-to-be as a result of Church related functions. By 1881 Sarah Jane and her Husband the Reverend Samuel March had moved with their children to Staffordshire (to a vicarage in Walsall). Their first child, Samuel Herbert March (1863-1918), seems to have inherited the mother’s musical talent, becoming a professionally qualified Church musician. For 30 years he was the Church Organist at Christ Church Cannes, France.
The lineage originating from Kezia Benson and Thomas Harman through their daughter Sarah Jane Harman leads directly to the current DUKE of HAMILTON. It constitutes the Duke’s maternal line as follows: Sarah Jane Harman; her son, Samuel Herbert March; his daughter, Nancie March (became Lady Scott on her marriage to Sir William Scott, 3rd Baronet*); her son, Sir Walter Scott (4th Baronet); his daughter, Lady Sarah Jane Scott (became the Duchess of Hamilton on her marriage to the 15th Duke of Hamilton); her son, Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (1978-) (16th Duke of Hamilton).
* The original Sir Walter Scott (1st Baronet of Beauclerc (a small Village in Northumberland)) was a self- made builder (stone mason) and then later a publisher, from a humble Village background (Abbeytown, Cumberland). He was conferred a hereditary knighthood in 1907 by King Edward for amongst many things his building and renovation works in Newcastle and London. Rod Hewick
- "Tooting Cemetery" lat=51. 4264690105, lon=-0. 181449360431
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Sources - [S178] GRO England and Wales.
- [S178] GRO England and Wales.
Record for Kezia Benson - [S1007] England, Birth, Death and Marriage Records Archived, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary At Lambeth, Register of marriages, P85 MRY1, Item 465.
Record for Mary Ann Kezia Harman - [S11] 1841 England Census, taken June 6, 1841.
- [S17] 1861 England UK Census, taken April 7, 1861.
- [S20] 1871 England Census, taken April 2nd 1871.
- [S115] David Harman, One Name Guild.
- [S178] GRO England and Wales.
