Captain Julines Hering

1732 - 14th Mar 1797


Biography

Of Heybridge Essex and Jamaica. Son of Oliver Hering. Married firstly to Susanna, daughter of Richard Quarrel. Susanna died en route to England in 1854; they had no children together. Ensign in the 34th Regiment of Foot in 1756, Lieutenant in 1757. Resigned his commission in 1760. Remarried, to Mary, daughter of John Inglis, in Philadelphia in 1761. Father of Julines Hering, Oliver Hering, Catherine Gordon (each of whom q.v.) and of Eleanor Milbanke, father-in-law of John Gordon and J. Peniston Milbanke (each of whom q.v.). A third daughter married Rev. John Lumley-Savile, the 7th Earl of Scarbrough, and fourth Mary Helen married Henry Middleton, a South Carolinan politician and slave-owner. Hering inherited the lease of Heybridge Hall in Essex from his uncle Rev Julines Hering (1694-1775). Died at Paul Island, Jamaica, 14/03/1797 aged 65 years. Family papers for the Herings are held at the South Carolina Historical Society.


Sources

Caribbeana Vol. II 'Herring of Jamaica'; W.D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical directory of British wealth-holders Vol. 1 1809-1839 (2009) pp. 403-4, reference 1835/2; http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Hering-Family-papers-1211.00.pdf [accessed 13/01/2015]; John Alexander Inglis, The family of Inglis of Auchindinny and Redhall (1914) pp. 72-74.

We are grateful to Katie McAdam for her assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Spouse
[1] Susannah Quarrel [2] Mary Inglis
Children
With [2] Julines; Oliver; Catherine; Eleanor; Anna Maria; Mary Helen

Associated Estates (4)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1771 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Attorney
1770 [EA] - 1773 [LA] → Attorney
1769 [EA] - 1773 [LA] → Attorney
1778 [EA] - 1778 [LA] → Owner

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Plaque
Plaque to Julines Hering of Heybridge Hall [Built] 
description →
'Elegant marble wall plaque' to Julines Hering of Heybridge Hall c. 1775, in the Church of St Andrew Heybridge. The [Rev.] Julines Hering memorialised in the plaque was the uncle of Capt. Julines...

Relationships (5)

Father → Son
Father → Son
Father → Daughter
Father-in-law → Son-in-law
Brother → Sister

Addresses (1)

Heybridge Hall, Heybridge, Essex, South-east England, England