Rev. Robert Hesketh

Anglican clergyman, awarded the compensation for Parson Mawle estate on Antigua with G.W. Ledeatt (q.v.). His ownership appears to have passed to him from his first wife, Eliza Gabbet[t] née Mayer (1772-1807), daughter of John Mayer of Antigua.

1. Robert Hesketh, son of Robert of Shrewsbury Salop, matriculated Christ Church 11/10/1792 aged 18, BA 1797, MA 1814, Rector of Acton Burnell 1815 and of St Dunstan's-in-the-East London 1817 until his death 11/02/1837.  Rev. Robert Hesketh married Eliza Gabbett widow at St Michael Cornhill 23/08/1804; the Rev. Robert Hesketh of the parish of St Andrew Holborn widower married Emma Daniel[l] of the parish of St Giles 16/08/1809. The family lived at Parkhurst, Church Street, Epsom. Will of Rev. Robert Hesketh, otherwise Robert Cuthbert Hesketh, Clerk of Epsom Surrey proved 15/03/1837.

2. Robert Hesketh lived in Parkhurst, Church Street, Epsom, next door to the family of his second wife Emma Daniell.

T71/877 Antigua no. 51, which identifies him as of Epsom Surrey; Ancestry.com, England and Wales Visitation, Volume I, III-XIV [database online].

1. Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]; ibid.; PROB 11/1874. CCEd [database online] Person ID 11724 Robert Cuthbert Hesketh shows him ordained priest 20/01/1799 and as stipendiary curate of Broughton 15/12/1797, and correctly raises the question whether it is the same man as CCEd 11723 Robert Hesketh, appointed rector of Acton Burnell 12/01/1813 [sic]: it is.

2. See http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/Parkhurst.html and http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/RichmondHouse.html [accessed 01/03/2013] for details of the ownership of Parkhurst and Richmond House and for the memorial inscription of Robert Hesketh in St Martin's Churchyard, Epsom.

We are grateful to Brian Bouchard for his assistance in compiling this entry.