James Eversfield

James Eversfield
High Sheriff of Sussex
In office
1822–1822
Personal details
Born 1795
Catsfield, Sussex, England
Died 29 September 1826
Resting place St Mary's Church, Horsham, Sussex, England
Nationality English
Residence Denne Park, Horsham
Education Peterhouse, Cambridge

James Eversfield was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Sussex.

Life

Baptised on 1 November 1795 in the church of St Laurence in Catsfield, he was the younger son of William Markwick, who later changed his name to Eversfield, and his wife Mary.[1] On 15 June 1815 in the church of St James, Picadilly he married Mary (1795-1872), daughter of Robert Hawgood Crew, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, and his wife Mary Sophia, daughter of John Foreman.[2] In 1818 his elder brother died, making him heir to the family's extensive landholdings,[3] which included the manor and mansion of Catsfield as well as lands in Pevensey, Ninfield, Mountfield, Battle and Bexhill.

He served as High Sheriff of Sussex in 1822. Following the death of his mother in 1823, he sold the Catsfield property and moved to Denne Park outside Horsham. In 1825 he was one of the six proprietors of the Baybridge Canal at West Grinstead. Aged only 30 when he died, his will was proved on 13 Nov 1826.[4]

He and Mary had three children:[5]

Ann Isabella Mary Eversfield (1816-1904) married Charles Goodwin Bethune (1810-1864), who changed his name to Eversfield. They had eight children, including Henry Beauclerk Bethune.
Sophia Eversfield (1819-1901), who married Henry Paget, 3rd Marquess of Anglesey but had no children.
Charles Gilbert Eversfield (1822-1886) married Isabella Pigott (1820-1902) without having children, so they adopted his mother's stepdaughter Lucy Barbara Vaughan.

His widow Mary in 1827 married Henry Tredcroft, becoming the mother of Edward Tredcroft and, widowed a second time, in 1847 married the Reverend John James Vaughan.

References

  1. ↑ James Markwick, 01 Nov 1795, Catsfield, Sussex, England England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, p. item 3; FHL microfilm 1,067,146, retrieved 29 Sep 2016
  2. ↑ "England Marriages 1538-1973 » database at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKND-QX2 retrieved 17 October 2015), James Eversfield and Mary Crew, 15 Jun 1815; citing Saint James, Westminster, London, England, reference FHL microfilm 1,042,319
  3. ↑ Berry, William, London 1830 « County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex » p155 at https://books.google.co.uk retrieved 17 October 2015
  4. ↑ Appointment of new trustees of the will of James Eversfield, proved 13 Nov 1826 at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk retrieved 17 October 2015
  5. ↑ John Burke & Sir Bernard Burke, London 1844 « A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies» at https://books.google.co.uk retrieved 17 October 2015
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